London disputes Tech helmet accusations
Virginia coach Mike London refuted comments by Georgia Tech quarterback Tevin Washington and coach Paul Johnson that Cavaliers players purposely removed Washington’s helmet at crucial moments of Saturday’s game to get him out of the game.
London spoke with Virginia reporters Sunday night on a teleconference.
“I don’t believe that,” he said. “There’s a lot of stuff that goes on there when you’re trying to gang tackle. Helmets come off all the time and there’s no one that’s trying to intentionally rip a guy’s helmet off to get him out of the game . . . During the game, during practice, we don’t advocate that. We don’t teach that. We didn’t even think about doing anything close to that.”
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MaconGTFan
September 17th, 2012
3:07 pm
This is the dumbest rule ever. I also agree with the commentators from a game I watched over the weekend when they said “If a defensive player purposely pulls off a helmet, then they should have to sit out the next play too.” Someone is eventually gonna get hurt because of this rule, cause players are going to snatch helmets off.
MaconGTFan
September 17th, 2012
3:13 pm
Kinda funny too hot everyone is leaving out how Tech got penalized in the uga game when Nesbitts ankle got rolled. All because one of Techs linemen saw what was happening and picked the uga player up off Nesbitt and threw him to the ground, which resulted in a personal foul for defending his QB.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 17th, 2012
3:15 pm
I have emailed most of you whose email addresses I have, but in case you don’t get one from me, I thought you guys would like to know that Jacket Detective (aka Robert Barron) lost his mother to a long fight with cancer this morning. If you see him on here, please express your condolences to him. Or if I have your email address and did not forward you his email, please email me and I will get his email address to you.
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
3:27 pm
Jacket Detecive…..Sorry for your loss…BUT now My mom and Your mom can knit and Pull for the JACKETS together on Sat.U.R.days.
I appreciate your wishes and supportive Emails.
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
3:43 pm
http://www.ramblinwreck.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/091412aab.html
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Jones will be posted up in the press box, giving fans his views of the action and offering comments and answering your questions on the 2012 edition of the Yellow Jackets.
His live chat begins tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. as the Yellow Jackets host the Cavaliers at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
This will be regular at Home games for those that can’t make the games.
Paul in NH
September 17th, 2012
3:52 pm
@Big Crimson
GTBob is definitely one of the top 5 trolls on the AJC. It amuses me how he upsets some of the UGA fans.
Gus in Marietta
September 17th, 2012
4:10 pm
To the UVA coach, we have a term for your denial: double b*ll-sh*t. I was there and watching through binoculars. Tevin gets tackled near the goal line, is laying on the ground with the play over, and a UVA DB reaches down and pulls Tevin’s helmet off and flips it forward into the end zone. No way to say such is just part of the scrum.
The nonsense denial aside, this rule needs to be eliminated or they need to be watchful and call the defenders for face masking when the helmet comes off in the manner of Tevin’s. The problem with even that solution is that down near the goal line there isn’t much real estate to cover anyway, so the 15 yd penalty becomes a 1 or 2 yard penalty (if you even get caught), and there is not much downside to trying to get the starting QB out of the game and hope for a turnover by the backup who has to come in unexpectedly.
Vad Lee
September 17th, 2012
4:17 pm
Actually, it was me who gave Virginia the idea to rip his helment off. I also tell Tevin to not give into a dumb rule and keep wearing it loose. I love this rule!
macrotech
September 17th, 2012
4:35 pm
dawgfan talking about Tech fans making excuses…..THAT is comedy at its finest!!!
lxUn1c0
September 17th, 2012
4:35 pm
Gus, you might only get one or two yards instead of 15, but any personal foul by the defense results in a first down for the offense. That’s a pretty big deal when you’re deep in the red zone, so I’d say penalizing deliberate attempts to remove other players’ helmets would be a very effective solution.
Jacket Man
September 17th, 2012
4:53 pm
Perhaps someone can put the “inadvertent” helmet “mishaps” on YouTube for us and we can all see for ourselves…
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
4:59 pm
JACKET MAN………….the GT film crew that edits game film needs to do that for sure, but Tue @ 9 pm on CSS you can watch the replay and DVR it to run it back and forth to SEE how NO HELMET Flies out of a PILE to roll 3 yards without the helmet being pulled off.
www
September 17th, 2012
5:02 pm
lol at the comment from “vad lee”.
2012 is the first time in many years i’ve felt good about our chances when the 1st string QB has to come out of the game for any reason.
Old Gold
September 17th, 2012
5:12 pm
Dawg fan, I’d like another order of rings. And yes, your mutts did twist Nesbitt’s ankle. You can ask them yourself. He’s working the fry cooker.
Toe
September 17th, 2012
5:17 pm
Maybe if UVA had spent as much time stopping the option as pulling helmets the score wouldnt have been sooooo lopsided.
230gr Full Metal Jacket
September 17th, 2012
5:47 pm
I’ve always thought the NCAA is a bunch of inbred morons, but the helmet rule absolutely confirms it. In preseason I told folks that you will see this rule being used exactly the way we saw Saturday. It’s the easiest way in the world to make a teams star player sit out on a crucial down. You WILL see more of that as the season progresses, and if the NCAA doesn’t change the rule it’s only a matter of time until someone gets seriously hurt or worse. Of course defenses are going to use the rule to their advantage as long as it’s in place, and any Head Coach who denies that his defensive players would do anything like that is a bold-faced liar (or extremely naive and delusional, which isn’t likely at the collegiate level).
Anyway, Good game Jackets!! And tip of the hat to young Mr. Will Jackson on his award. Take down Miami this Saturday, and suddenly this season becomes VERY interesting indeed!!!
GT Lee
September 17th, 2012
6:17 pm
According to dwagfan, uga defenders did NOT deliberately punch an Auburn player in the nuts or gouge a running back’s eyes in the pileup……keep drinking that Haterade, dwagfan, you moron.
Delbert D.
September 17th, 2012
6:45 pm
Nesbitt broke his arm making a tackle on the sideline, I think. Anyway, Washington’s helmet came flying out of a pile. Is the rule intended to make sure players have chinstraps buckled securely? There needs to be some equipment modifications if so. If a 4-point snap attachment doesn’t work, I don’t know what will.
Sautee Dawg
September 17th, 2012
6:54 pm
Jarvis Jones from UGA had his helmet come off 32 times in 2011, as reported by an article recently published. 0 times this season, UGA trainers have found better ways of secruing the straps and the article also reported that Jones has tightened the straps up tighter so he won’t have to take a play off.
If Washington can’t find a way to keep his hat on he needs to sit out a play.
Any player caught chop blocking should have to sit out the remainder of the game.
if that ever comes to be, one team won’t have enough players to finish the game!
gt4ever
September 17th, 2012
6:55 pm
Stupid rule… are we surprised….
mike
September 17th, 2012
7:20 pm
The intentional removing of a helmet will stop if the ncaa tells all teams that the new rule has an addendum as of now: If any player is caught intentionally removing or pulling a helmet off then that player is kicked out of the game. If it happens again in the same game by another player on the same team then that player and the head coach is kicked out of the game and the coach is suspended for the next game.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 17th, 2012
7:36 pm
troll hard, Saute Dwag…..All you did in that post was show you stupid you are, which of course comes as no surprise
Delbert D.
September 17th, 2012
7:43 pm
Sauteed dog, an Obama favorite dish.
Michael
September 17th, 2012
7:47 pm
Why would UVA do that? If I were a Tech opponent I would most definitely want to keep Washington in the game. He lacks any explosiveness that is needed in an option QB. He is not slow, but not fast, he is decent passer, but not great. Vad Lee presents much higher upside (he scored and took a good hit and didn’t phase him) with only slightly more risk (wobbly pass). It would be dumb to try and get Tevin out of the game. If anything, I would go out of my way to keep the plodding QB’s helmet on and would suggest Tevin’s teammates purposely knocked off his helmet because they wanted to win.
BLT
September 17th, 2012
7:49 pm
I dispute the disputer! LOL
BLT
September 17th, 2012
7:56 pm
Maybe duct tape will help? If you can’t fix it duct it! LOL
Jarvis Jones head is so big and his helmet is so small he does not need straps sauteed. He probably uses a “helmet horn”. LOL again
BLT
September 17th, 2012
7:59 pm
Michael, that makes perfect sense. Did you watch the game? My guess is a BIG NO! Go back to dog world!
Delbert D.
September 17th, 2012
8:01 pm
There needs to be a new penalty. “Uniform infraction infraction.” Nail the lid-flippers, that will stop the nonsense.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 17th, 2012
8:02 pm
@ BLT……read what I posted to you on the MTSU kickoff time blog
Supersize that order, mutt
September 17th, 2012
8:04 pm
@ Michael……that was just stupid. If you had seen the UVA game (which I doubt), you would know that Tevin played an almost flawless game.
jocrazy
September 17th, 2012
9:20 pm
yep racism black people should wear helments at all times
www
September 18th, 2012
10:23 am
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Delbert D.
September 17th, 2012
7:43 pm
Sauteed dog, an Obama favorite dish.”
delbert d, you’re a moron.
LOL
September 18th, 2012
10:44 am
So this rule is racist now? Wow, what a moron. Oh look, its a bama fan, that explains it.
/kettle, pot, all that
my leg hurts
September 18th, 2012
11:24 am
Tech complaining about trying to hurt Nesbit? This is from a crowd that cut/chop blocks on every play. Sometimes it’s legal (if only one blockerer involved) and sometimes it’s not legal (if a second blocker is involved). Legal or not, the point is that this is a potential injury waiting to happen on EVERY play for the defense.
Roadrunner
September 18th, 2012
3:14 pm
In all the years I played football I never lost my helmet once. I can only remember a few times anyone else on the field did, too. Of course we weren’t wearing our helmets intentionally loose to protect our ‘doos’ either. Get the right size helmet, tighten up your chkinstraps and play football how about it!
The New ACC
September 19th, 2012
11:11 am
Trying to remove the helmet of a certain player for a critical down will OBVIOUSLY be a strategy all year long – and it doesn’t really matter if a coach advocates it or not. This will happen because that is the rule. Until the rule is changed, it will become part of college ball.
The New ACC
September 19th, 2012
11:13 am
@my leg hurts –
You really do need to educate yourself a lot on football. What GA Tech does regarding blocking does not/should not cause any injury – that is why it is legal.
Also, an injury of a player could occur on any given play.
Michael
September 21st, 2012
7:04 pm
For those of you suggesting I didn’t watch the game…I did. The fact Tevin played reasonably well, no impact on me. I am taking the whole enchilada view and I am not at all impressed by slow option QBs with little wiggle or agility. His passing is adequate (not great, but solid for an option QB).
Lets put some of his success at the feet of UVA…they were flat awful on defense.
If Tevin can do that against a decent team or two, I will eat crow, but so far, he has bombed big time against decent teams or better. He looks good against sloppy, poor-tackling defenses.
The triple option teams of GSU and Navy were at their best with FAST QBs that could break off a long TD run every time they took the snap. Washington gets caught from behind by average LBs, that is just sad, sorry.
Flats in london
September 22nd, 2012
3:02 pm
At some point in the Season, big game game will be decided when a defensive player is instructed by his coach to “remove” a QBs helmet, therefore causing the QB to sit out a critical play.