Shaw nervous and excited about leaving Tech for Ga. Southern
Jaybo Shaw has always wanted to be a teacher and coach, like his dad, Lee, the head coach at Flowery Branch High School.
And if he happens to one day replicate what his most recent coach has experienced, well, he says that’d be fine too.
“If I could win the ACC and have the success that coach Johnson has had I’d be happy with that,” Shaw said.
Shaw, who confirmed on Monday that he was transferring from Georgia Tech to Georgia Southern, said he is leaving because he wants to earn a degree in education, something Tech doesn’t offer.
Tech and Georgia State tried to work out a joint program that would help him one day become a teacher. But it didn’t work out. So he decided that he would be happier if he could get a degree in his chosen field.
“I’ve always been around football,” Shaw said. “I’ve known I wanted to be a coach since I started playing sports.”
Once he made his decision he only told a few people, but word got out two weeks ago.
He didn’t confirm it then because Johnson was out of town at a coaching clinic.
Once Johnson returned, Shaw said they talked and Johnson granted him his release.
Shaw then spoke to new Eagles’ coach Jeff Monken, a former Tech assistant who will install the same spread-option offense in Statesboro.
He’s in the process of applying to Georgia Southern and wants to get down there by the summer so that he can get to know his new team.
Shaw will have two years of eligibility remaining. He played a lot as a freshman in 2008, passing for 321 yards and rushing for 200. But a broken collarbone sustained during August set him back last season and his playing time was reduced to a few snaps.
He said he’s not worried that the Jackets will be without him and starter Josh Nesbitt (ankle surgery) once spring practice starts on March 29.
“They’ve got a lot of talent with Tevin [Washington] and David [Sims] and Jordan [Luallen],” Shaw said. “They’re good enough players that they are going to succeed.”
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NorthGaJacket
March 4th, 2010
10:40 am
Jaybo, thanks for your contributions to the GT program! We wish you good luck and much success at Ga Southern!
what are you talking about?
March 4th, 2010
10:50 am
Raburn Dawg?
billdawg
March 4th, 2010
10:53 am
Way to go, Rabun Dawg!
billdawg
March 4th, 2010
10:58 am
Find it hard to believe that some of those claiming undying loyalty to either UGA or GT ever set foot on either campus. Most real alumni I know from both schools have some class. Count me with NorthGaJacket, dawgster & Rabun Dawg.
ASHEVILLE DAWG
March 4th, 2010
10:58 am
Hope Shaw can bring back the glory to Ga. Southern
1-800-GSU-WINS
March 4th, 2010
11:02 am
Ga Tech’s loss is the real GSU’s gain.
Hopefully he and the new coach can get the Eagles back to where they belong…. which is at the top of the Southern Conference and beating down App State…
GTFan
March 4th, 2010
11:05 am
Good Luck Jaybo. This is first step for Monken to install the perfect option and bring Ga Southern back. It will be fun to watch the progress of the program.
Marseilles Mutt
March 4th, 2010
11:18 am
Too bad there are not more young men that have it together as much as this one does. More power to him!
Not that any of the majority of the idiots on this blog would understand, but maybe, as a competitor, he wants to simply play while he can, regardless of the level. Best of luck, both in football and beyond Mr. Shaw. Enjoy your life!
Phonetically, too bad he didn’t go to Clemson…..
Delbert D.
March 4th, 2010
11:26 am
Good luck, Jaybo. You’ve got 2 good years ahead of you on the field, and then becoming a teacher and coach. Those are great aspirations, and I have little doubt you will be successful.
GottaLovaEagle
March 4th, 2010
11:30 am
Good Luck Jaybo. You have a home with us. I see much promise for the Eagles next fall and you will be a large part of it. Welcome to the ‘Boro.
Tech Forever
March 4th, 2010
11:32 am
I wish you all the best Mr. Shaw. You’ll do well in Statesboro.
Having said that, you do know that to teach in the state of Georgia all you need is an undergraduate degree in a qualifying field (GT’s Management Program MORE than qualifies). Then you take the 4 or 5 “education” courses and get your certification while you’re teaching/coaching (you used to actually have 5 years to accompolish this…not sure what is now). Not as easy a route as getting an education degree from GSU, but then again you could’ve done so much more with a Management degree from Tech.
REGARDLESS, I love your effort, your heart, and your passion for football in general. One of my four degrees is from Georgia Southern and I consider myself an Eagle….so, JUST ONE MORE TIME BABY!!!!!!
Good luck Son.
SHAM-burger
March 4th, 2010
11:40 am
Why didn’t Jaybo just settle for an Industrial Management degree, just like the rest of the knuckleheads that play for Tech?
Moe
March 4th, 2010
11:46 am
Hey Jaybo! Save me a seat by the pool!!!
LeeDawg
March 4th, 2010
11:54 am
Say what you want Oz, the only other school seriously recruiting Jaybo was Middle TN State. Yech didn’t even look at him – no letters of interest, nothing – until CPJ showed up. It was a last second decision and you know it. So don’t go acting like the second coming of Joe Hamilton has left the building. He’s seen the writing on the wall. Nesbit is THE man for now and there’s more talent waiting in the wings. I wish him luck in getting his education degree and starting his teaching\coaching career. His Dad is a good man and JBo would do well to follow in his footsteps.
MR
March 4th, 2010
11:55 am
You freakin dawg fans. Never have I heard more stupid bunch in my life. You don’t read the articles. All you do is try to be first and the light into the other bloggers. Shaw and GT were trying to work out a plan where he could get the courses he needed for an education degree at Georgia State and remain at Tech. That did not work out and with two years left he decided it would be best to transfer. As far as leaving Tech so he can get into a passing offense, well GSU will be running the same offense as Tech. Of all the dawgs that love posting about a Tech article less the .5% have any sense at all.
PS – they more than likely did not attend any university and barely got that GED.
MR
March 4th, 2010
12:00 pm
Oh and Mr. Shaw has a lovely lady who is going to GSU.
Curry
March 4th, 2010
12:03 pm
Whatever happened to my “Total Person Program”? If it was still in place, maybe Jaybo would have stayed….
Out-of-Towner
March 4th, 2010
12:07 pm
I just moved here from out of town, and was going to adopt Tech as my “Hometown Team”. However, since Jaybo is leaving, I will be considering other offers.
BuzzFactor
March 4th, 2010
12:27 pm
Thanks Jaybo and Good Luck in your future
Washawn Ealey
March 4th, 2010
12:32 pm
PUT EM ON DEFENSE AND ILL TRUCK HIS @#$ TOO!!!! WE RUN THIS STATE LITTLE BOYS!!
Realist
March 4th, 2010
12:34 pm
If Jaybo want’s to be a “big fish in a little pond”, why settle for Georgia Southern? Why not transfer to West Georgia or Valdosta State?
LeeDawg
March 4th, 2010
12:40 pm
Hey BobinBuford, do you REALLY want to get into a conversation about basketball?
DawgfansRimpressive
March 4th, 2010
12:44 pm
It never ceases to amaze me at the rants & raves of Dawg fans. They whole-heartedly believe in downgrading anyone who doesn’t play at UGA. Most of these posters have never set foot in a classroom at UGA. It tells! They are the most disrepectful people I have read. But, an education is what most of them need. Remember the Golden Rule Dawg fans.
Jaybo will do just fine at Georgia Southern and when he graduates he will have a job teaching and coaching young men & women. He will have an impact on their lives. Hopefully, he will convince them that an education in one of the State of Georgia universities is best for their future.
GATA Jaybo!!! One More Time!!!!!
EagleDawg
March 4th, 2010
12:44 pm
Jaybo, welcome to God’s Country. Good luck!
Realistic
March 4th, 2010
12:47 pm
Washawn……..did you ever get all the ink from your hands the time you got finger printed? We will read about you soon enough.
terd buster
March 4th, 2010
12:55 pm
fer those of youins who wonder how i bust up dem terds i use my face!
Lindsey SNOT
March 4th, 2010
1:08 pm
@teklover (you idiot); you buttwipes sold out 4 games? Wow…people must have thoufght it was Harrick Night..or Jan Kemp Night…one of those. Or maybe it was a seance to ‘woof, woof, woof’ at ugaIV…whatever, it certainly couldn’t have been to watch basketball…unless it was the lady dawgs (HAH! great name) team.
BTW, I couldn’t care less how many times we get beat…I’ll talk all the smack I want about you leg-humpin’ butt sniffers.
Herschworld
March 4th, 2010
1:17 pm
jaybo welcome to Georgia Southern!!!!!
We’re Georgia Southern. Our colors are blue and white. They call us the bald eagles and we call our offense the Georgia Power Company. (Our snap count is “rate hike.”) We practice on the banks of Beautiful Eagle Creek and that’s in Statesboro, Georgia, the gnat capitol of America. Our weekends begin on Thursday. The coeds outnumber the men, three-to-two. They’re all good lookin’ and they’re all rich. Y’all come to see us.”
Howard's Rock
March 4th, 2010
1:27 pm
Personally, I’d like to see Jaybo transfer to Clemson. That would be pretty cool to see Jaybo conferring with Dabo on the sidelines!
WHYUGAWHY?
March 4th, 2010
1:38 pm
THAT GAME MEANT EVERYTHING,
Do you read the article before posting? He was trying to work something out for the degree he wanted and it did not pan out so he transferred. He will also be running the same offense since Monken is reinstalling it with the eagles. Jaybo good luck in you future endeavors.
GTFan
March 4th, 2010
1:54 pm
Bye Jaybo! I am so glad to see him go. I can’t stand Jaybo, whether he was a jacket or not. Everytime he was put in, he screwed up something and never produced. He was never going to be a starter with GT.
GTFan
March 4th, 2010
2:00 pm
The degree thing is just an excuse! He simply transferred because he knew he probably wouldn’t be getting my playing time this year.
WE RUiN THIS STATE
March 4th, 2010
2:10 pm
GTFan– How much playing time are you expecting this year?
Dawg Tired
March 4th, 2010
2:14 pm
Is Jaybo primarily an option QB? Now that Hatcher is no longer the coach at Georgia Southern, it looks like they’re going back to the triple option run by Coach Johnson when he was at Southern.
egeagle
March 4th, 2010
2:25 pm
It is good to get our identity back, even if stained yellow. Even though we seem to be striving to become NATS-South, Shaw will allow us to develop our O much more quickly and efficiently. Yech can send Monken back, and we’d love PJ back, but keep Sewak. I hope and pray that we not hire a Yech asst if Hennon leaves. Grube, Sam, and John are way too far up Yech’s butt, and yet they still insult us and our program more than UGA folks do. No matter, though, because no one could do worse than BVG. And no one will ever surpass Erk at GSU. I live the irony when a Yechie mentions GATA.
Samuel Gerard
March 4th, 2010
2:28 pm
Once they find him, I expect that former Jacket star Reuben Houston will also be transferring….to the Big House!!!
Reuben Houston
March 4th, 2010
2:32 pm
They’ll never take me alive!
Barry Switzer
March 4th, 2010
2:56 pm
Aikman transferred to UCLA from Oklahoma…and it broke this poor ole bootlegger’s boy’s heart!
LeeDawg
March 4th, 2010
3:10 pm
Uh, Nervous, Aikman was at OU before transferring to UCLA. Get the locations squared away before you start busting humps.
CHARLOTTE DAWG
March 4th, 2010
3:31 pm
You see! They got em’ too!
http://www.ajc.com/sports/georgia-tech/former-georgia-tech-football-347323.html
Reuben Houston
March 4th, 2010
3:36 pm
It wasn’t me, I tell ya. It was a one-armed man.
dagtbuzzman
March 4th, 2010
3:57 pm
Sick and tired of GA posting on a TECH forum. You guys totally bite and are total d’bags.
dagtbuzzman
March 4th, 2010
3:58 pm
Sick & tired of anyone ragging on a good kid that wants an education and good chance to play right away. Nothing wrong with that picture.
dagtbuzzman
March 4th, 2010
3:59 pm
Johnson owed it to Jaybo not to give him a hard time about transferring. Jaybo came in as a true Freshman & stepped in when Nesbitt went down with his ankle and led the Jackets to victory. Jaybo breaks his collarbone last year & instead of Johnson holding Jaybo back for a possible medical redshirt, he puts Jaybo on special and allows him to take a few snaps.
Jaybo will be asset to Ga Southern. I wish him well.
Tech Ole Timer
March 4th, 2010
4:04 pm
Thanks for the good work at Tech, Jaybo! Best of luck to you at Southern. Hope you lead the Eagles to a championship.
Blewitt Must Go
March 4th, 2010
4:21 pm
Good luck to Jaybo! Concerning the Stegasaurus…I understand there are renovations planned to bring it into the 19th century!
WonderDawg
March 4th, 2010
5:03 pm
Good luck Jaybo. Who’s the new coach at Southern?
Steve Alford HC GT
March 4th, 2010
5:04 pm
These asswipe leg humpers obviously can’t read-what a shocker!
dawgy
March 4th, 2010
5:14 pm
Steve Alford – I can read – and what I’m reading is a bunch of crap from a punk backup qb. All he talked about was beating Georgia, and then he $hit the bed two years in a row against UGA. And don’t give the bunch of baloney about the education major being the reason he’s transferring – you can be a teacher with any degree – Jaybo was free-falling on the depth chart so he’s tucking tail and hauling butt.
Jefferson
March 4th, 2010
5:18 pm
Hot women and cold beer, Go Eagles…