College recruiting

By Techie

February 2, 2009 12:01 AM | Link to this

Welcome Charles! We should have a pretty solid class, even though there’s only 12 potential signees.

By RealityYech

February 2, 2009 12:01 AM | Link to this

LOL, this kid will be with Auburn half way through next season when the one hit wonder Yech is playing back to their true form like they did against LSU, a 5 loss SEC team that got thumped by UGA

By TechFan in Savannah

February 2, 2009 12:15 AM | Link to this

Yeah, Tech lost to LSU, Georgia beat LSU, Georgia lost to Tech. Maybe Georgia was playing their true form against Tech?

By HilltopGT

February 2, 2009 12:15 AM | Link to this

RealityYech, Get a life pal. For someone who supposedly hates GT so much, you read and comment on GT blogs quite often. Don’t you have a class or job to go to?

By Technique

February 2, 2009 12:24 AM | Link to this

Yech, maybe if UGay would’ve played LSU without Gumby behind center, there would’ve been a different result. I’m looking forward to your team meeting Mr. Jefferson this coming season….

By RealityYech

February 2, 2009 12:29 AM | Link to this

Sorry Yechfan in Sav.,

If UGA’s true form was a 3 point loss, then what does that say about Yech’s true form who lost by what, 35? LOL!!!

Sorry HilltopGT,

I respect you for picking up my trash once a week, but I don’t have your same hours so it’s ok for me to be on here right now. I do appreciate your concern, however :)

By CFfan16

February 2, 2009 12:29 AM | Link to this

lol. doesnt even matter either way. SEC all the way.

By TechFan in Savannah

February 2, 2009 12:34 AM | Link to this

Yeah, Tech lost to LSU, Georgia beat LSU, Georgia lost to Tech. Maybe Georgia was playing their true form against Tech?

By Ugay will blow in 09

February 2, 2009 2:04 AM | Link to this

RealityYech, i bet you get a reality check when preseason #7 ok state, puts your #18 fleabags to rest out in the midwest to start of the 09 season. you guys with 12 startes and a qb with more splinters in his a** than minutes on the field, will suck next year. 5 LOSSES FOR SURE! Those guys will hang at least 40 on your pathetic defense. who are you gonna turn to? the benchwarmer joe cox?? you will be out of the top 25 next season for sure, and chasing tech in the polls! man, i can’t wait to play you guys in atlanta next year with 19 starters back! You will be introduced to another stud running back, anthony allen, along with jones,dwyer,bebe, and the run and shoot to add another wrinkle to our offense. you can’t even stop a pitch to the left or the right! How about your pathetic pass defense, i’m sure the results will be the same in the air. ugay will blow in 09 and you j******* will be crying all season. keep dreaming big, loser! I love it when you guys build yourselves up with expectations and then burst like a bubble when you actually play someone worth a sh! only team you beat that finished in the top 25 at the end of the season, was a pathetic spartan team that lost to penn st and ohio state by a combined 76-22. The big ten is the biggest joke of a conference i have ever seen! You were #1 dude and could not compete with saban or meyer. I recall tech being picked to win 4 games and ranked 39th to start the season!GT being state champs just drives you rednecks bonkers! Just look up ugay football and out next to it, you will see one word…….OVERRATED..OVERRATED..OVERRATED! We spanked you 33-14 right of the field in the second half, so your bragging rights are gone redneck. suck on it till next thanksgiving!! If you want to reflect on past games or history, just remember that you own the 8 game waxing award in the series, and we have the 4 national titles to your awesome 1. present day, 45-42! SPEAKING OF REALITY, DON’T DOGS EAT THEIR OWN SH???

By Hans Delbrooke

February 2, 2009 4:48 AM | Link to this

Man, drink some moonshine or something. Get a couple of naked dogs walking and a PC over at the Varsity…calm down. Get one of your roomates to give you a little poke in the whiskers or something. Yellow jacket football can’t be that exhilarating for you…Heck; you might harm yourself if things don’t work out like you think…jeez..

By Hans Delbrooke

February 2, 2009 6:00 AM | Link to this

Just wondering if the “beavers” at Oregon State are shaved..also: who would you rather fight? fighting Blue Hen, Irish or Illini? Major cause of flat tires at TCU - running over all those horned frogs…Which college diploma allows you to park in handicapped zones by taping it to the windshielf of your car? Have you ever seen Auburn’s tiger mascot fly around Jordan-Hare stadium prior to kickoff? I’d leave Oklahoma Sooner or later……Friend of mine mixed a drink using ice from the bag that UGA VI parked his a* on on game…Don’t swallow yellow jackets alive; it could be lethal; make sure they’re dead first…The only guys I know from Tennessee were drafted; they never volunteered for anything….

By AuburnFan

February 2, 2009 8:13 AM | Link to this

This guy won’t end up at gtu. why? when cpj’s get own this year and gtu going back to sucking it up per usual. loser yeck fans.

By YeLLow jAcKeTS BulDog BEATERS

February 2, 2009 8:28 AM | Link to this

So realityyech is also auburn fan today, lol. Every time I read realityyech, I think of last season preseason #1 and the reality check they got, first at their own “blackout” lol, then the annual 40 point beat down by FL and then how they were humbled at home by the terrible team of 0 star recruits and nerd! LMAO. Your obsession with all things Tech, reeks of jealousyyyyyy. LMAOA

By CE student

February 2, 2009 8:36 AM | Link to this

I’m from NJ so not much into college football, but from reading here, it appears the GA Bulldogs biggest win this year, was LSU beating Tech, is that right? It’s almost like Tech and GA didn’t play each other………

By Sure You're from Jersey

February 2, 2009 8:47 AM | Link to this

The funny thing is that Tech fans think they’re smart enough to pull off using fake handles on this blog.

No loser, UGA is simply doing what Tech fans have been doing ever since Spurrier arrived in Gainesville, and making fun of you for getting thumped. But unlike Tech who never plays UF, UGA actually played and beat LSU in their own stadium, who went on to destroy Tech in the worst Chick-fil-a Bowl ever.

Thanks for the laugh “CE student”

By st simons

February 2, 2009 9:13 AM | Link to this

45-42 hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

By Fake Handles?

February 2, 2009 9:14 AM | Link to this

The phaggot mutts on here are the queens of using fake handles. That realityYech douche has been writing under a dozen different names atleast. Also, please note how he was on the AJC GT Recruiting blog between the hours of midnight to 4am on Friday night, and Saturday night. Seriously kid…get a life. Go get drunk atleast. Try to chase some puss around (or c0ck, whichever floats your boat you phaggot) and atleast try not to write on a blog during these hours and completely PROVE what a freaking loser you are.

Anyone that is blogging on a friday/saturday night at those hours is a complete toolbag loser. What makes it worse is that its on the AJC recruiting blog, on a team that you hate. And its not like you wrote 1 or 2 things, then went to bed. You sat there, and kept waiting for something else to pop up, or for someone to respond, just so you could write more. You are pathetic. You know what, just go kill yourself. Thats really your only solution at this point. Im embarassed for you kid.

By st simons

February 2, 2009 9:21 AM | Link to this

GA Tech no 1 team in the state of GA ! 45-42 hahahahahhahahahahahhahahahha

By MiKeAlL JoHnYs0n

February 2, 2009 9:34 AM | Link to this

GeT DoSe MuTtS FaKe HaNdleZ!!! ThEy Be MaDd CuZ wE BeAt dAt AzZ dIs YeEr. ThEy Be GelLuS DaT wE gEt OnLy Da BeStEsT aNd Da BrItEsT ToOdEnT AfFEeTz LiKe mE. I bE MaKiNg An InGeNnEaR aNd My MoMmY iS sO prOoD oF mE!!!!

By Carolina Jacket

February 2, 2009 9:41 AM | Link to this

So why only 12? I thought that we have been down for recent years, so why go to such an extreme this year? Right now there is not a team in the top 35 that have only 12 verbals, and they are not through yet. This is almost unprecedented.

By Thanks

February 2, 2009 9:48 AM | Link to this

Thanks for proving my point with your Michael Johnson handle. Just an FYI, he is a pretty smart guy, has a 3.2 GPA in Management. But im sure you would rather just be a racist moron.

By Trade School will blow in '09

February 2, 2009 9:51 AM | Link to this

the Dawgs will be starting out with a preseason top 10 team on the road while the douchebags start out with who? Gardner Webb? Samford? J-Ville State? Parkview??

Right, UGA had beaten two less teams that finished in the top 25 than Tech’s fake shared national title ‘90 squad with a better team. Too funny for words!!!

By MiKeAlL JohNyS0n

February 2, 2009 10:19 AM | Link to this

IiGht, It Be TrU, I aInT MagoRiN’ iN No InGiNeArIn. BuTt I dO bE MaGoRiN’ In MaH MaNuHGiN DaGrEe. It Be SwEeT TwO. AlL I JuSt DuE iS TaIl Da ThE TeEcHeR MaN I CaNt TaKe It DuUrInG ClAsS aNd SuM PuRdY InDiAn GuRl TaKeS iT 4 mE aT a LaTtEr TyMe!! I BeE MaKiN GoOdE GraIdeS!!!!

By Big B CH 99

February 2, 2009 10:57 AM | Link to this

Charles goes to my old H.S. (Collins Hill), & he’s a great runner. I’m hoping ot be at Tech next yr, & plan on being able to go to all of the CHHS games as well as the Tech ones. It should be fun to watch.

By Big B CH 99

February 2, 2009 11:03 AM | Link to this

Charles goes to my old H.S. (Collins Hill), & he’s a great runner. I’m hoping ot be at Tech next yr, & plan on being able to go to all of the CHHS games as well as the Tech ones. It should be fun to watch.

By buzz off little bee

February 2, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this

How does getting beat ONCE by 39 constitute someone saying “the annual 40 point beat down by FL”. Your comment “reaks of” ignorance.

By Track&PuntReturner

February 2, 2009 12:33 PM | Link to this

I have to hold degrees from both institutions. Architect and horticulture. Own a landscape design firm. Neither institution or coaches holds these opinions. I played 4 years d 1-AA football and against coach Johnson, great man as is coach Richt. Each coach would be successful at either school. Coach Johnson was brought in to take Tech to the next level, which he has done with every institution he has coached at. Coach Johnson at UGA this year, would not have done any better. I believe coach Richt at Tech would have won 8 to 9 games. As a tech and uga graduate, I hope Richt keeps winning 9 to 10 games, if not then UGA will get a better coach than Richt. Either way each school will have their runs at success. It is good for the schools and the state to keep in state talent at home. Both institutions and coaches hold each other in high regard. It is the fans and students that have these twisted views. 99% of them never played sports beyond high school.

Dogs 8-4, Tech 9-3, Tech 35-28 in OT.

UF wins SEC, VT wins ACC

By Paddy

February 2, 2009 12:35 PM | Link to this

my guess that they only have 12 scholly’s is that is what is left after the 85 limit was exhausted in 4 years. Chan must have signed a bunch before he left.

By Paddycakes

February 2, 2009 12:41 PM | Link to this

That’s what you get for having one of the biggest academic scandals in ACC history. Even FSU and Miami were like “what the phuuuck…..”

By Minnesota Jacket

February 2, 2009 12:57 PM | Link to this

Jeff can you comment on the 12 scholarships I am just as confused about this?

By Technique

February 2, 2009 2:28 PM | Link to this

Hey Paddycakes, Miami wasn’t even in the ACC when the incident took place. Please stop commenting dumbarse….

By JadedJacket

February 2, 2009 2:28 PM | Link to this

Someone explain to me again why our stellar season isn’t rewarding us with stellar recruits? We should definitely have the best class in the ACC, but we’re far from it. Is Johnson scaring these kids away during his in house visits? Something isn’t adding up.

By Technique likes boys

February 2, 2009 2:37 PM | Link to this

Where in the post did it say they were? It looks it was a comparision to other scumbag programs that have cheated and gotten caught. All in the ACC

By Zach

February 2, 2009 2:51 PM | Link to this

The 12 is clearly a preliminary number, but it’s due to the fact that our sophomore class is huge, but our junior class is very small. Any current sophomores who leave early for the NFL will add a player to the number who can get scholarships in 2010. I am a touch surprised that Johnson isn’t intentionally limiting this class to be able to get a few more players in 2010 for program continuity, but in the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately world of college football I can’t blame him for trying to shoot for success sooner rather than later.

This 2009 class is already larger than it would have been due to the END of the probation doled out so heavy-handedly by the NCAA, so this year we are allowed to have a full complement of scholarships. We have so many freshmen and sophomores on scholarship that the 2009 and 2010 classes can only be so big.

By Zach

February 2, 2009 3:10 PM | Link to this

I looked it up. The roster has 20 seniors (true and red shirt) and 18 Juniors (true and redshirt). This year we’re eligible for 26 scholarships due to 20 plus the 6 that we’re getting back as the probation ends. As far as only have 12 spots available in spite of 18 departing juniors, I suppose not all 18 are on scholarship. By comparison we have 31 sophomores and red shirt sophomores and 52 freshmen and red shirt freshmen.

By mts315

February 2, 2009 3:24 PM | Link to this

We will have 81 total on scholarship if we sign 21 this year. There are only 7 scholarship seniors going into next year. So, 7 graduate plus the 4 short of the 85 max leaves us with 11 scholarships to give for 2010. The coaching staff obviously feels we will lose at least one more player due to transfer, NFL, or injury, that is the reason we have a stated goal of 12 at this point. In my opinion we will probably sing a class of 15 to 17 next year.

By No, stay with us!!

February 2, 2009 3:24 PM | Link to this

Why are the student athletes we’ve been courting opting for the SEC instead? Any kid that goes to the SEC is not a student athlete.

By Paddy

February 2, 2009 3:27 PM | Link to this

Jaded jacket…think you are reading too much into this. CPJ wants his style of players that does not fit the mold of everyone else. Give the guy a chance and let him recruit the way he has been successful in the past. We as observers are on the outside looking in. If you like the way he coaches, you should like the way he recruits. You are either a fan of his style or you are not a GT fan. I understand your concern. But he does not recruit or coach like we are used to in the normal sense. It is difficult to get your arms around something that is this dramatic of of shift. from what we are used to. He does have one of the highest winning % in all of active coaches. I for one, trust what he is trying to do and I am a dog fan. Let it play out. We don’t need to have instant gratification only patience. And that my friend is even tougher of a concept to become comfortable with. The evolution of this program is really interesting to me as a fan. Though I hate to admit it, I am fasinated by what he is doing. It smacks of people not trying to make their mark but of a coach that has the conviction of his confidence. College football would be alot more interesting if more coaches were not so pedistrian in their thinking.

By Hurricane in GA

February 2, 2009 3:32 PM | Link to this

JadedJacket,

You need a reality check. GaTech will never have a TOP 10 recruiting class because it does not have a high enough national profile. It does have a very good coach in CPJ. That plus the uniqueness of his offense will get him enough players to consistently stay in the top 25.

Look at the coaches and or programs Tech is going against. in the ACC. Miami, FSU/Bowden, UNC/Butch Davis, VA Tech/Beamer. All of those schools have been in the National title chase and or the Top 10 consistently over the past 10 years and or have a HC with a national profile. Butch Davis rebuilt Miami and has NFL experience.

VA Tech has been a top 15 program since the Vick years. FSU was in the TOP 5 every year from 1987-2000. Miami has 5 National Titles since 1983 and the most 1st round NFL picks since 2000.

Miami and FSU also happen to be in the state with the most talent in the country. GA has lots of top talent. The problem is that Tech is not #1 on their list most of the time. After UGA, you have all of the SEC schools like UF, UT, Bama, Auburn.

Why you think Tech is supposed to have top 10 recruits is a mystery. The real key is what you do with the players once they arrive. You have a good coach. Give him time to establish himself. Even then you need to realize that 9-3 is a good year for GT with an occasional trip to the ACC title game.

By JadedJacket

February 2, 2009 3:46 PM | Link to this

Paddy,

First off, I’m a bit confused. Did you forget which handle you were on for a minute when you said “and I am a dog fan?” How can you make a statement like that and then use the word “we” while discussing Tech football?

And how can you say you either like his style or you’re no Tech fan? I for one don’t like it. The fact he refused to play loyal seniors in the Chick-fil-a masacre after it was obvious the game was over shows he has no character at all.

By Dummy

February 2, 2009 4:02 PM | Link to this

JadedJacket- you are a UGA fan. Plain and simple.

By Big BCH 99

February 2, 2009 4:21 PM | Link to this

Patty & Hurricane in GA are absolutely right, Tech isn’t going to have top 10 recruiting classes b/c of the schools we’re competing against, our high academic standards, & CPJ’s style. Yes, all schools let in athletes that wouldn’t get in otherwhise, but they still have to be able to do the work to stay eligible (1000 SAT vs. 600 (out of 1600)).

As others have pointed out the top 10 guys go SEC b/c they’re not student-athletes & don’t have the capability, or don’t want to do the school work that goes w/ the ACC’s academic schools. Those kids will go to the SEC which has much lower academic standards (except for Vandy (maybe the reason they aren’t normally that good)). At some SEC school they don’t have to do any work, the coaches will make sure that their Profs give them high enough grades to be eligible.

Another thing is that CPJ is not going to go after the top notch guys, he’s gonna go after the right guys to fit his system. He’s gonna want team-first players that are willing to do what he says and work hard.

By BIG BEE

February 2, 2009 4:39 PM | Link to this

RealityYech, All GT’s loss to LSU and UGA’s loss to GT means is tha GT is 3 points better than UGA. A loss is a loss, and you can count on another one next Nov.

By Big Bee has a lil peepee

February 2, 2009 4:53 PM | Link to this

But using Tech logic that doesn’t add up. Tech fans are famous for using the “well we beat so-and-so, who beat so-and-so who lost to so-and-so, so that means we’re the best in the world” argument.

UGA is 11 points better than LSU, who was a laughable 35 points better than Tech, who inked out 3 point win. So using Tech logic, UGA is 7 points better :)

By GT85

February 2, 2009 5:07 PM | Link to this

38-3 is still very embarrassing. And, almost losing to Gardner Webb was really bad.

By Paddy

February 2, 2009 5:14 PM | Link to this

Jaded jacket… Iam a dog fan since 1971. I am also a college football fan. If I used “we” in my post it was only writers privledge, not a statement of fact. The coach plays whom he wants when he wants. Just like CMR, no difference. I post only under my own handle and enjoy the give and take with other fans. To call out CPJ for lack of character is over the top. If you don’t like the man, you don’t like the man. I don’t have a problem with that. My original point was to let him do his thing and try and duplicate the successes of the past. I think it is good for college football. Nothing more nothing less. He just appears to be a man not trying to make his mark.Only doing his job the way he knows how. That seems honest to me. I believe he is a stand up gentleman. That does not make me a Tech fan, far from it.

By HAHAHAHAHA what a laugh

February 2, 2009 8:28 PM | Link to this

I think I know the real reason why GT will only sign 12 players next year. Their “Management” program must only have 12 slots open. HAHAHA. Yeah right, the “brighter” athletes go to that wonderful Engineering school to major in Management?!?!

By HAHAHA what a douche

February 2, 2009 9:49 PM | Link to this

Hey D-bag, I bet our management program is still more difficult than ANY Terry College of Business major (that includes underwater basket weaving).

By Laughing

February 3, 2009 2:33 PM | Link to this

45-42, now 67-62. Everyone knew y’all were terrible at life, now we all know that you’re terrible at football. GOOOOOOO GymDOGS!!!!!

By Laughing at YOU

February 3, 2009 4:30 PM | Link to this

The most miserable fan base in all of sports talking about being “terrible at life.” What a HOOT. Yeah, that terrible at football team owns your starter program by 23 games. SUCK IT!!!