Tech’s spring just turned into open tryouts at quarterback
Tech's spring update: No Josh Nesbitt (hurt) or Jaybo Shaw (transferring). (Johnny Crawford/AJC)
We all found out how important a college team’s spring football game was two seasons ago when Georgia Tech had 14 fumbles and a muffed snap on a field goal and went on to have pretty remarkable first season anyway under coach Paul Johnson. In other words, it’s not that important.
But this spring just took on added interest for the Yellow Jackets. Quarterback Josh Nesbitt is out after ankle surgery. And now it appears his backup, Jaybo Shaw, will be out, period.
Although there is no confirmation yet from Georgia Tech, according to our Doug Roberson, all indications are that Shaw, presumably tired of mostly sitting and watching behind Nesbitt, is going to transfer to Georgia Southern. In Statesboro, he can start and run the same option offense for former Tech assistant Jeff Monken.
Even if this isn’t perceived as a huge deal for Georgia Tech, it’s no minor concern, either. A few reasons why:
♦ Quarterbacks take a beating in the option offense. Nesbitt’s a tough kid and even he got beat up last season. There’s no guarantee he’ll make it through 12 to 14 games next season. The fact he’s coming off surgery just adds to that. (I know the school labeled the surgery “minor.” But I’ve got this thing about calling any ankle surgery minor when it comes to an athlete, let alone a 215-pound option quarterback playing Division I football.)
♦ Even Nesbitt will tell you it took a while for him to get a feel for this offense. Shaw obviously wasn’t at Nesbitt’s skill level. But he could run the offense and figured to get a bulk of the work this spring, which would have better prepared him for potentially more playing time next season.
♦ The three quarterbacks behind Nesbitt are Tevin Washington, Jordan Luallen and David Sims. Of those three, only Washington took snaps as a redshirt freshman. He went 1-for-1 against Jacksonville State. (It was a 21-yard pass, giving him an efficiency rating of 276.4.)
So how big of a concern do you think this is?
Photos from AJC.com: Jaybo Shaw’s QB career at Ga. Tech
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240 comments Add your comment
I am confused
February 26th, 2010
10:11 am
I am so confused. CPJ said that he can recurit kids that he can coach up to play whatever position he wants them to play. He recruited Shaw and Chan the Man recruited Josh. Now Shaw is bolting. Does this mean that cracks are starting to appear in the magnificent building known as CPJ??? His linemen are also leaving and the kids that were NOT recruited by him, that are half way decent are leaving, just as his head recruiter has left. He dad to hire a D co ordinator that harkens back to the NFL in the 1960s, when Paul Brown, Paul Horning and Johnny Unitas were big names. What gives??
What is going on with the GT program? It appears to be a mirage. If JN cannot answer the bell for the entire 2010 campaign …………..GT is is deep trouble.
Go Taliban!!
Kuntufecky
February 26th, 2010
2:31 pm
You JaJa Pukes…..
KENTUCKY
DEM cats gonna get ya AGAIN….Book It
North Ave. Trade School fan
February 26th, 2010
3:13 pm
“Dogz” sounds like your common UGA fan. I bet he wears a dirty ball cap and likely slaps around his woman when the dogs loose. He thinks anyone that can tie his shoes without a map is a nerd and works at a re-cycle plant in the sticks. He thinks a high school diplomia is an advanced degree.
wow
February 26th, 2010
11:50 pm
ur an idiot…. Nesbitt will start… he’ll back in plenty of time.. surgery is just to clean up his ankles i believe… and plus, Shaw was about to see his name third on the depth chart as Luallen will take over back up..
Toby Cash
February 27th, 2010
10:48 am
We Eagles(the real GSU) would love to have you in Boro.
Green
February 27th, 2010
6:31 pm
When Jaybo got hurt last year Quentin Sims got moved to QB. I went to highschool with him and he was a great option QB. People don’t relaize it because he only started at QB the last 3 playoff games. The rest of the season he started at WR/RB. This is his the highlight video from those three games http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3GgVRP4De0 I think this might be the best move for the jackets.
SouthernOptionAttack
February 27th, 2010
10:44 pm
As a GSU fan from Flowery Branch, Coach Shaw is interested in assistant job at GSU, and he was not happy with Jaybo being played in 7th game to kill his redshirt year. Kid does want to play, and would start in new offense at GSU (guaranteed by new coach). It will be exactly the same system that GT runs now, and same system that Coach Shaw runs.
Now the younger brother wishes he had committed to Tech. Only reason he did not was that he did not want to compete for the same position with his older brother Jaybo! Younger brother is the better QB!
Shreveport is for Rednecks
February 28th, 2010
12:49 pm
………….Josh Nesbitt will win the 2010 Heisman,
………….after leading GT to an undefeated record.
Bill Curry
February 28th, 2010
12:55 pm
Georgia State University is the real GSU.
DAWGLASVILLE IS A FAIRY
March 1st, 2010
12:33 pm
bubbadawgman….whens georgia going to win something(1980)? When is Georgia going to win more than 7 games? When is Georgia going to beat Florida? When is Georgia fans going to realize they suck and everyone knows it? When is Georgia going to be ranked #1 again so everyone can laugh at them like they did two years ago? When is Georgia going to beat Kentucky hahahahahhaha….Y’ALL LOST TO KENTUCKY RETARD!!!
Georgia Tech For Life
March 1st, 2010
2:57 pm
quit taking my comments off douche bag
DAWGLASVILLE IS A FAIRY
March 1st, 2010
2:59 pm
OH YEAH….WHEN ARE Y’ALL GOING TO PLAY A BOWL GAME OUTSIDE OF SHREVEPORT, WHITE TRASH REDNECKS HAHAHAHHAHAHAH
DAWGLASVILLE IS A FAIRY
March 1st, 2010
3:00 pm
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hmmm....
March 1st, 2010
3:08 pm
man Yech sucks at everything
Georgia Tech For Life
March 1st, 2010
3:08 pm
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hahahahaha!!!!!
March 1st, 2010
3:10 pm
Did a nerd fan really ask when will UGA win more than 7 games? Are you high?
When is Tech going to win a title of their own, instead of trying to shamefully claim titles from the ACTUAL champion???
Georgia Tech For Life
March 1st, 2010
4:40 pm
HEY HAHAHHAHA…..YES WIN MORE THAT 7 GAMES F@GGOT! Y’ALL SUCK AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT. INDEPENDENCE BOWL HERE WE COME AAAAHHAHAHAHA
Georgia Tech For Life
March 1st, 2010
4:41 pm
INDEPENDENCE BOWL FOR LIFE HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA 7 WINS, 1980 HAHAHAHAHAHA SHEREVEPORT, LA F@GGOT
Georgia Tech For Life
March 1st, 2010
4:43 pm
PAPA JOHNS BOWL YAYYYYY…..UGA IS A JOKE…..HEY GUYS, REMEMBER WHEN UGA WAS RANKED #1 IN THE COUNTRY TWO YEARS AGO AND EVERYONE MADE FUN OF THEM BECAUSE THEY SUCKED SO BAD? WHAT A LAUGH THAT WAS.
Dave from GT
March 1st, 2010
5:18 pm
Johnson gets paid a lot of bucks to be able to handle this type of thing. There is no doubt that a younger guy (or two) needs to be on the ready reserve….. just like on the aircraft carrier.
So… I expect that Johnson’s stint at Navy made him well aware of this. We will see……
Morning Jacket
March 1st, 2010
10:58 pm
We wish Jaybo all the best. He filled in at some key stretches over the past two seasons, and we appreciate all he did. However, it’s clear he wasn’t a great fit for this offense, and wasn’t athletic enough. Hopefully, one of the redshirts will step forward. All of the speculation at this point is just noise, especially from all the Georgia fans on this blog who have never even seen a UGA classroom. Their team is obviously not interesting enough to fill their empty lives, so they have to focus on the Jackets and spew their tiresome tirades. Forget spring practice and forget past Georgia or Tech wins. What counts is the next game. We’ll listen to you after that. Meantime, go find something interesting to do….follow the Braves, follow the Hawks, read a book…Oh wait, that’s probably asking a little too much.
hahahahaha!!!!!
March 2nd, 2010
9:36 am
So wait, Saint Johnson is more than happy to use Gailey’s boy at QB, while allowing his boy to transfer out? LOL!!!!!! The implosion continues!!! Love it!!!
Bert
March 2nd, 2010
9:37 am
UGA can’t win more than 7 games? Is this tool fan on crack or just a typical nerd fan? That being ignorant and clueless as hell
When is UGA going to play a
March 2nd, 2010
10:06 am
The answer to the question of “when is UGA gonna play a bowl” is 08. WON the Sugar, 09 WON the Capital One and yes, WEEDEATER WON it too. Shall I go on??? Hmmm??
See? UGA usually WINS whatever bowl we go to. tech? Now, you don’t want me to publish that sad record of late, now do you??? Urange Bowls ( 2 ) were sad losses for Tech with Boob man and Bobby Dodd. AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA
AAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAHHAHAHA 1-8 soon to be 1-9 and yes. 30-24 and there goes Caleb and there goes Washuan……………….WOOSH.
I really think Tech should employ their passing game more often, given it’s effectiveness. AHAHAHA
egeagle
March 2nd, 2010
10:19 am
sonny boy, does having your Eagle cred questioned cause your lips to pucker? Our stories are almost identical, except that I grew up liking UGA (both, actually, until I moved to this area and found out what tools most “Tech Men” were)I even go you one better in some respects. Each time I’ve been to a UGA game, I make sure I have something Eagle on. Check many of the comments above. Techies slam us repeatedly and look down on us, yet haven’t ever had the nerve to face us on the field.
All I did was frame your comments in the same reaction of the Dawghaters to those true blue Eagles who happen to like UGA.
BTW, thanks for your efforts on the field. Post your number and I’ll know who you are. I’m an original Eagle fan. A frat brother of mine broke the story of Erk’s hiring. I got wet in Eagle Creek before it was Eagle Creek. I was the first GUS for football in ‘82. Ergo my handle. I saw you play almost every game of your career. My season tickets from those days got covered up for our rowdiness. (I never threw anything, but I’ve said thisngs that would peel paint)Living up here,I have missed fewer than five home games in 25 years. I just hate to hear you sound like a suck-up to Tech. I like UGA, but I don’t kiss their butts, and it’ll be a cold day in the Boro in September before I’d ever kiss yours. BTW, if you can tear yourself away from Bobby Dodd, come by and TG with us at Eagle Crossing. We have second-level Tech, Auburn, and UGA fans, but we allput our money and butts into the seats at OUR HOUSE
Greg Cody
March 2nd, 2010
10:44 am
11th the nation against the ACC defense!!!
But really what’s it matter who plays QB .All u have to do is read the option and the acc seems to have a hard time stopping it.
5 in a row and counting!!!
March 2nd, 2010
11:03 am
Nesbitt – Gailey’s boy
Shaw – Johnson’s boy
The writing is on the wall. The Johnson experiment is quickly reaching its end
Tyne
March 2nd, 2010
11:05 am
Greg Cody,
The problem with the ACC is, they seem to have a problem stopping anything, LOL!!!
Ybor City
March 2nd, 2010
11:06 am
ABAC-North fans just can’t help themselves. The doggies are now even losing Rodney’s Thugs to Saban and UT-Dooley…. So they’ve gotta take shots at Tech and Southern. It must be tough being married to your sister and only wearing red and black day after day.
Ybor City
March 2nd, 2010
11:15 am
“EGEAGLE”- You’re an embarassment!
Golden Hand
March 2nd, 2010
11:17 am
Not a big deal. Jaybo was never going to be anything other than a decent backup at Tech. He is competent, and a pretty good athlete, and I expect he’ll do well at Georgia Southern. But he’s just not a Div. 1A-caliber option QB. The other kids will probably do at least as well as Jaybo did when HE was called on to play as a true freshman, which was good enough. Especially since they all have a year more practice experience than he did, and they’re bigger and faster. We’re way better off than we were in 2008, with NO experienced option QB, a true freshman backup, and Calvin Booker as No. 3. And we won, what, nine games with that, even with Nesbitt hobbling half the season?
egeagle
March 2nd, 2010
11:31 am
To whom, Ybor? To GSC/U? No way. I’m as dedicated a fan as you’ll ever find. I don’t give a flip about what Yechies think. Or Dawg fans, for that matter. Everything about GSU football is more appealing to me than either UGA or Tech. I like our TG setup; I enjoy Fall Saturdays in the Boro. I like playing and competing for a real championship. I don’t have any jealousy issues about our being smaller than these programs. I’m not embarrassed about a %&t thing concerning GSU football and our record speaks for itself. Suck up to the Geek Squad if you so desire, just don’t put it in front of the Eagles if you call yourself an Eagle fan.
Georgia Tech For Life
March 2nd, 2010
12:03 pm
HEY GEORGIA, CAN YOU PLAY SOMEONE ELSE BESIDES TEXAS A@M IN YOUR BOWL GAME?
Georgia Tech For Life
March 2nd, 2010
12:06 pm
HEY GEORGIA, WHY DONT YOU BUY ANOTHER BLACK TRANS AM AND GIVE IT TO THE BEST PLAYER LIKE YALL DID HERSCHEL WALKER? I MEAN LETS FACE IT, WITHOUT CHEATING, GEORGIA DOESNT STAND A CHANCE.
Lance
March 2nd, 2010
12:15 pm
While Baghdad Engineering Institute of the West is stuck trying to milk everything they can out of Gailey’s thugs since Johnson’s aren’t panning out. Poor tools. Stuck celebrating UGA losses since they can’t win any games on their own merit.
did you say "cheating?"
March 2nd, 2010
12:17 pm
Who owns the biggest ACC academic scandal in history again? I keep forgetting, LOL!!
Golf-One
March 2nd, 2010
1:00 pm
Hey Dogz & Lance Link
How about 45-42 with all your pro players-Stafford-Morano-and the great Green
So stfu abour 30-24-enough is enough, get a life and think about next year
Lance
March 2nd, 2010
3:21 pm
Golf-One,
Where you are mistaken is that UGA was already exposed as a fraud two seasons ago. What was their record at the time? Their ranking? Tech was BCS bound and still stood an outside shot of playing for the National Title last year when they met UGA. A UGA team without their best player.
I know it still stings, doesn’t it?
I like girls
March 2nd, 2010
3:22 pm
So wait. Why is CPJ still using Gailey’s QB instead of his own? Why did his own leave? This can’t be good
wiff
March 2nd, 2010
3:40 pm
Things are so bad down on the Flats that Saint Johnson is going to hold open tryouts for QB on campus this spring!! BAWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!