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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576 comments Add your comment
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:21 pm
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.
ahhahahahahahaha that logic rearing its ugly head again. Your hatred for UGA that strong??? You must have not been accepted or soemthing. Ppl die to get into UGA. Hence why some many apply to get in. Yes hope plays a factor but our SATS at enrollment are going to eclipse techs shortly.
But keep telling yourself that no one wnats to go there hahahahaha. Man that might be dumbest post of the day! Congrats it will def be in the running!
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:23 pm
True dawg fan
Come on man, join in on some adult conversation or go away.
What’s the point of coming on here to start arguments?
I could understand if there was a game os something , but come on man.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:23 pm
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:20 pm
Boot licking toadies. Recruiting rankings. Uniforms. Fragrances. Argggghh. Someone please give me some release.
Somebody get this poser a book on college football so he can actually post without fear of being schooled!
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:23 pm
Boot licking toadies!!!!!! I love men!!!!
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
2:24 pm
48 can we discuss Fried Twinkie recipes?
Phildo
December 27th, 2011
2:25 pm
He can rate himself all he wants, but the fact is that he started off looking great against weak teams, then sank like a rock. His passing got so bad that you almost began to wish that Nesbitt, the worst Tech passer ever (but, I still love for his guts) was back in the pocket. I like you, Tevin. You seem like a nice guy who wants to win, but you do not have what it takes to move Tech forward. Another year with you taking the snap will be wasted, and quite possibly cost us the future with a transfer of Lee. I’m not saying Lee is the answer or Days for that matter, but it is definitely not Washington.
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:25 pm
5150
It’s time to move up to the pent house!
Lol
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
2:25 pm
that is………..C’mon Man.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:26 pm
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:23 pm
True dawg fan
Come on man, join in on some adult conversation or go away.
What’s the point of coming on here to start arguments?
I could understand if there was a game os something , but come on man.
No thanks, This tools are complete idiots. 5150 included. Him and Gt Joke have been giving it all year but cant take it??? Sucks to be them then. They also shouldnt have predicted back to back NC starting with this year ahahahaha, it wouldnt be so much fun had that not made those predictions!!!
I have plenty of tech friends that actually know college football and they are a joy to be around, but these characters are just clowns with no knowledge of the game. When they stop trolling I stop trolling! Or when one of these clowns can actually best me in football. Hasnt happened all year no reason its gunna start now!
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
2:27 pm
I like my chicks a lil on the trashy side so maybe The HUSTLER HOUSE…..LMAO
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:27 pm
these
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:27 pm
5150
You will never get my recipes!
C’ mon man
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:28 pm
Please oh please put something in my behind. I am dying for a plug to be up in there.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:29 pm
TRUE, anybody that brags about salary or clients is lying, because people who make those kinds of salaries don’t feel the need to brag about them to begin with. Sorry, bubba, but I don’t believe a word you are saying.
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
2:29 pm
@True when did I say anything about BCS MNC’s?
Dude you lost a lot of credit on that one..
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:29 pm
True
Ok
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:29 pm
I prefer to catch myself, but am up for anything that involves skat and an al play.
GTBob
December 27th, 2011
2:29 pm
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.
If the game is such a huge event though then why aren’t they selling them for more then that? Tickets to the Chick Fil A bowl are going for higher then the Outback bowl and its a game between two unranked teams. Face it, Mich St fans don’t care about the game and people who live in Tampa don’t care about the game. Kudos to UGA fans for being the only ones pretending to care.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:30 pm
the only real idiot on here today is TRUE
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:31 pm
GTBob, that just goes to show you that UGA fans will spend money on anything
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:31 pm
I prefer bg brawny men who smell like lumber jacks to thrust their sword in me.
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
2:32 pm
Supersize I make that kind of money. i’m Salma Hayek’s Houseboy. She pays me well for my Services, but I don’t talk about it.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:32 pm
TRUE, I can assure you that I have NEVER NEVER NEVER posted on a UGA blog. If you saw my name on any of them, then it was somebody posing as me, just like somebody has been posing as you off and on for the past 30 minutes (not me, I might add).
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:33 pm
LOL @ UOAD At least you know beauty when you see it
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:34 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:29 pm
TRUE, anybody that brags about salary or clients is lying, because people who make those kinds of salaries don’t feel the need to brag about them to begin with. Sorry, bubba, but I don’t believe a word you are saying.
have I onced mentioned a salary??? I mentioned our client minimum and thats about it. But keep making stuff up, maybe one time it will be true.
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:34 pm
ESPN or CBS one reported that tickets to the big 10 title game were going as cheap as $18.
That shocked me.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:34 pm
and TRUE, Ken does NOT personally filter these blogs; he relies on staff to do that. When he reads back through them and sees objectionable posts (obscene, racist, whatever), he deletes them, but he does NOT set up the filters. Bill King, on the other hand, regularly bans posters on his blogs.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:35 pm
5150 UOAD
December 27th, 2011
2:29 pm
@True when did I say anything about BCS MNC’s?
Dude you lost a lot of credit on that one..
After yall started 6-0 you and GtBob agreed on the fact that yall would win out and go to a nC this year and most likely make a repeat appearance next year as well. So I believe you and Gt Joke lost all credit on that one!
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:35 pm
5150
Does she pay you in fried twinkles?
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:36 pm
I love men, but am mostly bi curious.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:36 pm
GTBob
December 27th, 2011
2:29 pm
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.
If the game is such a huge event though then why aren’t they selling them for more then that? Tickets to the Chick Fil A bowl are going for higher then the Outback bowl and its a game between two unranked teams. Face it, Mich St fans don’t care about the game and people who live in Tampa don’t care about the game. Kudos to UGA fans for being the only ones pretending to care.
You dont understand anything do you??
Kudos to being the biggest retar d in blog history!
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:36 pm
TRUE, you bragged about your clients. You didn’t have to mention your own salary, and I never said that you did. Read what I originally posted and you will realize that. It may have been implied, but I was only referring to the fact that you were bragging, and I don’t believe a word of it.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:37 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:31 pm
GTBob, that just goes to show you that UGA fans will spend money on anything
Or that we will support our team in their bowl game unlike tech who is expected to have the lowest ever attendace at their bowl game!
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:37 pm
True, we are all still waiting for you to actually say anything about football. All you care about is hurling insults. Like I said earlier, you are obviously obsessed with Ga Tech.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:38 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:32 pm
TRUE, I can assure you that I have NEVER NEVER NEVER posted on a UGA blog. If you saw my name on any of them, then it was somebody posing as me, just like somebody has been posing as you off and on for the past 30 minutes (not me, I might add).
Well this handle shows up there quite often. Daily for quite a while actually.
Yes I see the poser who is too scared to post under theirs.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:40 pm
TRUE, when you have 80,000+ people who are willing to spend all their earnings on going to Athens 7 weeks a year, you would have to expect that you would have a large contingent of people willing to shell out money to go to a bowl game that is relatively close by. El Paso is at least as far from Atlanta as Tampa is from East Lansing. It is not a cheap trip, and people with families to support have better things to do with their money.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:40 pm
TRUE, if you see your poser on here now, then you can be assured that what I said is truth. I NEVER post on ANY UGA blogs.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:43 pm
TRUE, you want to know the difference between you and me? The difference is that I hate UGA, but I don’t obsess over it, and I don’t care enough about your school or your team in any sport to waste my time posting on your blogs. You obviously hate Tech, but you have proven to everyone today that you are totally obsessed with that hatred. Like I said earlier, you need professional help. That is NOT a normal attribute to have.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:43 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:34 pm
and TRUE, Ken does NOT personally filter these blogs; he relies on staff to do that. When he reads back through them and sees objectionable posts (obscene, racist, whatever), he deletes them, but he does NOT set up the filters. Bill King, on the other hand, regularly bans posters on his blogs.
Each and every writer sets their own filters, even little Ken. Regardless of who actually says allowed or not.
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:43 pm
I will say this I have not seen supersize on a uga blog since I started coming on here back around July.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:44 pm
TRUE, ask Ken what he personally does and does not do. I am only repeating what he has told us.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:44 pm
48, THANK YOU !!!
Huyaihuaundayai Bowl
December 27th, 2011
2:45 pm
I had my cereal this morning Tech/Paul Johnson style, without the Bowl.
Nothing to show for CPJ’s years at Trek, except hiring a staff of rejects and known losers.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:46 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:36 pm
TRUE, you bragged about your clients. You didn’t have to mention your own salary, and I never said that you did. Read what I originally posted and you will realize that. It may have been implied, but I was only referring to the fact that you were bragging, and I don’t believe a word of it.
I really dont care what you believe. Thought that was pretty much clear. I dont care what you think I do for a living, and dont care what you think I make a year. Thats mine and the future Mrs. business and has no place to be posted on a blog.
you asked why were slow if all other financial institutions were slammed so I told you. When your clients have a min. of 10M investable assets you dont have much to do at years end except to make sure their charitable donations go through. Its on auto pilot here and we are just here this week incase of a client emergency. So believe what you want about me doesnt hurt my feelings even a little.
Dawg48
December 27th, 2011
2:48 pm
SS
Talk to you later, if I don’t talk to before you go have fun and be safe.
True Dawg Fan
December 27th, 2011
2:48 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:37 pm
True, we are all still waiting for you to actually say anything about football. All you care about is hurling insults. Like I said earlier, you are obviously obsessed with Ga Tech.
Talk about football and I will. Yall are more concerned about my personal life than talking football anyways.
you dont have any serious football posters. Only lame brains asking dumb questions about your Head RB. , or what you call QB.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:50 pm
TRUE, assuming that you DO indeed have such wealthy clients, and even though you don’t care what I think, I will say this…..if I had the kind of money or resources you CLAIM your clients have, I would definitely not be letting somebody handle them or give me advise who showed the kind of immaturity that you display every time you post on here. Frankly, I wouldn’t consider you to be a very responsible man.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:53 pm
TRUE, remember YOU are the one who showed up on these blogs 3 or 4 hours ago hurling insults from the very beginning. Dawg48 tried to talk football, and a couple of us responded to him, but did you? NO!!!! Even when give the opportunity to talk football, you always bring it back to insults. The rest of us have two choices when it comes to you—-totally ignore you, which I wish I had done, or “fight back.” Talk football for once in your pathetic excuse for a life, and I will respond in kind.
yellowfever
December 27th, 2011
2:53 pm
Why is it that when Paul Johnson was at Ga. Southern and Navy all I heard about him from UGA fans was what a great coach he was. Now that he’s at Ga. Tech all they wany to do is call himm names and make fun of his offense. Can’t have it both ways haters.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 27th, 2011
2:54 pm
yellowfever, GREAT question!!!