Reaction from Georgia Tech supporters and former players (apparently, former interior offensive linemen are especially salty) over archrival Georgia’s crushing overtime loss to Alabama in the College Football Playoff championship game was predictable.
Unrepentant schadenfreude.
A sampling:
UGA tears are my lifeblood. #GoDawgs
— From The Rumble Seat (@FTRSBlog) January 9, 2018
— Paul Johnson 🔹 (@NotCoachJohnson) January 9, 2018
so glad getting dunked on by nerds convinced Nick Chubb and Sony Michel to stay at UGA one more year so they could lose a national championship
— MagnaCarter, Live (@MagnaCarterLive) January 9, 2018
How GT fans walking into work tomorrow pic.twitter.com/LFcaGRlLZh
— Maka (@SonOfAWoods) January 9, 2018
MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE STOMPING OF THE DAWGS!!!
— Trey Braun (@T_Braun78) January 9, 2018
#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/XaXVqIVx0I
— Alphonso Jordan (@GTjumperzo) January 9, 2018
There’s nothing sweeter than UGA tears. Way to rip their heart out Bama. Oh how glorious it was! #rolltide #thwg
— Tracy M (@buzzbabe06) January 9, 2018
Maybe schools here will close again on Tuesday due to wet, salty conditions from all the mutt fans. 😆 #THWG
— Ryan Bass 🇺🇸 (@ryanwbass) January 9, 2018
I feel so bad for UGA right now...said no Tech fan ever!!! #THWg
— Blair Vandenburg (@MishGtechfan24) January 9, 2018
How I’m gonna sleep tonight knowing Georgia blew a 20-7 lead pic.twitter.com/icLrYylOkR
— T’Keaira (@QKeaira) January 9, 2018
They will be back!.... 37 years from now #THWg
— Kirk Little Jr (@KirkJr06) January 9, 2018
Thank god I dont have to hear barking for the next 365 #THWG
— Ryan Russell (@rynorussell20) January 9, 2018
Thank freaking goodness!! #THWg 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
— Michael Thompson (@BuckingChicken) January 9, 2018
Today, yesterday and tomorrow #THWg #ThatOneHadToHurt #MyManHad2QuartersOfPlayimgExperienceBeforeThatLastPlay 😭😂 https://t.co/Q37SK7xvMp pic.twitter.com/KFveGVoKkY
— Doug (@DougCain5) January 9, 2018
Get your 2017 uga National championship gear tomorrow on sale 😂
— Freddie B (@Burd__) January 9, 2018
To hell, to hell, to hell with Georgia
— Adam Prather (@AJP125) January 9, 2018
To hell, to hell, to hell with Georgia To hell, to hell, to hell with Georgia... The Cesspool of the south!! #THWg
UGA Friends: “At least we made it to the championship!”
— Errin Joe (@e_jay75) January 9, 2018
Me: pic.twitter.com/nPZlIuppbD
I can’t wait to hold up my 20-3 sign at the georgia vs GT game in Athens 😭😭😭
— Mrs. Dr. Umar (@jefajamison) January 9, 2018
— Andy Demetra 😷+🗳 (@AndyDemetra) January 9, 2018
About the Author
Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
Keep Reading
Credit: Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
‘One of the great ones to ever play here’: Haynes King set for home finale
Georgia Tech’s star quarterback plays last game at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday.
As defense reels, trust Brent Key to have Georgia Tech ready
'If the offense defense can’t stop them, that spells trouble,' former Yellow Jacket Jerimiah McClary says of Georgia Tech.
Featured
Credit: Arvin Temkar / AJC
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones scores another victory over use of campaign cash
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones appears to have scored another victory over Attorney General Chris Carr as the Republican gubernatorial candidates battle over campaign finance issues.
Falcons QB Michael Penix Jr.’s season is over; needs surgery to repair ACL
Michael Penix Jr., whom the Falcons hoped was their quarterback of the future, will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a partially torn ACL in his left knee.
Typewriter Tom fuels a growing interest in analog writing devices
Roswell's Tom Rehkopf owns about 1,000 typewriters, which he tinkers with at his workshop and happily shares with fellow aficionados, curious youngsters and even Tom Hanks.