Tech picks up another football signee
Jimmie Kitchen, a former standout at Lithonia, signed a letter of intent with Georgia Tech. He is the team’s 23rd signee.
According to jacketsonline.com, Kitchen was going to be in Auburn’s 2009 class, but there were questions about his academic eligibility.
He then signed with Tennessee State, but the NCAA Clearinghouse had an issue with an online English class he took. He never enrolled.
He began working to improve his transcript and the Clearinghouse recently cleared him.
Tech assistant Joe Speed was recruiting some other players when a coach suggested he look at Kitchens, a 265-pound defensive end.
Kitchen visited Tech, was offered and signed.
He will add more depth to Tech’s defensive line. He is the first signee in the class who is a defensive lineman.
– Doug Roberson, AJC
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Glen Ford's Jeweler
February 24th, 2011
2:56 pm
UGA football players in the turf management program earn class credit for turning the sprinkler system on and off at Sanford Stadium, Foley Field etc. I’m not complaining, because years ago they were actually given cash for the same task. Who says Richt hasn’t straightened matters out?
statistician
February 24th, 2011
2:56 pm
Eric Zeier started 24 games in the NFL. Did Joe Hamilton EVER start ONE?
Ramblinwreck83
February 24th, 2011
2:57 pm
dawg
February 24th, 2011
2:34 pm
ramblinwreck83,
I think uga gets 9 wins and ga tech gets 7, just how i see it
I know. I kind of figured that’s what you would say. Tech actually has the easier schedule next year. At least on the front end. I think UGA will need 9 wins for Richt not to be fired.
dawgy
February 24th, 2011
3:00 pm
i’m not disputing the fact that you’ve seen “UGA” stickers on the lower socieo-economic classes. That’s just reality, as UGA is the main state University with the states most successful athletic programs.
What i still haven’t seen addressed is the gaggle of clunkers bearing the “GT” logo when i all i constantly hear about is amazingly rich and powerful tech grads are.
Ramblinwreck83
February 24th, 2011
3:01 pm
Everyone, Colonel was (is) an English major. Was the past tense correct on that sentence or do i still need to study up.
Ramblinwreck83
February 24th, 2011
3:03 pm
God I hope Colonel isn’t a Tech fan. You haven’t said anything intelligent about football on this blog. Are you posing as a Tech fan or are you trying to sell cars?
Colonel
February 24th, 2011
3:05 pm
dawgy, I truly have never seen a clunker with a GT logo on it. I must live in a different part of the state.
e zeier
February 24th, 2011
3:06 pm
From NFL.com
I started 12 games (someone is lying), and had a career QB rating of 74.4. wow.
sstatistician
February 24th, 2011
3:08 pm
OK so I’m a liar. I’m a GA fan.
General Jack Ripper
February 24th, 2011
3:10 pm
You gnats are spinning this thing like a washing machine. Just admit it. Coach Fish Fry is desparate and is scraping the bottom of the barrel.
GIVE ME A BREAK
February 24th, 2011
3:11 pm
Eric A. Boe ( Col. USAF),Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, GEORGIA TECH, 1997. A hell of an engineer. ” GO JACKETS “
e zeier
February 24th, 2011
3:13 pm
did Joe Hamilton ever even take a snap in the NFL?
e zeier
February 24th, 2011
3:17 pm
CRAP! I screwed up again…Joe Hamilton has a Super Bowl Ring AND an Arena Fottball Ring…I have nothing.
statistician
February 24th, 2011
3:17 pm
i don’t know if Smokin Joe ever took an NFL snap, but i’m sure he got his minor in “recreational chemistry.”
Reuben Houston
February 24th, 2011
3:19 pm
actually, you’re both wrong. joe traded his ring to me for a dime bag.
e zeier
February 24th, 2011
3:21 pm
I have quite a complex…I’ve been bald since I was 10.
statistician
February 24th, 2011
3:21 pm
joe never got an arena ring – they lost the championship game. However, joe DID get busted…
On May 6, 2008, Hamilton was arrested by the Georgia Tech Police Department for DUI, hit and run, marijuana possession, and violation of the open container law. Hamilton resigned from Georgia Tech on May 7. On May 7, 2008, Joe Hamilton offered his resignation to Coach Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech Athletics Director Dan Radakovich.
what a knucklehead.
e zeier
February 24th, 2011
3:23 pm
hair loss aside, I NEVER lost to the nerds. 4-0, baby. Domination.
statistician
February 24th, 2011
3:24 pm
But then again, I’m a known liar. I said zeier started 24 NFL games. You can’t believe anything I say.
Chumlee
February 24th, 2011
3:25 pm
joe was given a super bowl ring – while playing in NFL Europe. So…that’s great. I think i bought that ring on my show “Pawn Stars.”
statistician
February 24th, 2011
3:25 pm
The only “fact” I can admit to. UGA Football, 51 arrests in 3 years…+ 1 AD. All true.
Chumlee
February 24th, 2011
3:27 pm
I’m a liar too. Joe got the Super Bowl Ring while he was with Tampa Bay.
WIN WITH RICHT
February 24th, 2011
3:27 pm
You gnats remind me of a phony TV preacher. He gets in the pulpit and rails against sin, dishonesty, adultery and immorality. Then, he gets caught in a sleazy motel with a one legged, transsexual, illegal alien midget from Albania with underwear around his ankles and a can of whipped cream in his hand. Yall signed a player who was refused admission by Auburn and Tennessee State. HAHAHAHA. Get off your soapbox!
juvenal
February 24th, 2011
3:28 pm
dawgy, some of those “gt’s” stand for grand touring & come with the car, esp. that popular chick-car…….
statistician
February 24th, 2011
3:28 pm
apologies, let me clarify – he played in 28 games. Also, there’s this…
He made his debut as a Bulldog on October 5, 1991 against the Clemson Tigers, a game Georgia won 27-12. Zeier went on to start the final seven games of his freshman season and started every game during his final three seasons at Georgia. His tenure included a 4-0 record against Georgia Tech, a victory in the 1991 Independence Bowl over Arkansas, and a victory in the 1993 Citrus Bowl over Ohio State.
Chumlee
February 24th, 2011
3:30 pm
whoops, i’m wrong again…
In 2002 the Buccaneers allocated Hamilton to NFL Europe, where he led the Frankfurt Galaxy to 5-2 record in 2002 before suffering a severe knee injury (torn ACL). He spent the entire 2002 NFL season on injured reserve and was released by the Buccaneers at the end of the season.
college football fan
February 24th, 2011
3:32 pm
Zeier won the Citrus Bowl in ‘93? Didn’t tech try to claim a national title after winning the same bowl?
ManUp...
February 24th, 2011
3:33 pm
dawgy, in one breath you seem to admit that clunkers bearing the red and black “G” logo are just fans and not grads of UGA necessarily, but then you ask why you see some clunkers with GT stickers when Tech “GRADS” are supposed to be financially well-off. I have two reasons 1) you might be seeing STUDENTS…most college students drive beaters or 2) it may just be that TECH has more non-student fans than people think! We ARE still an old Southern university and were at one time the athletic power in the Southeast. I’ve heard entire families in South GA still root for Tech as a tradition – ask people in Macon, Savannah and Augusta about that. Plenty of GT rednecks near those locales.
As a grad, my car might not impress anyone, but cars aren’t where I put my money. There’s just a lot I don’t think you’re considering.
Dumbo
February 24th, 2011
3:34 pm
college football fan…ain’t that the Chumps bowl now?
Dumbo
February 24th, 2011
3:36 pm
ManUp…
I’d be careful using the term REDNECK around Paul Johnson…he’s as red as they come
dawgy
February 24th, 2011
3:36 pm
ManUP: fair points, all. Thanks for your reply.
ManUp...
February 24th, 2011
3:39 pm
I know. Go to Tech’s campus. Even on campus there’s plenty of educated people living a markedly “redneck” lifestyle *cough* Kappa Alpha Order *cough*
Chumlee
February 24th, 2011
3:39 pm
And he does have a Super Bowl ring.
ManUp...
February 24th, 2011
3:40 pm
Not that I would ever try to start any inter-fraternity squabbling matches….
wrecked
February 24th, 2011
3:41 pm
For those comparing the path John Jenkins took to college and the path Kitchens took, Jenkins played football for 2 years while improving his grades.He hasn’t played football in a while, not listed on scout or rivals in 2009 or 2010. Congrats to the kid for getting himself in school.
frat-star
February 24th, 2011
3:42 pm
fraternities at tech are douche-incubators. Especially KAs and EXs.
ManUp...
February 24th, 2011
3:44 pm
Hey, frat-star, careful about sweeping generalizations. There are 31+ fraternities at Tech. It’s almost a quarter of the male undergrads. They are all different. Some are Southern, some are more cosmopolitan, some are animal houses, most are quite mixed. But yeah…some are just bad.
GT75
February 24th, 2011
3:46 pm
No, Tech didn’t try to claim a national title after winning the Citrus Bowl. The College Football Coaches awarded the National Championship to GT.
GT75
February 24th, 2011
3:48 pm
Kitchens graduated in 2010 and sat out last season, the same amount of time Lemay sat out for different reasons.
frat-star
February 24th, 2011
3:52 pm
GT75 – Lemay had to sit out because he was getting some play on school grounds wth his girlfriend. I wouldn’t expect techies to understand this.
JB
February 24th, 2011
3:52 pm
This is Rich…. Will he be available for the press? Remember, it takes TWO or more to be considered putting a sentence together.
Auburn Admissions
February 24th, 2011
3:55 pm
We accepted a young man that read at a 3rd grade level. But Mr. Kitchens wasn’t smart or literate enough to join the Auburn family. Best of luck at tech. They have done phenomenal work with other functional retards such as Reggie Ball.
GT hulk
February 24th, 2011
3:57 pm
Will he help with our ” long snapper ” that PJ got expecting to punt alot?
Auburn Admissions
February 24th, 2011
3:57 pm
I should clarify, Auburn once accepted a young man that read at a third grade level. We have since upped our standards to reading proficiency on a fifth grade level. We are, afterall, the Harvard of the South.
Enjoy our throw-aways, tech.
GT hulk
February 24th, 2011
3:58 pm
Auburn Admissions, that was funny, just hope we dont get Reggie Ball to tutor him.
JB
February 24th, 2011
4:06 pm
GGgeeeezzzz….you ever hear GA playuhs talk? wow!
ManUp...
February 24th, 2011
4:06 pm
Harvard? Isn’t that the Yankee school trying to be like Emory? Doggone Northerners. MIT’s doing the same thing obsessing over Georgia Tech!
juvenal
February 24th, 2011
4:08 pm
(sick), you sick? slowwww today, skipped the vad post……drive beat-up old pick-up(honda), my wife would kill me if i went hunting in hers(trouble with high-tech kraut imports is redneck mechanics all they have here)
Tom
February 24th, 2011
4:21 pm
what losers uga fans are
WIN WITH RICHT
February 24th, 2011
4:26 pm
Now that Tech accepts Auburn and Tennessee State rejects, they can’t moan about their supposedly lofty, rigid academic standards hurting their recruiting. Nerds get off your pompous high horse and accept the fact that Tech is second rate to UGA.