Daily Swarm

JACKETS GET 1ST FOOTBALL COMMIT
Defensive Back Tony Clark has committed to the Jackets, becoming the 1st football commit for the 2004 season. Tony is 6'2" 185lb and a solid DB. Also a standout in track in the 100 and 200 meters. He chose GT over Clemson, E.Carolina and M.Tenn.St...... On another note, South Carolina hs WR Rendrick Taylor is turning heads and already has offers from GT and other big schools like FSU, UF, Tenn, MD, Mich, UGAg and many others.

ACC BEESBALL TOURNEY STARTS TUESDAY
For the complete schedule, click here. The Jackets will play the winner of the MD / WF play-in game Tuesday night. Gametime will be 1:00 pm Wed.

BEESBALL TEAM BACK IN THE TOP 10 IN THE POLLS
Where we belong. Number 10 in Baseball America (link here). For some really screwy news, by sweeping MD by a combined 34 runs, our RPI actually got worse (link here). I guess playing a crappy team is just hard to overcome........... Also of note is that 6 Jackets were named to the All-ACC team - Boggs / Owings / Patterson / Blackwood / Kown / Remole. Link here.

COACH PATRICK NIX DAZZLES THE CROWD
Story here. Check out this quote on the GT recruiting story -

“Not many schools in the nation can walk into people’s homes and say, ‘We’re a top-five academic school in basically every category, we’ve been to seven straight bowl games — one of only 11 teams in the nation. We’re in the top 20 in all-time victories for football, the top 10 in all-time bowl appearances and we’re in the city of Atlanta. What more do you want?’
“In basketball, we were the No. 2 team in the country this year. In baseball, we’ve got the longest win streak in the country right now. Football, we’re in the top 20 in every category you want to be in. We’re not going to win them all, but we’ve got plenty to be proud of.”
He also noted how expansive the Yellow Jacket empire has become.
“We have alumni in all 50 states, and unless I’m wrong, the lowest is North Dakota with eight,” he said."

. That's right! That's what I'm talking about!!

TECH RESEARCHERS FIND MONKEYS ON PAR WITH AP SPORTWRITERS
Does this really surprise anyone?

CHAUNTE HOWARD BORN TO JUMP
Nice story on this potential Olympian.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW - JOE BURNS
Guess who is taking online classes in order to graduate with a business management degree from GT? None other than our old friend Joe Burns. Story here.

STANFORD HAS A NEW COACH LINED UP
Looks like they will hire Nevada coach Trent Johnson. So remember that "recruiting advantage" we talked about? Well, you can probably forget it. Oh, it's possible that it hurts them with a few recruits this season, but probably not a big deal moving forward.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW - TONY HARGROVE
While Tony is dazzling coaches, he is fighting fatigue. A nice story on Hargrove and other rookies as they learn about NFL speed versus college speed.

The pace didn't abate during minicamp. The Rams are thin at defensive end and seem to be seeing whether Hargrove can contribute immediately. He often ran two out of every three repetitions during drills. After an hour and a half of that Saturday, Hargrove made a rookie mistake in the seven-on-seven drills, prompting Kollar to yell for another end. Hargrove was actually a bit relieved. "I just needed a rest," he said.

Ten minutes later, Kollar yelled for Hargrove to return, again stressing that Hargrove better go full-speed. Hargrove responded by beating his man, then crossing the field to chase the ballcarrier for about 40 yards.

"They said I'd better be around the ball, so that's where I went," he said. "That's what they expect - 100 percent all the time. You've got to do everything just right."

UNC RECRUIT GOING PRO LAYS AN EGG AT WORKOUT
Look 2/3 of the way down the page to read about JR Smith and how the day after he signed with an agent, he layed a major egg in a workout for the Blazers and Jazz. Well, I wish the best for him. He's made his bed - now he's got to.... shoot out of it.

ANYONE CATCH JOE HAMILTON ON THE TUBE SUNDAY?
Wow - another great performance. He ended the game 14-17 for 168 yards, 4 TD's and 1 INT. All I can say is that I sincerely hops someone gives Lil Joe a chance to show his stuff in the NFL. Jon Gruden was at the game, but of course his brother is the HC of the Orlando team where Joe plays.