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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Some more kudos for Johnson
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greetings, all-
Not a lot of news I can share with you, so I found some links that you might find interesting if you haven’t come upon them already.
Stewart Mandel of si.com gave Paul Johnson a nod in a season recap, naming him his coach of the year. I think the AP coach of the year doesn’t come out for another week or so. I’d have to think Nick Saban is the favorite, but I wonder if his losing to Florida might hurt his candidacy a little.
Heather Dinich of espn.com, who writes a blog about the ACC, named Jonathan Dwyer the offensive player of the year and Johnson coach of the year.
Mark Schlabach ranked the Chick-fil-A game as the No. 11 bowl game for this year.
I might bump it up a little higher, but you have to remember that LSU is unranked and kind of backing into the game. The Tigers have lost their last four SEC games. However, the Chick-fil-A has a remarkable history of producing close finishes. Further, it does well in the ratings, thanks in no small part to being unopposed in its time slot on ESPN.
LSU may change out its co-defensive coordinators, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate. This can’t be a good thing for the Tigers in preparation for Tech, either tactically and from a morale perspective. Further, the story said that two assistants could be hired away to be head coaches elsewhere.
I’m wondering if you’d rather face LSU in this state or get a team that’s totally focused on Tech.
Apparently, a Tech fan and Auburn fan were going back and forth yesterday editing Johnson’s wikipedia page. The Auburn fan added that it was recently announced that Johnson was going to Auburn and the Tech fan changed that out and declared Johnson “invincible.” To see it, go to the page and click on the page history link, which is at the top.
As you probably know, Dan Radakovich is meeting today with Jack Reale, Johnson’s agent. I don’t know if a new contract will get done today. If there’s news today, we’ll post it as soon as we find out.
