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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Delbert D.
February 19th, 2010
11:45 am
It will be good to see the other QBs in the Spring work, particularly Luallen. He’s big and fast, not sure if he’s Nesbitt-tough (but who is?) It was reported by the AJC back when Shaw returned to active status that Tevin Washington was moving back to A-back.
how2fish
February 19th, 2010
12:19 pm
Hope the young man makes a speedy recovery and is back in time for fall pratice. I enjoy watching him play.
DGD
February 19th, 2010
12:29 pm
I LOVE MEN..
dawgfan
February 19th, 2010
12:36 pm
Roberson, who is mentioning Noodle Arm Nesbitt as a Heisman canidate and in what looney bin or drug rehab facility did you find them? Nobody capable of a coherent thought would mention this guy in the same breath as the Heisman. He has absolutely ZERO passing ability and never will. Tech fans are in total la la land if they think this guy is going to magically learn how to throw a football. He was supposed to improve drastically from ‘08 to ‘09 but that turned out to be the typical hot air that comes out of Tech fans. He did not improve at all. Tech will continue to rush for 300+ yard against ACC weaklings because that’s what Paul Johnson does and that’s what makes him happy. Despite all his tough talk, I don’t think he aspires for anything more. This guy has NEVER had a QB run his offense that could throw the ball worth a damn. Know why? Because you’re talking about a rare kind of talent like Tim Tebow, Vince Young, or Eric Crouch that could pull that off and guys that talented wouldn’t whiz on Georgia Tech football if it were on fire. All this talk about how dangerous the offense will be if Tech develops a passing game is all hype and will never happen. Mark it down. Never.
I will give Georgia Tech football one thing though. They are competing hard to become the most overrated college football program in the nation. VT, Ohio State, and Boise State better watch out. The nerdherd is coming after you.
Class dismissed.
Not Disappointed
February 19th, 2010
1:04 pm
feel better Nebitt!
macrotech
February 19th, 2010
1:34 pm
awwww dawgfan, don’t get your panties in a wad…..uga will NEVER be threatened in the arena of ‘most overrated’. THAT’S a trophy you pups are welcomed to keep! You shouldn’t have to look TOO hard for room in the trophy case!
If anyone knows
February 19th, 2010
2:44 pm
about being overrated it’s certainly a dawgfan.
If anyone knows about being over rated
February 19th, 2010
2:50 pm
about being over rated:
2009 pre-season rating:
Georgia Tech – 15th, final rating 13th
Georgia – 13th, final rating (others receiving votes Georgia 7)
So dawgfan
February 19th, 2010
2:54 pm
which team exceeded expectations in 2009, and don’t forget the 2008 Pre-season #1 pretender Georgia Bulldogs
Most overated Team in the Nation
February 19th, 2010
3:00 pm
for two years in a row:
The mighty Georgia Bulldogs
daugfan is funny
February 19th, 2010
3:01 pm
From preseason #1 to second in the state in one season is the all time winner. Doubtful if Tech could ever top that epic fall. You guys attempted to make it two years in a row until you found the run.
You need to get together with Why???? and ask why???? cannot the daugs beat KY.
Daugs got spoiled by CGaily. Johnson should have Tech back in good running order by Athens time.
Injuries in tech game??? Dirty play always
February 19th, 2010
3:03 pm
UGA’s Charles Grant while running the ball near the Tech goal was ankle chopped by Tech’s safety and it blew his knee in late 90s. It was a diliberate shot. Very unnecessary it was.
Ask UGa QB Eric Zeir about a no body Tech lineman ( aren’t they all?? ) rolling on his knee, as Eric went down and the TV replay showed it about 5 times and the tv men called out for penalties and there were none.
Ask H Walker about the Tech game where Dooley removed him late only to come back in during a 51-0 route after Tech linemen were spitting in Hershel’s face and Dooley heard about it. HAHAHAAHHAHA
Over the many years always a fine pistol whipping vs Tech. 30-24 and 1-9 or soon to be come November and 4-18. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA That will also be th month Obama gets his come upance with about 50+ DC Democrat pols being SWEPT out of office. Obama is next.
Can't wait
February 19th, 2010
3:08 pm
to get back between the hedges cause they sure did taste good, 45-42 HAHAHA!!!
Jacket Attack
February 19th, 2010
3:56 pm
Get these Mutts off this page. You’d think being mutts they would prefer the print version. So they can go on it. BURN! LOL!
No ankle injury stops the Robot!!!
Justin
February 19th, 2010
4:19 pm
No ankle injury stops the robot but all we have heard is thats why gt lost to UGA shut the F up you idiot. He’s not a robot he’s a student athlete that will need his GT degree when he graduate’s bc he is poor mans version of Tebow and he’s not even gonna cut it in the nfl.
Dawg Guy
February 19th, 2010
4:39 pm
Interesting that Coach Manboobs was soooo upset when Lamar Latrell got his wittle ankles rolled up this year. Funny, he doesn’t seem near as pissed off when his offensive linemen and A-backs are diving at knees and chopblocking. What a hypocritical tool.
Dawgstradamus
February 19th, 2010
4:43 pm
all you bees whining about supposed “dirty” play this, just stop. Tech are the undisputed champs of cheap shots. Just ask “Ole Buck Belue.” While I am no fan of his radio show, just get him going on how the techies treated him. Spit on, nut slaps, eye gouging, etc.
He’s about as far from a Georgia Homer as you can get, and he gets seething mad when talking about the nerds from midtown.
Dawg Guy
February 19th, 2010
4:49 pm
Joshua “Lamar Latrell” Nesbitt is a slow running back trying to play in a high school system. When he throws those lollypops it looks like he’s trying to fling $hit off his hand.
I hope he meets one of the supposed billions of tech billionaires who will make him their designated coffee maker so long as he never misses a company softball game. Listening to that boy talk is painful.
dawgfan
February 19th, 2010
5:49 pm
Yes Tech fans, that 2008 season was a huge embarrassing failure for UGA. We only won 10 games with one of the toughest schedules in the nation and finished top 10 in the coaches poll. Winning 11 games against ACC creampuffs, Jack State, Vandy, and Miss St is much more impressive. And let us not forget that epic ACCCG matchup with the 2nd best team in the State of South Carolina. We were all on the edges of our seats to find out which ACC team would be going to a BCS bowl to get completely demasculated on primetime national television. Congrats Georgia Tech. It was you. You beat an 8-4 team to win the ACC. Your prize? An arse whipping from a Big 10 team. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Georgia Tech went from #7 in the nation to 2nd in the state in the time it takes Caleb King to sprint 75 yards. Maybe at that point Manboobs should have realized he wasn’t playing Wake Forest and made some adjustments.
Georgia Tech football is overrated.
fan
February 19th, 2010
6:30 pm
yall can thank yellow fuzz, m, and saint simmons for this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGDACSvBUJg
Tech Sucks
February 19th, 2010
7:03 pm
lol possible Heisman candidate. You have to be kidding me.
saint simmons
February 19th, 2010
7:31 pm
me and m just got done enjoying a nice spooning session. GOD I M GAY
hedgepruner
February 19th, 2010
8:49 pm
Our problem with Josh’s passing game is quite simple, every pass he attempted was over 25 yards, Coach PJ needs to help our QB by running possesion routes 5 to 20 yard’s and then Nesbitt should find his rhythm and confidence too .If CPJ does this with our rushing attack and solidifies our defense next season “then a NC could be in our future”…THWG
MESSENGER
February 20th, 2010
3:11 am
Gt4ever
Little Joey Hamilton should have won the 1st Georgia tek HEISMAN TROPHY ever, you say. B.S. Little Joey Hamilton was hired by Paul Johnson as DIRECTOR of PLAYER PERSONNEL for Georgia tek.
Little Joey Hamilton took his 1st Paul Johnson PAYCHECK, went out and bought drugs with it.
Got DRUNK.
Drove his car.
Got in ACCIDENT.
LEFT THE SCENE of the Accident.
Was found 2 blocks away with drugs in his ashtray still burning.
Drunk.
Still driving his car.
ARRESTED.
Fired by Paul Johnson.
HEISMAN TROPHY QB my butt.
QUOTE
by Doug Roberson
“Josh Nesbitt is being mentioned as a possible Heisman Trophy contender in 2010,”
# 75 in the nation in Total Offense
36 games as QB & he has GRAND TOTAL 13 TD Passes
12 Interceptions and 13 TD Passes in his 3 Year Career
13 LOSSES by Georgia tek in JOSH NESBITT Career.
10 Losses by UGA in last 3 years.
13 LOSSES by Georgia tek last 3 years.
134 Completions of 298 Passes, less than 45 percent completions
34 fumbles this past year alone by Georgia tek with Josh Nesbitt as your Heisman QB.
3.7 yards per carry all season long for Josh Nesbitt this past year.
36 Fumbles by Georgia tek 2 years ago with Josh Nesbitt your Heisman Trophy QB.
5 interceptions and 2 Touchdown Passes 2 years ago by Josh Nesbitt all season long.
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
# 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.
Georgia tek has NEVER EVER had a Heisman Trophy Football Player.
.
gtfannn
February 20th, 2010
10:43 am
at least nesbit didnt go pro like other players but i hope he can make a fast recovery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tech cant do it without nesbit since we already lost dwyer.
Josh for Heisman
February 20th, 2010
11:07 am
J E A L O U S all you dogs full of your own $hit, got nothing to write about on your own team especially the 08 disaster and 5 lossees in 09 so got to pick on Nesbitt..I still laugh when I think about Nesbitt, Freshman Roddy Jones, Dwyer and others beating your almighty Stafford and Moreno, hahahahahahaha and to think they wer preranked number one that year… C H U M P S
go to hell Dogdoodoos
February 20th, 2010
11:11 am
nesbitt for: HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HESIMAN HEISMA HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN HEISMAN AND OH YEAH IN CASE I FORGET, HEISMAN
atl-xmen
February 20th, 2010
11:19 am
do you techsters want to really know whats wrong the tech football program? and you guys will soon see.your coach and his system. no way you guys will win more than 7 to 8 games now that gailys players are gone.cpj didnt even play football thus he is having to coach a high school offense that has about 6 plays in the playbook. of those 6 one play doesnt even snap the ball. the qb just satnds there and say hut hut hut hoping a def-linemen will jump offsides. just pathetic. no way is cpj a better coach than CMR. pj players are not getting drafted this year gailys are. pj has one player that i know of thats has played on the pros and he was drafted like in the 6th round. and that is adrian peterson the one who played for the bears not vikes.
ga tech team is on the decline while uga is going back up now that our young guys are getting another year older. tech will .look like ga southern out there trying ro compete with the big boys and look for coach pj to either quit in a few years or ga tech lets him go due to wasy too many losses to uga and the rest of the better teams in college football. with pj players running that high school offense and not gailys, they might have 250 total yards. they have no passing game so the better receivers and better qbs will go else where. you might get a running back every now and again but he will be maybe the 10th best back in the state.
atl-xmen
February 20th, 2010
11:22 am
they didnt beat stafford or moreno..stafford had over 400 yards passing and moreno ran all over you. uga gave that game away with 3 turnovers and about 7 missed tackles. it was a fluke and as long as pj is there tech will not win another game against the bulldogs.
macrotech
February 20th, 2010
1:16 pm
atl-xmen, just a couple of years ago, all of the mutt nation laughed at the thought of losing to CPJ’s “high school” offense. The “fluke” that you speak off was HARDLY a fluke….the third quarter alone was a thorough example of what this offense can do. Mathew Staffords pass for interception was a nice touch and Moreno didn’t break the century mark in the entire game. Forgive us “techsters” if we don’t heed your bark…..we’re going to stick with CPJ and we’ll continue to be excited about our quarterback’s attention for Heisman. Hell, at least we know who our quarterback will be. Thank you for your thoughts, though. Forgive us if we don’t offer you a penny for them.
atl-xmen
February 21st, 2010
11:42 am
macrotech..the mutts are still laughing because now that techs div1 players are being replaced by div 1aa players tech will not only lose but lose very badly to uga and the better teams in college football.
and that fluke win. uga gave tech the ball 3 times to tech on uga’s 20 in that 3rd qt. moreno didnt break the 100 yrd mark because stafford was throwing it all over the field with ease. no need to run when you can do that. again it was a fluke and this year will prove it yet again with a uga beatdown of ga tech in athens.