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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Say, is that a basketball I hear bouncing?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It doesn’t happen often, or at least I’d like to think that it doesn’t, but I swear I feel like I’m about out of original ideas about what’s wrong with Tech’s football team.
So, how about some hoop?
Practice starts Friday, and I’m interested in how the point guard position will play out. Will it be Matt Causey, the senior transfer/walk-on (who may now be on scholarship; I’ll check to see), or freshman Maurice Miller? Dunno the answer, but I bet they both play quite a bit.
Tech’s going to have more options among bigs than in a few years, but will it be too many options? Will Hewitt try too hard to play too many people? That won’t be an issue as much early in the schedule even if he does, but after the Jackets settle into the meat of their schedule, might it be?
Who will the breakout player be? Will there be more than one? Did the late-season performance of Alade Aminu (who has battled a disc problem in his back this fall) translate into better things this season?
I know this much, they have a nice looking schedule.
Now, onto football …
Tech was the better team last Saturday. I’ve said before, and I’ll say again, manpower is not the issue. They have the skill to be 4-2 at worst right now, probably 5-1. B.C. was just plain better, and not just on that night.
If Bennett plays more along the lines of the way he did in the second half at Maryland, the Jackets’ chances improve. But they’ve shown a tendency to do just enough things to lose in two games (Virginia and Maryland), and that went well beyond Taylor.
Think Jon Tenuta has more of an edge in knowing about Patrick Nix, or vice-versa, this Saturday?
Hey, my son’s team won 7-6 Friday night to break a third-place tie. We’re 3-2. He threw a touchdown pass, and completed three of four passes. Played well on defense. We nearly got a shutout; the other team scored as time expired in the first half. I’m still not sure the kid crossed the goalline, and the clock (run by parents of the team we played) did not start correctly about three plays before that. Nothing you can do.
I’ll miss Saturday morning’s game, and my son might. If my wife has her way, Patrick will travel with her and our daugthers and my mother-in-law to a family reunion in Virginia this weekend. I’m opposed, largely because our 15-boy team will already be missing at least one and possibly three other players this weekend. One of the iffy kids is the other quarterback (he has a virus again). Who’ll play quarterback?
I know it’s youth sports, but it’s also a commitment, and an obligation to teammates and coaches, and that reunion came out of nowhere (why this time of year, rather than during the summer when schedules are more relaxed?) about five weeks ago. He’s never met the majority of the people who will be at the reunion. I’ve met them once, 15 years ago. I don’t think it will register with him anyway. But what do I know? I know my wife and mother-in-law are taking a hard line on the other side.
Later,
Matt
