Top 5 Offensive Villains of the GT-UGA Rivalry

by BirdGT on Nov 23, 2011 8:00 AM EST in Georgia Tech Football

Let's take a gander at the past 10 years of the Tech-Georgie Rivalry. What Georgie players have burned Tech defenses the most? Who has scored more points or racked up more yardage against Tech since 2001 and laid claim to Greatest Villain of Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate of the Decade?

The first stat I pulled was offensive plays against Tech. It makes sense that three QB's lead the pack on this stat line. Left out are wide receivers AJ Green and Mohamed Massaquoi who racked up the highest yards per play averages (with at least 10 touches) since 2001. Green picked up 13.4 yards per catch and Mohamed picked up 12.8 yards per catch against Tech.

The next grouping is yardage. David Greene wins this round again. He played the worst Tech teams of this era and it shows in his stats. He had a career 151.3 QB rating against Tech, which was only bested by Aaron Murray and Matthew Stafford's most recent efforts against Tech.

The final stat I pulled from the GT-Georgie archives was points scored since 2001. Two kickers made the list: Billy Bennett and Blair Walsh. Bennett kicked 11 field goals and 11 PAT's against Tech. That is probably a career record for opposing kickers against Tech. Stafford won this round, however, because of that crazy 2008 shootout.

Who do you think is the biggest villain of the Tech-Georgie series since 2001? Are they from the offensive side of the ball or defense? I don't really mind the faceless mass of uga running backs other than Kregg Lumpkin. He always seemed to have a chip on his shoulder against Tech and proved it on the field. He picked up 4.6 yards per touch against Tech. Billy Bennett was always a huge douche as well. He used to kick ducks at the Tech student section during warm-ups. Let us know your thoughts...

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I think my #1 Villian of the rivalry is pretty clear...

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Nov 23, 2011 8:08 AM EST reply actions 7 recs

I aplogize, my anger is bubbling over...

His numbers from his 4 COFH games…

2003: 8-16 for 50 yds, 0 TD 1 INT…12 rushes for 49 yds (split time with AJ Suggs)
2004: 13-31 for 141 yds, 0 TD 0 INT…13 rushes for 25 yds
2005: 18-35 for 155 yds, 1 TD 2 INT, 1 FL…14 rushes for 64 yds
2006: 6-22 for 42 yds, 0 TD 2 INT, 1 FL…11 rushes for -10 yds (and damn near close to a broken TV)

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Nov 23, 2011 11:05 AM EST up reply actions

Reggie makes the noon list

for most plays against Georgie since 2001…

I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.

by BirdGT on Nov 23, 2011 11:25 AM EST up reply actions

What burns me...

is that, overall, we were superior in talent to UGA in 2005 and 2006…at everywhere except QB. Those (in addition to 2004) were completely winnable games, inexplicably lost in a haze of designed QB sneaks turnovers, and overthrows to Calvin…

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Nov 23, 2011 2:20 PM EST up reply actions

Wasn't his last play against uga

The fourth down where he threw the ball away to avoid a sack?

by Joe Hamilton's Chauffeur on Nov 23, 2011 2:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

IIRC I think he was eluding the rush, had enough grass in front of him to rush for the 1st down. Instead, I think he stumbles and with his left hand keeping him up…he then puts the ball on the ground.

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Nov 23, 2011 2:16 PM EST up reply actions

Joe Cox

Ramming it down our throat, 1st series, 2009 at our house, all ground pounding.

I know this is more a Bobo thing, but Cox was the man on the field.

I had a bad feeling about that 8pm game from that first series, Bey Bey’s drop at the end of the game, and the Holiday season took on a dismal quality for the next two months. Even the ~~ACC Championship~~and Orange Bowl weren’t enough to lift me out of the dread of 12 more months of dealing with these pig stickers in South Georgia.

You'd do it for Randolph Scott!
RANDOLPH SCOTT!

by DressHerInWhiteAndGold on Nov 23, 2011 8:42 AM EST reply actions

Being at that game, I remember that last drive which included 3 bombs to Stephen Hill and Embry Peeples on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd down…so for BayBay to drop a ball on 4th down was bad…but what was up with the play calling earlier in the drive?

Then, while I’m standing directly UNDER the 4 National Championship sign the UGA fan I was jawing with the entire night had the nerve to say “well at least you’re a basketball school”…

THWG

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Nov 23, 2011 9:22 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

In all fairness to the UGA fan

Your most recent NCG appearance was a basketball game. Also, 2 of those NC’s came before 1930, so there’s that.

by elfcrash on Nov 23, 2011 5:24 PM EST up reply actions

This conversation occurred under a sign that says "1990"

Which I believe is about a full decade more recent than UGA’s most recent football championship.

And don’t forget…y’all were playing football before 1930. And I’m pretty damn sure you’d count them if UGA had won them…

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Nov 23, 2011 5:52 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

They try to count one from 1942

So I don’t see how that’s all that different from our pre-30’s titles.

by GT_Jason on Nov 23, 2011 8:00 PM EST up reply actions

They try to count a MNC from 1942...

…but not count COFH games in 1943 and 1944.

by jabbajacket on Nov 23, 2011 8:03 PM EST up reply actions

And as we all know...

…Georgie wouldn’t have kept a football program during ‘43 and ’44 if they’d gotten the bid to host the Navy V-12 program. Not like that evil Tech. No, sir. Unlike Tech, Georgie would’ve told those guys “Sorry, we know you played football at your old university, but you can’t play it here…it wouldn’t be fair to the schools on our schedule that didn’t get this ROTC program.” (Yeah right)

All I know is we played SOMEONE in Georgie uniforms those two years, and the rest of the sporting world has agreed that the war years DO count (Tech was not the only Southern team whose school had the V-12 program those years). That’s all the proof I need. You can’t field teams and then later claim you didn’t field them. It happened.

AND THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN: They count their wins over Bama, Auburn, Florida and Clemson for those years but NOT their blowout losses to Tech!

by GT_Jason on Nov 23, 2011 8:29 PM EST up reply actions

Why so confrontational?

I wasn’t arguing your 1990, though shared, wasn’t legitimate, just that you’ve been better in bball since you won that one. As far as the pre-1930’s titles, I think we can all agree that they’re all a little dubious. But I have to say, claiming one from 1911 is pretty dang bold. That’s like Braves claiming NL titles from the 1880’s.

by elfcrash on Nov 24, 2011 2:14 PM EST up reply actions

It's 1917....

Saying its dubious “because it’s old” is kind of new-age SEC thinking. That’s the thinking that says any current non-SEC team, let alone any prior Championship team…wouldn’t be successful in the current SEC.

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Nov 24, 2011 8:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Oh…and confrontational because you’re posting on a Tech fan site trying to minimize the relevance of when a National Championship is won…especially when you had a crack at it yourself…

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Nov 24, 2011 10:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

I'm not really sure

where you get all this stuff about what teams could hack it in the SEC, don’t think I said anything about. You don’t judge a historical team based on current levels of competition, but against the teams they played against. So the legitimacy of NC’s from that early has nothing to do with the level of competition, but more the quantity of the competition and the lack of a unified system/solitary body for naming a national champion. College football wasn’t developed enough at the time for that kind of thing.

And I’m not trying to minimize when the national championship was won, I’m trying to emphasize it.

by elfcrash on Nov 25, 2011 3:35 PM EST up reply actions

College football has a current system that crowns NC's fairly?

I have yet to see such a system…so I refute the claim that college football has crossed that hump when who gets to play for a NC is still in the hands of Sportswriters and Coaches (the 2007 UF team is a terrific example of this).

But to think that the mathematical models and polling networks of 50-100 years ago were sub-standard back then…when the system of evaluating and ranking college football teams really hasn’t changed all that much…is also a dubious statement.

"Reach down in there...TURN THAT DAMN THING UP!" - Coach Paul Johnson

by TBuzz on Nov 25, 2011 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

At least there is only one system that does it now

The method of declaring a national champion has changed dramatically over the past 60 years. Before the BCS there were no “mathematical models”. Before the BCS, the top 2 teams rarely played each other at the end of the year. Before the AP poll started, there were like 8 different polls that awarded National Championships every year. The BCS isn’t perfect, but to say it’s objectively the same or worse than the older systems, especially the one that existed in 1917, is just factually and historically inaccurate.

by elfcrash on Nov 25, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions