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Friday, August 17, 2007
Something in the water at Tech?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gonna go a little shorter this morning at Tech, where there’s a strange vibe under overcast skies.
First, RB Quincy Kelly, a redshirt freshman from Stone Mountain (Decatur High), apparently collapsed this morning. He wasn’t in a drill, kind of waiting his turn about 35 mins. into practice, and went down. He was face-down for at least a minute or two, and then on his knees for a while with trainers. He left in a cart, sitting up. I don’t know more than that. More later.
Second, the passing game looks more ragged than I recall it in any previous passes. Injuries might be counted as a factor, as WRs Correy Earls and Andrew Smith began the day injured, and D.J. Donley and James Johnson have since pulled out of practice with undisclosed injuries — both apparently to their legs. Plus, Demaryious Thomas seems a step off, not in sync or in time like he was before suffering a knee injury last week. He looks like a guy who’s missed some time. The young WRs, including Willie White and walk-on freshman R.B. Clyburn of Cartersville, figure to be a little busier in the scrimmage tomorrow.
Beyond that, though, QBs Taylor Bennett, Calvin Booker and Josh Nesbitt haven’t thrown the ball all that well.
Good news: RB Jonathan Dwyer (leg) is back, although he’s been deployed in a limited role in practice. I won’t be surprised if he does not participate in the scrimmage. S Joe Gaston is working more as well, and Fr. LB Brad Jefferson appears to be over whatever injury sidelined him early in the week.
Not bad, necessarily, but not good news: FB Mike Cox (leg) and TE Colin Peek (Achilles) were running before practice, but are not participating in practice. No way Peek’s in the scrimmage, and I doubt Cox goes. Reserve LB Travis Chambers (shoulder) is still out, too, although somebody told me he tried to sneak out here with shoulder pads only to be stopped.
On the ominous side, reserve OT Cord Howard is absent for the fifth or sixth practice. His academic status needs to be resolved pronto; classes begin Monday.
Matt
