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GEORGIA TECH GAMEDAY
THREE STORYLINES What will the Georgia Tech offense do? This is a big test for the Yellow Jackets’ offense after the debacle against Virginia Tech. Better play from the offensive line and quarterback Vad Lee, in particular, will be required for Tech to be competitive with Miami. Can the Jackets ...
Yellow Jackets trying to crank up run game
Georgia Tech center Jay Finch knows his place. “I’m just a pawn in the chess game,” he said. “I just do what I’m told. ‘Take the bishop.’ Yes, sir. Whatever he asks.” The “he,” of course, would be coach Paul Johnson. Part of this week’s imperative to Finch and his ...
Gregory envisions faster pace for Jackets
More bodies, better-skilled players and the need to find more easy baskets have given the Georgia Tech men’s basketball team a mandate to run. Speaking at the team’s media day, Tech coach Brian Gregory outlined some of the plans to push the pace. “We need to get easier baskets, and ...
Deon Hill rising above Crohn’s disease
Monday was a good day for Georgia Tech A-back Deon Hill, his first day back on the practice field. Just being back with his teammates as they prepared for Saturday’s game against Miami gave him a charge.“I missed everybody, being out there with everybody,” said Hill, a cheerful sort rarely ...
Shoulder surgery sidelines Golden for season
Georgia Tech safety Jamal Golden will miss the remainder of the season due to a shoulder injury. Golden is scheduled to have surgery this week to repair the injury suffered in the North Carolina game Sept. 21. Coach Paul Johnson said that Golden actually could have played against Virginia Tech ...
Ghana president visits Kennesaw State University
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama addressed students, faculty and staff at Kennesaw State University Monday, the first such visit by a sitting head of state in the school’s 50-year history. Before an audience of 600 at KSU’s Bailey and Family Performance Center, Mahama said economic and political conditions are improving ...
Another slow start hurts Jackets
The penchant for Georgia Tech and Vad Lee to get off to slow starts caught up to them in Thursday’s 17-10 loss to Virginia Tech. The Yellow Jackets trailed 14-3 at halftime and have been outscored 27-10 in the first quarter of ACC games this year. “When the offense struggles, ...
Mistakes undo Georgia Tech
There may not be enough Liquid Paper in the world to cover up all the mistakes made by Georgia Tech during its “White Out” game against Virginia Tech on Thursday at Grant Field. The Yellow Jackets were beaten 17-10 by the Hokies and committed nine penalties, tying for the most ...
Georgia Tech blows chance to get some attention
It’s not difficult to remember the biggest Georgia Tech win over Virginia Tech, and not just because there haven’t been that many. It came in 2009. Paul Johnson was in only his second season on The Flats, and fans were basking in the afterglow of that first-year, assault-on-the-hedges and win ...
Georgia Tech loses fourth in a row to Hokies
Throwback? More like throw it back. Full of steam and vigor to end its three-game losing streak to Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech flopped Thursday night, absorbing a 17-10 defeat Thursday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Before a nationally-televised audience and in front of a white-out crowd eager to see the ...
Georgia Tech honors its All-American legends
Some of those who once wore the Old Gold are a little grayer now, but still they gathered Thursday before Georgia Tech’s game against Virginia Tech. More than 30 former Yellow Jackets football All-Americans and/or Academic All-Americans were brought together as part of the festivities to celebrate Grant Field’s 100th ...
Kennesaw State examining ways to to help students get football tickets
Kennesaw State has a problem that its department of mathematics and statistics can’t solve.Its football team, whose first game should take place 2015, will play in a stadium that seats 8,300. The university has more than 24,000 students.There may be a lot of students whose fees were increased by $100 ...
Kennesaw State examining ways to to help students get football tickets
Kennesaw State is examining potential solutions on how to help a student body of more than 24,000 attend football games at a stadium that seats 8,300. A membership group that includes students is scheduled to meet on Friday to example possible scenarios. The football team is scheduled to begin play ...
Help Kennesaw State name its owl
Give a hoot and help Kennesaw State name its owl mascot. The university has launched a contest to name the school’s new live mascot, which will be unveiled on Oct. 19 at the Convocation Center. The event, dubbed “Flight Night,” will begin at 7:15 p.m. The contest will run through ...
GEORGIA TECH GAMEDAY
THREE STORYLINES Who will seize the moment for the Yellow Jackets? Two and possibly three defensive starters may be out for Georgia Tech (outside linebacker Quayshawn Nealy and safeties Jamal Golden and Chris Milton) after injuries suffered Saturday. If they play, subs such as linebacker Paul Davis and safety Domonique ...
Georgia Tech seeks to end slide vs. Hokies
For Will Jackson, the difference in his view of Virginia Tech and Georgia can be explained this way. “Georgia’s just pure hate,” the Georgia Tech guard said. “I’m driving, and I hate seeing a red car. That’s just hate.” Evidently, seeing a maroon car would not inspire such animus, although ...
Georgia Tech may take break from Thursday nights
Georgia Tech fans who enjoy the tradition of Thursday night games at Bobby Dodd Stadium may have to be patient for the next one. In submitting scheduling requests for the 2014 season, Tech’s first priority is that it not have a Thursday night home game. Thursday night’s game against Virginia ...
Tech goes light in practice
A banged-up roster and a shortened game week led to a change in practice strategy for Georgia Tech. In preparation for their Thursday night game against Virginia Tech, the Yellow Jackets practiced in shoulder pads and shorts Monday, eschewing the standard full-pads practice. “We’re having to be very smart in ...
Johnson critical of option execution
To end its three-game losing streak to Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech will have to find a way to move the ball and score on a defense that coach Paul Johnson called the best the Yellow Jackets have faced this season. And the Jackets will have to do so at a ...
Tech rallies against to defeat North Carolina
The rain kept fans home, caused fumbles and soaked the white dress shirts of fraternity brothers to mother-embarrassing translucence. It did not, though, stop Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets spotted North Carolina a 13-point lead but then rolled to convincing victory, a 28-20 win Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The ...
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