Tech’s Phil Smith suspended for bowl game
EL PASO, Texas – Georgia Tech offensive tackle Phil Smith was suspended for the Sun Bowl Wednesday for violating team rules. Smith will not play and was sent home.
Coach Paul Johnson did not have more comment on the matter. This is the second suspension of the season for Smith. He was held out of the first two games of the season, also for breaking team rules.
Smith played in a three-tackle rotation with Tyler Kidney and Ray Beno through the season. Most likely, Kidney and Beno will start and take all of the snaps.
Smith is the second starter who will not play for rules violations. Cornerback Louis Young is also ineligible for the game for disciplinary reasons.
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MC
December 29th, 2011
8:41 am
The “thugs” didn’t make the schedule Burdell 90. Once again your reading comprehension capabilities are on display for the entire blog to see. Burro!
carolinajacket
December 29th, 2011
8:47 am
I would let him go. He, obviously, does not put the team first. And this team needs that attitude to win. I hope the other players are taking the game seriously. We don’t need another bowl loss, and Utah played very good football at the end of the season. They got better as we did our usual end of the season slump.
Technically Correct
December 29th, 2011
8:58 am
I am sorry to see that Mr. Smith is still having trouble adhering to team rules. This suspension will be tough for the team and will be tough for him. But, in the game of life, it is important for all of us, including Mr. Smith, to realize that there are consequences to our actions. Hopefully, this “time out” will leave a lasting impression and make him a better man and a better teammate as a result.
Another GT thug in a parade of GT thugs
December 29th, 2011
9:11 am
Robert Hall, the kid last week or was it two weeks back? Now, this GT kid being suspended. Trouble always swirls around The Flats. Drugs, home invasion on Ethel St. rapes, muggings, PROBATION for the SECOND TIME in what? 7 or 8 years?
CPJ is ON THE 2012 COACHES HOT SEAT. No ACC titles, no bowl wins in a decade? Almost a decade? Lousy recruiting and the triple option basically exposed for what it is ……………a boring middle school offense and with UGA being one of the “cummiest programs and coached by the crummiest football coach and staff” and STILL LOSING THREE IN A ROW …………………proves that GT is only small ball.
Sun Bowl payout? What? $3 mill?
Outback Bowl PAYOUT?? What? $7 Mill. This says it all.
DUCK !!! El Paso is very very dangerous and so, do not dine out, do not walk around and wear KEVLAR pajamas to be safe ……….. Kevlar gloves and socks and such. The Obama caused illegal gunfire from over the border is very prolific. DUCK !!!
Utah will humiliate GT but “no one even knows that bowl is being played” says Fox Sports News, when just last week they ranked the Sun Bowl # 27 out of 35 bowls and they ranked the OUTBACK # 5 of the top 5.
BananaJacket
December 29th, 2011
10:23 am
Sure doesn’t sound like PJ is LOSING control; on the contrary, he seems to be showing he IS in control!
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
10:36 am
@ Another…., No wonder you don’t have any gainful employment; you’re stupid
True Dawg Fan
December 29th, 2011
10:40 am
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
10:36 am
@ Another…., No wonder you don’t have any gainful employment; you’re stupid
hahaha a typical got nothing to best you comment, comment by a tech fan. Surprise surprise. Get a new line.
I get it...........
December 29th, 2011
10:40 am
Smith saw an ass-kicking ahead and decided he would rather be at home watching some real teams play in real bowl games so he got kicked off the team.
True Dawg Fan
December 29th, 2011
10:41 am
BananaJacket
December 29th, 2011
10:23 am
Sure doesn’t sound like PJ is LOSING control; on the contrary, he seems to be showing he IS in control!
O so bc he suspends a player he is in control. but when Richt suspends one it shows his lack of control??? ahahhahaha thats hillarious!
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
10:43 am
Tech has one or two players a year who get suspended. UGA has one or two players a week who get in trouble; some get suspended, but most don’t
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
10:44 am
True, if Tech is so irrelevant in the eyes of the mutts, then why are you on here every day posting garbage? Are you really that obsessed with Tech?
crackbaby
December 29th, 2011
10:49 am
Folks are quick to judge – don’t even know what the kid did wrong.
Miss a curfew? Maybe drink some tequila? Smoke some weed? Maybe worse. Perhaps we will never know.
Young men make mistakes. Phil Smith will learn and improve and help this team if the staff lets him. Go Jackets!
old dog
December 29th, 2011
10:49 am
Supersize,
We’re here ‘coz its fun! We realize that no matter how bad we are, how easy our schedule is, etc. that we STILL are better than ya’ll! We’ve whipped ya’ll 9 out of 10, so blogs are about the only way to keep the rivalry going…..it sure ain’t happening on the field! By the way, Techies are on our blogs all the time, ya flyin’ termite!
Saban
December 29th, 2011
10:52 am
Told Richt I was going to hang 50 on him. He got upset and hit me with his purse.
Crowell started crying and I said oh well play Valdosta. They will only beat you by 30.
Saban
December 29th, 2011
10:56 am
The smart money in Vegas is all on Michigan State. I put 500k on State. Dawgs are just pitiful.
More brains in a fruitfly.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
10:59 am
old dog, I’ll have to take your word for it about Tech fans being on your blogs; I never even bother to read them myself, because anything to do with UGA is totally meaningless and insignificant in my life. Obviously, you cannot say the same about your life, and to use the excuse that some Tech fans post on your blogs to justify your posting on ours shows that Tech is not meaningless or insignificant to you, and it also shows the level of maturity you have. Two wrongs do not make a right, and you, little puppy dog, are nothing but a silly little child.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
11:02 am
crackbaby, don’t you think it interesting that Tech suspends a player, and about the only place you read about it is on sports blogs. UGA suspends a player and it’s often front-page news because of the severity of the infraction. Suspended UGA players go to court, although quite a few of them never bother to show up. The fact that nothing has been written about why Phil Smith was suspended means it was just a team rule that was broken, not the law.
1 4 GT
December 29th, 2011
11:06 am
Supersize, I sent you a reply email.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
11:07 am
1 4 GT, if you’re referring to the correction on the weather, I got it. Thanks
old dog
December 29th, 2011
11:15 am
Supersize,
Well congrats! You are right! Of course I’m trying to show that Tech is significant by keeping up the rivalry….ya’ll just have to do your part. It starts by playing big-boy football! The cripple-option ain’t gonna do it, either. Bring in some defensive players and a QB (yeah, I know I keep saying this) and THEN maybe the rivalry will return. Meanwhile you are left with your pseudo-intellectual ramblings (no pun intended) to justify your existence.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
11:18 am
old dog, in case you haven’t checked, with the exception of Gailey’s first year, all the games have been relatively close, so the competition is definitely there. Is good competition enough for me? Hell, no; I want to win. But don’t sit there on your high horse saying that there is no rivalry, when you know there is. You still haven’t stopped the triple option; we just needed to be able to pass this year to open it up more, and Washington pretty much sucked. And yes, we do need some better defensive players; hopefully the marginal improvement between 2010 and 2011 is indicative that we are headed in that direction.
old dog
December 29th, 2011
11:25 am
Supersize,
You gotta slow down……I’m starting to think you might be a decent person.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
11:27 am
I AM a decent person, old dog. I just hate the mutts. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
11:28 am
oh, and of course, I LOVE the Jackets!!!
old dog
December 29th, 2011
11:30 am
Yeah; can’t hold loyalty against a true fan…………..
How bout them Bees!
December 29th, 2011
11:31 am
Thanks Phil. You’re a real Team player. Maybe you can transfer somewhere where they will tolerate slackness.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
11:32 am
appreciate that, old dog. You apparently are an OLD dog, because you do seem to show a little class. The YOUNG dogs sure don’t…..at least, not on these blogs.
PureEvil
December 29th, 2011
11:41 am
Are some of you people really this stupid?? UGA along with every team doesn’t control who they play in conference… UGA didn’t drop Bama, the conference had to make a new schedule b/c of Mizzou and A&M and Bama didn’t get put on the new schedule. The only teams UGA has control over was Buffalo, Fl Atlantic, GA Southern and GT.
PureEvil
December 29th, 2011
11:42 am
I like that they have an easy schedule… I hope UGA runs the table 11-0 so GT can smash their hopes of a title!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
11:42 am
PureEvil, so what? The mutts were GIVEN an automatic SEC Least championship for next year by that scheduling; it doesn’t matter who did it.
1980
December 29th, 2011
11:51 am
True Dog Fan you are still a tool. I thought a new day would show you the light but I was wrong. Just as big a tool as ever. Now continue being a tool and copy my comment and then post some asinine response. DO IT!! NOW!!
PureEvil
December 29th, 2011
11:52 am
Supersize
Read through the comments people keep saying UGA droped Bama… UGA had NOTHING to do with droping Bama the SEC did! It makes people look like idiots when they don’t understand how things are done.
Supersize that order, mutt
December 29th, 2011
11:53 am
LOL @ 1980. And True ALMOST started showing some class a few nights ago. He’s back to his old ignorant ways again now though
How bout them Bees!
December 29th, 2011
11:57 am
Old Dog: How can you say the triple option does’nt work. Tech has averaged 30 points a game against UGA the past 4 years. It’s not the offense thats failed it’s the defense. A team that scores 30 points should win the game. If Tech had a defense that could get UGA off the field, they would demolish UGA every year with the Triple Option. Talk about pseudo-intellectual rambling, but don’t get confused by the facts.
Technically Correct
December 29th, 2011
11:58 am
Goodbye, Ken. Comments to EVERY story you post – bar none – devolve into nothing but TECH-uga vitriol and name-calling. It reminds me of a playground at a reform school – “Is so, is not; is so, is not!” I assume these “contributors” are adults, but, usually, it is difficult to tell. Frankly, it takes too much time to pick out the few salient comments from all the crap.
PureEvil
December 29th, 2011
12:03 pm
How bout them Bees!
We get beat almost every year by UGA. That’s a FACT… Stop making GT fans look stupid by trying to compare us to UGA. We recruit in the 30’s and 40’s UGA recruits in the top 10. They consistently have better talent than us. Sure we can beat them, but stop acting like we do because WE DON’T!!!
Golden White
December 29th, 2011
12:11 pm
Today’s funniest comment in a blog .
The winner is…
gt45
December 28th, 2011
5:13 pm
… Perhaps your time could be better spent in anger management, or on the toilet.
Congratulations gt45
Burdell 90
December 29th, 2011
12:11 pm
Saint Richt just cut a personal check to SEC Commish Slive to drop Bama, you heard it hear first.
Why The Triple Option Doesn't Work
December 29th, 2011
12:14 pm
31-17
Why The Triple Option Doesn't Work
December 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
CPJ stuffs his pants with a sock to hide his mangina. He’s too emotional to be a man.
How bout them Bees!
December 29th, 2011
12:20 pm
PureEvil : I don’t think I made Tech fans look stupid. I think you did that all by yourself. I just made the point that the Triple Option was not the problem, as stated by Old Dog, It was our defense that needs the most improvment. If you have a team that scores 30 points a game and you lose, you need to look at the defense.
Why The Triple Option Doesn't Work
December 29th, 2011
12:25 pm
Clemson was a good win, but other than that,
you scored 30 or over only on the following horrible programs.
Western Carolina
Middle TN
Kansas
NC State
Duke
This does not prove out the triple joke.
old dog
December 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
How ’bout them bees,
17 this year…..folks figured it out. (Not 30.) Keep playing w/o a QB……we’ll keep winning. Get a QB and incorporate a little passing, and you will do better. However, a real QB ain’t gonna sacrifice his body in the cripple-option, so you may have to settle for the athlete at that position. Keep running it, though, and keep losing to UGA. One fluke and you are on a bandwagon…..
ANTHONY
December 29th, 2011
12:45 pm
So much seems to be made up about the number of fans at the games from the Georgia perspective. Big deal….I never saw a fan make a tackle. Georgia’s schedule this year was laughable for a big bad SEC team. Georgia will never win another National Championship let alone a SEC Championship as long as LSU and Alabama are in the SEC.
PureEvil
December 29th, 2011
12:46 pm
Bees!
You would make perfect sense if only I could find more games w/ 30+ points…
Southside Jacket
December 29th, 2011
12:49 pm
Burdell90…please think before you open your keyboard…UGA, and pains me to say this, is innocent to your charges. They play Auburn every year…as they should…and have to play the rear end of a home and home with Ole Miss…and TAMU and Mizzou had to go someplace on the schedule and it was easier to delay the Home and Home with Alabama….
old dog
December 29th, 2011
12:53 pm
Anthony,
Then I suppose you are certainly glad ya’ll ain’t in the SEC, since apparantly our terrible team has whooped up on yours. How you reckon’ ya’ll would do in a “sho-nuff” football conference?
Know before you post
December 29th, 2011
12:58 pm
GT45 – strength of schedule just came out. Go look it up. You will, I think be very surprised at the ratings. It’s the difference in playing SEC vs. ACC. But to be sure and fair, all things considering , it was a good year to miss the big boys. Good luck against Utah. Just moved from Park City. Utah is a team you can beat.
PureEvil
December 29th, 2011
1:05 pm
Georgia will never win another National Championship let alone a SEC Championship as long as LSU and Alabama are in the SEC.
So what you are saying is Bama and LSU will win every SEC title from here until forever? Are you saying that they will NEVER EVER have down years… A few years ago people were saying the same thing about USC, Florida and Texas… Georgia’s schedule is laughable, but as a GT fan I have no room to make fun of them look who we play next year..
Middle Tennessee, @ Georgia, SE Louisiana and BYU to go along with an ACC conference schedule.
BIG BEE
December 29th, 2011
1:16 pm
We have had 2 guys suspended this year. How many have you had? Oh Yeah, seems the last 2 games were arranged to let UGA have two games back to back agains the triple option.