College recruiting

By Jamal

June 18, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

Drew must have finally awoke from his delusion about Tech. Best of luck to you!

By dawgsrule

June 18, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this

ga tech loses another football player….does anybody really care?

By Clifford

June 18, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this

Farewell…..we didn’t need you anyways.

By jjacket

June 18, 2008 7:41 PM | Link to this

OHHH, the BIG scary city. You’ve got to be freakin’ kidding me.

By J

June 18, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this

This is hilarious, seriously the kid sounds like a pansy. Scared of being in a city and such? What did you think when you committed? GT didn’t just suddenly appear in ATL. You also mention in an article I read that you tried to make it work but couldnt, and how was that? He is living in Columbus and never on campus or in ATL so how does he say he tried to make it work, its not like hes already enrolled.This kid has some issues if hes now looking at going to Duke instead, I guess a half empty Wallace Wade Stadium is a more comfortable setting for the kid who doesn’t like big places. Guarantee you the kid is overrated anyways if hes now looking at Duke.

GO DAWGS!~

By Buzzfan

June 18, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this

Now we are losing recruits to Duke of all people….when will it ever end? I am starting to wonder if we are cursed.

By Casey

June 18, 2008 7:52 PM | Link to this

I don’t blame the kid. I used to live at Tech and had my truck stolen twice in less than six months. You ever take a step off campus and there is no telling what can happen to you with the bad surrounding area, and this is coming from someone from Atlanta and feels kind of comfortable. Plus, who wants to deal with the bullcrap traffic? As soon as school is over, I’m getting away from the traffic and crime.

By CarolinaJacket

June 18, 2008 7:53 PM | Link to this

So he has made a decision to decommit. These things happen. He’s an 18 year old kid. Better now than later and good luck to the young man. Who knows. He might yet decide to come back to Tech.

By DAWGFAN4LIFE

June 18, 2008 7:56 PM | Link to this

HEY J

What’s the difference between a half empty Wallace Wade Stadium and a half empty Bobby Dodd Stadium ???

By GTforever

June 18, 2008 8:04 PM | Link to this

Hey Dawgfan4life……

UGA SUX!

By Clay

June 18, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this

Drew—accept the Vanderbilt offer! You get to play in the SEC and the fans in Nashville turn out well for the games. I’ve been to a couple of games at Vandy and they have a good time up there. Good luck to you!

By J

June 18, 2008 8:07 PM | Link to this

My fellow dawg fan,

The difference is about 30,000. I dislike Tech just like you do but while Tech’s average attendance is around 50,000; Dukes best attendance might be 20,000. Facts are facts no matter how much we dislike a school. Nobody in their right mind chooses Duke.

By Paddy

June 18, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

I agree, try Vandy.

By DAWGFAN4LIFE

June 18, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this

Hey GTforever —-

That’s real clever !! I was merely making a valid statement of fact —- and you want to get p** off ???

By Jaded Jacket

June 18, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this

Scared of the BIG city…lol. Who needs a frady cat anyway? Good riddens!

By Mr. Buzz

June 18, 2008 8:13 PM | Link to this

Best of luck to the young man.

These kids put pressure on themselves to make decisions before they are ready. They see other kids committing and feel that maybe they need to hurry up.

I say take your time, be sure of the decision, pull the trigger!

If he did not feel Tech was a good fit for him - decommit now - find the right fit - and go enjoy your career!

I would rather he decommit now - than on signing day like that TE did to Georgia. That kid screwed GA over - not only did UGAy not pick up a tight end - but Buford’s Omar Hunter - was begging for a scholarship to attend UGA - and committed to Florida - faxing his paperwork in - and then to find out that the TE a few hours later.

By Jaded Jacket

June 18, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this

dawgsrule wrote, “ga tech loses another football player…does anybody really care?”

If you didn’t care, why you read articles about GT?

By DAWGFAN4LIFE

June 18, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this

Hey J

One good reason to attend Duke - at least he’s got a good chance of seeing some great basketball !!

By Dawgsrulz

June 18, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this

Good for Drew. He has a great family and it’s good he knew now he wouldn’t be happy and decommitted instead of waiting til the very end. It gives Tech a chance to get another DT to replace. I hope he is happy where ever he goes.

By Jack

June 18, 2008 8:39 PM | Link to this

I know for a fact the kid is not leaning towards Duke. It’s just that the guy that wrote that article, only asked questions about Duke and wrote from a Duke slant. Classic fan journalism.

By DAWGFAN4LIFE

June 18, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this

Hey GTforever (more like GTwhatever)

I know one valid fact that you can look up anywhere —- UGA has seven wins in a row vs. Tech —— now don’t go away mad , just go away !!

By Monfongo

June 18, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this

Tech’s ship is sinking and the recruits are jumping off like rats.

By Tunde

June 18, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this

first of i hope this kid strongly reconsiders. second this kid has no intentions of going to the nfl because every nfl city is a big city and duke what player chooses duke a team that players leave to go to division two he souds like a little b** saying i did not give everybody a full chance. if he doesn’t recommit to gt he will enjoy getting whopped the next 4 years.

By Monfongo

June 18, 2008 9:20 PM | Link to this

Hey Jjacket,

I was born and raised in Atlanta and I absolutely hate it. It is one of the most mis-managed cities you will find.

Thank God that I don’t live there or work there now!

By kool$kat

June 18, 2008 10:17 PM | Link to this

Certainly there’s lots of crime in the ATL, but not so much on campus at GTech. There are sections of Columbus you want to stay away from too, just as in any town. Athens is different tho! In Athens, all the thugs are on the football team. Its safer downtown.

By boots

June 18, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this

I hate seeing the Jackets losing recruiting battles to places like Western KY, Duke and College of Charleston. It hurts the Dawgs strength of schedule and the reputation of our state’s football programs. Maybe the Navy coach can find some two-sport athletes: football & Ping Pong.

By cdawg

June 18, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

yawn.

By bulldawg1979

June 18, 2008 10:53 PM | Link to this

ha ha tech sucks

By Rich

June 18, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

He should go to UGA where he can get arrested for DUI, disorderly conduct and/or possession, then play a season for the Athens Correctional inmates team, also known as a UGA “redshirt”. By the way, the crime levels at GT dropped significantly when the Techwood Homes were wiped clean for the 96 Olympics. Aside from Reuben Houston and Joe Hamilton, crime is practically non-existent…

By cdawg

June 18, 2008 11:01 PM | Link to this

Perhaps there is an algorithm that can reduce crime on our campus, double the female student body to 8.13526%, and temporarily suspend the Patriot Act to allow 35.687% of our Alumni back into the country(if they are not fighting).

By Jeff

June 18, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this

Hey, I heard tech is now recruiting for their new corn hole team.

By Wreck'EmTech

June 18, 2008 11:20 PM | Link to this

Yes, a lot could happen in Atlanta…you could go to a great school, you could eat at some great restaurants, you see some awesome sights, you could go to some great sporting events or concerts, you could commit to play college football for a team that is trying to build into something note-worthy and then freaking DE-COMMIT!! Don’t worry, they hit softer at Duke practices.

Oh yeah, and in all seriousness, pick Vandy!

By STING TIME!!!

June 18, 2008 11:54 PM | Link to this

Wow!! Lots of “I could care less about Tech” GA fans posting about a kid who has chosen small-town life & acedemics over Tech & atheletics.
Nice to see the ‘concern’ from the GA faithful. It appears their fear is growing. In the beginning when PJ was hired you’d only see a few GA posts. Now there are quite a few. Appears to me they have taken the time to ‘google’ Paul Johnson, and have have read what Tech is soon going to do to their beloved Dogs.

Gonna be fun as a Tech fan, and the fun begins 11/29/08!

By surfrider

June 18, 2008 11:59 PM | Link to this

Hope all works out for Drew that said, hopefully Johnson and Co. will learn from this. First kids who want to be at Tech and it’s education are the ones. If we totally recruit Georgia we will hit smaller towns and sometimes the Big City is just too much. However, we should be able to recruit Ga. Well and Nationally well. There are plenty of people that want to play for Johnson and Tech and it probably will get even better once people see the product on the field. Just think we have 9 commits and a well of others who are interested. That is good recruiting.

By The Truth

June 19, 2008 12:14 AM | Link to this

Head to Durham young man…academics are much better than Yech. I know it breaks the hearts of the 8000 Yech fans but it is true.

By Kamau

June 19, 2008 12:20 AM | Link to this

Damn. This is a child you’re talking about, despite his size and athletic gifts. Some of you need to get a life. He has a right to go wherever he feels he will be comfortable. Cut the kid some slack.

By Molly

June 19, 2008 12:55 AM | Link to this

Good call, kid. Every Tech student I know has been affected by the criminal element around the campus in one way or another.

Jaded Jacket, good ‘riddens’?? Can I assume you are part of the surrounding crime population and not a Tech student?

By John

June 19, 2008 4:50 AM | Link to this

Weekly…or daily blogs filled with idiotic rants about Georgia Tech from ignorant, trailer-trash UGAg fans posting away with their rent-to-own Dell computers———————-CHECK!!

By DawgCrappy

June 19, 2008 6:37 AM | Link to this

As usual, the fatuose fanbase from UGAy has dumbed-down this blog.

By Stinch-alert

June 19, 2008 6:45 AM | Link to this

The problem is that Tech is just too close to the cesspool that is Athens GA —the kid realized he couldn’t stand the stinch blowing in from the east and decided to move along. Athens really does smell.

By TJ

June 19, 2008 6:45 AM | Link to this

Keep laughing puppies. You have no idea how close things are to there being a MAJOR change in your schedule.

ps dawgfan4life, which is more recent, 1980 or 1990?

By Sam

June 19, 2008 6:47 AM | Link to this

At GT, I had friends who were robbed and cars stolen. I carried a sidearm (with permit). The biggest crooks are APD. They consider out-of-state cars with GT decals to be a source of revenue.

By Paddy

June 19, 2008 7:15 AM | Link to this

Not to worry. The class of ‘09 for Tech is going to be very good. There will be more good players than scholarships (24) available. Most excitement in a very long time about GT football. Football in the state of Ga is going to be fun for a long time.

By Joey

June 19, 2008 7:18 AM | Link to this

Sting Time- Right behind GA Southern, Yech is the easiest team UGA plays this year.

By dawgman

June 19, 2008 7:34 AM | Link to this

Honestly, I think Southern could beat Tech. Knowson couldn’t succeed in a veer offense with a fat, slow offensive line. This kid just wants to win, and he knows Duke has a better chance than Tech…the big city thing is a facade. 2010 mild upset of the opening day: Ga State 21, Ga Tech 6

By Mike

June 19, 2008 7:48 AM | Link to this

You think Tech is surrounded by bad neighborhoods and crime? When’s the last time you went to Durham NC and Duke?

By BB

June 19, 2008 7:49 AM | Link to this

As a Tech alumni and Tech Fund season ticket holder, I am sad to see Drew not coming to the ATL. But, let’s everybody allow the young man to make his schooling decisions without any inference of a derogatory remark toward him as he is an intelligent teenager trying to make the best decision for his life. I, and I am sure CPJ and the staff, are extremely grateful that this young gentleman had the courtesy to notify the school in June 08 that he will not be attending GT in August of 09. We now have much time to fill this gap if we so choose. Mr. Drew, if you are reading this boards, which I hope your are not given the childish comments that appear, good luck to you.

By dawgman

June 19, 2008 7:53 AM | Link to this

Sept.2010 AJC Sports Headline:

TECH LOSES 21-6, SIX ACC TEAMS PETITION CONFERENCE TO CHANGE THEIR HOMECOMING OPPONENT. WILLIAM AND MARY DECIDES TO REST WILLIAM IN NEXT WEEK’S GAME AT GRANT FIELD

By Cece

June 19, 2008 7:53 AM | Link to this

Scared of the big city!?!? Grow some balls, kid.

By Hal

June 19, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this

Someone got into this kids head who knows just about as much as he does. Everyone knows a college campus is a city within a city. Va Tech is not in a city and look what happened there. Atlanta has always led the South and to be a part of it is an honor and a privledge because you can be proud of its history. All roads in the South lead to Atlanta. business knows that, MLK knew that, and anyone else with a sense of history knows that. He may change his mind again. He’s just a young man trying to plan his future.

By george

June 19, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this

Maybe he wants to change his mind and play basketball? How bout them Panthers!

By FreeMikeVick

June 19, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this

He changed his mind because he saw how Vick was treated.

By hokiepro

June 19, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

half-empty Bobby Dodd = Full Wallace Wade…it’s so pathetic that they can’t even get 1/2 full a stadium that seats 33,000.

By gone jacket

June 19, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

The kid is right - Atlanta is a hell hole - who needs the crime and the traffic - you cant get from your car to the stadium without being accosted by some scumbag - moved years ago and never regretted it

By cary

June 19, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

People please, yes GT is located in the big ole scary city of Atlanta, but I’d rather be in the big ole scary city knowing where the dangers lie as opposed to being in the backwoods of Athens where you don’t know who to trust because all of a sudden your neighbor turns out to be famous for his big screen role in Deliverance. Any young man that is to scared to come to school at GT because of it’s location needs to turn loose of his mothers teet and grow up. What’s next? Oh my gosh he can’t play this week because he was scared to ride the bus, or scared to fly to a game. Lord I hate to think about what will happen when his big mean ole opponent hits him in a game.

By IggyStooge

June 19, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

I moved here three years ago and found that Georgia fans are arrogant. After some investigation, I realized this arrogance was based on nothing. One NCAA football championship (4 for Tech)? Basketball? I don’t think so. Academics? Please. I moved from Michigan, where U-M fans are arrogant too. But at least they have a right to be arrogant!

By gtNC

June 19, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

This story and the anti-ATL posts are so ignorant they’re funny. I went to GT and live in Durham. (UGA fans - that’s the city in NC where you find Duke.) So you want to get away from what? Slums, crime, oh - I saw that ATL is mismanaged in one of these posts. Um, Durham might not be the place you want to pick. If the story is true, he is apparently picking one school/city he doesn’t know well for another. I understand he’s an 18 year old kid and making his mistakes in public - the rest of us get to make ours more quietly. But I promise you this: he won’t be happy with his change of heart either. Not only is the crime/ghetto aspect as bad, but they actually have port-a-johns INSIDE the stadium at Wallace Wade. Not really sure how he’s trading up. No hard feelings - sounds like GT was not the place for him. But there are better alternatives than Duke…

By Dawgsrulz

June 19, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this

stingfan, if you really think you see fear then you are blind and have wishful thinking. UGA fans don’t worry about gt becoming a threat, gt fans however need to worry about their other 11 games of the year.. 4-8 next year for gt.

By IggyStooge

June 19, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

I moved here three years ago and found that Georgia fans are arrogant. After some investigation, I realized this arrogance was based on nothing. One NCAA football championship (4 for Tech)? Basketball? I don’t think so. Academics? Please. I moved from Michigan, where U-M fans are arrogant too. But at least they have a right to be arrogant!

By MV7

June 19, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

Atleast the girls @ Duke are hot.

By DawgCrappy

June 19, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this

All of you wussies, aka UGAy ‘necks, who can’t handle the big bad city, should remain in your trailer parks where you can continue your inbred ways.

By Atlanta

June 19, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this

Anybody who says Atlanta, and specifically GT, is in the ghetto hasn’t been to midtown in about 10 years. The area around GT is one the fastest and most thriving areas in the city and the southeast for that matter. And to all you dawg fans, if Atlanta is so terrible and Athens is so great, why don’t you stop moving down here after graduation! Atlanta would be much better off without you mutts.

And to say Tech doesn’t have women is a very old stereotype that needs to die. It’s like saying UGA only has inbred rednecks, it’s just not true anymore. And if you can’t find a Tech girl, try your luck in midtown, virginia highlands, buckhead, decatur, georgia state, agnes scott, kennesaw state, or emory. Yeah, it sucks to be a college student in Atlanta, let me tell you.

By NC dawg

June 19, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

gtNC, exactly, just what I was going to say, in some ways Durham might be worse.

Iggy, your an idiot. When it comes to Tech, UGA fans have PLENTY to be arrogant about.

By Doug

June 19, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

Hey J you dumbazz! Since when is a half empty Wallace Wade Stadium worse than a 3/4 empty Grant’s Tomb. What a moron. If it weren’t for opposing fans sitting there to enjoy watching their team beating Tech’s butt, the darn place just might be empty. Besides, Duke is by far a better academic school than the academic fraud king that is GT athletics.

By dctech fan

June 19, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

This kid needs to realize that “all kinds of things” go on at all college campuses. I hope he is really ready to leave home.

By GT2006

June 19, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this

Appropriate name for you GTforever. Tech’s record will be 0 for forever as long as Mark Richt is in Athens. Are you too stupid to see that the gap between the football programs at Tech and UGA just keeps getting wider and wider? Show some gray matter you idiot.

By IggyStooge

June 19, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

What do Georgia fans have to be arrogant about again? You didn’t say.

By Jeffrey

June 19, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

Who cares? Atlanta was big when he “committed” and it remains big today. He sounds a bit wishy-washy to me. So now he goes to Duke where he will likely have four years of 0-10 or 1-9 seasons and lots of spare time to twiddle his thumbs in small-town Durham where surely weird things don’t happen. LOL!

By ScaredyCat!

June 19, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

Mr. Drew: I completely respect your decision to change your mind. But your excuse was LAME.

You are a 6-foot-1, 300-pound lineman. If you can’t handle yourself in a “big city”, then good luck to you for the rest of the things you “try” to do with your life.

By FanMale

June 19, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

“Yellow” Jacket.

By Skip

June 19, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

I don’t blame him! Who would want to live near Tech with all of those thugs down there? All the thugs have screwed up Downtown Atlanta very badly. The poor guy would probably be mugged or shot before his first game.

By Son Of Sam

June 19, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

Hey Iggie, consider your point made. NC Dawg and “GT 2006” took care of that for you.

More dilusional Georgia fans. I see a three loss season coming for fat Matt and the leg humpers and butt sniffers. Then excuse making begins again until the 2009 season when they will be National Champions in their own minds again - at least in July.

By whatever

June 19, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

Wow…. Rick from Pi a TRUE DAWG fan! Loser….. Yeah right.

By skip is an idiot

June 19, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

Hey skip,

Go down to Tech today, walk around, and count how many “thugs” you see. My guess would be zero. Plus, get a map, Tech is in Midtown, not downtown. Georgia State is downtown.

By Son Of Sam

June 19, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

Skip,

You better stay down on the goober farm. At least that “Poultry Science” degree will come in handy there.

By trill

June 19, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

Everybody knows that the people at UGA care more about GT than the people at GT. If you look at google search records, GT has been googled more from Athens than Atlanta. Pathetic, UGA why are you so worried about your smarter counterpart.

By DB

June 19, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

He may not have expressed himself as well as he might have, but I can absolutely see where the kid is coming from. Haven’t you ever SEEN the Duke campus? It’s gorgeous — given a choice between Duke and Ga. Tech, I’d take Duke ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. Plus, the academics are better.

By Michael

June 19, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

No Surprise. Some would see the downtown atmosphere as a positive and some a negative. I would think more would find it positive b/c there are so many more rural schools to choose from: Clemson, Auburn, FSU, UGA.

By Nick

June 19, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this

I don’t understand how Tech fans can get on these blogs and really say that UGA sucks. Georgia plays in the SEC and might I add the toughest conference by far in the NCAA, and competes evey year. GT plays in the ACC which is mediocre at best and still does not challenege. I guess I should add 0-7 the past 7 years against UGA too. But really UGA sucks. Please refrain from saying anything about UGA sucking because there is no comparison between GT and UGA. If GT played in the SEC they would be the team at the bottom year in and year out. Their talent level is nowhere near what is on any SEC team. Stick to basketball and baseball GT people. Oh I just remembered. Didn’t UGA win the SEC Championship in basketball and make it to the NCAA tournament. Oh and I do believe UGA is about to be in the CWS Championship. Any more to say GT fans???????????????

By gtNC

June 19, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

Hah! MV7 says “at least the girls @ Duke are hot”. All the proof you need that MV7 has never been to Duke.

By Goldtimer

June 19, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

Afraid of the big bad city John, well we don’t need any pansy arse players like you on our roster anyway. Sorry to sound mean spirited, but I’m just callin a spade a spade. Go to Duke and maybe, just maybe, you’ll win five games… in your career. Just hope when Duke visits the Flats that you leave your night light on at your team hotel in Atlanta - wouldn’t want you to be afraid and wet yourself.

By the gt man

June 19, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

the best thing about atl is the varsity an all the ugay fan know it.

By GridFan

June 19, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

More scary: opposing linemen trying to rip your head off or midtown where even small women can survive for years! Kid shouldn’t even be in football with a comment like that.

By Bob in Sandy Springs

June 19, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Could be worse……He could have changed his mind to GA State…

By Drexel Gal

June 19, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

A “lot of stuff” can happen in Atlanta?

At Duke, you may be falsely charged with rape.

By brandon

June 19, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

The University of Georgia certainly shouldn’t be arrogant.

But they have actually won more than national championship in football coming through with five. Unfortunately, it seems like the way that champions were selected earlier on in the 1900’s could raise some questions on legitimacy. But the same goes for Georgia Tech since two of their championship years date 1917 and 1928. UGA has at least two, one in 1942 and 1980.

UGA has also been much more consistent in the Mark Richt era. Georgia Tech has not won it’s conference since ‘98. Tech also has not won a BCS bowl and the ACC as a whole is 1-9 in the BCS. (There’s also the pesky 7 wins in a row UGA has against Georgia Tech.)

By Ron

June 19, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

Hotter women? UGA Better football team? UGA Better basketball? UGA Better baseball? UGA Better tennis? UGA Better stadium? UGA Nicer campus? UGA

Yet “UGA sucks” right? MORONS. Go calculate something.

By Son Of Sam

June 19, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

Nick,

As much as I hate to admit it, your points are valid. There is one blogger here whose best point is “UGA Sux”. Lame.

Your right - UGA owns GT these days. The difference is - there are so many more obnoxious UGA fans that never went to school there or at the local community college. There are a lot more UGA fans saying GT Sux than vice versa. It’s easy to be a UGA fan right now, but the worm will turn. Richt will eventually be in Miami or Tallahassee, and you’ll have another Ray Goff or Jim Donnan. Enjoy it while the bandwagon’s full.

By Skip

June 19, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

Son of Sam you are a MORON. Richt will never leave UGA for a dump like Tallahassee or Miami. Don’t be jealous that we have a fantastic coach.

By DawgCrappy

June 19, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this

Ron- I noticed you didn’t say- UGA Better academics. I guess you actually know better. You forgot to include, however, UGA Better illiterates? UGA Better pole smokers? UGA Better trailer trash? and UGA Better cow college?

By GTAtlantaAwesome

June 19, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Best of luck to the man. It’s a tough decision, and I can understand why he did it. Many, many people are worried about the life in a big city.

That does make me wonder, though, how many times he’s been on campus. Sure, it’s in Atlanta, but it’s still pretty secluded. Crime on campus, especially on west where most athletes live, is pretty darned infrequent. If you are unfortunate enough to have your truck stolen, much less twice, you’re definitely not the norm. Moreover, most crimes are theft, and also usually attributed to someone being careless with their stuff.

I might add that leaving campus is not a necessity. I drive about once a week, if that. I walk to Publix and Mac’s when I need supplies to keep on living, and that’s about the extent of it. Tech can have a small-town feel if you want it to.

Anyway, best of luck to him, but you won’t see wistful tears in my eyes.

By Chex from Atlanta

June 19, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this

I admit, UGA has a great football program, and UGA doesn’t suck. The fans do. Probably the worst fans I’ve ever met. They have nothing else to talk about other than football. Really? Do you have nothing else to do over there?

So what, our football program doesn’t compare anywhere near yours. At least everyone has a lot of other things going for them.

By Son Of Sam

June 19, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

Thanks Skip. You proved my point.

I bet you didn’t go to UGA - probably don’t have a degree period. But I bet you’ve got a camo “G” hat with a fish hook on it.

By TechGrad

June 19, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

What a suprprise that a Tech blog is full of pro-UGA posts. Really, nobody cares about your opinion. As for Duke being so superior in academics to Tech, is a crock. They are both great academic institutions, with their focus in different fields of study. Plus Duke is private. Tech is one of the top public schools in the nation.

Also, I’m glad all of the UGA fans lives completely revolve around athletic teams, that you never played for, at a school most of you didn’t attend.

Finally, as for big bad, thug life, ghetto, Atlanta; take a look around. Tech is not in a horribly dangerous area, and Atlanta is one of the most thriving cities in America. Find me a city without crime anywhere in this country, I’ll meet you there.

By Walter Hill

June 19, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

Earth to Son of Sam! Pull your head out of your unwiped butt. FSU already hired Bowden’s successor. Richt will retire at UGA. Besides, moron. Check the record. Even Ray Goff owned your sorry football team. No matter who coaches at UGA Tech will still have to bend over every November. UGA is a destination job for top coaches now. Tech is, well, the place coaches go to ruin their careers. You will always suck hind t** in this state.

By PTC DAWG

June 19, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Obviously, playing for GT isn’t for everyone. Just like playing for UGA isn’t for everyone.

Kid must be a smart, as Duke isn’t exactly a cow college.

By Big Town

June 19, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

So if he makes it to the NFL, I guess he can only play for Green Bay. Or maybe he’ll opt for the CFL. Good luck, kid.

By AcademyGrad

June 19, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Paul Johnson really screwed up. He should have stayed where the fans and the players are smarter.

By Anonymous

June 19, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Hey, im a dawg fan and I think some of you guys might get owned for talking bad about him. Even though Drew will probably visit Duke, UGA was recruiting him pretty hard until he committed to Tech. His father has a close relationship to Coach Garner so they may jump back on him and offer. I think we are looking for two DT’s so he may just get the offer. I just hope most don’t retract their statements if the Dawgs do decide to jump back on him and recruit him.

By Son Of Sam

June 19, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

Walter,

Nothing I enjoy more than pulling a Dawgs chain!

Have a great day, you sound like a real class act.

By BG

June 19, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

Having family associated with Tech, Vandy, and Auburn, we all agree UGA has the worst fans of anybody we have ever encountered. This blog proves it.

They’re lucky to have Mark Richt to give the school at least a little bit of class.

By DawgCrappy

June 19, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

Look at all the UGAy cretins on here who are obsessed with Tech. Instead, you should focus on the double-wides which are takin’ over your single-wide slots in your neighborhoods. These monster trailers are blockin’ your views.

By Atlanta Jacket

June 19, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling! Oh no!

By Son Of Sam

June 19, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

Kent L,

CMR is a class act. Let me apologize for Techf@n.

Techf@n - show some respect. If you graduated from Tech, you ought to act like it.

By Walter Hill

June 19, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

Truth hurts huh, Son of Sam.

By Chex from Atlanta

June 19, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

I admit, UGA has a great football program, and UGA doesn’t suck. The fans do. Probably the worst fans I’ve ever met. They have nothing else to talk about other than football. Really? Do you have nothing else to do over there?

So what, our football program doesn’t compare anywhere near yours. At least everyone has a lot of other things going for them.

By DeacKillsaDevil

June 19, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

Whoever says the area around GT is a ghetto obviously hasn’t been there since Atlantic Station was built. I live in West Midtown and see the area daily. It’s the one area of Atlanta that is still growing. Sembler is about to put in a big project at 14th at Northside.

By GO JACKETS!!

June 19, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

This kid is an idiot, who has no balls whatsoever. Yes GA tech is surronded by some not so safe areas, but all he has to do is stay out of those not so safe areas. GA Tech Police usually do a good job of keeping the riff raff on the westside of Northside Dr. All he has to do is go east of campus towards midtown and he’s fine. Now if he goes west of campus to buy drugs like so many of them do, then he deserves to get robbed. But its not going to matter, because obviously this kid has no balls whatsoever. But wait last time I checked Durham, NC aint the safest place in the world either. Its not Atlanta, but still Durham has some ghetto parts to.

By The Gentle Giant

June 19, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

I would like to know if Duke “enriched” the offer somehow to dissuade a Georgia boy from choosing to leave the state? I personally would like to see what football coach will coddle this little boy with comments like he made. The things this boy thinks he will be avoiding by not living in Atlanta will be the very things he will have to deal with wherever he goes. He could always major in home economics or basket-weaving.

By Nick

June 19, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

Son of Sam,

I have actually followed UGA since I can remember. My first ever sporting event was to a UGA-Ole Miss game back in the early 80’s that my parents took me too. There is no bandwagon riding for me. I have been with them for the good times and bad times. Why does anyone who is a fan of UGA these days have to be on the bandwagon. Has it ever crossed your mind that these individuals may have grown up watching them and following them?

By DawgCrappy

June 19, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

The bottom line is Cutcliff learned well from Phat Phil on how to lie, cheat, become a gutless nark, open a bottomless ATM and belly-up to a buffet.

By exNFLplayer

June 19, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

This kid has the right to choose where he wishes to go to school just as you did. Show some class Tech fans.

By MoDawg

June 19, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this

STING TIME, Perhaps you should have spent more time on “acedemics”. Also, you used “Tech & atheletics” (we know what you meant)in the same sentence, which was clearly a mistake.

The fun started when you posted that pile of enthusiastic garbage and it’s still funny! I plan to laugh long after 11/29/08.

By Frank

June 19, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

You know things are bad for Tech when they lose recruits to Duke and then proceed to accuse them of cheating. This sort of childish insecure behavior is usually reserved mostly for Georgia, and understandably so. Georgia owns Tech’s soul. But DUKE? This is really sad. I am embarassed for Tech fans.

By rerservoirDAWG

June 19, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

I’ve been reading a bunch of trash talking from both siedes and I have one observation. GT is a joke, you guys suck and UGA’s streak will be at 8 come 11/29/08. Nerd losers.

By Richard Hanson

June 19, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this

In this age of athletics first, you’ve gotta admire a kid that’s considering GT, Duke, and Vandy. But what’s with Miss State??

By rerservoirDAWG

June 19, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this

Chex maybe the UGA fans are successful enough to not have to work and get on this board to razz you.

By Genius Jacket

June 19, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

Tech fans embarrass me sometimes. No wonder we have so few fans when we act so arrogant and condescending.

Who cares if you went to Tech or not? If you wear gold and white and cheer on the Jackets, you’re a friend of mine.

THWG!

By GATOR CHOMP

June 19, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

The puppies still running off at the mouth as usual.When are u losers going 2 wake up and quit dreaming? GO GATORS!!!!!!! F**k the MUTTS!!!!

By rerservoirDAWG

June 19, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

Hey Gator Chump* It’s a good thing you guys started a football program in 1990.

By gwadgib

June 19, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

Funny how you Tech folks will turn on someone just because they choose to go somewhere else. It would be different had it been on signing day, but this kid let you guys know in plenty of time. Get a life and get off of this KIDS back.

By Dick Tracy

June 19, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this

Could there be something deeper at work in the minds of these classless Tech fans that bash kids for choosing a school with much better academics. Could it be that with coaches like Butch Davis at UNC and David Cutcliffe at Duke that Tech fans foresee a descent into the basement of the ACC in their football future? Their fear is what has turned them nasty folks.

By LSU Fan

June 19, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

GATOR CHOMP is just a little anxious because last year he saw Florida’s football future under the Urban legend and his high school offense.

By CharlesD

June 19, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

You may be on to something Dick Tracey. After all the Institute was the last ACC school to get blown out by Duke, and not so long ago either. My guess is more of that in their future.

By Big Bee

June 19, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

DAWGFAN4LIFE, GT has the record of consecutive wins, which is 8 in a row. You have to win 1 more to tie the record and 2 to set a record. Oh yeah, you don’t have to be in a real big city to get in trouble, i.e., public drunk, drunk driving, carrying a concealed weapon, assault on a police officer, etc. These all happended near the UGA campus, and Athens is not a large city.Hehehehe.

By O-Zone

June 19, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

Gator Chomp, what is wrong with you?We had rather have a tall good looking brunette or Blond or red head. Noone wants to sleep with a mutt, besides we thought you guys were into sheep.

By rerservoirDAWG

June 19, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

Bee boy, Tech should hire some more football assistants to drive drunk and smoke joints. What a bunch of losers.

By Class

June 19, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

Dick Tracy,

I’m looking back through the blog and having a hard time finding a Tech fan giving the kid a hard time about leaving. It happens. I do see a bunch of UGA fans talking a big game like they always do, always begging for people’s respect but never getting it. Anyways, for every kid that bails because he doesn’t want to live in a big city, we’ll get 10 more who do. I’m sure we’ll get some kids by February who had verbally committed somewhere else, no big deal, good luck to him.

By GATOR CHOMP

June 19, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this

RERSERVOIRMUTT!You got a big mouth coward.You losers have’nt won s**t since 1980,So why are u flead out mutts worried about us at least we’ve won a NATIONAL TITLE during my time,Hell half of us were’nt even born when the puppies actually won something.I see a 4 loss team this year for u maggots FLA.LSU.TN.ASU.”BOOK IT” SON.GO GATORS!!!!!!!!!

By rerservoirDAWG

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