Tech

By David

January 7, 2009 10:15 AM | Link to this

His name is spelled “Shumpert” Seriously, and you are the beat writer?

By ArkyTech

January 7, 2009 10:26 AM | Link to this

Well, we rallied to beat the worst team on our schedule. Tech is definitely a different team when pressing. Hopefully they will mix it in more during games to help get over these awful starts. But most teams left will have guards more capable of beating the press. Let’s hope for the best.

By GT_JJ

January 7, 2009 10:40 AM | Link to this

My prediction is that we’ll win five, maybe six, ACC games. At this point, the only reason for any team to let our bigs (Lawal, Aminu, Peacock) beat them is either laziness on defense (not double teaming) or failure to block out on rebounds. We have NO perimeter game to speak of at all. Every one of the upcoming 15 ACC games will have us playing against a tougher defense than we faced last night.

Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe Miller will come back and look more like Jarret Jack, and maybe Clinch will look more like BJ Elder, and maybe Lance Storrs is this team’s Marvin Lewis, and maybe Foreman will turn into Mario West. I just don’t see any of that happening.

I’m glad we beat our rival, but any morale boost the team may get from last night’s comeback win will disappear quickly when we’re struggling just to score points against ACC teams.

By ArkyTech

January 7, 2009 10:45 AM | Link to this

Sorry, meant to say worst team LEFT on our schedule.

By GT student

January 7, 2009 10:49 AM | Link to this

everyone knew this year was going to be a down year. But you never know what can happen…. Next year is going to be amazing, even more so if we get derrick favors. I dont see why he would not want to come here…we put people into the NBA

By ken sugiura

January 7, 2009 10:50 AM | Link to this

thanks, David. My bad.

By ggodsey

January 7, 2009 11:24 AM | Link to this

Hey butt pirates..do you have any standards left for your basketball team? How many excuses are you going to let Hewitt come up with.

By Born2Buzz

January 7, 2009 12:00 PM | Link to this

That was one ugly basketball game. I think I heard Coach Hewitt say the only way for us to win this year is to win ugly. Well, so be it.

At times last night these guys looked like they had no clue as to how to play basketball. No ball movement on offense, fighting each other for rebounds, not able to anticipate where rebounds were going to bounce (in the first half we gave up 7 offensive rebounds IN A ROW). Then they will run an offensive play, move the ball and get an easy bucket. Makes you scratch your head wondering why they can’t do that all the time.

At least they kept playing hard and fought back after getting down. Let’s hope they can find a few games where they play that way from the start and don’t get down. It will be the only way we can win this year. That and maybe Clinch can make a friggin shot.

By UGA LOSES AGAIN!

January 7, 2009 12:09 PM | Link to this

Hey Ggodsey - Awwww…What happened lil’ puppy? LOST in football, LOST in basketball…and later today you LOSE your two BEST players (Matthew “Baby Favre” Stafford..and Knowshon “Hey did you just see him jump over that AMAZINGLY GIFTED CENTRAL MICHIGAN Player” Moreno). Keep coming to the tech blog and talking trash. It only makes us know we’re in your head and that the losing is getting to ya. Is there a reason you guys talk so much trash AFTER you LOSE? Did you talk trash to Florida after they blew your doors off? Anyways, I’m going to have a keg at my house if you want to come by later. It will be to celebrate “Stafford and Moreno’s Choosing Big Money Over Athens Going Away Party”!!! Hope to see you there you mangy fleabag.

Oh and remember how bad Godsey use to beat your dawgs? Funny how you’d choose to post under his name since he owns UGA!

By jacketguy

January 7, 2009 12:43 PM | Link to this

David, Ken did not misspell Shumpert’s name. What you saw was in Felton’s quote.

By Zach

January 7, 2009 12:44 PM | Link to this

We have to improve our shooting. Our backcourt is so young and inexperienced, so I imagine they will indeed get better. Miller improved noticeably last year, Shumpert should do the same. He’s a bit streaky and raw right now.

We knew it would be a down year, especially after Bell went down (we could really use his defense). They’re going to have to scrap and hustle and fight all year long to get some wins.

Let’s hope for some more continuity in the future.

By yurtle_the_turtle

January 7, 2009 12:44 PM | Link to this

A resounding victory for GT? Naaa…no Hewitt coached team ever sustains momentum very long. Question: How many times has a Hewitt-coached team won a game we were supposed to lose? None or very, very few that I can think of. We barely win last night, keep getting pounded by lesser teams, etc. I am so tired of Paul Hewitt, but of course, we have an exciting recruiting class coming in next year, and the year after, and the year after! So, we hang on to this coach who has never won an ACC title. Which of you fans are willing to give this guy another shot? I’ve had my filled a few years ago. I can’t stomach watching his teams play any more.

By OhioDad

January 7, 2009 12:45 PM | Link to this

Drove my kid who has been accepted to GT down from Ohio for a visit. While touring campus we saw alot of boys walking around holding hands. What’s up with that. It somewhat concerns me as to what kind of place GT really is.

By DDT

January 7, 2009 12:50 PM | Link to this

By UGA LOSES AGAIN! Oh and remember how bad Godsey use to beat your dawgs? Funny how you’d choose to post under his name since he owns UGA!

I seem to also remember Mark Richt in his 1st year as coach at UGA putting a 2 TD azz whippin on Godsey and running the O’Liar out of town on the first thing smokin after the game. I remember that well. Thanks for reminding me. January 7, 2009 12:09 PM

By jabster

January 7, 2009 12:51 PM | Link to this

UGA Loses Again:

Don’t forget that Goosey was the holder for Luke Manget in the ‘99 COFH game (the one where Jasper Sanks fumbled), and was able to recover the blocked OT FG behind the line of scrimmage so Luke could take a mulligan to win the game…

In other news…

Ted Roof is Auburn’s new DC. What next—will Nix be their OC? Is Chizik just a seatwarmer for Chan?

Is Auburn still in the league? Get used to the “Leaky Roof” defense on the Plains…

By ggodsey

January 7, 2009 1:09 PM | Link to this

Why are you guys turning on me? Come on, I’m Goose. Don’t be that way. Im just try to be realistic.

By Hey "Ohio Dad"

January 7, 2009 1:21 PM | Link to this

Know what’s funny? When you’re team loses and you talk trash. Was it tough to watch the basketball game last night lil’ buddy? Man, your team was looking strong. For the first half at least.

Oh Hey Georgia players…Meet Gani Lawal…Gani meet…oh damn Gani…don’t be so rude and beat the hell out of them. Sorry, he’s always so unkind in the paint to opposing teams. Oh well, hey I’d like you to meet my other friend Roddy Jones, Hey Roddy, oh man he just ran right by you guys… sorry. Let me see if I can get him again….Hey Roddy! Oh wow, he’s fast..he just ran right by you again. I can see that a few of you tried to grab him but he wasn’t having it. Oh well, Hey maybe you can meet some of these guys again next year!

45-42

67-62

live with it! instead of coming on this blog and talking trash every time your team LOSES to tech maybe you should find another outlet for your pain. i know it hurts but you make yourself look like an idiot coming on here making fun of tech when they just owned your dawgs once again. this time on the court. can’t wait till baseball season. you can find me at the game…i’ll be the one with the broom in hand for that perfect SWEEP!

Hey DDT, you can “remember” all you want. Hell I remember when the falcons went to the super bowl. Doesn’t do me any good now. You don’t see me talking trash on Arizona Cardinals boards do ya? Ya see after my team loses I have class and humility. You have anger, regret, and try to relive the glory days. Guess what…you’re talking trash to fans of the best team in the state right now..in BASKETBALL…and FOOTBALL. The team that beat yours in both. Not last year. Not ten years ago..but right now. RIGHT FREAKING NOW. Suck it!

By This is a Tech Blog

January 7, 2009 2:09 PM | Link to this

To All the Mutts who keep coming on Tech Blogs and talking trash. Please continue. It only makes us know we’re in your minds. Otherwise you’d be in the UGA blog. But there’s nothing to talk about over there these days except LOSING huh? And being second best in Basketball and Football. So keep using your fake little names and telling boring jokes about the past because it makes us feel even better about the present. 45-42. 67-62. And we can’t wait for baseball season. Time for revenge my friends. But yea, after losses you’re always welcome here. I love talking trash with losing teams. It makes it so damn easy!

By ggodsey

January 7, 2009 2:11 PM | Link to this

Alrighty, you guys got me. I’m a Georgia fan. And yes, Godsey did beat down my Dawgs. I’m just sick of Tech winning everything lately so I come on here to make myself feel better. Tough times for us Dawg Fans ya see. Oh well, guess I’ll probably be on here after you guys kill us in baseball this year. Seya then!

By BeamerBall

January 7, 2009 2:12 PM | Link to this

Hey nerds..you have beaten UGA one time this decade..act like you have been there before and you won’t get made fun of.

By OhioDad

January 7, 2009 2:18 PM | Link to this

My team? I just want someone in the know to tell me what’s up with all those boys walking around the Tech campus holding hands. What’s that got to do with “my team”? Right now I could care less about any team in Georgia. Just a concerned parent that’s all.

By reebok

January 7, 2009 2:30 PM | Link to this

Neither Tech nor Georgia is very good this year. Tech will be lucky to win 2 games in the ACC.

By jabster

January 7, 2009 2:34 PM | Link to this

BeamerBall:

We beat georgie in 2000, also. Get your facts straight.

And I don’t believe for a second that you’re a Hokie fan.

By OhioMom

January 7, 2009 2:34 PM | Link to this

I hear your concerns OhioDad. I took my son to Athens today to see the campus and all the students were crying and sobbing all over the place. They kept saying “Worst in State in Basketball and Football”! It was sad. Then one girl came running up to us and said “They’re leaving us…Staffy and Knowshon…They HATE US”!! It was really strange. Poor little kids. All of them seemed so upset. Oh well… I certainly don’t want my kid going to root for the current WORST TEAM IN THE STATE! So I hear ya!

By TheDifference

January 7, 2009 2:38 PM | Link to this

Ok. I get it. Win 10 games at UGA you suck. Win 9 games at GT you’re great and get a ring.

Is the bar really that low at Tech?

By Mike T.

January 7, 2009 2:38 PM | Link to this

59-37-5 Georgia owns Tech

If Tech wins every year between now and 2025 they will still trail in the series.

Go Dawgs!

By OhioDad

January 7, 2009 2:43 PM | Link to this

I can live with that OhioMom. Defeat should sting. But all those boys on the Tech campus walking around holding hands really concerns me. That’s a little too gay for me. So I hear you too!

By Stings

January 7, 2009 2:51 PM | Link to this

You know, I’ve been to Athens many times and every time I saw a bunch of gay people. Do I care? Of course not! More women for the rest of us… The only reasons I could see someone caring is if they’re hitting on you or if you are a closet homo yourself (e.g. UGA frat boy).

By DDT

January 7, 2009 3:04 PM | Link to this

You must be one of those boys walking around over there holding hands huh Stings. Is it true that it was after visiting Georgia Tech that Arnold Swarzenegger coined the phrase “girly men”?

By 404atlhoops

January 7, 2009 3:11 PM | Link to this

Inconsistent point guard play…..Poor three point shooting…..Constant defensive lapses….No bench. All of that adds up to a long season for the Jackets. I’m already looking to next year when the new recruits show up.

By Tech82

January 7, 2009 3:17 PM | Link to this

Mike T - Be honest with us. Did you figure that out all by yourself or did you need a calculator?

By Tech82

January 7, 2009 3:30 PM | Link to this

Mike T - Come to think of it, you probably had to have a calculator and a friend to show you which buttons to push.

By BAYOU BENGALS

January 7, 2009 3:38 PM | Link to this

**38-3!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! YOU QUEERS!!! WE AIN’T UGA OR MISS STATE!!!

By Mike T = UGA Loser

January 7, 2009 4:03 PM | Link to this

Hey Mike T Great Point. Let’s always talk about records and past glorys. While we’re on that subject….with winning all those series you guys must be pretty good right? Been to a final four or national championship recently? Who just beat ya? Who’s better right now Mikey? I am so sick of talking about the past with UGA fans. Did you live in the past when you beat us? No, you talked about the present. But when you lose you bring up the past. Guess there is no way of winning for Tech huh? Guess next year if Tech blows out Georgia at Bobby Dodd then Georgia fans will say “2 wins in 9 years”. Keep holding on to that. And we’ll keep focusing on kicking your tail now…currently…present…here. Cause right now…your basketball team couldn’t beat us and neither could your football team.

45-42

67-62

You only have to live with that for 300 something more days Mike T. Throughout those days maybe it IS best for you to think about the past.

By UGA Fans on a Tech Blog

January 7, 2009 4:12 PM | Link to this

Explain the logic to me here. You LOSE in football and talk trash. You LOSE in basketball and talk trash. Why? Does it make you feel better? Most teams boast when their team WINS. You get all excited and want to hate on the winners when your team loses? That’d be like all of us going over to the Arizona Cardinals Message Board and acting like we WON THE PLAYOFF game last week. Take a step back guys. You’re second in the state in two sports this year….BASKETBALL…and…FOOOTBALL. Now, go think about that and go cry on your UGA blog about your pretty boy qb leaving. Or losing your Running Back who will always be remembered for Jumping over a CENTRAL MICHIGAN PLAYER. WOW! How did he jump over such a talented defender? And go spend more time wondering why wasn’t it on sportcenter? UGA didn’t have a bad year. You’d think they did from all the folks that jumped off the bandwagon. Tech had an exceptional year considering they got a new coach, started a new system, started 16 freshmen and sophmores and beat their rival. Anyways, thanks for coming on here and looking like idiots. Makes us feel better about ourselves and our WINNING TEAMS!

once again in case you forget

45-42

67-62

Suck on that for a year!

By sidewalk74

January 7, 2009 4:31 PM | Link to this

After watching this team for the last 9 years i can say for sure. They are the worst coached team in the ACC. Great recruits and good kids that don’t win games when they are on the Flats. It’s not the players it’s the system. We never play a Zone Defense even though we now start 3 bigs due to a lack of guards. Not to mention the lack of movement on offense. X’s and O’s it is disappointing to see a college team play this way. Even in a win over UGA I am irritated. How long are we going to settle for a coach that is 151-117 (56%)overall, when we play 10 cupcakes a year? Send Hewitt to the NBA where his coaching might work.

By BLAZER

January 7, 2009 4:54 PM | Link to this

IT IS CALLED “NOT HANDLING IT WELL”

45-42

57-42 WOMEN BBALL

67-62

AND TWO OF THEM JUST LEFT!!

By Geojoat

January 7, 2009 6:00 PM | Link to this

There is a talented core. Their strength is the front court, which is big and fast, which will allow them to press. They need to press the whole game because they have not yet fully committed to defensive relentlessness (recent example: Mario West). To be successful in the ACC they have to keep mental lapses to, at most, a handful a game, and they aren’t there (this aspect is also a reflection of the coaching staff’s emphasis). They can have a good season and make the NCAA tournament, but they will have to play tougher as well as smarter defensively.

By b6542

January 7, 2009 7:07 PM | Link to this

“Breaking down the UGA win” WTF AJC !!!!

By jay jarrell

January 7, 2009 8:48 PM | Link to this

Not a championship team,but good enough for the big dance! Roll Wreck to hell with Georgia,I love the sweep!Great Year!

By tom

January 7, 2009 8:51 PM | Link to this

That was two of the lousiest basketball teams I have ever seen.

By T B HOGG

January 7, 2009 9:34 PM | Link to this

I have followed GT basketball a long time and if Paul Hewitt remains as coach, I won’t continue. He will never consistently field teams that will be able to compete in the ACC. We need to move soon to find a coach who can get the job done, not offer excuses for his performance.

By Rico

January 7, 2009 9:54 PM | Link to this

Hey Mike T…Since you seem to think in the past and are proud of your history…How many National Championships have you won? How man SEC titles have you won? Yep, Tech has won both more than your PUPPIES!

82.8% of you offense just left for the NFL. Looks like Calib “The biggest bust in UGA history” King is now your future. Oh, I forgot about Joe “Howdy Doody” Cox. Yeah, your furture is solid! : )

By GTsince62

January 7, 2009 9:57 PM | Link to this

Ugay sux

By GT 90 Champs

January 7, 2009 10:55 PM | Link to this

GT 2 UGA 0 so far. The tides are SLOWLY turning. Gotta love it!!

Experts are picking GT to win ACC next year even w/ the implosion against LSU. We are a much better team that what we put on the field that night. That will teach CPJ to prepare for bowls like they are everything.

By GT 90 Champs

January 7, 2009 11:09 PM | Link to this

38-3. Come on LSU. Your coach is a sorry excuse for a human being. Fake punt when you are up by 35? What goes around comes around. Les Miles, you are a discrace to sportsmanship. Egotistical maniac. If we ever meet you again, don’t think CPJ will ever forget that. I hope Georgia beats you by 100 next time and Ole Miss by 105. Gawga used to be my least favorite team but Les Miles takes the cake. Way to rep your university or lack there of.

By ohio state sucks

January 8, 2009 5:14 AM | Link to this

wow ohiodad—is that all you can come up ? Usually the people that make a lot of gay comments are closet homos. When I went to tech I was tappin A $$ from emory, agnes scott, and ga state—that was after I ran out of girls at tech. How about them buckeyes?? Hook em horns.

By buzzwax

January 8, 2009 11:24 AM | Link to this

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rvwh9_HsUmU]

Football AND Mens Basketball AND Womens Basketball……oh bu do ba day…..

By BAYOU BENGALS

January 8, 2009 11:52 AM | Link to this

38-3

Beat us buy 100 next time? Hell, it took 60 minutes to score 3 points on LSU!

So, if my math is correct GT would have to play LSU 33 more times before they ever scored 100 points..

But by then LSU would’ve scored 1254 total points & had 34 successful fake punts.

TOUGH LUCK LOSERS

Beating MS State & UGA was a FLUKE!!! You’ll never beat an SEC opponent again.

L8r Queers - I’m going to get me an Eat More Insect Bowl Ring made….

By Hey Bayou

January 8, 2009 12:15 PM | Link to this

Yea, that blowout we put on mississippi state was a “fluke”. We beat them by 30 you moron. And that UGA game was a “fluke” too. We only put up 409 RUSHING YARDS on them! How could that be a fluke? I will take trash talk from you about LSU. They owned us. You’re welcome to talk trash about that. But know your facts before you say our other SEC wins were a “fluke”.

By BAYOU BENGAL

January 8, 2009 1:07 PM | Link to this

They were a fluke.. You’ll see boy, Georgia Tech will NEVER beat an opposing SEC team AGAIN. You can take that to the bank.

By Zach

January 8, 2009 1:41 PM | Link to this

Bayou, if you want to “take it to the bank” I’ll offer you 1000-1 odds that Tech will beat an opposing SEC team again, and 10-1 odds that they’ll do it next year. If you’re so confident, that should be easy money right? Please, I’m begging you to hand over your money to me.

By BAYOU BENGALS

January 8, 2009 1:53 PM | Link to this

Zach, Tech fan’s aren’t worthy to wager with.

38-3 BEOTCH!!!

By Zach

January 8, 2009 2:02 PM | Link to this

Bayou, I guess I just wasn’t speaking your language. Those odds don’t have to be in dollars, they can be in corn dogs if you prefer. In retrospect, I shouldn’t have even responded, though, to such an inane comment as “Georgia Tech will NEVER beat an opposing SEC team AGAIN.” I admit that such a ridiculous comment almost gave me an aneurysm.

By Tebow

January 8, 2009 2:27 PM | Link to this

Hey Bayou…..51-21, sit and home and enjoy it tonight.

By BAYOU BENGALS

January 8, 2009 4:12 PM | Link to this

Tebow, you know you Les Miles’ little spikey-haired b#tch. Don’t even try & talk to me that way.

By Bobby Petrino

January 8, 2009 4:27 PM | Link to this

31-30 Bayou. You mouth breathin, mullet having, corndog eating f*******. Suck it!

Hey how’d you guys do against the Dawgs? You’re on a UGA blog talking trash so you must have handled them. Oh wait…they put up 52 on ya. Sorry.

By GT66

January 8, 2009 4:51 PM | Link to this

Keep up the good analysis of our lousy coach and keep up the pressure on Radacovich using facts and not emotion so hopefully he will do the right thing and fire the coach. I am amazed at how many guys at the end of last year felt we would have a better team this year. They had to be looking at a different team than I saw. That coupled with his terrible record said this year would be bad and it will be worse than bad. Lastly, the dreamers are saying wait until the new recruits come. What evidence is there that some better players will make up for his poor coaching?