Scouting Report: Georgia Tech

[GaUSFBull]

1 hour ago, Bullrush33 said:

They have had some of the best NFL receivers.

Really only one in the PJ era, Demaryius Thomas.

[NewEnglandBull]

2 hours ago, Bullrush33 said:

They have had some of the best NFL receivers.

Please name three who are playing???

[NewEnglandBull]

1 hour ago, GaUSFBull said:

Eff the Varsity and visit Vortex when you're in atl.  

Two totally different places. I’ve been to both many times. Not a big burger eater (and that is their most prominent item) but to each his own. 

[GaUSFBull]

Just now, NewEnglandBull said:

Two totally different places. I’ve been to both many times. Not a big burger eater (and that is their most prominent item) but to each his own. 

No argument there but not really my point.  Personally I think Vortex is far more unique.  Varsity's food is more fit for dogs.

[NewEnglandBull]

1 minute ago, GaUSFBull said:

No argument there but not really my point.  Personally I think Vortex is far more unique.  Varsity's food is more fit for dogs.

You are probably right there but it is on the way as you are walking to Grant Field so I snag a few for the hell of it. 

[Bullrush33]

1 hour ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Please name three who are playing???

I said had but if you want to put my answer into a confined box then you win. The point is in their history they have had some great wide receivers 

[Outlaw]

Calvin Johnson was a beast too.

[NewEnglandBull]

1 hour ago, Bullrush33 said:

I said had but if you want to put my answer into a confined box then you win. The point is in their history they have had some great wide receivers 

Probably before they ran the option and that was my main point. 

[BrassBulls12]

6 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

Probably before they ran the option and that was my main point. 

Most option Receivers are hybrid TE's in HS.  Very rarely do they have a true vertical threat because their main job is to block. 

Edited August 11, 2018 by BrassBulls12

[Brad]

Run 'til You Drop!

OFF AND RUNNING

Jon Cooper | The Good Word

 

Georgia Tech wanted to hit the ground running in 2018.

On Saturday afternoon at Bobby Dodd Stadium, the defense did just that.

It not only hit the ground running, but never stopped, running roughshod over Alcorn State in the Yellow Jackets’ 41-0 win.

“I thought that defensively we played pretty well for the most part,” said head coach Paul Johnson. “Like I told our defense after the game, if you don’t give up any points you’re probably never going to lose, right? So that was a positive.”

Johnson improved to 9-2 in Georgia Tech season openers and 11-0 in home openers. But this year’s lid-lifter was a stark contrast to last year’s season-opening 42-41, double-overtime loss to Tennessee. In last year’s heartbreaking opener, the Yellow Jackets’ defense was gassed by Tennessee’s up-tempo second-half approach — which became a recurring nightmare all year long.

On Saturday against Alcorn, first-year defensive coordinator Nate Woody’s unit, predicated on a run-’til-you-drop mentality and relentless pursuit to the ball wreaked havoc on the four-time defending SWAC East Division champion’s offense. In fact, the Jackets’ defense outscored the Braves’ offense, 7-0.

Perhaps the game’s biggest positive was a negative — negative plays, that is. The Jackets had four tackles for loss, forced three fumbles, including a 15-yard “scoop-and-score” touchdown by linebacker David Curry, and an interception by redshirt freshman Kaleb Oliver that would’ve resulted in another defensive score had Tech not been penalized on the return.

“I was still pretty ecstatic because it was my first collegiate game, so I was happy just to get my first collegiate interception,” Oliver said. “The effort — I’m glad my teammates were showing effort to block for me.”

The Jackets’ three forced fumbles are only two fewer than they forced all last season and the defensive points match their total from all of last season (Bruce Jordan Swilling returned an interception 27 yards for a score at Virginia for Tech’s only defensive score of 2017).

 

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