Ramblin' On

By GT for life

January 1, 2007 09:59 PM | Link to this

Andy mostly agree with you; losing the third time in a row by 3 points is very bitter however. Taylor played incredible today. Pretty mad at Chan to leave him in the closet when Reggie played more than horrible. We had a great offense today, D let us down in the third quarter however. GO JACKETS!

By Clay

January 1, 2007 10:02 PM | Link to this

Awesome game from Taylor and the entire offense. Yeah, Calvin and Tashard both played amazing, but I think that Taylor was the catalyst for the offense in this one. It was awesome to see some passes over the middle and a lot of good decisions. The interception wasn’t his fault, just a bit of miscommunication. Sorry, but this loss has to go on the defense, as much as I hate to say it. We needed to hold them and we didn’t. I think not having Kenny Scott really really hurt us. But not having Ball made it a great game. One last thing, let’s show Calvin we want him to stay. ONE MORE YEAR!!!

By gspjr

January 1, 2007 10:03 PM | Link to this

Yep, great call on the onside kick. Too bad CG had to pick up the idea from Richt. Very original play calling. Oh yeah, where are the Techies crowing about how this was a “good loss” and “something to build on”. Got to give it to Bennett, Choice and CJ though they did play well.

By GreenJacket

January 1, 2007 10:12 PM | Link to this

First of all thought and prayers go out to the Lewis and Russ family. I admire the way he came out and played for his friend. Unbelievable game by Bennett and the entire offensive unit. Disappointed with the defense though WV’s O-line dominated. I would have liked to have seen the defense force White to win through the air instead of never adjusting to the QB designed runs. Bottom line is another year ranked outside the Top 25. Hopefully with the experience coming back next year the close losses will turn into victories.

By gtne80

January 1, 2007 10:28 PM | Link to this

Andy,

If you will read my posts on your previous blog “Enjoy Johnson While You Can,” you will see my conciliatory thoughts. They run very close to yours.

But now I’m going to unleash a side that I rarely show. I try to be civilized and diplomatic in keeping with my education. This time I’m cutting loose.

Gailey stunk this season up. Bennett’s performance shows that Gailey’s player selection and his decision-making on starting personnel is truly suspect. After Ball was injured in midseason his performance began to degrade. His This was obvious to the most casual fan and had to be obvious to Gailey. Instead, he ran Ball out there week after week. He blew a chance to beat UGA with Ball playing like crap. He blew a chance to win the ACC and go to a BCS game with his stubbornness. The academic ineligibility forced his hand or he would doubtless have run Ball out there against WVU.

Yes, I can be disappointed. I am disappointed. UGA comes back in the second half against VT. We blow a big lead in the second half against WVU. I’m TIRED of losing. I’m TIRED of being SECOND CLASS. If this is the best we can do, let’s HANG IT UP! Get rid of the football program. Hell, get rid of the whole stinking Athletic Department. Screw it all!

I don’t think this is the best we can do. Rutgers went 11-2 for goodness sakes!! If Braine was right, if mediocrity is all we can expect, then so be it, let’s get out of the business. If Braine was wrong (and I think he was), then let GET ON WITH IT! GAILEY IS NOT THE ANSWER.

By GJK

January 1, 2007 10:30 PM | Link to this

“To be honest, I’m not overly disappointed in the loss”….are YOU kidding me?

By GT55

January 1, 2007 10:32 PM | Link to this

Bennett and offense played a great game. The D let us down but what a game! Can’t wait till next year.

By The Title Says It All

January 1, 2007 10:38 PM | Link to this

Can’t Be Too Dissapointed In This One… Tech IS Losersville and Gailey is the Mayor.

Run Calvin Run…While You Can!

By Texas Wreck

January 1, 2007 10:41 PM | Link to this

Well, I am impressed that Tech players came out and gave a great effort. I frankly was looking for a Clemson type effort, not what we got. But if you take out the two pud games, we were 7-5 again. We have to do better than that with the talent we have. It is tough to lose 4 games by a total of 13 points, but we did it. Close wins instead of close losses will turn us around. We can only do that by fielding our best players and making them compete for playing time. Handing out starting assignments for life ( like Reggie) is not the way to do it. Finally, did you catch that comment that the announcer made that it was too bad the grades did not come out earlier??? Like freshman year!!!

By gtne80

January 1, 2007 10:44 PM | Link to this

To “The Title Says It All”

It took me 5 paragraphs to say it. You said it much more concisely.

If we “can’t be disappointed” with a loss, then the UGA people are right. We are LOSERVILLE.

However, I don’t think they are right. We need a MAJOR change in attitude. The excuses have to end.

I hope Taz Anderson and some of the influential alumni are stewing on this.

By gtne80

January 1, 2007 10:47 PM | Link to this

Texas Wreck,

I heard the comment. The sad thing is that it was obvious to everyone this side of Chan Gailey.

By Always a Mountaineer

January 1, 2007 10:48 PM | Link to this

GT fans…you have nothing to be ashamed of. Your team played their hearts out and almost pulled the upset. I thought GT was going to blown WVU out of the stadium in the first half. WVU has had its share of ‘almost’ wins. Congrads on a good game, a great team.
Proud to be Mountaineer

By spike

January 1, 2007 10:48 PM | Link to this

Good game Techies. But Andy, how can you not be overly disappointed with blowing an 18 point lead, and Gomer playing Reggie all year when Bennet showed what he can do today? I think you must be the only Techmite who feels that way after that big choke job and the third loss in a row. But, it could of been worse. Had Reggie played and Slaton played the whole game it would have been even uglier. Admit it Andy, they choked.

By Chris

January 1, 2007 10:49 PM | Link to this

Georgia Tech has an up year while Georgia has a down year. AW, Great to be a Georgia Bulldog!!

By Johnson is a Johnson

January 1, 2007 10:53 PM | Link to this

Hey coach. You’re an idiot. I should’ve gone to Georgia. CJ

By jabster

January 1, 2007 10:56 PM | Link to this

I’m not sure if the D was playing bad in the 3rd or was just outsized (reminded me of the Clemson game) and didn’t adjust. Avoid some key stupid mistakes (the botched kickoff return, the INT, the holding call), and we might have won this one.

Might. I went into this game expecting nothing. Bennett put in a top-notch performance and we almost won it out.

It always sucks to lose, but it’s not anywhere near so bad when you turn in a great performance and don’t blow it out your tail like we did offensively against Wake and Georgia (and I’ll throw in UNC to boot).

This wasn’t a half-hearted Emerald Bowl effort. This was the kind of performance we needed down the stretch and a great prelude to next year. If we had played Wake and UGA like that, we would have blown them out. We could have kept Clemson close and maybe even gotten ND.

WVU is a good team and hats off to them.

Now, for the question everyone is asking—why did Reggie play as long as he did? Chan and Reggie both owe the Jacket Nation an apology and Wake and UGA owe them both thank-you notes.

By george

January 1, 2007 10:57 PM | Link to this

Just two days ago Tech fans were bragging about a New Year’s bowl while the Dawgs were in the Chic-fil-a, even though they have played in no name bowls forever. Now the Dawgs finish with a better record than the Jackets and they are not “disappointed with the loss”. At least Reggie was not there to give it away. I guess we now know that the Dawgs are better in a bad year compared to Tech in a good year.

By gtne80

January 1, 2007 10:58 PM | Link to this

You’re right jabster. I want an explanation AND an apology from Chan.

By MikeT

January 1, 2007 11:00 PM | Link to this

I will probably not be able to sleep tonight for all the tech fans dropping their screw-drivers while taking their GT tags off of their cars and making so much noise! It happened the night Tech lost to GEORGIA. Talk about fair-weather fans. The fact that tech lost today just made my weekend! TO HELL WITH TECH and thanks West Virginia!

By GT for life

January 1, 2007 11:02 PM | Link to this

Mutts, wrong blog, still can’t read? Pups lost to WVa with the same result a year ago. Does Sugar Bowl 2005 ring a bell? The ” I should have gone to Georgia, signed CJ” remarks are getting kind of stale, can you do any better? You know a bit more witty or funny, too much to ask?

By Techie

January 1, 2007 11:03 PM | Link to this

I just want the coaching staff to answer to somebody…anybody…

Chan, you arrogant, stubborn, silly man. You have a great team assembled for next year. I can only assume you and the coaching staff will personally lose a game or two due on your playcalling and decision making.

To all “Tech fans”…if you are “satisfied” with this type of 9-win season, you need to think about it hard…what’s satisfying about losing your last three games, all incredibly “winnable”, by 3 points each?

The opportunity for a 10 win season, much less the opportunity for a 12 win season, is extremely rare, and Gailey and Crew, in sticking with Ball, blew it. They blew hard.

By beejeezuz

January 1, 2007 11:03 PM | Link to this

Can we just make it a Mora and Gailey 2-fer on the 1st day of 2007?

By newton

January 1, 2007 11:04 PM | Link to this

I completely agree; chan gailey is not a competent coach. I guarantee that he will call this season a “good one” because he is satisfied with mediocrity. He reminds me of a C student who is determined to “just pass” and languish in mediocrity. How is it that Bennett did not play a single minute when we continually failed to score a touchdown against WF and UGA. I mean Reggie has done nothing for two seasons, and I have seen him have countless chances. But Bennett has not had any. Bill Parcells gave his second string a chance/valuable experience as did mike shanahan. Lastly, maybe we should just hang it all up. I think that if we used the money consumed by the AD for more research/ higher prof salaries to recruit more top-notch professors/students, then the institute would benefit much more then if it was used to pay Gailey or Radovich. At least our professors have higher standards and aspirations than the AD and a much greater probability of success.

By gtne80

January 1, 2007 11:06 PM | Link to this

FU Mike T. Take your UGA tag off your rusted pickup with the tobacco stains down the side and jam it up your &ss you knuckle dragger. My tag stays on the front of my car and my Tech diploma stays on the wall. Oh, and my 6-figure salary keeps going into my bank account. And yes, I would like fries with that order. Go back to your job at the drive through, you cousin marrying trailer dweller!

By Chris

January 1, 2007 11:07 PM | Link to this

Great Tech crowd at the Gator Bowl today….what a joke!!

By jabster

January 1, 2007 11:11 PM | Link to this

Hey Bulldog Nation—want your props? Want to know how the Jacket Nation feels about Chan and Reggie? Here you go…

Note to Chan: Please note that Mark Richt was NOT afraid to make upperclassmen—even legacy senior sons of influential alumni—ride the pine when they weren’t performing!

As many Dawg fans have mentioned when criticizing calls to bench Reggie, what kind of message does that send to incoming freshmen? The right one! You perform or we will find someone who will!

By Tabman

January 1, 2007 11:12 PM | Link to this

I know it is never OK to be happy with a loss. BUT, what about next year, I am optimistic for 07. Why oh why was Bennett not given a chance this season. Ball did all he could, then it lies with CG.

What a difference the UGA game did to both programs - sent them in different directions. Now they have a better record and will be in the top 25 and we will be in the others receiving votes.

This was the year to win the ACC and go to a BCS bowl. I hate it when people say the ACC was down this year, but it was probably true. When could the stars align like this again. Geez Wake won the ACC.

— Steaming for 6 months

By ray

January 1, 2007 11:13 PM | Link to this

Once again,failure to make the right adjustments at halftime. Chan is clearly no mental giant when it comes to football.

By gtfan

January 1, 2007 11:14 PM | Link to this

Well.. I’m disappointed but I wasn’t surprised. I expected we’d lose but not this way.

Taylor completely surprised me, he was great although a few of his throws were suspect, they results were great but the decision to throw that direction was questionable at times. Maybe I was just scared watching a, practically, first game starter, make those throws.

CJ was great as usual and Choice was great the first half. I think our D lost a step during the break but you have to give WVU credit, they’ve done it the last two years so it wasn’t a surprise, they played well.

WVU D was getting thru our line a lil too quick for my liking and a couple of calls, both penalties and Chan were the difference makers… but again, it shouldn’t come down to just a couple of calls.

It was nice seeing the ball thrown across the middle, first time all season!

By Nerdboy

January 1, 2007 11:17 PM | Link to this

We’ve got to be disappointed with this loss. If not for some sloppy play and bonehead penalties in the 2nd, we couldve taken this one.

Memo to Chan: New practice drill: catch the ball on a kickoff or get out of the way. I bet Tony Clark doesnt make that mistake again.

For the UGA fans who will inevitably read this blog and post their tech-bashes, congrats on the comeback win against Virginia Thug University. I’m certainly not a Dawg fan, but I’ll take ‘em over VT or the FSU Criminoles any day.

By jabster

January 1, 2007 11:19 PM | Link to this

Tabman—don’t be so down about missing our oppty in the ACC. We have Clemson and VT at home next year, Miami and UVA won’t be any better, Duke will be Duke, and UNC will still not be ready for prime time. We could beat any of those teams—except maybe VT and Clemson—with the performance we turned in today.

Does anyone know who our rotating opponents will be? The only one I would worry about with a Ball-less team is BC.

By Craig

January 1, 2007 11:22 PM | Link to this

Bennett - Calvin equals……LOL

By Sautee Dawg

January 1, 2007 11:23 PM | Link to this

Tech fans should have been in Jacksonville today giving your team some appreciation instead of sitting by the computer waiting for something to blog about. WV fans had you out numbered 10 to 1. If you want your team to know how you feel, then go to the game and show them.

as a Dawg fan i attended the Chic-fil-a bowl and no way could we have come from behind without our fans being there making noise for our team.

How can you Tech fans expect to do better without fan support?

By The Truth Hurts

January 1, 2007 11:27 PM | Link to this

Here come the lame UGH fans crowing about a Chik-Fil-A win in front of a home crowd. Can’t you just feel it coming after a tough Tech loss (does the score sound familiar)?

The point is simple: Tech’s defense, which stopped everybody except Clemson, had the Falcons gameplan today…in other words, watch the QB get the snap, watch the QB run left, watch the QB get the snap, watch the QB run right. It was the Carolina Panthers game all over again. It didn’t look like many adjustments were made to make White become a drop-back passer.

Great game from Bennett, however. And good play-calling, I thought, from Nix. Tech went downfield a lot, which they tried to do at UGH…but Ball couldn’t see over the line. It bodes well for next year.

My last point (and a sidenote): there is no SEC superiority. Nope. I guess we can put that to rest this year. Since Arkansas and Tennessee lost today, the “vaunted” SEC is 4-3 in bowls. If LSU wins and Fla. loses, that’s a 5-4 bowl record.

It shouldn’t be surprising to those people living in reality, however. Boise State is beating Oklahoma soundly right now. Michigan lost, but Penn State and Wisconsin both beat SEC schools. And I hate the Big 10. There really isn’t much difference in terms of talent between conferences as some Southerners would like to think. The ACC was down this year, no doubt. But Miami and FSU carry the standard in terms of success and are allowed some slack. But humility is not something many will witness when SEC fans talk about their conference. It’s certainly good…but not great.

By GAILEY SHOULD BE FIRED!

January 1, 2007 11:29 PM | Link to this

He’s INCOMPETENT! How can you GIVE AWAY another UGAy game and a Conference Championship by leaving Ball in the game when HE’S WORSE THAN NON-PRODUCTIVE — HE SINGLE-HANDEDLY GIVES THE GAME AWAY!

If Bennett wasn’t QUALIFIED TO START those games, then he could’ve AT LEAST PULLED BALL AND PUT BENNETT IN FOR THE WIN! He’s TOO STUBBORN TO COACH AT GT! Lack of FLEXIBILITY to respond to changing game conditions is DEADLY, as we’ve ALL SEEN. Gailey looks like a COMPLETE IDIOT for leaving Bennett on the bench while Ball FLOUNDERED!

THIS GAME WAS LOST BY GAILEY…But he’s too much of a COWARD to admit it. PROOF: Monday AJC, Page D11:

“I’m just not going to make him (Travis Bell) kick a long one. I probably am not going to do that,” Tech coach Chan Gailey said.

So what does he do WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE? Puts Bell out there for a 54 YARD ATTEMPT!!??!?!? There are few PRO KICKERS who can do that consistently! BELL’S A GAMER and has NOTHING to be ashamed of! Gailey should’ve NEVER put him in that position…It’s SUCH AN INCOMPETENT COACHING DECISION that Gailey himself said before the game that HE WOULDN’T DO IT!*…Then HE DOES and THE GAME WAS LOST AT THAT EXACT MOMENT — ABSOLUTELY INEXCUSABLE!

As per usual, NIX releases the floodgates in the first half, secures a nice lead and puts the offense on AUTO-PILOT! IS THERE ANYONE ON THIS COACHING STAFF WHO KNOWS HOW TO MOVE IN FOR THE KILL!??!?!

These AWESOME PLAYERS obviously PLAYED THEIR HEARTS OUT…But Tenuta learned NOTHING from the CLEMSON SHELLACKING. Gailey GOT SCHOOLED AGAIN by a Superior Tactician in Rodriguez…Will it EVER end? NO…Not until Gailey IS GONE!

Bennett’s CLASS, POISE and PERFORMANCE today PROVES Gailey was putting ONE PLAYER (BALL) BEFORE THE ENTIRE TEAM, FANS, ALUMNI and other SUPPORTERS. It’s INEXCUSABLE! Hell, he can’t even stick to what he was quoted as saying in Sat’s paper, but he stuck with BALL while he repeatedly stuck knives in the backs of everyone GT!

Jump in here any Gailey-Huggers if you can find ANYTHING DEFENSIBLE ABOUT HIS COACHING ABILITIES…ANYTHING! He’s recruiting good NOW…

But if you can’t WIN THE BIG GAMES — AND GAILEY CLEARLY CAN’T — then the ENTIRE UNIVERSITY & ITS SUPPORT SYSTEM WILL SUFFER FOR YEARS AND YEARS! I’ve already decide I’LL NEVER ATTEND ANOTHER GAILEY-COACHED GT GAME…Because I simply WON’T SUPPORT someone who shouldn’t be coaching at my Alma Mater.

He’s a LOSER…And a DOUBLE-LOSER if he doesn’t take COMPLETE RESPONSIBILITY in tomorrow’s AJC for losing this game with that IDIOTIC 54-yd attempt with 4-5 mins left…What a COMPLETE MORON!

Now THAT’S what you call LETTING LOOSE! Too bad it’s ALL TRUE…What an EERIE PARALLEL to MORA and the Falcons!

By gtne80

January 1, 2007 11:34 PM | Link to this

To Hell with UGA and to hell will the SEC. Year after year they have losing or break-even records in the bowls and meaningful out-of-conference play. Go back and look at the last 5-6 years of the conference records in the bowls. The SEC claims dominance, but doesn’t show up during the bowls (neither does the PAC10 or Big10). They will claim that it’s all in the matchups, but they are FOS.

By Fuzzy Buzzy

January 1, 2007 11:38 PM | Link to this

Hey Stupid UGA fans…….if Chan stole the onside kick play from Richt, then Richt stole it from Navy who did it about 8 hours earlier against BC.

By gtne80

January 1, 2007 11:40 PM | Link to this

To “GAILEY SHOULD BE FIRED”,

Amen and AMEN! THAT IS letting loose.

By Sautee Dawg

January 1, 2007 11:42 PM | Link to this

Truth Hurts.

Home field advantage is exactly what i was refering to. WV had 10 fans to Techs 1. It should have been the other way around. As far as the SEC being superior to any other conference, i don’t think so, however i do think by sending 9 teams to a bowl game says alot about the strength of our conference. While your keeping up with the won lost count of the SEC bowl game results, don’t forget SEC vs ACC 2-0

By WV is a STATE?

January 1, 2007 11:46 PM | Link to this

Sautee Dawg thinks that West Virginia is a REGION in the State of Virginia…At least that’s what they posted on a Dawg Blog! PROOF they don’t teach Geography at UGAy!

By Sautee Dawg

January 1, 2007 11:55 PM | Link to this

To gtne80.

Take your West Virginia spanking and go back to class.

If your ACC conference is so strong why was the highest ranked team in it playing in the {lower tier} Chic-fil-a bowl?

By UGA WRs

January 1, 2007 11:56 PM | Link to this

No CJ dont start wishing you come hear if you did you’d be dropping balls left and rite too

By Daremo

January 2, 2007 12:02 AM | Link to this

Richt is 10-0 against the ACC…I’d call that dominance.

By Night Train

January 2, 2007 12:06 AM | Link to this

Geargia Tech did a nice job in the first half mixing the rush and pass. They executed extremely well. Tech also dealt what should have been a fatal blow starting the third quarter with the successful onsides kick and resulting TD.

The WVU coaching staff did a tremendous job with halftime adjustments by down the Tech running game and pressuring the Tech QB in the second half.

WVU showed alot of heart by coming back after the poor showing in the first half and could have easisly folded after the surprising start of the second half. The support of the WV fans cannot be underestimated as well.

Conclusion: Push on the talent level for each team. Advantage WVU on coaching. Advantage WVU on fan support. Advantage WVU players on heart and knowing how to finish.

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 12:07 AM | Link to this

Because, Sautee Dawg (i.e., d%ck head). the conference/bowl lineups were drawn up years ago when Miami, VT and BC weren’t part of the ACC. You friggin’ UGA knuckle draggers are so predictable it’s funny. Insult the ACC. Make fun of the size of Tech’s stadium. Make fun of our attendance. Ignore the friggin’ obvious. UGA is a lower tier land-grant general curriculum state university. Try reading the US News and World Report ratings some time. You guys SUCK as a big university. Our piddly little specialized inner-city technological institute kicks your a* academically and (with a 3-1 disadvantage in undergrad population) competes athletically. The only thing you have in your favor is your rural GA redneck fan base (mostly made up of cousin marry-ers that never darkened the doors of the cow college). FU!!!!!

By lax55

January 2, 2007 12:08 AM | Link to this

I have been a Tech football fan my whole life, but I attend the University of Georgia. After watching both teams over the past few years, it is clear that Tech has athletes that are equal to, if not better than UGA. The only difference is COACHING!!!! Mark Richt is a fabulous coach, he knows how to finish a game in the second half, unlike Gailey. I don’t know what he says to the players at half time, but they always seem to run out of steam towards the end of the game. His decision making is terrible also. To ask Bell to make a 54 yard FG is ridiculous when we could have had them pinned back deep, and possibly gotten good field position to have a chance to win the game. Tech has the chance to be REALLY good next year, with some good recruits coming in, but it wont matter if Gailey still has the reigns. And all this arguing amongst UGA and Tech fans is unecessary. Not all UGA fans are ignorant rednecks, and not all Tech fans are nerds. Go Jackets!!!

By RW

January 2, 2007 12:11 AM | Link to this

This game turned out to be the worst possible scenario for Chan Gailey. If Bennett had looked a lot worse, and we lost, at least people would stop second guessing him on playing Reggie Ball. (Bennett had a great game, but honestly, how good would it have been if CJ wasn’t there to bail him out a few times?)

Instead, now not only does the best season of the Gailey era end with yet another five-loss record, but now everyone’s going to question leaving Ball in so long when he had Bennett gathering dust on the sidelines.

It’s been frustrating to watch for four straight years having a mobile quarterback, yet refusing to incorporate some sort of option or creative running game to offset the defficiencies of a bad passing, mobile quarterback. If you’re not going to use a running quarterback’s mobility, why not put in someone that can complete even the most basic passes, ie. Bennett?

No creativity, inability to change what isn’t working, and the first chance at a special season ending with three straight losses, including fifth in a row to Georgia and five overall is unacceptable. What can we expect when Tenuta gets a head coaching job, taking away our best coach?

By 4-4 in SEC is MEDIOCRE

January 2, 2007 12:12 AM | Link to this

Richt is 4-4 in SEC…I’d call that AVERAGE.

By Sautee Dawg

January 2, 2007 12:12 AM | Link to this

To Daremo.

waisting your time trying to put up stats for the bugs to read, coach bashing seems to be the topic of the day for them, that is a very interesting stat though with 1/2 of those coming against the gnats. I’d say dominance would be a good way to describe it!!!

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 12:16 AM | Link to this

Sautee Dawg

The waist is the place that your belt goes around. A waste is a futile effort (i.e., trying to educate an ignorant f*cker like you).

By lax55

January 2, 2007 12:27 AM | Link to this

Richt has taken UGA to 3 SEC Championships and ended the season with three wins over ranked teams, that is hardly average buddy.

By ToHellwithTech

January 2, 2007 12:30 AM | Link to this

gtne80, you sound like some bitter, snotty-nosed kid that has been bullied all of his life. If UGA fans frustrate you so badly, why don’t you choose another football team to follow that wins football games. It appears from your childish, ignorant posts that you still may be a child. If so, isn’t it past your bedtime?

By The Truth Hurts

January 2, 2007 12:31 AM | Link to this

In the Peach Bowl, which pits the ACC vs. the SEC, I believe the ACC is leading the series 8-6. If you want to compare the seeds, you’d have to realize that the SEC has historically had more schools in its conference, prior to the expansion with Miami, Va. Tech, and BC.

This particular year, the SEC is 2-0. My point is that the SEC has a built-in advantage when it comes to bowl invitations (Alabama at 6-6?)…most bowls take place in the South, which means fans can drive to the stadium, which means more tickets sold. Voters also tend to reward SEC schools in the polls over other conferences b/c of this same belief among many in the media that the SEC plays better football. It’s simply not true. Even if Boise State is choking away their game tonight, parity reigns supreme.

I’m not down on the SEC. I just think a little perspective is needed in this town about the conference. It’ll never happen, but it’s a nice thought.

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 12:37 AM | Link to this

“To Hell with Tech”

Ha, ha, ha….you call me childish? Read some of your compadre’s posts. BTW, this is a TECH post. Shows just how friggin’ childish and obsessed YOU are you pr*ck! Go to bed. The breakfast shift at Hardee’s is almost ready to begin. I follow Tech because I GRADUATED from there. I have a diploma on my wall that says I have “all rights and privileges” of a graduate of Tech. I figure that includes blogging on a TECH blog. What do you have on the wall pencil d&ck?

By lax55

January 2, 2007 12:42 AM | Link to this

Hey gtne80, as a graduate of Georgia Tech, don’t you have better things to do at one o’clock in the morning, than talking crap on the blogs. Your UGA graduate boss is going to get mad at you. My dad graduated from UGA, and he usually gets mad when his Tech employees stroll in late after sulking their loss all weekend. I didn’t want to get nasty, but your rude comments left me no choice.

By Matt

January 2, 2007 12:52 AM | Link to this

Beating two Techs in one season… T feel like we’re in a Raisin Bran commercial, two scoops of fruit Go Dawgs!!!

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 12:54 AM | Link to this

UGA boss? Obviously, you are NO GT grad. Don’t mistake Ga. State for GT dumbass. I won’t be going in to work tomorrow. As a Tech grad with 26+ years experience in the nuclear industry, I get to choose when I go to work. If you were a “REAL” Tech grad, you wouldn’t be taking up for UGA abusers on a Tech blog. What a poser. Kiss my Atlanta born a*ss.

By mtraininjax

January 2, 2007 12:56 AM | Link to this

What can we expect when Tenuta gets a head coaching job, taking away our best coach?

Attention Tech fans who watched this game on TV instead of in person, Tenuta and his D gave up 313 yards on the ground. They allowed WVU to keep the ball for the remaining 5 minutes of the game AND gave up 21 crucial points in the 3rd quarter.

I think Tenuta is a fine coach, but he should stay and work on his defense a lot more.

By surfrider

January 2, 2007 12:57 AM | Link to this

The question should be why has’nt Bennett been the starter for the last two years? No Qb should have a job with less than 50% completion ratio even if the coaching has been bad which it has until today. We’ve got a potential huge asset at QB with tons of tremendous QB depth for the future. We still need some stoppers on defense t o take control of a game against great offenses like we have experienced the l ast two bowl games. But personally I thought we would loose big in this one due to WV offense. Only Gailey would say that he would not have done anything different this year. Ball would have made a great slot/scat back and punt/kickoff returner.

By lax55

January 2, 2007 01:04 AM | Link to this

Who said i was a Tech grad? I am a UGA STUDENT. And most UGA graduates that I know are ALOT more successful than TECH grads. UGA graduates RUN companies, Tech graduates work in small cubicles all day. And just so you know, UGA is much harder to get into now. The average HS GPA of a UGA student is MUCH higher than a Tech student. Face it, UGA is superior in atheletics and academics. UGA is not the farm school it used to be, Terry College of Business is rated among the best business schools in the nation in the Princeton Review. After every loss, Tech fans resort to making fun of UGA, grow up and take a loss- you should be used to it now. LOSER!!!

By The Truth Hurts

January 2, 2007 01:04 AM | Link to this

Boise State vs. Oklahoma..Game of the Year!!!!

Did that just happen? And a proposal to a cheerleader in a postgame interview??

Too good to be true.

Simply incredible game. Way to go Idaho!!

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 01:06 AM | Link to this

Surfrider, you ask the questions that we should all be asking

“mtraininjax” - great questions. We’ve been dubbing Tenuta as this defensive genius, but where is the defense when we really need them? If I’m not mistaken, we led in the 4th qtr against UGA and WFU. We were up by 18 points early in the second half of this one. Why did we not hold the lead in any of these games? Is Tenuta really the genius?

By UGAyers Have Trouble With MATH (as usual)

January 2, 2007 01:13 AM | Link to this

Richt was 4-4 in the SEC this year, and that’s a .500 winning percentage. It also equals 50%, which is quite simply AVERAGE…It’s the SAME as flipping a coin. Unless of course, you WEIGHT the LOSSES to Vandy and KY more, then it becomes a less than average performance in the SEC this year by Richt and the Dawgs. Numbers don’t LIE, but you have to be able to do the math.

The “awesome UGAy QB” threw 7 TDs and 13 INTs this year…Sorry, but that’s ALSO BELOW AVERAGE. Even Ball’s TD/INT numbers were MUCH BETTER than that!

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 01:19 AM | Link to this

lax55,

Sorry, I misunderstood the phrase “as a Tech graduate” to mean that YOU were a Tech graduate. I should have known better since you are obviously able to operate a computer. Evidently that means you don’t have a degree from Athens complimentary college.

And BTW, I know a lot of High School graduates that run companies and are more successful than UGA graduates. The real story is that GT students are more intelligent than those that at UGA.

WTF does Terry College have to do with this blog? Go back to the UGA knuckle draggers blog you stupid sh*t.

By RW

January 2, 2007 01:20 AM | Link to this

In no way can you blame the Georgia or Wake Forest game on the defense. They shouldn’t have to pitch a shutout just to win. If you look at his body of work with Tech over the last few years, he’s held teams’ offenses with far superior talent in check. If you can barely score ten points a game and turn the ball over at inopportune times, it puts too much stress on the defense, no matter how good they are.

If you were to tell me beforehand that UGA would only score 15, and Wake 9, I’d have expected two wins. Ok, with Ball at QB, maybe just one. Don’t forget, it was Tenuta’s defense that held Notre Dame to it’s lowest point total all year.

By Jet Buzz

January 2, 2007 01:29 AM | Link to this

I applaud Arthur Blank for establishing uncompromising standards for his Atlanta Falcons. Can the GT Nation (and AD) take notice??

By Fierce Dawg

January 2, 2007 01:30 AM | Link to this

gtne, dont kid yourself. most UGA graduates will never work for your engineering a**es. they are all lawyers, doctors, vets, etc, contrary to where you like to believe they work. remember, we own you. you havent beaten us in six years, remember. however, kudos to your 26 years experience in the nuclear industry, very impressive.

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 01:31 AM | Link to this

RW,

You are right. The defense did their job against WFU and UGA. They did NOT however do a stellar job against WVU. South Florida held them to 19 and East Carolina held them to 27!!!! We could have won the game with the defense holding them to 34 (the fumble on kickoff gave them at least 3). However, with an effort CLOSE to what the defense has shown all year, this game wasn’t even CLOSE!!!!

By gtne80 needs anger management

January 2, 2007 01:36 AM | Link to this

gtne80, please stf up. You’re embarrassing our school. Admit it, we faded the last few games so stop ranting you pathetic fool. What in the world are you so sore about? We got beat…suck it up.

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 01:40 AM | Link to this

Fierce Dawg, I will accept your post as an intelligent one. Please address your comments to lax55 also.

You are right, we haven’t beaten UGA in 6 years. We SHOULD have fixed that trend this year, but Chan is too obstinate and stubborn to do what was necessary.

Go back to the beginning of my posts. My contention is that the GT administration and some of our fans are ACCEPTING mediocrity. Actually, I work with some UGA grads and they are some of the best people that I get the chance to work with. They are (as you say) in different fields. We get to joke on a very friendly manner and enjoy the rivalry.

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 01:45 AM | Link to this

Anger management? Just calling it AS IT IS. What have I said that is not true????

Yes. We lost this one. I admit it. WVU had a better team. I never claimed anything differently.

My rants have been against “need a life” UGA p*ssants on OUR blog rubbing in this loss. Go back and check my posts after the UGA loss. I gave them their props.

None of my posts have said ANYTHING derogatory against WVU. Check the record!!!!

By lax55

January 2, 2007 01:47 AM | Link to this

gtne80, Terry College is the business school of UGA, which makes it completely relevant

By MORE PROOF GAILEY SHOULD BE FIRED!

January 2, 2007 01:48 AM | Link to this

You know, it’s ONE THING to be “afraid” to make a QB change because of “Continuity at that position.” It’s another thing to SEE WHAT BENNETT DID TODAY, AND STILL SAY YOU WOULDN’T HAVE CHANGED A THING:

*Tech coach Chan Gailey said Bennett’s play didn’t make him rethink his decision to stand by Ball throughout a season in which Ball completed only 44 percent of his passes.

“I would not have changed anything this year in that respect,” Gailey said.*

ABSOLUTELY UNFREAKIN’ BELIEVABLE! If Ball was still ELIGIBLE next year, Gailey would START HIM IN EVERY GAME!

I think it goes without saying that someone in the Head Coaching position at GT *who REFUSES to admit he even MIGHT HAVE done things differently with the KNOWLEDGE of Bennett’s performance today is, to put it mildly, *EXTREMELY TROUBLING! **

GAILEY IS POISON…He’s an OLD MAN who is INFLEXIBLE. He’s a NICE GUY, but PROVED he couldn’t coach at the NFL level…HOW BAD MUST IT GET FOR GAILEY TO BE PUT OUT TO PASTURE?

He says 4th and 9 would’ve “put too much pressure on Taylor” to make the play…Then he sends Bell out for a 54-yd field goal attempt?!!??!? Like Taylor wasn’t already “handling the pressure” of his 2nd start coming in a BOWL GAME!?! Are you kidding me?

I’m so FREAKIN’ PEEED OFF I COULD SPIT NAILS! Gailey needs to be DRUG-TESTED TOMORROW! Punting on 4th down with NO TIME LEFT to GIVE AWAY the Conference Championship…AND NOW THIS?!!??!?

There have been SEVERAL EXAMPLES of how SUPERIOR COACHING won Bowl Games this year…Sadly, Chan Gailey WILL NEVER BE ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES…EVER!

GAILEY LOST the final 3 games of this season BECAUSE OF POOR COACHING DECISIONS (leaving Bennett on the bench while Ball gave games away…Sending Bell out for a 54-yd attempt when he just said in Mon’s AJC HE WOULDN’T DO THAT)

HOWEVER, the MOST TROUBLING PART is he says *HE WOULDN’T HAVE CHANGED A THING.* ** Someone needs to PUNCH HIS TICKET for the same ONE-WAY FLIGHT Mora is taking OUT OF ATLANTA…Before it’s TOO LATE!

I can’t BELIEVE he says he wouldn’t do ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY!! The MARK OF A LOSER!

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 01:51 AM | Link to this

lax55, So, one of a 100 majors at UGA has some credibility? How many UGA “student athletes” attend the Terry College?? Best I can see, the majority are PE majors. You are reaching.

By dawgystyle

January 2, 2007 01:53 AM | Link to this

gtne80…assuming everything that you said about is true, you are the most pathetic human being i have ever encountered. if you are truly a 6-figure earning, 26-year veteran of the nuclear industry, why are you on a blog at 1 in the morning calling a college kid a “knuckle dragger?” if you are a 26-year veteran of an industry, i’m guessing you’re near 50. which means that you would have kids, except you went to tech which means you probably have numerous social disorders. buddy, you can out-calculus me all day long, but 6 figures doesn’t mean you aren’t a loser.

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 01:54 AM | Link to this

To “MORE PROOF GAILEY SHOULD BE FIRED!”, all I can say is “EXACTLY”“!!!!!!

By dawgystyle

January 2, 2007 01:55 AM | Link to this

honestly, are you sitting their smirking about busting out the worn-out “i’m your boss” routine. shouldn’t you be spending time with your wife, sleeping, sampling fine wines, or swimming in your bathtub full of 100 dollar bills? no, you aren’t because either you are a liar, and you are in fact 17, or you are, as i said, the most pathetic individual i have ever encountered.

as the college kids are saying these days…

pwn3d

By gtne80

January 2, 2007 02:01 AM | Link to this

dawgstyle….got three of them and a full life…why are YOU on a blog at 2 in the morning? The reason that I’m calling a college kid a “knuckle dragger” is that he’s displaying the behavior that a fellow SEC grad of yours (Forrest Gump) described as “Stupid Is as Stupid Does”.

Because I’m a Tech grad with 26+ years of experience, I get to choose when I go to bed, unlike UGA fans that have to report to their assigned shifts at Hardee’s or McDonald’s. BTW, the breakfast shift starts soon suckers, you better head to bed and get some sleep!!!

By dawgystyle

January 2, 2007 02:09 AM | Link to this

See, that is the classless garbage that gives you no credibility. Let’s see, I think Georgia grad Sonny Perdue gets to CHOOSE when he goes to bed, don’t you? I’m on this blog at 2 in the morning because I’m a college student who’s been out getting drunk all day watching bowl games on TV. That’s what college students do. You, on the other hand, are the father of three socially-doomed children, that are going to view a yellow Lacoste shirt and an internship drawing blueprints in a basement for 60 hours a week is the pinnacle of human achievment. If your kids asked you what you were doing at 2 in the morning, would you be proud to tell them? Would you brag to your wife, about how you “made that UGAy grad feel dumb because you said he worked at hardees?” I doubt it. When I tell my friends that I made some 50-year old “millionaire” sound like a moron, they’ll have a good laugh.

go dawgs

13 of 16 and counting.

By RW

January 2, 2007 02:10 AM | Link to this

More Proof..

Gailey, like any other coach said what he had to say. Of course he’s not going to say he would change the way he handled the quarterback situation. That’s basically admitting he was wrong for four years now. Would it stop people from calling for his firing if he came out right now and said he was wrong for playing Ball? Basically saying “oops, sorry, just wasted the last four years, guys”? That would make him look even worse, so of course he’s not going to admit that publicly.

Can’t believe I just stood up for Gailey…One thing you’ll never hear from a Tech opponent: “We got outcoached today”. He’s not the answer at coach for Tech, but for all his faults, I don’t think you can fault him for saying he wouldn’t have changed quarterbacks.

By Navigator

January 2, 2007 02:26 AM | Link to this

Jacket fans, stop arguing with the UGA guys and get on with the real problem. UGA came back and won their game, and we didn’t. Florida had a similar problem, when they had a coach that couldn’t measure up. They ate a little crow for hiring him, and went out got an outstanding coach. Gailey put one player over what is best for the team. That cannot be allowed, because football is a team sport. You do that and you lose your players, and I think the last three games will do that. Please AD cut your losses and go for a coach that has proved himself a winner, something Gailey has never proven.

By Najeh Davenpoop

January 2, 2007 02:35 AM | Link to this

Any time you blow a double-digit lead and lose a nationally televised game, you have to be disappointed. Sure, there were many positives (we finally played our best QB, Choice and CJ showed why they are elite college players) but ultimately you have to be able to close out games like this one. Defense has been GT’s strength this year, and today they let the team down. Granted, the situations with Kenny Scott and Jamal Lewis probably had something to do with it, but I still would have liked to see them close this one out with a win.

By Gay Pride

January 2, 2007 02:58 AM | Link to this

You boys really played your little asses off in those pretty uniforms, they were so tight.Gosh Calvin i just love to see you jump you big beast you. I cant wait till next year, who cares if we win or lose as long as you boys keep lookin good. I just love my yellow jackets. You guys be sweet and till next time, reggie you promised!

By FIRE GAILEY NOW...He's a COMPLETE MORON!

January 2, 2007 03:13 AM | Link to this

Actually RW, here’s what a MATURE COACH would’ve said,

“Of course I would’ve played Bennett during certain situations if I’d KNOWN he would come out and play like he did today! He was incredible and played like he had started all year!” Notice how that sets up next year with a nice touch?

INSTEAD, his response shows this:

1) He CAN’T EVEN PUBLICLY COMPLIMENT BENNETT on an absolutely OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE when given a direct opportunity to do so.

2) He DOESN’T UNDERSTAND or “CHOOSE TO RECOGNIZE” that he has made SERIOUS COACHING ERRORS when everyone else who follows GT Football can ALREADY SEE THEM with their own eyes.

3) His INABILITY to admit he would’ve done things differently with knowledge he now has quite simply means that in the future, not only will he be UNABLE to recognize his own COACHING ERRORS just after they’ve occurred…But he STILL WILL NOT SEE THEM AS ERRORS even after the season has ended!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!? What kind of “coach” is that?

4) He STILL WOULD NOT have benched Ball during his ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE PERFORMANCES DURING “MUST WIN GAMES” after seeing Bennett perform today. With the GT Family taking mind-numbing HEAD and GUT shots with these 3 losses, ANY PUBLIC INDICATION that things would’ve been done differently TO TRY AND WIN THOSE GAMES is a POSITIVE STEP TOWARD HEALING…

5) He’s SO INFLEXIBLE that NO MATTER WHAT the circumstances may be in future games and NO MATTER WHAT might be on the line…If Gailey “makes his decision and is going to stand by it”, then NO MATTER HOW STUPID it may appear to GT Fans and ALUMS, HE’s STILL GOING TO DO IT…Like he’s a “Man of Principles” or something INSTEAD OF AN ACTIVE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH who makes decisions to MANAGE AND WIN GAMES…Even if it means REVERSING PREVIOUS DECISIONS.

I could go on…But THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS MAN TO HAVE AT THE HELM OF GT FOOTBALL! Can you IMAGINE how frustrated the PLAYERS and COACHES (like Tenuta) must be when they SEE THIS INFLEXIBILITY and DISCONNECT FROM REALITY — FIRST HAND!?!?!?

Coaching is ALL ABOUT DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN WHAT YOU’RE DOING ISN’T WORKING — And this man DOESN’T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT! He’s CLEARLY NOT an Engineer…And he looks to be something on the order of STUPID. You know, in a “backwoods” kind of way.

Can you imagine Lou Holtz or Steve Spurrier or even Pee-Wee Herman saying anything like, “I still would’ve played Reggie Ball every minute that I did this past season after seeing Taylor Bennett’s performance in today’s Bowl Game.” You see how Gailey’s answer makes him look so much MORE STUPID? Because HE SURE DOESN’T…

The REAL PROBLEM isn’t that he was “covering up” so he wouldn’t be admitting he made a mistake…I think he REALLY & TRULY WOULDN’T HAVE DONE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY, even if he would’ve KNOWN that Bennett would perform like he did today.

INCOMPETENCE LIKE THAT IS GROUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE DISMISSAL with no explanation necessary!! At least that’s how it happens in Corporate America, and 99% of the Universities that field Football Teams in Div 1A.

Gailey’s a NICE GUY…But he’s also a COMPLETE IDIOT! So much so that he’s not even smart enough to understand just how STUPID his coaching errors are, because he STILL DOESN’T THINK HE’S MADE ANY AT ALL!

By John Thompson

January 2, 2007 03:21 AM | Link to this

Special teams lost the game today. The defense did the best they could with the offense that West Virginia runs.
I’m with the people that say fire Chan. It is an absolute tragedy to the players and fans of Georgia Tech to start the most horrible quarterback on the planet in Reggie Ball. Taylor came in and looked magnificent. 20 for 30 for 380+ yards and two touchdowns….are you kidding me?? Calvin Johnson would have one the heisman hands down had Taylor been playing all season. We would have beaten Notre Dame, Georgia, and Wake Forest for sure, probably not Clemson. My God though, how stupid is that coach.

By john

January 2, 2007 05:27 AM | Link to this

Weekly bashing of Tech by ignorant trailer-trash UGAg fans……CHECK

By FlDawg

January 2, 2007 06:18 AM | Link to this

To Tech fans…Gailey’s hard-headed and foolish loyalty to Reggie became so apparent today. With your running back (who you have) and a competent quarterback (who you have but he didn’t play all year) your season would have been magnificent.

I’m a UGA fan, but also a football fan, and the Tech team I saw today was unlike the one I’ve seen the whole season.

Obviously, I don’t contribute to/support Tech, but if I did, I would demand Gailey’s head on a pike.

This is not a UGA cheapshot…but, Gailey is an absolute idiot.

Seeya next year at Grant Field.

By ATC

January 2, 2007 06:23 AM | Link to this

By gspjr

January 1, 2007 10:03 PM | Link to this

Yep, great call on the onside kick. Too bad CG had to pick up the idea from Richt

Maybe the whole Tech team needs to go over to Athens and see if Coach Richt can teach them to finish the drill.

By GT92

January 2, 2007 06:34 AM | Link to this

“I would not have changed anything this year in that respect,” Gailey said.

There is something terribly wrong here. Not only does Chan not sit Reggie for even a series or two during the season, or over the last 2 years for that matter, but now fails to even acknowledge the obvious in even the smallest of ways. If our AD doesn’t have the balls to do the deed now, maybe we should hire Arthur Blank for about 15 minutes.

By Rico

January 2, 2007 06:56 AM | Link to this

..and that’s why Tech is Tech. Because fans are happy with losses and coaches talk about “character and being good men”(Gailey’s comments in the locker room after the loss). People this is not youth league. Coaches are suppose to want wins!! Fans are suppose to want wins!!

Chan is a wonderful man. But, he does not have the “killer instict” needed to win games. That attitude show in his players.

I hate to jump pn the bandwagon…But, we need a coach that want’s and demands to win. Chan must go!

By nwdnanny

January 2, 2007 06:56 AM | Link to this

To gtne80 It’s quite obvious what your degree (if you have one) from Tech is in… Cursing 101. Go find some Prozac and chill before you have a heart attack (hopefully) or stroke. The bottom line is “sour grapes”.

By nwdnanny

January 2, 2007 07:03 AM | Link to this

My gosh, with 26 years of “experience in the nuclear industry” you should be around 45+ years old, and yet you spew off the language of a 18 year old thug. If that’s what a GT diploma amounts too, we can all hope you soak up enough radiation to evaporate you and give us all some relief.

By Vindicated

January 2, 2007 07:04 AM | Link to this

By jabster

January 1, 2007 10:56 PM | Link to this

I’m not sure if the D was playing bad in the 3rd or was just outsized

At the first of the year I was practically lynched on this blog for suggesting that our defense was undersized, undermanned (depth), and that Tenuta’s smoke and mirror compensatory approach would not serve us well when we came up against bigger, stronger, and faster teams late in the year. Clemson’s mammoth offensive line just flattened us like runaway 18 wheelers. With the exception of 1 or 2 players, the same guys were on the field 99% of the time. This obviously contributed to our inability to stop the better teams when the game was on the line late in the season. And it happened again yesterday. How many players does UGA rotate in and out of a game on both sides of the ball. You need a roster to even know who they are theres so damn many of them. Until we develop that kind of depth and get bigger on our defensive front we will see this same result year after year. And then there is Gailey………

By jay

January 2, 2007 07:11 AM | Link to this

Another Tech moral victory. You can’t spell moral victory without L.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

January 2, 2007 07:13 AM | Link to this

I have no dog in this fight because I’m a DAWG. Just an outsiders opinion.I really don’t understand why CG stayed with Ball all year. Reminds me when the Ga. coach went with a QB in his freshman yr. and ran every body else off. If I were a Tech guy, I’d be so mad I’d be spitting nails. Good luck at least until you play us next yr.

By DirtDobber

January 2, 2007 07:16 AM | Link to this

To gtne80

CHILL DUDE !

By m

January 2, 2007 07:18 AM | Link to this

Chan Gailey is the WORST football coach I have ever seen in my entire life…..he has literally taken the fun out of Tech football. He has completely wasted what should have been the best year since 1990. He should be fired immediately.

By DirtDobber

January 2, 2007 07:30 AM | Link to this

Sure I am disappointed over the loss but today’s game was a great game. Don’t think we should ever become complacent even over wins.

Don’t think O coaching chang