3 points regarding Georgia Tech, the first concerning Vad Lee
Vad Lee on Saturday's 79-yard non-scoring excursion. (AJC photo by Johnny Crawford)
1. Vad Lee might just be the top-end talent Georgia Tech otherwise lacks. Granted, it was one game against Presbyterian, but still: In the the third quarter alone, the redshirt freshman Lee authored the sixth-longest pass completion in Tech annals (82 yards to Jeff Greene) and the longest non-scoring run (79 yards) in school history. Lee isn’t apt to become the starting quarterback anytime soon — he’s still too raw — but he at least gives Paul Johnson a change-of-pace option.
2. For one night, the big plays were back. Tech’s longest gain from scrimmage at Virginia Tech was 22 yards. It had eight plays of 39 yards or longer Saturday night, four in the blowout third quarter. Again, this was against Presbyterian. But not since the record-setting Kansas game (66 points, 768 yards) of last September had the Jackets’ offense displayed such a separation gear (59 points, 712 yards). Johnson’s spread option is a different animal when the yards come in chunks.
3. The Jackets responded to the Virginia Tech loss in a mostly positive way. True, they fumbled four times (losing three), but you can’t have it all. Everything else was impressive enough to send this team into a key fortnight — home games against Coastal division brethren Virginia and Miami, both of whom beat Tech last season — feeling better about themselves. If the Jackets are to hang close enough to have a chance to catch Virginia Tech, they have to win these next two.
By Mark Bradley
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#3 Bumble-Bee
September 9th, 2012
5:52 pm
How do you get better? You play and practice with quality opponents. The PCs and Fla.Atlantics and eventually Sav.St., will one day become Louisiana Monroes. Sav.St. stadium holds @7,000-10,000 fans. They have to bleed for the money if they want to improve. No matter how you look at it, GT helped PC & Fla.St. helped Sav.St. Growing pains are ugly.
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
5:53 pm
OJF….I remember all of them. Let’s not forget Aunt Fanny’s Cabin & Johnny Reb’s with Piano Red playing for Sunday lunch once in a while. Fried chicken & biscuits to die for, with strawberry preserves better that my GrandMa made in her kitchen. Lazy Susan tables loaded with gooooood food.
Rick James
September 9th, 2012
5:57 pm
Supersize that order, mutt
@ Tech Engineer……you are right, but neither should UGA be playing GA Southern
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You just had to take a swipe a Georgia huh? You’re smart enough to know why schools schedule these games and ALL majors do it,not just Georgia and Tech…Tune ups for the big schools $$$$ for the smaller ones..
Ol'JacketFan
September 9th, 2012
5:58 pm
LOL@ 1 4, now I’m starving! Now everything is processed or frozen, not many places that still do fresh food.
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:10 pm
Finally….I can agree with & believe Rick James! Will wonders never cease?
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:14 pm
OJF….I know of 1 in Macon. Old Time Country Buffet on US129 out of Macon toward Gray. They even use fresh corn on the cob, no frozen cobettes. Okra frid in a black iron skillet. Every thing they serve is fresh, except for candied yams and they dress them up to their recipe. Delicious & reasonably priced.
Ol'JacketFan
September 9th, 2012
6:18 pm
Long way from Nashville but maybe we’ll go by there on our next trip to Savannah. Now enough of the food talk! I going to start munching on my laptop LOL!
Ol'JacketFan
September 9th, 2012
6:20 pm
How much fun is it going to be to watch Vad blossom as a top notch D1 QB and have the reins of this offense? 3 throws last night, all on the money. He’s a special talent!
BIG BEE
September 9th, 2012
6:24 pm
Old Jacket Fan, you gotta remember “Dog & Suds” on Atl. St. Famous for the Foot Long Hot Dogs” This was in the day when Dog was still spelled right.
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:25 pm
Went to my high school graduation 50th reunion last night. Put me on Memory Street. LOL
Ol'JacketFan
September 9th, 2012
6:26 pm
@Big Bee, yep that’s another one LOL!
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:28 pm
Yeah. I had forgotten the Dog & Suds. Wasn’t that closer to Smynra? Went to my 50th graduation reunion from Marietta HS last night. Put me down Memory Lane. LOL
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:30 pm
Well, I have tried 4 stinking times to post a comment, rewording each time. Has NOT worked yet. Nothing vulgar or offensive. I will wait 5 minutes. If Nothing is cleared. I will do it one word at a time. The clock starts now.
go Jackets
September 9th, 2012
6:30 pm
glad to see Laskey break out but the speed is lacking at the BBack position, After seeing Dwyer, before him Tashard Choice..its a big difference now…
if TW is only going to have a couple of big games, I hope they are VA and Miami especially the Canes, to lose to them at home would be a disgrace
hope Vad can come around sooner than anyone expected, it won’t be Presbyterian defense up against our receivers the next two Saturdays
Ol'JacketFan
September 9th, 2012
6:34 pm
I would expect TW to get the starts against VA and Miami with Vad getting more playing time depending on how the games go. If things go as I would hope the MTSU game would be perfect for Vad’s 1st start.
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:36 pm
Went
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:36 pm
to
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:37 pm
my
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:37 pm
high
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:37 pm
school
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:38 pm
graduation
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:38 pm
50th
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:38 pm
reunion
jeffjacket
September 9th, 2012
6:39 pm
Rejoice all you fellow jacket fans!!!! With Lee and Laskey , in our future , we are back! Remember this day , it marks the return of double digit winning seasons echoing back to Lil Joe Hamilton , ask Notre Dame (gator bowl). Next 2 , in the bag, Virginia looked horrible until 4 minutes to go , Miami is “thug u” with NO heart!
GO JACKETS!
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:39 pm
last
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:40 pm
nite.
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:40 pm
Put
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:41 pm
me
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:41 pm
on
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:41 pm
Memory
option smoption
September 9th, 2012
6:42 pm
Is this a football blog? This is what real Ga Tech football fans blog about, wieners? Wienerschnitzel’s made a good hot dog when I was a kid too but I don’t bring it up on the football blogs. Wow. Get a room.
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:42 pm
Lane.
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:42 pm
LOL
hashbrown dwag
September 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
there is no reason why we cant run the table until we get to the dwags. we will be our own worst enemy.
they have some awesome talent on that team. no doubt. as with any rivalry game we will have a chance against the dwags but at this point it appears to be slim.
Mark
September 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
The problem right now is Tech does not have the triple option, they have the double option. Only A Back and B Back provide a threat – the QB does not offer any threat either on the ground or through the air. At least Vad would give a third threat for the defense to worry about.
jeffjacket
September 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
14 GT — QUIT HOGGING! GOOD GRIEF! LET SOMEONE ELSO POST!
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
I beat your stupid filters. Stuff it!!
jeffjacket
September 9th, 2012
6:44 pm
Rejoice all you fellow jacket fans!!!! With Lee and Laskey , in our future , we are back! Remember this day , it marks the return of double digit winning seasons echoing back to Lil Joe Hamilton , ask Notre Dame (gator bowl). Next 2 , in the bag, Virginia looked horrible until 4 minutes to go , Miami is “thug u” with NO heart!
GO JACKETS!
Ol'JacketFan
September 9th, 2012
6:44 pm
1 4, 50th hmmm? Congrats! My wife and I have our 40th in 2 more years, hope we both make it! LOL! Damn where has the time gone?????
1 4 GT
September 9th, 2012
6:45 pm
We talk NASCAR, politics & other things occasionally. At least on Ken’s blog. He’s never complained.
Ol'JacketFan
September 9th, 2012
6:47 pm
Hey smoption, troll hard my friend. Life exist for reasons other than football, though it is a favorite part, live and learn :- )
choad
September 9th, 2012
6:48 pm
mark’s filter equates Supersize that order, mutt with ‘reach around’ hence the block
Ol'JacketFan
September 9th, 2012
6:49 pm
VA should have lost yesterday and the U looked lost. The U lost so much talent with graduation and defections after all the info surfaced on the recruiting violations and it’s going to take Golden a few years to make up that talent drain. VA going to have to turn things way up if they don’t want to get run next Saturday.
heartofdarkness
September 9th, 2012
6:56 pm
I believe John Knox said the outcome of Tech-Presbyterian was predestined.
Paul in NH
September 9th, 2012
6:56 pm
Mark
September 9th, 2012
6:43 pm
The problem right now is Tech does not have the triple option, they have the double option. Only A Back and B Back provide a threat – the QB does not offer any threat either on the ground or through the air
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You got it – TW was so little a threat on Saturday that he ran 9 times for 97 yards and 1 TD and went 7 of 11 for 146 yards and 1 TD, TW was so bad that CPJ pulled him half way through the 3rd quarter with GT only leading by 31 points.
option smoption
September 9th, 2012
7:01 pm
Ol Jacket…I agree. Food is awsome. And there are many forums where you can blog about it and not look an idiot. After a football article is not one of them. Or do you not understand the concept of a blog? Like I could say tech runs a high school offense, which actually isn’t true because most of the high schools in the country have moved on from it. That would be an appropriate comment on this blog. Tech fans would all bash me for saying it, but at least i’m in the right forum. Why don’t you go on over to kens blog with 14 GT because apparently he’s never complained about it.
Paul in NH
September 9th, 2012
7:03 pm
“Wienerschnitzel’s made a good hot dog when I was a kid”
Using them for hot dogs? I am surprised the chefs in Vienna never thought of that.
Ol'JacketFan
September 9th, 2012
7:06 pm
Hey smoption why don’t you stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. Most of what I blog about relates to Tech and/or college football. Who are you to tell me or anyone else what to talk about? You are nothing but a troll and if you think this is a high school offense you know very little about the complexity of the offense. Like I said earlier, troll hard my friend
Supersize that order, mutt
September 9th, 2012
7:11 pm
@ Rick James……yes, I had to take a swipe at UGA because a UGA TROLL SWIPED AT TECH FIRST. Duhhhh. Not that two wrongs make a right, but in this case you trolls deserve whatever crap you get.
Supersize that order, mutt
September 9th, 2012
7:15 pm
LMAO @ heartofdarknes……GOOD ONE !!!!