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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
From your keyboard to Paul Johnson’s ears…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Coach Johnson answered Glenn’s question about the team’s progression and how far into the playbook they’ve gotten. He was more expansive with the first, less so with the second.
“I think we’re still a work in progress. I think at this point, we’ve kind of made progress every week. It remains to be seen, Will we make progress from the last game to this one, with taking the week off? That’s a good question. That’s why we play the games.
“I think our team has made some progress; we’re not close to being where we’d like to be. … We’re a lot better now than when we started, I think. We’re going to have to be. Our schedule’s gearing up that way, too.”
On the offense: “There’s always other things you can do. Will we do anything Saturday we haven’t done? I doubt it. It kind of is what it is.”
I’ll try to dig into this a little more.
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Where would you rank Tech?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Good Tuesday, all-
It’s Ken; I’m sitting in for Larry on the blog. Coach Johnson has his press conference at 11:45 a.m. at the Edge Center to talk about the Duke game and, I’m guessing, a question or two about Josh Nesbitt’s hamstring. At this point, I’d be a little surprised if he played, particularly given how Jaybo Shaw operated the offense against Mississippi State. But we’ll see. At any rate, if you all want to suggest some questions I can ask for you at the press conference, toss ‘em out there and I’ll do my best to ask at least a few of them. (Note: “Who do you think you’ll play in the BCS championship?” is probably not going to make the cut.)
But, onto the question of the day. The AP poll has Tech at No. 37. The USA Today (coaches) at No. 35. The Sagarin poll, though, has the Jackets at No. 15 (just below Vanderbilt); Elo-Chess, which is on the same link as the Sagarin poll and is one of the contributors to the BCS formula, has Tech at No. 26.
Lastly, the Colley Rankings has the Jackets at No. 39. There are other polls and rankings, but let’s start there.
I’ll say this - I’m not a huge fan of ESPN radio show guy Colin Cowherd, but I end up being in the car a good bit while he’s on, so I listen flipping back and forth. Anyway - my point is coming - he makes a good point, in my opinion, that fans of one particular team aren’t always the best judges of where their team should rank, because they don’t always see a lot of the other teams, because they’re tailgating, watching their team, tailgating some more.
But that said, I’ll give you two questions. Where would you rank Tech, and maybe this will provide a better sense of how you see the Jackets, who are some teams you would say are similar in strength?
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