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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Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:11 pm
@ WnE……HURT YOUR CREDIBILITY????
You HAVE no credibility !!!!
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:11 pm
SUPER…………WTF?……….pretty thwell fellow
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:12 pm
Look at those “semantics” WnE used to try to justify stalking Vad Lee. What a POS !!!
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:13 pm
48 I don’t know TELL US. LOL I think it means you wear Jimmy Johnson undies like I wear a Danica Thong.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:13 pm
@ UOAD……it was a joke…..or at least I hoped it would be taken that way
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:14 pm
48 is not your age???
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
5:14 pm
Gollum is delusional and off his meds!!!!! you are a LIAR Gollum…..and like the GT administration is going to hire a coach based on what YOU want……go back to your cave, Gollum!!!!!!!
and don’t stalk any more recruits, either……
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:15 pm
WnE
WnE
WnE
WnE
Shut the F Up
Show the F Up
Man the F Up
WE DON”T CARE WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY until you meet us and say what you have to say in PUBLIC.
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
5:15 pm
Thuper you have hurt my feelingth…..thniff, thniff
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:15 pm
@ WnE……one more thing —-
MAN UP
SHOW UP
or
SHUT UP
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:16 pm
LMAO @ GT Lee. And I really AM laughing at that one
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:17 pm
LEE I know a Doctor that can fix that LISP on the keypad.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:17 pm
UOAD probably wouldn’t like Swinging Richards, because he seems to prefer pocketed Richards. LOL
Dawg48
April 26th, 2012
5:17 pm
SS, no born in 79.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:18 pm
@ UOAD……that would be LITHP on the keypad. LOL
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
5:18 pm
Gollum:
MAN UP
SHOW UP
or
SHUT UP
and quit stalking recruits you perverted POS
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:19 pm
ok, 48. So what DOES the 48 stand for?
Dawg48
April 26th, 2012
5:19 pm
5150, thanks I’m lucky to have her.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:20 pm
I LOVE a girl with a LISP! She can’t say STOP before I get started.
WnE
April 26th, 2012
5:20 pm
Famous last words…………….
“when we hire CPJ we know that we won’t have any trouble with the NCAA”
Reality:
We have been hit with NCAA probation once and might be hit again when the NCAA investigates illegal Ga. Text Messages to a Recruit by a member of CPJ’s Staff.
The myth was that CPJ was the better hire than other candidates because his Service Academy background meant that he would run a “clean program”.
This is one of many myths that the GT fanbase bought into when CPJ started at GT that has since BEEN PROVEN FALSE!
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
5:20 pm
“LEE I know a Doctor that can fix that LISP on the keypad.”
please don’t recommend Dr dwagfan the Proctologist
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:21 pm
@ 48…..I don’t know you, so I don’t feel comfortable making jokes like UOAD does, but “lucky to have her” could really set you up for a lot of jokes. Be careful how you say things on these blogs
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:22 pm
48 She was Nice to this Jacket so she is ALL GOOD with me. LOL
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
5:22 pm
“Famous last words……………
My Preciousssssssssssssssssss
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:22 pm
CPJ had NOTHING to do with the probation. That all happened in DRad’s office. And as soon as the texting thing was discovered, the coach was fired. No probation there, bubba.
Dawg48
April 26th, 2012
5:24 pm
SS, your correct. Lol
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:24 pm
SUPER he kept he chained in the basement for 2 months. He feeding her by Slingshot until she stopped fighting back. LOL
She was really nice. Pretty girl! I am waiting on the Baby Photo.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:25 pm
I just don’t understand how a fan of ANY school could possibly dislike a coach so badly that they go public with all their feelings and OPINIONS, regardless of what outsiders may think or how they might use it not just to hurt that coach, but to hurt the school itself. It just makes no sense to me at all.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:25 pm
kept HER chained. DAMN I got to stop the Jim.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:27 pm
@ UOAD and @ 48…..it’s always nice to know GOOD people, no matter what team they pull for. I have MANY UGA friends here in Augusta. We kid each other, but there’s not a one of us who wouldn’t show up in a flash if something was needed.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:27 pm
SUPER there are PLENTY of UGa fans the HATE BOBO and are still on the fence about Richt.
Dawg48
April 26th, 2012
5:28 pm
SS, they must have a boring life.
Big Crimson 75
April 26th, 2012
5:28 pm
WnE — why root for a Team you hate?
Self-loathing is not healthy dude.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:29 pm
@ UOAD…..I know that, but I haven’t read or heard any remarks by any UGA fans about either of them that even compare to the vitriolic attacks that WnE CONSTANTLY levels on CPJ
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:30 pm
@ 75….that’s just it. He apparently doesn’t root for Tech…..at least not under Johnson. I didn’t like Gailey or Hewitt, but I still hoped they would win games and perhaps even turn it all around. And I would have been the first to say I had been wrong too.
Dawg48
April 26th, 2012
5:30 pm
Tech has WnE, Georgia has Flat tire on 95.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:31 pm
@ 48….I don’t read the UGA blogs, so I don’t know about him. Is he really as bad as WnE?
GT Lee
April 26th, 2012
5:31 pm
it’s not JUST CPJ….Gollum hates EVERYTHING Tech…..you’d think we were Hobbits or someting……I’m out, time for dinner……Good evening to everyone EXCEPT WnE (YOU can go to hell)
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
5:32 pm
“I never mention any of you guys in a unsolicited fashion, yet you do it to me all the time and in a smarmy, unprovoked, cheap-shot kinda way.”
Untrue. You routinely mention people before we respond. However, it must be noted that you certainly seem like the one with the thin skin here.
“I only name call after others name call me first, I only get personal after others take shots at me.”
This is also fundamentally dishonest (you did it two days ago and I called you on it), and it’s also straight out of the third grade. You might as well have said, “you started it,” WnE.
“What I do, is analyze GT FB in a completely non-homer, non-BLT way, and for that I get ad hominem drivel from the majority of you guys.”
No, you don’t. You make a habit of calling people names and then lecturing people for doing the same thing. Further, you don’t offer anything in the way of substantive analysis. Instead, you have a bad habit of making up dialogue and facts to fit your narrative. To wit:
“I am willing to bet that my feelings about CPJ & GT FB are in-line with 35-40% of the GT fanbase, but many are too timid to publicly admit how they feel about CPJ.”
There is, of course, no proof to substantiate your opinion. Rather, it’s just more nonsense coming out of your mouth.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:32 pm
@ 48…..did you mean they must have a boring life because they are UGA fans or because they are my friends? LOL
Dawg48
April 26th, 2012
5:33 pm
Flat tore and Thomas brown are two that come to my mind.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:34 pm
George, WnE has ALWAYS called Johnson names. Do you think Johnson called him a name first? I DOUBT IT !!!!
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
5:34 pm
“We have been hit with NCAA probation once and might be hit again when the NCAA investigates illegal Ga. Text Messages to a Recruit by a member of CPJ’s Staff.”
Probation was brought upon by the (reasonable) actions of the AD, a fact you conveniently left out. The text messages were a minor violation that resulted in the immediate termination of an assistant. For the life of me, I can’t see how you can rationally imply that Johnson is responsible for either.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
5:35 pm
Ha! Seems unlikely that Johnson gives a flip what he (or I) think, SS. But he routinely calls people names. It’s the reason we have an individual that posts as “BLT.”
Dawg48
April 26th, 2012
5:35 pm
SS, saying WnE has a boring life.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:35 pm
Hell, there were even Tech fans who at one time or another didn’t like Dodd. It comes with the territory. But the utter vitriol that WnE shows is inexplicable and totally uncalled for.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:36 pm
@ 48…..ok. got it. I miss-applied your post.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:36 pm
Yeah, George, you gotta love the BLT moniker. I just wish he had kept the original full name. I LOVED it.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:38 pm
Well I don’t have a Boring LIFE I had sex last night and Damn my Wrist Hurts.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
5:39 pm
Agree, SS. I wish I had thought of it myself.