Jackson could return to Tech football team
Chris Jackson will be re-instated to the Georgia Tech football team if he meets conditions over the summer set by coach Paul Johnson.
Jackson, who left the team last fall and was in considerable academic trouble, met with Johnson last week, according to Rex Robertson, a mentor to Jackson and his offensive coordinator at Henry County High.
“He had to make a lifestyle change and he did that over the last five months,” Robertson said.
Jackson is just shy of the 2.0 GPA he needs to be eligible and is taking summer classes to try to clear that mark, according to Robertson. Jackson was a hotly pursued recruit coming out of Henry County and Alabama, where he played as a true freshman in 2008. He transferred to Tech in 2009 but did not play in the 2010 season after tearing his hamstring and then getting dismissed in November. At the time, Johnson said Jackson was dismissed for a combination of things.
“He and I just didn’t see eye to eye,” Johnson said.
Jackson, who came to Tech as an A-back, would play wide receiver, his high school position. Jackson has been studying video cut-ups of routes provided to him by wide receivers coach Buzz Preston. Jackson would have two years of eligibility starting with the upcoming season.
“We’re grateful to Coach Johnson,” Robertson said.
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How bout them Bees!!!
May 20th, 2011
11:58 am
Why are people so quick to throw other people away for mistakes? Have you never made one? The bottom line is have they changed. If a person corrects their mistakes and is willing to do the right thing, then who are we to throw them away?
Matthew 18:21, 22 – Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
12:00 pm
Dawglesville, thanks for your comment. I know my name irks some, but well, isn’t that what “Ole Fashioned Hate” is all about? I don’t like the mutts, and have not since I was a teenager, but I won’t let that stop me from saying good things about good people, even if they are ignorant rednecks…..Sorry, I couldn’t resist that…..LOL
supersize that order, mutts
May 20th, 2011
12:00 pm
And by “since I was a teenager”, I mean 2 years ago, when the mutts came into Atlanta limping, and my Jackets were ranked #7 in the nation, and the mutts took us to the woodshed, running the ball down our throats.
Never have gotten over that one.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
12:04 pm
the noon post was not me
EXPOSED NEEDS TO KEEP IT TO HIMSELF
May 20th, 2011
12:05 pm
2.0 GPA…….
So Tech football players are only required to have a 2.0 GPA (like all NCAA regulations)
I thought Tech held their players to standards above the NCAA requirement???
Well, we can cancel the “academics, academics, academics” argument from Techies in a FOOTBALL argument.
I am glad that is over!
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Sounds like someone who has never taken a class at Tech. We didnt say we are held to higher standards by the NCAA. but a 2.0 at Tech is a hell of a lot harder than a 2.0 at any other college in GA at least. I would say that in all honesty, a 2.0 at GT is about a 3.7+ at uga. Its not impossible, but you really have to work at it. Since the course work is more difficult, you are held to a higher standard to remain eligible.
GTBob
May 20th, 2011
12:25 pm
I thought Tech held their players to standards above the NCAA requirement???
I think you are confusing admission requirements with academic requirements after you are already in school. A 2.0 GPA is a C student. Believe me, there are a lot of C students at GT, athletes and non athletes.
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2011
12:27 pm
EXPOSED NEEDS TO KEEP IT TO HIMSELF – “A 2.0 at GT is about a 3.7+ at uga.” You sound like Ron Burgundy. Is that a scientific fact? So what would a 2.0 at MIT be at Tech?
pcb mike
May 20th, 2011
12:28 pm
WnE, wishing the kid the best. If you can’t get it together, you can always go to the crime capital of NCAA football in Athens.
GT Fan ...
May 20th, 2011
12:42 pm
Hey Eeveryone WnE is here to enlighten us all, AGAIN, with his knowledge! Aren’t we lucky!?
WnE …… Since you are such a know-it-all, go ahead and enlighten everyone on how YOU, and YOU ONLY, knew GT would go 20-7, and win the Conf Championship in its 1st 2 seasons with PJ at the helm.
And tell us all how many games they will lose in 2011, which opps they will lose to, and what score the will be. Ya see GENIUS it’s a bad economy and I think we’d ALL love to rack up some serious $$ in Vegas based on your EXPERTISE.
So, if you can’t make us all rich then …. SHUT YOUR PIEHOLE, JACK-AS* …
I feel so sorry for your wife if you’re married. Or your children if you have any, for them having to deal with your “I’m the smartest person I know” mentality.
Buzzed
May 20th, 2011
12:43 pm
pcb: still safer than the streets of the deadly crime capital of the US.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
12:52 pm
I wonder how many of you mutt fans who trash Atlanta all the time for its crime statistics actually live in Atlanta…..I would guess the majority of you do. If it’s so bad, then why do you live there? I don’t live in Atlanta, and I have no problems going there whenever I get the chance, crime or no crime.
Brock
May 20th, 2011
12:56 pm
wne refuses to this day to answer any questions about him stalking Vad Lee to the point Vad had to tell him to stop. He is the biggest coward I have ever witnessed on a blog.
Dr. Nick
May 20th, 2011
12:58 pm
Exposed–YOU ARE AN IDIOT !!Look at the majors available at Tech Vs Georgia.Look at the University rankings by US News and World Report.Look at the average SAT at Tech Vs UGA !!By the way,Why did Forest Gump go to Alabama rather than UGA? ————ACADEMICS
doc
May 20th, 2011
1:01 pm
ken, nice to see you on “the flats”. steady work eh? good luck to you, as i know you will do well here as you did in a great job with the hawks.
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2011
1:02 pm
supersize that order, mutt – We both know that logic rarely enters into this game. For example, how many UGA grads do you actually believe are working for minimum wage at a fast food establishments?
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
1:07 pm
Dawglasville, probably none, but I’d be willing to bet that there are a lot of mutt FANS who are doing that. And I think you will have to agree with me that the majority of mutt FANS are NOT grads of UGA or any other university or college
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2011
1:07 pm
Dr. Nick – I agree with you. Please look at the US News. Would you say that say Vanderbilt is to Georgia Tech as Georgia Tech is to Georgia?
Is Emory to Georgia Tech as Tech is to Georgia? Could it possibly be that the criteria and the curriculum is so different at all these schools it is hard to put a real number on how much better one school is than the other?
Jacket Backer
May 20th, 2011
1:11 pm
Good to see CPJ giving him a second chance. Hope the kid takes advantage of it and gets his degree and contributes on the field. We do need an upgrade at WR.
Go Jackets!
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2011
1:12 pm
supersize that order, mutt – Yes, a lot more. During the Cremins salad years there was a lot of Tech gear wore around Metro Atlanta. It was up there with the sales of Georgetown and Oakland Raiders gear. Surely, if you and I are fortunate enough to be the “haves” in this city, we can give the “have nots” a pass and let them bark and buzz all they want to.
DawginLex
May 20th, 2011
1:16 pm
WnE
If Richt craps his pants this year and Tech becomes disgruntled with CPJ, ship him to Athens and we will be playing for the BCS title within 2 years.
Talent in Athens would thrive under CPJ. See Oklahoma of the 1980’s.
He has forgotten more football than our entire offensive coaching staff knows.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
1:20 pm
Dawglasville, that is true; it is not reasonable to compare liberal arts studies to engineering/science studies. For one thing, liberal arts courses are all too often graded on the subjective evaluation of the professor, whereas engineering/science courses are almost completely graded objectively on performance. It may, in fact, be harder to get a good grade in a subjectively graded course than in an objectively graded one. But that does not necessarily mean that the subjectively graded courses are more difficult or even require more study. Sometimes a subjectively graded course is a lost cause even before a student walks in the classroom door, based on the comparison of the student’s beliefs, world-view, etc. But with proper preparation, study, and performance, a GOOD and INTELLIGENT student can succeed in engineering/science courses. Too many times liberal arts students have to kiss the a** or liberal arts professors…..or sleep with them. Engineering/science students need merely to prepare and study.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
1:22 pm
DawginLex, WOW, that was a stunning comment made by a mutt fan. I, of course, completely agree with you, and I would bet the vast majority of truly knowledgeable football fans would agree.
DawginLex
May 20th, 2011
1:28 pm
I’m not saying I don’t like Richt-I do. I am appreciative of 96 wins, 2 SEC titles in 10 years.
But, he has won with defense, not offense. All us DAWGS complain about bobo ad nauseum but the facts are that the defense carried the day for us from 2001-2005 and the offense was just good enough.
We allowed 14 PPG from 2001-2005 and gave up 30 ONCE(2003 LSU SECCCG).
Now we allow 22 PPG and the offensive shortcomings are magnified.
Same as Tech. I have argued this with other Georgia folks but I trult believe that if you put CPJ in Athens right now with Grantham, we are championship caliber in no time flat.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
1:28 pm
Lex, I’m not convinced about Grantham; time will tell. But I bet if you put CPJ and Groh in Athens, you would get what you want. I seriously do believe that Groh is an outstanding DC, but he’s got to get some talent. I THINK we’re getting there; again, time will tell. Thank God, however, neither of them will ever be coaching in Athens…..LOL
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2011
1:31 pm
supersize that order, mutt – Well, I would imagine that is pretty much true for all math and science classes at every school. If my boys want to be engineers I hope they go to Tech. If they want to be vets I hope they go to UGA. Man, did we get off point. Oh yeah, the Jackson kid… Good luck young man.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
1:34 pm
Dawglesville, medicine is, for the most part, an objectively graded field of study….not entirely, but definitely more so than arts courses, history, philosophy, sociology, education, etc. And, by the way, I appreciate your comments; you are obviously an intelligent man, even though you are a mutt…..LOL
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2011
1:40 pm
supersize that order, mutt – And so are you sir.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
1:40 pm
Sorry, Dawglasville, I miss-typed your name in my last post
DawginLex
May 20th, 2011
1:45 pm
With our schedule this year(no LSU,no Bama,no Ark), if Grantham can get us back to playing defense like Richt’s first 4 years, we can win the East because it is not a great division.
3 more stops on 3rd down per game compared to last year for UGA and GT and both teams could be really good. Could the blogs handle it??????????????
gtfanfrom1951
May 20th, 2011
1:46 pm
I hope he makes allway back
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
1:50 pm
Well, as much as I am enjoying the (for once) good intelligent back-and-forth, it’s time for me to head to the gym. And then it’s off to BestBuy to spend some money…..LOL Have a great afternoon, guys
GT 94
May 20th, 2011
2:34 pm
WNE
Didn’t UGA allow conference USA their 1st ever win over an SEC team in bowls? Talk about a complete joke! Let me explain the difference to you in your lose to UCF and our loss to AF simple so that even an idiot like you could follow along.
1) UGA was a 7.5 FAVORITE..
2) GT was a 2,5 point UNDERDOG…
Now which was favored again and i think we were picked to lose by the experts but what is your lame excuse for the meltdown? You couldn’t even score a freakin TD with a top 5 pick vs conference USA!!!! You are the biggest tool! You got owned yet again, go wipe your tears and go stand in traffic loser!
Stinger 2
May 20th, 2011
3:30 pm
Wide receivers are irrevelant at GT. This is because we do not have a real QB who throws forward passes in CPJ`s TO offense. What we have to replace the QB is an extra running back who is designated to take the snap from center. He then runs the ball himself or hands off or pitches out to the A and B backs.
GT hulk
May 20th, 2011
3:56 pm
Might as well take him back, PJ cant get any ” superstars ” to commit, only unless they are offered by Ga. Southern or Wofford.
gt4ever
May 20th, 2011
4:02 pm
Supersize,,
Please, if you place CPJ and Groh at UGA, you would have what you already have here….. A problem just getting worse every year, because this coach can NOT recruit…..
Ken Sugiura
May 20th, 2011
4:16 pm
doc – thanks for the kind words. there is indeed a lot to keep track of.
my thanks for the (mostly) civil conversation.
surfrider
May 20th, 2011
4:21 pm
Good job and luck. Tech needs a couple of Wr’s who can catch and make plays, possession rec. types. If we can throw 15 to 30 times a game and complete 60% nobody will stop the Flex bone. It will be Fridge all over again, #1 in Country with a defense this time. I still would like to see the Wishbone with a passing attack…power sweeps, lead blockers, options, deep passes, screen passes, Qb draws and sweeps, etc..In the 70’s Wishbone teams could’nt throw the ball now they can.
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Stinger 2
May 20th, 2011
4:39 pm
surfrider: I like what you envision. However, do you really believe that CPR would ever incorporate 15-30 passes into his game plans. He has been adamant that passing is only a minor par tof his TO offense.
Capt65
May 20th, 2011
4:48 pm
@ WnE…..WOW…A Red Panty talking about “Slack discipline” and “Work ethic”…How bizarre coming from a Coach Mark Pricht Panty lover.. You know CMP …The student of Coach Bobby Bowden’s School of Hypocrisy……” He (Chris Jackson) had to make a lifestyle change and he did that over the last five months….We’re grateful to Coach Johnson “…Said Jackson’s mentor and offensive coordinator Rex Robertson at Henry County High….So WnE, since you never stated any facts…We’ll never know if ” Your facts are correct”…What we do know is that your diaper is full and your Momma wants you home for supper…..Good bye Red Panty…..
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
4:53 pm
gt4ever, it’s obvious that you have bought into the idea that getting a bunch of 4- and 5-star recruits define a coach’s ability to recruit. Can you tell me ANY TECH COACH who has consistently brought in highly-ranked recruiting classes? Gailey had one, and even it didn’t compare to those at other schools in the south; the rest of his recruiting classes were average to mediocre. Neither O’Leary nor Ross had recruiting classes that were better than those in Athens, although I guess they were all average to excellent ones. I doubt even Dodd had highly rated recruiting classes, but I have no idea how HS players were evaluated back in that time. As CMR has proved over and over the past 3 years, and Donan before him, it’s not the pre-college ratings of the recruits that matter in the long run; it’s the ability of the coaches to bring out the best in them. Dodd could do it. Ross and O’Leary (with Friedgen’s much respected help could do it. Gaily could NOT do it. I think from what I have seen of CPJ thus far, he can do it too. Maybe for whatever reason, he cannot get those whom you think would make him a good recruiter, but if he can bring out the best in what he gets, then I’m certainly happy with it. One bad year out of the first three isn’t so bad; even Dodd had a few less than stellar years before he struck gold, and both Ross’s and O’Leary’s first couple of years stunk. Was it because they recruited 4- and 5-star HS kids? NO!!! But it WAS because they recruited GOOD athletes who fit into their systems, and both those coaches made the best of it.
Paddy
May 20th, 2011
5:42 pm
I hope Cris makes it back. If he has learned his lesson then a second chance is in order!
DRad Fan 2
May 20th, 2011
6:21 pm
I was young, stupid and hard-headed once. I am sure a bunch of us were. I was given another chance and made the best of it. I see giving this kid a chance as something positive. I hope he makes it.
Delbert D.
May 20th, 2011
7:13 pm
This young man’s potential return has obviously disturbed a few people.
BIG BEE
May 20th, 2011
7:16 pm
FACTS: Before CPJ arrived on the flats, Chris committed to Tech, then backed out and went to Al. Then he transfered to GT. He was looking for them, not visa versa. Then he was booted and now wants to come back. Sounds like he is recruiting GT and the havent committed yet.
Chuck Allison
May 20th, 2011
7:55 pm
Incredible! You could write a book about this young man’s past since originally accepting a Tech scholarship. He must be about 25 years old by now.
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FullMetalJacket
May 20th, 2011
10:44 pm
I am cautiously optimistic that Jackson can make it back and make a difference for Tech’s offense, which will need all the help it can get at WR. It is also evidence that CPJ is more reasonable and compassionate than he is sometimes portrayed to be by his detractors. Chris Jackson is welcome if he meets the Coach’s…and therefore Tech’s…conditions.
sports
May 21st, 2011
12:10 am
Yeah, those Janitorial classes at tech are tough
BYRDDAWG
May 21st, 2011
7:10 am
Super my friend, turnovers are part of the game! If my boy Stafford doesn’t throw that pick 6 right before halftime we would have never lost that game to ya….That was a huge turning point in the game because you only had like 40 yds offense in the first half! 404 , not trying to start a fight with you either, but Ty Sorrels flunked out of what you call remedial studies at UGA and graduated from tech!!! Not hatin just statin…..