Georgia Tech begins bowl practice

I’m shocked!! I just hope I’m not going into a depression.

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Ken, I think I speak for many when I say “THANK YOU” for your coverage of the Jackets this year. It has been a fun & interesting season. This team has played hard and if they win their 9th game @ Sun Bowl they have alot to be proud of in 2011. The future for Tech and the ACC is looking brighter with alot of young talent, particularly at Clemson & GT which has become a great rivalry game. Local bowl game would’ve been nice for fans, but sure a trip is more interesting and fun for the team. Again, thank you for your excellent work….perfect mix of information, candor, insight, & humor.

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Crowell SEC Freshman of the year. That’s funny right there I don’t care who you are that’s funny!

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I thought he was the savior….yet, I here Washington keeps the job no matter what. I would look at other ships too.

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If Vad does leave, we are going to be in a world of hurt at QB for the next 2 or 3 years…Tevin tried hard, but he’s just not the guy for this offense, and Synjyn has not impressed me.

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I second SC Jacket’s complimentary words for all your coverage and hard work this year, Ken! Great job. Thank you very much!

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Ken thanks again for the coverage.

Did you sense any urgency with CPJ &/or the team on the need to win this bowl game after going 0-3 in bowls? A bowl win topping off for 9 wins would be HUGE.

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I don’t suppose any of the sportswriters there thought to ask Coach Johnson, whether Vad Lee would see action during the bowl game, did they?

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was wondering the same thing, Tech. Seems like that would be a great coming out party. That might also help him decide to stay.

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the kid you got from tallahassee can play QB so losing Lee won’t be the end of the world but that would mean you are playing TW in 2012

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Shoulda played vad this year. Easy first half schedule woulda given him more than enough time to get it down. Then we coulda had a passer against uga and not some duck thrower.

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Vad is a smart young man with enough talent to make an NFL roster in the future…

He’s not going to leave Tech, which runs an offense tailor-made to his QB skills, just to sit out an extra year and play for ECU.

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JJ
December 6th, 2011
8:55 am

Very true. Playing Vad from the get-go probably would not have hurt tech in the first half of the season but would have definitely helped in the second half. Another brilliant move by coaching genius Paul Johnson.

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I know this is weird, but I follow Vad on Twitter. He is a wonderful young man, strong character, and a dedicated individual. But he does talk about home very, very often. I know not playing is tough but if he sticks around, it will all pay off. And if he transfers, he will have to spend another season for sure not playing at another program unless its Georgia Southern. I sure hope he sticks around.

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Redshirting Vad was the right decision for this year. With the young talent all around, especially on the O-line, playing Vad this year would have been a wasted season. He needed a year to mature and learn the offense.

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RambleOn84
December 6th, 2011
8:59 am

“The next true statement “The Grinch” makes will be his first.”

Hmmm, I agreed with your 8:56 blog, but since (according to you) I have yet to utter the truth then your comment must have been false. Interesting.

Oh yeah, please show me an inaccuracy in my 8:54 post.

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Can’t put the fate of the team in one freshman guys. Look at UGA, they have had a top 10 RB every year for the past 10 years, yet they now complain about not having any depth. Some players work out, some players fail out, and some just flop. GT needs a top notch QB or 2 every year in recruiting, then they need to wait a year or two and compete for the starter spot. If they fear competition, then they will not make it at a major program.

18 year old kid…girl problems, homesick, school is tough…sounds about right. It will get better and CPJ said it right, it is part of growing up.

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RambleOn84
December 6th, 2011
8:59 am

“The next true statement “The Grinch” makes will be his first.”

Is tech not 0-3 in bowl games under coaching genius Paul Johnson?

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RambleOn84
December 6th, 2011
8:59 am

“The next true statement “The Grinch” makes will be his first.”

Did I misquote Johnson’s “perception” comment about the SEC?

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Some little girls take longer than others to mature, though.

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She sometimes even takes very sensitive recent tragedies and makes light of them to try to get a rise out of people.

We considered taking her to a psychiatrist, but were told that this is natural and almost every little girls goes though this stage.

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BigTimeTechFan
December 6th, 2011
9:13 am

Good, well written, and informative post. How many starters are returning for tech? Don’t include Washington as a starter, because if he’s your starter next year then you’re screwed.

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RambleOn84
December 6th, 2011
9:15 am

Sounds like your niece is a mess. Is her deranged uncle helping or hurting her development during these critical years?

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GT favored by 3.5. We really need to win this game.

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JJ
December 6th, 2011
9:22 am

You probably won’t believe me when I say this, but I do think GT will win the bowl game.

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Ken, esp. appreciate the way you form questions from our posts in a diplomatic way, would guess CPJ can be a little gruff-still more worried about who the NTs are, next year, than the QB……what happened to the italics?

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I once had a neighbor who was in the closet. He spent much of his time calling other men “ladies” and insulting them to try to make himself appear manly.

He eventually was outed and is now much happier that the charade is over.

It takes a little longer for some than others.

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We will need Vad to get us some points since Groh will be back I expect the defense to give up alot of points, especially against Georgia.

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what was so funny, in his first post he even included the site you could buy the same braves hat-but it did not have the top knot…….

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@Grinch: where did you get your coaching experience? As my Dad used to say: “You speak like a man with a ‘paper you-know-what.’” Thanks. Hadn’t thought of that phrase in 20 years.

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First thanks for the great coverage Ken.
Second if Vad leaves it will suck, but not the end of the world. This rumor spread quick and took hold after he made a remark before the UGA game and then canceled his twitter account.
Dennis Andrews is enrolling in Jan. which tells me he wants to play and appears to have the skills to compete for the starting role and GT is still in position to get Devin Fuller and I believe Bohannon was visiting Bilal Marshall after he opened his recruitment back up. It’s a wait and see like every year.
I will say GT and CPJ need this bowl win and I hope the players and staff are taking Utah seriously.
Grinch, what would you have had CPJ say about the SEC before the games were even played? As far as all the those teams being ranked only Bama, LSU, Ark., USC, and UGA deserve to be in the top 25, which is still plenty to prove the SEC is still tops in CFB, but Auburn in no way deserves to be in the top 25 and would not be there if not for preseason ranking.

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The old Marty Robbins hit comes to mind. The bad guy comes in the door and the good guy goes out the back window. This will be the case when the drug lords from Jaurez come into the diners and bars of El Paso and the GT folks scram from the cantinas.

Remember, Obama and Holder have been running guns down there and the stray drug dealer’s gunfire from over the border is prolific and wild. DUCK !!!

Do not go out at night and wear Kevlar clothing.

This is a long way to go for a puny $2.2 mill pay out. I guess GT needs the dough. It sure ain’t for prestige with UGA getting twice or three times that amount AND in a NY Day (Jan. 2 ) bowl vs December 20th at 4 AM.

Wear Kevlar. Be safe and do not open your hotel door for anyone !!!

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and Justin only had 1 out of 3 kick-offs returned in HS….

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Gorilla sounds like a really good name for him. He quite obviously knows nothing about El Paso. Juarez can’t be seen from the airport or the stadium, and most hotels are close by the airport. Plus, you can rest assured that most Norte Americanos have enough brains to not venture into Juarez, even poor ol’ Georgie mutts, even those that go by Gorilla———!

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Blazer I too would like to see what Perkins could do at ab and I starting to think Lanier is one of those bust recruits.
Doom and gloomers relax a little the o-line will be actually experienced next year with some actual depth and QB and BB are the question right now. The defense will have a good secondary and as already mentioned Holton and Noble will be in the mix. The LB look solid and a lot of depth recruited for the 3-4 will be available. The d-line will be the big question but hopefully Green will be healthy and ready to go.

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Enter your comments heredamn smart phone. Was going to say that they always tell us about the thug, drug dealing, rapists that GT has and would think we would be use to it.

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I’m less and less impressed with Paul Johnson.

He can’t/won’t recruit, and seems to even enjoy the opportunity to try and win with Div-II players, wearing it like a badge of honor.

Clearly, his allowing Groh another year to try to run an defense that we don’t have the players to run is poor leadership. 2 years and our defense is still as bad as when Womack left.

If Vad Lee leaves, we’re screwed. Washington and Days are not impressive, at all.

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looked at Schultzies’ post,don’t see the uggahs that haunt here posting over there, almost no Techies-Marshall should see what happens to kids that don’t turn out to be HershelII…..

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Vad has spent all fall practicing with the 1st and 2nd teams, giving him a jump start on competing next spring. Unless grades are an issue, I can’t see why he’d jump ship.

Looks like the team gets an immediate chance to prove how good/bad 2012 will be with a competitive BYU (9-3) team coming to Atlanta on Sep 1. Would be nice to get the bowl losing streak over with to set the right tone for 2012.

My biggest concern for next year is D-line. We need some freshmen D-line recruits (or perhaps a JC transfer) who can start from day one. Not many out there good enough to do so…

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BigTimeTechFan – Embry Peebles is also a senior. I think you are overstating the weight of our o-linemen. Agree that McRae should start over Finch. Will need some of the Freshman d-line to step up and Shawn Green to emerge from obscurity. Hopefully Holton will be healthy enough to unseat I. Johnson. I don’t trust him at free safety.

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-Reference to previous post; If the kid (triple option QB) from Fla wants to play QB, he’s stand a better chance at GT……….all Ga would do with him is make a Rb or TE out of him….or worse, he would be relegated to special teams.

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STICK WITH IT VAD, Catn’t wait to see you on the feild. Worst case scenario if Vad leaves. Demontevious Smith looked pretty impressive at QB He should be in the mix no-matter what really.

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Birmingham Jacket, Do you really think CPJ does not want to sign 5 star guys? GT rarely gets these top recruits and he is fighting two battles. One is the media and other coaches when it comes to his system and the other is kids actually wanting to come to GT with the degrees that are offered. The defense is lacking when it comes to the d-line but otherwise I think Groh has done pretty good with only one recruiting class so far as he was late to the show in 09. I have a friend whose son is currently being recruited as a o-lineman. He has heard from Dabo and Spurrier that he cannot make it past college if he chose to play for GT. This is untrue as we all know, but if you are 17-18 and you and your parents are relying on these men to be up front and trustworthy then it’s going to influence you.

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Buzzman, Why would CPJ burn a redshirt for one game and why would Vad agree to do it? I could understand burning it back in October, but it would make no sense now. If Vad were to leave then I really expect Dennis Andrews to push for playing time as he is an early enrolle and obviously wants to compete. Vad had the same oppurtunity and chose to enjoy his full senior year, which I can’t blame him for,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGTlezdRPv4&feature=related

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THANK YOU KEN for your tremendous work this year. Your quality of writing and reporting has been outstanding. You’ve made following the Jackets here in NY so much more enjoyable than in previous years. The AJC should give you a raise! You can tell your boss that I said that. Looking forward to your continuous updates.

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@Ramblin Man

I think CPJ probably comes off to a lot of recruits as “I’m gonna’ win with or without you kid”.

I say this bc of his policy of pulling the offer if recruits visit other schools— a policy which he has humbly but wisely abondoned.

I can certainly never see him going the extra mile to stroke a kid’s ego like Mark Richt calling a kid on his birthday. Maybe that’s beneath guys like you and him. But this is a new generation of athlete, and you’ve got to kiss up to them.

Or you can sign classes of players whose only offers are Furman, Duke, etc…. and get used to more Saturday’s like Nov 26.

As for your tolerance of Al Groh…. That makes me wonder if you’ve even watched a Tech game the past 2 years.

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headley, what do you think of the Crowell situation?

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saw a couple of folks on Schultz use italics, did not look like your work………biscuit knows how to find an uggha blog!

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Tek fans still think they have a foot to stand on to talk junk about their masters from Athens? Seriously?

Richt could put UGA uni’s on Clark Central’s football team and still whoop the cheats from the jokr by coke.

6 in a row coming right up!!

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Bjacket,
I in no way think a grown man that runs a D-1 program should be kissing a kids arse. I know these coaches rely on these kids for thier bread and butter, but treating them this way is what got prgrams like Ohio, Miami, and even UGA into the trouble they have now. Do you think that maybe just maybe had Richt treated these KIDS like they needed to earn soemthing instead of like royalty he would have the RB problems UGA has now. Is toloerating Groh giving him a chance to get the right players in place? I am frustrated over the bad line play, but I can’t fault Groh for one player having an illness and another breaking his leg that were recruited specifically for this line. Now I will say I am not a fan of the light coverage he implements sometimes, but I am willing to give him another year to show improvement. Once upon a time coaches were given 5 years to build a program now it seems it’s immediate or gone.

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Ramblin Man, I agree 100% with everything you said

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every sunday and monday night, during the team intros, you see players from every school, and some only give their high school-if you can play in the nfl, they will find you..better argument-save wear and tear by not going to some school you are going to get beat up 2 or 3 years…Calvin is doing fine, and did not get hit that much, with Reggie throwing …….Ken, wish you could get a filter that could block posts completely without any original content…..

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Thanks Super I just don’t know what some fans were expecting when you are 119 out of 120 in youngest teams. The fast and furious start gave to many people high hopes and now they don’t know what to do. The sky is not falling it’s just a bit of a black cloud hovering right now.

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Supersize, Did he recruit any of them? Did they get better playing for this staff? Did playing in the TO enhance their prospects.Think any of them would’ve signed with tech if PJ had been recruiting them?
How many on this roster headed for the NFL? PJ qb’s in the NFL? zero Bubba.

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FYI – I emailed the AA and they responded that they were not aware of any travel agency putting together a Sun Bowl package – tickets, hotel and charter flights.

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bobby it only takes one. How many QBs that are currently junior or seniors that play for the other 119 D-1 schools are going to the NFL this year? Yes actually he spoke with Allen about the transfer when he took the job and AA did not run for the hills. I would say that 2 1/2 years under CPJ and staff that Morgan, Burnett, Thomas, Dwyer, and Allen learned something. Not to mention all the guys on practice squads right now. As stated by people over and over if you have NFL talent they will find you no matter where they play. In fact I will bet you that this time next year Uzzi, Smith, Sweeting, and maybe even Hill get looks and Sweeting and Uzzi will get picked up. Sylvester and Melton might even have a chance to make a roster this year.

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DawginLex,
Good to see you man. I hated that loss for fans like you, but I have to admit for the many others that bash GT daily it felt kind of good. Good luck with Marshall today and the bowl game.

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Come one guys, Vad isn’t leaving, I promise. Why would he leave when he has so many championships facing him in the near future? And not to mention how being the QB of a triple option offense in college immediately prepares a player for NFL success…
Just give me more time, nobody can turn things completely around in only 3-4 years, just ask Obama….First the Sun Bowl, then the WORLD!!!!

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@ Old Man – What on earth makes you think TW was a me person?? He never looked for any accolades from anyone (and never got any). He took responsibility for losses that clearly were not solely his fault…

You’d be hard pressed to find a less selfish person. It’s as if you all just need SOMEONE to blame for your disappointment. Actually this season was better than I expected with the young group we have… and lets not forget we still have a game to play.

… You think the team might appreciate if we could avoid imploding for just a few more weeks??
Geeze

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Lex-probably joint enrollment-they add a point to the college level courses-SAs can get a good education at any div1, Ben Watson had a wonderlic of 48, bet he would done well academically anywhere……

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You people who say Vad Lee is the best QB, what the heck are you basing this on?

Just the facts, please….

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Lex, hope he doesn’t get booed for a bad game(the new kid)-not big enough to be HershelII…..

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I’d be prepared for Uzzi, Smith, McCrae, Barnes, and Tevin Washington to be gone next season, just in case. Uzzi is highly ranked with the NFL and could very well go that route. Washington is looking at Law School, and the others are looking at Grad School as they will have earned enough credits to graduate. As you know, few of the players make it directly to the GA Tech Grad program (Roddy Jones is the last one).

On the positive side, there are some key players coming up off their red shirts as well as the recruits who will be able to step in quickly.

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If Lee goes, so should Johnson. I do not share everyone’s optomism(sp) about next year. It should be a make or break for johnson and crew, especially if he drops another bowl game. Imho, I think Tech can do better.

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one of Bisher’s last ajc columns, he said he was against booing-i wrote & asked, what about booing the refs? He sent me a nice, handwritten note, saying the folks on the field have no way of knowing exactly who the boos are for(still fail on not booing the refs, sometimes-acc refs are terrible!)

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Isn’t the guy who is QB at Georgia Southern a senior and prior transfer from Tech? I wonder if they have talked. Southern sure did revive his career and they run the same offense. And he would not have to sit out a year.

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If Vad does indeed transfer, its probably only because he has bigger fish to fry

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I dont know how many plays were actually designed as keepers. Perhaps there were some missed reads but he seemed to connect with Hill on long passes pretty well on average. He’s proven that he can pass – even under pressure. There were bad passes and reads, but also quite a number of catchable balls dropped. I’ll admit that there are problems with consistency. But this was only his first full season. Those are issues of a young QB. It will be no different for Vad. Days has already demonstrated that. We will not improve if we’re always looking to throw the baby out with the bathwater! They’re young!! This half hearted support from our core fan base certaily doesn’t help to build confidence or stability.

I think the whole team was in a funk for MIA and VA. What did you make of the Clemson win? I also thought he played well, not outstanding, against VT (until the Attachou penalty changed the momentum) – which proves that he does show up in big games. But the recurring theme in every loss has been lack of cohesiveness. No one unit is going to win or lose the game for them. We simply dont have those kind of superstars. But what we have is a group of players capable of great wins when they allllllllllllllllll play smart together for 4 qtrs.

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When I’m thinking about Vad, I’m thinking about the “Georgia Tech Shaft”.

It’s just a rigorous place.

Not the kind of place, say, your average IT guy could graduate from.

Just make it past your freshman year, Vlad. That’s all you gotta do. You’ll adjust.

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I hope Vad Lee Staaaaaaaaaaaaays!!

He is the future of GT. He could very well be the play that takes GT from a mediocre team to a National Championship team. That would certainly put him in the mix for Heisman.

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LeeGooooo, its not a question of will he win us a national championship or will he win a heisman, but rather HOW MANY national championships and HOW MANY heismans will he win? With me and him working together, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish…I shall put him on my back and ride of into the sunset of college football lore…

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Where would Tim Tebow be today if he had not powered through the tough times and gave it everything he had to overcome?

Vad, this is part of becoming a man. As a GT alum, we all went through the freshman year. It’s tough. That’s what makes the GT degree so valuable.

Stick it out. You’ll be glad you did. All of GT is behind you in this adventure. You’re part of the hive now!!

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Don’t worry about UGA “ruling” the Atlanta Journal/Constitution. The Bulldog hierarchy has to pay plenty of cold cash to get those big headlines and news space. What you must worry about is whether Tech is going to get big, strong, and fast defensive players. We had guys like that when we won our fourth National Championship in 1990. UGA had defensive guys like that when they won their one-and-only National Championship in 1980.

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“” UGA had defensive guys like that when they won their one-and-only National Championship in 1980.”"

WOW, was it really that long ago!!!

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The Old Gold sweat are on sale now at the bookstore and they ARE in Kevlar, perfect for El Paso nights, as the drug lords fire shots into the Jaurez night.

Sun Bowl where your dreams come true. The TECH FUND crowd ARE LOOKING for a bowl win. If not, then next September the ESPN boys will be doing their annual PRE SEASON Coaching Hot Seat Awards and CPJ will be topic # 1. Bank on it with a Sun Bowl loss.

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Sean Salisbury, Jim Lavin and Mike Mooney who beat up that lil girl at the old N Avenue pizza joint near the old Tech Motel.

Why Peachtree Orthopedics can re build any facial features, with enough time and TECH MONEY. THAT is what was going on at the Flats in 1990.

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High School Offense, D3 talent, D2 coach

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10 years from now, the stadium will be renamed “Vad Lee field” and “Paul Johnson Stadium” and there will be a large, bronze statue of my hoisting Vad onto my shoulders after winning our 4th consecutive national title, bank on it

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Right GT. We need some big, big horses, like UGA has, to play Groh’s defense.

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“He is the future of GT. He could very well be the play that takes GT from a mediocre team to a National Championship team. That would certainly put him in the mix for Heisman.”

Huh?

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National Championship? Heisman?

I would say crawl before you walk….but I would say you need to learn to roll over first, just saying.

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Dude, Vad is the next Scott Frost running the option. This offense is designed for Vad. Can’t wait to see him perform on stage Bobby Dodd! Go Vad. Go Jackets! We are all behind you!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eWfe597CKY

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Tommie Frazier was better than Scott Frost. Either way, Vad Lee is the first kid I’ve seen that has potential to trump both!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oO18ZbCLbE&feature=related

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Vad Lee will be fun to watch and see him grow and perform for EC U. He will transfer.

Right now, he has finals ……right?? If he passes his courses, then he can make that move. Why would he leave today or Friday, unless his classes are done.

Wait until end of the semester and then see what you all think.

I say he is gone, knowing that the stage at GT is small ball.

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Does the filter queue or destroy post?

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I’m not ready to give up on Tevin. I think we have an easier road to correct his minor issues than to basically start completely over with a new QB. Vad may offer some improvements. But my money says he will not have a good enough understanding of the TO to work the miracles everyone seems to expect him to.

… if CPJ is as smart as I hope he is – he will find a way to use both players – perhaps in the game at the same time! Now that would shake some teams up!

Tevin has proven speed, understands the offense and another year of eligibility. A smart man would find a way to maximize on all the talent he has.

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Me, Coach Paul Johnson and Vad Lee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ1Rb9hC4JY&feature=related

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I am a troll who likes fragrance and casual conversations.

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I also like clothing magazines.

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Come on Vad, if you are as good as they say you are why are you playing for the bumblebees? Go ahead and transfer before you talent gets lost in gimmickville and the ” I can’t get real talent so I will run the triple option BS”.

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Just read on si.com that techs offense under the genius johnson averages a stellar 8 points in bowl games. Can u say high school even buford throws the ball more.

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Whoever is using my screen name plus a typing space so that it appears that it is me, has actually got me spot on….except for the fact that I love CPJ

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I’ve been told I look like Harry Potter. Drunk men tell me I look like Christian Slater.

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I like to claim I am a Tech alumnus, but I’m really not. I graduated from Coastal Carolina but I am an expert on evaluating talent and determining who has a chance at the NFL. Did I mention I like to use multiple screen names?

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I get so tired of the mutt trolls, especially the ones that try to pose as GT grads and/or fans, who don’t seem to have any more productive to do and apparently live here and constantly spew their garbage. I don’t ask the AJC to be censors. I have seen admonitions at the end of the blogger’s reportage for us to keep it clean and civil and to remember this is a sport’s blog and how the reporter is not afraid to ban people who cross the lines of decent and civil discourse. I sure wish the AJC would back these words up with actions. I also get tired of repeatedly asking for this needed enforcement. Thank You.

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The posts on here are absurd.

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Good luck to Ga. Tech, Ga. Southern and the UGA. Let’s enjoy the Bowl Games and the FCS Playoffs. I am sure that the late Al Ciraldo, Larry Munson, Coach Erk Russell and Bobby Dodd are sitting around discussing each team.

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The issue at the Sun Bowl will be — Are you tough enough? — Utah will play tough for 60 minutes — Georgia Tech will need to match that to win!!

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I’ll echo the “Great Job Ken” bandwagon. I thought I would not be reading at this time, but I keep coming back…so thanks. The only thing I disagreed with you on is your comparison of GT to a country club mentality.

This bowl game is a direction changer, period. This shows that this young team will show up and demand to be a top 25 team. I like Big Time JF line up. Wow, if our O-line can get to 300lbs in our offense…wow, look out. I have hopes for Vad and Synjin. These are warrior QB’s who can punish. Tevin is a manager QB who will absolutely kill an equal or lesser team, but get smashed against a physical defense. But, who knows…its a long offseason and he’s a hard worker. I just have dreams of a Tyrod Taylor at QB for GT. WOW…can you say Heisman?

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Amen GT-UT. The Utes are in for an ass kicking. Synjin Day – Player of the Game.

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Bham Jacket is right: Half the problem with our program are our ignorant fans.
We’re going to hope Vad Lee stays when he’s a junior. After all, he just won the Heisman!

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Tech has a bowl tradition but not a major bowl tradition. Here is why:
1955 GT in the Sugar Bowl and I think they beat Rice.
NEXT MAJOR BOWL was in
1967 Orange Bowl loss to Florida and their next major bowl was the
Orange BOwl in 2009 and another loss to Iowa.

Tons and tons of Bluebonnet Bowl trips or Gator Bowl ( I recall Joe PA Whuppin Dodd in 65 or 66) and tons of Boise Bowl games or Emerld City, etc. BUT ONLY THREE MAJORS in 56 years. Look it up.

NOW UGA, as only one example, has been to 3 Sugar Bowls in the last 11 bowl seasons and about three Capitol One bowl games and two Outback Bowl games. These last two are considered NY’s day type of major bowl games, unlike the Sun, played at 4 AM on 12/20th or whatever.

Tradition is defined many ways ………….. and GT does have a bowl tradition, just NOT a major bowl tradition with ONLY three majors in 56 years. In those same exact 56 years, UGA has been two about four or five Cotton Bowl games, about 6 or 7 Sugar Bowl games, one Orange Bowl and Capitol One three times and the Outback twice or three times, counting 2012. See?

Two teams, two bowl traditions and two very different histories over the same era.

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You go Merciless!

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You get ‘im too Supersize! Color me gone for the night.

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bring your brushes

since you will be going to the toliet bowl…

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I think Vad Lee leaves Tech.

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Talk about spewing hate. Get a life, little girl

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oh wow. that is how we do it.

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My favorite trick is to switch screen names multiple times to talk to myself. Mainly I will act as a tech fan. Then post as the “alum” who has been a tech fan for 50 years. I don’t know why I obsess so much over GT. Mainly because I have a little tiny wee wee of a pen!s and girls laugh at it all the time

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Did someone mention sexual misconduct AND sociopaths in the same post? I love me some good r.ape jokes! Hilarious! Time to hit the hay so I can do some lawyerin tomorrow.

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AJC should require proof of season ticket ownership to post here.

Mark my words,

the Golden Tornado has three weeks to prepare for the Utes

AND

the Golden Tornado will Mercilessly Kick Ute Ass in Ole El Paso!

quaterbacked by Synjin Days.

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ken i’m surprised you/AJC haven’t done a story on this kid from the GT baseball team

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/health/2011/12/06/hf-colby-wren.cnn

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Should be an interesting basketball game tonight between the Jackets and Dawgs. Both teams have had some tough losses and need to get a win. It will be important for us to cut down on the turnovers that have affected us early in the season and to play a full 40 minute defensive effort. Hope there is good turnout for both teams.

Go Jackets!!!

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Crowell not going to class. Will not qualify academically in the Spring.

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It’s good to see a group of comments without some moron having nothing to say but “First!”. Of course, it is probably too early for UGA fans to be out of bed.

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Come on tech fans let’s wake up and comprehend what we have seen.
1) washington can throw the ball but so what.no matter how good a QB can throw
if we don’t have a passing game too not many passes will be completed.
don’t get me wrong, l love the triple option but it can be over used.
2) in the georgia game the bulldogs came out all pumped up with sprit, sorry but our guys didn’t.
it was way to easy to see that georgia wanted that game alot more than we did.

our A game is good and that is what we beat clemsen with and we came so close to beating va tech. if our guys played their A game every week we would be undefeated. don’t tell me how many games ga won cause l couldn’t care less, our A game could have beaten them.

our coaches know how to teach the guys but they suck at motivating them and keeping them sprited enough to stay with it and win the tough ones.
we need to start holding coaches acountable, from the head coach on down.
coaches get paid alot of money so high expectations and demands are well justified

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I don’t see Lee transferring to Va Tech. He’s not going to play ahead of Logan Thomas.

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macriod don’t be mad hell all these years and you still think tek can beat GEORGIA.

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@ Ken Sugiura…
Take that love young writer!

I told you Tech fans that you were getting the best that the AJC has to presently offer. Have a great holiday season.

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TW Fan

My take on TW is he’s a good QB, a little above average. But I really feel Tech will need a special QB to take it to the next level.

TW is QB that can just run the offense as designed. If play is there he makes it
What Tech needs is just that, but to add that little extra instinct that when a play is not there he will make a few extra plays a game. Think D Robertson at Mich, sometimes plays break down and he will turn it into something big at lest once a game

TW passing, For a Div 1 QB i would say he’s below average, sometimes showed nice soft deep ball, sometime nice touch, then other times he was way off.

Don’t know if Vad or Days is that special QB but:

Days, you can see more energy in his runs, From what I’ve seen there is no dought if he had the game time TW has had he would make a few extra plays, but I can’t tell if he would make the standard plays/reads TW makes

V Lee, Only seen HS film, pre-season scrimmages. From film there is no question he can pass the ball, scrimmages he looked real good running. Coaches talk how he willed team to undefeated season, even in preseason coach Jonson talked about how he was exceptional for Freshmen with only 3 week into system

Only issue is playing time and I think Days should have go a lot more this year.
If Vad wins job we may see Days move to safety or RB, with TW and D Smith and the Frosh this as backups.

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How many screen names can you post under today fake UOAD? Does your boyfriend have some lawyering to do today? Or will he have time to pound you in the rear before UFC comes on tonight?

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1 4 GT, for the most part I totally agree with you, but remember it was Ralph McGill who was most instrumental in not counting the Tech wins in ‘43 and ‘44. He was just another dawg homer. Even Mehre, who was a former dawg coach, was more objective than that. Regarding these blogs though, if it were not for the fact that this is about the only place you can come and get factual info about Tech athletics and meet (sometimes in person) some really cool and faithful Tech fans, I would quit visiting this site at all.

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They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so the REAL 5150 UOAD should be flattered that some troll thinks enough of him to use his name, even if it is to post utter crap. I have my share of copiers too.

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Ken, I wish the ajc would stop recycling your column under different headlines, this is the third time I have pulled this article up on my computer, each time under a different headline, as though it is a new column!

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Me too Supersize. Twice. About V Lee & no longer visiting here for factual info.

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Supersize, he reactivated his twitter account and posted exactly what I copied and pasted.

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supermutt, at least I have a mind. It’s obvious from all of your posts that you are deficient in that area

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So much for the bonus pj gets for beating UGA.

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The ajc stated a month ago that changes were coming to the way blog posts are handled. What are all these trolls going to do with all their time when they can’t post crap in here every hour of the day? What will they transfer their obsession to if that happens?

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supermutt, there wasn’t any sign of intelligence in your last post. Keep trying, bubba, or better yet, go get a job.

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tn jacket, from what I read, they are going to try to control the entire “entry process” into the blogs, so they won’t be able to go to any of the tech blogs, at least not in the manner in which they do so now

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1 4 GT – I believe “the schirmster” @ 10:52 AM on Dec 7, 2011 is exposing one of two trolls who frequently raid this blog.

The one he is referring to has a deep hatred of Paul Johnson, GT’s uniforms, and GT fans in general (refers to us as GT’s fanbase). He posts under multiple names, runs a firepauljohnson website, and poses as a Tech alumnus or a Tech fan while spewing his hatred for other fans. He also likes to stalk football recruits.

The other troll is a UGA grad. He apparently becomes enraged when there is any mention of GT academics. He takes every opportunity to denigrate GT academics, a subject he knows nothing about. He tries to make jokes about inappropriate subjects, such as people being assaulted. If you read his posts, he does not seem to have any respect for himself or anyone else.

Both trolls are your prototypical geeks, but they call the people on this blog nerds. Both seem seriously deranged and have too much time on their hands.

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ss you thinking you are more intelligent is funny.

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Check out the posts made by Really? a little after midnight. The last one, in particular, is the most hypocritical garbage I have ever read on here.

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Check out one made by Tradtion is…. from last night too. Talk about a total lack of intelligence.

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OK, guys, whoever is posting under superDawg’s name is just as bad off as he is. Don’t stoop to that level

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We need a coaching staff capable of PLAYER DEVELOPMENT – on boths sides of the ball! Thats where it starts. We get decent talent (not 4 star) and if we can further develop those we have, then we are moving in the right direction. It creates an obligatory relationship between players and coaches, players and fans and creates positive buzz amongst recruits.

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If you really want to talk GT Sports, go to Stingtalk.com. The AJC blogs have been ruined by a bunch of middle school education level jerks.

The AJC blogs are kind of like a train wreck though, you can’t help looking.

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Mad Vad will be the starting QB in 2012. Synjin Day will play tons. ACC Champs for 2012. Thanks for setting things up so well Paul and Al.

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If you can’t make grades at UGA you’ve either got to be dumb or lazy as hell, possibly both

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Unbiased, appreciate your thoughtful comments. I have a couple of points to add. First, we have continued to exceed my expectations in the quality of wide receivers that we attract given how little we throw the ball. I am no expert, but Stephen Hill looks like he will play on Sundays. I know Thomas was recruited under a different regime, but we do have some excellent recent history-Johnson, Thomas and now Hill.

With respect to running backs, I don’t think we are really missing out on anyone we need. There are always more talented backs than there are positions available in Div. 1. Additionally, look at the history of the most highly recruited, highly ranked backs over the past several years. UGA has probably done as good a job as anyone in landing these recruits and what do they have to show foe it-King, Ealey and now Crowell. We are holding our own in that area.

The one area in which I am most concerned is with respect to OLine. I think this position is where our scheme may put us at the most disadvantage. Not enough emphasis on pass blocking for recruits who want a pro career, since today’s NFL is virtually an every down passing league, e.g. Green Bay.

Not from an athlete perspective, but from an experiential perspective, I also wonder about our pass defense. When you run so much, I fear during the week our defense does not get challenged by our scout team to grow and gain confidence to perform well against good passing teams.

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@IL jacket: Agree with you on the WRs: We have great receivers like Darren Waller and Matty Alcala just waiting for playing time, in addition Hill and Jeff Greene. All of them are 6-4 or above.

Interesting position on the tailbacks. We have a clear-cut need for 3 main types of RBs: the slow, heavy fullback (think Anthony Allen, Preston Lyons), the fast shifty slotback (Tony Zenon, Embry Peeples), and the tight-end/running-back hybrid types who can block well (Roddy Jones, Orwin Smith). So the pro-set RBs you see in most of college ball aren’t the types we need.

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@IL Jacket

I agree with you on your point re: the WRs at Tech, and the RBs. For your scheme, you get what you need. However, once again, I have to look at the QB position. With the triple-option scheme, you’ll never get solid talent that can throw the ball. While this may not be an issue if Tech’s goal is to win as many games as possible and contend for ACC titles, if the Jackets want to compete on the big stage and have shots at National Titles, they’ll need a scheme that can come back from early deficits. In order to beat the big, fast SEC defenses, you’ll need more balance.

A team like Alabama, LSU, or even Georgia, which are built around defending against the run, will always beat teams that are run-dominant but not big or fast enough to control the line.

An undefeated season is highly improbable under this system.

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Ken- Being out of town, your comments and the Rivals Board are pretty much my connections to the Jackets` news. After the uga basketball game, I`ve sorta gotten some interest in that direction. My question is: Where are the reports and comments about our BB guys? Can`t find anything since the ga. game report. Didn`t they have a game yeasterday(Savannah State)? Thanks for the stuff you`ve done this fall. Keep it up. JU

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Tech should quit playing Ga. We are at a disadvantage because of school work. We should devote our time and effort on winning the ACC, and occasionally play Ga. in early part of schedule rotating with Ga. Southern. Playing Ga. at the end, usually ruins our season.

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