Saturday, January 17, 2004

A Daily Dose

BASKETBALL
LadyJackets look to bounce back from a 3-game skid............ Here is more on Elder's "lack of concentration" and his current "slump".................. For another good preview of tonight's contest with the Twerps, click here for a local MD paper's take................. Here is a nice story from the Washington Post about J.Jack and his background in high school........... Here is a nice article about the team, but I hate it when writers refer to our players at "interchangeable parts". Each of these guys is VERSATILE, but they all have different strengths and weaknesses to their game.

FOOTBALL
Ted Roof believes in a "master plan" and is ready to coach at Duke.......... On top of that his recruiting efforts are already paying off............ . Coach Gailey has put his football update on his website for the H-Bowl. Nice comments all around............ Senior Hugh O'Reilly will play for the South in the Villages GridIron Classic on Jan 31.............. Did Bobby Dodd launch the career of Gatorade??? Check out this article, and this excerpt - "The real test came when the Gators met Georgia Tech in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 1, 1967. Led by Heisman quarterback Steve Spurrier and sophomore halfback Larry Smith, the team mounted a fourth-quarter rally to defeat the Yellow Jackets 27-12. Smith's 94-year touchdown run set an Orange Bowl record. After the game, Graves related, Tech head coach Bobby Dodd told him, "We didn't have Gatorade. That made the difference."..............

MISC
Evidently even hardened criminals (or GT alumni) are strong Jacket fans. This guy left a GT hat at the scene of his crime................ A GT professor has been named to NASA's independent safety panel.