Georgia Tech’s O. Smith may miss Duke game
Greetings-
Big news is A-back Orwin Smith was injured in the loss to Virginia Tech and may not play Saturday. Coach Paul Johnson made mention of the injury in response to a question about trying to get Smith more carries.
“Hard to get it to him when he’s over there with us (on the sideline),” Johnson said.
Johnson didn’t disclose the injury and said he didn’t think it was serious, “but if we had to play today, he probably couldn’t play.”
Johnson said Embry Peeples would likely start. Tony Zenon, Deon Hill and Robbie Godhigh might also get more snaps. In recent games, Roddy Jones, Peeples and Smith have been in a rotation. Monday, Johnson said, “I don’t think we’ve got any injuries for the next game. I mean, you’re always bumped and bruised after you come out of a game. We had a little extra time because it’s Thursday night, too.”
2. Linebackers Brandon Watts or Malcolm Munroe will likely start in place of Jeremiah Attaochu, Johnson said, depending on which package the defense starts out in. Attaochu will not play the first half of the Duke game as discipline for punching Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas in Thursday’s game.
3. With the goals of winning the ACC and going undefeated at home no longer possible, Johnson brought up to the team that only three Tech teams since 1956 have won 10 games. At 7-3, the Jackets can achieve that total by winning the final two regular-season games against Duke and Georgia and the bowl game. Playing for a better bowl is another motivation.
“If you want to keep position for a higher-pegged bowl game, then you need to win,” Johnson said.
4. Johnson on Duke: “I think Duke’s an improved team. They don’t have the wins to show for it, but I think they’re a better team than they were a year ago.”
5. With the B-back production not measuring up to the past standards with past Johnson teams, Johnson said coaches will look at the position and production from this season in the offseason and fully understand the nature of the lack of performance. He said he doesn’t think it’s necessarily the fault of B-backs David Sims and Preston Lyons.
“I haven’t seen any real gaping holes that they’ve failed had to run through,” he said.
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Kind of thin. Apparently, Duke’s basketball team has a game of some import Tuesday that’s drawing a lot of attention.
Game stories from Duke’s loss to Virginia, from the Duke Chronicle and the Raleigh News & Observer.
Duke offensive tackle Kyle Hill, who started all 46 games he’d played in since 2008, has sustained a season-ending shoulder injury against UVa, per the school’s website. Tough way to go out.
Buzz is 11-0 in the Capital One Mascot Challenge, thanks in no small part, if I recall correctly, to the Tech marching band’s trumpet section, and is taking on Mike the Tiger from LSU this week. Michelle Hiskey “interviewed” Buzz and put together a first-person (first-bee?) story for the AJC.
Thanks for reading. I’ll have post-practice notes up this evening.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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Write it down.
November 15th, 2011
4:54 pm
@Burdell
Who said: “Yeah…that Big East is a real power conference…”
I know what you mean.
Also, for those of you that haven’t caught on, the SEC is Alabama, LSU, and ESPN. LSU and Alabama are their only national contenders. The rest of the SEC couldn’t beat their way out of a wet paper bag.
I never paid attention to ‘conference football’ until around 1999 or 2000. I worked with a Bama fan who told me that SEC teams would steam-roll anyone around. That year, I kept track of all of the SEC-ACC match-ups. The only SEC victory came in the form of Vandy beating Duke.
I just don’t see uga, SC, Vandy, UK, Missy St, etc, striking fear into any hearts.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
4:55 pm
UOAD, I have NEVER posted on a UGA blog
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
4:56 pm
Something tells me the last 2 posts by Tampa Dawg and UOAD were by imposters. Neither one sounded like the real man
Burdell 90
November 15th, 2011
4:57 pm
Supersize…is that correct? This was their 1st win in two years over a team with a winning record?
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:00 pm
Burdell 90, that is absolutely correct
5150 UOAD
November 15th, 2011
5:03 pm
He is not hurt He failed the pee in the cup test…………………….says average Dawg fan.
Burdell 90
November 15th, 2011
5:03 pm
That’s awesome!! We just have to make sure it is the only one this year!! I have to say, I went into the season hoping to be competitive. Never expected what we have done. I figured that this year was going to be a “rebuilding” one, but they have done well and if not for a couple of plays/series, we could have a better record.
No matter what happens the rest of the year, it is getting better.
yellowfever
November 15th, 2011
5:04 pm
MY DAD TOLD ME ALONG TIME AGO ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TECH FAN AND A uga fan. TECH’S FAN PRIORITIES, FAMILY,FRIENDS, FAITH,JOB, HOME,FOOTBALL ETC,ETCETC. uga fan priorities, football,football,football,football,football,football
5150 UOAD
November 15th, 2011
5:05 pm
Actually UGA beat a 4-3 Florida Gator team. They had a winning record before the game and were .500 after the UGA game.
yellowfever
November 15th, 2011
5:05 pm
uga is going to win the national championship next year, just ask any uga fan
Write it down.
November 15th, 2011
5:07 pm
@headley lamar
who said:
“Real question is ….
How much longer can CPJ live off that one win over Georgia?”
About two more weeks. Then he’ll have another win over Georgia.
5150 UOAD
November 15th, 2011
5:07 pm
yellowfever……….you forgot getting DRUNK, having sex with half or totally passed chick, or beting their wives after a Dawg loss.
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:10 pm
You have to laugh at the angry, envious little cheat fans honestly trying to call the SEC weak. Do you get more delusional?
5150 UOAD
November 15th, 2011
5:11 pm
The ACC has to LIVE up to playing the WEAK SEC Least this year. UGA v GT, UF v FSU, and USCe v Clemson.
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:12 pm
GT Anchorage -
You are crazy. You are really trying to give Johnson kudos for having a few more pointless wins than Gailey? At least when Gailey was there the ACC was borderline competitive and relevant.
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:14 pm
Superdbag –
The only defense Tek has faced ranked above 44 beat them in their house. Make sense now?
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:15 pm
arnie, facts are facts. Name us one other quality team in the SEC besides LSU, Bama, and Ark
5150 UOAD
November 15th, 2011
5:18 pm
armie..& Richt has won 100+ games against MOSTLY the bad SEC teams. Vandy & Kentucky account for 20-21 of those wins. Ole Miss and Miss St add how many wins to that list? USCe have only been good for 2 years so add another 9-10 wins. Add the Coastal Carolina’s and Weak Sisters of the Poor @ 3 x 11 equals another 33.
GTJason
November 15th, 2011
5:19 pm
Handle was hijacked and then I was speaking sarcastically (note comments making fun of UGA) to the guy who took the handle. That guy put a space between GT and Jason. Also I’m not who you think I am? I don’t actually know anyone on this blog…
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:19 pm
Pretty sure UGA is ranked 14th BCS. Therefore they are of far more “quality” than 10 ACC teams, including your joke of a program. The ACC is still the worst conference of all time. Those are the ACTUAL facts
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:22 pm
FACTS mean there are verifiable numbers to support the claim. Hive us numbers to support what you call facts
Write it down.
November 15th, 2011
5:23 pm
You got to love all the SEC fans on an ACC blog.
Other than engaging livestock in romantic relationships, they just don’t have a life.
Delusional = thinking your preseason #1 ranking is as good as a post season #1 ranking.
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:23 pm
5150 UOAD –
Odd. You left off one team in particular that accounts for about a 10th of his wins. Hmmm…….I wonder why you did that
Ken Sugiura
November 15th, 2011
5:24 pm
will begin banning people who post under other people’s handles in a little bit.
armie – you kind of kill your point when you say that “The ACC is still the worst conference of all time” and call that a fact.
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:24 pm
Write it down –
Just like how Tek fans do in basketbal and baseball every year?
hijacking a handle
November 15th, 2011
5:25 pm
here’s how you do it.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:25 pm
Thank you, Ken
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:25 pm
Super,
Pretty sure 14 is a number, genius.
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:25 pm
I’m an idiot!
5150 UOAD
November 15th, 2011
5:25 pm
armie……….didn’t I say the Weak Sisters of the Poor? That is what UGA fans think of Tech. You thought the same of Colorado, Okie St, but sometimes it is not the case.
1 4 GT
November 15th, 2011
5:26 pm
Well, if you’re not jmar then you got nothing to worry about.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:27 pm
done pretty damn good against the mutts in baseball the past two years, and, despite the past three years in basketball, Tech owns the mutts there
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:28 pm
Ken –
Who has the FEWEST BCS wins out of the six BCS conferences?
I will take your non-answer as my answer. Thanks for the effort though. Just comes with some facts next time
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:29 pm
arnie, you said it was a fact that the ACC is the worst conference of all time. Give us numbers to prove that
1 4 GT
November 15th, 2011
5:30 pm
Thanks Ken. Some of them make one be ashamed to be associated with them, even by gender.
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:30 pm
5150 UOAD,
Lol! At least you know your team is a sister of the poor. Thanks for being the first honest Tek fan I have ever seen on this blog. And that includes the moderator.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:31 pm
1 4 GT, that’s assuming the even have a gender
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:32 pm
I gave you facts above super. The ACC has as many BCS wins combined as UGA. Even the Big East has more.
5150 UOAD
November 15th, 2011
5:33 pm
Tech fans………..Buzz Santa is still planning to be at his Tailgate location for the UGA v GT game. He will be just down Techwood Drive past Bobby Dodd Way. If you have the kids stop by and get a Photo. He is about the 3 Tailgate Bus on the Left hand side after you pass BDS@HGF.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:34 pm
and that makes the ACC worse than the Big East or some of the other conferences??? I think not
in Re to Armie
November 15th, 2011
5:35 pm
dadgum autocorrect. You are a super genius. Have all kinds of time to post from the office dont you genius. You would get along well with Sanduskey as much as you obsess over 18-22 year olds.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:37 pm
arnie, try this on for size—ACC teams that have won NC’s have won more NC’s than UGA
armie
November 15th, 2011
5:42 pm
Yea super. It does. And you cannot count championships of teams that were won when they were not in the ACC. That would just be shameless and down right embarrassing.
If you want to read something hilarious, look up Richt’s record against the ACC
SilverandBlack
November 15th, 2011
5:45 pm
DALPZ..the only person making childish remarks is you. I am talking football and x’s and o’s. BTW I have more education than your entire family put together! Anyway, I call 90% of the offensive plays that we run! If I can do that don’t you think the other team can do that too? Of course, its easy when you call the midline option, bback 1 yard play or QB sneak most of the time. There isn’t any passing except the fake and throw without a read whatsoever. I keep hearing its the o-line not making holes for the BBack and QB. So my question is why keep running the plays? How about a straight handoff to the BB back run to the edge, with the motion A back in front of him as a blocker? I haven’t seen that play in 5 games. There is just so much more that this offense can do that what CPJ is doing and has done since at GT. Going back to Gailey for a moment. Yes his record wasn’t great but the ACC was a much better conference then and GT played FSU every year. I am not saying hire Gailey back, but I am saying things weren’t that much different than under CPJ. Hire Ralph Friedgen. Get rid of CPJ and Grohld.
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:46 pm
ok, arnie, then Tech has more than UGA, and we were in the same conference for many of those years
superDawg
November 15th, 2011
5:46 pm
UGA owns gt and we do not need to hide behind another team that beats your imposter of a football program.
joeygt1
November 15th, 2011
5:48 pm
armie why do you think uga is any good based off the last 8 wins in a row against opponents combined 41-49 record???? and uga killed a very bad auburn team
Supersize that order, mutt
November 15th, 2011
5:49 pm
Silver…, Gailey played FSU twice and lost both times. CPJ has played FSU twice and won both times
SilverandBlack
November 15th, 2011
5:55 pm
Supersize….Are you saying that the FSU that Gailey played was worse than the FSU that GT played? Didn’t think so.
SilverandBlack
November 15th, 2011
5:55 pm
sorry meant that CPJ played?