Ugh. I'm not a Georgia Tech fan. I couldn't possibly care less about the fate of the Yellow Jackets. And even I'm mind-bogglingly frustrated with Reggie Ball and his tiny, scrambly, noodle-armed, Calvin-Johnson-killing incompetence. Georgia Tech just managed to lose a game in which their opponent's offense scored all of eight points. Ball provided seven to the Bulldogs by fumbling one of his many, many quarterback scrambles. An enterprising Georgia linebacker plucked the ball from the pile and rumbled in -- today is indeed the day of truck-sized defenders scoring touchdowns -- for Georgia's first touchdown.
Final numbers for Ball: 6/22 passing for 40 yards and two interceptions, 11 rushes for -12 yards, and four straight losses to Georgia. Next year the Yellow Jackets will lose a four-year starter at quarterback... and will probably be better off. There's still an ACC championship game and some sort of bowl matchup, but let's be serious: any success Georgia Tech has in those games will be despite Ball, not because of him.
By this time next year he'll be part of Johnson's entourage, as he'll keep Ball around to park the Johnsonmobile just so he can toss the keys twelve yards over his head and sarcastically apologize. Either that or he'll star in a remake of Innerspace, since casting him will save tons of money previously earmarked for special effects. Georgia fans will miss him terribly, though.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Reggie Ball should be investegated (not for throwing incomplete passes) for throwing this game. He knows he couldn't make the NFL so I think he made alot of money another way! (POSSIBLY THE LAST FOUR YEARS!)
I also believe Chan Gailey should be fired for keeping Ball in after the first quarter!
I do think the rest of the team should win a trophy for trying so hard to cover his mistakes. My hat is off to them.
Posted at 7:28PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Larry
2. How about that personal foul at the end of the game when Tech was on fourth down? I don't care about either team but that penalty made me furious.
Posted at 8:06PM on Nov 25th 2006 by SlaunchaMan
3. That was going to be a big deal if Ball hadn't thrown a terrible interception on the very next play. Personally I thought that was close. I mean... you can't punch someone in the head.
Posted at 8:13PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Brian Cook
4. What about the 15-yarder on Taylor? That's what passes for unsportsmanlike conduct these days? That was even worse than the one on Vandy last year against Florida. By the by, why was that applied to the kickoff as opposed to the extra point? Because a 35-yarder right down the middle was still a pretty risky venture for UGA.
Posted at 8:23PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Ian
5. I don't mean the call made me furious, I mean the fact that he punched the other guy in the head. You're playing your intrastate rival, about to win, they're facing fourth down, and you start swinging? He's lucky he didn't cost Georgia the game.
Posted at 8:25PM on Nov 25th 2006 by SlaunchaMan
6. Ian, that diving into the endzone thing was specifically called out as something you can't do last year. Weak sauce, IMO, but the refs have to call that.
Posted at 8:55PM on Nov 25th 2006 by Brian Cook
7. I am just glad that Reggie Ball is finally gone. The only thing better would be if they got rid of Chan Gailey.
Ball single handedly lost that game for the Jackets.
Posted at 1:45AM on Nov 26th 2006 by Bobby Dodd
8. SlaunchaMan, if you're referring to that 15-yard personal foul penalty right at the end, keep in mind that Quentin Moses didn't swing - he swung BACK. Who punched first? That's right, that fine gentlemen's gentleman from Georgia Tech, Reggie Ball. It was stupid for Moses to swing back, but it was just as stupid for Reggie to swing in the first place (although it wouldn't be the first time Reggie got all frustrated and punched someone on the field). No class. It's almost enough to make me stop campaigning for a fifth year of eligibility.
Posted at 10:48PM on Nov 27th 2006 by Ann Gillett