Tech’s Nesbitt to miss spring practice
Georgia Tech quarterback Josh Nesbitt will miss spring practice because of minor surgery on his right ankle.
Nesbitt, a junior from Greensboro, passed for 1,701 yards and rushed for 1,037 last season. He accounted for 28 touchdowns last season, 18 rushing and 10 passing in helping Tech win the ACC championship. He didn’t miss a game because of injury last season.
The Yellow Jackets’ spring practice begins March 29 and concludes April 24.
Nesbitt, who is being mentioned as a possible Heisman Trophy contender in 2010, is expected to return for fall practices in August.
Tech has four other quarterbacks on its roster, including Jaybo Shaw, Tevin Washington, David Sims and Jordan Luallen. Sims and Luallen redshirted last season.
B-back Preston Lyons (shoulder) will also miss spring practice. Offensive tackle Phil Smith (knee) is expected to return.
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Jack
February 18th, 2010
6:25 pm
UGA fans are a class act- kid gets hurt and they want to pounce on it. I assume you later call and yell at your mom to further release your insecurities. Here is the real deal- UGA has 3x more students and 40x more (easier) majors- wouldn’t do too much bragging as it makes you seem a little bit ignorant.
Doug Roberson
February 18th, 2010
6:45 pm
I just updated the blog. Nesbitt had a minor procedure on his right ankle.
Bama2010
February 18th, 2010
6:50 pm
Might as well mail the season in. FLARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why????
February 18th, 2010
7:01 pm
WHY CAN’T GT WIN THEIR BOWL GAMES?????????????? WHY??????????
Stone
February 18th, 2010
7:04 pm
Hope he continues to work out with the weights…something is better than nothing
Why????
February 18th, 2010
7:23 pm
Heisman candidate???? Haaaaaa!!!! Try winning a bowl game!!!! Nesbitt is just a two-bit T-Bone and that’s it. Can’t even take a UGA tackle.
We Own You
February 18th, 2010
7:32 pm
Heisman Trophy candidate!!!! Now that’s hillarious!
Don’t worry Yekies…..you can lose without him…..
Hattie
February 18th, 2010
7:34 pm
This may be one of those blessings in disguise. It will give some of the other QBs a chance to take some snaps with the first team.
Hattie
February 18th, 2010
7:35 pm
Hey “We Own You,” how many of your UGA thugs were arrested last year?
Big Bad Machine in Red and Black
February 18th, 2010
7:49 pm
The Junkyard Dog D ate!
See ya ‘tween the hedges Joshy poo?
Sic em woof woof
make it a combo order, jacket
February 18th, 2010
7:59 pm
supersize is a putz!!! your screen name is intense and intimidating..everyone be afraid of supersize..he’s a jacket superior with a mindset like no other. everytime a dawg fan sees your pathetic name,it only adds to the embarassment that is a gt fan. carry on moron.
Notso Fast
February 18th, 2010
8:20 pm
Will give more practice time to find the number 2 quarterback. I think we will see more of another quarterback next year. Got to find somebody that can pass when you have got to pass.
409 yards
February 18th, 2010
8:28 pm
I love how dog fans can’t stay off the Tech blog. It speaks volumes. And their comments, wow, its like a Jerry Springer episode. They just don’t percieve how embarrassing they are.
30-24 Dawgs - WE RUN THIS STATE!
February 18th, 2010
8:28 pm
Nesbitt for Heisman, that’s funny right there. Without Drop-Drop Thomas, Nesbitt doesn’t even have an established receiver to throw to.
Caleb King stands a better chance of winning the Heisman, especially if he can have more runs like his UNTOUCHED 75-yard romp en route to a 30-24 Dawgs win.
Dawglasville
February 18th, 2010
8:49 pm
nickj0321- Nice jousting with you earlier. It was fun banter. For the record I think that Nesbitt is a very tough kid and a great college QB in this system. When I was at Georgia I would watch OU on the side because I love option football. And for the record, I’m not from Dicklessville. I’ve been married for 19 years. It only feels that way. Go Dawgs.
Big Bad Machine in Red and Black
February 18th, 2010
8:53 pm
409 yards: we are coming! Get used to the next five years of AJC DAWG headlines right here, Your 15 minutes of fame are OVER, bud. Uh bye-bye, insignificanti cazzo! Ba, ba, bawa ha ha ha ha h bawa ha ha ha
BIG BEE
February 18th, 2010
8:55 pm
DGD, yeah, about like 45-42!!!
short bus dawg
February 18th, 2010
8:55 pm
hey combo, would you like fries with that?
short bus dawg
February 18th, 2010
8:58 pm
When I get my masters from UGAg, I will get promoted to head fry cook. Then I will be the highest paid dawg in my class. Ooops, made a stinky.
Todd
February 18th, 2010
9:22 pm
get healthy josh. looking forward to your heisman run in 2010!
Why????
February 18th, 2010
9:41 pm
Why can’t Yech win their bowl games???? No answer so far. Why?????
Tokyo jacket
February 18th, 2010
9:41 pm
UGA fans, feel free to rag on the possibility of Nesbitt as a Heisman contender since you’ve got no one in the top 50.
Let The Big Dawg Eat
February 18th, 2010
10:05 pm
Um, AJ Green might disagree, Tokyo.
Stasi
February 18th, 2010
10:15 pm
Why????
It’s under investigation.
UGA Alum
February 18th, 2010
10:32 pm
What happened, Dawg bight him?
UGA Alum
February 18th, 2010
10:33 pm
What happen, Dawg bite him?
TECH HEAD
February 18th, 2010
10:37 pm
I hate UGA Fans on here talking smack. You guys get the best jobs, get laid, and have a better football team. Im going back to Jalalabad!
UGA Alumn
February 18th, 2010
10:41 pm
Short Bus Dawg: You don’t know how to use a shift key! You must have lost that cashier job at Mickey D’s! Your obviously not a Tech Grad, just a pretender, becuase I have never heard of a Tech Grad that can’t use a keyboard! You couldn’t get into UGA or Tech even if you lied on your application, you were a legacy, and you had a duffle bag full of money. Get out of the way and let us gentleman debate, loser!
UGA owns you tasty bees..
February 19th, 2010
4:20 am
Are all tech fans/students/graduates high and delusional, wannabe-terrorists, or egocentric maniacs nicknamed “Cliff”? Mostly, i’ll be covering the majority.. Those of you who seriously think you are/were/or ever will be a “better football program” than UGA, you need to have psychiatric exams, or drug tests. Your program will always be second to UGA barring a catastrophic event involving Athens Ga, the campus, or the team/players. Why do think our stadium holds twice as many fans as yours? Before you answer, remember all of those empty seats, and loose gimmicks in an attempt to fill them. Why do you think we consistently rank top twenty in recruiting, and mid thirties is the best you’ve had in an entire class? Every talented young man who is serious about the sport of football, growing up in the state of Georgia, and who wants to have a legitimate career in the NFL only thinks of one hometown college in this state. Your team is full of Brooking/Reggie ball ‘esqe players who fight harder for one game at the end of November every year, only to have a realistic one out of ten chance to win. If you wanna go back further than ten years, go the whole way. Almost a full two wins to every one of yours. Quit coming onto our blogs, like St. Simons, and that duece Goldtimer, and running your mouths to older , much bigger and stronger, brother UGA. What would any normal big brother do to the smaller brother who runs his mouth? Smack him in it. That’s what you’re feeling every November. You win one by three points, and you parade around showing your short, shriveled, and crooked stingers, and expect big brother to put up with it? THATS why our worst in ten beat your best in almost twenty. Remember the 2008 rings? The hedges? THATS why we planted our flag in the middle of that high school field Bobby-Dodd after we straightened out all of that mouth running from such an inferior opponent. Our victory over you may have been the icing on the cake of realizing we need to run the ball at the end of the season, but it didn’t “make” our season. You know why, Tasty Bees? Because we are SUPPOSED TO BEAT YOU. You may as well count as our yearly donation to a div. 1AA team. We own you. AND you know it. YOU MAY ARGUE, BUT YOU KNOW IT.
LOST to UGA 66-73.
February 19th, 2010
5:29 am
QUOTE
by Doug Roberson
“Josh Nesbitt is being mentioned as a possible Heisman Trophy contender in 2010,”
Hogwash.
# 75 in the nation in Total Offense and YOU think Josh Nesbitt is a Heisman Trophy Contender QB.
B.S.
36 games as QB & he has GRAND TOTAL 13 TD Passes & you think Heisman Trophy Contender QB.
12 Interceptions and 13 TD Passes, oh yeah that’s Heisman Trophy QB CAREER STATS.
134 Completions of 298 Passes, less than 45 percent completions & you think Heisman Trophy QB
Bull Crap.
Against Miami of Florida last season, he was 6 of 15 and Georgia tek LOST.
Against UGA last season, he was 6 of 12 and Georgia tek LOST.
Against Iowa last season, he was 2 of 9 with an interception and Georgia tek LOST.
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The year before he was 5 of 8 with an interception vs Virginia Tech & Georgia tek LOST
The year before he was 7 of 15 with an interception vs Virginia and Georgia tek LOST.
The year before he was 10 of 22 with an interception vs No. Carolina & Georgia tek LOST
The year before he was 8 of 24 with an interception vs LSU and Georgia tek LOST.
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3 years ago he was 1 for 3 with an interception vs Virginia Tech & Georgia tek LOST
3 years ago he was 0 for 0 vs Boston College and Georgia tek LOST.
3 years ago he was 0 for 0 vs Virginia and Georgia tek again LOST.
3 years ago he was 0 for 0 vs Maryland for God’s sake & Georgia tek LOST
3 years ago he was 0 for 1 vs UGA and again Georgia tek LOST.
3 years ago he was 1 for 2 vs Fresno State and again Georgia tek LOST.
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34 fumbles this past year alone by Georgia tek with Josh Nesbitt as your Heisman QB.
Yeah, right.
3.7 yards per carry all season long for Josh Nesbitt this past year.
Heisman Trophy Contender B.S.
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36 Fumbles by Georgia tek 2 years ago with Josh Nesbitt your Heisman Trophy QB.
Right.
5 interceptions and 2 Touchdown Passes 2 years ago by Josh Nesbitt all season long.
Heisman Trophy Contender, my butt.
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27 fumbles by Georgia tek 3 years ago
5 of 13 with 1 Touchdown Pass to 2 Interceptions Josh Nesbitt all season long 3 years ago
And, you think Josh Nesbitt is a HEISMAN TROPHY CONTENDER DOUG ROBERSON.
B.S.
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# 63 Runner in the country last season Josh Nesbitt Rushing stats
# 74 Runner in the country the year before last Josh Nesbitt Rushing stats
Doug Roberson and YOU THINK Josh Nesbitt is a HEISMAN TROPHY QUARTERBACK.
B.S.
Georgia tek has NEVER EVER had a Heisman Trophy Football Player.
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St Simons Daddy
February 19th, 2010
6:31 am
Jacket 4ever February 18th, 2010 2:59 pm
If you take your post and switch tech and UGA and substitute Rodney Hampton for Eddie Lee Ivery, you have the same post from UGA’s perspective. I found that to be funny as all fans see things only from their own perspective.
THWGT!!!!!
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Justin
February 19th, 2010
8:49 am
As a UGA fan I hope Nesbitt gets to 100% bc I dont want to hear any bickering after a 20 rush for 35 yard performance this season and another L hanging on the losers of North Ave. When you win a bowl game not named Humanitarian call us until keep up the good work of beating those bs acc cupcakes.
Nesbitt is a great tight end and landscaping
February 19th, 2010
9:19 am
Between the knee and now his ankle, Josh Nesbitt is on borrowed time. He will not be drafted in the NFL as a Qb and he is no where near close to being in the top 10 for Heisman. He will not/cannot take another year of pounding like LSU, Iowa and Miami and UGA ( one of the worst UGA teams in many years ) and the lil boys in the ACC will hit him with. This is the ugly, harsh reality of middle school, triple option ball. It eats up the QBs. Another reason the system was JUNKED in the 70s.
If Tech get behind the mediocre ACC teams like Clemson, Va Tech and a hapless NC or a Miami, their year will end up like 7-5 and the Blue Carpet in Boise will be on tap. The Weedeater is signing up with the ACC, I do believe and the SEC’s lowest bowl will become the Gator ………I think. Tech could be in the Weedeater. What a hoot !!! Seriously, Shoney’s fried shrimp ain’t that bad.
Josh N. will be drafted as a project type of player maybe as a safety or T end …….. unless his ankles and knees go first. He will BE CAREFUL in 2010 ……….because he wants that NFL money. He will have only a so so year and will come out of most games …….winning or not to protect his body. Can’t blame him ………..beats a landscaping job after he is done. HAHAHAHAHA
30-24 and Dwyer got 33 vs UGA and 0 in first half vs Iowa.
Is Tech a BB or football school ????
February 19th, 2010
9:25 am
Answer ……….NEITHER.
Winner
February 19th, 2010
9:25 am
nickj0321
February 18th, 2010
3:36 pm
what do GT and UGA fans have in common (other than posting on GT blogs)?
-Neither one went to UGA
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this thread is now closed
Hayseed Dixie
February 19th, 2010
9:36 am
If Josh improves his passing by a mere 10% this year he’ll be a lock for a Heisman finalist (provided his other numbers stay the same).
I don’t think he’ll get it, but the press will be excellent for recruiting.
There’s more to CFB glory than having high-profile 5 star recruits, as the dogs are Exhibit A.
“Georgia always gets a lot of great recruits…now, what happens to them once they get there, I don’t know…”
1eyedJack
February 19th, 2010
9:42 am
I’m hoping for a full recovery by the time ya’ll hit Athens. Don’t want to hear it as an excuse.
bulldawg
February 19th, 2010
10:06 am
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atl-xmen
February 19th, 2010
10:12 am
Hayseed dixie…most of them go on to play in the pros thats what happens to them. =)
going to be a long year for you techsters. when nesbitt goes down after having to run every play your pj qbs will get crushed..all of them are way too little to take the beating nesbitt has been getting the past two years. you have no dwyer to hand it off too so that means more carries for the qb and more carries equals more hits.
gafootball
February 19th, 2010
10:24 am
Hey Supersize, you might want to check out GT’s website about your colors. There are actually several colors. Just because they picked old gold and white back 120 years ago don’t mean things can’t be modified. They wore navy blue jerseys when they won the MNC 20 years ago.
http://www.licensing.gatech.edu/colors.html
Najeh Davenpoop
February 19th, 2010
10:27 am
With Jaybo headed to Statesboro, which one of the youngsters is going to take snaps as the Number 1 this spring?
UGA 2010
February 19th, 2010
10:37 am
Nesbitt JUST IS NOT A QB!!! I mean face it. U give ME a DECENT off. line and ill bet ANYTHING i can throw better than he ever could…. put em at safety or somethin
Gt4ever
February 19th, 2010
10:45 am
I would have to agree with most on Nesbitt for Heisman. He is a stud, but to put him into that status is absurd….. GT needs to beat somebody of relevance before we start thinking we are any good….
Gt4ever
February 19th, 2010
10:49 am
for all you foolish people who thinks he needs to run every play, hopefully Nesbitt will get a handle on this offense, and PITCH the ball more often. I have seen too many times where Nesbitt makes the wrong READ….. Nesbitt can’t continue to take the beating that he takes, it’s just a matter of time before he is hurt….
Sorry TECH LOSERS
February 19th, 2010
10:54 am
Bye Bye first round Bay Bay !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
C
February 19th, 2010
10:54 am
Josh will be fine. Ultimately Tech does need to address the depth of the QB position. What makes Josh effective in the Triple Option is he is literally built Ford Tough. You have to be at least 215lbs of solid muscle to take that type of beating he takes on the hand offs alone. Tech just needs to hope the CPJ can close the deal with Wilcox County’s QB Nick Marshall unless someone they already has can step up.
C
February 19th, 2010
10:55 am
Correction: someone they already have…
Gt4ever
February 19th, 2010
10:59 am
Lost to uga 66 73,
I beg to differ, Joe Hamilton was a Heisman candidate that should have won the award!