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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Who’s your favorite throwback player?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In honor of Georgia Tech’s ACC opener against Virginia being on Throwback Thursday, I think it would be fun to think about which players from the 1970s you’d want on this season’s team.
Most of them would be too small, probably, but several might have been able to help this year’s Yellow Jackets. I’m thinking Eddie Lee Ivery’s talent would stand the test of a quarter-century of change in the game of college football. Put him in the backfield and give him the ball. Kent Hill would strengthen the offensive line. I remember watching Drew Hill play for the L.A. Rams and Steve Raible play for the Seattle Seahawks and think these Jackets could use another receiver like them, even though in Pepper Rodgers’ system Hill never caught more than four touchdown passes in a season and Raible caught just 13 passes when he led Tech in 1975.
I never got to see Rock Perdoni or Randy Rhino play. Was Perdoni big enough to be able to play today? Would Rhino’s All-America skills make him as effective today as he was then? Who else from the 1970s would you want to go back in a time machine and fetch for this season’s roster?
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Some questions answered
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One-fourth the way through the season and some of my questions are answered. To review:
What’s wrong with Tech’s offense? Nothing. It’s just taking longer to gel than I expected. Patrick Nix is adding creativity to the personnel, play calls, and formations. 500 total yards is great no matter who you’re playing.
When will we run a reverse to Calvin? Last Saturday! Good job, Patrick! A 21-yard gain at that!
Will we run other reverses to anyone else? Yes, we will. Grant added 51 yards on 2 carries.
Why don’t we throw the ball to Calvin? OK, maybe this one’s not completely answered, but to be honest, I didn’t want Calvin catching 10 passes for 150 yards against Troy. That would mean we didn’t run the ball effectively.
Who is going to emerge as the second receiver? James Johnson is becoming the go-to guy. He’s looking more and more comfortable in the offense. Although I think Greg Smith could be the real gem. He’s very physical as demonstrated by the catch over the middle where several Troy defenders couldn’t bring him down.
What’s up with these personal foul calls? Every game this year, we’ve gotten flagged with questionable personal foul calls. Surely, I’m not the only Tech fan who thinks these are bogus calls. When a quarterback is running for yardage, clearly we need to bring him down.
