By TDone

December 4, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this

Man’s Game, Muttland. Man’s Game.

By Where's my slide rule?

December 4, 2008 11:22 PM | Link to this

CHICK-FIL-A CHICKEN NUGGETS BOWL! HAHAHA! Enjoy your trip to the Georgia Dome, and your three point win, Boggs! We’ll send you a post card from SUNNY FLORIDA and our BETTER BOWL! NERD=)

By Here's your slide rule

December 4, 2008 11:24 PM | Link to this

Dear Neck,

45-42….

That is all.

By One for 8 isn't a good average...

December 4, 2008 11:26 PM | Link to this

The difference between us: Georgia goes to the Chick-Fil-A bowl= Failure. Tech goes to Chick-Fil-A bowl= ENORMOUS SUCCESS! Math homework and tickle piles all around!

By Here's your slide rule

December 4, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this

Dear Neck,

Forgot to mention…. 409 rushing yards.

That is all.

By Here is my slide rule...

December 4, 2008 11:28 PM | Link to this

1 win in 8 years. By three points. Dork.

By Paul Johnson

December 4, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this

Dear Richt and delusional butt sniffers,

If you can’t beat me in my first year with 65 scholarship players, 17 freshman and sophomore starters, converted tight-ends on the OL, and half my team out with injuries, how will you ever beat me?

Sincerely, Paul “Big” Johnson

By CRB

December 4, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this

Hey…leghumper…two words…

SCORE….BOARD!

By CW

December 5, 2008 12:39 AM | Link to this

I have respect for UGA’s football fans, but some of the doggies posting on Tech blogs need to learn some humility.

You only played four good teams this year and your team lost three of them. I’ll give you credit for a good win over LSU.

Beating AZ St didn’t really show much. Squeaking by KY, Aub, SC and Vandy surely isn’t very impressive either.

Now pipe down accept that this just wasn’t your year.

By Remember me? yes no

December 5, 2008 12:46 AM | Link to this

CW, I have seen your posts on various blogs and you always seen to be a very sane and a credit to what football fans should be. I do respect that. I wish there were more of you. Cheers JR

By razerGT

December 5, 2008 12:56 AM | Link to this

My only complaint is that Clemson is going to a bowl it doesn’t deserve. That is all.

By The Big Bug

December 5, 2008 12:56 AM | Link to this

Uh, The streak is 1 win in 9 years, hick.

By BuzzMD

December 5, 2008 1:05 AM | Link to this

Chris, any “good” reason given by Chip for his reason on not mentioning MJ getting AA honors, rather than just giving all the glory to No-Show?

BTW, have you seen these stats for Dwyer? Total yards: 1,328 Touchdowns: 13 AVERAGE TD RUN: 45.9 yds % OF TOTAL YARDS GAINED ON TD RUNS: 45%

Oh, but wait, guess he does not hurdle people, so noone knows who he is.

By The Big Bug

December 5, 2008 1:08 AM | Link to this

HeyWhere’s my,

You must be a real idiot coming on this blog after a humiliating season. Oh wait, I spy a sidewalk alumnus. I don’t think I will waste my time with a response.

By lakerat

December 5, 2008 7:42 AM | Link to this

Just remember, Tech, just like UGA, was 3 plays away from being 6-6 - but you did win THE game! Congrats!

By Hey, razerGT

December 5, 2008 7:46 AM | Link to this

Why be mad at Clemson? You guys were the first choice in the progression of the bowl teams after the BCS, so it is not Clemson’s fault that the chicken guys wanted Tech over everybody else.

Besides, the crew in J-ville KNEW that since Tech did not bring anyone their two years ago to play in the ACC CHAMPIONSHIP game that they probably would not bring anyone there this year.

By gtne80

December 5, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this

Chip’s a UGA beat writer. Why would he rub the salt of Michael Johnson’s award in their already wounded hides? Maybe there should have been an article from one of the AJC sports columnists highlighting BOTH awards.

Lakerat, thanks for the congrats. Any successful season (or unsuccessful one for that matter) can swing on a few plays one way or another. If you want to talk plays, take away the penalty that kept the VT 4th quarter drive alive and the Roddy Jones fumble against UNC and maybe Tech is 11-1. Football is a funny game. The ball isn’t round, so it can bounce funny ways at times.

razer - Truth is, Clemson’s team and their record may not have warranted a bowl bid, but their fans (rednecks that they are) earn them bowl bids because of their dogged following of the team. Bottom line is that they show up in numbers. We Tech fans should learn a lesson from that. (I know, Clemson’s a bigger school…..)

Mr. One for Eight - 45-42, our Seniors are going out winners. How about yours?

By Actually, gtne80...

December 5, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

…Tech is larger than Clemson - per the GT website - “Georgia Tech’s campus occupies 400 acres in the heart of the city of Atlanta, where more than 19,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive a focused, technologically based education.”

Clemson’s website says they have 17,850 enrolled students, undergrad and grad included!

By Brett

December 5, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this

Hey nadlickers,

the main reason we are excited about this season is because Paul Johnson has proven everyone wrong and has STARTED to turn our program around. its his FIRST season and we have had a better season that the last seven years. i say started because Paul Johnson will be the end of ur saint richt. let’s just say this season is the first of many great seasons to come in the bright georgia tech future!

just a lil reminder

YOU WENT FROM NUMBER ONE IN NATION TO NUMBER 2 IN STATE! EAT THAT!

By BuzzFactor

December 5, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

Man, you UGA fans are making this a very fun win. The whining, trying to poke fun at the team that beat you in your own house, all the preseason hype you guys spewed. We Tech fans really don’t even have to say anything to enjoy the win, you guys give us so much to laugh about and appreciate. Thank you, UGA fans! And please keep talking on our blogs, I love it!

By buzzmd

December 5, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

To Actually, gtne80: Undergrad population is what matters for football — as grad students are less interested in athletics, in general, so gtne80 was correct in his statement.

Clemson undergrad population:14,096

GT undergrad pop: 12,565 Source: Peterson’s

By jabster

December 5, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

Hey—I have my Peach Bowl tickets. How about you? Butts in seats, folks…

By But Georgia Had 7 In a Row

December 5, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this

To those of you talking about how Georgia won 7 in a row:

Guess what, Georgia Tech won 8 in a row against your mutts, and that remains the longest streak in the history of the rivalry. Now that you know that, I’m sure you’re going to whine and scream about how “the past doesn’t matter.” To that I answer:

45 - 42

By Cogratulations!

December 5, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

Congratulations, Jackets! You deserve it, and are making us proud! p.s. Dwyer also got ACC Offensive Player of the year.

By Pi$$onaDawg

December 5, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

I wanted PEACH BOWL tickets but the packages sux and all the seats in sections 113-118 are filled or sold. I am not going to pay money to sit in the 300’s between the 30yrd lines. Dad and I went to the ACC ship in the rain 2 yrs ago. Mom, Dad, and I went to Auburn, Va TECH, Clemson, & Notre Dame. Dad & I wanted to go to WEST POINT this year and Ole Miss in the near future until the PU$$IES backed out. So, please don’t say REAL TECH FANS don’t TRAVEL. I just will not pay to go to the PEACH BOWL and sit in crappy seats in my hometown when I can take MOM & DAD out to La Grotta for dinner, watch the game on TV, and not have to deal with traffic at a cheaper price.

By BuzzFactor

December 5, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

We all know we have a small fan base, but hopefully it will grow a bit over the next couple of years.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

December 5, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

I sick of the GATOR BOWL and Jacksonville.

We’ve been there enough.

I’m glad the Championship game has moved and will not be played there anymore.

By Actually, buzzmd...

December 5, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

…If a school (Tech) has more students TOTAL than another school (Clemson) wouldn’t it make sense for that larger school (Tech) to have more alumni (those who really go to the games - and who follow the team on the road) - undergraduate numbers do not matter, since they do not pay a lot to buy tickets home or away. The total number of living alumni is what matters when it comes to supporting sports teams. It is a good thing Tech has an excellent engineering school - your math needs some work - but then don’t you need math in engineering, too!

PI$$onaDawg -

You epitomize the reason Tech cannot fill Bobby Dodd and why bowl games shy away from Tech!

By Wrecker1

December 5, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

One correction Chris: Dwyer had 574 yards rushing in the last 4 games. All against top 25 teams who were ranked in the top 15 in rushing defense. I believe that one of the TECH sites also mis-reported 474.

By Hopefully...

December 5, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

…next year Tech will have better fan support (unlike like PI$$onaDawg) so that I will not have to listen to Roddy Jones or Tech ticket office employees beg me to buy football tickets from mid-July thru October 1!

By lakerat

December 5, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this

BuzzFactor -

To what small fan base do you refer? As outlined on this blog, GT is a larger university than Clemson, yet Clemson does not have problems getting 75K - 83K for home games, while Tech DOES have problems getting 45K to Bobby Dodd consistently. And, surely you will not try to say that Clemson has more wealthy alumni who can afford to go!

By AGTfan

December 5, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this

Sometimes I find UGA fans trolling on the GT blogs irritating. But this week it doesn’t bother me at all. A few of them are sports fans enough to recognize last Saturday’s game as one of the greatest games in the hisory of the rivalry. They happened to come out on the short end of the stick, but the UGA players have no reason to hang their heads. They fought hard until the end.

45-42

By C'mon guys

December 5, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

This is getting embarrassing - Clemson has 1200 more undergraduate students than us, yet they do not have problems getting 75-80,000 to their home games. And then we have “fans” like ——onaDawg who whines that he will not support the team because he cannot get good seats in the lower level. No wonder other schools give us a hard time!

By m

December 5, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

The biggest award needs to go to DRad for making all these other awards possible. How did he do that? He fired the sorriest excuse of a coach in the history of the free world, Chan Gailey. Thank God for DRad and Thank God and Greyhound that the worst coach in Tech history, the coach that nearly destroyed Tech football for 6 long years, is GONE FOREVER. Halllleeeedamlooooyah!!

By BobinBuford

December 5, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

lakerat:

Have you ever been in Clemson, SC on a Saturday? What else is there to do there?

By lakerat

December 5, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this

Well, BobinBuford -

That is the whole point - Clemson is a town of about 2000 - they have to come from all over SC and GA in order to fill the stadium, and they do! Here in Atlanta most fans for GT only have to travel at most an hour, and they still would rather NOT support the team - perfect example is Pi$$onaDawg!

By ACCFan

December 5, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

Hey, its all in the numbers, guys. ACC was 6-4 against SEC. ACC has 4 ranked teams in the final BCS of the regular season. SEC only has 3. ACC has 10 bowl eligible teams. SEC only has 8. True, ACC does not have anyone on a par with Alabama and Florida, but after them, SEC drops off very fast.

By Tokyo Jacket

December 5, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

M, I didn’t think I’d ever say this, but you’re spot on: D-Rad is the one making it possible. He’s doing a lot of good for Tech. I hope we’re not the minors for him. I don’t care if we don’t have the highest paid coach in football, but I want to see D-Rad get paid.

As for all the recognition, I don’t get why none of the writers think Burnett should get any credit? He leads the nation in interceptions yet finishes second in his own conference, WTF? I know people don’t want to give too much love to Tech’s D, but the simple truth is that we had no less than 5 players this year that will be drafted in the first three rounds when they make it to the draft (Burnett and Morgan will go 1st round and 2nd round in two years).

By Charlotte Jacket

December 5, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

YAY! m is back!

Got my tickets for New Year’s Eve. See you there, jabster. Hope to see many, many thousands more in white and gold there, too.

Go Jackets!

By Robert Acebal

December 5, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this

To Pi$$onadawg. Say hello to Sergio for me at La Grotta.. We were next door neighbors when we lived in Hotlanta.

By GT45

December 6, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

When I wear my GT hat around, UGAGers say, “You wear that hat because ya’ll finally won,” and I say, “No, I’ve worn it all along. You just haven’t noticed it until this week!” Thanks, D-Rad and CPJ, for making them notice, again.

By Frank Dreben

December 6, 2008 12:33 PM | Link to this

Tech fans, don’t you think you are being slightly hypocritical complaining about UGA fans talking trash? I read these blogs. They won 7 in a row over you and you were STILL talking trash about UGA before this year’s game. You hadn’t beaten them in forever. Yet, the second you squeak out one win by three points they aren’t supposed to say anything about Tech. You act like you own them. That sounds like a load of bullcrap to me.

I’m an impartial observer. I just call it like I see it.

By malibuGT

December 6, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this

i didn’t take advantage of the early bowl sign up because we’re out west for the holiday break. But i bought the two best tickets i could as soon as announced(upper end zone - yikes!) and i figure the tickets will find their way into one of my friends or famiy stockings. It was the least i could do after the saturday in athens that Paul and boys made happen. And yes, my piece of the hedge is on the mantle next to the christmas tree!!

By Great Question

December 6, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

“our Seniors are going out winners. How about yours?”

Our seniors have won an SEC championship, played in two BCS bowls, and contributed to two Top 10 finishes in the polls. They have been one of the most successfal senior classes in Georgia history. And, most important of all, they are 3-1 vs. the Joke by Coke. They still own you free in clear. In other words, they crap all over your seniors. Thanks for asking.

By jk

December 6, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

sec is sooooo weak. the beauty of Tech is we fly the space shuttle and whip doggies; sorry ugag we are just on a different level and u know it!!

By HONESTY

December 6, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

I didn’t read through the rest of the comments, but the difference between GT and Clemson (“Auburn with a lake”, according to the only Dawg I ever liked, Lewis Grizzard) is that GT is in Atlanta, and so are her alumni, whereas Clemson is in, well, Clemson, Appalachia of South Carolina. If you are ANYWHERE near the Upstate, a Clemson game is the best thing going. A Saturday in Atlanta has many more options and distractions than Upstate South Carolina. A GT alum in Atlanta (nor the residents) just doesn’t have the “draw” to a GT football game as do the Clemson Tigers.

By texaswreck

December 6, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this

Nebraska has not had an unsold seat since 1962- the reason is that they have nothing else going on, or their program has had a serious run of excellence, terminated by the hiring of Callahan?? Clemson draws heavily even when they stink because they are the event, simple enough. That is not a knock, just a fact. Likewise, Tech fans have not exactly had exciting teams to go watch every year, more like every three or four.
And, at the end of the day, we over performed this year, while Georgia, predicted national champion, couldn’t win their rival game or their in state game, so go away to where ever you are playing and enjoy your loss.

By Charlotte Jacket

December 7, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

It occurred to me this morning that we’re seeing a lot of smack from UGA fans about how they go to the Peach Bowl in rebuilding years while it’s the highlight of Tech fans’ lives.

A little perspective: 2001: Mark Richt’s first season - Overall regular season: 8-3 - Bowl: Music City, lost to BC - Beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta - Overall record: 8-4

2008: Paul Johnson’s first season - Overall regular season: 9-3, tied for division title - Bowl: Peach, opponent and result to be determined - Beat UGA in Athens - Overall record: 10-3 or 9-4

I’m not going to predict national championships or seven-year winning streaks against UGA, but I am very pleased to have ACC Coach of the Year Paul Johnson wearing White and Gold! Great first year with loads of talent coming back. Buy season tickets and show up, Jackets. He won’t stay forever unless we support him.

By Kelly

December 7, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this

Here’s a new one for you Jackets: Congratulations on a good season, courtesy of this UGA fan. Congrats on the big win and I’m pulling for you to run all over LSU. I don’t know about other Dawg fans, but I’m one who says the college football universe benefits from strong GA. teams. So kick LSU’s arse and we’ll see you next year.

By Big BCH 99

December 8, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this

Last I heard the Peach Bowls is one of the top non BCS bowls, & considering y’all didn’t get a BCS game (don’t complain about that at 9-3) Ugay fans have no room to talk.

By KT

December 8, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

THWG 45-42! OK fellow Tech fans, here’s the scoop. The reasons “NoShow” won All-American honors are: Ga runs a one Tailback O. D knew he was coming on every running play. He caught a lot of balls out of the backfield. He was on ESPN a lot. Dwyer is a better runner, maybe not as well rounded as “NoShow”. If I’m picking players, I choose Dwyer. 5 years from now, Dwyer is All-Pro, Moreno is a return specialist.

By Ramblin Wrecker

December 8, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

I guess in the fall from #1 preseason to #2 in Georgia, Dawg fans have injured their heads. They are still talking like anyone gives an Uga pile about the previous 6 years that happened under Chan Gailey. But I guess for a fanbase that talks about 1980 like it was two years ago, shouldn’t expect any better.

TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!!!!

By buzzinator

December 8, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Any chance Dwyer goes pro after this year? that would be a shame.

By CW

December 8, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

Why in the world do we care what the undergraduate student body population is at Clemson? Why do Tech fans feel the need to make silly arguments about attendance? Are we supposed to believe that the size of the stadium is more important than wins and losses?

Tech won the football game and currently owns bragging rights in the state of Georgia until November 2009.

By Sjohnso

December 8, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this

MJ is an All American and we at GT accept it and we don’t care if he doesn’t get the press like Uga players. Go Jackets! 45-42 enough said.

By Dwyer cannot go pro...

December 9, 2008 6:59 AM | Link to this

…until he has been in school for 3 years. He is a true sophomore, so he has to come back next year before applying for the NFL.

By Pi$$onaDawg

December 10, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

TO REPLY to you that think I and dad are not ture FANS. My Butt has been in a seat at Boddy Dood Stadium at Grant Field since 1972. MOM, DAD, and I used to visit all the away games against our old SEC FOES. Have any of you that called me out been to UNC, FSU, UGA, Auburn, Miami last game in the O Bowl, the ship against Wake in the rain, So. Carolina(G. Rogers), Tenn, Navy, Va Tech, Notre Dame, Bama, UVa, Air Force to see E.Lee Ivory run for 256 yards in the snow and sleet on his hands, elbows, and feet, NCSU when Ralph left, Duke to see T. Ruff get a job? I also own after paying a good deal of money to have the 1952 Press Guide with Marlyn Monroe on the cover dressed as a Tech Cheerleader. Don’t talk crap unless you konw. I have aquired tickets in the Club Level between the 40’s and parking. STFU inless you can produce tickets from games and local Papers from your trips out of town. The best Paper I have is from the Ronoke Times saying “JACKETS gobble up TECH” with Calvin Holdingn the ball out as he scored the first TD in a 21 point first qt. Talk Crap now. I went to Pepper Rogers football camp with “Capt. Crazy” an old Tech Male Cheerleader. I played b-ball with Eddie Lee Ivory and Don Besselue(?) and since I made more free throws I have a Tare-away Jersey from D. Besslue that later played for the Miami Dolphins. Now, and YOU. Don’t think I am not a TECH FAN. All my friends call me the REDNECK Ga. TECH FAN and with my passion why am I not a UGA FAN. robert acebal my dad worked at the Omni Hotel when Sergio was a cheif at a resturaunt in the hotel and Dad was invited to eat at the Grand Opening of La Grotta in the towers on P-Tree. I like the Rivinia but the original is the best. The Roswell location did not last long and I think he tried to early to move OTP. I will tell Sergio hello for you. I think I will take mom & dad to dinner before the game and mom will take dad and I to the Marta station and head home. She is not as much into the games anymore. Mom will look FAB-U-LOS in her Full Length Mink with the BEE Broach on the lapel.

By Pepper Rodgers

December 10, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

Let’s not get carried away guys. Remember, the same things were said about me after beating UGA in my first attempt. I only lasted 6 years never taking us to great heights and ended up with a losing record against UGA.

By Bobby Ross

December 10, 2008 5:32 PM | Link to this

Let’s not get carried away guys. Remember, I am the only coach who delivered a national title for us in the post Dodd era. This was the only time at Tech I won more than 8 games, and the year following the national title we lost 5 games with most of the same players from the national title team.

By Bobby Ross

December 10, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this

I also had a losing record against UGA.

By George O'Leary

December 10, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Let’s not get carried away guys. People were saying the same things about me. In 1998 we were 10-2, finshed in the top 10, and shared the ACC title. We returned the majority of the team in 1999 yet managed to only go 8-4. The 1998 season was the only time I had a 10 win season and the only time I had a team finish in the top 10. In my last season at Tech, we started in the preaseason top 10 yet lost 5 games. I was the coach during our longest winning streak against UGA since the Dodd era and I was probably responsible for the demise of Donnan at UGA. that didn’t work out as well as we had hoped. The first year after Donnan was fired, we lost the first what would be the first of the former 7 game losing streak against UGA. I could see what was coming and I decided to get the he!! out of Dodge after that year. Despite my 3 game winning streak against UGA, I too had a losing record against UGA.

By Pi$$onaDawg

December 10, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this

What was Vince’s next job in coaching, Goff’s, or Donan’s. WAIT noBODY wanted them as a COACH. Every Ga. Tech coach you talked about was going to a JOB, but UGA coaches go to RADIO hahahahaha.

By bearcasey

December 24, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

The “streak” is now ONE. It will be TWO in 2009 by a score of about 63-14. Stafford, Moreno and Massaqui will be in the NFL. Be very scared little dawgies!