Monday, September 01, 2008

Injury Report and more

JEFFERSON OUT, BARNES IN
Brad Jefferson will not play against BC, which is a blow to the defense. Travis Chambers get the start, which is an interesting story of 2nd chances. The good news is the A.Barnes is listed in the new depth chart as the starter.

GARDNER ACC O-LINEMAN OF THE WEEK
Kudos to Andrew Gardner, who was named the ACC's O-lineman of the week for helping the Jackets rack up major yardarge (484 total). Now, I'm curious if there's a serious analysis done on his specific performance, or if he's the senior, high profile guy on the line. By the way, Gardner is one of 4 guys that lead the nation in consecutive games started, now at 40.

DIGGING INTO DEPTH CHART
Not much has changed in the latest depth chart.

ACC WEEK 1 RELEASE
The ACC has released week 1 stats / notes. As for "fun with stats", how about this - Jaybo Shaw leads the ACC in passing efficiency at 234. Ok, so he was 3-3 with 0 TD and 0 INT's. Not many attempts, but he hit every one. Josh Nesbitt was 8th in the league in efficiency at 103. As a team, GT was 4th in the ACC in week one in passing efficiency. Morgan Burnett leads the ACC in INT's of course. Jonathan Dwyer is 2nd in rushing, and surprise surprise, Georgia Tech leads the ACC in team rushing (7th nationally) and total offense. However, the Jackets were the most penalized team last week.

Here's a funny stat after week 1 - Clemson has the top four players who lead the league in tackles. Of course when you're on the field ALL game and have tons of plays run against you, somebody has to make tackles.

Of course stats are meaningless for 1 week and mostly against cupcakes.... well except for Clemson, who turned out to be the cupcake.

Lastly, how about some highlights from our victory: