Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate

Some coaches get it, some coaches don't.

Rumor has it O'Leary doesn't like the color red to this day because it reminds him a little too much of the Bulldogs. O'Leary said he has immense respect for Georgia, but he will never stop cheering for Georgia Tech.

"I've always been a Georgia Tech fan," he said. "I left to take a job at Notre Dame. Other than Notre Dame, I never would have left Georgia Tech. They've always been very good to me. … I've always had a great interest in Georgia Tech and their success. Even though I'm not there, I always want to see them be successful."

"Any time you get a win, it's outstanding. … If you coach at Georgia Tech, you have to understand that you take that game very, very seriously. It's more than just a football game on the line. We've had some really good games. We had some tough losses, we had some great wins."

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UCF 10, UGA 6
Congrats Coach O'Leary!

Buzzing with excuses

Since the humiliation of Monday evening, the insults and excuses from limp-wristed Tech fans have been flying like greasy tater tots in a middle school lunchroom. We here at FPJ believe that there are no excuses for this year's substandard play, and that it is merely a portent of similar seasons to come. Or to put it another way, as Coach Johnson would so glibly mutter, "It is what it is." Here we review some of the more remarkable cop-outs which have emerged in the last 48 hours, and refute them easily with our typical wit and dexterity.

It's not like we were losing to Fresno

Paul Johnson football in 2010:

• Georgia Tech's first losing season since 1996
  
• A 6-7 record overall, which in the ACC is essentially a 3-9 record in a real conference
• 3rd consecutive bowl loss under Johnson
  
• 3rd consecutive bowl scoring 7 or less offensive points
  
• 2nd consecutive loss to a 5+ loss UGA team
  
• 1 win against a team with a winning record(7-5 UNC with most of its playmakers suspended)
  
• Other wins over SC State, Wake Forest, Middle Tennessee, Duke, and Virginia
  
• Loss to Sagarin #105, 3-9 Kansas(pictured above)
  
• Combined conference record of ACC foes beaten, 7-25(.219)
  
• 67th in the Sagarin ratings, behind two FCS teams, and only 4 spots ahead of Georgia Southern
  
• 99th in red zone scoring percentage
  
• 119th passing offense
  
• 120th in fumbles lost
  
• 3rd to last in players on the postseason All-ACC 1st, 2nd, and 3rd teams, ahead of only Virginia and Wake. Only one of these players is returning next season.
  
• Disastrous recruiting class following an ACC championship season
  

No Comebacks For You

As previously covered, Georgia Tech under Paul Johnson seems to have serious problems in mounting late-game comebacks. Here is the updated chart following the bowl:  

Games under Paul Johnson where GT gained possession of the football inside of 5 minutes remaining while trailing by 8 points or less:

Year	Opponent	Time left	Deficit	Result	Final score
2008	Virginia Tech	4:37	3	Downs	(L) 17-20
-	-	0:25	3	End Gm	-
2008	Virginia	3:29	7	INT	(L) 17-24
2009	Georgia	3:30	6	Downs	(L) 24-30
2010	Kansas	4:22	3	Downs	(L) 25-28
2010	Wake Forest	2:21	3	TD	(W) 24-20
2010	Virginia Tech	2:23	7	INT	(L) 21-28
2010	Georgia	2:53	1	Downs	(L) 34-42
-	-	1:22	8	INT	-
2010	Air Force	1:37	7	INT	(L) 7-14

Misnomer Myth

Tech's "offensive" performance in Shreveport continued a trend of poor play in the post-season. Paul Johnson insists that this inadequacy in bowl games is a "misnomer" about his offense. You take a look at the stats and be the judge:

Season	Opponent	Off. Yards	Off. Points	Turnovers	3rd down eff.	Final score
2008	LSU	314	3	3	3-15	3-38
2009	Iowa	155	7	1	4-12	14-24
2010	Air Force	320	7	4	8-18	7-14

Johnson's idea of sportsmanship

Air Force QB Tim Jefferson goes out of his way to greet Coach Johnson after the game, only to be shoved out of the way.

Weed Eater Fest 2010: The Honeymoon is over

At the beginning of the 2010 season, Coach Paul Johnson said this year's team had a chance to be his best yet, but he then qualified that statement with the same trademark cliché he had trotted out prior to the 2009 season:

"We might be a better team, but not win as many games."

Well the 2010 edition of the Yellow Jackets didn't win as many games, and it was most definitely not a better team.