Tech scrimmage observations
Greetings-
A few quick observations from Saturday’s scrimmage.
1. Passing game looked good again, after a solid showing last Saturday. A lot of short throws to the A-backs flaring out. Tevin Washington was pretty accurate and the quarterbacks got time to throw from the line.
Paul Johnson: “I thought Tevin threw the ball fairly well again.”
2. Run defense was fairly strong. The B-backs didn’t produce much, nor did the A-backs. Quarterback runs and draws were effective. Washington scored on a 36-yard run in which he faked the pitch to Embry Peeples and had a clear lane to the end zone.
3. Defense controlled the scrimmage early, not allowing a score for the first six possessions, starting at the opposing 30-yard line. Offense scored on three consecutive series (led by Synjyn Days, Vad Lee and Washington), then defense held on the last five. All stats unofficial.
4. Inside linebacker Quayshawn Nealy played with the first string in place of Julian Burnett, who was rested with some bumps and bruises. He made several plays and showed good quickness.
5. True freshman wide receivers Jeff Greene and Darren Waller got a lot of time with the first string. Stephen Hill played early but not much after. I don’t believe Tyler Melton practiced. Greene caught a fade-type pass from Lee for a 17-yard gain.
Johnson: “Jeff’s played pretty well in camp. I think he’s played himself into a position where he’s certainly going to play.”
6. Defensive end Izaan Cross had a productive morning, including a forced fumble on a mesh between Days and Preston Lyons. “On that one play, I just wanted to get off the field,” Cross said. “I just did whatever I could to do that.”
7. True freshman guard Trey Braun started at left guard in place of Will Jackson, out with an injury. I couldn’t tell much, but it seemed like he held his own.
8. A-back B.J. Bostic is out for about four weeks. Johnson wouldn’t specify the injury, but his right arm was in a sling. Johnson said redshirting him (he played last year as a true freshman) is a possibility.
9. Guard Errin Joe and Lyons both hobbled off the field with injuries, but Johnson said he didn’t think either injury was serious.
10. To me, no B-back stood out. I’ll have to add up the stats.
11. More fumbles, errant pitches and botched center-quarterback exchanges. Johnson did not sound concerned, attributing it to different combinations at the two positions.
12. Saturday was Johnson’s birthday. The team sang to him after the scrimmage.
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IHATEUGA1990
August 20th, 2011
5:51 pm
@ken its kinda like this man..Yea we will have a good team once every 5 or 6 years we need to be winning year in and year out..other wise were going to have season like we had last year
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
5:58 pm
Ken, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for your last post.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
6:00 pm
IHATEUGA, if lowering standards means having players who have no better grasp of the English language than you do, then I am totally against it, not that I was for it anyway. Good grief, man, where did you learn English. It’s YOU’RE, not YOUR, and WE’RE not WERE. I’m sure you will say that none of that matters, but it does, and you’re showing that you’re no better than most of the mutts who post on here through your ignorance of proper grammar and correct spellling.
OldSchoolTechFanatic
August 20th, 2011
6:00 pm
I really hope the D is better this year !!! If it is we ought to have a good year. One thing about this offense we are gonna score a lot and turn the ball over sometimes.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
6:02 pm
And FYI, Tech cannot add new majors or other fields of study without the approval of the Georgia Legislature, which, as you should know, is packed with THUGa grads or fans. They have prevented Tech from adding new schools many times in the past, and I’m sure they will now and again in the future as well.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
6:03 pm
OldSchool, let’s just hope we can cut down on those turnovers. They absolutely killed us last year.
Boss
August 20th, 2011
6:08 pm
north carolina, ga tech and miami The acc continues it’s proud tradition of cheating only to still suck.
Ken as usuual a top notch blog. I know you have to pretend to like the tech beat but there are bigger and better things coming my friend just be patient.
Broke Back Jacket
August 20th, 2011
6:12 pm
WOW!
I think we make a bowl and maybe even sell over 281 tix!!!!!
IHATEUGA1990
August 20th, 2011
6:16 pm
Who cares about correct grammer?? you obv understood what i was saying..
goon squad tough guy
August 20th, 2011
6:21 pm
coach johnson be done told usens to punch bite kick and all like that stuff. coach said cheating and liienfg is okay ifens he tells us to dos it so me and the fellers is cheap shotten all dem teams we play dis yere.
ifens i don’t go pro i kin still be a nuklear guy and all us tek grads make bunch of monee and we have gurls. them pups are ooky and super size is my frien he be riting on this all time and him dont like them pups. he sad when he get job with hisun tek paper he buy me sum fries
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
6:22 pm
I knew you would say that. It doesn’t matter whether I understood you or not; you’re just showing that you’re a dummy. Does that please you? Frankly, I have higher aspirations in life than for people to look at me in any context and consider me to be dumb. Of course, I know I opened up a big door there for mutts to call me dumb, but that’s a totally different context. Bad grammar and spelling make you look bad.
threetrone
August 20th, 2011
6:24 pm
Vad Lee Tech’s answer to Lebron James hs2pro story, so use him as operative; Georgia’s new unis look like red and black spider man, video game-looking or something; wonder how Tech’s gonna look, if they’ll be watchable, b/c of late they have been otherwise, with the vegas gold pants, unstreamlined wide vegas gold side pants stripes, black socks/hose, thick black side pants stripesw/very little gold at upper thigh area on the all white unis, boring gold helmets, high top black basketball-style shoes w/white soles; I want alma mater to look watchable on tv/computer programs such as ramblinwreck.com
IHATEUGA1990
August 20th, 2011
6:25 pm
What does looking bad have to do with football??? nothing..your obv another nerd that has never played football or do you understand what it takes to be a winning program
Boss
August 20th, 2011
6:28 pm
That goon squad kid is the most articulate techie to ever post here or anywhere. Nicely done but if you expect supersize to get a job anytime soon you will be a real hungry bee.
GTFan478
August 20th, 2011
6:37 pm
Super Ihateuga is a uga fan pretending to be a Tech fan. He has no comprehension of what you are telling him. Just leave em alone.
Paul in NH (formerly RDU)
August 20th, 2011
6:44 pm
GTFan478 – he seems to be more of a child than a UGA fan.
IHATEUGA1990
August 20th, 2011
6:49 pm
YEA YEA YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST
GTFan478
August 20th, 2011
6:49 pm
Agreed Paul. I think you just might have hit the hammer on the head with that one.
@Jasongt
August 20th, 2011
6:49 pm
You continue making a fool out of yourself when you say the 2009 UGA game didn’t count. NCAA only punishes the offending team by making them vacte a victory, the losses still count. Go back and look at Bamas record from 2005-07. no wins in 05 or 06 but all the loses those years count.
WONDERING
August 20th, 2011
6:53 pm
why do all the UGA Dumbos show up on the GT blogs? Is it because they don’t know they are on a GT Blog? Just wondering!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
7:02 pm
Paul, a dumb child at that
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
7:04 pm
If changing over to Nike or some other uniform supplier meant having uniforms like those new ones the mutts will be wearing, then I will GLADLY stay with Russell. Those new mutt uni’s are uglier than the all orange ones Clemson sometimes wears. Actually they make the models I saw look like human fire hydrants. Of course, I guess that’s appropriate for the mutts. The players had better stay away from UGA though, or they might get peed on.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
7:06 pm
Jasongt, unfortunately, you are incorrect on not counting the 2009 game. The NCAA report only vacated the wins, not the losses. So the ACC championship game is (at least for now) vacated, but the results of the THUGa game and the Iowa game stand. Wish it were different, but it’s not.
Techster
August 20th, 2011
7:11 pm
Am I the only one that is worried about the Western Carolina game?
Techster
August 20th, 2011
7:12 pm
Why is our opener not garnering the same attention from the media as the UGA/Boise St. game?
Harvey D. Pooka
August 20th, 2011
7:26 pm
Torn between red-shirting Bostic. Seems to be some good talent at A-Back, but several players without Bostic’s experience in this scheme. (Nice dilemma to be in, huh?)
KB
August 20th, 2011
7:51 pm
yes harvey one team can only have so many 5′7 175 lb running backs.
JacketNation
August 20th, 2011
7:53 pm
Georgia Tech does not have a school of food science like they do at UGA. Athletes in Athens can enroll in that school and eat their way through school. And then there is the prestigious school of poultry science. At Tech every student must take two semesters of Calculus. It’s an educational school, where as in Athens, many students major in underage drinking and D.U.I.
GT Fan 1
August 20th, 2011
8:24 pm
Against Al Grohs 3-4, shouldnt have had any problem gaining yards, lets see what we can do against the real 12 games we have
jack ey
August 20th, 2011
8:48 pm
I said it before and I am saying it again, DAVID SIMS is the man..could even take over as QB..why everyone else is now catching on to this is beyond me..bloggers I understand, coaches I don’t
Gorilla Biscuit
August 20th, 2011
9:09 pm
Big, big trouble.
GT9
August 20th, 2011
9:40 pm
Tevin looked really smooth today. That 36 yard touchdown was great. He also completed an interior screen under a heavy blitz, showing a lot of composure. The screen was to Jones and it hit him right between the numbers.
Cross had another great scrimmage. He’s an excellent DE and is going to make a lot of noise on defense.
Johnson made a really good interception utilizing his fantastic speed and incredible ability to break toward the ball.
Sweeting was solid in coverage today. He broke up a well-thrown, sure-thing pass in the end zone.
Sims is going to really surprise people. On his eighth or ninth carry in a game he’s going to go for big yards.
Greene made some incredible catches today.
One pass was thrown to Hill. He caught it and gained about 15 to 20 yards after the catch.
Uzzi and Jackson are two really good guards. Jackson didn’t play today. Braun, true freshman, played in his place. Braun is going to be an incredible lineman. I would rather we red-shirted him, but some guys you can’t keep off the field.
Two other freshman lineman that look really good are Joe and Chamberlain.
Sylvester has had two good scrimmages. After a solid 09 season, he seemed to struggle with the new defense last year. He looks fully adjusted to it now.
Walls is looking good at NT.
We’ve got a lot of work to do. The improvement made from the scrimmage last week to the one today was a quantum leap forward.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
10:02 pm
GT9, thanks. Very interesting and encouraging
ATLER ( ramblin wreck )
August 20th, 2011
10:05 pm
Why aren’t my posts being posted???!!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
August 20th, 2011
10:08 pm
That happens a lot lately, ATLER
ATLER ( ramblin wreck )
August 20th, 2011
10:10 pm
We’re going to suprise a lot of teams this year. Mark my words my fellow Tech fans. Get ready to enjoy the ride.
BigTimeTECHFan
August 20th, 2011
10:11 pm
GT9, thanks good stuff, what if Braun has to play, think he can handle it now.
More I’m hearing it seems like Washington going to be the QB. He did ok last year, but really had a hard time during close games late. that’s the only thing that scares me about him. His 1st game at Va Tech he had nice late drive till the int, UGA game the last two drives were real bad
Old White and Gold
August 20th, 2011
10:14 pm
Any news on Synjyn it seemed like he was getting alot of positive yardage at the scrimmage.
GT Fan
August 20th, 2011
10:33 pm
Old W&G……..Synjyn played well. He’s a good scrambler/runner when the pocket breaks down or it’s a QB draw. Throws it okay too.
TW’s the best all-around at this point but I wouldn’t be shocked if SD or VL were to move ahead of him at some point. But I also won’t be shocked if TW continues to improve, and stays #1.
GT9
August 20th, 2011
11:08 pm
Braun can back up Jackson and Uzzi now. He’s a strong kid but if he had a red-shirt year he could get up to 310 or 315.
RamboDog Returns!!
August 20th, 2011
11:34 pm
Supersize! Did you miss me today?
RamboDog Returns!!
August 21st, 2011
12:26 am
Supersize is a coward…but he knows that already.
Stinger 2
August 21st, 2011
4:26 am
Techster: Is anybody worried about the Western Carolina game except me?
Answer: Yes. I am and all GT fans should be. In fact,we should be worried about the possibility of losing any and every game on this weak schedule. I hope I am wrong but a 6-6 season may be reality given all the question marks about this team.
Supersize that order, mutt
August 21st, 2011
7:29 am
The posts made at 1:58AM, 2:20AM, and 2:27AM were made by a poser (somebody using MY name). Ken, if you read this, I know you can check email addresses of posters. Can you do something about this troll and perhaps even ban him. I don’t like having words “put in my mouth” that I would never say myself. I don’t I am the only one whose names are being abused like this. It needs to stop.
GDBurdell
August 21st, 2011
8:08 am
western carolina could very likely beat you guys, get your excuses and marked up/highlighted USnews surveys ready dorks
GT9
August 21st, 2011
8:25 am
What kind of offense does Western Carolina run, GD? What kind of defense do they run? I already know.
I’m just asking because I’m wondering what you’re basing your statement on.
Western Carolina has thirteen players from the state of Georgia on their roster. They are going to be very motivated. They are going to be disappointed.
Team Dream
August 21st, 2011
10:10 am
@Supersize … perhaps its time to realize that the GT blogs are a wasteland of troll trash and childish taunts … nothing more. Any opportunity to have adult-level, serious discussions about GT football went out the window a long time ago.
macrotech
August 21st, 2011
10:29 am
Team Dream is right….there IS a reason so many folk choose to pull for the pups….fellow mutt fans make everyone look smarter! It’s like going to Walmart after midnight…if you’re feeling down about your life…take a gander at the special folk that go to Walmart after midnight and you’ll go back home ecstatic about your life!
For the record…that “IHATEUGA1990″ cat writes a LOT like that poster from a couple of weeks ago, “Hot GT Coed” or something….PRETTY sure they are one in the same. DEFINATELY, both mutt fans.
Tech can go as far as they want this season…there isn’t an unbeatable team on our schedule! We need to go out be hungry for the Ws! GO TECH!!!
Gorilla Biscuit
August 21st, 2011
10:33 am
Seriously big trouble. Gonna get ugly…fast.
KB
August 21st, 2011
10:34 am
Supersize, If you look at the whole tech uga series , tech still way behind, hasn’t been much of a series since the late 50’s, Dodd was 3-7 his last 10 vs. UGA. The 50’s the only decade where tech dominated a decade the way UGA has Tech (7-3).Georgia had more wins in the 40’s, 30’s, tech had an edge in the 20’s (3-2), and prior to 1910 tech was (5-1-1), form1910 to 1920 tech was 2-4 1-.tech was 1-5-3 in the 30’s ,4-6 in the 40’s.