The Alphabetical is taking its usual toll today, adorable beast that it is. Watch Jonathan Dwyer bitchmake a Virginia Cavalier and will be along in a bit.

Okay, huddle up. I want you to listen to me. I hate every single one of you right now.

Pop quiz! Which of the things below were things Paul Johnson actually said about Georgia Tech’s performance this past Thursday against Miami:

1. “We’re not really good at anything right now.”

2. “It was very poor technique. I don’t know what the guy was doing, really.”

3. “It’s not legal for me to choke a player to death with his own intestines. I couldn’t do it, anyway, considering how gutless we are as a team.”

4. “If you can’t go on the snap count — the other team doesn’t have anything to do with that. That’s you.”

5. “For a bunch of engineers, we suck at counting to three.” *

6. “We had too much in. Anytime you can’t do what you’re supposed to be doing, you’ve got too much in.”

7. “I shot every tenth man after practice and donated their bodies to science, but had them rejected by the morgue due to lack of spine.”

8. Of coordinator’s Dave Wommack’s assertion that his defenders will switch to a 4-5-2 alignment for Saturday’s game against North Carolina: “We could play a 4-12-9, but it won’t matter what we play if we don’t get our face on somebody and our eyes where they should be.”

9. Of coordinator’s Dave Wommack’s assertion that he deserved to live another five minutes without being thrown into a giant aquarium filled with rats and bees: “When you assume you make an ass out of ‘you’ and me. You also get thrown into a giant aquarium filled with rats and bees for sassin’, too.”

If you answered “all of the above,” you’d be correct, though Paul Johnson actually only said 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 in a press conference we’ll go ahead and describe as “honest, and profoundly uncomfortable. ” We’re sorry we disappointed Coach Johnson, and we’re sitting five miles away, cannot play football, and had nothing to do with the Miami debacle.

*Reggie Ball Reggie Ball Reggie Ball Reggie Ball Reggie Ball.

Please, Coach Richt. Sit down. Would you like a pillow? You would? That couch is awfully firm, I know. Yes, it probably would hurt your back if you slept on it. Ouch! What sleep number are you? A 27, you say? They go that high? Wow. You are a man of refined and delicate tastes, sir!

So I’m here to discuss the Florida Georgia game with you. That game in Jacksonville, yes. So you want it moved? Right? Because it’s…hot. Oh, you mean in this room, too? Yes, it’s somewhere around 75 degrees in here. You require an exact temperature of 74 degrees in order to not wilt? Really? Well, sure I guess we can do something about that. There, adjusted it for you. Gonna make it? Sure?

Okay! Let’s talk. You want to move the game to Atlanta because it’s hotter in Jacksonville, and because going to Jacksonville isn’t really playing at a neutral spot. (more…)

Monday’s interview with Florida Atlantic’s Howard Schnellenberger contained an incorrect inference on the part of our reporting staff. Although Schnellenberger spoke at great length about his interests in the healing powers of being immersed in water and the “laying on of hands”, he is not an ordained minister. We regret the error.

Tuesday’s editorial, “Art Briles Is A Horrible Misogynist” contained a typographical error in the headline, which should have read, “Art Briles Is A Horrible Misogynist, Bitches and Bitchfisters.” We regret the error.

Monday’s Jumpstart Previews included this quote from Paul Johnson recounting his early days at Georgia Tech:
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