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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142 comments Add your comment
goldwreck
May 20th, 2011
7:29 am
I hope he makes it back.
reebok
May 20th, 2011
7:29 am
we could use a receiver…hope the young man straightens himself out an gets eligible.
Hayseed Dixie
May 20th, 2011
7:30 am
Scout had him listed as a 4 star.
No shame in having to mess up, go home, and get your head screwed back on straight. Happens to all of us at some time or another.
Hope he can contribute- at the least finish his free college education.
Ken, I’ve loved your coverage. Just out of curiosity, where’s Doug? Do you guys rotate?
Burdell
May 20th, 2011
8:01 am
Sounds like a young man trying to get things right. Hope he succeeds.
Ken Sugiura
May 20th, 2011
8:06 am
Thanks, Hayseed. Doug and I have more or less switched positions. He’s a general assignment reporter now and has been doing great stuff with the new assignment. he wrote this about the sports program at Ringgold High School trying to rally the community after the tornado.
http://bit.ly/lWNuc8
Brooke
May 20th, 2011
8:08 am
” At the time, Johnson said Johnson was dismissed for …” I assume the 2nd Johnson in this sentence is actually referring to Jackson.
Vulture
May 20th, 2011
8:11 am
Character/Confidence builder. Hope the kid the best. Good story.
Jackets21
May 20th, 2011
8:22 am
I really hope he’s turned around and committed. The Jackets are desperately in need of a talented WR. This would be a tremendous upgrade from whats there now.
Old Gold Britches
May 20th, 2011
8:30 am
Keep up you efforts Chris! Hope to see you on the field.
Jason
May 20th, 2011
8:33 am
Most often high character people are people that had to go through a period where they were humbled, broken, and desperate. Hopefully, he is on his way to becoming that type of high character person. Best wishes to him that he figures out what he needs to become in order to succeed in school and on the football field.
Joshua Barlowe
May 20th, 2011
8:34 am
Good for Chris Jackson. Hope he makes it back, we could sure use him at WR.
Buzzed
May 20th, 2011
8:36 am
Is our record still clean? You know, the one that says we never recruit/sign anyone with academic liabilities. We are, after all, the national bastion of intelligence.
Chris
May 20th, 2011
8:42 am
Having been through the daily nightmare that Tech can be sometimes, I can totally understand not performing up to snuff. I wasn’t even an athlete (though I was in the marching band) and I got the boot for a semester because my grades were terrible. I learned from the experience, worked a crappy job for a semester and decided that it was time to get serious. I finished on the dean’s list for my last 3 semesters and the whole ordeal made me stronger.
Best Regards
May 20th, 2011
8:42 am
Johnson said JACKSON was dismissed for a combination of things.
Go Jackets!
SC Tech fan
May 20th, 2011
8:47 am
Buzzed, you are really a product of bastion of intelligence, would it be the University of Mars.
WnE
May 20th, 2011
8:50 am
Wow!
Just goes to show how poorly Coach Kung Fu Panda has recruited during his first 3.5 to 4 yrs. at GT.
Had he recruited better he wouldn’t have to put up with an SEC reject that then went on to screw up at GT with issues pertaining to his WORK ETHIC.
CPJ is so desperate for decent WR/A-Back talent that he’s getting slack on discipline.
I wonder what the holier-than-thou, smarmy, smug, geek-nerd-loser Fanbase of GT has to say about this move by CPJ?
It is amazing how Coach punch-em-in-the-mouth “adjusts” his discipline based on his returning talent, deep down inside EACH & EVERY GT FAN knows that this “2nd chance” would NOT take place if CPJ had another Bay-Bay on the Roster for 2011.
Kinda hard for the “Smug segment” of GT fans (not me of course) to wax poetic about how we are so much better than the “factories” when our HC looks at his depth chart and does the same exact things as the factory schools that GT fans CRITICIZE so much; and that includes taking an Academic RISK at DL that had trouble qualifying at Auburn & Tenn. St.
More and more CPJ is looking like a PE MAJOR from Western Carolina than a HC from a Service Academy.
WrecksNEffect
May 20th, 2011
8:55 am
I am tool and always will be.
William Casey
May 20th, 2011
9:02 am
People make mistakes, especially at Chris’s age and Georgia Tech as a school is very unforgiving. Everyone (including players at UGA) deserves a second chance. The real key is for a man to TAKE ACTION to change himself and remove personal defects. I hope that Chris does. I’m not real big on “third chances,” though.
the real Old Gold
May 20th, 2011
9:03 am
Second chances are always a good story.
Buzzwax
May 20th, 2011
9:05 am
Looks like WnE needs some breast milk to fill that void in his soul….
WnE
May 20th, 2011
9:05 am
re:
William Casey
May 20th, 2011
9:02 am
People make mistakes, especially at Chris’s age and Georgia Tech as a school is very unforgiving. Everyone (including players at UGA) deserves a second chance. The real key is for a man to TAKE ACTION to change himself and remove personal defects. I hope that Chris does. I’m not real big on “third chances,” though.
_______________________
Wow!
I don’t think I’ve ever read anything that nice written from a GT fan about a Mutt Player, how forgiving on your part.
If GT didn’t have a FB player in trouble academically would you still feel that way about 2nd chances for Mutt players?
WnE
May 20th, 2011
9:06 am
re:
Buzzwax
May 20th, 2011
9:05 am
______________________
Are my FACTS incorrect?
Do YOU think that if we had a Bay-Bay-esque talent at WR for 2011 that CPJ would still grant Jackson this 2nd chance?
At some point putzes like you are gonna have to answer some LEGIT questions rather than just attack the messenger!
JasonGT
May 20th, 2011
9:17 am
So CPJ is being slack on discipline by kicking the guy off the team? This story has little to do with the GT football team and a lot to do with Jackson wanting to play for GT. He’s not on scholarship and not part of the team. GT is not recruiting him, but he does have the opportunity to walk on to the team just like any other student at GT if he is eligible.
Also, this isn’t a GT vs. UGA issue. Where did this kid come from? The oversigning king himself Nick Saban. Stories like this need to be more publicized to show current recruits that if you don’t make the cut in tryouts at Alabama you’re gone. How many lives has Saban ruined of recruits that probably needed some work to become good SEC talent but would have been fine in other BCS leagues?
Alabama Jack
May 20th, 2011
9:18 am
Special for WnE – bite my ass, dawg loser.
Ken Sugiura
May 20th, 2011
9:25 am
Thanks for the editing help. Johnson said Jackson was dismissed for a variety of factors and for not seeing eye to eye.
To clear something up: Jackson will go back on scholarship if he re-gains eligibility.
gtkenz
May 20th, 2011
9:28 am
Personal issues aside, this kid could play. Coming back from a torn hammy is the other key. Can he regain his quickness and top speed, I hope but I don’t know. If he can, and if he can keep moving in the right direction as a person, he has Hines Ward type ability.
I hope all our UGA jail bird banter doesn’t create bad karma here. Good luck kid.
GTBob
May 20th, 2011
9:29 am
I was happy that CPJ kicked him off the team but i’m also happy that he is trying his hardest to get back on. This could be a great growing experience for the young man regardless of whether he sees the football field or not.
Techmate
May 20th, 2011
9:33 am
Glad for the kid to get a second chance. If we are lucky, we learn sooner than later that our lives are about making good choices.
Tech can use another good receiver. I still don’t think we’ve seen the totality of CPJ’s offense. While not a true run and shoot offense, I think CPJ will definitely throw the ball more with a good passing QB and a few aggressive, “own the ball” receivers. That will only make teh running game stronger.
To the Tech receiver corps: Learn to own the ball when it’s thrown in your direction. Become another force on your team. Time to get fierce, guys. Make the plays.
billdawg
May 20th, 2011
9:36 am
gtkenz,
But can he dance?
That is All
May 20th, 2011
9:39 am
WnE = poosy
404
May 20th, 2011
9:44 am
Isnt Kung-Fu Panda……the Dragon Warrior
WnE
May 20th, 2011
9:54 am
No, Kung Fu Panda is a dumpy fat-ass that has delusions of grandeur about himself that are totally unfounded, kinda like CPJ and his so-called “genius tag” with his gimmicky Offense that got shut down by Air Force and a 7-5 L$U team in 2 different bowl games.
weneedhelp
May 20th, 2011
10:01 am
I say lets try and get Kyle Jackson back any kid that can graduate from MaTech in 31/2 years and recruit the way he did in 2007 is worth the spot. He also was a hell of a LB his first full seasonand Coach OLDASHELL didn’t give him a fair shot his last season in my opinion……
old man carving canoe...
May 20th, 2011
10:02 am
WrecksNEffect, isn’t that the same pathetic person who uses twitter to talk to student athletes to persuade them to go against Tech because he was ousted by the Tech fan base/message boards. Keep crying more and trying to go against your school because you are upset over you getting dismissed by internet message boards. Getting your feelings hurt over the internet is sad, sad day.
On Jackson I am glad that hes making his way back I had high hopes for him at WR or at least a pass catching A-back who doesn’t have iron hands like some of the others (Stephen Hill).
Watkinsville Hound
May 20th, 2011
10:14 am
This is EXTREMELY hypocritical of the way you nerds act when a UGA player has academic questions.
And I was under the impression you don’t recruit anything but upper academic echelon??
Weird how the truth is revealed sometimes, isn’t it??
404
May 20th, 2011
10:28 am
WnE; So why do you care ?
Uh, D-A Watkinsville Hound:
GT does not offer any REMEDIAL coursework to atheltes
that is STANDARD practice at UGA.
So, when a UGA player cant handle the REMEDIAL coursework at UGA,
it means the kid is really an illiterate.
Nothing hypocritical about that.
JM
May 20th, 2011
10:30 am
The sad thing about all this is Jackson had no academic problems at all in Alabama, passed everything easily.
Paul in RDU
May 20th, 2011
10:45 am
I just realized who WnE reminds me of – some of the townspeople from Hickory, IN. An IM from GT (class of 90) he’s never coached a college game in his life but somehow he feels that he is an expert on recruiting, building a team, disciplining and motivating players – not to mention that he can read Paul Johnson’s mind on his motives for reinstating a guy he had previously kicked off the team.
Seems to me that WnE is the true “Kung Fu Panda”.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
10:53 am
Isn’t WnE the one who twittered Vad Lee over and over and over dissing on Tech? Why would anybody think she has anything intelligent to say? What a loser !!!!
football_365
May 20th, 2011
10:54 am
Im glad this kid is getting a second chance hope he gets it right this time! To you tech fans lets cut the crap and quit acting like tech is above everybody else. Face it everybody at tech is not a rocket scientist, and college kids from coast to coast make mistakes. Hopefully now the conversations will be about football since we all see everything about tech isnt as perfect as you guys try to make it.
78 DAWG
May 20th, 2011
10:57 am
I don’t like to admit it but Tech doesn’t have remedial classes and easy majors to hide football players in. The management major is as difficult as 90% of the majors at most schools. If Jackson is in management and has a 1.9 gpa, he couldn’t have an IQ below 110. I hope he listens to his mentor gets on track graduates and LOSSES TO THE DAWGS FOR THE NEXT 2 YEARS.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
10:57 am
By the way, WnE, AF didn’t stop Tech’s offense as much as Tech had nobody who could catch a punt. The offensive stats against AF were not bad, and, I might remind you, AF runs a very similar offense to Tech’s and knows HOW to defend it. In fact, Tech did a pretty good job of defending AF’s offense for the same reason. What lost that game for the Jackets was a total inability to catch punts. And I might remind you too, that for a so-called gimmicky offense, the mutts have yet to stop it; Tech’s 2 out of 3 losses to the mutts were because Tech had no defense at all.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 20th, 2011
11:23 am
I really had no idea that a 2.0 grade point average allowed for a scholarship in college. Where are the high school teachers and coaches when they are needed. Does this kid really have a legitimate chance to suceed when he is struggling to get to 2.0
I think the NFL needs to start thier own minor leagues for players, that can’t make it in college but are good atheletes. It just seems wrong that these folks use up money, and obviuosly are not a bit interested in anything but the NFL. Baseball has their own minor leagues and the NFL needs to get one also.
It is sad if kids like t5his are not even taught b asic courses in High School and then go to college, leave their junior year if they get that far, and have probably not gotten any more educated than if they never ecven attended a class. I would think with the courses being so tough at Tech. as is claimed, this kid would not even havce a chance in class.
Tech Guy
May 20th, 2011
11:25 am
I hope he does what it takes. We need someone who can catch the ball.
EXPOSED
May 20th, 2011
11:28 am
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!
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
11:33 am
Rocket, it’s not just the athletes who apparently aren’t prepared for college, and it’s also not just a matter of academic preparation; it is often a kind of emotional, or perhaps, cultural preparation for the change. I had a roommate while at Tech who was a couple of years older than me and had entered Tech, done miserably, and dropped out. When he dropped out, he decided to join the US Marines. When he finished his time in the Marines, he re-entered Tech as sophomore majoring in Physics. He pulled a 4.0 his first quarter back and went on not only to graduate with high honors but ultimately to earn a phD in Physics (plasma physics) from FSU. Sometimes it takes a little time off to get one’s head on. Let’s hope that Jackson has gotten his head on now and not only comes back but succeeds beyond expectations.
supersize that order, mutt
May 20th, 2011
11:38 am
EXPOSED, you made no valid point whatsoever in your post. I guess it’s your ignorance that has been exposed.
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May 20th, 2011
11:41 am
[...] Jackson could return to Tech football teamAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)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, … [...]
gt
May 20th, 2011
11:53 am
The one position we need some help is WR. If we make this kid a better person and he helps us be a better football team we are watching college football at it’s finest. It also shades a little more light on what Johnson is really after which is commitment. Nobody pulling harder for the good guys than me. When the player has no respect for the program and the program wins we all lose.
Dawglasville
May 20th, 2011
11:57 am
supersize that order, mutt – Although I have always been irked by your blog name I have to say that I couldn’t agree more with your 11:33 post. No one loves a redemption story more than me, unless of course the hero of it beats my Dawgs. Good luck to the young man. Johnson is doing the right thing. Part of his job is to shape young men.
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.
ACC afternoon links | truthpopsicle.info
May 20th, 2011
4:31 pm
[...] receiver Chris Jackson will return to Georgia Tech’s team if he continues to stay on track, Ken Seguira writes in the Atlanta [...]
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.
Georgia Tech reportedly on verge of reinstating Chris Jackson | CollegeFootballTalk
May 20th, 2011
8:06 pm
[...] Constitution that, if his former player meets several conditions set by Johnson, he would be reinstated to the football program this [...]
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…..
sasquatch
May 21st, 2011
8:43 am
when is that engineering program at UGA kickin off? this should be interesting……..
roughrider
May 21st, 2011
8:49 am
Should be no more talk from Tech fans about how Tech always recruits players with the the highest academic standards.
ToeMeetsLeather
May 21st, 2011
9:39 am
TECH recruits Division I players that can qualify to play for the Institute and when they get there they are expected to do the work to stay qualified. What is your point roughrider?
Rodney Dangerfield
May 21st, 2011
9:55 am
If someone makes a mistake, get kicked off the team, goes through some hard times, then decides that what he was doing was a huge mistake, starts doing the extra things to show that he has changed, works hard over a period of time, meets the goals set forth for them, then what is the problem with reinstating him on the team.
Sounds like my college career….I kind of identify with this guy.
Rodney Dangerfield
May 21st, 2011
9:59 am
Some UGA fans are about as dumb as their football team. What does this have to do with recruiting players that are academically eligible and able to attend GA Tech. A 2.0 at Tech is like a 3.5 at UGA.
Time
May 21st, 2011
10:10 am
Supersize that order insect.
Time
May 21st, 2011
10:14 am
Love the hypocrisy though. They love to talk about how superior they are, yet their students have the same problems as every other school. And when they do, everyone is supposed to feel sorry for the guy and not say anything. While they infest the UGA blogs anytime one of their athletes have any problems.
And for the record. I went to Georgia Southern and I’ve two Tech (along with 1 Auburn, and 1 UGA grad) grads working for ME. How you like them apples insects?
OldSchoolTechFanatic
May 21st, 2011
11:17 am
Good luck to ya, school is more important than football !!!
ToeMeetsLeather
May 21st, 2011
11:54 am
No “Time”, the hypocisy is when you bring in JUCOs and funnel players through Hargrave and then claim both schools recruit the same players.
Ramblin Recluse Road
May 21st, 2011
1:09 pm
RE: Brooke’s comment on page 1…the text reads “Johnson said Jackson was dismissed”, not “Johnson said Johnson was dismissed”
Ramblin Recluse Road
May 21st, 2011
1:11 pm
Why have him on the team if he’s going to serve as a decoy in CPJ’s running cube/roll a die and gamble on what number will turn up offense?
Darrell(Chester)Dilbeck
May 21st, 2011
1:17 pm
Everybody deserves another chance.If he wants to play for “The Jackets”He can’t be all bad.GO TECH!!!
Darrell(Chester)Dilbeck
May 21st, 2011
1:20 pm
Enter your comments here
Darrell(Chester)Dilbeck
May 21st, 2011
1:24 pm
Everybody deserves another chance.If he wants to play for “The JACKETS” He can’t be all bad.GO TECH!!!
Ramblin Recluse Road
May 21st, 2011
1:43 pm
Does anyone actually think that Georgia Tech is so stupid that they will employ a head football coach who relegates his starting cube to running only? How long does anyone think Georgia Tech will allow such a denial of reality, pathological ego defense mechanism cube offense to be Tech’s offense. To deny the reality that a cube can pass also is pathological. Tech has Vad Lee coming in, and he’s known for his passing yardage out of a shotgun, as seen play after play on that YouTube vid. If CPJ does not switch to using shotguns, I think he should be let go and see if any team anywhere will believe in his running offense. His running offense does not win unless everything comes together, and this will not happen until he drops the wearing of black as part of the uniforms. Last year the loud appearing saddle oxford pants were how Tech played- they usually lost in them. And why? Well, primarily because “Black is out”. It happens to belong to Georgia as 50% of their colors, stupid. Additionally, Wake calls black and gold their colors, as does Vandy. No, I don’t see where black comes into the picture at Tech, whether used as a black GT on license plates, or for black tongues on whitewall shoes for the players last year. All of it is CPJ’s fault. He needs to hire an offensive coordinator who runs shotguns.
Ramblin Recluse Road
May 21st, 2011
1:49 pm
Darell, he won’t really “play”, he’ll serve as a decoy to draw a defender away from a run to take place near where he was lined up.
BS Patrol
May 21st, 2011
1:51 pm
If there is one place Tech needs help it’s @ receiver. Tech receivers won’t go up high or down low to make a catch. They don’t want to catch it. T-Rex arms.
Everyone criticizes Washington & Nesbitt’s passing stats but it’s the RECEIVERS! How long since you’ve seen a Tech receiver dive for a bomb that’s just a little overthrown? They don’t want to get their jerseys dirty.
Ramblin Recluse Road
May 21st, 2011
1:53 pm
Darrell, excuse me, two r’s, not one.
Student Athlete
May 21st, 2011
1:53 pm
it’s amazing the attention athletes with academic problems receive; they are monitored and tutored daily to keep them eligible; they are given opportunities to regain a scholarship when they fail, very compassionate of CPJ.
On the flip side, what support does CPJ provide academically motivated “student athletes?” i have seen no evidence CPJ gives a rip nor provides any support for these guy’s.
on the other hand he loves having players, and coaches, around him that feel obligated because he helped them through some kind of trouble.
Ramblin Recluse Road
May 21st, 2011
1:56 pm
I criticize Washington, because he’s too short. He’s no short Tommy Suggs either because he doesn’t pass out of the pocket.
GT GRAD
May 21st, 2011
2:48 pm
Welcome back……..I hope everything goes well this time!
gt4ever
May 21st, 2011
4:27 pm
Supersize
I do not follow the 4 and 5 star ratings, nor do I believe they amount to much when it’s all said and done… I do however, correlate how the coach recruits to how they play….. Bobby Ross, George O’leary and Chan Gaily all recruited better than this coach…. It is painfully obvious that highschool players are not interested in playing in this kind of a system…. Yes there are a few exceptions, but not very many…. This coach has NOT recruited any solid players, and all the recruits that Gaily recruited are GONE….. We will be lucky to finish 500 next year, and then what…? You people need to wake up!
GDBurdell
May 21st, 2011
7:38 pm
tek won’t win more than 4 this season, tek just needs to become UGA Atlanta campus and get it over with. That way all of the hs talent can go to a relevant program and these wannabe store bought “nerd” idiots won’t have much to say. except on warcraft
GR82BAG8R
May 21st, 2011
8:52 pm
Tech’s football team has the highest SAT scores of any public university. Period.
Until Tech starts offering some “academic pursuits” like Turfgrass Management, Tech will continue to face problems like this one with players that can’t handle the curriculum.
Tech’s football team will never compete with the upper levels of NCAA Div I until it can offer degrees in less challenging fields. Perhaps that was the plan all along so Georgia would have no in-state competition for the cream of the crop of in-state talent (no help, of course, if they go to Alabama, Florida, USCe, etc.)
superDawg
May 21st, 2011
9:46 pm
If the boy can count to four (4) he is a genious!
superDawg
May 21st, 2011
9:47 pm
now that is sad but true and funny.
TechRedNeck
May 21st, 2011
9:50 pm
Time?>???:”? You got UGA, BAMA, and Tech, grads working for you? Yea sure. I’ve always heard “anyone can say anything they want on the blogs and no one can prove or disapprove”. Are you a preacher? Didn’t you just predict J.C. was comming back on the 21st. and the world would end?
gawgadawg
May 21st, 2011
10:19 pm
supersize has diarrhea of the mouth. he knows everything about Georgia and anything they do is wrong but if techie does the same thing it is ok. that kind of person is just a sorry s-b and there is no hope for him. Deff dumb and blind when it comes to techie. one sorry person
Wes Durham's Gigantic Bottom
May 21st, 2011
11:01 pm
CPJ’s chest is as soft and mushy as my dumper.
Old Blind Dawg
May 21st, 2011
11:55 pm
Good to see you techies supporting a kid that is struggling. How about the same support for the UGA (or any school) guys that struggle. We all seem to forget there are many kids that will struggle either because of a wretched home life or grossly under performing schools and in many cases both. Should we kick them to the curb or try and give them a chance?
As far as GT needing WR’s my only question is why. CPJ would rather get smacked in the mouth than rely on the forward pass. GT will always have trouble recruiting top level WR’s – it’s the system.
Drew
May 22nd, 2011
5:15 am
I personally am pulling for this kid. I was a redshirt freshman/scout team player at the Citadel my freshman year of college before I was dismissed for academic reasons. I got back into school but could not play football anymore and I have always thought about what could have been If I had done what I was supposed to to in the classroom. Tech is a tough school but I believe you can achieve anything you put you your mind to, Its all about the will to succeed and making the right choices. this kid is obviously smart enough to get into tech and good enough to help our team win some games so lets all stand behind him and hope this kid can get it right. We’re pullin for you Chris. Do work son.
Demon Deacon
May 22nd, 2011
7:28 am
For your own safety please travel in large groups around the gt campus.
Lock your doors and consider carrying heat.
ToeMeetsLeather
May 22nd, 2011
9:37 am
This is true, there is a crazy Baptist Deacon with a large head loose on Techwood Ave.
dawgfan
May 22nd, 2011
1:56 pm
“Jackson is just shy of the 2.0 GPA he needs to be eligible…”
LMAO. Tech fans=FULL OF CRAP.
Thanks.
Genius Jacket
May 22nd, 2011
2:20 pm
Gigantic Bottom is hilarious.
GT’s football players are the most intelligent football players in the country.
dawgfan=loser
May 22nd, 2011
8:36 pm
LMAO. I just thought of dawgfan trying to maintain a 2.0 GPA at GT. Epic fail…
Have a nice day sir. Glad to see you made it through judgement day (not that I had any doubts you would still be here =) Sorry… I didn’t notice any judgement day jokes so I figured I would throw one out there
TomAce
May 23rd, 2011
9:29 am
Ramblin Recluse Road- it’s QB not cube. I’ve never seen some refer to a QB with cube before in my whole life. And what is your obsession with shotgun? I feel like you don’t know much about football.
Ramblin Man
May 23rd, 2011
9:31 am
Some of you just do not get what some GT fans mean when they say that academics hurt GT in recruiting for football. First GT DOES have higher requirments for entrance and only allows for about an 8% special admit rate compared to the 90% other schools allow. Second and what most of us are talking about is there is no escape once you are at GT. There is no easy major and there are no EASY classes like many schools offer to keep ones GPA up. A student athlete at GT has a much harder road than most and that hurts GT in a lot of ways and says something about the character of GTs student/athletes that are able to compete athletically and graduate, and yes UGA fans that harp on it GT does have athletes that never graduate.
Genius Jacket
May 23rd, 2011
10:59 am
Ramblin,
Isn’t it true that Tech allows athletes to take classes at Morehouse and Clark-Atl?
The Truth
May 23rd, 2011
11:04 am
GA Tech Lies & Cheats & Everyone knows it. Especially about the academics of their athletes. LOL! GA Tech is an absolute joke.
Not Disappointed
May 23rd, 2011
12:20 pm
Good luck young man!
Ramblin Recluse Road
May 26th, 2011
7:17 am
RE: TomAce comment…hey, how’re you doin. I made up the word cube because cube=qb. At Tech in Finite Mathematics a cube is a die, and there are problems involving the roll of a die x amount of times to come up with certain values of black dots fron 1 to 6. Such a three dimensional object measurable by a formula to detremine volume is also found at mathworld.com within the combinatorics area. I simply use my course I took in poetry and the one in Finite Matematics to create a quantitative slang word for the qb at Tech. As for the shotgun, one needs only to look at Auburn and Oregon last year in the natl championship game to realize the shotgun is usually used as the formation of choice. For your information I received an “A” in football at Tech in Physical Training when they used to have these courses, and I was the cube of my team. You sure as Hell don’t have to use the word cube if it beyond your ability to understand as rhyming with qb which stands for quarterback. Do you understand that qb stands for quarterback? Do you understand that “black is out” at Tech for football uniform colors? All black or all white shoes and boots are ok, but a shoe or boot with both is not, and points to the need for “black is out” as decreed by the head of the alum assn in the “Tech Topics” news mag. The two toned is not conservative enough. And black knee socks are out.