GT at uGA Post Game

[GaTech4ever]

Yeah, I didn’t think anything would register on the 28-3 radar. But this feels like that. If they lose the SEC Championship game and go on to win the national title, this will be unbearable.

 

[33jacket]

Yeah. Feels like 28-3 except we had three real chances to win in OT and our staff called df plays or we missed easy reads. Oh well.

 

[Darthdad]

When they FINALLY called PI for us and put the ball on the 1 yard line, I was convinced we had just won the game. After that, I was emotionally exhausted for everything else. Hard to beat a team when your best LB goes down and 4 DBs go down. This team has guts, and it’s obvious Key has reinstalled the hate back into COFH.

Our boys want one and they want it badly and they almost got it tonight. Reminds me of 2013 when we lost a game we should have won. 2014 rolls around and we won a game that tried to get stolen from us. Hopefully 2025 comes around and we close it out.

We have struggled all year to finish games out. All we can do is hope that the growing pains we felt this year pays dividends in the future in finishing games.

For me, this game has far surpassed the 1995? game in terms of frustration. Whatever year it was, Hines Ward whined and moaned for a very late DPI call which gave UGA a first down after which they scored to win the game. Obvious ref intimidation and we would have won but for the penalty. That game has nothing on this.

 

[4shotB]

I think the problem here is our wins are a couple in 25 years. And that is embarrassing. And losing when you clearly should win; like other years; 2013 comes to mind. 2009. 2006. Blah blah blah get old and it seems to happen so similarly so many times.

Was our performance today embarrassing. Absolutely not. Was inspiring even though we choked the game away. And all of us can see the fight and progress

But its a results business so to speak. And at this rate. Kids born in 2001 will see tech beat uga 9 times by the time they are 75. And thats not where any of us want to be. But thats the rate.

In my text group we discuss the mental block GT has when the two teams are equally matched. I was watching the game with my wife’s family. Mostly Uga alums but a few not affiliated with either school.

The unaffiliated ones left early in the fourth quarter thinking things were settled. My son and I both said the game wouldn’t be settled until there was 0 time left. We have seen the movie before. At halftime the dwags were upbeat, saying they were only good for one good half per game. Seemed more cautiously optimistic than a Tech fan would be in the same circumstance.

 

[gte447f]

Missed holding, missed that the ball got tipped on the dpi that gifted uga their second td, 50/50 fumble that gifted uga their first td. And on top of all this bs was jesse ****ing palmer slurping carson beck and uga for 4.5 hrs straight.

Joe Tessitore was even worse

 

[GaTech4ever]

There’s just not enough highs as a Tech fan to make experiencing these kind of lows worth it. Sidewalk fans - I respect the hell out of yall right now.

 

[Darthdad]

You know what? My initial reaction was “what is Darthdad talking about and then as I read what you wrote I started thinking more and more that that’s not a bad comparison at all. I was at that basketball game. My buddy and I wrote for the Technique covering the team and we drove to that game to cover it. Afterwards we went into our locker room and told the guys that we were so proud of them. A couple of them couldn’t understand why we would say that when they lost. We replied that we know a loss is a loss but we were so proud that they gave every last bit of what they had to win that game. And it was one of the best college basketball games I ever attended. Man that long drive home listening to the Super Bowl was rough, though

LOL Yes, that game was on Super Bowl Sunday. Watched both in the Freeman/Montag common area that day.

And in both cases, the announcers had no bearing on what happened on the field/court but they were *&#! annoying to listen to!

 

[laoh]

For me, this game has far surpassed the 1995? game in terms of frustration. Whatever year it was, Hines Ward whined and moaned for a very late DPI call which gave UGA a first down after which they scored to win the game. Obvious ref intimidation and we would have won but for the penalty. That game has nothing on this.

1997. And chump bailey caught the TD pass (well it was resulting from a bad coverage tho).

 

[takethepoints]

I watched it at Mutation Brewing Company. Food = meh, beer = pretty good. There weren't that many folks there, but we all cheered our heads off. My impressions:

• Tech was the better team in every way but the score. Losing this one was as bad as 1978. Yes, I was at that one and we shouldn't have lost it either. Ohh, and so much for Ugag running up the score and being the much superior team. Tech was a missed field goal from winning and I predicted that they'd pay for it. Tech did.

• We now see why the coaches wanted King on the field. I don't know who worked on his shoulder, but the person is a wizard. He looked like his old self tonight. Tech would have won against VT and, perhaps, ND with him at QB. And he has more guts than most entire teams. He turned in the best performance of his career tonight and almost took us to the victory. It is now evident that if he comes back Philo will redshirt next year. Unless Tech needs him, of course. And now we know why there were so many stories about Aaron not playing.

• The D almost won the game for us. One of their best performances in years. The game came down to giving them too many opportunities in OT. But the improvement over time is amazing. And all this with several of Tech's best players out.

• I don't want to hear anything about talent disparities any more. I certainly didn't see any tonight. As is usual, the game turned on sheer bum luck, as in most games between equals.

• Special teams still need work. I wish I knew why. I bet Key does too.

• One final shout-out to Jamal Haynes. A really good performance. We would have won the game if King had looked up on our last unsuccessful 2 point play; he was wide open in the end zone.

• And a final congratulations to Coach Key and the rest of the staff. We were ready, nay, we were more than ready, we were honed like a machete.

Well, I'm still disappointed beyond words. But I'm proud of the Jackets and look forward to seeing what bowl game they end up in.

Update: Yes, the refs sucked. But they let both teams get away with murder out there; Ugag just got away with more.

 

[ramblineck]

First COFH in Sanford (I was in Athens in ‘16 when we won but at a bar downtown). This is absolute heartache/heartbreak. Maybe there’s a silver lining I can find at the bottom of a beer can

 

[Techster]

As I said in another thread, if King has the ability to throw over the top of tbe LBs, it changes the complexion of how to defend our offense.

 

[33jacket]

In my text group we discuss the mental block GT has when the two teams are equally matched. I was watching the game with my wife’s family. Mostly Uga alums but a few not affiliated with either school.

The unaffiliated ones left early in the fourth quarter thinking things were settled. My son and I both said the game wouldn’t be settled until there was 0 time left. We have seen the movie before. At halftime the dwags were upbeat, saying they were only good for one good half per game. Seemed more cautiously optimistic than a Tech fan would be in the same circumstance.

Honestly. The last 24 years have worn so much on me watching this game (in a relative sense as a fan) i am numb. I said it in the 1q we would lose and a reason would be officiating. Lol. I am now at the point of just moving on from this whole charade. I think now more than ever games are being influenced and fixed to support monetary narratives

 

[CubeE]

First COFH in Sanford (I was in Athens in ‘16 when we won but at a bar downtown). This is absolute heartache/heartbreak. Maybe there’s a silver lining I can find at the bottom of a beer can

The silver lining is that next year our schedule is (when compared to this year) easy and we have most of our weapons coming back. We do lose a lot in the trenches so if we can have a good NSD/transfer class coming in we should be serious ACC contenders and also against Ugag. I hope this loss inspires them to not let a game be left to the officials next year.

 

[BleedGoldNWhite21]

I think the problem here is our wins are a couple in 25 years. And that is embarrassing. And losing when you clearly should win; like other years; 2013 comes to mind. 2009. 2006. Blah blah blah get old and it seems to happen so similarly so many times.

Was our performance today embarrassing. Absolutely not. Was inspiring even though we choked the game away. And all of us can see the fight and progress

But its a results business so to speak. And at this rate. Kids born in 2001 will see tech beat uga 9 times by the time they are 75. And thats not where any of us want to be. But thats the rate; progress and moral victories are cute. Damn man. When u should win. U need to win.

This. I’ve been watching Tech football for 20 years. I’ve seen us beat them three times. We had this game won. We have to win the games we should. There’s no guarantee we’ll beat them next year. We said that same **** last year when it was a close game and guess what? We lost again. They’ve won 20 out of 23 games. That’s embarrassing. Giving up a 17-0 lead is embarrassing. If the game was truly back and forth and we lost 44-42 in 8 OTs, sure that’s something to hang your hat on, but choking a big lead is not.

 

[yeti92]

Everybody in the country that watched that game is calling out the super biased officiating. It was rigged, Tech was the better team.

 

[Jacket05]

First off props to the coaches, the team, and especially King for going out and putting up that fight.

To all the people saying ugag is a better team or is more dominant, that's BS! The SECheat is not as good as everyone keeps saying and this ugag team is definitely not better than us!

The defense was fighting through a designated secondary and lost Efford through most of the second half on and it still took the refs a minimum of 4 blown calls in the last half of the 4th quarter to keep ugag in it game!

1. The obvious tipped ball on the 4th down stop that was missed by both the on field and replay crews and gave them a fresh set of downs.

2. The missed fumble near the goal line.

3. The blatant holding/PI on Abdul on his break on the play he got stopped a yard short that should have given us a fresh set of downs. Preventing us from running the next play where....

4. The refs missed the targeting call on King where he lost the ball.

Not to mention the the D-line was doing the jump shift that has been called all year by refs as defensive delay of game or the NUMEROUS missed blatant holding and facemask calls.

 

[iceeater1969]

The 4th and 1 on goal line PASS INTERFERENCE CALL BY THE SIDELINE OFFICAL WAS OBVIOUSLY BETTING RELATED. Stole the fame

 

[Sugar3ThousandPounds]

Was also in the stands tonight — this one hurts real bad, can’t think of a more heartbreaking loss for any team I’ve rooted for across sports. Lotta uga fans in my section left when we went up 27-13 with 6 minutes and I thought “man, they are a lot less confident in uga / more confident than Tech than I am.” Unfortunately my suspicions were correct.

Our improvement the past 2.5 years under Key, and particularly in this game, is undeniable. Hopefully we do win a few in the next 5 or 6 years and this doesn’t become a shoulda coulda woulda as uga stretches the streak to double digits…bleh

 

[33jacket]

Everybody in the country that watched that game is calling out the super biased officiating. It was rigged, Tech was the better team.

It was rigged for money narratives. Its sad. It’s obvious. Its repetitive

 

[Root4GT]

Root, you’re right, but you have to admit GT should have closed out the W in this one.

Could have closed it out. I trust King on 3rd and 1 not to fumble. He rarely does fumble. Great play by the Georgia defender. That happens and more than likely cost us the game.

Our defensive depth has been an issue all year. Several teams have done well against us in the 4th quarter.

Tough loss and a game we had several opportunities to win. Georgia did as well and in the 8th OT made one more play than we did.