Washington seeks strong finish for Georgia Tech
Greetings-
Hope you all have had a restful holiday and aren’t suffering too much Georgia Tech football withdrawal. I’ve arrived in El Paso and am proud to report I’ve done my share to infuse the local economy with out-of-town cash with to my purchase of an Oral-B toothbrush at Target last night.
Players and coaches also arrived yesterday, presumably with their dental hygiene instruments.
I don’t have a ton today, but I did speak with quarterback Tevin Washington and quarterbacks and B-backs coach Brian Bohannon for a story I plan to write for Wednesday’s paper. I think the most intriguing thing that I learned was that a considerable part of Washington’s passing struggles was due to a habit of looking too much at the pass rush and not enough downfield. Perhaps not surprisingly, he was at times a little impatient in the pocket.
“It’s having a feel for the pocket, being able to see downfield and feeling the pocket and knowing when to cut it loose, when to run,” Bohannon said. “You work on it in practice, but truthfully, you’ve just got to get out there and do it and get a feel for it.”
Washington recognized he has some room to grow in that department. It’s not easy, and it’s one of those things that typically worsens as pass protection breaks down. The more hits a quarterback takes in the pocket, the more antsy and concerned about self-preservation he’s likely to become.
The challenge, Washington said, is “making sure you keep your eyes downfield so you can give yourself a chance to make plays.”
Going into the Sun Bowl, Washington is 63 for 135 (46.7 percent) for 1,515 yards with 10 touchdowns and eight interceptions. He had an unbelievably hot start passing. He was 27 for 42 for 821 yards (64.3 percent, 19.5 yards per attempt) with eight touchdowns and one interception. The rest of the way, the numbers were 36 for 93 for 694 yards (38.7 percent, 7.5 yards per attempt) with two touchdowns and seven interceptions. He had no touchdown passes in the last seven regular-season games, although he ran for 10 in those games.
I think more goes into the numbers than Washington’s play, good and bad – the pass protection, the routes receivers ran, the catchable balls they did or didn’t catch, the score or third-down situations forcing Tech’s hand, etc. – although his focusing on the pass rush is obviously no small element.
And it’s notable that Bohannon, who is typically unsparing and honest in his evaluations of players, said that Washington has “done a tremendous job to get us to this point” and praised his leadership. It bears a reminder that the same guy who didn’t have it against Georgia is also the same guy who ran for 176 yards (a school record for a quarterback) and led the offense to 383 rushing yards against Clemson and who has helped Tech convert 54.9 percent of its third downs, the highest rate in the country.
Said Bohannon, “Sure, you can always look back and always go, ‘Well, if we’d have made this play in this game’ or ‘If he’d have made this throw in this game,’ but it’s part of the position, I think. I’m proud of what he’s done for us this year and I’m proud of where he’s at.”
Speaking with him Monday, Washington seemed very ready and eager to play; I think it’s important to him to finish well and help Tech break the bowl losing streak. He’s a highly team-oriented player with some of the best work habits on the team. To borrow a phrase Al Groh likes to use, the game means a lot to him.
“I don’t really think I had a best game,” he said. “I’ve still got a chance to go out and have my best game Saturday. I’m looking forward to trying to do that.”
Links
The El Paso Times reports on Tech’s arrival. Photo gallery from the team’s reception at the airport. Number 3 belongs in the 2012 media guide.
The El Paso Convention and Visitors Bureau expects about 5,000 out-of-town visitors for the game, the fewest total in years.
A Deseret News story about Utah’s bowl preparation routine.
Salt Lake Tribune story about Utah running back John White, who went from third-string JUCO transfer to being 103 yards shy of the school single-season rushing record. His injury status (ankle) is a little unclear.
Salt Lake Tribune feature on All-Pac 12 offensive tackle Tony Bergstrom. The NFL Draft Scout website ranks him the No. 9 offensive tackle prospect in the upcoming draft.
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5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
1:46 pm
@TRUE I noticed you said nothing about a DEGREE from UGA.
Living and Dying over what 18 to 24 year olds do for 12 to 14 weekends a year is pretty pathetic. Spending your kids College education fund on season tickets is even worse.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
1:46 pm
GT Man, true, TW did not play well against the mutts, but he didn’t lose the game for us; as usual, the defense (or lack thereof) did.
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
1:48 pm
Supersize don’t be too Nice to 48 he has a DUKE complex. He got Drunk on AMC’s Christmas with the DUKE.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
1:48 pm
UOAD, I think it’s obvious that TRUE has little, if any, education at all. The UGA fans who actually went to school there are generally pretty classy people and would not spend half a day on a rival’s blog posting drivel.
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
1:48 pm
Fried TWINKIES FREE fried twinkies.
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
1:48 pm
5150
Are you going to watch the Texas game tomorrow night?
Hookers and hors. Wait hook em horns.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
1:49 pm
LOL @ UOAD
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
1:49 pm
GTBob
December 27th, 2011
1:36 pm
Who cares if Mich St cant sell their tickets??? We sold out and have high demand for more.
The point about Mich St was that even a team that travels well can’t come close to selling their Outback Bowl tickets. Why? Because their team and fans could care less about the game. They wanted something better. UGA will win this game easily because Mich St will have zero motivation. Also, for a top tier bowl game there sure are a lot of tickets on Stub Hub for less then face value.
The game is in Florida and they are in Michigan. They arent coming down in droves bc its too expensive, but way to try and spin it to “They could care less about the game” ahahahahahahaha. Once again that logic at its finest today!
The ones you see on stub hub for under face are most likely from Mich Fans that signed up for tickets 2 months ago but cant travel all the way to Florida.
For being a n erd you see to not follow the way of the n erd. My favorite being K.I.S.S- Keep it Simple St up id. You know to follow the the right answer is usually the simplest answer. Like they cant travel all the way to Florida bc flights are expensive booked that close to departure and it would take 2-3 days to drive down there and then have to drive back and pay for all that gas. Or you could just make stuff up to look good and say they just dont care hahahahaha.
GTJoke= the Logic Captain
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
1:51 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
1:39 pm
BTW, a TRUE fan of any school posts on the blogs of his own school and not on the blogs of any of his rivals. Most of the “true” UGA fans who post on the Tech blogs are classy guys who actually have intelligent things to say. You may call yourself a “true” fan, but in reality, you are an insecure troll.
ahahhahahahaha did you miss the part were being a true fan means hating your rival. Guess so….
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
1:51 pm
48 I will watch ALL the college ball I can cause it is all that is left. Like the NFL but not like college. 4:30 kick at today’s first bowl game.
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
1:51 pm
The DUKE is better then 24 hours of a Christmas story!
Lol
Technically Correct
December 27th, 2011
1:52 pm
I suggest that Tech fans adjourn on this blog and reconvene on a Dawg blog, since they appear to have disserted their sites to squat on ours. Maybe we can elevate the IQ over there. Query: Are the Dawg fans that visit us a true representation of the overall quality and composition of the Dawg Nation?
WnE
December 27th, 2011
1:52 pm
Tee hee. My dawgs win so many 10 win seasn championships. Time to go get reamed by my boyfriend! Go dawgs!!!
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
1:52 pm
Stinger 2
December 27th, 2011
1:40 pm
True Dawg Fan: I only mentioned WalMart because you posted earlier that you are a WalMart retard. Now I will say that you would be a disgrace to all WalMart employees.
Wait!! I am wrong. You are just a just a little boy. So never mind. Mommy will tuck you in for hopefully a long afternoon nap.
Wow you really struggled there, better try to insult me again, this one was just pathetic
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
1:52 pm
TRUE, I guarantee you if Mich State were playing in a TOP level bowl game (BCS bowls, that is), they would have sold their entire allotment of tickets. After all, all those Big 10 teams fill up the Rose Bowl every year; so there’s no sense in saying they couldn’t afford it. They just weren’t interested in seeing a game vs the lowly mutts, when they could stay home and watch in on the tube.
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
1:54 pm
48 you are just SCARED you will Shoot Your Eye Out.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
1:54 pm
WnE can I come with you? I like objects thrust into me repeatedly.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
1:55 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
1:43 pm
Stinger, I think it’s more likely that True’s bf is holding out on him, and he is taking it out on Tech fans who would never give him the time of day anyway
and now you go to g ay jokes, very classy!
You cant talk anything football without sounding like an id iot so you just decide to now assume that im some g ay guy???? hahahahahahahaha wow you really got me there.
Do you ppl think about these insults before posting them????
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
1:57 pm
I really wish gt would change their unis up. Some solid gold would get me all hot and bothered. WnE, what sort of objects r we looking to hide today? I like long skinny ones with bumps on them.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
1:57 pm
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
1:46 pm
@TRUE I noticed you said nothing about a DEGREE from UGA.
Living and Dying over what 18 to 24 year olds do for 12 to 14 weekends a year is pretty pathetic. Spending your kids College education fund on season tickets is even worse.
ahahahaha I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelors in Family and Financial Planning. Also I dont have any kids so my money spent on tickets is my business.
“Living and Dying over what 18 to 24 year olds do for 12 to 14 weekends a year is pretty pathetic.”
And this is why your team is a joke, bc your fan base doesnt care enough. Well that small group of people you call a fanbase.
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
1:58 pm
If any one wants to talk some football.
It does not look like anyone wants to take the Penn St job.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:00 pm
TRUE, when have you said anything on here today that even remotely resembles talking about football? All you have done is hurl insults.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:01 pm
Of course you don’t have any kids. Who would want somebody like you to father their children. Maybe my little slur earlier was truer than even I thought
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:01 pm
48, that would be a really tough job for anybody to take right now. Don’t you think?
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:02 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
1:48 pm
UOAD, I think it’s obvious that TRUE has little, if any, education at all. The UGA fans who actually went to school there are generally pretty classy people and would not spend half a day on a rival’s blog posting drivel.
Actually I got a great education at UGA.
This place speeds my day up, seeing as its the slowest week of the year ill be here till thursday!!
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:03 pm
True, I would rather have a small fan-base who are actually knowledgeable about the game of football, than a large fan-base of ignorant fanatics.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:05 pm
Technically Correct
December 27th, 2011
1:52 pm
I suggest that Tech fans adjourn on this blog and reconvene on a Dawg blog, since they appear to have disserted their sites to squat on ours. Maybe we can elevate the IQ over there. Query: Are the Dawg fans that visit us a true representation of the overall quality and composition of the Dawg Nation?
Wahhh wahhh wahhh. Go cry to Ken. He puts so many filters on this blog to protect yalls feelings its sad. Next thing you know the blog will dissapear just so UGA fans cant comment.
Yet the UGA writers dont care what tech fans say bc well your program is a joke.
Elevate their IQ? See this is what I was saying earlier, You have a good engineering program way to go! anyone who wants a degree in anything else goes to UGA. You can have engineering we will take being better at everything else including sports.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:06 pm
You must not have much of a job if this is the slowest week of the year for you. The stores are packed this week. Even my doctor’s office was jam-packed this morning when I went. The banks and financial institutions aren’t slowing down this week. Do you really even have a job? It’s easy for you to come on here CLAIMING you have such and such a degree, etc, etc. But if you are not doing anything at work, then it’s because you are just sloughing off, not because the work isn’t there.
Tp jones
December 27th, 2011
2:06 pm
Fanatics? Never. There is WnE who stalks our recruits and players. And is posting today as three different names.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:07 pm
True, actually, Ken doesn’t filter this blog at all. He leaves that to the AJC computer staff. The mutt blogs on the other hand kick people off and ban them on a regular basis. At least, that is what I have heard. I have NEVER posted on, or for that matter even read, a mutt blog
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:08 pm
SS
Yea but it’s still a great job.
http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2011/college-football-11_land.html
Penn st ranks #3 in the nation.
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
2:09 pm
Tech fans Check this out http://www.atlantahaulitallinc.com/Bird_Houses.php
Tell me what design you want and get one in time for spring.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:09 pm
Actually, True, people who don’t want an engineering degree but do want a quality education, don’t go to UGA. They go to schools like Emory (in the state of Georgia), or UNC or Duke, or any of a number of other highly-ranked academic universities. Most students at UGA go there either because they couldn’t afford to go to a CLASS university, or because they couldn’t get accepted to one.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:09 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
1:52 pm
TRUE, I guarantee you if Mich State were playing in a TOP level bowl game (BCS bowls, that is), they would have sold their entire allotment of tickets. After all, all those Big 10 teams fill up the Rose Bowl every year; so there’s no sense in saying they couldn’t afford it. They just weren’t interested in seeing a game vs the lowly mutts, when they could stay home and watch in on the tube.
ahahhahahahaha I have been saying top non bcs bowl so your first point is just redundant and makes you look dum b.
Yes, ppl travel better for BCS GAME dont think anyone else thinks differently (GT Joke prob would just to be diff)
Doesnt take away from the FACT that its a top 5 nonbcs bowl and will be a better game than some of the BCS bowls.
And during a recession its perfectly plausable that ppl from Mich. cant afford to travel all the way to Florida. Thats prob 1K per person if flying with tickets, room, and food to go to the game for their fans.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:10 pm
48, I agree it’s a great job, but with the situation existing there right now, it would be a tough sell.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:10 pm
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
1:57 pm
I really wish gt would change their unis up. Some solid gold would get me all hot and bothered. WnE, what sort of objects r we looking to hide today? I like long skinny ones with bumps on them.
Another one bites the dust! Cant best me so you pretend to be me to discredit me how pathetic!
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:11 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:01 pm
Of course you don’t have any kids. Who would want somebody like you to father their children. Maybe my little slur earlier was truer than even I thought
ahahahha Actually engaged and will be married in May, so once again………. YOUR WRONG!
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:12 pm
True, if they WANTED to go, they would find a way. The fact is, apparently a lot of the Mich State fans did not WANT to go.
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
2:12 pm
48 but WHO wants the perceived headache for the next few years?
Penn State is a great school and football tradition, but it has to scare the crap out of many candidates.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:13 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:03 pm
True, I would rather have a small fan-base who are actually knowledgeable about the game of football, than a large fan-base of ignorant fanatics.
You mean small fan base that knows absoultely nothing about football but a select few with almost all having a massive stick up their arse?
vs large fan base of all sorts??
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:14 pm
What is wrong with a little an al foreplay? It really gets me going when guys strike me in my taint while inside me.
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:14 pm
5150
Money changes things
Lol
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:14 pm
Well, it’s now obvious just how good an education TRUE got. It’s YOU’RE wrong, not YOUR wrong. Never took (or passed) an English class, huh? And you think I look dumb? Pot calling the kettle black there, bubba. And I bet your soon-to-be wife is not aware of your obsession with Tech and has never seen the garbage you post on these blogs. If she does become aware of it and sees how you act, then she won’t be with you for long.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:15 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:06 pm
You must not have much of a job if this is the slowest week of the year for you. The stores are packed this week. Even my doctor’s office was jam-packed this morning when I went. The banks and financial institutions aren’t slowing down this week. Do you really even have a job? It’s easy for you to come on here CLAIMING you have such and such a degree, etc, etc. But if you are not doing anything at work, then it’s because you are just sloughing off, not because the work isn’t there.
When you work with 10M$ clients and up this is the slowest week. They are all off in Europe or on their yachts headed for their beach houses for new years. But then again you can just use your insane logic and make up all these extra assumptions to prove your point.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:15 pm
My fiancée Stan is such a good guy. He is always gentle when playing pitcher.
OldSchoolTechFanatic
December 27th, 2011
2:15 pm
Tevin on Tevin ? If he would have pitched the ball out more he would not have had to take as many hits. Why didn’t Orwin Smith touch the ball more ???
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
2:15 pm
48 very True. When I started making more money I moved up from Street Walkers in the car to the Call Girls in Hotel rooms. LOL
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:17 pm
5150
Petterson at Boise st turned it down a few days ago.
I’m just wondering who will end up there.
I’m guessing they will go after a guy with known ” character ” like a Tony Dungy.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:18 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:07 pm
True, actually, Ken doesn’t filter this blog at all. He leaves that to the AJC computer staff. The mutt blogs on the other hand kick people off and ban them on a regular basis. At least, that is what I have heard. I have NEVER posted on, or for that matter even read, a mutt blog
ahahahah thats a complete lie. Not even a hint of truth in anything you just said. Each blog has filters that are set by the writer. Hence why they are all different. Whether or not he pushes the button to say that word is allowed or not is irrelevant. He sets the parameteres.
As for UGA blogs, dont even try and say you havent posted yet alone read one, bc I have seen you post on their all year long.
The only person who gets banned are the techies who pose as Tide Roll, Thomas Brown, and SS Gator.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:20 pm
Boot licking toadies. Recruiting rankings. Uniforms. Fragrances. Argggghh. Someone please give me some release.