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Saturday, February 23, 2008
Leaky roof, leaky season
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’m not quite sure what to say … a losing record and a leaky roof that causes a “rain out” against a Virginia team that’s actually worse than we are and which provides a good chance at a win to pull to 5-6 in the ACC?
A Tech buddy of mine e-mailed me yesterday and said he was going to bring a ladder and a caulk gun to the next home game. So hopefully someone will be prepared to deal with a leaky roof …
Football recruiting
We’ve gotten three extremely early commitments from future offensive and defensive linemen. John Drew is a 6-3, 295 defensive tackle from Columbus, Emanuel Dieke is a 6-7, 205 defensive end from College Park (think Michael Johnson clone once he puts on weight?), and the previous mentioned JC Lanier is a 6-3, 340 tackle/guard from Twin City, Ga. We’re off to a good start with some very big and very athletic kids who have attended camps on campus at Tech. It looks like this new coaching staff is falling right in line with Giff Smith and our retained guys to really make a splash on the recruiting front. Tech has always been able to recruit skills positions! … but we’ve historically struggled to get the “big uglies” to man the offensive and defensive line. We’ve taken undersized guys like Joe Anoai and grown them into quick/mobile tackles. Plugging Drew and Lanier into the defensive line together would be an instant 600+ pounds of defensive tackle. I like the sound of that.
License plates?
So now the Georgia House of Representatives has voted to stop making out-of-state university mascot tags if neighboring states don’t return the favor? This is ridiculous … especially following so closely on their ill advised and transparent gambit to push for a football playoff system, by passing a resolution that lobbies the NCAA to throw away a BCS system that functioned correctly but didn’t place UGA in the title game.
Make no mistake about this latest resolution…this is all about the Mutts vs the Gators. The UGA disciplies in the state House could care less about Auburn tags, Clemson tags, Florida State tags, or anything else. All they care about is the fact that a smallish number of Florida fans are able to get Gator tags. And to prevent that from happening they are willing to make fans of ALL out of state colleges give up their license plates. That’s right … if you are a fan of ANY school outside of the state boundaries, you may lose your tag if your school’s home state doesn’t allow UGA tags be created and registered there. And alumni clubs trying to get approval and support for new tags will suffer as well.
It’s ridiculous, infantile, and a waste of tax payer money and legislative time. And that’s not even considering the fact that the Georgia House is willing to THROW AWAY extra registration revenue from these specialty tags. They’d rather not see Florida Gator tags than pocket the money from Florida alums.
So now they are wasting tax payer money in an effort to reduce incoming license revenue. A double whammy of sorts.
I tell ya folks … we sho ‘nuff got us some smart politikin’ down hayuh ‘n Georgia … yup …
Go Jackets!
THWG!
