Roddy Jones injury, don’t despair Tech fans
A-Back Roddy Jones did indeed hurt his right wrist earlier this week. Our story can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/nx2clw
Now, everything seems a bit up in the air as of today whether Jones will play in the season-opener against Jacksonville State. Frankly, I’m not sure he’ll be needed for that one, but I would bet the odds are slim that he’ll miss the next one, a Thursday nighter five days laster against Clemson.
You only need to watch film from last year’s wins over Miami and Georgia to see what Jones means to coach Paul Johnson’s spread-based option offense (which needs a new nickname by the way, but that’s a blog for another time). His speed on the edge gives the offense the home-run threat that keeps those safeties back a step or two while the play develops.
So, who will get the call in the A-back positions if Jones were to miss the first game? Marcus Wright and Anthony Allen come to mind. Both are unfairly fast. Wright “saw the elephant” last year, while Allen had to sit out after transferring from Louisville. And there’s Embry Peeples. All three had some decent plays in the T-Day game. It remains to be seen if they are good at catching the ball out of the backfield. None of the three are particularly tall (at 6-0, Allen is the giant of the bunch), but whenever Tech did throw last year you usually didn’t see defenders consistently smothering the intended targets. So their size probably doesn’t matter much.
So, while Jones’ injury isn’t good kharma, I wouldn’t be too despondent, Tech fans. RC Giff Smith (fellow Pebblebrook HS alum; go fighting Falcons!) has done a good job in a short time filling the critical positions in CPJ’s offense.
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63 comments Add your comment
Jack G.
June 22nd, 2009
9:25 am
Actuall this is the Gingerbread offense. Run, Run as fast as you can, you cant catch me i’m the GINGERBREAD MAN.
mike the tiger wishes he was an lsu fan...instead he roots for the dawgs
June 22nd, 2009
10:25 am
kinda sad when you’re too embarrassed of your own team that you need to hide behind a fake screen name and root for another…
BLAZER
June 22nd, 2009
11:36 am
THE STATS WERE EVEN IN THE LSU GAME-BUT THE TURNOVERS WASN’T.
TURNOVERS COST GAMES- NO TURNOVERS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CLOSER GAME-
AND IT IS STILL 45-42
Paddy
June 22nd, 2009
5:23 pm
dogsux…atomic bomb, now there are two words that have not been used since the 50’s.
Tech Grad
June 22nd, 2009
8:49 pm
Hi guys! Don’t worry about Roddy. I dislocated my wrist spanking it during my years on beautiful North Ave. I rebounded pretty quickly, I must say and now I’m typing like a champ. It’s all good. And I’m stick a Heck of an engineer!
Hey Tech Grad
June 23rd, 2009
1:04 pm
Hiding behind a fake name on a Blog? Seriously, you’re too scared to be yourself on a freakin blog?!?!? C’mon dude….grow up
Big Bee
June 23rd, 2009
2:14 pm
SLIMG, seems that you guys complained about having too many injuries last year and that was one of the reasons you did not reach the NC Game. That high school offense was pretty darn god, as you will remember 400 rushing yareds in your playground. Oh well, we won’t know who wins the game until after it is played, will we?
MADDAWG55
June 23rd, 2009
4:14 pm
FROM A REAL FOOTBAL MAN,
THE WRECHBONE WILL HAVE TO PASS THIS YEAR TO KEEP A DFENSE HONEST!! OTHER WISE FOLKS WILL TEE OFF ON NESBIT LIKE THE BAYOU BANGELS DID.. DWYER IS A MANBEAST.BUT ONE KEY THIS YEAR WILL HAVE TO BE THE PASSING GAME..RODDY WAS THE MAIN RESON FOR OUR ONCE IN A DECADE LOSS LAST YEAR..
BUT TO “BEE” THE CHAMP U WILL HAVE TO START BEATING VT AND THE NOLES IN THEIR HOUSE! TECH’S SEASON WILL BE HOW THEY DO IN THE FIRST 5 GAMES!! C U ON THE FLATS… ILL BE THE ONE IN RED!!!
jacketnation
June 25th, 2009
12:10 pm
UGAG fans don’t need to be on our blog flapping their slobbering jaws, talking about Roddy and our offense. Why don’t you worry about the number of players that get arrested in Athens for underage drinking and DUI’s. Athens, GA; home of 52 bars and several bail bondsmen.
Mutts-R-Stupid-especially-journalism-majors
June 25th, 2009
12:57 pm
FYI- Due to the financial crisis in Georgia and the Nation, the state of Georgia must choose to close one of the two major educational institutions in the state. The decision has been made to close UGA, bulldoze the buildings, and plant soybeans, as the uga grads mostly make their living making and selling soy burgers, and the state will get a greater return on their investment in the soybean market. All uga students in good standing and with at least a 0.02 gpa are to be awarded horourary degree’s from Devry School for the terminally dumb, and jobs as sports writers for the free Atlanta newspaper known as The Urinal.
Air Conditioned Gypsy
June 28th, 2009
9:09 am
I call the Tech offense the “Oh Sh-t ” offense cause thats normally the reaction from the bad guys when Jones gets the pitch and there’s nobody home or when Dwyer is 10 yards into the secondary and the linebackers are still chasing Nesbitt or Thomas is wide open down the middle.
TechFAN
July 14th, 2009
1:03 pm
i get so sick of uga buying out our tickets and bringing all that UGLY red in Bobby Dodd. i wish we could protest that they only sale the alloted tickets to visitors as usual and fill that place up with gold and white. pretty sad to see so much red in OUR stadium. when we play at their field they only give us so many tickets, therefore we should return the favor.
tohellwithga7891
August 31st, 2009
3:28 pm
Its “THE PERFECT OPTION”