G’Day Mate: Georgia Tech welcomes football recruit from Australia
They may be adding one from Australia this weekend.
Adam Gotsis is 6-foot-4, 290-pound lineman from Australia. According to his Facebook page, Gotsis began the long journey on Wednesday for this weekend’s official visit. According to Jacketsonline.com, he as both been offered a football scholarship and “”If things go well on the visit I will commit to Georgia Tech to play football.”
We’re still researching more information, but in the meantime here’s a post from the Australian website BringInSports.com.au:
Bring It On Sports are happy to announce that Adam Gotsis from Melbourne, Australia, is being recruited by Georgia Tech to play Gridiron. Adam and his parents will be leaving Australia on Thursday the 19th of January on an Official visit to Georgia Tech Campus, which is located in Atlanta. Georgia Tech will be paying for Adam’s Flights as well as his accommodation and Meals. Adam and his parents will meet with the Coaching Staff of Georgia Tech and will also tour the facilities. This is a great opportunity for Adam to Play Gridiron at a High level as well as get a Quality Education and have a potential chance to go to the NFL. Adam represented the Australian National Team at the 2011 IFAF World Cup of American Football. Bring It On Sports Director Paul Manera, a former University Of Hawaii Gridiron Player, was recruited by Georgia Tech Head Coach Paul Johnson to play at Hawaii when he was the Offensive Coordinator at Hawaii in 1988. Both Paul Johnson and Offensive Line Coach Mike Sewak are very impressed with Adams ability and size and they were able to scout Adam’s Highlight film of him playing for Australia as well as some footwork drills and skills that we put him through. This is not only great news for Adam but also for other hopeful Aussies that want to play College and NFL Gridiron in the USA. Georgia Tech has now made a committment to come down to Australia to recruit, and other universities, such as The University Of Hawaii, are already recruiting here; and Oregon State is also showing interest in coming down to Australia. Success breeds success in the last 5 Years; There have been 4 Lineman from Australia who have received full scholarships to play Division 1 College Football. We are confident that Adam Gotsis will be the next….. Signing Day for scholarships is the 1st of February ……….
Story developing
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Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
1:35 pm
Tennessee never played Tech for Homecoming, and it was Tennessee who dropped Tech; not the reverse
VolFan4Life
January 19th, 2012
1:37 pm
Who (other than you) says the Vols are running from Tech? I suggest you get YOUR house in order before running your mouth. At least we beat the Dawgs every now and then.
5150 UOAD
January 19th, 2012
1:37 pm
From1902 to 1987 Tech is 17-24-2 v the VOLS. If the Vols would have made the contract this year would have been 100 years of games between the 2.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
1:39 pm
WOW, UT is playing Ga State, Akron, and Troy next year. That’s almost as tough a schedule as the mutts’
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
1:40 pm
VolFan, if UT is not running from Tech, then why won’t they play us?
5150 UOAD
January 19th, 2012
1:41 pm
VolFan4 we have tried to make this game happen again and the Vols keep saying NO. That is the VOLS running. The VOLS want to play/PAY for a HOME win against Ga State, Montana, or UAB. it seems the Vols are now the Anti-WAR Chickens. LOL
JM
January 19th, 2012
1:46 pm
There’s a great Austrailian bakery in Marietta.
VolFan4Life
January 19th, 2012
1:46 pm
Obviously we’re skeered of you. Like Alabama dropping that home and home against you. Or maybe we need those 500 seats you’d sell at Neyland.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
1:47 pm
JM, unless they serve kangaroo, what could possibly be special about an Australian bakery?
GT Man
January 19th, 2012
1:48 pm
Is he related to “Dunk ” from the Crocadile Dundee movies ?? Only thing I could see him blocking or tackling in Australia is a Kangaroo.
Garyl
January 19th, 2012
1:49 pm
Any chance of bringing Olivia-Newton John with him? Has MTSU, Elon, UAB or Troy offered him yet ??
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
1:50 pm
GT Man, obviously you don’t know much about kangaroos. If he can tackle a kangaroo, then he’s one helluva man
Masters Champion
January 19th, 2012
1:56 pm
It’s the start of the Fourth Quarter and everyone stands as the band strikes up….. “When you say Faaaahhhster (Fosters), You’ve said it all!” Welcome to Atlanta, Adam and family.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
1:58 pm
LOL @ Masters. Are you from Augusta? I am
William Casey
January 19th, 2012
1:59 pm
Just watching the short video, the kid seems to be a “quick study.” Coach Johnson may be onto something here. Limited opportunities but, I’ve never met an Australian I didn’t like. My Dad said the same thing about Aussies he met during WWII. We’ll see. Hope the kid likes GT.
TonyTop
January 19th, 2012
2:00 pm
Tech Alumnis are not any smarter than us UGA Alumnis. In fact, they are probably dumber since they think that Australians can play football, haha stupid tekkies.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:04 pm
Most Aussies give it their all, no matter what they do. I’m sure he will be one of the most aggressive players on the field, whether at Tech or wherever he ends up.
gtbee
January 19th, 2012
2:06 pm
The AJC Site for Jacket Fans has become a complete joke.
A normal narrative among Tech Fans can no longer be had here due to the jealousy of what seems to be every college program in the nation.
If I check the UGA blog right now, I will not see any Tech fans bashing any UGA fan nor any UGA recruit.
Are all UGA fans poor pathetic wastes of humanity like the wee little men that come here and hide behind their keyboards?
I really don’t get what losers you are hanging around pestering Tech fans on this site.
You have owned us in football for the last 10 years, so what makes this site so interesting that you just can’t seem to get enough of it??? I hate UGA so much that I would never grace your AJC site for any reason what so ever. I have no desire in being associated with anything UGA! I despise the color RED because of you pathetic losers, and I will never be caught wearing such a hideous color at any point of my life.
UGA fans don’t seem to share that kind of passion. Maybe all UGA fans actually love GT and this is one way that they feel that they can be a part of the GT program???
Please have your “Biggest UGA Fan” respond to my post as to why they can’t stay off of the Tech AJC site. Please make sure that your biggest fan can actually read and write in coherent sentences. Also, please make sure that he is a UGA graduate and not a typical UGA “bandwagon baby”.
Lastly, please also have the UGA biggest fan explain to me why he thinks that Tech fans never go onto the UGA AJC site and create 6-10 pages of BS comments like you (UGA Fans) post here.
Please, I beg of you….enlighten me why UGA fans can’t stay on their own AJC site.
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:09 pm
Tech a terrorist cell…ya’ll love to create drama amongst yourself. Comical.
Just supersizing the BS ya’ll spew at Dawg fans just to create your mini-melodramas. But its satisfying to all dawg fans that y’all keep up with our program so much.
Keep on Trolling.
5150 UOAD
January 19th, 2012
2:11 pm
Garyl……….you want Air Supply I KNOW you do. LMAO
Vol4life…….Bama & Tech agreed to move the Game into the future. I am mad about it, but it will be like in 2019-20. You didn’t see how many people tech took to the Vandy game a few years back? Well, I guess Vandy is in a City with something more than Orange Colored Buttheads and BAR KNOX fighting football players.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:11 pm
G-Dawg, it’s YOU who obsess over the Jackets so much that you can’t stay off our blogs or blogs dealing with Tech. YOU are the drama queen here, bubba. YOU are the one keeping up with our program. Most of us couldn’t care less about your excuse for a program……the weakest in the SEC.
gtbee
January 19th, 2012
2:12 pm
G-dawg…you are not a UGA graduate and you did not respond to the questions that I spelled out in elementary proportions so that weak minds could understand.
G-dawg…you fail!!!!!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:12 pm
UOAD, I lived in Knoxville for a couple of years. There is definitely nothing worth seeing or doing there. It’s a town full of hillbillies.
OkieDawg
January 19th, 2012
2:12 pm
gtbee, I think you understand “Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate”. I have tried to describe it to non Techers and Dawgs. I think I will just copy your post for future reference…it says it all. Thanks.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:13 pm
gtbee, that should prove to you that G-Dawg doesn’t even have a weak mind. He has no mind at all
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:15 pm
gtbee….do your research and provide a unbiased conclusion before having to read such garbage.
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:15 pm
Okie, when you WANT to be, you can be a decent dude to banter back and forth with. But more often than not, you apparently don’t want to be like that and come across as just another redneck
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:15 pm
G-Dawg talking about bias. Now there’s a laugh
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:17 pm
Okie, I hope you noticed that G-Dawg is one of your “brethren” who come on here talking about terrorism. Why don’t you as a UGA fan call him on it?
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:17 pm
“enlighten me why UGA fans can’t stay on their own AJC site.”
Please enlighten Dawg fan why 70% of UGA blogs are filled with non-essential GT hate mail?
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:18 pm
Then prove you point!!! Dont leave it open ended.
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:19 pm
My responses are only to the feeble minded who dont get it. Cause if you did…then why would you waste time responding??
gtbee
January 19th, 2012
2:19 pm
G-dawg,
WHAT?
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:19 pm
G-Dawg, I for one have NEVER been on a UGA blog, and from what I have heard, even from the classy UGA fans who post on the Tech blogs (you are NOT one of the classy ones), there are really not many Tech fans who DO post on the UGA blogs. That’s just a lame excuse you trolls use for being the trash that you are.
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:20 pm
Come on…use that college education…you spent alotta money on it!! haha
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:21 pm
“there are really not many Tech fans who DO post on the UGA blogs” <—– sorry, calling BS to this one!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:21 pm
Okie, I’m waiting for you to do the right thing and call down G-Dawg for his offensive and blatantly false remarks. PROVE that you have some real class.
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:21 pm
ya’ll are hanging yourself with your own rope!! carry on!!
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:23 pm
G-Dawg, regardless of how many Tech fans MIGHT post on the UGA blogs, does that somehow make it right for you to do the same in return? Don’t you think that that is some kind of badge of honor on your part? Are you really THAT IMMATURE? Since when do two wrongs make a right?
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:24 pm
Someone is backtracking!!! uh oh!!
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:24 pm
So does that mean that we are hung? Sounds to me like a case of penis envy. Maybe you should grow a pair and be a real man
gtbee
January 19th, 2012
2:24 pm
Didn’t spend a dime on my education, thank you.
You guys own us in football (incase you have not heard), we are not pathetic enough to go on your blog and brag about anything to do with our football program.
You totally make no sense with anything that you post.
OkieDawg
January 19th, 2012
2:25 pm
Super, As hard as I have tried to honor your request, in the end, I have no class. Sorry
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:25 pm
Well, ya’ll cant have it both ways…if you cant take what you dish…then get outta the kitchen!!!
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:26 pm
I’m not backtracking at all. I have no idea how many Tech fans MIGHT post on the UGA blogs. I don’t care enough about your lousy pathetic excuse for an institute of higher learning to waste my time reading anything about them. I am FORCED to read the garbage rednecks like you post on OUR blogs because it can’t be avoided. Why don’t you go back where you belong so we don’t have to put up with your inane, malicious, uninformed and biased remarks?
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:27 pm
Okie, if that is really you posting at 2:25, then I feel sorry for you, and I will refrain in the future from even giving you the time of day
G-Dawg
January 19th, 2012
2:28 pm
Just like a woman.
Well, kudos for you…time to take the silver spoon out your mouth!! but you again missing the overall point.
5150 UOAD
January 19th, 2012
2:28 pm
OK I posted this on the WHITEHEAD picks NCSU over the Dwags RECRUITING post. This Is Why we are on all the sites.
5150 UOAD
January 19th, 2012
1:59 pm
Rick James that is EXACTLY the point. These are not hard hitting journalism reports. These are fact laden Oped pieces that are in a Blog format to get HITS and drive Advertising revenue. If the Article only had UGA fans kissing each others butts the hits would STOP fast. Check the posting #s on Hawks & Thrashers articles. The Braves, Falcons, and College Football drive these Blogs.
Sometimes we get HEATED at each other, but that has to exist to keep the HITS coming and keeping this Medium FREE while the Advertisers do the paying.
gtbee
January 19th, 2012
2:28 pm
The AJC Site for Jacket Fans has become a complete joke.
A normal narrative among Tech Fans can no longer be had here due to the jealousy of what seems to be every college program in the nation.
If I check the UGA blog right now, I will not see any Tech fans bashing any UGA fan nor any UGA recruit.
Are all UGA fans poor pathetic wastes of humanity like the wee little men that come here and hide behind their keyboards?
I really don’t get what losers you are hanging around pestering Tech fans on this site.
You have owned us in football for the last 10 years, so what makes this site so interesting that you just can’t seem to get enough of it??? I hate UGA so much that I would never grace your AJC site for any reason what so ever. I have no desire in being associated with anything UGA! I despise the color RED because of you pathetic losers, and I will never be caught wearing such a hideous color at any point of my life.
UGA fans don’t seem to share that kind of passion. Maybe all UGA fans actually love GT and this is one way that they feel that they can be a part of the GT program???
Please have your “Biggest UGA Fan” respond to my post as to why they can’t stay off of the Tech AJC site. Please make sure that your biggest fan can actually read and write in coherent sentences. Also, please make sure that he is a UGA graduate and not a typical UGA “bandwagon baby”.
Lastly, please also have the UGA biggest fan explain to me why he thinks that Tech fans never go onto the UGA AJC site and create 6-10 pages of BS comments like you (UGA Fans) post here.
Please, I beg of you….enlighten me why UGA fans can’t stay on their own AJC site.
Second chance to find your biggset fan.
G-daw is not even close to your biggest fam. G-dawg is a closet Tech fan, which is obvious by all of the posting that he does right here!
Supersize that order, mutt
January 19th, 2012
2:29 pm
gtbee, G-Dawg may be in a closet, but it’s not because he is a secret Tech fan.