Washington, Hill shine at T-Day game
Tevin Washington secured his spot as Georgia Tech’s No. 2 quarterback by leading the White team to four touchdowns in Saturday’s 27-7 win over the Gold team in the T-Day game at Bobby Stadium.
The game was called at halftime because of rain, but not before Washington ran for three scores and completed a 70-yard pass to wide receiver Stephen Hill for another.
“We’re just trying to get better, that’s all we’re trying to do,” said Hill, who robbed Dominique Reese of an interception when he wrestled the ball away from him at the 5-yard line on an earlier drive.
Tech used play-action on the long score. As Hill ran by cornerback Mario Butler and past safety Isaiah Johnson, he said he could hear coach Paul Johnson yelling, “Throw the ball.” Butler said there was a miscommunication on the play call by the defense, which is still learning the 3-4 system being put in by defensive coordinator Al Groh.
Washington, and redshirt freshmen Jordan Luallen and David Sims competed in the spring to be the No. 2 behind Joshua Nesbitt, who sat out the practices after having minor surgery on his ankle.
Washington and Sims had the most success on Saturday, with Sims leading the Gold team to their only touchdown, a 13-yard run by A-back Orwin Smith on an option play. Sims also used his running ability to scamper for a first down on a third-and-eight play earlier in the drive.
Washington said he hopes to use this momentum to push Nesbitt for meaningful snaps when the fall practices begin in August.
“That’s everybody’s goal,” Washington said. “I don’t think anybody comes to college to be a back-up.”
Overall, the offenses combined for 350 yards (274 by the White), including 122 passing (all by the White). Anthony Allen led all rushers with 91 yards on 15 carries. Hill led the receivers with three catches for 105 yards. Unlike the previous two T-Day games, there were no turnovers.
“Guys are getting more used to what they’re doing,” Johnson said.
That’s true on both sides on the ball. On defense, outside linebacker Anthony Egbuniwe and inside linebacker Brad Jefferson made a few tackles on Saturday as they continue to adjust to new schemes, new philosophies and new lingo.
“We still have a lot of things to work on to be sure, but I saw some positive things out there today,” Johnson said. “The best news is that no one got injured.”
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SILLY UGA FANS
April 24th, 2010
9:09 pm
bigdawgie you have sold me on GT being irrelevant. Your thought provoking well thought out arguments have convinced me to now pull for a mighty SEC powerhouse and dump these silly bees. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bigger Fish to Fry
April 24th, 2010
9:10 pm
27 points surrendered by the 1st team Defense in one half? Seriously?
Fire Al Groh, this sounds like one of our bowl games!
theTruth
April 24th, 2010
9:14 pm
JD’S QUOTES
What do you think hurt you in this whole process?
I don’t know what really hurt me, maybe the whole triple-option process.
But other than that I’m just glad that Pittsburgh, Coach Tomlin and Mr. Rooney all believe in me and are willing to give me this opportunity to play this game.-JONATHAN DWYER
UH, WHAT?
mwh6767
April 24th, 2010
9:15 pm
J, you would know about the wrestling im sure you where sitting front row. The truth, looks like its going to be between ben anderson and tj barnes. Anderson is in the 280 range and barnes is in the 310 range maybe heavier. The coaches i think would love to have barnes claim the starting job but he is raw. JC Lanier is also in the running but recovering from an injury last yr.
Ezekiel
April 24th, 2010
9:16 pm
Doesn’t rain all spring and the pollen is thick as sawdust so it finally decides to rain in the middle of Tech’s T-Day game. Oh well, maybe it was a blessing as noone got seriously hurt and Tech will have a healthy squad for the fall. Talk more Tech football at: http://www.bbuzzoff.com
theTruth
April 24th, 2010
9:19 pm
MWH, I think JC would be a good fit. If you don’t have a mountain (Cody) then if you got more undersized you want him to be more athletic. That would be a good move. I don’t know much about Anderson or Barnes.
secfactcheck.com
April 24th, 2010
9:20 pm
Interesting take on the draft results. Paul Johnson brings in a totally new system that does not feature throwing but focuses on running. He is immediately successful with a first round WR and a feature back that is a sixth round, 19th pick RB. Bey Bey and JD were great players and great guys. Can’t wait though for the “recruited” players to slide into place.
Al Groh and the “D” needs to play catch-up to the offense. It is going to fun again this year.
saint simons
April 24th, 2010
9:20 pm
going out to get some zimas and troll for some action tonight at the adult film rental store.
mwh6767
April 24th, 2010
9:22 pm
truth, I really like jc as well he is as big as barnes but moves well. I think you will see a heavy rotation thru the first couple of games and then get some starters
BIG BEE
April 24th, 2010
9:26 pm
JINX, copy and past all you want!!! He wasn’t invited.
just the fact
April 24th, 2010
9:29 pm
5 drafted beats 4 drafted 30-24
mwh6767
April 24th, 2010
9:35 pm
just the fact, 3 drafted before 1.
Kay
April 24th, 2010
9:35 pm
Who were the 2 fellows following Paul Johnson around on the field???
Anybody know?????
Jesus Tap Dancing Christ!!!
April 24th, 2010
9:52 pm
Did someone actually say Dwyer was…….better than Mark Ingram? Putting hi, in the same catagory as Ingram and Spiller is laughable at best. Tech people are great. Most seem to have forgotten they LOST to a very mediocre Georgia team. Lost to a Mediocre Iowa team. Lost the four best players on thier roster. 7-5 here we come.
lucky21
April 24th, 2010
9:58 pm
I also am a big fan of JC Lanier because he seems to be very big and strong
ronyo
April 24th, 2010
10:05 pm
Re: bad defense in 2010….Yeah, the 1st team D looked bad against a 1st team O that no team in the country is going to stop. Let the good times roll. GO JACKETS
Big B CH 99
April 24th, 2010
10:10 pm
If I’m correct, many of the doctors and lawyers come from Emory, vets & teachers come from UGAy
Outsider
April 24th, 2010
10:17 pm
It’s amazing to me that UGA fans flock to a Tech blog. Don’t you clowns have anything better to do than to bash G.T. I will say this other than your veterinary hospital your town sucks. It is dirty and smells of litter, the streets stinks as if people have relieved themselves in the gutters the evening before. Have a little pride clean up your town. As far as football is concerned your school is an under achiever. Any team with as many 4 star recruits as you have had over the past years should have won it all. Yet you still get you butt handed to you by the same teams. You guys don’t have a lot to boast about and certainly have no class.
Out Sider
April 24th, 2010
10:53 pm
What I really meant to say was I would rather pick up litter than get popped in my …
they even stole my pocket protecter, dang salesman, they said it would protect me from everything
GTGreg
April 24th, 2010
11:28 pm
Ha! Agriculture is still king in Georgia. Yeah, and turfgrass management, too. By the way, your “biomedical engineers” just inject cows with growth hormone. It must sting to know that if Athens, GA sunk into the ground, pretty much no one of importance would bat an eyelash, unless they were in dire need of a secretary, an early-childhood education major, a journalist, a frat boy, a hippie, a small-time musician, or an English major.
ESPN
April 24th, 2010
11:55 pm
An odd site at Bobby Dodd today — King and Ealey had finally stopped running all over the Tech defense!
GT(skeptical)Armchair-QB
April 24th, 2010
11:56 pm
ddfd
GT(skeptical)Armchair-QB
April 25th, 2010
12:08 am
OK… Here’s the reality…
We don’t have the hosses in the trenches to kick it up to the next level.
Once we control the lines of scrimmage, like we did in 1990, we will play for a NC.
I like Johnson. But the fact of the matter is, when we play against an LSU, UGA or a mediocre BIG 10 program, and lose, it’s for TWO REASONS….
#1) We get pushed around way too much, where it counts…. The lines of scrimmage.
#2) We don’t have a QB who can throw the ball.
Go back to 1990: We had a QB who could run AND THROW. And we had big pushes along the line, when the ball was snapped.
Nesbitt’s a good running back. Washington is too. But we need a Shawn Jones, Joe Ham or Godsey that can keep the defense guessing.
And for gosh sakes… We have to have lines of scrimmage, that don’t get knocked on their asses.
jadams
April 25th, 2010
3:07 am
How many National Championships does UGAy have? (and dont say 2 cause we all know thats a pile of bulls?it) Tech has 4. What have you won? The Braves have as many titles as you, you PBR drinking bas#ards
shane
April 25th, 2010
4:54 am
How many National Championships does UGAy have? (and dont say 2 cause we all know thats a pile of bulls?it) Tech has 4. What have you won? The Braves have as many titles as you, you PBR drinking bas#ards
5
National championships
Years in which the Bulldogs finished with a number-one ranking in at least 3 of the final national polls recognized by the College Football Hall of Fame and included in the official NCAA Football Record Book:[10][29]
* 1942 – 11–1 Georgia was chosen as champion by at least half of the recognized polls. Georgia was led by All-Americans Frank Sinkwich and end George Poschner, along with a young back named Charley Trippi. The Bulldogs knocked off 9 consecutive opponents and ranked No. 1 in the nation. Georgia earned a Rose Bowl bid after it blanked Georgia Tech 34–0 in Athens to end the regular season. Georgia then edged UCLA 9-0 in the Rose Bowl
* 1980 – The Bulldogs beat Notre Dame 17–10 in the Sugar Bowl to finish 12-0 and claim the National Championship. Notable contributors during the season included Herschel Walker, Buck Belue and Lindsay Scott (Georgia was listed first by AP, Berryman, FACT, FB News, FW, Helms, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Poling, Sporting News & UPI).
Other years in which the Bulldogs finished with a number-one ranking in at least one of the final national polls and included in the official NCAA Football Record Book:[10][29]
* 1927 – With a 9-1-0 record, the Bulldogs were called the “dream and wonder team” and were ranked No. 1 in the nation with one regular season game remaining, but were upset by Georgia Tech by a score of 12-0 at Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia.[30] Nevertheless, at the end of the season, Georgia was ranked number 1 in two polls recognized by the NCAA.[31] The Bulldogs were also listed as number 1 in two other polls of the 1927 season, but most recognize Illinois as the 1927 National Champion.[32]
See also: 1927 Georgia Bulldogs football team
* 1946 Georgia went 11-0 and beat North Carolina 20-10 and was proclaimed national champions by one poll recognized by the NCAA.
* 1968 Georgia was chosen by one national poll when they went 9-1-2 losing to Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl. Overtime was not allowed in the NCAA yet so Georgia tied with Tennessee and Houston.
shane
April 25th, 2010
4:56 am
5 is more than 4 isnt it? I mean if we want to argue leather helmet titles and count like Alabama right?
Here is one more for you. Tech has never been named consensus AP National Champ. Never
UGA has
saint simons sister
April 25th, 2010
6:14 am
GT(skeptical)Armchair-QB Wow someone at GT accually understands football and realizes why UGA beat GT 30-24 even though we did not have any first round draft pick. Having 3 linemen picked in the draft is better that 2 1st round picks. 30-24 proves that. with that said the Steelers got a steal.
saint simons sister
April 25th, 2010
6:15 am
spell check this 30-24
PT
April 25th, 2010
7:49 am
You are so wron Whiskey clear on economic impact on state. Its not even close in Tech to UGA. Not even close. And would petes sakes Tech it was a spring game. You are not going to win any national titles ever
G STATE will own GT
April 25th, 2010
8:06 am
Were coming for you tech. We are Atlanta’s team and our student body actually knows what a football is. Currently we are recruiting as well as you. GO PANTHERS!!!!!!!
Cornelius Washington
April 25th, 2010
8:36 am
It will be interesting to compare attendance between Georgia Tech and Georgia State next season….Go Panthers!!!
gtfangerogiasoutherngrad
April 25th, 2010
8:50 am
Georgia State is a Georgia Southern want be. UGA and GT will be in SEC if the Big ten expands. GO EAGLES!!!!!!! GO JACKETS and to HELL with Georgia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Topp Dogg
April 25th, 2010
9:33 am
Your right last year we hurt him this year we will break his neck Nerds.
jadams
April 25th, 2010
9:33 am
Shane
Your an idiot. The final word is of course the ESPN college football almanac. Do you have one? Figured that. You have 1! and thats not 5 which is less than 4 which in return makes you a functioning retard.
jadams
April 25th, 2010
9:43 am
Yep, just checked the ESPN college football encyclopedia again to confirm what i already knew your an idiot. UGAy has 1
AA
April 25th, 2010
9:48 am
Shane,
I have to agree with J Adams on this one you are officially an idiot, congratulations! Go to the NCAA website and read it. I’m constantly hearing make believe stats from moronic ugay fans but this one is close to the best ever. A 1980 title is all you have. That’s it. If you think you have more than one then you must be an idiot. Wait, you are an idiot so this makes sense. All you ugay fans talk about is 1980. That was 30 years ago let it go. Instead of talking national titles maybe you should worry about winning you conference first. But before that you need to win your division, but they can’t. Your comments tell me only one thing, you know nothing about college football.
THWG !!!!
SILLY UGA FANS
April 25th, 2010
9:49 am
CAN’T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
silly AA
April 25th, 2010
10:09 am
AA at least we can beat GT.
michael
April 25th, 2010
10:21 am
as coach johnson put it, at least no one got hurt. we’ll be 9-3 but lose in a bowl, again.
Turnt_UP!
April 25th, 2010
10:28 am
Idiots, the failed drug test was for approved prescription medication that he was taking for ADHD. The NFL knew about it, and apologized to him for it, because he was supposed to be on the exempt list. Stop trashing this kids name.
As for fat? He wieghs over 20lbs less than when he was running away from folks his 3 seasons in the ACC. Stop trying to revise the facts!
GT4Ever
April 25th, 2010
11:52 am
Jinx…
April 24th, 2010
2:41 pm
Pretty sure Carter was a Tech commitment that you tools olled out the red carpet for. UGA never would have gotten him had he not played baseball for 4 years. Plus, he has nothing to do with our current administration, unlike Dwyer does with Yech. Nice try though sally.
Mettenberger. Enough said!!!!!
BobinBuford
April 25th, 2010
12:50 pm
UGA is the economic engine of Georgia???
Fact: NCR relocates to the Atlanta area. The CEO of NCR says one of the reasons is because of the proximity to GT.
Fact: GE brings 400 jobs to Atlanta, due to a shared project with GT.
So tell me, how many jobs has UGA brought to Georgia?? Have they ever even been MENTIONED in that regard??
Howard signs with Buffalo | Georgia Tech
April 25th, 2010
1:01 pm
[...] Washington, Hill shine at T-Day: http://blogs.ajc.com/georgia-tech-sports/2010/04/24/washington-hill-shine-at-t-day-game/ [...]
GTGreg
April 25th, 2010
3:55 pm
BobinBuford has his head screwed on straight. The dogs on this blog are a bunch of know nothings that believe that their allegiance to a football team should be enough to make the school legitimate. I went to Tech to get an education, and football was a great bonus. Georgie kids go with the expectation that the football team will win championships (what a let down), and they get a degree that will open doors for them… it’s just that those doors lead to managerial positions at bath and body works.
MyWhiskeyClear
April 25th, 2010
4:01 pm
“You are so wron Whiskey clear on economic impact on state”
I assume you meant to type that I am “wronG”? If so, cite sources, please. Mine was this year’s University System of Georgia report on its economic impact to the state. It gives this report annually to the state legislature’s various committees. It is broken down by each university – of which UGA is supposedly the flagship. The quoted impact from GT was over 2 billion dollars. That of UGA was less than half of that.
Someone earlier tried to claim agriculture drives this state’s economy, and I’ll agree that there are plenty of growers here. They need farmers, agg. scientists and tractor technicians, surely enough. But which schools supply those? Farmers – ABAC. Ag Scientists – Valdosta State, Tractor Technicians – Southern Poly.
As for agriculture supporting the state…actually the state economy’s fastest growing areas are technology companies and healthcare. Sounds like a boon for Tech and Emory.
You can call me wrong or even be angry, but it’s just information from a bunch of public state of Georgia websites that I take the time to read and know about.
Technophobia
April 25th, 2010
7:14 pm
Hey dawg fans, ready for your next azz whippin on the baseball diamond??? 25-6 on your field. OMG I’m still laughing about that one.
UGA
April 25th, 2010
8:06 pm
My fellow Georgia brethren need to watch what they post!
…”You realize the only reason you have GT is because of a couple of UGA alumni that conceived it, founded it, and funded it, right????”
If true…why make such a post? Maybe they created GT because they saw the weakness in UGA’s academic mission? I doubt UGA grads would found a new school if they were completely happy with their own???
GTFAN
April 25th, 2010
10:06 pm
Necks, I say necks is nuts….
GTGreg
April 25th, 2010
11:42 pm
To UGA… this has already been cleared up. It was a few Emory folks that lobbied for the opening of an engineering school, not Georgie.
Broken Bone
April 26th, 2010
9:57 am
Dwyer being taken in round # 456 and in 24,500th place exposes the MYTH that CPJ develops talent. Dwyer was vastly over rated and his draft placement proves it. With all the ACC accolades and all the AJC superlatives thrown his way, we SEC afficionados KNEW that he was a pear shaped, waddling runner. Small but slow and now we all know why Richt said I PASS when he was being recruited out of Chamblee.
This is badly damaging to tech’s desire to finally being able to recruit big time backs. They will want to play in a pro style O , not a middle school offense that was JUNKED in the 70s.
Go Dogs and get ready for more of Caleb and Waushuan.