Washington heads into fall as Tech’s No. 1
Projected starter: Tevin Washington (Jr., 6-0, 205)
Others to watch: Synjyn Days redshirted last season and stayed No. 2 through behind Washington in spring practice. He often struggled with ball security, though he acquitted himself well in the spring game. Vad Lee is an anticipated incoming freshman who has fans atwitter with his passing ability. Demond Smith is another freshman who will get a look.
Key losses: Joshua Nesbitt was a three-year starter and the heart of Georgia Tech’s 2009 ACC championship team. Including the game in which he sustained a season-ending broken arm, the Yellow Jackets finished the season 1-4.
Key fact: Coach Paul Johnson has made it clear that Washington is the starter going into fall camp. It could change once practice begins, but Washington did enough last season and in spring practice to maintain a lead on Days.
Key fact II: Washington had two 100-yard rushing games in his four starts and averaged 105 yards in those games. Nesbitt didn’t get his second 100-yard rushing game until his 17th career start. They both averaged 4.4 yards per carry last season. This isn’t to suggest that Washington is Nesbitt’s equal, but that his play following Nesbitt’s loss had its merits.
Key question: How good can Washington be? He didn’t put a vise grip on the job following Nesbitt’s injury, and he didn’t help himself with a dismal performance in the spring game. As a result, fan sentiment has ridden high with the backup (Days) and the incoming freshman (Lee).
However, coaches were encouraged by Washington’s play overall in the spring, and it’s worth pointing out that Tech finished No. 1 in the nation in rushing with Washington running the offense for almost a third of the season. He lacks great arm strength, but if he makes progress in the passing game and ball security, he could be a surprise.
Key developments: Both Washington and Days have been working hard over the summer in strength and conditioning sessions, and Washington has taken a leadership role among teammates. Lee made a strong early impression in summer 7-on-7 passing drills.
Outlook: Questionable. It’s hard to get away from Washington’s 1-3 record as a starter, but it’s also not fair to pin it entirely on him given the way the Jackets offense was able to move the ball in those games. Losing Nesbitt last fall may have helped accelerate Tech’s spiral last fall, but the experience it gave Washington could prove beneficial come September. Having Days, who has shown playmaking flash but whose next college snap will be his first, as the No. 2 isn’t the ideal.
Your turn: What do you think?
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Jaybo
July 12th, 2011
6:16 am
First.
WnE
July 12th, 2011
6:37 am
Coach Kung Fu Panda has failed as a Recruiter.
After Nesbitt’s 3 yrs. as a Starter, the best CPJ has on Campus is Tevin (Campbell) Washington (he actually looks like the guy from Scrubs – D. Faison), then Synjin Days and a True Freshman from the Feb. 2011 Recruiting class.
Washington can’t throw and isn’t really athletic enough, Days doesn’t know the Offense and his throwing is worse than Washington’s and we don’t know a lot about Vad Lee that played his HS FB in N. Carolina.
For comparison purposes, Nesbitt played his HS FB here in Ga. against better competition and was thought to be a better passer coming out of HS than Vad Lee and we see how much trouble he had becoming a good College passer (most think that he never became a good enough passer), so there’s no guarantee that Vad Lee will be better at passing than Nesbitt was.
Coach Fish Fry has had HUGE MISSES on Ja-Blow Pshaw and Jordy Lou-Allen not to mention on Sims also and that’s why GT is so dangerously THIN at QB going into CPJ’s 4th season.
Paddy
July 12th, 2011
6:38 am
Someone other than Wahington will be the starter I think.
Golden White
July 12th, 2011
6:45 am
I will trust CPJ to do the right thing at the right time .
We just have to wait and see on this matter .
Go Tech !
WnE
July 12th, 2011
6:46 am
Days will get eaten alive by BCS-level defenses and Vad Lee is T-Fr., do you really wanna BURN a RS for a mediocre Season and crappy lower-tier Bowl rather than have Lee as a RS-Sr.?
Coach Fish fry is left with having to play Washington or Days and Days has terrible mechanics in the option game (play-fakes, mesh, etc.) AND his mechanics as a passer are even worse than his mechanics in the option game.
Basically Washington will be the winner by default of CPJ’s poor recruiting of QBs.
WnMoron
July 12th, 2011
7:04 am
Days will get eaten alive by BCS-level defenses? Really? Did you watch the Spring game? Prob not cause you are an idiot. Days did work all over that defense and they are actually pretty good. Nice try WnE. As usual you’re post make no sense. Have fun this year with Coach Tans a lot and cow town Athens
Jacket Man
July 12th, 2011
7:04 am
“WnE;” perhaps you can take your “show” on the road? I’m sure you’ll find more people who’ll “appreciate” your juvenile attempt at humor and what you obviously think is “rivalry”. Perhaps you can even take some of your other “handles” with you so you can have some company.
Since you were second on the GA Tech comment list, I think it’s safe to say that you waited up virtually all night, looking for a GA Tech blog to be posted so you could read it first and be able to comment on it so quickly. That seems to be a pattern for you. I’m really glad you have so much interest in our program as you obviously have nothing else going on in your life.
Go Jackets
July 12th, 2011
7:07 am
I think the O-Line let Washington down last fall. You’re right in that he’s not Nesbitt’s equal, but without the blocking your dead.
Alabama Jack
July 12th, 2011
7:09 am
Hey, WnE, how about get back on the grill there in Athens and cook us up some fresh hash browns.
GTFan
July 12th, 2011
7:09 am
I can’t stand Washington!!
Techman78
July 12th, 2011
7:29 am
Washington’s numbers werent bad last season. Very comparible to Nesbitt. The thing that bothers me about Washington was first: his 1-4 record, second: lack of fire. He just didnt seem to have the competitive spirit that a starting QB really needs. I wish Washington the best and hope he comes out and proves everyone wrong but personally I believe that Synjyn will end up on top. Also, I still think that if Vad Lee lives up to all the hype he could be the starter by mid season. I guess we will see. Hopefully all the talk about more motivation and new team attitude will show come Sepember. Go Jackets!!!!
JB
July 12th, 2011
7:33 am
Have you guys got a RB we can borrow?
reebok
July 12th, 2011
7:44 am
Washington will be fine. The timing was never there for the offense last year, even BEFORE Nesbitt got hurt. It is Washington’s team now, and the players will respond to that. And while I LOVE Joshua Nesbitt, Washington could hardly be a worse passer!
CJ
July 12th, 2011
7:51 am
@JB we’ve got about half a team of A-backs if you need a WR/QB/RB combo around 180 lbs.
Also, in a lot of ways Synjyn Days performance in the Spring game reminded me of Mike Vick’s first few years with the Falcons. Take the snap, drop back, play blows up, run for 15 yards. He would certainly be the most exciting to watch for better or for worse.
sharecropper
July 12th, 2011
8:00 am
I get it that Washington has earned the starter designation to open August practice. But: if Tevin Washington is Tech’s quarterback after the third game, the easiest part of the schedule, then he will be there all year, and Georgia Tech can look forward to three certain things: another losing season. Another year of not being able to throw the football — to say Washington lacks arm strength is to say the Boy Scouts lack firearms — and finally the previously unnoted, discarding of the triple option as part of the offense, because Washington demonstrated in five games that he simply cannot execute it, and Johnson demonstrated he will adjust his offense knowing it can’t be run with Washington, and thus the vanilla old split T two-back option. I’d feel better leading the nation in rushing if we did not do that by running the ball every play. Make it 80-20 run to pass and let’s see how the stats work out. But Washington? If he starts the season is conceded.
WnE
July 12th, 2011
8:06 am
re:
WnMoron
July 12th, 2011
7:04 am
Days will get eaten alive by BCS-level defenses? Really? Did you watch the Spring game? Prob not cause you are an idiot. Days did work all over that defense and they are actually pretty good.
_____________________
You really made yourself look like you know very little about BCS-Level CFB with those comments above, Days looked like CRAP during the spring game, he was basically running around like a Chicken with his head cut off mainly because it looked like he didn’t know the Offense well enough.
If you actually thought Days looked good during the Spring game, then you just don’t know a lot about how a CFB Offense should look.
WnE
July 12th, 2011
8:10 am
re:
Jacket Man
July 12th, 2011
7:04 am
________________
Sorry douchebag Jacket man, but I don’t have to stay up all night to read the AJC online at a LATE HOUR like 6:37 am (the time of my first post).
I’m used to getting up at 5:30am or so each morning, so I have plenty going on in my life you putz.
GT
July 12th, 2011
8:11 am
Quarterbacks are like pitchers in baseball. I think they fool ya for a while and then the film starts picking up their real weaknesses. Joshua Nesbitt could not pass. NC State stack the line from the very first play, last year, dared him to throw. We got our balance back on offense that day but our defense never did. Tech doesn’t not need a great quarterback, it almost hurts their gameplan when they score too quickly. If Lee is as good as advertised, the defense will play a lot more in the coming years and needs to be much better than they were last year. I think they will be.
JB
July 12th, 2011
8:17 am
Defense still wins championships. Tech and my dawgs are very lacking in that department against top notch teams.
Tokyo jacket
July 12th, 2011
8:25 am
@JB too funny man. Made me laugh knowing you’re a bulldog.
Sharecropper, not sure I agree with you there about not being able to run the offense. Stats don’t agree with you either. We averaged well over 400 yards of offense per game with Washington at the helm, getting over 500 against our rival. We were ‘in it’ in all four of his games.
That said, he didn’t get the job done. If he now has the fire that Nesbitt showed on every single down (other than in Lawrence) and he can get the job done, great. But, I don’t want to watch a year with a guy who can’t win. Running the offense is one thing, being a winning QB is another. Tech fans want both.
Big Macon DAWG
July 12th, 2011
8:27 am
Nesbitt was a huge loss.
What was your record last year after that Washington kid took over?
If I were a Tech fan, I’d hate to think he’s going to be under center for more than the opening cup-cake games.
Tech Fan
July 12th, 2011
8:34 am
Washington is alot like Jabo Shaw….he is good enough to run the offense, just not good enough to get us a ACC championship. Days will be and I hope he is by the time this season starts. Vad will be as well. Sorry anyone who think Washington is the man…..he just isn’t
just saying
July 12th, 2011
8:35 am
I don’t get it, what games did Washington win last year? Oh that’s right, Duke with the help of Mario Butler. Honestly, is that the best GT can do?
GT Fan ...
July 12th, 2011
8:36 am
Seriously WnE, you’re kind of a loser, and it’s obvious from EVERY post of yours, living in misery. Do you talk to your kids (or wife/sig other) with such negativity too?
Ya know, with your infinite wisdom you should take your talents elsewhere and earn millions of dollars being a talent evaluator.
Man, you’re a dreadful person.
Tech76
July 12th, 2011
8:44 am
For all the Dawg fans commenting on our potential starting QB. What was the record of your starting QB? Yeah! That is right! 6-7. He couldn’t beat a team with a winning record. Worry about your QB and not our potential starting QB.
WnE
July 12th, 2011
8:45 am
re:
GT Fan …
July 12th, 2011
8:36 am
______________________
Which of my comments above are grossly incorrect?
Which of my comments above are unfair to the SAs competing for the QB position?
Nothing that I’ve written is unfair or overly biased, in fact, I’d venture to say that roughly 40% to 55% of GT fans would agree with my comments about about GT QBs above, even though they might not publicly make the same comments that I made above.
What you call dreadful and overly negative, I call FAIR & HONEST.
Tech76
July 12th, 2011
8:46 am
I’ll correct myself. He did beat us and we did have a winning record at the time. I should just say that he didn’t beat a team that finished with a winning record.
GT Fan ...
July 12th, 2011
8:47 am
…. Key fact II: Washington had two 100-yard rushing games in his four starts and averaged 105 yards in those games. Nesbitt didn’t get his second 100-yard rushing game until his 17th career start ….
That’s a pretty, WOW, I didn’t know that fact. Took Nesbitt until start 17, really Ken? That can’t be true can it? I was with many other fans who are ready to see what Days can do, but with this fact, maybe TW needs more looks!
Tech Fan … I think the diff with TW & Jaybo is TW has way more talent than JS. I believed JS knew the O better than Josh, but he just simply didn’t have the size/strength/speed Josh had.
GT
July 12th, 2011
8:48 am
Johnson will find a way to win with Washington. Came close in Athens. We were very low on troops by the end of the year last year. It showed in our special teams especially. Johnson seems to learn lessons from year to year. Nothing wrong with his offense and now he is personally coaching special teams, bet ya they are better next year. The pressure is on the defense.
Ugahater715
July 12th, 2011
8:50 am
I think its funny how people just give up on a kid that quick. You don’t think there is some kind of learning curve to be made? Nesbitt had the honor of playing with a pretty good defense in his 1st year running the offense. If you don’t think Washington will improve then you must not give our coaches any credit, I am not sayinig he is going to blow away everyone this year but lets face you can’t fully blame Washington for any of those losses last year. Hell the defense/special teams gave up 28 to VT, 35 to Miami, and 42 to UGA. If our defense would have played like that in 2008 Nesbitt wouldn’t have had as good of season. It takes time and game experience to become fully comfortable with the offense. Tevin will have 3 games to get ready for UNC, give the kid a chance. Its funny, now I am going to say this and I am a huge Tech fan, but I find it funny that a bunch of Tech fans who probably never played football, let alone coached football, can make such bold perdictions after 4 games of seeing this guy play. Let CPJ do what he does, I am pretty sure he knows more than everyone on this post.
GT Fan ...
July 12th, 2011
8:50 am
WnE … you’re proving my point.
Serious man, it’s now 8:50am … you’ve been up since 5am (you say), and you’re STILL trolling the GT blog!
Go away sir.
lanier
July 12th, 2011
8:55 am
WnE would you like to borrow our RB’s or possibly a few OL guys
lanier
July 12th, 2011
8:56 am
we could rent them since you folks dont seem to make much money
78 DAWG
July 12th, 2011
9:02 am
WnE blah blah
Coach Fish Fry can’t recruit the great players like Dexter Moody, Washuan Ealey & Caleb King.
The facts are GT hasn’t recruited a good option qb, Days may develop, Lee may as well, but Lee is just like Crowell, maybe he will be Moreno or maybe he’ll be Ealey. Actually after watching Crowell play against Calhoun, I’m afraid he’s Ealey.
collegeballfan
July 12th, 2011
9:07 am
Washington was not an effective passer last year and when he did hit the receiver in the hands the receiver dropped the pass. If you can’t throw and can’t catch it is hard to have a passing game.
And do we need to discuss the pass blocking by the OL?
wes
July 12th, 2011
9:16 am
Tevin is steady + if the defense improves like it should, GT will have a solid year.
However, Days is the more intriguing prospect…
George Stein
July 12th, 2011
9:18 am
Grow up already, WnE. Tevin played as well as could be expected in his games. He wasn’t perfect, but we moved the ball pretty well in the games he played.
And can we move past citing a QB’s record as proof the he’s good or bad. Murray has a losing record as a starting QB abut I don’t think any reasonable person can make the case he sucked last year.
NorthAvenueRules
July 12th, 2011
9:22 am
I don’t see how CPJ can keep Vad Lee off the field. Check out this highlight of his senior year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkPC_C7JP5Y
George Stein
July 12th, 2011
9:31 am
He can keep him off the field pretty easily, North Ave. Vad is an 18 year old true freshman. It might make sense to temper our expectations of him a little.
Lastly, I hope Vad is great. But if he isn’t, he wouldn’t be the first guy in history to have a nice high school highlight tape but not make it in college.
T3
July 12th, 2011
9:36 am
As opposed to WnE’s uninformed, PMS-based rant,
GT’s list of possible QB’s look like this (in no particular order):
Synjyn Days
David Sims
Desmond Smith
Tevin Washington
Vad Lee
Sims will likely play RB, but during 2010 season he looked VERY good when subbing at QB.
Sims is bigger, faster and stronger than Nesbitt was.
Whoever emerges from this 5-way competition will be great at the QB position
and will deserve to be the starter.
GT Fan
July 12th, 2011
9:39 am
“NorthAvenueRules” – I agree with you, but there is more impressive film of Vad than what you posted.
Vad Lee Passing Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q2k95TtTdk&feature=related
Big Macon DAWG
July 12th, 2011
9:39 am
@NorthAvenueRules
Because he’s playing against HIGHSCHOOL defenses.
We sign 20+ players with those kind of tapes every year.
George Stein
July 12th, 2011
9:47 am
I finally agree with Macon.
I understand being excited about Vad but it’s totally unfair to him to expect him to come in and be the guy from day one.
St. Richt
July 12th, 2011
9:47 am
Lets hope Vad Lee or Synjyn Days can beat out Twinkle Toes.
A Rob
July 12th, 2011
9:47 am
You guys who keep comparing TW to Nesbitt are crazy!! Nesbitt was an absolute beast. He could overpower linebackers and db’s and outrun most of them too. Washington is adequate but has no big play ability. He just does not have the physical tools, plain and simple, and no arm. The amount of big plays that come from the QB position are important to the explosiveness of this offense.
Let’s just hope Days can learn the offense enough to take over as the season progresses, or we will be in for a long one.
techfan
July 12th, 2011
9:53 am
Tevin played fairly well last year, but like most Tech fans it’s just hard for me to get excited about him. He went 1-3, made some horrible decisions like the one against UGA where he basically handed them a TD, never really passed well, and the offensive play calling seemed to be a little more limited when he was in there. He did have to play bowl teams in 4 of his 5 games though, and he did move the ball pretty well at times. If he is the guy then i’m behind him 100%, I just hope he shows some more spark early in the season. I’m also a little worried about his injury.
lol
July 12th, 2011
9:56 am
Would any of them start in the Southern Conference? This staff hasn’t recruited well and seriously lacks in player development. Does anyone ever improve under PJ?
T3
July 12th, 2011
10:01 am
So, BigMaconDawg thinks that the only reason that Vad Lee looks good on
tape is because the tapes are against “high school” defenses.
Yet, BigMaconDawg is the same as ALL of the ANNUALLY the delusional dawg fans that think Crowell is simply going to blast college defenses……based on Crowell’s HIGH SCHOOL tapes.
Why is it that every year dawg fans just seem to
keep getting more and more delusionally stupid ??
By his very own WELL-DOCUMENTED behavior, Crowell has PROVEN he’s a
very immature PUNK, that has been prone to injury throughout high school.
That’s not opinion. Its FACT. Its already been thoroughly documented
by multiple college football websites.
All the hype about Crowell it EXACTLY THE SAME as it was for Ealy, King,
and multiple other UGA RBs over the past 10 years. Each one was a dismal failure.
Until proven otherwise, it is safer to assume Crowell is gonna get BLASTED.
GT Fan
July 12th, 2011
10:03 am
Mark my words. If Vad Lee demonstrates significantly more talent in the passing game than Synjyn and Tevin, he will see the field this season.
Passing is more important to CPJ than the average fan thinks…
George Stein
July 12th, 2011
10:04 am
Pretty sure the record wasn’t entirely Tevin’s fault, techfan.
DawginLex
July 12th, 2011
10:07 am
This is just my opinion but, I believe this TO needs a QB who is built more like a linebacker. The QB in this system as it is currently run gets beat to death. You need a big physical runner who can punish the defense and get that extra yard or two when needed.
THAT’s why Nesbitt was successful. Now the scatback type can work but Johnson needs to modify the offense and spread the field more than what has been done.
Vad Lee provides athleticism with a good arm but can he take the beating?
I hvae never understood Johnson not opening things up a little more from the passing standpoint. He threw the ball at Hawaii and at GSU. How did Tracy Ham ever get to the CFL? He got there because the Hambone had a definite passing threat in it. He could make a 3rd down conversion through the air.
You may have that in Vad Lee but unless Johnson is willing to change, the beatings will continue.
Your defense being able to stop somebody wouldn’t hurt either, especially on 3rd down. (Same for us)
juvenal
July 12th, 2011
10:09 am
when is media day?-still planning on asking about some shot-gun……
Taco
July 12th, 2011
10:10 am
Crowell is the man! Has anyone seen my IPhone? I love the hairstyle it is so……..federal prisonish. Good luck kid and run hard, if you don’t these Dawg Fans will eat you alive.
GT Fan
July 12th, 2011
10:11 am
DawginLex:
Check out this film of Georgia Southern winning the National Championship. Notice the size of Raymond Gross. He’s no ‘bruiser’ and he gets the job done because he is quick as a cat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPms0Se0C4M
George Stein
July 12th, 2011
10:14 am
Correct, Lex. The biggest issue for Tech (and UGA, for that matter) is whether we can stop anyone. I have no doubt that, whoever is under center, we will score enough points to win most times.
DawginLex
July 12th, 2011
10:22 am
GT fan
Know it well. GSU’s run was amazing.
Couple of points.
It was 1-AA
Ham and Gross were very accurate passers
It was 1-AA
GSU had a lights out defense
It was 1-AA
Jerry
July 12th, 2011
10:22 am
One thing I like is that I think we will be underdogs in some of our road games. For my degenerate gambling purposes I like this since CPJ covers the spread 73% of the time as a road underdog. Cha Ching!!!! Great gambling info here:
http://coachesbythenumbers.com/gamblers-corner/
WestCampusFreak
July 12th, 2011
10:25 am
These are impressive highlights of Vad Lee. If he performs like this in summer camp, he will definitely see live action this year. I’d love to see him give Miami and VT a beat down.
JM
July 12th, 2011
10:27 am
I expect the offense to run efficiently with whichever player is QB. Both Days and Washington have been working hard with the backs and receivers. We’ll see a much more efficient passing game than last season and it will open up the corners for larger gains.
GT Rich
July 12th, 2011
10:28 am
I went to the spring game as well as the other scrimmages leading up to that game. The entire spring made one thing clear — our offensive line is a work in progress. Neither QB had adequate time to execute the offense well (regardless of experience). When plays broke down, Synjyn showed more ability. If the offensive line continues to be slow to develop, Synjyn is much better at improvising. Admittedly, Synjyn made more handling mistakes throughout the entire spring but seemed to get his act together on that last day…
George Stein
July 12th, 2011
10:29 am
The division shouldn’t really matter, Lex. I mean, Malzahn was running his show in high school and his offense is humming.
The point about accuracy and defense is well taken.
techfan
July 12th, 2011
10:30 am
“I hvae never understood Johnson not opening things up a little more from the passing standpoint.”
I have. The reason is mainly because of how poor we have been at passing. We only completed about 38% of our passes last year and we were catching the defense off guard most of the time. That was good for dead last in the country. Our QB passing accuracy hasn’t been great, but our receiving group hasn’t either. They dropped way too many passes last year. So what would you do? Pass more and face more long third downs or grind more in the running game and pass on occasion?
George Stein
July 12th, 2011
10:35 am
The other reason we may have shied away from throwing is because Johnson knew how bad our defense sucked. It was easier to control the clock – and limit their exposure – by running it.
Option Works
July 12th, 2011
10:35 am
Dawg in Lex, When the option is run right, it doesn’t matter what division of football. Ask Nebraska fans about this Eric Crouch video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV9_1T74Z0E
DawginLex
July 12th, 2011
10:37 am
I agree about the TO. I guess my point is without a passing threat, the QB needs to be able to take the pounding. If you have both passing and running threats, you can keep the QB upright more.
Option Works
July 12th, 2011
10:48 am
Dawg in Lex: I agree with you and this is the reason Vad Lee will be perfect for this offense. He’s got the passing and running ability.
Vad Lee Running highlights:
http://www.athletevault.com/index.php?id=2122
Pull My Finger
July 12th, 2011
11:03 am
I’m not sure CPJ will ever find a quarterback that can run his system as effectively and with as much toughness as Nesbitt (just my opinion). It’s ironic that Nesbitt was recruited primarily as a drop-back passer. He seemed to lose a lot of his passing ability by running the option, though. Didn’t Gailey recruit Nesbitt?
T3
July 12th, 2011
11:05 am
what most overlook at the QB position in CPJ’s offense is
that is DOES NOT require a QB built like a LB.
Example: Star Navy QB Kaipo-Noa.
Average build. Definitely not a LB.
But smart, shifty, and BLAZING FAST.
All a QB or RB in CPJ’s offense is a crease.
Get that crease at the LOS, and then it’s just a track meet.
Pull My Finger
July 12th, 2011
11:08 am
T3,
He also needs to be tough as nails because he’s going to soak up a lot of hard hits.
Wne=
July 12th, 2011
11:11 am
Will nob everone……
Pasadena Jacket
July 12th, 2011
11:14 am
Few people remember that Josh Nesbitt’s declined in almost every category from 2009 to 2010. The loss of BeBe Thomas, and a much less effective o-line penalized him,… and Tevin. I think Tevin can thrive if he gets some good receivers, and some good blocking. Unfortunately it looks like we’ll have a to wait awhile to fix the latter.
BIG BEE
July 12th, 2011
11:19 am
WnE, why don’t you worry about UGA’s RB, OL, CMR, which should be more on your mind than GT’s QB.
mp
July 12th, 2011
11:28 am
WnE (wrecks-n-effects) is like that stubborn pimple on your butt that won’t go away, folks. the more you pick at him the more infected and puss-filled he becomes. he used to frequent a fan forum till he took his cutesy comments to the point of flat-out hate and was shown the door.
sadly, when he does state something that’s tangible he can’t stop there–no, he has to pile on the cherries of personal ridicule and vitriol going way beyond what’s deserved by a 20-year old college kid.
take him as you will. just remember this–he absolutely blew up vad lee’s twitter account a few days before nat’l signing day doing everything he could to put doubt into vad’s mind about OUR team and coach. vad had to ask him to stop. would a true, bleeding fan of this institution do that? i say no.
GT 1
July 12th, 2011
11:32 am
There goes our winning season
GT 1
July 12th, 2011
11:35 am
Washington cant pass and when he runs, the first person that touches his ankles, he falls down, hopefully Vad will show some maturity. Washington is 1-3 in his starts, so season dosent look bright. But,,,,,,, PJ did recruit a “long-snapper “, so he knew the writing on the wall in advance.
bee233
July 12th, 2011
12:22 pm
I think you need a proof-reader…
Can't Wait
July 12th, 2011
12:52 pm
Vad Lee was named the Class 4A player of the Year after leading his
team to a 16-0 record and state championship. He completed 60 percent
of his passes for 2,969 yards with 23 TDs and added 1,004 yards
rushing
And, he compiled these stats only playing 4 full games his senior year
due to game scores being so lopsided.
Phil
July 12th, 2011
1:15 pm
Georgia Tech is all about Paul Johnson and nothing else! What can you do for Paul? That’s all PJ cares about..his record..his pride and his ego! This coming losing season will be a blessing!
Can't Wait
July 12th, 2011
1:20 pm
Phil. I sure hope all Paul cares about is his record! This is all I care about too!…
GT is the sleeper in the ACC this year!
Fate sealed
July 12th, 2011
1:29 pm
Any aspirations Vad Lee had about playing in the NFL disintegrated the minute he signed on to play for Paul Johnson and this staff.
Can't Wait
July 12th, 2011
1:34 pm
Fate sealed: Let’s re-evaluate in 4 years…
Taco
July 12th, 2011
1:35 pm
Sleeper? Seriously? We may be in the sleeper hold. It has just been revealed on Facebook that Nathan Deal was actually Mr. Wrestling II. That is a scoop.
Fate sealed
July 12th, 2011
1:36 pm
Sleeping right next to Duke.
Taco
July 12th, 2011
1:36 pm
BTW any kid who had aspirations of winning anything of significance saw that dream die the minute he went to Athens. Whoo Hoo we beat Hawaii in a BCS bowl.
gtfanfrom1951
July 12th, 2011
1:38 pm
People who are calling CPJ are UGA fans because once he gets rolling they will be in trouble in this state!!
Fate sealed
July 12th, 2011
1:46 pm
Yes because of the top in state talent wants to play for him so badly.
GT-Jake
July 12th, 2011
1:50 pm
Washington is solid. I can’t wait for him to make some of you look like the clueless bandwagon fans you are.
The back-up QB is the most popular player on the team over half the time.
I’ll bet many of you were the same delusional fans that actually believed Taylor Bennett was better than Reggie Ball.
Once Calvin Johnson left, it was clear why he was riding pine.
Born2Buzz
July 12th, 2011
1:53 pm
Ken, thanks for the info and the hard work you do.
Unfortunately these blogs tend to bring out the jerks in spades. For every decent post by a knowledgeable fan (even some from the opposing teams – you know who you are) there are 6 from losers like WnE. If you are a Tech fan (which I doubt) you obviously hate CPJ and you obviously haven’t a clue. The man you all Coach Fish Fry won more games in his first 2 years than any coach in the history of the Institute and won an ACC Championship in year 2. He had a disappointing 3rd year, but our D was horrible (first year under a new DC, who I’m still not sold on) and our POY QB was lost while beating the eventual league champ by 2 TD’s.
Now as for the QB position, Tevin showed some flashes of ability last year, and actually was a better touch passer than Nesbitt (if you don’t think so you didn’t watch the games). His problems came at the end game when he tended to crap his pants, make the wrong read on the option or throw into coverage. He at least did enough to be in the games at the end (except for the Miami game when we kept fumbling the ball and our D was non-existent). Maybe experience will keep these late game miscues from happening, or maybe he will be beaten out by Days or Lee. In any case, I have no doubt that Coach Fish Fry will put the best option on the field, unlike his predecessor.
Again, our O will not be the problem. Our D has to step up in order for this team to be successful.
PerimeterCenterJacket
July 12th, 2011
2:07 pm
Tech’s gonna be just fine, folks. Better than fine. I’ve said it before here, but all the GT offense has to do is scoot 3.5 yards up the field per down on average (they usually do better than that). If it can do that then the whole game comes down to capitalizing on drives. The whole game is basically played in the redzone at that point. Punch it in on schedule, we stay control the clock and dictate the game. That’s ball security and toughness (two areas everyone’s heard this 2011 squad is working hard on.) Add in an improved defense and the wins are much more easily secured in these grinding, methodical clock-control games. Now, that’s all without passing the ball. Add in any kind of downfield threat keeping the secondary back and watch all aspects of the offense get doused in lighter fluid. We saw that kind of offense in 2009, and it still was not the best that a CPJ offense could achieve with the right players! If Washington can continue to develop he can outperform Nesbitt, especially if he gets receivers that he can connect with and backs that can also catch (something we don’t talk about much but saw in the T-day game.) GT will be fine.
Stinger 2
July 12th, 2011
2:09 pm
I have posted these comments before and will say it again. It does not matter who is the QB in CPJ`s TO offense.
The QB is just another running back who takes the snap from center. It does not matter if he can or cannot pass.
CPJ is going to pass only 8 to 10 times a game anyway and this is usually only if he is trailing in the game.
RJ Vorhees
July 12th, 2011
2:10 pm
Tech fans whatever happened to the Fullback you guys had a few years back. I don’t remember his first name but I believe his last name was Cox. Did he make it to the NFL?
Born2Buzz
July 12th, 2011
2:28 pm
RJ, Lucas Cox graduated. He did not go pro.
Ken Sugiura
July 12th, 2011
2:46 pm
techfan – it’s true. it was hard to believe, and nesbitt came close to 100 a few times before he got his second, but it’s accurate.
thanks for the kind words, born2buzz.
txsting
July 12th, 2011
2:57 pm
I have confidence that we will be fine with Tevin Washington at QB for the entire season. If Synjyn wins the job, he will have earned it via superior play.
Jacket Man
July 12th, 2011
3:02 pm
If the Jacket offense can minimize mistakes (i.e. turnovers and penalties), they will move the ball this coming season regardless of whether Tevin Washington or Synjyn Days is the QB under Center. That’s the bottom line. That’s what killed the offense last season, especially when Tevin played.
Bad reads leading to bad pitches and hand-offs which lead to fumbles, missed blocks leading to tackles behind the line of scrimmage, fumbles, or QB’s scrambling for their lives and throwing up passes they shouldn’t or tucking and running instead. Let’s not forget those illegal motions, off-sides, and other dumb penalties at the worst times which killed offensive drives.
In fact, GA Tech had a legitimate shot at beating UGA with him running the show except for “mistakes” by the Jacket’s Offense, regardless of what diehard Bulldog fans want to say. Now if the Defense would have stepped up to the plate, it obviously wouldn’t have mattered, but we’re talking Offense right now, so that’s what I’m concentrating on in this discussion.
On the other hand, when the QB made their reads and the line blocked as they were supposed to and the team played smart and didn’t make those dumb penalties, the Jackets moved the ball Offensively, except the Bowl game against Air Force, which had it’s own “special” set of circumstances we all know about by now…
George Stein
July 12th, 2011
3:16 pm
Lucas Cox didn’t go pro. Mike Cox did and is a member of the Kansas City Chiefs.
83Alum
July 12th, 2011
3:22 pm
Tech’s offense is most effective when it completes passes at critical times. In my opinion, Tech has not been able to fully optimize the offensive productivity because of the lack of passing attack. That includes the Nesbitt led offense. Leading the nation in rushing stats will not produce maximum wins without a passing threat. CPJ knows this and has to develop the passing attack it in order to be most successful. Tech does not need the next NFL QB draftee, but needs the next coming of Joe Hamilton.
Ramblin Man
July 12th, 2011
3:33 pm
WHAT is this talk of no quality QB with playing time experience to start the season. This comes as a total shock to me and next I gues somebody is going to tell me GT needs to start a new BB, along with several new o-lineman, and a whole new secondary. Why was I not informed of this sooner. This sounds like a rebuilding year and I just will not stand for it. Somebody take CPJ and staff to the town square and stone them.
hmmmmm
July 12th, 2011
3:38 pm
You heard it here first. Washington will be a better qback than Nesbitt was. Comparable in running but a better passer.
Charlie Hayes
July 12th, 2011
4:12 pm
Until CPJ find himself another Tracy Ham you can forget it. CPJ rolled over people his first two (2) years due to the fact that the ACC defenses hadn’t seen an option offense since their high school days. Now they are up on his game and he will fail miserably. GT will have another coach in just two short years. CPJ was successful at Georgia Southern because he had D1 players (i.e. Tracy Ham, Adrian Peterson and etc) that couldn’t get into D1 schools due to poor grades. That isn’t the case at GT where he is forced to recruit talent and smarts. Don’t worry you buzzing flies, CPJ will move on after this season. I predict a 6-6 regular season and a loss in a bowl game.
Born2Buzz
July 12th, 2011
4:49 pm
George Stein, I forgot about Mike Cox although I know they were brothers. Not sure which one RJ was referring to.
Ramblin Man
July 12th, 2011
4:52 pm
Hayes you would be wrong about ACC schools not seeing an option offense since high school so you argument starts off flawed. Now as far as defenses figuring out the offense I would like to see your stats to back that up. Now I will grant you that GT looked bad in several games, but that often had nothing to do with the opposing defense. The numerous dropped passes and bad pitches had little to do with the opposing D. These are just pass/rush stats with points scored and turnovers so several factors are not included here.
UNC pass 76, rush 372 with 32 points and 1 turnover
NC State pass 116, rush 247 28 points and 2 turnovers
Wake Forest pass 130, 209 rush 24 points and 2 turnovers
UVA pass 59, rush 477 33 points 2 turnovers
Clemson pass 83, rush 242 13 points 1 turnover
VT pass 80, rush 346 21 points 2 turnovers
UM pass 101, rush 308 10 points 2 turnovers
Duke pass 90, rush 320 30 points 2 turnovers
Imagine what GT could have done with some of those passes actually caught and some of those unforced fumbles, well unfumbled.
spider
July 12th, 2011
4:53 pm
Just be very careful before the trip to BYU in a couple of years. Make sure you all contact the NCA about who is in that replay booth with the replay official. Those so called Christians out there will cheat you.
kc
July 12th, 2011
5:09 pm
83alum-couldn’t have said it any bette. I totally agree with you.
kc
July 12th, 2011
5:09 pm
better. sorry.
FUCPJ
July 12th, 2011
5:50 pm
CPJ can’t recruit!!!! there for GT will never be the same unless he hires someone to run the offense!! Bring back O’Leary and Fridgen!!!!!!!!!
WnE is a Ugag fan
July 12th, 2011
6:02 pm
End of story.
gt4ever
July 12th, 2011
6:20 pm
Can you say DEEP DODO!
seriously wrecked
July 12th, 2011
6:31 pm
Nothing personnel against the kids but what other D 1 schools would Washington or Days be playing QB or even be considered a starter? Maybe Army?
threetrone
July 12th, 2011
7:03 pm
I don’t agree with #1 at all. He did poorly after Nez per ce got hurt. He’s short, and he does not throw well for a short QB like Tommy Suggs did for South Carolina in the early 70’s when I was at Tech. Suggs somehow saw over his OL while in the pocket, almost with X-ray vision, when they beat us in Atl. I don’t know about SlimJim, it’s been a long time since I saw a T-night game, which now is a day game. I believe Lee could be considered a hs phenom like Lebron James was, skipping college for the pros. Therefore Tech should start him immediately as #1 pro talent, and tell Washington and SlimJim to have a seat on the bench. I’d like to see Tech drop the vegas gold for old gold. Wearing vegas never occurred in the 70’s, when the SI director said in College Football Mag that Tech’s colors were white and old gold. I don’t want Tech to change colors to a light shade of gold since it’s hotter now than in the 70’s, and vegas gold is a desert shade of khaki gold. Old gold goes with the beautiful Fall color of leaves on campus and around Atl, and around the state and around the South with colder Fall temps than in recent times.
Luke
July 12th, 2011
7:13 pm
Actually threetrone,
Nesbitt was listed as 6-1/217 and Washington is listed as 6-1/205. The 12 pounds doesn’t make that big of a difference and I think the biggest visual difference was the fact that Nesbitt was built like a LB (huge upper-body), while Washington is built more like a standard RB (bigger legs and lower body).
The statement that he’s “too short” just isn’t true though.
Buzz Me
July 12th, 2011
7:13 pm
VAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD
LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Luke
July 12th, 2011
7:15 pm
Seriously wrecked,
Though Washington only received offers from Troy, Memphis, etc., Days received scholarships from NC State, Oklahoma State, Indiana, Louisville, and Kansas State.
ACC Forever & FSU Rules
July 12th, 2011
7:44 pm
Give it up techies. Face reality – FSU, VT, NC & possibly Miami or Clemson will be the contenders in the ACC. GT will be as always – near the bottom.
If you knuckleheads are counting on the Vad Lee passing machine you will be sorely disappointed. Lee’s passing success can be attributed to outstanding WR’s – very good pass blocking OL and the shotgun formation – three keys GT doesn’t have. FSU all the way.
Supersize that order, Mutt
July 12th, 2011
7:52 pm
ACC Forever, last time I checked, Tech had beat FSU two times in a row, NC almost all the time, and Miami and Clemson more times than not. Looks like VT is the only team regularly to offer Tech any real competition on a consistent basis now.
230gr Full Metal Jacket
July 12th, 2011
8:10 pm
Now come on Supersize, don’t go clouding things with facts. You know a Criminole fan is almost as delusional as a dawg fan!!!
ACC Forever & FSU Rules
July 12th, 2011
8:14 pm
@ Supersize I’m not concerned with the past – I am looking forward. FSU has out recruited GT by such a wide margin I fear many of those little service academy players CPJ sign’s would get hurt if we played you guys.
GT made a brief run with CG’s players. Hope you guys enjoyed that little run as it is not likely to happen again for decades. You guys can’t even beat UGA when they are way down.
Supersize that order, Mutt
July 12th, 2011
8:15 pm
230gr, they do come close, I guess, but there are still miles and miles of differences between the mutts and the criminoles. At least the criminoles do have a few national championships since 1990 to brag about. What have the mutts done in that time that matters to anybody outside the state of Georgia? Hell, even the Jackets have one NC in that time frame. The only thing the mutts have to brag about, as much as I hate to admit it, is beating Tech. But I guess we should be proud that they think so highly of beating us. Of course, that’s their only claim to fame.
thebull35
July 12th, 2011
8:15 pm
@ ACC Forever and FSU rules: correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t WAKE FORREST won a conference title more recently than Florida State? I’ll answer that, YES. So until FSU actually WINS something, please lets not crown them as being “back”
Supersize that order, Mutt
July 12th, 2011
8:20 pm
ACC Forever, EVERYBODY has ALWAYS “out recruited” Tech. THUGa ALWAYS does, and even though they have won 9 out of the past 10, that’s all they have done, and all but one of those games was close. I think the Jackets can hold their own against the “big boys.” I remember back in the 70s when USC came east with their BIG BOYS to play a much smaller Bama team. Bama beat the hell out of them with speed and quickness. Size and the number of stars by a recruits name doesn’t mean a thing; it’s what happens on the field of play. Remember “little” Joshua Nesbitt snatching the fumbled ball back from one of your big boys 2 years ago? That was a play for the ages.
5150 UOAD
July 12th, 2011
8:28 pm
What a JOKE.
I hope Washington heard me during the Spring game yelling for him to find a new JOB because he sucked in that game. Synjyn Days was a lot better and should be the starter by the first game.
seriously wrecked
July 12th, 2011
8:38 pm
Luke , just because they offered doesn’t mean they wanted him as a QB. Didn’t say he wouldn’t play just not at QB, perhaps if he had the proper coaching.
right
July 12th, 2011
8:41 pm
yes supersize, 6 top ten finishes 2 , SEC titles ,3 BCs bowl appeaances and 7-3 bowl record over the past 10 years , winning record vs. everyone in SEC except uf. and beating tech is the only thing UGA hangs it hat on. Beating tech is a gimme been happening for the better part of 5.5 decades.
thebull35
July 12th, 2011
8:43 pm
I’d like to take this moment to finally clear this “MYTH” that Josh Nesbitt was a passing QB prior CPJ getting a hold of him. For some reaon everybody thinks that Gailey was just a genious for finding great dual threat QB that could both throw it and run it. Well, the truth of the matter is that Josh was a terrible passer his freshman year and in fact, he actually got MORE accurate, (I know, I couldn’t believe it when I first saw it myself) under CPJ. He looked like this in high school because he played against small schools, (can’t remember if Greene County is 1A or 2A). Now I’m going to back this up with some stats that are going to scare you a little, and also keep in mind that Josh couldn’t even beat out Taylor Bennett, and we all saw how great of a QB Bennett was. Now I LOVED Josh Nesbitt as Tech’s QB, so I’m no undercover UGA fan trying to spew venom on this blog. In fact, I’m trying to end all of this talk that Gailey had this great eye for recruiting the QB position and CPJ doesn’t. So here you go, and let’s give our QBs a chance to grow and be judgemental a few years down the road
Year Team G Cmp Att Comp% Yds Yd/A TDs Int Sacked Yds
2007 GaTech 11 5 13 38.5 93 7.2 1 2 0 0
PS I think that we are in trouble if Washington starts more than 2 games for us this year
Supersize that order, Mutt
July 12th, 2011
8:44 pm
right, all those stats, ALL those big-time recruits, and still no NC in all that time…..well one in the past 55 years, but that’s it. And you still brag about beating Tech more than you do about beating anybody else. It must mean something to you. If it doesn’t, then why the hell are you on a Tech blog? I bet you don’t post on Auburn or Bama’s blogs, now do you?
Supersize that order, Mutt
July 12th, 2011
8:46 pm
thebull35, I agree with your last statement (about Washington), but let’s hope we are both wrong. I don’t care who the starting QB is, as long as he gets the job done. Maybe, HOPEFULLY, Washington will show some improvement and we’ll be happy with him, assuming nobody else emerges as the natural starter. I doubt it, but stranger things have happened.
ACC Forever & FSU Rules
July 12th, 2011
9:34 pm
For you GT history buff’s FSU has dominated the ACC – prepare to be dominated by FSU.
Prepare to crawl back into the cellar.
Not a Hewitt Fan
July 12th, 2011
10:01 pm
Im a die hard Tech fan, but I have to agree with WnE regarding our QB situation. Coach turkey neck will prob sit on the sidelines again with arms crossed shaking his neck fat and yelling to himself as the offense continually turns the ball over. Go Jackets!
Scatch
July 12th, 2011
10:43 pm
Tevin better perform better in fall or he won’t be the starter. If Lee has the skills, put him in. Enough with this save him for later crap. You never know what can happen and the field is wide open. Put the guy who will win the most games in.
Morris
July 12th, 2011
10:46 pm
Dominated in the 90’s fsu rules. Haven’t done much the past 10 years. You’re probably a retard uga fan. Btw, did you see this? Ranked #2 in the sec in recruiting the past 10 years and you have no nat champ appearance and just two conf champ games, just like Gt with a far less acc ranking.
And you talk so mighty about beating us. You SHOULD beat is 90% of the time fool. But you don’t.
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1239389
Paul in RDU
July 13th, 2011
12:53 am
ACC Forever & FSU Rules
July 12th, 2011
8:14 pm
@ Supersize I’m not concerned with the past – I am looking forward
ACC Forever & FSU Rules
July 12th, 2011
9:34 pm
For you GT history buff’s FSU has dominated the ACC – prepare to be dominated by FSU.
—————-
Looks like ACC Forever & ACC Rules has some serious cognitive dissonance, In one post he claims that the most recent 2 games between GT and FSU don’t count (both GT wins) because the future is what is important. Then in his very next post he brags on FSU and says that FSU used to dominate the ACC.
Irony is obviously lost on this guy.
Supersize that order, Mutt
July 13th, 2011
1:16 am
Paul, he’s like the THUGa fans. You really shouldn’t confuse them with facts. Plus, I doubt he has a clue what irony means anyway….LOL
OldSchoolTechFanatic
July 13th, 2011
8:18 am
Washington deserves to be opening day QB, but after that it should be fair game.
ACC Forever & FSU Rules
July 13th, 2011
8:45 am
Paul I was responding to the post regarding past and future winners. I had no intention of looking back until someone brought it up.
Irony – that’s what we used to do to our shirts.
JM
July 13th, 2011
9:51 am
I hope to see some really good competition in August. May the best QB win. I think it’ll be the player with the best knowledge of the playbook and the player with the best ball control.
Vad Lee b sayin
July 13th, 2011
10:33 am
i not end the top 50 qbs eye b recutted two b a atleet. glade gt toook me what is da treeple opshun?
Supersize that order, Mutt
July 13th, 2011
10:58 am
Somebody here is definitely racist.
Vad Lee b sayin
July 13th, 2011
12:22 pm
Say what?
WnE
July 13th, 2011
1:19 pm
For those that think that Days is some sort of “savior at QB”, the truth is , is that ONLY GT and TOLEDO wanted Days as a QB, those other big schools like Okie St, NC State, etc. wanted Days as a SAFETY.
For brief history lesson once upon a time ONLY GT wanted Reggie Ball at QB, while other D1-A Schools wanted Ball as a DB or WR and we see how that turned out.
Not one BCS-level School wanted either Washington or Days at QB other than GT, yet we’re NOT supposed to “blame” the Genius HC that cannot seem to find Recruits to play QB in his system.
For those that think that Vad Lee is some sort of savior, schools like VANDY and MINNESOTA were willing to give him a shot at QB while most other BCS Schools wanted him as a WR, all those other HCs that see our QBs as something other than QBs at the BCS-Level are not all wrong and they’re not all idiots either.
In summary Coach Fish Fry isn’t smarter than ALL of them, which is why our QB depth is so shaky at the start of CPJ’s 4th yr. at GT.
Not one “decent” successor to Josh has been groomed by Coach Kung Fu Panda since Dec. 2007 when he took the GT Job.
It is easy to argue with Ol’ Wrecks, it is MUCH HARDER to argue with facts!
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thebull35
July 14th, 2011
8:59 am
WnE, give it a rest. We haven’t had a PASSING Qb since Godsey. Lee is our best shot. Are you disappointed that CPJ shot down your passes at him? Is that why you are so venomous on this blog? Right now you are starting to sound like a nagging girlfriend. Just talking for the sake of talking. I’d rather listen to my girlfriend nag than read all the crap that you post. Give it a rest dude