Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Random Ideas Flying Through the Interweb......

Some articles & postulations that appeared as shiny objects to us & caught our attention during this, the longest hour of the off-season. 78 days until toe meets leather......
  • Paul Johnson makes a cameo appearance over at EDSBS as Doug Gillett ponders the pre-season top 25. The Jackets come in at #19 in an average of ten pre-season polls. Pretty fare in my book and yes, that's exactly what Coach is thinking......
  • Former Tech WR & QB Damarius Bilbo has landed with Todd France & is working on becoming a sports agent. I will continue to wonder why he never made a bigger impact while at Tech.....
  • Paul Myerberg of the New York Times & Pre-Snap Read is breaking down all 120 FBS schools in order of strength. To say his reports are exhaustive & detailed would be an understatement. No better way to get a brief snap shot of every team in college football before the season begins. It's like those couple of cocktails you have before you head out for a night on the town; you must lay down a solid foundation.....Maryland & our old pal Ralph Friedgen are under Myerberg's watchful eye here. It struck my eye that the Terps currently have 37 former players in the NFL; that's a lot of talent moving through a program with little to show for it in the trophy case. And for the record, the worst moment of the last Indiana Jones movie was its conception. Way to bankrupt great childhood memories with that steaming turd.....And one more thing: the ACC Atlantic is a big fat joke.....
  • The Outland Trophy, the top award for interior linemen in college football, has released its watch list for 2010 & senior center Sean Bedford is amongst those who shall be watched. We were tempted to type "former walk-on & rocket scientist" Sean Bedford but didn't for two reasons: 1) everyone knows the story by now, & 2) it somehow seems to slight Bedford as a football player. He's a damn fine center & the key cog on our offensive line. It's terrific he gets recognized for his brain power & effort (we've certainly never been accused of having the former) but it's about time people recognize #79 for what he is: a terrific football player.
  • Doug Roberson of the AJC is on vacation but has begun to break the Jacket squad down by position. Here's his look at the defensive line. We agree that the line is "a fairly big question mark, arguably the biggest on the team." There's little debate that much of our success this year will come down to defensive line play. We can probably cobble something together at NT will Walls, Barnes, Lanier & true freshman Shawn Green. But we're very thin at DE. After the two starters (Peters & Cross) it's all question marks. Hall is done on the Flats after his arrest is what I'm hearing, Dieke isn't an option, & Cummings has a future but needs to continue to bulk up. That leaves Ben Anderson, who should be ready but is recovering from ACL reconstruction & true freshman Denzel McCoy as our second unit DE's. Hopefully those guys will be ready. The more we think about it the more I believe that McCoy has a chance to play this year. So yes, the defensive line is a question mark. I still think Peters has a break-out year & ends up an All-ACC player in 2010.....
  • T Kyle King of Dawg Sports looks at Five College Teams that Won't be as Good as Advertised in 2010. Both Tech & Georgia make King's list & for the most part he's right on. We're not as concerned with the defense this year - hell, they can't be any worse after not forcing a single punt in five games last season. But turnovers can increase & we do see somewhat of a regression to the mean. 9-3 keeps sticking in our head......
  • Finally, this little pile of dung on Calvin Johnson's lack of production. Something's not adding up? Maybe it's your logic, genius! Maybe he hasn't broken out because the Lions have an offensive line that doubles as a subway turnstile & he's the only offensive weapon on a terrible team. He wishes he was getting double covered. If you're looking to blame someone might I suggest Matt Millen...."not enough support"? Ya' think? Impose his will? How the fuck is he going to impose his will if they can't get him the ball? Wait, let me close my eyes....I see it, Calvin imposing his will as he beats the triple team down the seam only to watch Stafford get sacked or throw a pick. I fart in your general direction......
We now begin preparations for our upcoming battle with Algeria........

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