Monday, Monday
First, I hope yall got a chance to check out the package online and in print about some of the interesting majors that the football players have: http://www.ajc.com/sports/jackets-dogs-excel-in-the-classroom-127164.html
I’ll say this, after reading the course descriptions for those classes, I don’t know how in the world anybody graduates from college anymore. Of course, you know the old joke about journalists and math classes.
I also hope you enjoyed the special section previewing the college football season that was in Sunday’s paper.
Anyway, we’re six days away from the first game (depending upon when you read this). While I was at an outing Sunday afternoon, someone asked which player is going to make the most improvement this season.
My answer: Josh Nesbitt.
Johnson has said as much over the summer, and then he added last week that Nesbitt played the last half of last season with a bad ankle.
Based upon the improvement the offenses have shown between years 1 and 2 at Johnson’s previous stops (as documented in the special section), Nesbitt’s confidence and efficiency with the offense should be evident early against Jacksonville State.
Johnson’s quarterbacks have rushed for more than 1,000 yards in the second season. Can Nesbitt do it? Will he improve his passing percentage, which was in the low 40s last season? Will he improve his yards per completion? Will he hurt teams with his passing this year?
I believe he will, and if so, this will be an interesting year to cover Georgia Tech football.
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Sorry Bob, wrong coach
August 31st, 2009
2:54 pm
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Bob
August 31st, 2009
2:56 pm
Sorry… I had Gailey mixed up with O’Leary… an awful mistake.
Tech82
August 31st, 2009
2:57 pm
Bob – Does the name George O’Leary mean anything to you?
Hairy Dawg
August 31st, 2009
3:36 pm
What is clemson grad talking about? Did clemson leave the ACC? Is this the first year that they don’t play Furman, Wofford, or the citadel? I realy hope tech sinks that stinger in deep on clemson this year!
superDawg
August 31st, 2009
3:55 pm
I supported Chan Gailey he is a fine man.m you are an idiot.If it were not for Gailey you would not have the team you have now.CPJ better start recruting higher caliber players or as you say crank up the bus.
puzzled
August 31st, 2009
4:03 pm
I am amazed at the number of spite-filled Tech fans on this blog. I just checked the Tech blog, and out of the 53 comments on it so far, none of the comments came from Georgia fans. This blog seems to have close to half of its comments from Tech fans. It appears to me that the Tech fans have a severe inferiority complex combined with low self esteem. Go Dogs!!
Dawghater
August 31st, 2009
4:14 pm
Hey Clemson Grad Wannbe – Jacksonville State is ranked in the top ten in their division! On my last post I actually pulled your lame schedule from 2008. Now that I’ve seen the actual 2009 one, it’s worse! UL Monroe, Furman and Central Michigan. UL Monroe now that is a real opponent, not! You need to be more concerned about how we will spank the Tigers!
Tech75
August 31st, 2009
4:38 pm
Puzzled – “am amazed at the number of spite-filled Tech fans on this blog. I just checked the Tech blog, and out of the 53 comments on it so far, none of the comments came from Georgia fans. This blog seems to have close to half of its comments from Tech fans”
Dude – check the heading on this blog…. “Tech”
Typically low reading comprehension from a undereducated “dawg”
AlabamaBuzzer
August 31st, 2009
5:38 pm
Chan is I’m sure a fine guy, but anyone who has a Calvin Johnson on his team and gets the ball in his hands as few times as he did in losses to Duke (13 game ACC losing streakat the time) and North Carolina (1-7 at the time) and can’t call an offensive game any better than he did against Wake Forest in the ACC Championship Game deserves some criticism as an “offense play-calling coach”. I felt sorry for Reggie Ball because all the pass plays were either bombs or flare out passes…no passes over the middle short. At least now with CJ we see the star players being better utilized and we actually see screen passes and passes to the tight end to keep the defense honest. My criticism of Chan was that he recruited good talent but didn’t know how to use it and would not let his offensive coach earn his money. By the way, GTInsider is right….Bill Lewis was even worse.
Chicken farmer
August 31st, 2009
6:46 pm
I originally wrote this on the CALM blog, but didn’t get any response so am trying again. All of the pictures in the AJC covering our practices are showing a more “OLD gold” helmet this year rather than the baby crap mustard yellow from last year. I despised those things and hope to goodness that a change has been made. As for Chan Gailey I agree with M. Kansas City, I can certainly feel your pain.
GA Tech Insider
August 31st, 2009
6:48 pm
m; the fact that YOU place Chan Gailey below Bill Lewis on your list of GA Tech Coaches, and YOU find cause to continue to harp about it, and YOU complain about everyone else trying to be positive about this GA Tech Team EXCEPT you, and YOU must CONTINUALLY try to show your behind about a Head Coach the rest of the GA Tech faithful ALREADY KNOW is gone, AND WON’T be forgotten, like ALL OF GA TECH’S PAST HEAD FOOTBALL COACHES, like ALL good GA Tech fans do.
Do you think you have a monopoly on memory you pompous mule? This “thank God and Greyhound” garbage you’ve pulled from that old country music song isn’t even something you’ve come up with on your own. Every time you try to act like you have an intelligent thought, you’ve stolen it from someone else.
Stop embarrassing GA Tech with your stupidity.
old T fan
August 31st, 2009
7:09 pm
louisiani jacket Jaybo was and is a great reader of the option he knows how and when to pitch or not and also a great passer he will be a great leader at GT someday.
Minnesota Jacket
August 31st, 2009
7:19 pm
old T fan….number one…Jaybo is NOT a great passer, he doesn’t have a great arm what so ever (I know you are saying he is because of the duke game but…its duke…) he was brought in because he knew the system but he is not as great a passer or an athlete in comparison to Jordan or Tevin.
m
August 31st, 2009
7:55 pm
Ga Tech Insider…you are the one embarassing Tech with your continued support of chan gomer gailey.
It is TECH fools like you that propped Gailey up when he should never have been hired and certainly should never have been given 6 years to destroy Tech.
You suck as bad as he did.
Thank God and Greyhound that fools like you didn’t have your way and get to keep chan gomer gailey. Like I said…you suck as bad as he did.
I have to go Check out Buckner's Buffet in Jackson, Ga
August 31st, 2009
8:43 pm
Sorry Old T fan, but I have to agree with Minn Jacket. We do want Jaybo to get well soon though. Cant wait until Saturday!
Ramblin Wreck!
Hey Doug
August 31st, 2009
8:44 pm
In your Jacksonville State article, you have a mistake on last year’s score. The score was 41-14, GT. Just thought you’d appreciate the correction. Thanks for the articles. Are you going to do prediction blogs before the games each week?
Timmy
August 31st, 2009
10:57 pm
Kick Chris off the fan blog!! Timmy!!
Ramblin' Wreck Em
September 1st, 2009
12:40 am
haha I just read that “Dogs and Jackets in the Classroom” article, and the UGA majors were laughable compared to the Tech ones… that one kid majored in Picasso?! That’s a major?
Must feel great to be the second-best in the state both on the field AND in the classroom…
Ramblin' Wreck Em
September 1st, 2009
12:42 am
by the way: Hairy Dawg? Thanks for the support against Clempsun. Best of luck to the Dawgs against OK State this year. (I can’t believe I said that, but one good comment deserves another)
Fillin' up @ Juniors
September 1st, 2009
1:41 pm
m, seriously let it go. Chan didn’t have a losing season, didn’t miss a bowl and was a season away from the ACC championship and a 9-4 season. While he wasn’t great, and never was very inspiring he was serviceable, and never once got us caught up in mass scandels. He dealt with the scholarship infractions and now we move on. Plus re using insults (chan Gommer Gailey) is a sign of weak intelligence and if it’s one thing tech fans hate most, its someone representing OUR school that prides itself in intelligence with such behavior. We need to hold ourselves up to a certain standard otherwise we are no better than the “Dawgs”, no offense to the 90% of dawg fans that act like decent people.
Fillin' up @ Juniors
September 1st, 2009
1:46 pm
As for the jaybo comments, I have to be honest, I dont see quarterback in this system as important as Offensive line + A Back. In any other offense the quarterback is of primo importance, in this offense he just a cast character. Still an important one but probably less so then any other kind of offense I have ever seen. So Jaybo’s throwing ability has little to do with his quality to the system, its little more then a diversion as it is a real tool. In this offense its 80% reading the triple option, and I thought Jaybo as a TRUE FRESHMAN did a pretty darn good job last year.
macrotech
September 1st, 2009
3:29 pm
Clemson Grad, I understand your bitterness….the kitties can’t seem to beat those nasty nerds from the ‘big city’!
GT4Ever
September 1st, 2009
4:09 pm
Rich Cirminiello of Foxsports makes a bold prediction about Nesbitt provided he has enough attempts to qualify, Georgia Tech’s Josh Nesbitt will lead the ACC in passing efficiency. Yup, that’s the same Nesbitt who pilots the Jackets’ triple-option attack. Admittedly, there’s not much competition in a league that failed to produce a quarterback ranking higher than 41st nationally in 2008. Still, Paul Johnson believes there are opportunities to exploit defenses that stack the box, and Nesbitt has made progress as a passer. Don’t be shocked to see stat lines that read 7-of-9 for 147 yards and two long scores to Demaryius Thomas.