Days could miss Tech spring game
Greetings
Some notes from post-practice interviews Wednesday.
1. Quarterback Synjyn Days may not play Friday night in the spring scrimmage. Days injured his left wrist on the final play of practice Wednesday. Days and fellow backup Vad Lee had been receiving most of the practice reps and were slated to get most of them in the scrimmage.
Coach Paul Johnson was not specific regarding how Days’ snaps will be allocated if he can’t play. It could be more for Tevin Washington or for early enrollee Dennis Andrews or walk-on transfer Tim Byerly, or all three, as well as walk-on Darryl Dickey.
“As far as the game goes, it’s not a concern as much as it is he’s made a lot of progress this spring,” Johnson said. “You’d like to see him have a chance to play.”
2. Guard Shaquille Mason may not play either with an undisclosed injury. It was hoped he would return for Wednesday’s practice, but he didn’t participate. That would leave the offensive line with 10 available bodies for Friday, including walk-ons. If someone gets hurt Friday, the likely option would be to flip-flop players from team to team.
3. Johnson on inside linebacker Jabari Hunt-Days: “I think he’s had a good camp, a good spring. I think he’s improved, I think he’s worked hard. He’s doing some good things.”
On the likelihood he’ll see playing time in the fall: “Oh, yeah, definitely. He’s going to have to. He’s going to play.”
4. Asked if any A-backs had made progress closing the gap with Robert Godhigh, who has been the top performing A-back in the spring with Orwin Smith out, Johnson said “I think Deon Hill’s done some good things.”
Johnson also mentioned Tony Zenon and B.J. Bostic but said there’s not a lot of separation.
5. Wide receiver Jeremy Moore has pushed his way into the first group, splitting reps with Jeff Greene and Chris Jackson.
“He’s probably been the most consistent, probably had the least amount of efforts and played hard,” Johnson said. “He’s made some catches. He’s done some good things, made some plays.”
Efforts are demerits for not giving full effort on a play.
“I think you’ve got Jeff and Darren (Waller) and Chris and Jeremy competing and we’ll see how it comes out,” Johnson said. “They’ve all got to learn to play harder.”
6. The most improved player on defense? Johnson said several players have improved and added that “(defensive end) Anthony Williams has caught my eye.”
7. Asked the same question, Washington said named outside linebacker Jeremiah Attaochu, inside linebacker Quayshawn Nealy, nose tackle T.J. Barnes and also the secondary.
“I think those guys are a lot hungrier this year, more physical with our receivers,” he said. “Those guys come out and just compete every day, try to make plays on the ball, put the defense in a position where they feel like nobody can come out and throw on them.”
“Jeremiah, he’s always 100 miles an hour,” Washington said. “Sometimes you want to tell him to slow down. … He’s got a high motor. He’s always going.”
Washington said Barnes’ focus and attention to detail have improved.
“As far as with the defensive line, if they’ve got a stunt on, he’s making sure he’s in the right gap, making sure he’s doing his job, just trying to take a lot of personal responsibility for what he has to do.”
8. In case you weren’t aware, the spring game is Friday at 7:45 p.m. Free to the public. Parking information here.
Thanks for reading. I’ll have another post up later this morning.
Hope you all can make it out to the spring game Friday night.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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GTfan 2012
April 20th, 2012
3:21 pm
NOJACKET,
Three of the last four seasons under CPJ have been BETTER than 7-5, so I’m not sure what you are talking about. There will be a solid crowd of 15,000 at Tech for the game which is just fine with me.
It seems like you are trying to say that GT is the best team that gets little fan support from outside its school, and there I will agree with you. Part of that has to do with the media climate in this state, which perpetually pumps up UGA and minimalizes GT. This has an effect on the potential sidewalk fans who get most of their info on the respective schools from the media.
gt4ever
April 20th, 2012
3:39 pm
Thanks for the advice UOAD….
GTfan 2012…. People will support a team that wins…. Wins against D1 teams….. Not the sisters of the poor….
5150 UOAD
April 20th, 2012
3:49 pm
gt4ever I smell Jack Daniel’s but i guess that is cause the Hookers I love are a lil on the trashy side. LOL
BigTimeTechFan
April 20th, 2012
3:50 pm
@5150 UOAD
Was that you that called 790 The Zone 2 Live Stews. good job.
BigTimeTechFan
April 20th, 2012
3:54 pm
I was mentioned on http://www.ramblinwreck.com, sweet, great writeup.
5150 UOAD
April 20th, 2012
3:54 pm
BTTF yes! Yes it was me. hahah. My Dog misses the games and it is not like he would TAKE seat a fan needs. He is 80lbs and an Akita Chow mix so he is big but he is a good dog. LOL
BigTimeTechFan
April 20th, 2012
3:54 pm
http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/041912aab.html
BigTimeTechFan
April 20th, 2012
3:57 pm
UOAD, Awesome, I knew it.
Also my neighbor had an Akita Chow mix. Then was huge and was I think 100 lbs.
One time it ran in the road and hit a Honda Civic, Dog got dazed and face beat up a bit, but you should have seen the dent in the car.
BigTimeTechFan
April 20th, 2012
4:03 pm
Who pulling for
2nd Team offense and 1st team defense
over
1st Team offense and 2nd team defense
I am.
5150 UOAD
April 20th, 2012
4:04 pm
BTTF Hahahaha. He LOVES to chase and play BALL so he stays in shape. He loves to swim in the pond too. He still thinks he can catch the squirrels but never does.
FL Jacket
April 20th, 2012
4:17 pm
5150…
I own a dog, and frankly they need to stay at home. You pay extra for your Bark in the Park ticket because the BRaves need to be compensated for the extra space you take up and the increased cleaning required to avoid a health hazard.
Sorry…
FL Jacket
April 20th, 2012
4:19 pm
5150…
That’s not even considering the liability issues that the venue exposes itself to because another dog, or person, is attacked or bitten. I’ve been to enough dog parks to realize that a significant portion of dog owners do not have a clue on how to socially acclimate their dogs.
Woof! 10-1....woof woof
April 20th, 2012
4:27 pm
Georgia Tech’s spring game Friday night will offer fans a number of clues to what lies ahead for the 2012 season, beginning with the season opener at Virginia Tech on Labor Day….and ending with the annual beatdown right after Thanksgiving…..
FL Jacket
April 20th, 2012
4:30 pm
woof woof…
Which happens after the annual Halloween beatdown in Jacksonville by the Gators…
Ghost
April 20th, 2012
4:34 pm
So the tech spring game isn’t televised?
Woof! 10-1....woof woof
April 20th, 2012
4:34 pm
FL Jacket….really?? that my friend is coming to an end…..hasnt been annual lately…..Florida is back to being the old Florida we all know and love…..
FL Jacket
April 20th, 2012
4:36 pm
“hasnt been annual lately”
No, you’ve only won 4 TIMES SINCE REAGAN WAS PRESIDENT
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April 20th, 2012
4:44 pm
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Ghost
April 20th, 2012
4:45 pm
Since 2004 Georgia is 3-5 vs Florida, the series is led by Georgia 48-40-2. tech is 1-7 vs Georgia.
The series with Florida historically has been one of long steaks by each team. What does Florida have to do with Tech?
GTBob
April 20th, 2012
5:31 pm
Heading to the game in a bit. Looking foward to seeing how the lads look this spring. I anticipate big things from this year’s team.
Ryan
April 20th, 2012
7:33 pm
No live blogs from any ajc writers for the spring game?
Bradley
April 20th, 2012
7:40 pm
Ah ghost. you love to select dates that help with the numbers. How about records over the past 20 years??? Don’t want to do that do you?
Ja'ce
April 20th, 2012
7:48 pm
the jackets are so pathetic needing to play it on friday night. For that matter the same goes for the acc and thursday night games during the season. but back to the jackets who aren.t even second rate. CHUMPS CHUMPS
superDawg
April 20th, 2012
7:49 pm
Ya’ll needs to get all puffed up,because I is waiting.
Orwin Smith Fan Club
April 20th, 2012
10:00 pm
As far as the game goes,
we gonna miss him.
5150 UOAD
April 20th, 2012
11:33 pm
HI guys.
BigTimeTECHFan
April 20th, 2012
11:52 pm
Spring game was a blast.
Tech LB’s two deep are looking good
Tech DB’s two depp are looking good
Tech DL, Barnes looks pretty good, DE’s was hard to tell
WR not getting open much but Chris Jackson ran a great route for a TD pass from Vad Lee. Great pass also. Timing back shoulder was perfect, Aaron Rogers like.
3 Deep QB’s look pretty good. I think Vad’s going to be real good.
Stars Attoachu, Neally, Watts, J Hunt-Days and V Lee. Also L Young, J Thomas, Golden
FL Jacket
April 20th, 2012
11:54 pm
Looks like the Defense won the night…
5150 UOAD
April 20th, 2012
11:56 pm
BTTF………nice to meet. You got home safe. It was a Nice NIGHT of Football.
5150 UOAD
April 21st, 2012
12:07 am
WOW WOW I am so Surprised WnE
WnE
WnE
WnE
WnE
Didn’t come to the game and meet us.
I just KNEW WnE would be there and show us his RING. I wanted him to impart his WISDOM about the play calling during the game.
WnE
WnE
WnE
WnE
Why didn’t you come an enlighten us with your VAST College football knowledge?
I feel more STUPID for not having you there to explain the game to me.
BigTimeTECHFan
April 21st, 2012
12:18 am
Yea, it was cool meeting you UOAD, that was fun. We went on field after game and watched Fireworks, then checked out the band after.
BigTimeTECHFan
April 21st, 2012
12:20 am
Yea wish WnE would have been there, it was hard to tell what was going good or bad without him
5150 UOAD
April 21st, 2012
12:23 am
Glad you and your son had fun. I met a nice young man on the MARTA train on the way home. We talked sports. I told him he REALLY needed to Hit the Books as hard as the Basketball Court. He pulled his hoodie up and hid his face. I told him I know it isn’t what he wanted to hear but it is the truth. A lady sitting 2 rows back on the train from dad and I tapped me on the shoulder. She smiled and said that he was not hiding from me. She said she was SO happy somebody that she or her son didn’t know just told him the SAME THING she has been Preaching to him.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 21st, 2012
12:50 am
Anybody still here? Just got home from Atlanta….TOTALLY ENJOYABLE NIGHT !!!!
UOAD, that was BTTF’s nephew, not his son, and he seemed like a really nice kid, as did BTTF. It was GREAT spending time with you, ole yeller, BTTF, 1 4 GT, and GT Lee. I look forward to more such encounters in the Fall. And I LOVED the way Vad Lee looked in the second half. He is definitely going to make a difference, as is a much improved defense. There were some monsters out there tonight
WnE
April 21st, 2012
2:10 pm
re:
Yea wish WnE would have been there, it was hard to tell what was going good or bad without him
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BTTF:
I was there, just because I chose to stay to myself, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t there.
BTW, we’re in trouble next season.
DL issues, 2ndary inssues, WR issues, passing issues.
Vad won’t be nearly as effective when teams get to scout him after some PT and see that he is very likely to pass when he is in the game.
His effectiveness as a passer will be greatly reduced when DCs & Defense identify him as “GT’s only passing threat”.
Question:
If our LBs & safeties/DBs are so good then why were there A-Backs open all night?
Also our DL looked good because they were playing an “under-sized” Triple-OPtion OL from GT, will that under-sized DL look as good in the 3rd qtr. vs. 340lb Cordy Glenn-types?
Miami, UGA, and UNC will most likely have big OLs, maybe VT also, I’m not sure our small DL will do well vs. OLs that are not recruited to play Triple-OPtion FB.
Perkins can now officially be called a “bust” , if there’s any position that can make an immediate impact, it is RB, Perkins finished HS early and got an extra Spring that most Recruits don’t get and he still hasn’t shown that “it factor”.
That leaves Sims & Laskey as the B-Backs, that means no threat, that means a clogged, plodding Offense vs. good teams, and less chances for A-Backs to find room outside, the entire offense is set up off of the threat of the B-back, and we do NOT have a great one, we have a serviceable one.
GT fans always leave the spring game with too much optimism.
On the other hand, I am fair and realistic.
HighTech
April 21st, 2012
3:37 pm
WnE
April 21st, 2012
2:10 pm
re:
Yea wish WnE would have been there, it was hard to tell what was going good or bad without him
____________
BTTF:
I was there, just because I chose to stay to myself, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t there.
BTW, we’re in trouble next season.
GT fans always leave the spring game with too much optimism.
On the other hand, I am fair and realistic.
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Did you like the fireworks show?
GTfan2012
April 21st, 2012
4:24 pm
WnE, what about the music they played during the fireworks show. Did you like those choices? How about the fireworks? Did you watch them from the NORTH stands? Tell me where you were sitting? Tell me what you saw? Give me some clue that you are not just blowing smoke up our collective a $ $ es.
GTfan2012
April 21st, 2012
4:34 pm
WnE,
The reason I ask all this is because, I think you have no idea what really went on at the GT Spring game. 1. Due to injuries, we had only 10 OLs (including walk ons). Since both teams need 5, that leaves us pretty thin at that position. CPJ said a couple guys who played T all spring had to play G in this game. So if it looked like the QBs were struggling throwing the ball, perhaps it had something to do with the OL. 2. Are you serious about the A-back comment. That’s the whole point of sending an A-back out for a pass, you get a mis-match with a LB in coverage a lot of the time. DUH!!!! 3. So our “small” DL is going to have trouble, huh? Did you know that Miami and VT both have smaller DLs than we do? Look it up. Now, if you want to say small for a 3-4, then fine, but that’s not what you said.
Dawg48
April 22nd, 2012
12:33 pm
Ok get your Racing picks in now! I got the 17 and the 48.
5150 UOAD
April 22nd, 2012
1:50 pm
I’ll take 16 & 99 lol