Tech’s Will Jackson on bowl practice
Greetings-
Sorry for the delay. I have been down for the count with some sort of bug. Just a few notes from an interview with guard Will Jackson.
1. After a week break, Jackson was eager to get back to practice, to start preparing for Utah and ending Tech’s six-game bowl losing streak.
“It’s kind of a known fact that Georgia Tech’s lost ‘X’ number of bowl games in a row,” he said. “The Orange Bowl my first year and last year losing to Air Force, both of those were pretty embarrassing. You work three weeks, put a lot of time and effort into it and you go down and get beat, it’s not a lot of fun.”
2. Jackson said that run and pass blocking technique got a little sloppy towards the end of the season, which is why the line is trying to polish it up early on in bowl practice.
3. Jackson gave a nod to a few younger linemen, specifically Shaq Mason, Trey Braun and Errin Joe. Of Mason, he said that “I think he’s going to be a phenomenal player.”
Jackson also mentioned a member of the scout-team defense that I imagine many of you have never heard of – Xavier Lewis. Lewis transferred from Savannah State and I believe has two years of eligibility remaining. He’s a walk-on.
“He plays hard,” Jackson said of Lewis. “That’s the big thing. Sometimes those guys on the scout team, they get a little discouraged, they’ll go half-speed, not really care, but he’s going full-go every time. Whether it’s trying to give us a look or to prove himself, he definitely makes an impression.”
4. Jackson has a great aunt who lives in El Paso, who he said has lived there her whole life. She married his grandfather’s brother.
“So, kind of a weird connection,” he said. “Still family nonetheless.”
Thanks for reading.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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Supersize that order, mutt
December 11th, 2011
3:47 pm
Romeo, maybe you would be having fun right now if you had a female, or whatever sex you prefer in a partner or date. Then you wouldn’t feel the need to show your butt on a Tech blog.
cloudmanJacket
December 11th, 2011
4:30 pm
Another year with CPJ, another year losing to teams we should beat in the weak ACC, another year losing a bowl game, and another year dealing with Tech fans that are Kool Aid drinkers and satisfied with just being mediocre.
This was CPJ’s last year with Gailey’s players and our talent is worse each year since CPJ is a terrible recruiter. 4 FREAKING years and still no QB who can pass.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 11th, 2011
4:33 pm
Chan never had a QB who could pass either. If you consider Reggie Ball a passer, then you sure didn’t see the ACC championship game with Wake Forest, where he NEVER even attempted to get the ball to a constantly wide open Calvin Johnson.
fan of shorter passes
December 11th, 2011
5:22 pm
Noticed the Navy QB had 32 carries against Army. But they won.
1 4 GT
December 11th, 2011
5:36 pm
I’d rather talk good food if only other subject comes from that stupid mutt troll—-probably headless under one of his many “disguises”. Fried Catfish. You wouldn’t be talking Rio Vista would you?
Supersize that order, mutt
December 11th, 2011
6:09 pm
Yeah, 1 4 GT, Rio Vista. That was the name of the place. MMMM GOOOOOD!!!!!
superDawg
December 11th, 2011
6:23 pm
Crow must be a yellow belly favorite.Ya’ll eat it every year around holiday time.
superDawg
December 11th, 2011
7:43 pm
nuff said!
Wal-Mart Retards
December 12th, 2011
12:04 am
This week’s special – the Wal-Mart GED… Just like the one superDawg used to get into UGA…
ENUFF-Z-NUFF
Original Spike
December 12th, 2011
7:27 am
0-6.
Wal-Mart Retards
December 12th, 2011
7:43 am
FACTS (different from fax):
Georgia Tech’s 15th consecutive bowl appearance ties for the fourth-longest active streak among FBS schools. The Yellow Jackets will play in their 40th bowl game overall (22-17), tying for the 12th-most nationally.
superDawg
December 12th, 2011
8:20 am
(26-17-3)
Georgia tek is obsessed with nothing but beating UGA
December 12th, 2011
8:34 am
6 days without even a Georgia tek beat blog ? Zowie. No wonder all you Georgia tek fans (both of you) spend your days on the UGA beat blog, instead. Trying as you can to make it sound bad that we beat you 31-17 by several touchdowns, while you make ready to lose your 7th bowl game in a row and then recruit your usual # 51 recruiting ranking for Paul Johnson as well, when he cannot even figure out who your Quarterback is in game 12 vs your only Rival, us. By the way, the answer to that is Jaybo Shaw, who transferred from Paul Johnson to be playing in the game Saturday on TV to see if they can go to the National Championship Game again, throwing 7 of 8 passes and 1 TD pass along with his 2 TD runs.
NCAA PROBATION back-to-back repeat offenders in FOOTBALL Georgia tek.
superDawg
December 12th, 2011
8:52 am
UGA has gone to 46 bowls currently #5 in all time bowl games played.
macrotech
December 12th, 2011
9:37 am
“Georgia tek is obsessed with nothing but beating UGA” says, ‘we beat you 31-17 by several touchdowns’….PLEASE tell me that your handlers don’t let you drive! (It WOULD be nice to beat y’all a little more often). We DO desire to beat you guys…no lie…no matter how hard we try, though; we just can’t seem to compete with that Jan Kemp stuff! How many points do you get for a made 3 point basket?
You can always count on superDump saying, “nuff said”….ONLY to be followed by MORE stupid!
Same ol, same ol...
December 12th, 2011
9:54 am
Bears v Broncos article discussing Tim Tebow…
Six passes were dropped by his receiving targets, including a certain 55-yard touchdown toss that went through Demaryius Thomas’ hands…
Deja vu, all over again (to quote Yogi Berra)…
juvenal
December 12th, 2011
2:36 pm
Ken, you are not still sick, i hope………
old dog
December 12th, 2011
2:37 pm
The real QB went to Ga. Southern…..now ya’ll got the old “athlete at QB” deal again. However, ya’ll will come on. Gotta have a QB that ALSO is a superior athlete in the Tech system. They’re out there….just gotta find ‘em, keep ‘em, and not batter them to death the first game or two. Kudos, macrotech…..I mean Jan Kemp cost us Pulpwood Smith for goodness sake! Anyhow, get some bigger D-linemen, some D-backs that can hang, and we’ll try to get a tailback with an IQ above Mr. Coffee (or even Leon Spinks) and lets make next year fun!!!!!!
Georgia tek is obsessed with nothing but beating UGA
December 12th, 2011
3:25 pm
old dog,
They don’t want to have fun. If they wanted to have fun, they would explain how they are the ones on
NCAA PROBATION IN FOOTBALL
back-to-back repeat offenders.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 12th, 2011
3:27 pm
juvenal, he must still be sick. I hope it’s not too bad. I miss his posts
Georgia tek is obsessed with nothing but beating UGA
December 12th, 2011
3:27 pm
Or, how
31-17
is not several TD win for us AGAIN for the 10th time in 11 tries for Mark Richt.
Math majors ? 31-17 is not several TD ? Brilliant microtek.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 12th, 2011
3:27 pm
LOL @ old dog. Nice post. I too wish Jaybo had stayed.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 12th, 2011
3:31 pm
14 points is NOT SEVERAL TD’s, and it’s the most you have won by since 2007, which was also only 2 TD’s. A loss is a loss, regardless of the point difference, but 2 TD’s is NOT several TD’s. And which one of us is obsessed??? Which one of us is posting crap on our rival’s blog???
old dog
December 12th, 2011
4:16 pm
Hey…chill. we gotta post over here; that is the ONLY thing keeping the rivalry alive! (The game certainly is not!) Our blog sites (visited often by the Tekkies quite often, by the way) are full of victory cries, and Tech fans who hate UGA no matter what! Therefore, we intend to make it the rivalry it once was again! Here is how:
1. Make sure Reggie Ball’s kinfolks are by-passed on Scholarship Day!
2. Find a nose tackle who is bigger than your kicker.
3. Although ya’lls offense does not call for it too much, find a QB who actually CAN chunk the rock!
4. Remember to honor your opponents: don’t forget the hitchin’ posts for the mules the Florida State folks ride in.
5. Sell out a home game or two and fill up that 27-person stadium; it makes you look like you care!
6. Remember, don’t make too much fun of the perceived intellectual slothfulness at UGA; we still have manged to have a nice stadium that is full and to bring in a heap more $ to the program than ya’ll…..can’t be all that dumb! This is about football…..don’t try to interject anything else in to cover for the butt-whippin’s 9 outta the last 10 years!
7. Never, I mean NEVER talk about how Wal-mart and Micky D’s jobs are bad! Since all the T.V.s, etc. come from China, Japan, and South Korea the brilliant engineers at Tech musta “fumbled the ball”! Seen a heap of engineering apps comin’ in over the fax lately……
Buzzed
December 12th, 2011
4:26 pm
There is actually a Webster’s definition that says ’several’ is ‘more than one’ – which can be ‘two’.
superDawg
December 12th, 2011
6:14 pm
macriod you should be used to being a loser by now.Bite me fool!
Right on, Buzzed...
December 12th, 2011
6:16 pm
…I was going to post the same definition…
superDawg
December 12th, 2011
6:17 pm
ss tek got one TD because UGA put their second string in and tek lucked up and scored.That is the several the man was speaking of.
superDawg
December 12th, 2011
6:19 pm
ss tek ain’t sheet but you have not figured it out yet.
superDawg
December 12th, 2011
6:22 pm
almost competetive conference!ss it is true bubba.
macrotech
December 12th, 2011
7:32 pm
superDawg…you’re right, we DO lose more of the little games to your mutts. While this doesn’t please my soul, I’m proud of the FACT that Tech has won MORE of the BIG games than the pups!
In regards to the difference between a COUPLE of touchdowns and ’several’…does this REALLY need to be explained? Never mind! Can I get you a milkbone or something?
Supersize that order, mutt
December 12th, 2011
7:38 pm
macrotech, not only that, but we wiped the floor with their smelly butts in basketball last week, and we OWN them in basketball …..102 – 86 all time. And what made last week’s win even sweeter is that it was due in large part to Daniel Miller, Tech’s center, who is the grandson of UGA track great Spec Townes, and who got the heck out of UGA 2 years ago and transferred to a real school
macrotech
December 12th, 2011
7:51 pm
TRUE my brotha! STILL don’t get the rationale for them being here…at LEAST offer something of value to the convo! The crap about ‘keeping’ the rivalry alive…is, well….crap! It’s funny that you can tell the difference between UGA alumni versus the mutt fans….you can sniff the mutt fan out like a fart in an elevator! NO WAY superDumb went to UGA! If it did….then we have LEGITIMATE argument for their inability to educate in athens! BLESS their little hearts!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
December 12th, 2011
8:01 pm
macro, have you ever seen superDumb post anything of value on here? anything other than insults and putdowns? anything that would indicate that he has any kind of education? anything that would indicate that he knows anything whatsoever about football or any other sport? anything that would indicate that he even has a brain in his head? That would be NO, NO, NO, NO, and NO !!! What a loser
Supersize that order, mutt
December 12th, 2011
8:01 pm
oh, well, I’m outta here. Have fun
macrotech
December 12th, 2011
8:23 pm
Like I said….bless it’s little heart!
Supersize that order, mutt
December 12th, 2011
10:08 pm
Good news, all, Ken will be back tomorrow