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By mat

September 6, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

Great start! But let’s wait until week before we start making that case, after ‘surprising’ the Hokies!!

By Joe Schmoe

September 6, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

Ga Tech D is stout. Definetly a top 30 team.

By GT65

September 6, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

Who cares at this point? Win on the road again next week at VT and the answer is certainly ‘Yes’.

By gregodawg

September 6, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

Nah.

By Hampton's Mother -In-Law

September 6, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

As a Princeton grad—I would say Rank Them!!! Anytime you can put together athletes who not only know how to spell “sat” but can also take the SAT and score well, I say give them credit. Rank Wake Forest as well. Look who they must play—-Clemson, Florida St, North Carolina St and a couple of other entities that don’t require scholarly pursuits. Hell, I don’t think Florida State even requires class attendance with that senile, old hustler at the helm.

I’m actually thinking of adopting Tech since my move here.

By Dawg846

September 6, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

Very nice win Jackets!! Paul Johnson is a great coach and will turn this team into a great team… one that will be able to run w/ UGA in the very near future!!

Great win and Go Dawgs!!

By GT GRAD

September 6, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

They should definitely be ranked higher than they currently are ranked, but not in the Top 25 just yet. I was impressed with our defense, coaching and QB play. I am hoping BC’s defensive front is the best we will face the rest of the year, because our offensive line struggled and the running game was essentially stuffed up the gut.

What a GREAT start…….2-0 baby!!!!!!

By Tech4Life

September 6, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this

As a die hard tech fan….DEF. NOT!! I want this team to want to prove itself, and the best way to do that is start the season 3-0 with a win over VT next week…WHEN that happens…then we should be ranked!

GO JACKETS!!!!

By jd

September 6, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

uhhh, lets just see how they do next week against VT before worrying about rankings.

By Karl

September 6, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

Not yet. Let’s get another win and see what happens.

By Karl

September 6, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

Not yet. Let’s get another win and see what happens.

By Hare-bear

September 6, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

Not yet, I think we should be in “Also Receiving Votes” like we were in one of this week’s polls, and poised for a big jump if we can pull off a win in Blacksburg.

Two things from this win:

Defense played great, especially with the big time of possession advantage the Eagles had.

Second, that’s as good a defensive line as we’ll see all year. And we got a W anyway.

By GT

September 6, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

I would rather they didn’t. It seems to mess up the chemistry or something. Let them beat Va.Tech and then rank em. Sneaking up on people is fun.

By Ed

September 6, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

I was very pleased with the GT defense but very disappointed with their offense. I think it is too early to be thinking of rankings. There are many more games to play before a rank can be determined although UGA claims to be No.1 before the first game.

By Darren in the Springs

September 6, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

Great win today, but like everyone has already said let’s wait and see what happens next week. All the talk this week was about BC’s D line. I think teams need to take notice of the Tech D, which was superb today after being put in some precarious situations because of turnovers.

I must say Nesbitt and Dwyer are awesome. Did not get to watch the game since I live in Colorado, but it sounded like Nesbitt made great decisions all day.

I could care less about rankings right now, just keep improving and winning every week.

Go Jackets! THWG!

By WIshful Thinking

September 6, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

This is a very young team and today’s win was HUGE! No ranking yet please….PJ and Womack did a great job. propbs to th whole team, OL and Special Team will get better, no worries!

By TechFan4Life

September 6, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

Lets not get too crazy about rankings yet. We keep winning and the nation will have to notice. Everyone needs to stay healthy. If this is us at week two… by the time we get to UGA, the redneck nation might just be feelin the sting.

By malibuGT

September 6, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

A great start to the ACC season. Anyone who worries about rankings this time of year is foolish. My UGA friend here says CPJ reminds him of Dooley with an ugly win from stout defense and making just enough plays. I think he meant it as a compliment….

By Pecos Arturo

September 6, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

Yellow Jacket football is back!!!!!!!! Student atheletes playing college football with their hearts and heads.What a great change from the pro-ball facade of the past years!

By Richard

September 6, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this

In the end, your rank doesn’t matter. The only thing you can do is beat the team in front of you.

If you’re ranked #1 and you lose, your ranking is meaningless.

Just win the game. Let the talking heads gripe about rankings, and just win baby!!!

By Scott

September 6, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

Good gosh, we got through a page and a half of objective jacket fans and a couple of civilized dawgs. That won’t last long.

By gtne80

September 6, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

Who cares? Rankings only matter at the end of the year.

Win and the rankings take care of themselves. Lose and it doesn’t matter.

Great win today. Winning on the road against a tough in-conference opponent is big. It says a lot about the difference in attitude that the change in head coach has already made. Two games under PJ and the troops already have big dreams.

Let’s see how the team reacts against VT next week before we start whining about rankings.

By Kerry

September 6, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

To Hampton’s Mother-in-Law: Loved your comments; of course I agree! I am a retired teacher and have been a Tech fan since I was a kid (Lothridge/Martin era), and when academic success is paired with success on the field, it is a sweeter experience. And DO consider adopting Tech..I’m happy when bright folks such as you move to our wonderful state!

By helluva

September 6, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

Who cares, leghumpers worry about rankings.

Let’s just take care of business against VPI&SU

GO Jackets!

By Ga Fan

September 6, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this

Rank them.

By Tech82

September 6, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

Our young, inexperienced defense grew up a LOT today. Without a stellar defensive effort, we don’t walk away with a win.

We still need to get the fumbling problem under control but it sure was nice to watch ‘em get one on the road today. As happy as I am to win, I don’t think we should be ranked - yet.

Now it’s time to sit back and wait for all of the UGA fans who said BC would kill us today. I’m sure they’ll report in to eat their share of crow.

Wating… waiting… waiting…

Ah, silence is golden.

By GTYJ

September 6, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

I say no. I would not argue with whatever is chosen, a big road win but still an unproven team, that managaed to get by with big mistakes that would kill them against a better team.

A win next week @ VT and the answer is yes without a doubt.

By michaelgee

September 6, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

oh ye of little faith in CPJ’s offense.

Give it a few more weeks and the drops will go away, until then, savor the wins.

What worked at Georgia Southern will clearly work at GT, especially with Div-1 athletes.

Not to worry about CPJ, he is The MAN!

btw, give it a couple of years when he get’s “his players” into the system, truly time to get concerned in Athens.

By surfrider

September 6, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Great effort Tech’s players and staff. It’s promising when you can win with less than 250 yards offense and 3 turnovers. This shows the potential of this program. The defense played great and the offense had some moments particularly when the chips were down. If we execute as we gain more experience the rankings will come sooner or later but keep the eye on the ball with VT next. It would’nt surprise me either way whether we’re ranked or not but keep winning and it’s done deal.

By surfrider

September 6, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Great effort Tech’s players and staff. It’s promising when you can win with less than 250 yards offense and 3 turnovers. This shows the potential of this program. The defense played great and the offense had some moments particularly when the chips were down. If we execute as we gain more experience the rankings will come sooner or later but keep the eye on the ball with VT next. It would’nt surprise me either way whether we’re ranked or not but keep winning and it’s done deal.

By surfrider

September 6, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Great effort Tech’s players and staff. It’s promising when you can win with less than 250 yards offense and 3 turnovers. This shows the potential of this program. The defense played great and the offense had some moments particularly when the chips were down. If we execute as we gain more experience the rankings will come sooner or later but keep the eye on the ball with VT next. It would’nt surprise me either way whether we’re ranked or not but keep winning and it’s done deal.

By gtfan

September 6, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

two more positive points…

2 with the departure of slack gailey we can now expect the players to attend classes and improve our graduation rate.

what a deal we have. we will win at least 3-4 more games per year under cpj. we will play as a TEAM. And our graduation rate will improve.

those things will improve recruiting and create a great cycle of winning.

By Just win baby!

September 6, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

Whooooooa!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just listened to the post game … -Tech was outgained in total yrds -BC had 20+ more plays than Tech -Time of poss.; not sure, but with BC having 9 more minutes in the 1st half, I can only assume they held the edge at the end of…the Jackets’ VICTORY!
And Tech still had 170+ yards rushing. VERY EASY to be optimistic when you get a win with these stats against you. Not to mention how well the D played.

Gregodawg (poster above) is obviously a ‘bitter’ dog fan … as well as a worried one. He knows, just like Tech followers know, that this offense (as long as they stay healthy) is only going to become more potent as the season rolls along. Again, 172 yards rushing in only 53 offensive plays (and they passed probably 12-18 times). Hey, “chubby” (a.k.a. Brandon Adams) just signed-on with 790 - a GA fan that gave Tech no chance in this game. And now he opens with “this was bad offense” and viewers, other than Tech fans, were scrambling to find other games to watch.

Dawg846 poster (above), on the other hand, isn’t afraid to admit the obivious … Paul Johnson is a great coach, and he knows how to win games. nuggets: -no coach in Navy history has beaten Army in his 1st 6 season - Paul Johnson did. -Navy hadn’t won 10 games in a season since 1905 - yes, 1905 - Paul Johnson did. -Since GT has joined the ACC, NO coach has won his 1st ACC game …… Paul Johnson did.
Anyone who thinks PJ will not be successful at Tech is either a moron or an idiot; take your pick.
Wait and see ….. PJ is to college football what Coach K is to college basketball. He will make players that would never get a shot at other D-1 schools (Gene Wojohowski, sp?, JJ Reddick, Jay Bilas)

I posted a few weeks ago; even sent an email to the 790 guys (Wolve & Adams) saying Tech was/is going to win BOTH the BC & VT games, and they laughed at me. Just a reminder … Defense is part of the game too, and BC & VT both lost an awful lot of offensive talent! BC was STOUT on D; I believe STOUTER than VT will be …. can you say 3-0????

By Ga Fan

September 6, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

Rank them.

By Buzzfan1936

September 6, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

The Jackets should not be concerned with rankings right now. I was very pleasantly surprised. I thought with a new coach and a new system we would get killed in the first real game against BC. I now have renewed hope for the season. I appreciated the comments by:

By Dawg846

September 6, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

“Very nice win Jackets!! Paul Johnson is a great coach and will turn this team into a great team… one that will be able to run w/ UGA in the very near future!!”

It is good for the Rivalry for Tech to be competitive with the Dawgs. I like to be able to root for the Dawgs when they are not playing Tech since they are, after all, a home team. If more fans showed true sportsmanship like Dawg846, in my opinion, the Rivalry would be much better.

By Brewer for GT President

September 6, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

No. Georgia Tech should not be ranked yet. It was an ugly win. I’m pleased with the defense. The offense looked bad at times and the special teams were still kind of ‘special’. Nesbitt and Dwyer saved it on the offensive side. The kicking game was awful again, whether it was the kicker, center, holder or whatever. If GT beats VT, then the argument for ranking gets stronger. If they pound MSU, then rank ‘em for sure.

On the other side, how much do ‘ugly wins’ hurt ranked team? Not much… I’d bet an ugly win for UGA today doesn’t cost them any spots.

And speaking of ugly, I’m watching CMU at UGA. I’ve been to Athens a few times and there was never a shortage of beautiful women. I’m not seeing any of them in the shots of the crowd. What’s going on guys? Are the camera guys UF fans or something???

By b

September 6, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Who came up with that question..??..

Hell no….we haven’t done anything to deserve ranking….yet…

By INGRAM III

September 6, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this

LET’S HAVE THIS TALK IN FOUR WEEKS

By addicted

September 6, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

Like most of the Tech fans here, I think it is too early to rank our team yet. We played hard and will only get better, but there is a long way to go before we can confidently say we can compete with anyone in the country.

Props to the nice UGA fans who have come over here and spoken civilly (whether positive or negative)

By louisville slugger

September 6, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

Like others, I’m not concerned about the Jackets being ranked this week. What excites me most about this team so far is that the defense is looking great WITHOUT looking gimmicky! You get the feeling this D can stand toe to toe with just about anyone, so as the offense gets more comfortable with the option, the Jackets could be very dangerous towards the end of the year.

By GT fan

September 6, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

Great job TEAM and Staff….Coach Johnson is the Man !!

Wish we could get the games on TV. I live in S.Ga and Dish didn’t show it. Had to track it on computer. Keep up the good job GT.

By jabster

September 6, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

“Others receiving votes”, yes. Top 25, not yet.

After VT, maybe. But VT playing Furman like GT plays Furman ;-) doesn’t help. I expected more out of the Hoagies.

If we go 4-0 and beat Missy State, definitely.

GO JACKETS!

By Bo

September 6, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

Forget the rankings . Just win and everything will take care of its self. Great Win.

By louisville slugger

September 6, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

And I gotta say one more thing; I LOVE the way Demaryius Thomas blocks on running plays!! The blocks he made both on Dwyer’s touchdown run and Nesbitt’s 1st down run late in the game were beautiful to watch.

By GT80

September 6, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

I even like the uniforms now.

We got ourselves a football coach folks.

By Ironfeet01

September 6, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

We’ve won a game a against a tough opponent in BC. I like our progress, but we’ve got a few things to shore up before we should be thinking about being ranked. The D played great. Our running game was stout, but special teams need a lot of work and we need to stop putting the ball on the ground as much as we do. Ball security is killing us and it will cost us against the better teams on our schedule. If we can manage to hold onto the football next week, we should have a shot to win. I can see us being ranked if we can.

By Jacketman

September 6, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

It is a little early to rank the team but it is obvious we have a hard playing, dynamic team. They made some mistakes which were anticipated going into this new offense. We now have an excellent coaching staff. We are on the move!!!!!! THWG Gooooooooooo Jackets!!!!!!!!

By GT95

September 6, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

Wow! This game showed a lot of character in the players and the coaches. LOVE IT!!

The ship is righted and the course is set! GO JACKETS!!!

By WaCoJacket

September 6, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

No ranking just yet. With our schedule, we shouldn’t be ranked unless we go 4-0. This means beating VT on the road and Miss State at home.

By Daniel

September 6, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

Yes I think they should. It may not last long though having to go to blackburgh next weekend. I expect a good game, but we cannot turn the ball over and win against really good teams.

By gtfan

September 6, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

dis n dat…

-ironfeet…which game were you watching re special teams. other than the holder for fg’s we consistantly punted well and our coverage was very good on punts and returns. our kicker had plenty of leg even though he kicked off, punted AND kicked fg’s. a few hundred snapping/holding reps will work wonders for a stong legged kicker.

-anybody wanna bet that tammy bowden’s A$$ cheeks tightened up a notch now that he sees that gt will not be an automatic win. maybe he should call cpj. lmao.

-next week should be another game like this one. but vt does NOT have the d line that bc does. they are inexperienced at qb, at wr and at running back. i like our chances.

especially after todays’ game.

something tells me that some of those chan gailey leftovers who have not yet bought into the cpj system are soon to change their minds.

By GT in VA

September 6, 2008 6:09 PM | Link to this

I like the comments here and I agree with most. But I want to see us 5-0 before any rankings. We have another tough game and then a few that should not be so tough. But we’ve been there before. Let’s see first if we can compete with VT here in Virginia. If so, will we get full of ourselves and lose to Duke and whoever that other school is? Oh, and let’s try to hold onto the ball.

By joe

September 6, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

if we get the win in blacksburg its gonna be smooth sailing for 3 weeks after that (duke, gardener webb, MSU) so if we get by VT we will go into death valley on Oct. 18th as a possible top 10 team if we start 6-0 we will be in the top 10 and getting a lot of buzz all we have to do is beat VTech

By Buddy McCoy

September 6, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this

A great and very satisfying win. As for a ranking, if we wind up 2-9, and ranked #100, go to Athens and beat #1, wouldn’t that make us #1? It would in my heart.

By D-Man

September 6, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

Bright kids go to Tech. I think they now have some bright athletes and a super coach. Yes, put ‘em in the top 25!! D-man

By GT Rich

September 6, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this

BC has been getting votes. GT got a couple last week. I bet we get enough votes to get close to the top 25, but still on the outside looking in. Beat VT and we definitely pull into the bottom of the charts.

By ye olde BC fan

September 6, 2008 11:07 PM | Link to this

They may not be ranked next week but they get my vote. A defense that does well in the red zone and a quick strike offense is a very formidable combination. GT will be very good this year.

By Beestie

September 7, 2008 1:54 AM | Link to this

Yep. Definitely.

By GoalieLax

September 7, 2008 3:53 AM | Link to this

It was a good win, and 2-0 isn’t a bad start, but with a road game at VT next week I think it would be better to hold off on the Top 25 ranking for another week. If Tech goes into VPI and comes out with another W, I think it’s certainly worth votes.

By DICK ESKEW

September 7, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this

Hell yeah. We need to be numbah one. Right ahead of da doodoo dawgs!

By George Burdell

September 7, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

We should not be ranked. It seems like for the last few years every time we are ranked we lose the next game. We play much better as the underdog.

Of course, we do have a new coach so things are definitely different from last year…

By PAUL3084

September 7, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

Should Tech be ranked? Sure, throw’em a bone or whatever it is yellow jackets chew on maybe some dawg poo.

By Native Atlantan

September 7, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

Ranked? Way too early to care about that. Besides, rankings don’t matter anymore.

Standing in the division is all that matters, and right now we’re at the top looking down!

By son_sir

September 7, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

Very redundant statement here, but who cares about polls ? Right now, worry about Hoakies and making improvement. Period.

Take care of business on the field and those chips will fall into place soon enough.

By GT Ninety

September 7, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this

We should be #1!!! Seriously, who cares about rankings. Go 1-0 each weekend and it will take care of itself. 1-0. That’s the new CPJ Program motto.

PS: I gotta say that I’m glad they gave the dawgs some respect by moving them back up in the polls. They are going to need to precious positions w/ trips to ASU, LSU and a season ending game w/ a very improved GT team.

By ramblinwreckman

September 7, 2008 7:56 PM | Link to this

Who cares about the rankings, as long as we win.

By GTfan4life

September 8, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

Great win on the road! dont rank them yet! wait and see how we respond in a tougher environment next week! We can definitely play with any1 in the ACC. CPJ is the 1st gatech coach to win his 1st ACC game…last 4 coaches all lost their 1st ACC Games. Now isnt that a testament to CPJ!! Go Jackets!! THWG!

By snapshot

September 8, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this

Rankings mean nothing this early in the season.