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Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Tech-BC will be clash up front
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Chan Gailey talked today about Boston College being very physical in the front seven, and stats alone make the matchup between BC’s run defense and GT’s run offense very interesting.
As Gailey pointed out, Tech is not the biggest O-Line, although I don’t think that’s going to matter much Saturday. In this game, I think Tech is going to be able to run the ball much, much better than BC’s first opponents, who, by the way, both had huge pass-to-run ratios (60 to 24 and 54-25). Tell me that didn’t skew the running defense stats for BC.
Anyway, in talking to Gailey about a few housekeeping notes (at least one of which was triggered by something I read on the Hive), which I’ll also mention later in the notebook):
— No, Scott Blair nor Calvin Booker are on scholarship. As Chan has said before, scholarships are not awarded before seasons to walk-on players except in very rare circumstances (like Tech has some available and can project players who will earn the right while knowing there may be none available the next year even if the players in question play well enough to earn them. That happened with Durant Brooks last year, for example. He got a scholarship after walking on before ever punting in a game, based on how well he punted as a redshirt; he did not arrive as a scholarship player). The protocol is to make decisions on scholarships following the season, Chan said.
— TE Brad Sellers, who is out for the season, had reconstructive knee surgery.
— P-K Mohamed Yahiaoui is redshirting with the idea that he will have two years left to compete for a spot.
— Senior DT Marcus Harris of Lakeside-DeKalb High, a former walk-on, was awarded a scholarship in the offseason.
That’s all I’ve got for today. In a rush once more.
Matt
