Nesbitt jokes he may go into acting
Photo by Artem Nazarov, courtesy of Georgia Tech's Sports Information Department.
Vote for me, my friends.
With those words, Georgia Tech quarterback Joshua Nesbitt’s Heisman campaign has started.
Spoofing the “Most Interesting Man in the World” commercials for Dos Equis beer, Georgia Tech has taken a humorous approach to try and help Nesbitt become the first Yellow Jacket to win the Heisman Trophy, given annually to college football’s best player.
On a website devoted to him, nesbitt4heisman.com, Nesbitt will give a weekly take on a different aspect of football, from punting, to going for it on fourth down. At the end of each video Nesbitt says, “Vote for me, my friends,” instead of the “Stay thirsty, my friends,” made famous by the Equis pitchman.
“I was happy for the whole situation, but overall just happy putting the team out there,” Nesbitt said. “When you look at the site you think of Georgia Tech. It’s great for the program.”
Tech’s entire campaign costs less than $500, or the cost of the tuxedo that was rented for Nesbitt to wear and a photographer to shoot a few photos. Tech coach Paul Johnson said he liked what he saw of the spot.
“It’s catchy. It’s good,” Johnson said. “He’s certainly deserving. Hopefully, he’ll have his best year.”
As for what it will take to win, Johnson answered with his typically dry humor.
“Get more votes than the other guy,” he said. After the laughter died down, Johnson elaborated a bit, saying that a player can’t go out and try to win the Heisman. All he can do is go out and try to win the games.
Nesbitt did a lot of that last year, leading Tech to an 11-3 record and the ACC championship. He passed for 1,701 yards and rushed for 1,037 yards. With 2,079 yards in three seasons, Nesbitt has already rushed for more yards than any quarterback in Tech’s history and is just the second to rush and pass for more than 1,000 yards in a season. A Greene County High School product, Nesbitt needs 692 yards to become the most prolific rushing quarterback in ACC history.
The videos for the Heisman campaign were shot on Aug. 4 at Opera, a local nightclub that former Tech quarterback Taylor Bennett works for. They donated a three-hour window of time for the Tech to shoot the spots. A company that handles Tech’s online media guides put together the website for free.
In the videos, Nesbitt wears a tuxedo and football cleats, while teammates, Tech cheerleaders and dance team members, and Buzz mill about in the background, just like beautiful people do in the TV commercials. Former teammates sing Nesbitt’s praises. In one, guard Cord Howard says that Nesbitt once fumbled to see what it felt like, didn’t like it, and snatched the ball back. As Howard’s voice-over plays, there is video playing of Nesbitt famously snatching a fumble away from FSU linebacker Nigel Carr in last season’s 49-44 win in Tallahassee. The scripts were a collaborative effort from Tech’s sports information department and videographers.
The website features photo galleries of Nesbitt, video highlights, story links, downloadable items and a comments section.
Nesbitt said he ad-libbed a little bit during the shoot to personalize it. He said he also may go into acting. “I’m the next Denzel Washington,” he joked.
Nesbitt’s teammates said they have no problem with him getting more attention.
“If he just keeping doing what he does, I think he’ll be fine,” defensive end Jason Peters said. “He’s shown that he has the talent, that he has the presence, that he has the arm. I just hope everything works well for him.”
Florida State is the only other ACC school to start a Heisman campaign this season. They began promoting quarterback Christian Ponder at the ACC media meetings in Greensboro in July by handing out leather notebooks and cards. Last season, Clemson used a life-size poster of running back C.J. Spiller to tout his Heisman chances.
The last Tech player to have a Heisman campaign was Joe Hamilton in 1999. He finished second. The theme was “Hamilton for Heisman.” The campaign included mouse pads, a website, envelopes and mailing labels featuring Hamilton. Mike Finn, formerly Tech’s sports information director who now works in a similar capacity for the ACC, said the entire campaign cost “a couple thousand dollars.” He and former assistant SID Allison George, who now works at Georgia State, put the push together. Interestingly, it was the first time that a CD was used to promote a player.
“I thought it made a difference. It got his name out,” Finn said. “It got a nice bump for him in the preseason with the CD going out. People really took notice of him.”
Tech in the Heisman Trophy voting
2006: Calvin Johnson, WR 10th
1999: Joe Hamilton, QB 2nd
1978: Eddie Lee Ivery, TB 8th
1966: Lenny Snow, TB 14th
1963: Billy Lothridge, QB 2nd
1962: Billy Lothridge, QB 8th
1943: Eddie Prokop, HB 5th
1942: Clint Castleberry, HB 3rd
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Nesbitt for Heisman
August 31st, 2010
11:31 am
LIVE !
Nesbitt for Heisman
August 31st, 2010
11:32 am
GO JACKETS !
Watch Paul Johnson’s press conference live | Georgia Tech
August 31st, 2010
11:33 am
[...] The Heisman Trophy campaign for Joshua Nesbitt is now live. [...]
rduck
August 31st, 2010
11:41 am
Heisman or not, Nesbitt is one of the most valuable players in the game today. Here’s hoping he has a great season and earns all of the accolades he deserves. Go Jackets..
RomeDawg
August 31st, 2010
11:46 am
Good Luck!!
Burdell
August 31st, 2010
11:54 am
Love the website…great videos! I am super psyched for the season to start.
Only 4 more days….GO JACKETS!!!
Deanh
August 31st, 2010
11:56 am
No way… He’s not a passing QB, If Ga Tech is 14 points behind, Game over. He’ll get hurt with all the running. He won’t last the season.
Bull
August 31st, 2010
12:02 pm
GO JACKETS!!! I am READY for some football!!!
5150 P.O.A.D.
August 31st, 2010
12:06 pm
Cute video! Let us hope the season goes well and he can get more Heisman talk.
RAID
August 31st, 2010
12:16 pm
Absollute joke…..even on a national scale its being laughed at!
BigTimeTechFan
August 31st, 2010
12:23 pm
Nice site, can’t wait for the updates. I liked the highlight video best, can’t wait for football to start.
UGAX
August 31st, 2010
12:24 pm
This guy is a great football player who has a legitimate shot at the Heisman if he stays healthy and Tech wins the ACC. He means more to his team than any player in America. Just look at his numbers, they speak for themselves. Good Luck, Josh(ua)and GO DAWGS!
hello
August 31st, 2010
12:25 pm
Raid your right UGA is an absolute joke that is laughed at on the national scale.
Mr. Webster
August 31st, 2010
12:26 pm
Eric Crouch
NESBITT FOR HEISMAN
August 31st, 2010
12:32 pm
love the music by Eminem: Not Afraid Lyrics, “I don’t give a d@mn what you think” gee I wonder who that is directed to, haahahahahahahahahha Athens
blazer
August 31st, 2010
12:37 pm
would love to see it but no way since the powers to be already have their picks already!
joe schmoe
August 31st, 2010
12:40 pm
Pretty funny ad spot… dog fans don’t have to be sour about GT all the time… there is more to life u know.
We_Run_This_Country
August 31st, 2010
12:42 pm
Deanh – I guess when GT was down at the half in 2008 versus the Dawgs that Nesbitt could have given up….that’s what any Dawg would do, but he didn’t….and neither did GT. Down by 16 points, GT scored 26 unanswered points in the 3rd Qtr.
RAID
August 31st, 2010
12:43 pm
MVP on his own team? Probably so. But any chance of the Heisman is nothing more than a feel good story for the Tech fans and a pipe dream…AJ Green has a better chance than Nesbitt especially if he returns punts too.
Tuck Fech
August 31st, 2010
12:45 pm
One of the most valuable playersin the game….. orsimply on your team……
Have you nerds even thought about next year?? YOU. ARE. SCREWED.
CoolBreeze
August 31st, 2010
12:48 pm
UGAX – Thanks for a classy comment. Don’t know why so many people from both sides talk so much trash. What could be cooler than GT and UGA meeting as undefeateds?
Athens, Georgia
August 31st, 2010
12:49 pm
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Joshua Nesbitt for Heisman
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30-24
August 31st, 2010
12:49 pm
Wait…… you forgot the highlights from the UGA game in this video. Where are the UGA highlights??
POW!!!!!
Fech U 2
August 31st, 2010
12:50 pm
UGA, Classy as always.
CBB1
August 31st, 2010
12:52 pm
I am a UGA alum and fan. I think Nesbitt should have a great chance of winning it. He is tough as nails and a great athlete. I would rather see him win it than a player from TN, FL or AL. He means more to his team right now than any other player in the nation. Not many QB’s can put up the pass/run #’s that he has. Good Luck!
Burdell
August 31st, 2010
12:56 pm
AJ Green and Heisman…I can hear Calvin Johnson laughing all the way from Detroit.
ManUp...
August 31st, 2010
12:56 pm
It’s funny stuff. I hope he has an even better year than in the past. If he and Anthony Allen are both clikcing and having better years that’s awesome. If Roddy Jones is also having a great year then watch out. If that happens AND the defense is better then there’s just going to be no way our offense gets shut down for any length of game (bc CPJ adjusts quick and our O tires out D’s.)
Good, publicity, but be sure to make it COUNT! WIN EVERY GAME!
Baker Leavitt
August 31st, 2010
12:56 pm
good for him, that has to make him feel good. i wish him the best of luck, on the field and off the field…except when he plays my Dawgs but other than that good for him. we ran the option in high school and i always like to see it run well. he does a good job and seems like a nice young man.
ManUp...
August 31st, 2010
12:59 pm
i got all comma-happy there…whoops.
Also, I am loving the nice comments from UGA fans. See, we can hate each other and still be reasonable. Let’s go ahead and meet in November as No.s 1 and 2 with no losses between us. Best stage I could think of for Nesbitt and Greene to fight it out for the Heisman!
Is this a joke?
August 31st, 2010
1:02 pm
.
kerryb
August 31st, 2010
1:04 pm
Waisting your time and not going to happen but, I guess he is the only player you can get excited about at Tech. QB’s are judge on passing yardage and TD throws not by how many yards they run. They will give it to a RB before they give it to a running QB.
Grammar Nazi
August 31st, 2010
1:07 pm
@kerryb: I stopped reading your comment after the first word. Waisting??
ManUp...
August 31st, 2010
1:12 pm
kerry, he’s one of a hole team of players to be excited about on Tech’s team. Here’s a few more names you’ll know come Novemeber:
Anthony Allen
Roddy Jones (oh, but you learned that one in ‘08 didn’t you?)
Stephen Hill
Peeples, Melton, Wright, Cox, Lyons…etc.
ManUp...
August 31st, 2010
1:13 pm
*whole
I’m failing grammar school today…
kerryb
August 31st, 2010
1:16 pm
Yes, I accidentally misspelled the word wasting but that doesn’t change the fact that the comment is true.
kerryb
August 31st, 2010
1:20 pm
Anthony Allen (who?) , heard of Roddy Jones (just didn’t hear of him last year), Stephen Hill (wasn’t that the guy we decided not to offer?), The other guys I never heard of and don’t think I will either.
kerryb
August 31st, 2010
1:20 pm
Troll, troll, troll your boat…
kerryb
August 31st, 2010
1:21 pm
Have to admit. I don’t WASTE my time watching Tech games on TV much.
kerryb
August 31st, 2010
1:24 pm
I have nothing to do with my life
Saint Dawg>
August 31st, 2010
1:38 pm
Damn hes UGLY……Go Dawgs …!!
If you want to see a Heisman Trophy then make the drive to Athens!
August 31st, 2010
1:40 pm
Only tech fans think he is heisman material. UGA will get a third heisman before tech gets one.
If you want to see a Heisman Trophy then make the drive to Athens!
August 31st, 2010
1:42 pm
NOT
If you want to see a Heisman Trophy then make the drive to Athens!
August 31st, 2010
1:42 pm
A
If you want to see a Heisman Trophy then make the drive to Athens!
August 31st, 2010
1:42 pm
CHANCE!
Marietta
August 31st, 2010
1:50 pm
9 will win it
dobearsbare
August 31st, 2010
2:26 pm
It cannot be a good omen that Taylor Bennett had any role in Nesbitt’s Heisman campaign whatsoever.
LMAO
August 31st, 2010
2:28 pm
It’s appropriate that Tech took a humorous approach to promoting Nesbitt’s Hesiman candidacy since the whole thing is a joke–as is their program. At least if he doesn’t make it in the NFL he’ll have his engineering degree to fall back on.
Go Noles
August 31st, 2010
2:28 pm
Josh Nesbitt…
“The most overrated man in college football!”
“Stay delusional Tech fans.”
Hayseed Dixie
August 31st, 2010
2:44 pm
Hey Noles, I think you know what you can do. How’d those last two games against Tech go? Sit down.
Josh Nesbitt has more heart than any criminole currently drawing breath. Past or former.
Gee
August 31st, 2010
2:49 pm
“Anthony Allen (who?) , heard of Roddy Jones (just didn’t hear of him last year), Stephen Hill (wasn’t that the guy we decided not to offer?), The other guys I never heard of and don’t think I will either.”
Please for the love of god name ONE player on UGA other than A.J. Green that has done ANYTHING worth talking about? ……………. Still listening…………..ERRRRR Times Up! Stupid Mutts.
Awards
August 31st, 2010
3:05 pm
I just heard that Georgia’s Washaun “Hit and Run” Ealey was nominated for Car and Drivers 2010 Athlete of the year award.
really?
August 31st, 2010
3:10 pm
Well, Mr. King and Mr. Ealey drove trucks all over bobby dodd stadium last year. And Yes, I have factual evidence to prove Mr. Ealey’s license was suspended because of that very game.
Awards
August 31st, 2010
3:11 pm
Outstanding Customer of the Year award presented to the University of Georgia Athletics Department by the Georgia association of Bail Bondsmen
Gee
August 31st, 2010
3:15 pm
Mr. King… Wasnt he that guy that was supposed to be as good or better than Jonathan Dwyer?? How many touches has he had? HA! What a JOKE! Washaun Ealey?? Every squirrel catches a nut every once in a while… We’ll just give that up to the OL being great. Come on now… UGA is a joke.
Awards
August 31st, 2010
3:16 pm
And I know that the entire defense of Georgia was awarded the Biggest Joke in the country award for their total collapse in the second half of the game the year before
aWARDS
August 31st, 2010
3:16 pm
ACC Co-Champion Rings inscribed with the GT-UGA score for 2008. Even though that game doesn’t mean anything and UGA hasn’t done anything in a while.
bb
August 31st, 2010
3:16 pm
As a Jacket fan, I think Nesbitt is deserving of Heisman consideration. I don’t, however, think he will get any serious consideration.
It is very amusing that dog fans seem upset by the campaign. For that reason alone it was worth putting together.
anything
August 31st, 2010
3:19 pm
that upsets a GA fan is worth the effort
uga Games
August 31st, 2010
3:23 pm
guess the player from his mugshot, pin the panties on a bulldog, bumper cars,
jackit
August 31st, 2010
3:23 pm
Yeah, stupid mutts. I mean, the award is named from our blood. I mean, they last won it in 1980. I mean, they only have two. Seriously, I mean, how many do we have by now?
dawgfan86
August 31st, 2010
3:25 pm
UGA fan and alumn here. I don’t find myself jealous about this at all. I would definitely welcome a heisman trophy to Nesbitt. He is a fighter.
jackit
August 31st, 2010
3:26 pm
Mr. King… Wasnt he that guy that was supposed to be as good or better than Jonathan Dwyer?? How many touches has he had? HA! What a JOKE! Washaun Ealey?? Every squirrel catches a nut every once in a while… We’ll just give that up to the OL being great. Come on now… UGA is a joke.
Catching a nut, as in, catching one in 9 years?
Judge Smails
August 31st, 2010
3:32 pm
The world needs ditch diggers too…..and this guy is destined for that. Why not also nominate this guy for the Davey O’Brien award also? LMAO!! Oh wait, they did. RLMAO!!
Jonathon Hair Dwyer
August 31st, 2010
3:34 pm
I be very good. Don’ts know what all dis talk of me being cut by $hitsburgh be about.
bgdawg
August 31st, 2010
3:37 pm
gee. how about brandon boykin, washun (leading rusher as a freshman and didn’t even play the whole season.) Mr. king still killed your team. orson charles (who any uga fan knows is an absolute monster), our entire O-line, and bacarri rambo who is just a play maker.
Bull
August 31st, 2010
3:37 pm
Nesbitt for Heisman, haha….pretty lofty aspiration for GT
Deanh
August 31st, 2010
3:40 pm
Hey We_Run_This_Country , What happening last yr???? Tech didn’t come from behind…. Don;t get me wroug, Nesbit is a great player.. than’s running not passing. Bet he won’t have no more that 1500 total passing yrs for 2010. He also won’t have Dywer in the backfield.
godogssicem
August 31st, 2010
3:41 pm
What a joke
bgdawg
August 31st, 2010
3:42 pm
wow are tech fans really serious?? nesbitt for heisman?? smh i thought techies were supposed to be smart. i guess they thought if they put a running back at QB they would win the heisman. lol GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!!!!!!
Jekyl and heckel
August 31st, 2010
3:42 pm
uga Games @ 3:23pm…Post of the day!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with you
August 31st, 2010
3:43 pm
uga: what a joke
GT Sambo
August 31st, 2010
3:44 pm
I don’t think Nesbitt will get realistic consideration, but stranger things have happened. Mark Ingram’s heisman trophy campaign took at hit with his knee injury. If Nesbitt can play like Joe in 1999, he will at least be in the discussion. If Nesbitt can run the offense efficiently, manage the game, gain 1,000 on the ground, and complete 55% to 60% of his passes then his numbers should be good enough to merit consideration. Then he only needs a couple of signature wins and/or some signature performances in a loss and he would likely be top 3 in the voting.
Col. Reb is cryin'
August 31st, 2010
3:45 pm
Since when did handing the ball off qualify you for The Heisman?
yes
August 31st, 2010
3:47 pm
Josh throws like a girl.
Jonathon Hair Dwyer
August 31st, 2010
3:47 pm
Sambo, Joshie complete 55% of passes please….what is % mean?
truth
August 31st, 2010
3:49 pm
lolololololololololololololololololololololol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTF?
August 31st, 2010
3:49 pm
I’m a big GA Tech fan, but this is crazy. He’s not good enough to even be in the NFL, much less win college football’s biggest award. Focus on winning a bowl game and beating UGA, not Heisman trophies or national championships. Prediction: If Tech loses a bowl game this season, Johnson will be fired as head coach
Judge Smails
August 31st, 2010
3:50 pm
How do you measure yourself against other football players? Well at the trade school we do it by living vicariously through others as we cannot beat our instate rival (hopefully they still consider us a rival).
bgdawg
August 31st, 2010
3:51 pm
in all seriousness though, i really think nesbitt is a good player for his system, but when you stick a guy who can run at QB in the triple option, it doesn’t mean he should get the heisman just because he racked up a lot of rushing yards or because he knew when to pitch it or hold it. i say if he wants a shot at the heisman he needs to pass for 2,000 yards 10-13 TDs with a 60%completion rating, and less than 6 ints. if he stays in his range of rushing stats he could have a chance if his team goes undefeated
kevin
August 31st, 2010
3:52 pm
Nesbitt is a great athlete and runner–no question. He’s a guy that any college coach would want on his team (perhaps not at QB).
That said, this Heisman business is laughable. Last year vs. Clemson (in game 1), Nesbitt was 4 for 17 and threw 2 INTs–not exactly Heisman numbers. I mean seriously, the guy completed half as many passes to the other team as he did his own. Again, lots of talent, yes. Heisman, no chance. I have seen better arms on clocks.
WTF?
August 31st, 2010
3:52 pm
If UGA keeps having players arrested, they’ll have to foreit the season due to lack of a roster. Somewhere up in Athens there will be one heck of a good prison football team though.
Nativebird
August 31st, 2010
3:53 pm
I’m a Tech Fan…but this is indeed just crazy. This goes to show how the annual musical chairs game called the Heisman trophy has become a joke. A pure excersize in how to build the best Hype-machine.
John
August 31st, 2010
3:53 pm
Give the ball to Roddy Jones and let him run good things will happen.
LMAO!
August 31st, 2010
3:55 pm
Thanks AJC for the good laugh! I needed it!
At uga
August 31st, 2010
3:55 pm
they measure themselves by whether they stay out of jail or not, don’t get their cousins pregnant and whether they work at Target or Walmart
Judge Smails
August 31st, 2010
3:56 pm
Oh Billy…Billy….Billy……Billy. This is a big one we have against SC State…..help us with the feared opponent Billy. We finally have a chance to beat the Bulldogs. Although not UGA we can at least have it printed on our rings we beat a bulldog for once (out of ten years).
WTF?
August 31st, 2010
3:56 pm
Actually no they won’t because all the arrest are simple misdemeanors. Just kids being kids.
GoJackets!
August 31st, 2010
3:57 pm
I see schools out … lots of Mutts on the board.
Hillarity ensues
August 31st, 2010
3:57 pm
I thought you had to be able to throw the ball more than 20 yards to be considered a QB? I guess i missed something! Not a chance with all the great running backs around the country!
dawgfan86
August 31st, 2010
3:58 pm
At uga:
Are you referring to everyone that goes to school there or just the athletes?
BG
August 31st, 2010
4:00 pm
Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
REALIST
August 31st, 2010
4:02 pm
This is laughable at best. Why aren’t we concerned with the lack of recruiting? One more year and we will be almost devoid of bonafide Div 1 athletes….geez…we are turning into Annapolis south.
Dan
August 31st, 2010
4:02 pm
Priceless post, RAID. You talk about the campaign being a joke and you spell absolute incorrectly. The irony is fantastic.
Big Bad Bob
August 31st, 2010
4:02 pm
Neisbutt for Heisman is a joke! The insects will never have a Heisman winner.
Pooper Scooper
August 31st, 2010
4:03 pm
Joshua Nesbitt for Heisman?
Poop in one hand and wish in the other and see which one fills up first.
GT Sambo
August 31st, 2010
4:08 pm
I am sure every UGA fan here made fun of the Joe Hamilton for Heisman campaign, too. (Yeah right, like a 5′9″ QB could win the Heisman). I am certainly not saying that Nesbitt is going to win the Heisman, but the way the Heisman is set up, a deserving QB is going to win it before a deserving running back. And intangible leadership qualities are going to count (see Toretto, Gino and Ward, Charlie). Look, it is going to be tough for Joshua to get serious consideration, but if he improves his completion percentage and Tech keeps winning, he could be in a position to get those all important signature wins in late October and early November. IF he does that, I think he is absolutely in the discussion.
Wreckem
August 31st, 2010
4:08 pm
I love Josh and all the hard work and playing he has done at GT. He is tough as nails but there is no way he can get the votes. Voters want passing yards and passing TD’s, but why not try to promote him it will not hurt anything or anyone. Dawg fans don’t hate on him, I would like to see THuga produce a QB that can play as hard as Josh and take the hits he does.
kevin
August 31st, 2010
4:09 pm
Yeah, this whole bit about UGA players getting arrested is so tired and uninteresting. With the exception of Mett, who was subsequently kicked off the team, the rest of the arrests are “college kids being college kids” things, e.g. drinking and such. I fully understand that at GT, drinking and such are perhaps less prevalent and D & D, LARPing and foam weapon building are more the thing to do. Sadly, no one arrests you for running around pretending your a level 4 wizard and yet you get arrested for drinking underage. Such is life.
JM
August 31st, 2010
4:10 pm
Castleberry was a sophomore when he finished 3rd in the voting. He’d have won it the next year had he not joined WWII. What a waste war was/is.
dawgfan86
August 31st, 2010
4:10 pm
Wreckem: They did. His name was David Greene. You remember that last tech game don’t you? Came back in with an injury to secure the win?
GT Sambo
August 31st, 2010
4:11 pm
REALIST,
We have a true freshmen starting for the first time in several years. We have several Freshmen and RS Freshmen expected to contribute on the 2-deeps and on special teams. We have significantly better depth than we’ve had in several years. I think CPJ is recruiting better overall than Chan Gailey ever did.
Wreckem
August 31st, 2010
4:15 pm
@ Kevin
It may be college kids being college kids, but that dosen’t make it right. You break the law you should be punished and as a student-athelete they are held to a higher standard. Also you know a little to much about “nerd” events, have you been in attendance? I was at GT for four and a half years ( graduated in May 09). Never witnessed any of these activities. Find something else to talk about, like this topic.
scott
August 31st, 2010
4:17 pm
I am a dawg fan, so lets get that out there. I think he is a good player (weak arm) and more than likely a great kid too. Heisman..? Not a chance, but don’t blame Tech for jumping in the propoganda game, its what sells these days. Look at ESPN, they push the teams they want to period. Example…NDame, Cubs, Vtech, Uconn BB…etc…etc.
Dan
August 31st, 2010
4:18 pm
If Joshua Nesbitt wins a Heisman the Heisman will have lost all respectability.
Roll frikkin tide
August 31st, 2010
4:18 pm
Go Noles, you sound like a man with tiny penis syndrome, HAHA!
Wreckem
August 31st, 2010
4:19 pm
@dawgfan86
Yeah I remember I was there on the 50 yd line. I remeber alot of standing in the pocket. Not to take away anything from Mr. Greene I think he was a good QB.
uhhuh
August 31st, 2010
4:19 pm
You don’t win the Heisman when your team loses 4 games.
Sid Vicious
August 31st, 2010
4:19 pm
Look, Nesbitt is a college football player that is just as deserving of his actions and leading his team as any other Heisman consideration…The kid can play the game, regardless of how much he may or may not pass…Actually that is meaningless…A true Heisman candidate in my eyes leads his teams through guts and glory…And a few bruises in the meantime…
ManUp...
August 31st, 2010
4:19 pm
Dan, that’s like saying if UGA gets a decent academic ranking (also a voting process) then US News has lost all credibility.
Wreckem
August 31st, 2010
4:20 pm
I have never broken the law. I once almost went over the speed limit abut never did. If I had then I would be a THUG and should have went to jail for breaking the law. Because speeding is against the law.
Paul
August 31st, 2010
4:20 pm
LMAO
uhhuh
August 31st, 2010
4:22 pm
Nerd overdose on this blog
Wreckem
August 31st, 2010
4:22 pm
Wow we can clone. Very funny. And speeding is not the issue. Hit and run, underage possesion, driving without a license, etc… These are the issues.
LMAO
August 31st, 2010
4:22 pm
He might have a chance at THE HIGH SCHOOL HEISMAN with that HIGH SCHOOL OFFENSE that he runs.
Heisman
August 31st, 2010
4:22 pm
Dan
August 31st, 2010
4:18 pm
If Joshua Nesbitt wins a Heisman the Heisman will have lost all respectability.
If Josh wins he will have earned it on the field of play just like everyone else did.
Sid Vicious
August 31st, 2010
4:23 pm
Wreckem – Breaking the law is breaking the law!
papadawg
August 31st, 2010
4:25 pm
GT fans are pathetic. They can’t even praise one of their players without bringing up Georgia.
Just remember
August 31st, 2010
4:25 pm
that high school offense has scored 69 points on the mighty bulldog defense the last two years
hamsamich
August 31st, 2010
4:26 pm
@ Wreckem…. speaking of staying on Topic… what do UGA arrests have to do with this Heisman discussion?
papadawg
August 31st, 2010
4:27 pm
Mighty Bulldawg Defense. What team are you talking about
hamsamich
August 31st, 2010
4:27 pm
and won once…. in the past 9 years…
Sid Vicious
August 31st, 2010
4:27 pm
Just for the record…I’m the real Sid Vicious – aka John Simon Ritchie Beverly… Go Jackets!!!
Wreckem
August 31st, 2010
4:28 pm
@ hamsamich
I was responding to a post directed at me.
Just remember
August 31st, 2010
4:29 pm
no the high school offense is 1 and 1
If You Want To See A Coach's Trophy That's Not an Antique Come to Atlanta
August 31st, 2010
4:29 pm
There’s always a chance..
GT12
August 31st, 2010
4:30 pm
10:1 bulldogs to jackets on this blog right now. Ya’ll really have no lives..
the real Old Gold
August 31st, 2010
4:31 pm
If Tim Tebow had made the takeaway play Joshua did against FSU it’d be in the Smithsonian.
GTFan
August 31st, 2010
4:31 pm
I love my Jackets, and Nesbitt is my favorite! I know he probably won’t win, but it’s nice to even been considered. God forbid the attention isn’t on UGA!!!
J-Smoove
August 31st, 2010
4:31 pm
Quincy Carter was a Heisman candidate before the season one year too… and that didn’t turn out very well. Tech fans better hope all this “hype” doesn’t go to Nesbitt’s head. Nesbitt should let his play on the field do all the talking. He is a great player but he won’t win the Heisman for 2 reasons… 1.) Tech doesn’t get enough national attention. 2.) Tech is probably going to lose at least 4 games (possible Tech loses – @ Kansas, @ Clemson, @ VT, Miami, @ UGA)
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!
papadawg
August 31st, 2010
4:32 pm
GT12-I’m having tires put on my truck what are you doing
Just remember
August 31st, 2010
4:32 pm
Even know us Tech fans know that UGA’s D has been down the last couple years so it isn’t that big of a deal. But now I am worried with the Dawgs new D this year.
kevin
August 31st, 2010
4:33 pm
@ Wreckem,
And breaking the law does not necessarily make something wrong–it just makes it illegal. There is nothing wrong with college kids drinking and having a good time, so long as they do not hurt anyone.
Regarding the topic at hand, here is a copy of my previous post:
Nesbitt is a great athlete and runner–no question. He’s a guy that any college coach would want on his team (perhaps not at QB).
That said, this Heisman business is laughable. Last year vs. Clemson (in game 1), Nesbitt was 4 for 17 and threw 2 INTs–not exactly Heisman numbers. I mean seriously, the guy completed half as many passes to the other team as he did his own. Again, lots of talent, yes. Heisman, no chance. I have seen better arms on clocks.
papadawg
August 31st, 2010
4:35 pm
Just remember, thanks for the compliment of saying the Dawg D was down, I thouight it was one of the worst defenses I’ve ever seen
Wreckem
August 31st, 2010
4:36 pm
@ Kevin
I totally agree. But why not try to promote.
To: Kevin
August 31st, 2010
4:37 pm
This year’s Heisman will be about this year’s performance
Veteran Fan
August 31st, 2010
4:37 pm
Well it is about time! He is very deserving to be a serious candidate this year after what he has accomplished! All football fans in this state regardless of allegiance should be pulling for this outstanding football player! The Atlanta sports media should be ashamed of themselves for not pushing this right after last seasons ACC Championship! We live in the premier city in the Southeast and our sportswriters need to get behind our great athletes, who accomplish great things! For example, Martin Prado should be on everyone’s radar for National League MVP instead of Pujols and Votto. Who both play in small stadiums and hit home runs! The Braves would be in third place in the East without Prado instead of the second best record in the league! You guys have the batting champion: Infante, the rookie of the year: Hayward, the MVP: Prado, the Cy Young: Hudson, and the comeback player of the year: Wagner all playing on the same team potentially and not one word in the media about it!
kevin
August 31st, 2010
4:38 pm
I hear you, Wreckem–couldn’t hurt, I suppose. And, I do think Nesbitt is a killer athlete and could do well in the NFL–just maybe at another position.
GTFan
August 31st, 2010
4:40 pm
4 days till football!!!!
GTFan
August 31st, 2010
4:41 pm
3 days till the D&D Tournament!!!!
BjohnDawg
August 31st, 2010
4:41 pm
DAWG fan here.
He has just as much a chance as anyone. Josh is a good QB. But it will really depend on if his teammates step up and help him in the big games against Miami, FSU, Clemson and UGA. If so he has a shot, if not…..no chance. He will also have to do more than run it. Going to have to show the voters he has a good arm as well.
I think it is a good thing that Tech pushes him as a candidate for the H.
Are You
August 31st, 2010
4:41 pm
ready for some football
Wreckem
August 31st, 2010
4:41 pm
Yeah no way he is a NFL QB. My only concern with all this promotion is it might affect his mental state on the field. Josh doesn’t need to worry about stats just wins.
GTFan
August 31st, 2010
4:43 pm
I agree with you Wreckem!
Is it 3rd or 4th Down?
August 31st, 2010
4:44 pm
@ Wreckem – We’d just prefer to beat Tech. Again. Your QB is almost as big of a joke as Reggie Ball. But at least Reggie could throw a pass.
DBM
August 31st, 2010
4:44 pm
ahahahahahahaha unbelievable………Nerds good luck with that one. Perhaps you should save the money being used in this campaign and use it to renovate your stadium… again, but why don’t you make it bigger this time.
Wreckem
August 31st, 2010
4:48 pm
@ 3rd or 4th.
That is way out of line. A joke is Reggie Ball, not Josh Nesbitt. We will see how funny it is when he runs over LBs, CBs, and the rest of the denfensive backfield in November.
JC
August 31st, 2010
4:52 pm
3 out of 17 …………lets not forget the last time Game day came to Athens , that was laughable. Any way good luck this year Dawgs !!!! I will now start participating in the “Gold Standard’
North Ave Killer Beez
August 31st, 2010
4:57 pm
Mu-hahahahahaha Listen to ALL the HATER’S I love it…. It’s great to be a YELLOW JACKET! You mutts love sniffing around our blogs, and he-hum excuse me, Heisman websites.
JC
August 31st, 2010
4:57 pm
Wow ……Dawg fans are knowledgeable about Tech football.
80dawg
August 31st, 2010
4:58 pm
Really couldn’t care less about the Heisman or any other individual award. It’s a great honor for the athletes sure, but I just want my team to win games. Don’t think he has a great shot by any means but I won’t waste time rooting against him for something I don’t care about. That being said, since it is really more of an individual award and not one designed soley for the university/institution, is it legal under NCAA rules for the club to provide its services at no charge? I would assume if some other Tech student wanted to promote themselves throught a video the chances of them getting to spend 3 hrs at no charge would be slim to none.
Red-N-Black
August 31st, 2010
5:04 pm
Why? Don’t you need to be the best?
Red-N-Black
August 31st, 2010
5:05 pm
Mu-hahahahahaha Listen to ALL the HATER’S I love it…. It’s great to be a YELLOW JACKET! You mutts love sniffing around our blogs, and he-hum excuse me, Heisman websites.
Not hating – Truth telling, not even in the same zip code as you guessed it = A.J. Green
boots
August 31st, 2010
5:06 pm
Seriously? Come on…
Burdell
August 31st, 2010
5:07 pm
How lame is it to pretend to be a fan of a certain team just to be able to denigrate said team under the guise of concern for the program? LAME indeed…and pretty transparent as well.
GO JACKETS!!!
Tech2008
August 31st, 2010
5:09 pm
Kevin, Mark Ingram won the Heisman despite a 16 carry 30 yard game in his team’s biggest rivalry game. You can have a bad game and still win the Heisman.
padre1941
August 31st, 2010
5:19 pm
I hope he wins the Heisman. However, I think the award is for the most outstanding player which is not necessarily the best or most valuable.
kevin
August 31st, 2010
5:27 pm
Tech2008,
Nice point. But even so, Nesbitt is no Mark Ingram.
ray barone
August 31st, 2010
5:29 pm
When you are Tech you gotta push something to get people to your games, might as well be Nesbitt
paul01
August 31st, 2010
5:32 pm
padre1941 is correct. The Heisman is in fact awarded to the most outstanding. The best player award is the Walter Camp or the Maxwell Award.
sech tucks
August 31st, 2010
5:33 pm
Tech is still living in a dream world.
db
August 31st, 2010
5:36 pm
kevin <- and no bulldog is a Nesbitt either. Get your rookie qb and bring it on.
sech tucks
August 31st, 2010
5:39 pm
Hey DB or what ever your name is, we will bring it on like we do most every year. YOu just be ready for the freight train, cause its coming.
db
August 31st, 2010
5:40 pm
So your name is sech tucks? Well, tuck this! And yea, bring it on. Your field, our year. Mark it beeech!
sech tucks
August 31st, 2010
5:49 pm
Yea thats my name, Sech Tucks. You never heard that Sech Tucks?
Whats yours Dumb Blond?
Juiceman195
August 31st, 2010
5:51 pm
Now i know college football is out of control when they vote “nerds” to become heisman. He would get more respect from me if he was playing rb. After all that is what he is right?
GOOD DEAL
August 31st, 2010
5:54 pm
this is by far the best work by the GT sports information office..too bad after Dwyer won the ACC player of the year in 2008 would have liked to seen him given a campaign as well. Clemson was pushing Spiller in 08 even before and after losing to Dwyer for player of the year. Just feel like Dwyer deserved that honor to at least have had a campaign in his honor. Just saying
db
August 31st, 2010
5:58 pm
actually gomer it’s Luann Pooby. Now bring your little silver britches over here for a good ol’ smackn’.. You haven’t had anything good since the early 80’s.
db
August 31st, 2010
5:58 pm
And seriously, why aren’t you guys on the Ugay site where MB is building up your redshirt qb? Obsessed a little?
J E A L O U S
August 31st, 2010
5:58 pm
dog fans apparently do not remember Nesbitt taking a knee in 08 at Sanford Stadium, selective memory. Do not recall your heisman dude, Herschel Walker having great performances game in or game out, bowl in or bowl out..Walker sure @s he!! didn’t do anything in the NFL worth talking about. And Mark Ingram sure didn’t do a d@mn thing in the Sugar Bowl loss to Utah. Just saying
Gatorman
August 31st, 2010
6:09 pm
I don’t understand the crapped spilled both sides, never have, never will. No matter which school you’re a fan of, all tax paying Georgians pay for both schools. Hey this rivalry doesn’t even come close to the Hatfields and McCoys, and no they weren’t cartoon characters, but two rival families that vied for the control of a river valley in West Virginia and all of the business interest there. Many people were killed and injured over the years, so is that what you folks want, that kind of rivalry?? Are you too backward yourself to show some class, when talking about a young man’s future. If the situation was reversed and it was UGA, you would expect Tech to show some class as well. Don’t be a follower, be a leader and set the example for all to see.
Juiceman195
August 31st, 2010
6:10 pm
Tech fans you will NEVER EVER win a niational championship running an option offense. This is not the era of the option. Maybe if you went to a Pro Style offense Dennarius Thomas would have been used to catching balls and not dropping them i.e. 2009 Uga vs GT. Go Dawgs!!!!!!
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August 31st, 2010
6:15 pm
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Nesbitt
August 31st, 2010
6:57 pm
Nesbitt: “I can throw with accuracy…I just choose not to”
ATLcracker
August 31st, 2010
6:57 pm
Clint Castleberry was a true freshman that year. He had an unbelievable year against major competition before he got hurt. He died the next year piloting a bomber in WWII. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Castleberry
Not Disappointed
August 31st, 2010
8:42 pm
Good luck Joshua!
killerj
August 31st, 2010
9:06 pm
Looking for # 5, go baby! Roll Wreck! THWG!
J-Smoove
August 31st, 2010
9:09 pm
I love the ads trying to sell GT football tix on ajc.com! Too bad the UGA vs. GT game is in Athens, because I’m sure GT could sell some of those to UGA fans who just want to see that one game in late November.
killerj
August 31st, 2010
9:17 pm
Manup that was so true and like a Uga football player not arrested the cops aint doing their job.
killerj
August 31st, 2010
9:23 pm
An juiceman in a one to nine five job at mcdonalds,4 to 1 baby! THWG!
Coach Paul's Johnson
August 31st, 2010
10:26 pm
Why can’t we win a bowl game? That’s the question i want answered.
GT Sambo
August 31st, 2010
10:42 pm
To all the UGA haters, you sound stupid when you belittle the Nesbitt for Heisman campaign. Josh is a warrior, and he proved that against you guys two years ago. He proved it last year against FSU. He proved it last year against VT. IF he improves his passing, and IF Tech wins all its early games like I expect them to, then you are going to hear the rumblings. IF Nesbitt starts appearing on some Heisman watch lists prior to our tough stretch in late October and early November, he will have an opportunity to put up a signature win, particularly the game against VT on Thursday night or the Miami game.
SUPPORT THE JACKETS
September 1st, 2010
12:43 am
any of you dog poops ever play a down of football? Just wondering..pee wee league doesn’t count..bet you quit if you did because you didn’t like being hit or tackled…yeah it takes discipline and weight training and guts..ever heard of that? Do you honestly think anyone at GT cares what any of you think? What are any of you going to do if you still lose despite having a Bamaless and LSUless schedule? Imminent disaster could be approaching your season..good luck with that
dagnabit
September 1st, 2010
7:13 am
Wash-on Ealy is going to have broken-heart burn at this year’s game with Tech.
goldrush
September 1st, 2010
7:15 am
Heisman? Please, he won’t even be a top 10 player in the ACC
Hal
September 1st, 2010
7:52 am
To Go Noles. “Stay delusional Tech fans.” OK. It seemed to work last year.
PAUL MANBOOBS
September 1st, 2010
7:54 am
He is already diong a great acting job for us… He ACTs like he can throw the ball.. Im a genuis and the greatest coach in the world because I stole my offense from statesboro high.
GT Sambo
September 1st, 2010
8:11 am
goldrush,
That’s even dumber than belittling the Heisman campaign. He was the runner up ACC player of the year last year behind CJ Spiller. That was while completing 46% of his passes. If he improves his passing this year, look out!
GT Sambo
September 1st, 2010
8:14 am
Yes and belittling our coach is really smart, too, since he only wins wherever he coaches with that “high school offense”. Now he has a Super Bowl winning DC on his staff. The future looks bright for Tech, and all the UGA fans are getting nervous because most of them aren’t thrilled with Bobo’s play calling and they have an unproven DC who was fired from his last DC job.
James T. Kirk
September 1st, 2010
8:34 am
Why wouldn’t he go into acting? He looks and sounds just like Denzel Washington. But first he needs to win the Highsman contest and bring yet another world championship to campus. Jason Nezbit for Highsman!!!!!!
BuzzKIll
September 1st, 2010
9:00 am
Nesbitt doesnt need to go to Hollywood to “act” like the “Terminator.”
Nesbitt……….IS……….”The Terminator.”
And, he’s coming to getcha..Georgie.
BuzzKill
September 1st, 2010
9:02 am
Nesbitt aka The Terminator to GeorgiE fans:
“I’ll be Back.”
dawgdawgdawg
September 1st, 2010
9:57 am
Sorry guys – Nesbitt is a great athlete, but he’s not winning the Heisman. The QB from Houston will have more pass attempts in 1 game than Nesbitt will have the entire season…an option QB is not going to win it
GT Sambo
September 1st, 2010
10:28 am
I don’t think he’s winning the Heisman either. But I also think he’s got a better shot than A.J. Green. Right now A.J. Green is listed on the ESPN Heisman watch. By the end of the season, he won’t be there but Joshua will. Who was the last pure receiver to win the Heisman… Still waiting….
JM
September 1st, 2010
11:20 am
these blogs are a pitiful waste of AJC resources.
the insults aren’t even funny… just the same old line.
scott
September 1st, 2010
11:21 am
Joke or not – great publicity for the school and program. I think Tech is a big enough program and definitely has the tradition to win a Heisman in the future (perhaps before UGA). I think with the right player for 3 or 4 years and national title runs that a RB or QB could bring the Heisman to GA Tech.
Hamilton not winning it in 99′ was the real joke. Seriously Ron Dayne at Wisconsin sheesh.
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Stoopnagle
September 1st, 2010
11:42 am
Jaybo Shaw thinks this is awesome!
dawgfan
September 1st, 2010
1:30 pm
I’m I the only one that caught the fact that a former Georgia Tech starting QB is now working at a nightclub?
Joe Hamilton: Arrested for DUI
Reggie Ball: Dropped out of school and never graduated.
Taylor Bennett: Works at a nightclub. Techies, how does calculus help you work at a nightclub?
Just a few examples of the “well rounded student athletes” coming out of the Flats.
This is the part where the Techies go crying to mommy because a UGA fan is being a big fat meanie. They can call our players thugs, criminals, and illterates but won’t be able to take their own medicine. Watch and see. Classic Techie hypocrisy.
GT Sambo
September 1st, 2010
2:01 pm
No dawgfan, I am not calling all of your players criminals, just the ten that got arrested over the past year or so. Newsflash! Joe Hamilton, not on the GT tean in 2010. Reggie Ball, not on the team. Taylor Bennett, not on the team! CMR has a responsibility to UGA as the leader of the football team to try to ensure that these behavior things don’t happen. Maybe its dumb luck that all those players got arrested, and maybe its a deeper issue… I don’t know.
What I do know is that both Tech and UGA should have solid records this year, with each having 8-9 wins when they meet. Now for GT with its recruiting classes that is acceptable. At UGA, that is clearly underachieving, because if Dawg fans have shown us anything, its that football is above all.
Tech Nerd
September 1st, 2010
2:48 pm
Nesbitt is a joke!!
Tech Nerd
September 1st, 2010
3:00 pm
Wreckem,
He better run over them, because he can’t pass.
KSEE
September 1st, 2010
4:20 pm
i really wish Tech had used some atlanta music in those highlight clips…i think i heard eminem in one of them…forget that This ATLANTA…need some Outkast or Goodie Mob!!
Mike
September 11th, 2010
3:22 pm
Not a chance that Nesbitt will win the Heisman, especially after his performance today at Kansas.