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Some old stuff, but I'm back in action again from the holiday. Just getting geared up for what promises to be a frustrating hoops game against Air Force.
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU SAY HHHMMMMM
A coincidence that Music City Bowl Director Scott Ramsey is a graduate of Old Dominion University, which is of course in the "great" state of Virginia? Hhhhmmmmm.
RECRUIT MAKES VA 1ST TEAM
Trevor Bray makes the Virginia state 1st team as a RB and LB.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW - JIMMY DIXON
JD gets picked up by the Green Bay Packers. Outstanding.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW - WILL HELLER
Tight end Will Heller signed with the Tampa Bay Bucs.......... again. That's where he spent his first two seasons. He was cut by the Bucs on the eve of the 2005 season. He played 7 games for Miami this year before being cut.
PICKING BOWLS BASED ON WHO WANTS TO BE THERE
Interesting concept, but one that wouldn't bode well for Jacket fans.
HOOPS - FAYE ON BOARD
The hoops team has another running mate - at least in practie. 6'8 Mouhammad Faye from Senegal will be able to practice with the team the remainder of the season, sit on the bench (as he did last night against JU), but will not play until next season. That's another big class, but I'm not quite sure how the scholarship situation works out now. Below are the last 3 classes for coach hewitt.
2004...FREDRICK, DICKEY, J-SMITH, A-MORROW
2005...CLINCH, AMINU, BELL, DIAW
2006...T-YOUNG, J-CRITTENTON, B-SHEEHAN, Z-PEACOCK, M-FAYE
Next season, Mario West will be a senior. With this group that's 14 scholarships. However, it has not been made clear of Paco Diaw and/or Faye are on 'ship or not. By the way, the issue with Faye seemed primarily centered around the transfer of class credits to Tech. It does not appear to have been an issue with grades, although I have not confirmed that 100%.
D'ANDRE BELL IS A HOMETOWN HERO
Nice blurb on him here:
Before beginning his collegiate career at Georgia Tech, D'Andre made his final season at Palisades High a heroic one, returning from an injury to average 25 points and 10 rebounds a game and leading the Dolphins to a playoff berth.
IT'S OUR OWN FAULT WE CAN'T BEAT BOWDEN
Evidently it was a Georgia Tech drubbing at the hands of Penn State back in the 1960's at the Gator Bowl that got Bobby Bowden partially motivated to get into coaching. How do you like that?
RECRUITING WEB
Interesting story. Justin Roper is a highly rated high school QB out of Buford GA. His father Brad played and coached at Georgia Tech, and it turns out his father was the guy who convinced Ted Roof to come play for Georgia Tech. Brad's son just committed to Oregon State over Duke (coached by Ted Roof) and Louisville. Interesting since Oregon State already has 2 QB commits - and now 3.