Mark Bradley marshals up a few stats and quotes about the first third of Georgia Tech’s season, and they don’t paint a pretty picture.
1. Apparently B-backs aren’t interchangeable. Jonathan Dwyer rushed for 1,395 yards in both 2008 and 2009. Over the winter Paul Johnson said he’d be willing to bet his new B-back would gain 1,000 yards. Anthony Allen has rushed for 267 yards in four games, which would translate to 801 over a full regular season.
2. Apparently Bay-Bay was indispensable. Joshua Nesbitt passed for 1,701 yards last season, most of them to Demaryius Thomas. Nesbitt has thrown for 316 yards over four games, which projects to 948 over a full regular season. His completion percentage, which was 46.3 a year ago, is 32.6 now.
3. Apparently it wasn’t all about the defensive coordinator. Dave Wommack’s defense ranked 54th nationally last season, yielding an average of 360 yards per game. Al Groh’s defense ranks 71st, yielding 367 yards. In pass defense Tech was 45th last season; it’s 69th now.
4. Apparently “depth” isn’t synonymous with “talent.” Before the season, Johnson called this his deepest Tech team. After losing to N.C. State, Groh lamented that his defense had made but three significant plays in 81 snaps and that there was no “supermarket” where the Jackets could go buy better players.
Maybe those four NFL draft picks were bigger contributors than Johnson believed.
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Meanwhile, in Lil’ Jeffy Schultz’ world, everything is great Tech is awesome la la la la I can’t heeeeeeear youuuuuuuuu
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They should have named this movie “Pepper Rodgers 2: Flexbone Bugaloo.”
if you think the lunatic fringe is turning on Mark Richt, wait and see how quickly the Mustard fanbase turns on the Mini-Skipper if his testy, doughy little self goes 5-7. And next year, Josh Nesbitt will be gone, a guy who was perfect for the MS’s system, but was left for the MS by Billy Bob Gailey, who successfully recruited him as a conventional QB because other D1 schools thought he threw like Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite.
Not that we don’t have our own problems at the moment, but it’s always a relief to know that things are worse on North Avenue.
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Well, perfect is strong for a guy who throws the ball somewhere near a receiver on three out of every eight attempts.
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+1 on the…….They should have named this movie “Pepper Rodgers 2: Flexbone Bugaloo.”
loved it
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As bad as I felt last Saturday, I still thought we would be Tech.
Al Groh is the new Woody Widenhofer.
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What, it isn’t the system? You mean players matter at this level? You mean CPJ cannot take all the credit for being a supra-genius?
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PJ’s testy little personality reminds me of the role Zack Galfinkis played in Dinner for Schmucks, except that Zack would look like Ahhhhhnold in Pumping Iron next to the Mini-Skipper.
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I have been told on several occasions that year three is when Paul Johnson’s offense takes shape. I like the shape it has taken.
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Tech fans should punch Mark Bradley in the face.
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Meh. Schadenfreude just isn’t as tasty when we have enough problems of our own. I am hoping that in about five weeks, I’ll be able to re-read this with the glee that it truly deserves.
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My sentiments as well. Tech’s problems are about the only thing going “right” for us right now. But I’m more concerned with whether our problems can be fixed this season. Whatever happens on north ave. is secondary.
Jim
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Chuck, life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.
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http://rebuildingthedawgs.blogspot.com/
new post!
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“Maybe those four NFL draft picks were bigger contributors than Johnson believed.”
This, to me, was one of the biggest no-brainers coming into this season. Yech’s defense was mediocre last season, and they lost their most important impact players on that side of the ball. How anyone expected them to improve this season is beyond me.
Dwyer and BeBe were elite talent. Who exactly were they going to replace them with this year? PJ hasn’t recruited well at all. You can’t continue to plug in mostly 2 star guys and expect to win consistently at this level… even in the ACC.
Yech being ranked in the top 15 pre-season was ridiculous, and the sad thing is most of us were saying as much at the time.
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I love whenever I hear that BeBe was an elite talent. It makes me think of that fourth down pass he dropped last year against the Dawgs…
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It’s Tech. Who gives a rat’s ass.
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No Heisman for Nesbitt?
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Grohmentum knows no bounds. God Save the Groh!
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After how s.c. ran on UGA , 1k isn’t too hard to buy.We see the sc back is closer to jasper than Walker. The maroons were dominating in 4th qtr. How much scotch before the” train wreck” images go away?
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Don’t you UGA fans have better things to do than bash us? Last time I checked, yall are 1-3, we are 2-2. Seems yall need to check yourself first.
FWIW, I’m *almost* rooting for yall this saturday over fifth down u.
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Dude, misery loves company. 😉
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I’m rooting for Al Groh to get a contract extension.
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I don’t get your handle. I think a more appropriate one would be, “We can’t figure out a way to reliably transport our piece of junk Ramblin’ Wreck, so instead we back into buildings with our lame promotional vehicles.”
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You mean “the real 1990 National Champs, who didn’t beat a 15th-ranked Nebraska team in their bowl” team?
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