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Friday, August 3, 2007
That’s not Calvin
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greetings from Rose Bowl Field, where I am blogging live from Georgia Tech’s first football practice. (This is Mike, by the way; Matt and I made a last-minute switch on who would write this blog.)
Anyway, the team just started stretching, and the best news is there’s nobody on “the beach,” the area where injured players hang out during practice. Of course, this is a non-contact practice, just helmets and shorts, no pads, and nobody’s had time to get hurt, but things do look pretty good in that department. Whoops, I wrote too soon. Defensive lineman Logan Walls, a freshman from Dawsonville, just went to the Beach.
The strangest sight for a guy who has been watching Tech the past three years is to see No. 21. That’s not Calvin Johnson. That’s Jonathan Dwyer, and he’s a lot shorter (five inches) and looks nothing like Johnson. Tech fans hope he’s got some of the same star power, though, and the choice of number shows he’s got no shortage of confidence.
As usual for an early practice, there’s plenty of roster confusion. I’ve got a lot of new numbers to learn, and the addition of 12 walk-ons last night creates even more “who’s he?” head-scratching.
Tech added a new guy to its long list of potential punt returners: Jerrard Tarrant, a freshman from Carrollton, joined returnees like James Johnson, Andrew Smith, Pat Clark, Tyler Evans … the list goes on.
Matt plans to update you on the offensive line later today.
