Injury situation clear for Georgia Tech
1. Following Wednesday’s practice, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said that “everybody should be good” for Tech’s Saturday game against Georgia. That would include A-back Roddy Jones and wide receiver Stephen Hill, who came back to practice after being held out Monday and Tuesday, and guard Will Jackson, who was held out of the contact portion of Tuesday’s practice.
2. Chick-fil-A Bowl president Gary Stokan said Wednesday that “You’ve got to consider Georgia Tech strongly” for the Dec. 31 bowl game at the Georgia Dome. To be considered, though, Tech will have to defeat the Bulldogs Saturday. The other teams on the bowl’s ACC short list are Clemson, Virginia and Virginia Tech. On the SEC side, Auburn and South Carolina are the two leading candidates, with Georgia an outside possibility.
Representatives from the Champs Sports Bowl and Sun Bowl also both re-affirmed their interest in Tech Wednesday. Champ Sports Bowl CEO Steve Hogan said that Tech would not necessarily have to beat Georgia to be considered. The other ACC schools that the Dec. 29 bowl in Orlando is looking at are Virginia, Virginia Tech, Clemson and Florida State.
“I think they’re right in the middle of the picture,” Hogan said of the Jackets.
3. Barring something crazy, no posts Thursday. I want to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving. I have a great deal for which to give thanks, including a lot of encouraging and engaging blog commenters.
Thanks for reading.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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HighTech
November 24th, 2011
2:48 pm
Ron Swanson…whistleblowers. How ironic.
5150 UOAD
November 24th, 2011
2:48 pm
Fatt Matt STIFFORD throws another pick and Green Bay now up buy 21.
Lions OVER paid for an OVERRATED UGa QB.
HighTech
November 24th, 2011
2:49 pm
There’s a troll who spouts off constantly on here about how BYU cheats. Same dude?
5150 UOAD
November 24th, 2011
2:50 pm
Headly is All Cupcake Conference too.
5150 UOAD
November 24th, 2011
2:52 pm
Another pick thrown by STIFFORD.
HighTech
November 24th, 2011
3:09 pm
I think Headley is Smoking Jacket, too.
5150 UOAD
November 24th, 2011
3:31 pm
Check the Recruiting blog…………….Richt is BEGGING for Keith Marshall to Please come to Georgia.
Technically Correct
November 24th, 2011
3:56 pm
Am I the only one who is sick and tired of RETARDED sportswriters at the AJC? Am I the only one who is sick and tired of all those thin-skinned, RETARDED idiots who demand “political correctness?” C’mon, people, get real! You, too, AJC sportswriters! Get a life and quit playing “Gotcha” with coaches. Learn to quit taking everything so seriously. Accept a slip of the tongue on occasion. Quit trying to make something out of nothing. Remember that, on the totem pole of life, there are few occupations less important that writing about sports.
Sam
November 24th, 2011
4:16 pm
Thanks for the info on the YouTube details. I figured as much but just thought I would ask the smart guys.
Please don’t throw things at me, but I am a Vol. So I’m used to discussing things yearly with the butt sniffers. No biggie there.
I hope the Jackets pound them, then LSU will beat them by about 40 points, and the puppies will end up playing in the Toilet Bowl. I’m just glad they finally had a semi-decent year such that Richt can hang around another five years.
19
November 24th, 2011
4:28 pm
banned?
19
November 24th, 2011
4:32 pm
I can’t post what I’d like. Suffice to say some of those dogsters can’t match in person what they like to post on a Tech blog. You “big bad Dawgs” are actually chickens when confronted in person. THWG!
Go Yellow Jackets!!!
HighTech
November 24th, 2011
4:39 pm
Sam…rough year for the Vols. Bobby Dodd was an All-American Vol quaterback prior to becoming a coaching legend at Georgia Tech. Good luck to Chris on pursuing his dream.
carolinajacket
November 24th, 2011
4:43 pm
He was also the second person to be elected to both the NCAA football player’s and coaches hall of fame. He was something else.
19
November 24th, 2011
5:46 pm
I had a great Turkey Day! I hope everyone else did as well. Sorry for getting off topic, but I’m pumped for this Saturday at noon.
Belated Thanks Super!
Go Yellow Jackets!
19
November 24th, 2011
5:49 pm
I’ve been singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic all day. Just different lyrics! LOL
Go Jackets!!!
carolinajacket
November 24th, 2011
5:53 pm
Is that the Auburn fight song?
19
November 24th, 2011
6:08 pm
LOL carolinajacket, it’s the same music Georgia uses for their fight song (with different lyrics). Tech has there own version. It’s the Tech version I’ve been singing all day. You are probably joking but I wanted to make sure. It gets people’s attention. LMAO
Go Jackets!
carolinajacket
November 24th, 2011
6:12 pm
It was supposed to be a joke. I just wonder what they do when they play each other and one of the bands strikes up the tune.
Thomas Brown
November 24th, 2011
6:14 pm
Bobby Dodd is a college DROP-OUT of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, who LOST every single game against Vince Dooley and NEVER BEAT VINCE DOOLEY.
19
November 24th, 2011
6:31 pm
@carolina, I’m not sure Tech would play their version of that song. Tech would play the traditional “Heck of an Engineer”. Ran into a fan at the grocery store and he told me Tech is prepared for Georgia’s attempts to drown out our band. It’s going to be classic!
Mr. Thomas Brown, why would anyone care about your thoughts, opinions or any of the other pablum you puke? BTW, that’s a double negative at the end of your rant. Go Back to your blog, they’ve got prizes and gifts. Esspecially for idiots!
carolinajacket
November 24th, 2011
6:34 pm
Oh Thomas, why do you feel a need to lie so much. Dodd not only graduated from UT, he also played basketball, baseball, and ran track while there. Its fine to support your team, but it’s pretty sorry when you have to do it by telling big, fat lies. Rather cowardly.
Dudette
November 24th, 2011
6:52 pm
Happy Thanksgiving to the north avenue …………..
Thomas Brown
November 24th, 2011
6:59 pm
“Go Back to your blog, they’ve got prizes and gifts.”
COMMA SPLICE
Thomas Brown
November 24th, 2011
7:11 pm
“Bobby Dodd did not complete his degree at the University of Tennessee, and he never quite forgave himself for that fact.”
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=curry_bill&page=sec/passion
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carolinajacket November 24th, 2011 6:34 pm
“Oh Thomas, why do you feel a need to lie so much. Dodd not only graduated from UT, he also played basketball, baseball, and ran track while there. Its fine to support your team, but it’s pretty sorry when you have to do it by telling big, fat lies. Rather cowardly.”
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LIAR
5150 UOAD
November 24th, 2011
7:29 pm
Dodd was hired buy Alexander while he was still playing for Tennessee.
Thomas Brown
November 24th, 2011
7:30 pm
Bobby Dodd is a college drop-out who never not one time beat Vince Dooley and who lost to Vince Dooley every game.
Thomas Brown
November 24th, 2011
7:34 pm
“I just could not compete with those damn state universities. And it just broke me down. I couldn’t beat’em. You can just outcoach’em some of the time, brother. Better football players will beat you.”
shorter passes ( long is ok also)
November 24th, 2011
7:38 pm
Why do you not just use “BuLLdog”?
5150 UOAD
November 24th, 2011
7:42 pm
Thomas I would bet Dodd beat Vince a few times. See Vince Played and coaches at Auburn and I know Dodd beat Vince when Vince was still just an Auburn Man.
carolinajacket
November 24th, 2011
7:48 pm
In 1931, following his college graduation, Dodd joined William Alexander’s coaching staff for the Georgia Tech football team. After fifteen years as an assistant, Dodd became head coach and led the team to national prominence. THE NEW GEORGIA ENCYCLOPEDIA
But, you are right as far as actually getting his degree. He took the job (during the depression) a few weeks before graduation. Not exactly, a college drop out as we know it now and as you implied. Your hatred is going play havoc with your heart.
5150 UOAD
November 24th, 2011
7:53 pm
After playing quarterback at the University of Tennessee, he served as an assistant coach under Bill Alexander at Georgia Tech beginning in 1931. Alexander made the hire while Dodd was still a student at Tennessee. Dodd succeeded Alexander in 1945 as the third head coach at the Institute. He retired from coaching after the 1966 season, compiling a 165–64–8 record. He also served as Athletic Director from 1950 until 1976. All told, Dodd spent 45 years at Tech in various capacities. Bobby Dodd died in June 1988 at the age of 79 in Atlanta, Georgia.
HighTech
November 24th, 2011
8:19 pm
Thomas Brown…thanks for sharing that about Bobby Dodd. I did not know that he never graduated from Tennessee. That’s an interesting bit of information about Tech’s legendary coach. From which college did you drop out?
carolinajacket
November 24th, 2011
8:30 pm
My god. Its the depression (can you imagine what that was like?), Dodd has a chance at $300 a month, so he takes the coaching job just a few weeks before he would have graduated. So, he completed 95+% of his course work. Thats not exactly being a “college drop out.” Of course, Mr. Brown, having not the slightest understanding of history, has no idea what the Great Depression was.
killerj
November 24th, 2011
8:33 pm
You To Tree Sniffer! Happy Thanks To All!…..See You At “The Game” Roll Wreck! THWG!
HighTech
November 24th, 2011
8:34 pm
The real Thomas Brown has been involved in trying to improve UGA’s treatment of student-athletes.
According to The McDuffie Mirror:
The whole atmosphere surrounding UGA athletes is a factor, according to Thomas Brown, a football player who Richt hired as assistant strength-and-conditioning coach. Few people ask athletes about their career plans, Brown said. They only ask about sports. As a result, athletes want to take easy courses rather than useful ones.
http://mirror.augusta.com/stories/2011/08/04/opi_623979.shtml
HighTech
November 24th, 2011
8:44 pm
carolinajacket…I think it’s wonderful that Coach Bobby Dodd, even though a so-called college drop out, coached a national championship football team and has both a stadium and a trophy named after him. Maybe the Thomas Brown that posts here has accomplished something in life he would like to share with us.
HighTech
November 24th, 2011
8:44 pm
Enter your comments here
carolinajacket
November 24th, 2011
8:46 pm
Its a shame some troll steals his identity. I applaud his efforts.
5150 UOAD
November 24th, 2011
8:46 pm
High Tech………….The White Girls College & Plantation of Georgia doesn’t care about the labor on the fields and courts.
HighTech
November 24th, 2011
8:51 pm
5150…One could get that impression reading The McDuffie Mirror. Hopefully, Coach Richt is trying to correct that. I think I remember reading earlier on the AJC blogs where one Georgia fan was referring to the players as employees. That’s really sad.
HighTech
November 24th, 2011
8:57 pm
5150…Bobby Dodd died in June 1988. When was his last public appearance? One of Bobby Dodd’s great players, All-American Hal Miller, passed away this week. Please keep his family in your thoughts and prayers.
http://www.timesnews.net/death-notice/10563/hal-miller-kingsport
carolinajacket
November 24th, 2011
9:30 pm
Hal Miller was one of a group of great linemen who played for Dodd in the early ’50s, along with Lum Snyder, Ray Beck, Larry Morris, Pete Brown, Lamar Wheat, Carl Vereen, Franklin Brooks, Bill Fulcher and others.These guys were super.
Jarvis 29
November 24th, 2011
9:40 pm
Hey Techies I would like to introduce myself.
I am about to show you a BAD day.
19
November 24th, 2011
11:48 pm
Jarvis 29, my daughter might be scared but I am not. Don’t worry she is safe. The question is are you?
19
November 24th, 2011
11:50 pm
I love “BAD” days Jarvis. Bring it on!
Thomas Brown
November 25th, 2011
1:59 am
carolinajacket November 24th, 2011 7:48 pm
“But, you are right as far as actually getting his degree. He took the job (during the depression) a few weeks before graduation.”
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carolinajacket November 24th, 2011 6:34 pm
“Oh Thomas, why do you feel a need to lie so much. Dodd not only graduated from UT”
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GT
November 25th, 2011
9:21 am
Why is anybody in the band? And why the uniforms that make their rear ends look like the Goodyear blimp.
Sam
November 25th, 2011
10:10 am
Hello
Sam
November 25th, 2011
10:30 am
Thanks to everyone for all the views of Chris’ video. I realize that doesn’t mean anything in the big scheme of things but nice for him to get some attention.
That is interesting on Bobby Dodd…I didn’t know of his connection to Tennessee.
I greatly appreciate all the assistance and information!
Supersize that order, mutt
November 25th, 2011
11:13 am
Sam, Dodd was a “trophy player” for General Neyland at Tennessee. Neyland never forgave him for leaving Tennessee and taking the job at Tech. That wasn’t because he left before graduating; it was because Neyland assumed that Dodd would stay in Knoxville as one of his assistants. He literally never got over Dodd’s “betrayal.”