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Thursday, August 21, 2008
One Week until Toe Meets Leather!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Peri…who?
This time next Thursday night I should be enjoying a little triple option while watching lots of second and third team guys get playing time against Jacksonville State. I know…I know…they have Ryan Perrilloux at quarterback and our offense is going to be a work in progress. Yeah…sure…whatever.
The truth of the matter is that Perrilloux isn’t going to have the offensive line he needs to make a difference in this game. Vance Walker, Michael Johnson, and Darryl Richard will kick off a set of senior seasons on one of the best defensive lines we’ve seen at Tech in decades. All three of those guys will play in the NFL and odds are good that more than one of them will be selected in the first day of the NFL draft.
Perrilloux will make a few plays, the guy is a super athlete, but he’s going to be running for his life more than a little bit. Jacksonville State’s best chance at scoring will be taking advantage of a Jacket turnover or a special teams blunder. Or maybe against our reserves late in the game.
No disrespect to Jacksonville State. Honestly. It just the way things will be.
Up with the White and Gold!
By now, everyone should have seen the new uniforms. There’s been plenty of banter back and forth on the message boards. The overall impression seems to be favorable with a few diehard opponents that babble on about tradition and etc as if we’re somehow Penn State or Michigan or Notre Dame or one of the schools with long time uniforms that haven’t changed.
News flash people…our uniforms change every season! They always have. Its just that this time we’ve combined a little modern look and graphics with the old school gold from back in the “golden” days of GT football. I’m quite content to see the washed out, yellowish “Vegas” gold replaced with a darker gold like we see on the new uniforms.
I think the gold tops and white pants will be really sharp. I’m also curious to see where the rumored white helmets and blue tops may show up. Perhaps at the Homecoming game? Not to mention rumors of a possible “white out” against Mississippi State to open the real home slate, wearing white tops and white pants with the gold helmet.
Honestly, Tech fans needs to “sack up” and quit looking for things to complain about. Its not like we’ve tried something as earth shattering and innovative as black jersies! Can you imagine the novelty that would have been. What horror…what madness…
One of my season ticket and tailgating buddies had the right reaction when he first saw the pictures and responded, “Those will look great in our opponent’s endzone!”
That’s all that really counts and I concur!
Go Jackets!
THWG!
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