Open competition in Tech secondary
Greetings-
Have a couple leftover bits from the Fred Holton story I wrote that ran in Monday’s paper. Aside from speaking with them about Holton, I asked secondary coach Charles Kelly a little about the position battles at the cornerback and safety spots (no starters return) and strength coach Neal Peduzzi about the work being put in by players this summer.
First, Kelly. As I think I mentioned in the story, Rashaad Reid and Isaiah Johnson finished spring ball as the starters with Holton just behind. Jemea Thomas is in the mix as well. Thomas will also get a look at cornerback.
As for Holton’s chances, “I think a lot of it depends on how much carryover he has from the spring,” Kelly said. “If you play physical like that, you’ll find somewhere for guys like that to play.”
Kelly said that the competition for the cornerback jobs is “going to be pretty open.” As you likely know, there’s some talent but also inexperience. Among the candidates — Rod Sweeting, Louis Young and Michael Peterson, who all lettered last season, and as well as Ryan Ayers and Thomas. Jamal Golden and Domonique Noble are incoming freshmen who will get a shot at cornerback.
Sweeting finished the season strong. Young didn’t get much playing time at corner last fall but played a lot on special teams and has good speed. They ended the spring as starters. For what it’s worth, Holton said Young has made a lot of progress this summer.
Thomas might have had the best spring of any secondary player. Peterson, a senior who graduated in December, probably has the best understanding of the defense. Ayers, who redshirted last fall, showed some promise in the spring.
I don’t get the sense that Kelly is sold on any of them. I’d say they’ve all shown the capacity to play but he’s looking for consistent performance.
“There’s some good competition,” Kelly said. “That’s what you always want.”
Peduzzi has been conducting testing for players this week in vertical jump, broad jump, bench press, squat, clean and pro agility drill. When I spoke with him last week, Peduzzi named four players who’d made notable progress – center Jay Finch, inside linebacker Daniel Drummond, offensive tackle Phil Smith and wide receiver Stephen Hill.
“I’m sure there’s some other people I’m forgetting, which is going to get me yelled at,” Peduzzi said with a laugh, “but those guys, they’ve definitely been working hard.
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OldSchoolTechFanatic
June 30th, 2011
7:01 am
I’m ready for some football, I think this years team is chomping at the bits to get out there and play hard and put last year behind them . Yellow Jackets !!!
Yazoo
June 30th, 2011
7:34 am
Ken-
As always, great work. One correction, Jemea didn’t letter last season, he did the season before and redshirted last year. I feel like we’ve got some great talent. If we can get these guys to lock down on their targets and we get more pressure on the QB, we’ll have a great year. Go Jackets!
Chad
June 30th, 2011
7:39 am
Thanks Ken. Nice job
Buzzed
June 30th, 2011
7:56 am
Who is the secondary going to practice against?
GSU Fan
June 30th, 2011
8:01 am
I think Tech is going to have a really good run over the next few years. Vad Lee seems to be the real deal and reminds me a lot of Raymond Gross running the option. When a passing threat is there you can really do some damage. Check out this option highlight of Raymond Gross.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPms0Se0C4M
Jacket Fan
June 30th, 2011
8:14 am
I believe the defense will be fine this year. Young and Ayers are four stars, if I remember correctly. Plenty of depth all around. Look forward to seeing Drummond at LB. Can TJ step it up like he should be able to? Have plenty of running backs, enough wide receiver competition to figure out who can do it. Can we get the receivers the ball, at least when they are wide open? We list a 262 pounder at one offensive tackle spot. With all due respect to the young man, that does not work in D1. Does that force us into a true freshman?
Buzz Me
June 30th, 2011
8:18 am
Hill cant catch a cold
Ken Sugiura
June 30th, 2011
8:52 am
yazoo- thanks. pardon the error. i’ll make the fix.
buzzed – funny.
good questions, jacket fan. the last is an important one. tackle is a big question.
ScurvyKnave
June 30th, 2011
8:54 am
The secondary looked better towards the end of the season last year…not sure if it was due to a ‘nothing to lose’ attitude or if coaching tweaks worked, so I’m looking for much improvement this season. Regardless, the D has had a while to grasp the 3-4 concept, so let’s do it!
Also, hoping that a reciever will again rise up to become a star – we need it. Gooooo Jackets! THWG!
Stinger
June 30th, 2011
8:58 am
UNdefeated BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big Macon DAWG
June 30th, 2011
9:47 am
@ Jacket Fan
“Young and Ayers are four stars…”
Riiiigggght….
Georgia Tech doesn’t sign 4 and 5 stars. Have to travel to Athens to see those athletes!
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
9:57 am
Big Macon thing, Tech can and will sign 4 and 5 stars in the future. We have before and we can and will again. No, the guy above is probably not correct that current players were 4 star recruits, but don’t say that we “don’t sign” them…because we will. I think this season will show that we have momentum behind this program more than people are willing to admit. Last season is not a repeatable outcome, and it won’t happen again anytime soon.
Go Jackets!
T3
June 30th, 2011
10:00 am
GT Offense will play much better than 2010 and COTINUE to average 30 pts/game.
What’s going to shock the the Hell out of everyone is how good the GT Defense is going to be.
Fitz
June 30th, 2011
10:00 am
Jabari Hunt-Days is a 4 star
hey big macon dawg
June 30th, 2011
10:08 am
in order to see most of the 4-5 star players in athens i thought it took a visitation pass?
now where are my fries.
Robert
June 30th, 2011
10:11 am
Big Macon Dawg, you are really a Big Mav=con FOOL!
Robert
June 30th, 2011
10:13 am
Pardon my typing, but Big Macon Dawg is really a Big Macon FOOL!
Tokyo jacket
June 30th, 2011
10:16 am
Ayers and Young were both four-stars on scout and rivals. Check it out.
Glad to hear that two of our best four improvements in strength and conditioning are on the O-line. That’s what we need to help protect our QB.
T3
June 30th, 2011
10:29 am
GT 2011 defensse will have the best LB tandem with Daniel Drummond and Julian Burnett
since GT defense had the LB tandem of Phillip Wheeler and KaMichael Hall.
During the O’Leary years, GT had a good offense and a suspect defense.
During the Chan (EFN) Gailey years, GT had a good defense and a suspect offense.
In 2011, GT will finaly have both the Offense and Defense in gear.
2011 is going to be a great year at The Flats.
GT BBall
June 30th, 2011
10:35 am
It’s nice to talk football over here on the Tech blog. While thUGA fans are talking about potential probation and cheating scandals. LMAO!
mumbai anyone?
June 30th, 2011
10:35 am
Don’t blame CPJ for not getting 4-5 stars. Hard to get any when recruits visit and see that 70% of the student body is from India and freshman have replaced rat caps for turbans. If you wonder why Alexander Memorial was a ghost town last year and the AD is begging alumni to buy season football tickets, just look at who is in the student populace.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
10:35 am
T3, I’m really pumped to see that LB corps do some damage. TFL’s are my absolute favorite part of any football game. I want them. Many, many of them. A steady stream of TFL’s and sacks is such a demoralizer to the opponent. I was a Phillip “Predator” Wheeler fanatic a few years ago, and I’m ready to see more of that!
Go Jackets!
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
10:38 am
mumbai, your racist comments are actually incorrect. The undergraduate population at Tech is 70% white american (not that that is an important thing, but there it is) and over 60% are from the state of Georgia. The International demographic is under 17% for undergrad (PhD candidates is a different story, but that’s true everywhere.) I’ll end with this – your racism is not welcome at Tech.
juvenal
June 30th, 2011
10:49 am
mumbai-Hines Ward is half Asian-which half do you REALLY dislike more?
We_Run_This_Country
June 30th, 2011
10:58 am
STFU about GT recruiting…….Yes, Ryan and Ayers were 4* recruits….not that it means anything though (see Caleb King).
Harvey
June 30th, 2011
11:02 am
Mumbai just wrote what I think is the most stupid paragraph I’ve ever read in the AJC.
BuzzGT
June 30th, 2011
11:07 am
Ryan Ayers, BJ Bostic, Denzel McCoy, Anthony Williams, and Louis Young were all four star recruits for 2010.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
11:09 am
For what it’s worth I think recruiting is only getting better. If you don’t think so now, then just wait and see how it is once this “new attitude” hardworking team actually goes out and wins some meaningful games this season. Only the right kind of good recruits will want to join a team of humble, disciplined, hardworking dudes who win games…with all the Tech tradition and history, with the great education (no matter what major you choose), right near downtown Atlanta, the list goes on. Things are looking up on The Flats for sure.
Go Jackets!
Big Ol Stinger
June 30th, 2011
11:19 am
I’m sure Ken Sugiura was impressed by Mumbai’s comments.
I picture a fat white redneck, two or three chins, overalls, no shirt, straw hat with a red “G” hat band, riding a tractor on a peanut farm.
I can almost hear the banjo music. Woof Woof Woof.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
11:31 am
Big Ol Stinger, that might work for you, but I like to picture my “mumbai” in a tuxedo t-shirt because it says “I learned life lessons from watching Talladega Nights, but I’m here to Party in the U.G.A.”
We Jackets are “too busy to hate” but for “the other state school” we’ll make an exception. Go Jackets!
Tiger Woods
June 30th, 2011
11:31 am
Mumbai! Stop being racist in my back swing!
Buzzed
June 30th, 2011
11:35 am
Harvey: You just haven’t read too many of these blogs, then.
Big Macon DAWG
June 30th, 2011
11:39 am
Tech has never been able to get elite athletes. It’s just not a “football school”.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
11:52 am
Wow. What was Calvin Johnson? Or the entire 2007 class?! Sheesh, you wouldn’t know Georgia Tech sports if it beat you on your home field in the rain in a season when you were predicted to win the MNC….
Buzzed
June 30th, 2011
11:58 am
Perimeter Center: You keep living off that aberrative circumstance for the rest of your life. It hasn’t been repeated by the ‘new sheriff’.
St. Simons
June 30th, 2011
11:59 am
Glad to see that GT bballer forgot to mention Jarrett Jack’s recent run in with the law……. LMAO. It must have been a racest Dawg fan who pulled him over at 4 a.m.
T3
June 30th, 2011
12:08 pm
I’ll say it:
ALL people who drink and drive are morons !!
No matter what jersey you wore.
St. Simons
June 30th, 2011
12:09 pm
sorry, racist…….
St. Simons
June 30th, 2011
12:10 pm
And T3, you are correct.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
12:11 pm
Aberrative, huh? I guess none of the All-Americans in our football history count either then? And yeah I’m aware CPJ hasn’t pulled in a 5 star who goes on to consensus All-American status and then gets taken in the first round – yet. But that really doesn’t stop me from seeing things as looking up for the program. You don’t have to agree…you might find out when whatever team you root for gets beaten by Tech this season.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
12:13 pm
St. Simons, no here will apologize for Jarrett Jack. He did an idiotic thing. The racist comments were from a truly racist post above by “mumbai.” Read it and see for yourself. We’re not saying the Dawg fans are…but that one is. And it shouldn’t be welcome in Athens, Atlanta or anywhere!
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
12:14 pm
*no one here will…
4 and 5 star jackasses
June 30th, 2011
12:19 pm
Better get to Athens quick before that coaching staff coaches all those 4 and 5 star recruits down to 2 and 3 star players.
jackets
June 30th, 2011
12:19 pm
Speaking of 4 stars, wasn’t Jeremiah Attaochu also a 4 star recruit for 2010?
LMFAO!!!!
June 30th, 2011
12:32 pm
“Why is it that during recruiting season they sign all the great players, but when it comes time to play the game, we have all the great players? I don’t understand that. What happens to them?”
Steve Spurrier qouted after 45-13 defeat over the fleabags in 1991
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
12:39 pm
I can’t bring myself to like Spurrier much, but that’s pretty funny.
GT BBall
June 30th, 2011
1:02 pm
I mentioned NCAA probation and cheating scandals that thUGA is dealing with on campus athletes.
Dawgtard fans mention Jarret Jack as an equal argument. An Ex-GT athlete who just acted like a fool and got caught. The list of Ex-thUGA athletes and administrators who run afoul of the law is a VERY LONG LIST. Let’s start with your esteemed ex-player (really ask any chick in buckhead) and ex-AD about drinking and driving. How that for a trump card!
Now back to the NCAA investigating UGA sports for more cheating …
Ncaa Probation
June 30th, 2011
1:17 pm
Gt hypocrites, which institute was on probation most recently? Playing ineligible players not working towards a degree, flunkgate, Reuben Houston, athlete overdosing on Heroin, Joe Hamilton, basketball team losing 2 ships due to poor grad rates.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
1:27 pm
I believe “the other state school” in Athens had players suspended most recently…and as for hypocrisy, how’s Damon Evans?! “Hey kids, it’s not the Georgia way to drink and drive. Ever. (unless you’re me when I’m partying with a lady who’s not my wife)”
Either way, Jack’s a former Tech athlete and his actions are embarrassing and not anything we’d ever defend. But don’t throw stones if you make your home in a glass farmhouse in Athens. Because right now the most recent NCAA allegations are there. Not Atlanta. Athens. That’s for the second off-season in a row. Tread lightly unless you want to be continually reminded.
GT BBall
June 30th, 2011
1:28 pm
Jan Kemp, Norwin Cowins – Crack dealer, Damon Evans – DUI, lying, cheating. Vince dooley – drops out of politics over extramarital affiar, Herschel – Free trans Am to play. UGA football recruits steal from UGA locker room. UGA boosters sleeping with Gym dawg coach causes issues in Athletic Dept. UGA Coaches sued for not reporting summer camp income.
Trump Card X3, NEXT topic please!
Ken Sugiura
June 30th, 2011
2:05 pm
T3 – to go back a way, i agree generally about Drummond and Burnett. I think they could be a really productive pair. and they’ll presumably have two years together, along with Jeremiah Attaochu at one outside spot.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
2:08 pm
So let me get this straight – our D-line is experienced and looking decent, it sounds like linebackers are gonna be good for a while, and even though its an open competition our secondary unit has talent and could be ok? I think our offense will do the rest and we might win more games! Either way I’ll be there!
Go Jackets!
Big Ol Stinger
June 30th, 2011
2:15 pm
Jasper Sanks, Odell Thurman, Tony Coles, Mike Mercer, the Harricks. How many points is a 3 point basket worth? How many halves in a basketball game?
Shall we go on?
BigTimeTechFan
June 30th, 2011
2:33 pm
YELLOW!!
Hokie Dude
June 30th, 2011
2:49 pm
Hey, it’s almost July…..just about time for all of that Georgia Tech “we will win the national championship this year” bull crap. By the middle of September, the vespids will already be looking forward to basketball, er, or maybe baseball.
Old Blind Dawg
June 30th, 2011
2:58 pm
GT Bell would you enlighten me on exactly what you are talking about!
Bottom line GT will lose to UGA again next year – same as always.
PerimeterCenterJacket
June 30th, 2011
2:59 pm
Hokie Dude, you’re clearly not from around here…GT is NOT the team in this state crowing about titles and championships before the season begins. Besides – what’s a hokie doing talking down to GT about Titles? We may not have the most recent ACC title, but we do have 4 of something you dont – a National. So what’s a Hokie, and why should I care about one?
gdawginkalamazoo
June 30th, 2011
3:07 pm
I would think that Tech is in pretty good shape for this season. Groh should have a better idea of where to put the kids in his D. IF the offense could get any kind of a passing threat installed, it might not be a bad year in the ACC. Good luck bees except for that last game of the reg. season.
gdawginkalamazoo
June 30th, 2011
3:19 pm
Big Ol Stinger, did you clean the windows on your glass house today? Every single D1 university out there has the problem children or scandals to live with. UGA is no different, Tech is no different and it is always a shame to see these kids put themselves and their schools through it. Harrick? Well he was a jackwagon hired by his jackwagon buddy Mike Adams. No comment on that one, you got us there.
Big Macon DAWG
June 30th, 2011
3:30 pm
UGA always gets 4-5 star recruits! Who cares if we lost to UCF?
JM
June 30th, 2011
4:11 pm
how I wish these blog comments could stay on topic…
Big Ol Stinger
June 30th, 2011
5:01 pm
gdawginkalamazoo,
I normally don’t post that kind of crap, but the comments by mumbai anyone? and Ncaa Probation on page one kind of flew all over me today. I can normally ignore those type of comments posted by mutts, but I let it get under my skin today.
I agree, both schools have had their problem kids, and it’s a shame to see them waste their opportunities when it happens at both schools. The difference is, I don’t go to the UGA blog and try to rub your noses in it. Just responding to the UGA trolls on the Tech blogs.
gt4ever
June 30th, 2011
5:53 pm
I hope all you koolaide drinkers are right…. My football iq says we are in big trouble…. We have the schedule on our side, but we still have a defense that is not proven, and an offense that has been shut down by most every descent team we have played… But hey, I’ll be there to watch and cheer…
East Cobb Hokie
June 30th, 2011
6:37 pm
Perimeter Center Jacket, I’d like to pile on with your comments on page 1 re racial mix. Shame those types are still around. Peace.
George Stein
June 30th, 2011
9:04 pm
Your football IQ is in the double digits, gt4ever.
Tech was brutally unlucky last season. That doesn’t mean they won’t be again this year, but luck isn’t repeatable. I expect about nine wins.
gt4ever
June 30th, 2011
9:23 pm
hopefully your right, George…. But I will take as much money as you want to lose on that 9 wins….
The Hypocrisy that is Paul Johnson
June 30th, 2011
9:26 pm
I read where Tech got new turf today at Grant Field. It is good thing that Joe Hamilton and Reuben Houston were not there. They would have smoked all of that new “grass” faster than the workers could lay it.
The joke next to Coke known as Tech is broke. How did Tech afford the new turf?
Before you Jackets get all excited about your defense, please tell me who is new this year in terms of the D-line. The front three in the 3-4 defense are the key. The noseguard (name escapes me) who redshirted last year who only benches 320 lbs will NOT get it done.
original ole yeller
June 30th, 2011
9:38 pm
GT forever, were you watching the same games as I.
Tech’s offense was rarely stopped. Did you look at the final rushing stats? Tech was at the top nationwide. Given the ability to pass the football they will be unstoppable. Are you a Ga fan in disguise?
GT51
June 30th, 2011
10:04 pm
ayers was 4 stars, but he is really small. only about 160 lbs last time i saw him.
George Stein
June 30th, 2011
10:12 pm
What does your handle even mean, Hypocrisy?
Thanks for your input about our defense. We’ll take our chances anyway.
GT51
June 30th, 2011
10:12 pm
gt lost scholarships because someone didnt fill out a change of major form. one sheet of paper didnt get filled out so kids were ineligible to play. that is the folks who are in charge of players academics fault. that is why they were fired. gt did nothing wrong and the kids didnt either. its a stupid ncaa rule.
Somewhere over the Dwayne Bowe
June 30th, 2011
10:13 pm
Care to finish your poem, Hypocrisy?
Buzzwax
June 30th, 2011
10:39 pm
http://georgiatech.scout.com/a.z?s=140&p=9&c=8&yr=2009
Sweeting was FOUR stars as well. We have PLENTY of talent at DB!!! IF they can gel AND we improve our PASS RUSH AND more consistantly STOP THE RUN we will have a good D. Lots of IF’s!!
Young, Sweeting, Ayers – four stars depending if Scout or Rivals. J. Thomas three stars but IMO very good FOOTBALL player who had a great spring. I. Johnson and Holton were three stars but both played as true freshmen and Ayers who was four stars was redshirted. Stars/shmars…. Add in Reid as THE CURRENT #1 at safety and Peterson who has played a TON of minutes and this is the deepest and most talented group of DB’s GT has EVER had. No ‘All Americans’ but DEPTH and GOOD talent. Oh did I mention the incoming Freshman Golden and Noble?
DEEP!! If only we were this deep at OT!!!
Professor
June 30th, 2011
10:41 pm
The Tech secondary has NO ONE to practice against. Tech is terrible.
Bean Counter
June 30th, 2011
11:49 pm
Now that Grant Field has been resodded, how do they plan to keep the home coming Queen from grazing on it???
ScurvyKnave
July 1st, 2011
9:27 am
Hey Bean, you oughtta know, ugag’s HCQ’s have been doing it for what, over a hundred years and counting? Animal husbandry, indeed!
Team Dream
July 1st, 2011
9:55 am
Wow! Bean Counter, you are a Tower of intellectual comedy.
T3
July 1st, 2011
10:04 am
Ken:
I’ll revise my LB tandem post. It didnt give credit to Attaochu, Sylvester, Watts,
and others playing for a LB spot.
GT is deep at the LB postions. GT is even deeper at the CB/Saftey spots.
The defensive competition at Fall practice is going to V-E-R-Y strong because
the talent & depth at the LB positions and CB/Safety positions.
GT is going to have a fearsome Defense in 2011.
GT1971
July 1st, 2011
10:08 am
@The Hypocrisy that is Paul Johnson… Your post is meaningless but maybe it made you feel better. You do not represent your side well.
There is nothing hypocritical about CPJ. He is going to get the job done the old fashioned way with brains and hard work.
BTW – UGA is fortunate to have CMR with his high character and personal qualities. He reflects very well upon UGA. I hope you appreciate him.
T3
July 1st, 2011
10:32 am
I have written MANY posts over the past year on the topic of the BIG10
and its dismal outlook.
In eary 2010 I wrote the first of MANY posts outlining the doomed fate of the BIG10.
You see, when your STATE is LONG-TERM economic decline and is now going bankrupt,
that doesnt bode well your for public UNIVERSITY.
Today, the state of Minnesota is OFFICIALLY shutdown over their state budget crisis.
And this is just the lastest in several recent well-publicized state budget crises in:
Wisconsin
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
These states are in CURRENT economic & budget crises.
As these states decline, their state universities will also decline.
And, as thier universities decline, so will their athletic programs.
The long-term picture economic picture for the BIG10 is DISMAL.
The BIG10 has clearly “peaked.”
And now, it is ALLLLLLLLLLLLL downhill from here for the BIG10.
Big Ol Stinger
July 1st, 2011
11:19 am
Wow T3, you’re like a prophet! Maybe you can tell us all when Georgia’a economy and budget will get out of the dumper?
You seem to take some joy in seeing our fellow American’s in those states suffering. Personally, I wish them well. I doubt their athletic programs are big concerns of theirs right now.
What a twisted, bizarre post! Get a life.
PerimeterCenterJacket
July 1st, 2011
11:33 am
I didn’t think it was quite that bad, BOS. I think he was just sharing a theory that was more football-oriented than anything malicious. Besides, this is good for the Southern economy as those folks will (are already actually) move South in search of jobs. This creates better competition for those jobs, meaning the companies are stronger with better talent (just like sports teams) and you have the “South rising again” as they say. Or things’ll get better up there, take your pick. Either way, no one is wishing harm on anyone. But given the choice I say they should all feel free to come South.
UGA fans are .....
July 1st, 2011
11:42 am
There is a reason why stereotypes exist. Check out the golf video Ben Crane has put out featuring Bubba Watson-it’s real EASY to figure out who Watson is even if you don’t know what he looks like.
(I’ll give you a hint-overalls, no shirt, no shoes)
GT fans are.....
July 1st, 2011
12:54 pm
There is a reason why stereotypes exist. Check out the Tech students arrested for being terrorists. I bet Tech held a moment of silence for their fallen leader when our wonderful SEAL team took him out!
@original old yeller
July 1st, 2011
1:07 pm
sick of out rushing teams and losing. outrushed lsu in 2008 and lost 38-3. Is anything more comic than watch a pj “throwing” attack? really coaching up the wide receivers and qbs.
CoolBreeze
July 1st, 2011
1:15 pm
Hey, GT fans are – Really stupid comment. It would hack me off, except that it’s so incredibly banal and idiotic.
Hope CPJ puts in some semblance of a SHORT passing game this year. Heavin’ it 40 yards doesn’t work.
PerimeterCenterJacket
July 1st, 2011
1:31 pm
GT Fans Are – You have a lot of nerve associating one of America’s greatest public universities (#7 public university, only engineering school in the Top Ten, Top Forty overall at #35, a history of greatness in football, strong military tradition, still a pipeline to defense industry and intelligence community) the with a national enemy. One kid arrested and expelled almost ten years ago doesn’t outweigh guys like Leonard Wood and all the untold thousands of soldiers and officers and defense-related engineers and intelligence operatives who are all proud Ramblin Recks. Anyway, we might hold a moment of silence when we run the ball straight down the throat of whatever team you root for (not that we really have to guess whose fans would be that classless). Actually, come to think of it, instead of silence we’ll probably just celebrate like mad all year.
Go Jackets!
history of greatness
July 1st, 2011
1:44 pm
LOL ,great ancient football history, since 67 , 2 major bowls(both losses), a record of 269-236-8,the same number of 1 or 2 win seasons as 10 or 11 win seasons (3). 3 top 10 finishes in 4.5 decades great football history.12-32 against your most hated rival .
PerimeterCenterJacket
July 1st, 2011
2:23 pm
History, you did conveniently forget a National Championship. But, yes, in general Tech football since leaving the SEC in ‘64 has been chaotic and less-than-impressive against the dawgs. It also interestingly coincides with their rise in prominence. We’re all quite aware of that. But the last three seasons under CPJ lead me to believe we’re on the right track. 08 and 09 were good compared to the recent past. Last season was a step back for attitude adjustment, injuries, crappy execution, and learning a new defensive scheme, but this season should look a lot like ‘08 in my opinion. It’s all about the future, and ours is looking up. It will take lots of time to get back to what we briefly had in 1990 and got close to again in 1998-2000, but we can get there. GT football still has the bones for greatness despite what people in red and black say, and it’s far easier to “get back to” greatness than to pioneer it having never been there before.
history of greatness
July 1st, 2011
2:34 pm
the 1990 squad wasn’t an undisputed championship, so it was included in the top 10 finishes.
The big difference in 2011 and 08 is talent, or lack therof in 2011.
1990
July 1st, 2011
2:44 pm
I guess most of you did not see the spring game. we looked like a high school team. no play makers. if we cannot pass, which is needed to be successful in the NCAA, we will continue to lose every bowl game and have a subpar record. I like PJ but I think this is his last year especially if we lose to UGA and get blown out in a bowl game again.
history of greatness
July 1st, 2011
2:45 pm
actually the decline started in 57. Dodd only won 3 of his last 10 vs. Ga.
UGA = History of Corruption
July 1st, 2011
2:47 pm
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PerimeterCenterJacket
July 1st, 2011
3:09 pm
history, I tire easily of defending the 1990 National Title. Bottom line, if you never count split championships the Bama, USC, Notre Dame, etc, begin to look way less impressive historically. And besides, we all saw Colorado’s fake win on a 5th down. Whatever. Count it like you want, we have the crystal football and had the best team in the country that year. Ask Nebraska who was tougher.
1990, better defense is what you should’ve seen at T-Day along with a great “backup” QB (and some TERRIBLE special teams!) But interpret things how you will. As is the case with any spring game, it won’t become clear until we’re playing against other teams. I estimate we’re looking at an offense working something like it did circa 2008 with quite possibly a better defense. You tell me what that means as far as win totals. I don’t think we’re insane to be optimistic. Also, this is not the toughest schedule Tech has had.
Paddy
July 1st, 2011
6:10 pm
Big Macon Dawg…..have you not been watching football long. The star system ends when the players reach campus that first day. The star system is used by their owners to get into your pockets and take your hard earned cash. Ever buy any swamp land Big Macon?
panzytechieschedual
July 1st, 2011
8:52 pm
techie got out of the SEC so they could join the the all crapie conference so they could play 8 teams that could not beat a good high school team. it is sad when your atheletic director plays teams no one wants to see and so they cannot sell out a 53,000 seat stadium and most games half the fan get in free or recieve enough give away stuff to cover the cost of the ticket. it cost more to see one Georgia game than a season ticket to techie football. techie depends on tax payers to pay for every thing they have at that welfare school and since techie people are so smart why cant they support thier sports program. I am sure there are a lot of reasons that the smart rich people dont support the sports programs but I guess burger king and mickey d is not paying as well as they use to.
Team Dream
July 2nd, 2011
11:02 am
@panzytechieschedual
Was that English?? I probably speak for everyone else who was unfortunate enough to read that jibberish when I say: “what are you babbling about?”. I highly recommend that you re-take 7th grade english.
Paddy
July 2nd, 2011
5:01 pm
panzytech etc………………………..What in the world is your point?// WOW!// Short bus rider if I am not mistaken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Darrah
July 2nd, 2011
8:09 pm
The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.
Do What?
July 3rd, 2011
9:59 am
Ken – have you been able to file an “Open Records” request with the GTAA? Readers want to know if there are any secondary violations as well as the salaries of every coach in every sport. By the way will the GT women’s program have access to GTs new indoor facility? Or does GT field a soccer team?
RamblinRecluseRoad
July 3rd, 2011
2:14 pm
Secondary is important when one realizes how often offenses pass from shotgun formations these days. Not only is the position important, but the defensive coordinator and secondary coaches are important for this position. If DLs and LBs can’t sack a QB, which might be the case with a shotgun offense, then tremendous pressure is placed on the D secondary. We had a guy who played in the secondary and led the nation in interceptions when I was at Tech. His name was Jeff Ford, a white guy, and he was from Satellite Beach, FL. I’ll bet Jeff could teach the secondary some. What a gruelling position, having to stick to the receiver like glue and never let him behind you. No wonder those guys are flyweight and bantamweight-sized…they are really in shape, running on each play.
RamblinRecluseRoad
July 3rd, 2011
2:40 pm
1990’s right, passing must be included for Tech to be competitive. They’ve tried the run now since the CfA Bowl and the ACC championship with shared players from Gailey, and once those players were sent to NFL, we ran out of ability with the same plays used last year. Actually any team can look at Tech films and figure out the probability that Tech will run the same running plays every year, which is not good for Tech since there’s no element of surprise Tech really uses. We gotta use shotguns like everybody else, or else we’ll get creamed on the first few drives of each game. The momentum that gets built on the first few drives is usually enough to predict the outcome of the game these days. It used to be that Tech could win competitive thrillers like the games were in the Thrillerdome. I haven’t seen thrillers in a long time because Tech gets blown out early on…by passing. I think the game last year that was the biggest blowout was against NC State, where their QB outplayed Nez. What a shotgun clinic they showed CPJ, only using LOS QB lineups in or near the red zone. They also demonstrated complexity of plays way more so than Tech. Maybe we could hire Fridgen again as offensive coordinator to get more complexity. The last I heard was that he got fired by Maryland, and no one picked him up afterwards.
RamblinRecluseRoad
July 3rd, 2011
2:42 pm
no element of surprise Tech needs to use, not really uses, because it’s easy to read Tech’s offense, probably the easiest in college football, since it is known beforehend that they will not pass and that they will not line up in a shotgun
RamblinRecluseRoad
July 3rd, 2011
2:50 pm
How about “since there’s no element of surprise Tech uses under CPJ”? That’s the correct grammar. I only got 3 C’s and 3 B’s in English at Tech, not straight A’s. Also plz excuse “beforehend” in my third comment…I meant “beforehand”. I’ll shut up now since I’m making too many mistakes. I’ll go off on a recluse tangent.
GDBurdell
July 3rd, 2011
7:41 pm
Amazing enthusiasm from some real bonehead tek fans in here. Reminds me Tariq Aziz during the Iraq war. Tek is going to get slayed this year and I’ll be laughing hard as he.ll once again!!!!!
Elsa
July 3rd, 2011
10:30 pm
The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.
Sickening, really
needles
July 4th, 2011
6:07 am
Bib Macon Dog, you are so correct. Problem is Mark Richt can’t do squat with them and most of them can’t stay out of jail. Besides Tech does not have trailer skirting as a major.
Paddy
July 4th, 2011
9:36 am
needles……..they had trailer skirting at Tech. They had to drop the course because the trailer parks were requiring cinder block skirting and the professors didn’t have a clue of how to teach cinder block. Too bad, it could have changed the way the South looked at manufactured housing and Ga Tech. We will never know!!!!!!!!!!!
superDawg
July 4th, 2011
8:19 pm
TUCH FECK!
dawgfan
July 4th, 2011
9:57 pm
Crybaby Techie Handbook, Chapter 43, Section III, Subsection B, Page 567:
When faced with the crushing realization that your joke football program sucks, can’t be Georgia, and will most certainly never obtain even the slightest degree of relevance, do the following:
1. Cry to mommy
2. Make excuses about academics
3. Make up cowardly lies about how the other team cheated
4. Cry some more
5. Make up more cowardly lies about UGA
6. Cry even more
7. Make up more excuses about academics
8. Pretend your smarter and better than everyone else
9. Brag about leading the nation in rushing
10. Repeat steps 1 through 9
Thanks.
sho
July 4th, 2011
10:16 pm
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Teddy Roosevelt
July 4th, 2011
11:59 pm
surprise surprise dawgfan doesn’t know basic grammar
GT93
July 5th, 2011
11:33 am
time for a new blog topic perhaps?
GT93
July 5th, 2011
11:47 am
… the usual flatulence from ‘dawgfan’ notwithstanding … I just figured its time for a new discussion.
GDBurdell
July 5th, 2011
8:24 pm
You left out all their “moral victories” dawgfan
dawgfan
July 5th, 2011
8:30 pm
See Chapter 57 GDBurdell.
OldSchoolTechFanatic
July 6th, 2011
11:30 am
Could we please get a new post about GT football !!! Thanks
The Bees Nees
July 6th, 2011
11:40 am
Is there any stories that you can give us to pass the time? I need my football fix.
dawgmatic
July 6th, 2011
12:07 pm
NERDS!!!!