Georgia Tech safety Jamal Golden said the plan is for him to play in Thursday’s game against Virginia Tech. Golden, who injured his shoulder against North Carolina last Saturday, was in a gold jersey Monday, meaning he was held out of contact drills.
"It's sore, but I'm fine," Golden said.
Outside linebacker Quayshawn Nealy and safety Chris Milton did not practice. As noted previously, coach Paul Johnson said their status may be determined on Thursday. Defensive end Jeremiah Attaochu also did not practice, but coach Paul Johnson said he expected him to play Thursday.
Johnson is taking a light approach to practice, both because of the short game week and the number of banged-up players. The team practiced in shoulder pads and shorts Monday and Johnson said on his radio show Monday night (thank you, caller) that the Jackets will likely do the same Tuesday.
Johnson invariably practices at least once per week in full pads, believing that players need to practice in pads to prepare for games.
“We just can’t get anybody else hurt,” defensive coordinator Ted Roof said. “The balance is doing the physical work, at the same time being smart about how you do it, so you walk off with the same number of players that you started with when practice is over.”
TV time: ESPN took a six-day option on determining the kickoff time for the Georgia Tech-Miami game Oct. 5 at Sun Life Stadium. The game time will have to be declared by Sunday.
Tailback J.J. Green said he can’t say for sure how many times he has heard “you’re one play away from playing” from Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo and running backs coach Bryan McClendon.
Here is a clue that your trip to sunny south Florida may not be a carefree vacation: You’re a football team, and you lose one of your starters during warm-ups.
If nothing else, Georgia has ensured at least one thing about its season. Regardless of where the rest of the schedule takes them, whether its to an SEC championship, a BCS bowl bid or a national title, there will be no claims from outsiders that this team received too many breaks and escaped health issues, no suggestions that the road to success was lined with lollipops and unicorns.
Having been at Georgia four seasons now, soccer coach Steve Holeman doesn’t weird out nearly as much as he once did about playing Ole Miss, where he coached for 15 years.
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