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
5:40 pm
UOAD, you are TOO MUCH!!!! lol
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:41 pm
WnE & Hewitt fan need to get married. One HATES CPJ & TECH while the other LOVES HEWITT & HATES TECH.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:43 pm
On those opinionated percentages gollum posted, my opinion is that probably 75% of Tech people like Johnson. That doesn’t mean we don’t find faults from time to time, but, like I said earlier, people found faults with Dodd from time to time too; nobody’s perfect. But in spite of ANY faults I might have with Johnson, I support him 100%, and in all honesty I expect some BIG things ahead.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:43 pm
SUPER my Ukrainian Video Wife Loves me at least. Well as long as the Credit Card has money on it. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:44 pm
UOAD, are you really the one posting those comments, or is someone else using your name to have a good (non-malicious, but good) time here?
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:46 pm
NO it really is ME. I like to make jokes.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:47 pm
to prove RRC……………………..
WnE
April 26th, 2012
5:48 pm
re:
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
5:32 pm
____________
Go and look at the postings this blog from 1:44 pm and 1:55 pm and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
I had not even planned on commenting in this blog until I read that crap.
You guys always seem to mention me before I mention you guys; responding to specific messages are a different story, I respond to specific comments, I don’t make a post and then throw someone’s name in there and take a “drive by cheap shot” like many of you guys do to me so frequently!
I haven’t used any nicknames for CPJ in quite a while, but you guys still take cheap shots at me and continue to ignore Ken’s request to stop the name-calling.
You guys are always begging for me to be banned, but the TRUTH is, is that I’m one of the FEW posters that keeps things “clean” and focuses only on CFB-related commentary!
Notice all the references to the “F-word” from posters that complain about me and ask that I be banned!
WnE
April 26th, 2012
5:48 pm
re:
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
5:32 pm
____________
Go and look at the postings this blog from 1:44 pm and 1:55 pm and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
I had not even planned on commenting in this blog until I read that crap.
You guys always seem to mention me before I mention you guys; responding to specific messages are a different story, I respond to specific comments, I don’t make a post and then throw someone’s name in there and take a “drive by cheap shot” like many of you guys do to me so frequently!
I haven’t used any nicknames for CPJ in quite a while, but you guys still take cheap shots at me and continue to ignore Ken’s request to stop the name-calling.
You guys are always begging for me to be banned, but the TRUTH is, is that I’m one of the FEW posters that keeps things “clean” and focuses only on CFB-related commentary!
Notice all the references to the “F-word” from posters that complain about me and ask that I be banned!
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:49 pm
Loved your Wal-mart post. We in the US worry about germs cause we try to keep them away. Seeing those people handling the meat is so true but CRAZY to Americans.
Dawg48
April 26th, 2012
5:49 pm
SS,5150 changed after he met me.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:50 pm
WnE
WnE
WnE
We don’t CARE
STFU
Man the F Up
Show the F Up
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:52 pm
48 made me like Big Burly Bearded guys with Blue Eyes. Damn WHO KNEW? Not me. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:52 pm
WnE…..you keep it clean??? You mean calling somebody a douchebag is clean???
MAN UP
SHOW UP
or
SHUT UP
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:53 pm
UOAD, some of your comments are PRICELESS.
I specifically sent that WalMart thing to you because I knew you would find it interesting. I didn’t send it to everybody
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:54 pm
Everybody going to watch the DRAFT? I hoe KEN does a Live blog but if not we should keep posting here.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:54 pm
I just turned on my TV and heard Joe Biden say the following about Obama….”He has a big stick.” Hmmm, I wonder how he knows
Big Crimson 75
April 26th, 2012
5:55 pm
Damnit man —- this filtering sucks!!
All the BS that I’ve posted in the past gets through but trying to crack jokes @ wne gets denied!!
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
5:55 pm
“Go and look at the postings this blog from 1:44 pm and 1:55 pm and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
I had not even planned on commenting in this blog until I read that crap.”
I am aware of what they wrote. To the extent that you think they are wrong, perhaps you should try leading by example and not mentioning them in an unsolicited manner. That would be the grown-up thing to do.
“You guys always seem to mention me before I mention you guys; responding to specific messages are a different story, I respond to specific comments, I don’t make a post and then throw someone’s name in there and take a “drive by cheap shot” like many of you guys do to me so frequently!”
You routinely take cheap (but non-humorous) shots at people before they are mentioned. Again, if you object to this behavior, don’t engage in it. Further, you routinely neglect messages that are critical of you and call you on your factual inaccuracies or made up dialogue. Funny how that works.
“I haven’t used any nicknames for CPJ in quite a while, but you guys still take cheap shots at me and continue to ignore Ken’s request to stop the name-calling.”
You just did this two days ago and I called you on it. You don’t have the moral high ground here, chief.
“You guys are always begging for me to be banned, but the TRUTH is, is that I’m one of the FEW posters that keeps things “clean” and focuses only on CFB-related commentary!:”
No, you don’t. Go back to the 5th paragraph of your 5:09 comment TODAY. Again, if you want to lecture others, I would suggest you make sure your house is clean first. And then maybe you can go make up some more dialogue for us.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
5:58 pm
I HOE? yes yes I do for the right price, but I HOPE ken does a live blog still. LOL
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:58 pm
@ WnE…..you reap what you sow, and you are just seeing the beginning of what is a bountiful harvest…..a harvest of shame on your part.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
5:59 pm
75, in case you don’t already know, you can’t say the correct spelling of yestahday or rep_utation or red neck. I’m sure there are many other strange ones like those, but I can’t think of them right now.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:01 pm
The words “article” and “Saturday” were blocked for awhile, but Ken took care of that. He DID admit, however, to blocking the word red neck.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
6:03 pm
you can’t say Pan TEEs either you have to say Underwear.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:04 pm
Remind us again, WnE, who likes to bring up others in an unsolicited manner.
WnE
March 24th, 2012
11:38 pm
Yet another 4*+ recruit that had the ACADEMICS for GT (and was a GT Legacy to boot) that Coach Kung Fu Panda wasn’t able to close the deal on!
His dad played for GT on their last MNC team, yet GT loses out to Auburn.
Maybe his father has been reading the AJC blogs and see how much the GT fanbase pokes fun at JUCOs and then remembers that he was once a JUCO and decided that he didn’t want his son playing for a school that has such a smug, elitist fanbase?
I wonder where the usual crowd is that always takes cheap shots at JUCOs without realizing that some of those JUCOs will have sons that are elite recruits.
You know who you are; GTBob, Supersize, George Stein, FL Jacket , High tech , and there are others.
It seems that the non-stop criticism of JUCOs by GT fans like those I listed above probably made it hard for a former JUCO himself to want to see his own son at GT, he even endorsed Auburn one of GT’s long time rivals.
To show how crappy Coach Fish Fry is at Recruiting, Aubie beat out UCLA, even a tool like Jim “don’t call me Junior” Mora can recruit Atlanta better than Coach Fish Fry can.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:05 pm
Here’s the link for those so inclined to look.
http://blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2012/03/24/carl-lawson-son-of-georgia-tech-football-star-commits-to-auburn/
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:11 pm
@ George……and yet he claims not to talk about people behind their backs and not to call people names. He proved himself wrong on both counts on that one post. And when have any of us ever made fun of JUCO’s? If a kid is good and can get accepted at Tech, I don’t care where they come from. After all we gladly accepted John Dewberry and Daniel Miller as transfers from that JUCO in Athens.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:11 pm
“I had not even planned on commenting in this blog until I read that crap.”
Of course you hadn’t planned on commenting on this blog. It’s a positive story about a role model person, which means you aren’t interested in it. God forbid you have anything positive to say about a current or former Tech player.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:12 pm
George, has he ever said anything at all about Roddy Jones? One of the greatest Tech student-athletes ever who LOVES all things Tech, and gollum just ignores him.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:12 pm
Actually, I think Durrant Brooks was a JUCO guy, too.
The point is, SS, that he makes up his own facts. I’m not expecting him to acknowledge my response to him. He doesn’t do well when presented with facts.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:14 pm
Roddy represents everything that is good about Tech – smart, hard-working, and relentlessly positive. Basically, he doesn’t fit WnE’s narrative, so it should come as no surprise he doesn’t mention him.
WnE
April 26th, 2012
6:14 pm
re:
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:04 pm
______________
That was from March 4th BEFORE Ken S. told us to “play nice”.
Since then, I have complied with Ken’s wishes moreso than many others around here that like to take cheap shots at me.
But since you pull up that post, if you take the way Carl Lawson Sr. is indifferent about GT and combine that with the way Najee Mustafaa(sp?) is indifferent about GT, one must ask, is there something about the GT “environment” that makes former players to not want to send their sons to GT.
We should have those two 4* guys in the bag and they both have the Academic for GT, but for some reason one father says, ” I want my son to have well-rounded college experience” and the other father says, “I won’t push him to sign with GT”.
A LOT is wrong with the way GT does things ,but all you can do is unfairly blame WnE.
Big Crimson 75
April 26th, 2012
6:18 pm
WnE — say something good about Roddy Jones.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:18 pm
@ WnE…..”indifferent” is your take on an article that didn’t say anything at all like that. Mustafaa said Tech is still number one on his list. How is that indifferent. You’re once again just making stuff up. And if Tech is so bad, why did Massaquoi say a week or so ago, that he like the facilities, environment and coaches at Tech and WISHES he had gone there? How is that bad?
Big Crimson 75
April 26th, 2012
6:19 pm
……….and what’s wrong with JUCO’s wne??
Terrence “Mount” Cody is not what College Football is all about??
He’s not a great American story??
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:19 pm
“That was from March 4th BEFORE Ken S. told us to “play nice”.”
You need someone to tell you this?
“Since then, I have complied with Ken’s wishes moreso than many others around here that like to take cheap shots at me.”
Sure you have.
“But since you pull up that post, if you take the way Carl Lawson Sr. is indifferent about GT and combine that with the way Najee Mustafaa(sp?) is indifferent about GT, one must ask, is there something about the GT “environment” that makes former players to not want to send their sons to GT.”
Maybe. I’ll leave the invented dialogue to you, though.
“We should have those two 4* guys in the bag and they both have the Academic for GT, but for some reason one father says, ” I want my son to have well-rounded college experience” and the other father says, “I won’t push him to sign with GT”.”
This makes no sense. People routinely go to different schools than their parents.
“A LOT is wrong with the way GT does things ,but all you can do is unfairly blame WnE.”
I’m not blaming you for anything. I’m criticizing your comments on their merit, and you can’t deal with it because you can’t beat me. I’ll outsmart you every single time.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:20 pm
@ WnE…..see we even have a Bama fan on here who is challenging you to say something positive that is OBVIOUS to everyone, Tech fan or not. We aren’t the only ones who see the way you are.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:21 pm
Nothing is wrong with them, Big Crimson. Many of them can’t qualify at Tech, but there’s nothing inherently wrong with them. If they can help your school win and do well in the classroom, I’ll for them.
WnE
April 26th, 2012
6:22 pm
re:
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:11 pm
“I had not even planned on commenting in this blog until I read that crap.”
Of course you hadn’t planned on commenting on this blog. It’s a positive story about a role model person, which means you aren’t interested in it. God forbid you have anything positive to say about a current or former Tech player.
_______________
I have said plenty of positive things about GT players, both former & current.
I was one of the FEW GT fans on various GT Message boards that defended Dwyer, Burnett & others when they went pro early, in fact many of my critics were the main ones taking shots at former GT players.
I have also defended many of the one-and-done B-Ball players that get unfairly criticized by a lot of GT fans.
I say positive things when they are MERITED, but my bar is pretty high.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:23 pm
If I had a kid being recruited to play college football, you can be damn sure that I would want him to consider EVERY possible opportunity, even if it were not Tech. That’s what GOOD fathers do. Of course, if I had a kid like that and he chose UGA, I would disown him, but that’s another story. LOL
Big Crimson 75
April 26th, 2012
6:23 pm
Somewhere WnE “bumped” into CPJ @ some type of Tech function & Johnson blew him off(not literally).
How else can the hatred be explained!!
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:24 pm
if your bar is high, it must be because you are a midget.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:24 pm
@ 75, something like that must have happened. It’s just puzzling, not to mention disgusting.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:25 pm
“I have said plenty of positive things about GT players, both former & current.
I was one of the FEW GT fans on various GT Message boards that defended Dwyer, Burnett & others when they went pro early, in fact many of my critics were the main ones taking shots at former GT players.”
Perhaps a simple, “Roddy is a terrific ambassador for Tech and I’m thankful he attended and played for us” would have been more appropriate. Anyone that has a problem with a player chasing his dreams needs to have his head examined. That you think you’re some sort of hero in this circumstance shows how screwed up you are.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:27 pm
Seriously, SS. If I had a kid and he wanted to major in history or political science, I’d tell him NOT to go Tech. There isn’t much to be read into that stuff. Again, WnE is more interested in finding indictments of Johnson than he is ensuring players are attending the proper school for them to fulfill their dreams.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:29 pm
George, like I said, that’s what a GOOD father WOULD do.
George Stein
April 26th, 2012
6:29 pm
Yep, SS.
5150 UOAD
April 26th, 2012
6:30 pm
Bi Cri 75 the PROBLEM with JUCOs is if they didn’t have the grades for SCHOOL to get in TECH from the start then TECH will TAX his ability to stay in TECH. Not saying some JUCO’s can’t but it is a stretch and a risk over a High School kid that has the scores and grades. The JUCO plays FOOTBALL great BUT how hard was the class work he did to qualify. I guess that is the TECH SNOB in me but it is true more times than not.
Supersize that order, mutt
April 26th, 2012
6:30 pm
@ WnE……OK, you have been challenged now by several of us, including a Bama fan……
SAY SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT RODDY JONES !!!
MAN UP or SHUT UP
FL Jacket
April 26th, 2012
6:31 pm
GS…WnE will probably point out instead that he’s a Chan Gailey recruit…and that CPJ ruined his chance of getting drafted by the League, and how these fluff pieces are just window-dressing for the utter lack of football development he got at Tech.
Haha.