Busy week for Roddy Jones
An interesting week for former Georgia Tech A-back Roddy Jones. Wednesday night, he was at the Fox Theatre as a finalist for the Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup. Thursday morning, he’ll be a guest host on 790 the Zone’s Barnhart & Durham show. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, he plans to be in WREK’s broadcast booth for the Georgia Tech baseball team’s games at Russ Chandler Stadium. He’s also got his MBA classes. And then he’s hoping to get a phone call from one of 32 NFL teams telling him they want his services.
“I’m excited about what this weekend’s going to hold for me,” Jones said prior to Wednesday’s awards ceremony.
To answer the first question, Jones did not win the award, created to honor a sports professional and a student-athlete for their character, leadership on and off the field and contribution to sport and society. The winner was Aleca Hughes, a former Yale ice hockey player who started a foundation to honor a teammate who had died from leukemia.
“This is probably at the top,” Jones said, referring to the list of honors he has received. “It’s a national award named after Coach John Wooden, which is an honor in itself. Coach (Vince) Dooley being here (as chair of the selection committee) and all the different finalists from different places, it’s definitely an honor.”
Former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt was also on hand to receive the professional Wooden Citizenship Cup. Coach Paul Johnson, A-backs coach Lamar Owens and team chaplain Derrick Moore joined Jones’ family in support of him.
As for the draft, Jones said he had received phone calls from a few teams to confirm his health and to make sure they had the right phone number for the draft weekend, a good sign.
“Even if they’re just calling to get my cell phone number, it means they want it,” he said.
Jones’ likely route to the NFL is as an undrafted free agent, a path many Tech players have taken to reach the league. That would most likely happen Saturday afternoon after the seven rounds of the draft conclude.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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1 4 GT
April 26th, 2012
11:45 am
Crawl back in your hole headley—-and pull it closed behind you. Been watching ESPN this AM. Stephen Hill’s name being thrown out quite a bit. Some of the commentators are now saying he will go inside the top 15. Their assessment of him starts with his speed, mentions his lack of route running experience but returns to his “raw” talent. Everyone is enthused by his speed & blocking and highlights show some amazing catches–catches that I didn’t recognize as being so difficult until they are shown with more positive commentary. We’ll know for sure by bedtime tonight. GOOOOO STHEPHEN HILL GOOOOOOOOOO JACKETS THWGeorgie
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
11:48 am
@ Lee and 1 4 GT…….did y’all notice in Ken’s article on Q&A’s about the T-Night game, that he said both TW and Vad operated out of the shotgun a few times. I don’t remember seeing a shotgun formation, and I thought we talked about that afterwards. Am I wrong?
1 4 GT
April 26th, 2012
11:48 am
And congrats to Roddy Jones. I hope his dreams of playing in the NFL workout for him, but he really doesn’t need it. Sounds like his plate is plenty full now.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
11:49 am
I am listening to Wes’s radio interview with Roddy now. Roddy comes across as one of the most well-spoken football players I have ever heard.
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
11:50 am
Super there was no shotgun run at spring game
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
11:50 am
@ Lee……that’s what I thought, but read Ken’s Q&A article
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
11:52 am
I don’t remember a single play Friday night in which the QB didn’t line up under center.
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
11:56 am
Super, I think Ken is referring to the whole spring, not just the spring game
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
11:57 am
@ Lee…..that’s not the way I read it
1 4 GT
April 26th, 2012
11:57 am
I don’t recall seeing any shotgun. All the QB snaps that I saw. were from under center. Got errands to run. Later. Seeya.
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
11:59 am
re-read the title:
Questions and answers from Ga. Tech spring
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:00 pm
From that article —
“Synjyn Days did what he does well, making plays with his legs. He was dynamic running a read-option play out of the shotgun.”
“Vad Lee made plays out of the passing game and showed some burst carrying the ball. He, too, flourished in the shotgun set.”
If he was just referring to spring practice as a whole, he wasn’t all that clear
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:01 pm
ok, maybe the title of the article DOES clear it up. At any rate, thanks for confirming what I THOUGHT I saw and didn’t see Friday night
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
12:02 pm
check out this line before he broke down the positions:
A look at how the spring unfolded for the Jackets and what lies ahead.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:03 pm
OK…..I read more into the first line of the article and skimmed over that one, I guess. My bad
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
12:03 pm
It’s ok, Super. You probably just forgot to take your Geritol this morning! Happens to me too sometimes…..
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:03 pm
Anyway, it’s good to know that I’m not blind…..just deaf. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:05 pm
much better things to take than Geritol. I take like 6 different kinds of pills (non-prescription vitamin-type things) every morning.
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
12:06 pm
Is Centrum Silver among them?? lol
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:09 pm
no, and why the LOL? I probably have taken that before, but now I take something from Kroger called “Men’s Health” (Complete Ultra Men’s Health Senior” I take those because I am a MAN!!!! LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:11 pm
@ Lee……after all, the “LEGENDARY Supersize that order, mutt” has to stay in prime condition….LOL
HighTech
April 26th, 2012
12:19 pm
What else, Supersize? Ginko Biloba? DHEA? St. John’s wort? Saw palmetto? What helps keep you at the top of your game.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:22 pm
Took, Ginko Biloba several years ago, but don’t even remember what that’s supposed to do. Never used wort. Saw Palmetto doesn’t do me any good, dammit. I take C, D, Zinc, Calcium, and that multi- one. No real reason for any of them. Just got into the habit. Also take asprin, morning and night.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:22 pm
what is DHEA?
HighTech
April 26th, 2012
12:33 pm
Took, Ginko Biloba several years ago, but don’t even remember what that’s supposed to do.
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That’s funny because it is supposed to improve memory. lol.
DHEA is a substance that the body has less of as it ages. It is associated with cardiovascular health and a number of other issues.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHEA
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
12:40 pm
Ramblin Robert Levett and Ramblin Roddy Jones were GREAT #20s The next #20 better carry it with PRIDE.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
12:50 pm
@ HT…..I guess I really blew it on the Ginko Biloba thing, huh? LOL
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
12:54 pm
I think you meant Robert Lavette….dammit, Super, how are we supposed to joke about UGA mis-spelling quotes in weight room and you can’t even spell former players name? Get with the program!!!!!!!!! lol
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
12:55 pm
SORRY SUPER I meant 5150……
GT fan
April 26th, 2012
1:02 pm
It chaps Headley’s hole to read Tony Barnhardt’s article.
The truth scares him, thus making him lash-out on GT blogs.
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re: the article, 83rd out of 120 on 3rd down D! If the D can improve to just 50th in 2012, that’ll = 8Ws, minimum.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
1:08 pm
Barnhart graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Georgia in 1976.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
1:13 pm
No prob, Lee
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
1:14 pm
@ UOAD…..wonder what the dwag trolls will have to say about that, in lieu of that article.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
1:14 pm
oops, I think that should have been in VIEW of that article. My bad
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
1:20 pm
well I didn’t spell it LEEvett at least. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
1:22 pm
“week” excuse, UOAD. lol
5 star recruits, 2 star results
April 26th, 2012
1:26 pm
5150, never knew that Barnhart was from UGA, nice to hear his unbiased opinions and commentary during the Roddy Jones segment on 790. A nice contrast to that biased, UGA hack Carvell over on the recruiting beat.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
1:30 pm
@ 5 star……there was some kind of video pop up on these blogs last night with an interview with Carvell, and he actually came across as very objective and fair to Tech. I was stunned.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
1:33 pm
That is Why Barnhart & Durham are great for College football. They KNOW Everybody in the ACC & SEC.
5 star recruits, 2 star results
April 26th, 2012
1:36 pm
Super, I’m still pi**ed about the shot he took at Tech a few weeks ago when writing about Tony Parkers final four college choices. To make it even worse, when called on it in the comments, he tried to justify it by pointing out that Duke has in fact owned Tech in basketball the last thirty years, missing the point that, whether true or not, the shot at Tech had no place in the article at all. Came off sounding like one of these trolls we have on these blogs. Then he went and edited the comment . Pure hack in my opinion.
blazer
April 26th, 2012
1:37 pm
a three point fluke is still a win so is a 4-3 game too!
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
1:39 pm
@ 5 star….I remember that article, and I was pssd too. But I am willing to be fair when the time comes, and like I said, that video pop-up last night was shocking, but fair and good.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
1:41 pm
@ blazer, but we all know that was just a fluke too, right? Like the 68 – 56 basketball score in December too. All of the dwags’ losses, no matter what the sport, are just flukes in their eyes.
5 star recruits, 2 star results
April 26th, 2012
1:44 pm
After years of UGA bias in the recruiting blog, that was the last straw for me. You must be a better man than me Super. I expect a “professional journalist” to conduct himself at a higher level than some anonymous troll on these comment boards, and he failed. If he would have admitted that it was uncalled for and apologized, it would have been over for me, but instead he tried to justify it and then edited it out like it never happened.
HighTech
April 26th, 2012
1:44 pm
I don’t know who Tony Barnhart thinks he is. Everyone should know WnE is Mr. CFB, not Tony Barnhart.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
1:55 pm
@ 5 star…..I can’t disagree with a thing you said, and I don’t think I’m a better man than you. All I was saying is that the video I saw last night was a good one, and fair. Maybe when he is actually in “public view,” he tones it down. After all it’s easy to be a POS on a blog…..just ask WnE
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
1:56 pm
@ HT…..Tony Barnhart is just minutiae in WnE’s whole scheme of things. I’m sure it was all just a matter of semantics.
BigTimeTechFan
April 26th, 2012
2:00 pm
Barnhart has picked up on something I’m seeing, he also thinks Tech defense is going to be pretty good.
BigTimeTechFan
April 26th, 2012
2:01 pm
WnE is a script writter for 680 the Fan
5 star recruits, 2 star results
April 26th, 2012
2:08 pm
Super, I’m sure the video you reference is everything you say and more. I trust you on such matters. It’s just that there are too many other recruiting sources to use and I choose from this point forward to use those and leave the AJC’s ‘UGA” recruiting blog to others.