O’Reilly transfer ‘not done deal’
The father of Pope grad and now former Auburn guard Thomas O’Reilly said Tuesday that a transfer to Georgia Tech is “not a done deal yet. We think it’s an option, but it’s not a done deal at this point.” Shaun O’Reilly said that there has been conversation between his son and Tech since he decided to transfer, but asserted that no decision had been made.
“We’ve talked,” he said. “We know the school very well from when he was recruited as a [high-school prospect]. It’s a great school and it has a ton to offer.”
During his high school recruitment, Tech was the first school to offer O’Reilly, listed in his Auburn bio at 6-foot-3, 325 pounds, and he made multiple visits to the school during his recruitment.
O’Reilly redshirted this past season and, assuming he transfers to another FBS-level school, will have to sit out another year and would have three years of eligibility. A highly-regarded high school prospect, ESPN ranked him the No. 145 player nationally in the class of 2011 and Rivals named him the No. 19 offensive guard.
Shaun O’Reilly said the decision to transfer was based on opportunities to play and the Tigers’ scheme change, as well as academics. Coach Gene Chizik hired Scot Loeffler to replace Gus Malzahn as offensive coordinator in January after Malzahn left to become head coach at Arkansas State.
Ken Sugiura, Georgia Tech blog
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GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
9:58 pm
GT66….WnE is like a creepy old troll, claims to have a Tech ring….the ring is his Precious, just like Gollum in the book by Tolkien. If you ever read his posts you’ll come to either hate or “pity the po’ fool” (Mr T reference).
GT Lee
May 10th, 2012
10:00 pm
GT66…..and like a creep, he actually stalked a Tech recruit (Vad Lee) on-line. He badgered him repeatedly, trying to dissuade him from coming to Tech, until Vad himself asked him to stop. HighTech can probably bring up his reply to Gollum….
BLT
May 10th, 2012
10:15 pm
HighTech, for me that’s the deciding factor about him. I’m not involved with social media. I know it has advantages regarding information but honestly I don’t care. I have all the real social activity I want. Sometimes, I wish I had less. I’ve never thought about contacting a teenage football recruit or his parents. I guess it’s because I have a family.
FL Jacket
May 10th, 2012
10:34 pm
BLT…or class
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
10:47 pm
I’ve never thought about contacting a teenage football recruit or his parents. I guess it’s because I have a family.
Or judgment.
FL Jacket
May 10th, 2012
11:01 pm
Or no axes to grind…
Big Crimson 75
May 10th, 2012
11:08 pm
Stein…. Nice blogging on the Hawks thread.
Maybe one of you Engineers can explain to me the officiating in Boston Garden or what ever the hell they call it now —- the Fleet whatever
I’ve watched this story unfold since I was a kid in the 80s!!
Same jazzzz different decade!!
George Stein
May 10th, 2012
11:14 pm
Me too, Crimson. I’m not a huge NBA guy, but I do follow the Hawks and the officiating in that league has been horrible for a long time and getting worse. I have no idea how they call a technical on Teague early in the game but not on the foul on Horford at the end.
Supersize that order, mutt
May 10th, 2012
11:32 pm
Anybody still here? I’ve been watching TV all night. Good to see GT66 back on here. Haven’t heard from him since last Fall
Supersize that order, mutt
May 10th, 2012
11:55 pm
GT66, if you check back in here later, check your email
CJGaTechalumnus
May 11th, 2012
9:06 am
Sounds to me like this kid O’Reilly, similar to O’Leary, would be good for Tech like O’Leary was. O’Leary carried the wonderful unis colors that Tech needs with the badly needed white socks to Central Florida, so this Irish kid might be no different for Tech. He has the high ranking- for someone who plans to warm the bench. What might be the case is the kid is desperate at this time if academics aren’t working out at AU, because they will more difficult at Tech since less coeds will be on campus than at AU. He would have to warm the bench for a year, and that means he’s extremely desperate. No player as highly ranked as him would want to warm the bench for a year. He could play on same team with Will from Sandy Creek, Francis Kallon who worked out at Alabama last Summer, and Vad Lee in the shotgun passing like crazy with the help of O’Reilly’s pass blocking.
CJGaTechalumnus
May 11th, 2012
9:16 am
probably wants to transfer to get out of tornado country, avoid going to school in state that has recently become like sitting duck for tornados; smart fella, Tech likes smart
CJGaTechalumnus
May 11th, 2012
9:21 am
notice how tornados hit either high schools or colleges in Alabama, and O’Reilly might think his college is next because of the law of averages, or summations, in Probability, using the sigma sign.
CJGaTechalumnus
May 11th, 2012
9:24 am
O’Reilly might think “I better transfer from here before this campus becomes nothing but bust”.
GT Lee
May 11th, 2012
12:15 pm
Softball game on ESPN3 at 1:00
NOVAJacket
May 12th, 2012
9:45 am
Done Deal Now!
Rocket City jacket
May 12th, 2012
12:33 pm
Yep NOVA, it’s pretty awesome. It took a while but we finally got our first OL offer of 2011 class.