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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Tears Taste Good
September 17th, 2012
12:02 pm
Boo Hoo!!!!! Whaaaaaaaaa!!! **sniff sniff**. They tried to remove my helmet.
George P
September 17th, 2012
12:06 pm
Yet another example of the rule of unintended consequences where the rest of the season will be spent trying to remove the helmets of the opposition. Dumb.
www
September 17th, 2012
12:14 pm
“there’s no one that’s trying to intentionally rip a guy’s helmet off to get him out of the game”
NO ONE? hard to believe.
not a huge story, but as george p said, an unintended consequence of a rule that was put in place to protect players that will instead probably cause several to get hurt before it is changed.
BigGTMike
September 17th, 2012
12:18 pm
Yeah. It just happened inside the 5 on two different drives by coincidence! Thanks Coach!
Tech Fan
September 17th, 2012
12:18 pm
Yeah, right, UVA players don’t intentionally pull off the helmets of the opposition. You could see it very clearly on the Jumbotron at the stadium. Coach London ought to watch game film before making such an inaccurate statement … and then counsel his players appropriately.
agt45
September 17th, 2012
12:18 pm
watch the replay – it’s obvious what they were doing.
Jacket Man
September 17th, 2012
12:24 pm
Once is an accident, twice is a strategy.
Wide Receiver Corps
September 17th, 2012
12:28 pm
If Washington threw me the ball, he wouldn’t have to worry about that!
Wrecking Ball
September 17th, 2012
12:29 pm
I didn’t see what happened on the first occasion, but to be fair, it did look like on the second occasion it happened legitimately because it just wasn’t strapped on tight. That said, I am *sure* it will happen again, on purpose, and without the coaches explicitly “teaching” it to the players.
wreckbone
September 17th, 2012
12:30 pm
I was at the game and I watched the game on TV to specifically look for this. On the first attempt it sure did pop out with a lot of forceafter everything had already died down….Kind of funny how only Tevin’s comes off and at the goal line as Johnson said in this one. I am sure if it was not ripped off…..some equipment manager undergrad is getting double checked for his responsibilities.
Nobody would be saying anything if the rule was not in place taking a mandatory removal for one play. Also, we were on a roll at Va Tech when it came off int he red zone and settled for a field goal. We will see in the coming games if it continues.
Big Crimson 75
September 17th, 2012
12:32 pm
Glad I’m on record early calling this rule hideous!!
It’s racism in the modern/progressive era!!
The rules intent was simply to take further steps to make sure black players keep the chin strap tight, so their faces can’t be seen on TV!!
At some point in the Season, a big 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.
Burdell
September 17th, 2012
12:45 pm
I see it as a good opportunity to get Vad Lee some reps near the goal line…
GO JACKETS!
Ga Tech Old Timer
September 17th, 2012
12:49 pm
TTG – Sounds like you belong in a nursery school class somewhere in the Athens area – actually, I’m not sure if you’re that advanced.
Washington knows what actually happened on the play or immediately after – not London, not you and not me. From my personal playing experience many years back – I can say that things like this happen all the time to get players out of the game or mad so they are not mentally focused but thinking about revenge – anyone remember Nesbitts ankle being twisted on purpose by Georgia players after a play a few years back? It’s part of the game but don’t expect any head coach to fess up that his players are doing anything but playing as good sports. Most often, these acts are instigated by players who are trying for an advantage – without the coaches knowledge – and can include but are not limited to acts while in the pile after the play is over – such as biting, gouging, spitting and punching. To ask a coach about such acts is a waste of time – there will always be a denial. With regard to the helment issue – it’s not a stretch to remember in recent years that many many times during a game – Tech helments would be rolling around the field after the play. My suggestion – since this is school that is known for engineering – is to construct a strap design that makes it impossible for someone to remove it – player or opponent – without two hands – rather than by a quick swipe at a strap or pull on the back of the helment. After all, if the idea is that the helment is made for the purpose of staying on while playing – Riddell should insure that it does – and when that happens – this discussion will disappear from the blog.
Wrecking Ball
September 17th, 2012
1:00 pm
GTOT, I don’t doubt that shady stuff goes on at the bottom of a pile. This reminds of this hilarious quote from Tampa Bay head coach on recovering fumbles:
“We also have our players perform the recover drill. In this drill, we stress three aspects: covering the points by surrounding the football; covering the ball in a fetal position so none of the brown part of the football shows; and, when they recover a fumble, we also ask our players to close their eyes, close their mouths, and squeeze their buttock cheeks.”
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
1:01 pm
BULL…………IT……………Watch the film coach!
Maybe the coaches DIDN’T say to rip TW’s Helmet off but they were DOING IT ON PURPOSE with no doubt.
Paul in NH
September 17th, 2012
1:02 pm
The 2nd time that Tevin’s helmet came off seemed to be just part of the play. The first time it came off the play had stopped with TW down and then a split second later the helmet came rolling a couple of yards deep into the end zone. THe only explanation that makes sense is that the hemlmet was pulled off.
it is what it is
September 17th, 2012
1:03 pm
LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE, CAVA-LIARS
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
1:09 pm
WOW…….It happened to a RUNNING QB?
Most passing QBs will not lose their helmets because they are not in the PILE, but
There will be plenty of Running Backs losing their helmets in the RED ZONE.
Tevin RUNS the O and the Ball so he will have people trying to get his helmet off all season long.
The ACC REFS need to look at this. If Tevin has hit helmet come off in the MIAMI game i would say it is now a strategy and needs to be Flagged for a PERSONAL FOUL.
Blue
September 17th, 2012
1:21 pm
Big Crimson 75
You are the reason that, at the times when race IS an issue, people don’t take it as seriously as they should. Because people like YOU try to make things about race when they are not. The “black faces” get PLENTY of air-time on the sidelines…where the rules allow for the helmets to be off. I suppose you are still waiting for your mule and land for reparations?
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
1:32 pm
BLUE………….You don’t know Bi Cri 75 so i give you a pass………….HE is JERKING a CHAIN. Bi Cri 75 is a good guy and is OK. You must be NEW to the blog if you don’t know that about him.
Truth
September 17th, 2012
1:32 pm
The first one was clear as day on the jumbotron from the stadium feed cameras. Play is over and a uva player reaches down, puts two fingers under the rear lip of the helmet and flicks it off. The second one wasn’t clear either way.
dawgfan
September 17th, 2012
1:32 pm
“…anyone remember Nesbitts ankle being twisted on purpose by Georgia players after a play a few years back?”
No, I don’t remember that at all. I remember Tech fans talking a bunch of trash about beating us by 50 pts and then looking for an excuse when it didn’t materialize. That’s all I remember Techie.
How was that Ken? Nice enough?
Supersize that order, mutt
September 17th, 2012
1:35 pm
@ dwagfan……go look at the tape (or whatever they call it now). That hit on Nesbitt was clearly intentional……just like some of the intentional hits your thug team has taken on just about every other team they play when the chips are down.
bhamwreck
September 17th, 2012
1:39 pm
Hey Dawgfan – get back to delivering pizzas NOW son.
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
1:39 pm
dWagfan………….is Kool-aid Drunk and has no eyes to see. The one UGa player pushing on Nesbitt’s shoulders down while the other UGa players has Nesbitt’s ankle and lower leg rolling it over in the oppsite direction.
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
1:41 pm
SUPER…whatever! Blog names or real names is good with me. I just defer to you if you mail out the tailgate pics.
bad uga apples & stolen hash browns
September 17th, 2012
1:43 pm
It appears Virginia Coach Mike London doesn’t teach his players how to tackle either.
dawgfan
September 17th, 2012
1:51 pm
What “hit” Supersize? There was no hit. His legs got tangled up in a double team tackle. In order for this to be the calculated assault that Techies so desperately want to believe it was, the two UGA defenders would have to have had mind reading powers. There is no other way. The guy on bottom would have to send a message to the guy who had him wrapped up on top that said “I’ve got his legs now pull him back so we can twist his ankle.” Its just absurd. I’ve watched the play many times and think the guy who had him up top was just trying to make sure that he was down because he was still upright. It was just an unfortunate injury and injuries to your QB are going to happen when he runs the ball 20-30 times per game. He was also only out for a quarter giving the eventual ACC Champ Jackets plenty of time to finish off a hapless 6-5 Georgia team that had just lost to Kentucky. LMAO. If you want to see an intentional assault check out your center’s cheap shot on Deangelo Tyson that knocked him out of last year’s game.
Let’s review what Tech fans have whined about today:
1. Falling from No. 35 to No. 40 in the polls. That might be a classic.
2. Virginia “intentionally” ripping off Tevin Washington’s helmet.
3. Nesbitt’s 2009 injury vs. Georgia
Tech fans, would you like some cheese with your whine?
Big Crimson 75
September 17th, 2012
1:52 pm
Yes!! I want my 40 acres & a mule right now!!
Wealwayswhineandblamerefs
September 17th, 2012
1:57 pm
Did you also know that Va Tech intentionally ran through Nesbitts arm in order to break his hand, or whatever?
Big Crimson 75
September 17th, 2012
1:57 pm
51 — the schedule makers got GT this year!!
Y’all play VT in week 2 after a softy to start the season & GT is undefeated with massive amounts of momentum!!
Johnson has his hands tied in Blacksburg. TW was the only QB he could rely on & those WRs needed a warm up game.
Groh’s boys have been hittin on all cylinders from the jump.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 17th, 2012
1:58 pm
@ dwagfan…..read what UOAD posted. That pretty much sums up what happened. There WAS twisting of Nesbitt’s leg, whether you want to believe it or not. And, since you obviously did not even watch the Tech game Saturday, all I can say to you is that if you had, you would have seen pretty clear evidence that TW’s helmet WAS snatched off. That’s not whining though, because it really didn’t hurt Tech at all; we scored with Vad at QB on the very next play. What we are saying is that that kind of play needs to be penalized, because the snatching off of a helmet could possibly result in a worse injury than the helmet flying off during an otherwise legitimate hit. I am sure you would be saying the same thing had a FL At player snatched a helmet off a dwag during your game Saturday night. That would not be whining either; that would be calling for something to be done to penalize such dangerous play on the part of a defense.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 17th, 2012
2:00 pm
NOBODY ever claimed that the VT hit that caused Nesbitt to break his arm was a bad hit or intentional, or anything like that. But the twisting of Nesbitt’s leg after a clean hit WAS intentional.
SEC REF
September 17th, 2012
2:00 pm
You guys who think that UGA intentionally twisted Nesbitts ankle also probably think that Jasper Sanks really fumbled too, and that Joe Hamilton didn’t fumble, and the tooth Fairy is real
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
2:03 pm
Bi Cri…………..is that you playing the RACE jokes?
I know how you are so I get some of the Joke but(like me) sometimes people that are not here all the time think you are a BAD guy.
Be careful KEN may put you in Time Out like he did me .
Supersize that order, mutt
September 17th, 2012
2:10 pm
Talk about whining……so typical of a dwag fan to make the claims that SEC REF just made. Dwags just can’t handle defeat.
Big Crimson 75
September 17th, 2012
2:14 pm
51 — I was a smart tail about the helmet rule.
I think it was Jason Whitlock or another black sports writer that actually wrote a column saying that’s what the rule was about!! No joking on that.
Personally, I don’t like the rule, and I do think a schrewed Coach might use it the way I stated, which could be a problem. Currently, their is no grey area. If a player knocks it off intentionally, then the other player should not have to sit a play.
As for a mule, I wouldn’t be against one!! My neighbors might think differently!!
5150 UOAD
September 17th, 2012
2:26 pm
Bi Cri……I know a FEW Mules I can send you personally but the land? that might be difficult.
LawDawg
September 17th, 2012
2:31 pm
Who cares? Strap it on tighter and stop crying.
GT Dude
September 17th, 2012
2:34 pm
@ Big Crimson – LMAO
I haven’t laughed that hard in a while, don’t think you were serious, but even if you were that is hilarious
GTfan2012
September 17th, 2012
2:34 pm
I was at the game and had a clear view of both plays at the goal line where Tevin’s helmet some off. On the first, a UVA player puts his hand on the base of the helmet at the back and pulls while Tevin is on the ground. On the second play the helmet appears to pop off from inadvertent contact as he is going down.
GTfan2012
September 17th, 2012
2:36 pm
SEC REF,
Also in 1997, it wasn’t pass interference at the end of the game, either.
Ken Sugiura
September 17th, 2012
2:37 pm
wow. this went downhill fast.
GT
September 17th, 2012
2:38 pm
London admits that and he is at least fined by somebody. It is like Harper getting hit in baseball, don’t admit you did it on purpose, who is that dumb. Of course you wonder where these kids get their poor characters and you watch this conduct and see a pretty good idea of where it is they are getting it from.
Big Crimson 75
September 17th, 2012
2:39 pm
Dude — thanks, 51 & bobby are usually the only ones that get my humor.
51 — no joking about the schedule. GT beats VT any week during the season except the first.
Big Crimson 75
September 17th, 2012
2:43 pm
Ken — that’s what you get for letting a Bama grad loose on here!!!
Duh???
September 17th, 2012
2:45 pm
I’m not sure how the rule officials didn’t anticipate this outcome. Seems like a no-brainer.
GT Girl
September 17th, 2012
2:45 pm
You guys are hilarious! I love reading Big Cri and 5150 and Supersize that order, mutt! comments.
Y’all make my day. (I am easily amused). SS-email the tailgating photos out please.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 17th, 2012
2:52 pm
@ GT Girl……ok. will do
Big Crimson 75
September 17th, 2012
3:02 pm
Gtgirl — not only humor, if you like studying the criminally insane — may I present GTbob!!
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
Want in-game insight from one of the all-time favorite Yellow Jacket football players? Don’t miss Roddy Jones’ live blog on Saturday during Georgia Tech’s game versus Virginia.
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.