After not playing at all in Georgia Tech’s loss to North Carolina Saturday, B-back Marcus Marshall is expected to play against Clemson this Saturday.
“I just think we thought that, based on what we were trying to get done, that (Patrick) Skov was the best guy,” quarterbacks and B-backs coach Bryan Cook said. “Now, Skov for 79 or 80 plays is too much.”
Starter Patrick Skov played nearly the entire way, going out briefly for backup Marcus Allen. Marshall didn’t play because “there’s some things that he’s got to get better at,” Cook said.
Blocking is among them. Until it improves, it remains a challenge for coaches to put him in the game because if he is on the field for a play where his assignment is to block, he could adversely impact the play’s probability for success. But if he only plays when he is getting the ball, then Tech is telegraphing its intentions.
Allen had one carry for six yards but quickly came out of the game.
“I’m not sure what happened,” Cook said. “He kind of took himself out. I don’t know if he thought he was only going in there for three plays, but he just, all of the sudden, he’s running off the field. And he did good. On the first play that he was in there, he did some decent things. We’ve got to get both Marcuses probably some time this week.”
Marshall is the biggest home-run threat of the three B-backs, which he demonstrated with his eight-carry, 184-yard game against Alcorn State in the season opener.
About the Author
