Friday, January 14, 2005

Football Notes

First some recruiting notes.More on Ray Herring, who is headed to South Bend. Here's more on Herring.........Saturday is the "Superbowl of high school football". Link here. That is where Maurice Wells will make his college decision known in a pre-taped segment sometime during the telecast. The game starts at 1:00 Saturday on NBC.......


In ACC Football news, Virginia has taken a couple of hits, as TE Heath Miller and LB Darryl Blackstock have announced their intentions to go pro and enter their names in the draft.


Meanwhile, here are some good Georgia Tech football team notes, including bowl records and individual honors from the team:

2004 HONORS

ACC Rookie of the Year: Calvin Johnson, WR

All-Atlantic Coast Conference:
Calvin Johnson, WR (1st)
James Butler, FS (1st)
Eric Henderson, DE (2nd)
Gerris Wilkinson, LB (2nd)
Travis Bell, PK (2nd)
Chris Reis, LB (hm)

Freshman All-America:
Calvin Johnson, Rivals.com (1st), The Sporting News (1st)
Travis Bell, Rivals.com (1st), FWAA (1st)

ACC Player of the Week:
Calvin Johnson, Rookie vs. Clemson
Eric Henderson, Defensive Lineman vs. Maryland
Calvin Johnson, Rookie vs. Duke
Rashaun Grant, Rookie vs. NC State
Reuben Houston, Defensive Back vs. NC State
Calvin Johnson, Rookie vs. Connecticut
Calvin Johnson, Rookie vs. Virginia

James Butler, Jim Thorpe Award Semifinalist
Travis Bell, Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award, Semifinalist
Reggie Ball, Champs Sports Bowl MVP
Brad Honeycutt, G, ESPN.com All-Bowl team
Darryl Richard, DT, Sports Illustrated All-Bowl team



Thanks to "RC" for this link. Meanwhile for the 2005 season, it looks like collegefootballnews.com will have the Jackets in their probable top 25. They've revealed from 117 down to #26 and there are no Jackets to be found yet......... Rough treatment for some ACC teams - UVA #27, NCST #40, MD #49, Clemson #50, UNC #52, WF #63, Duke #78........... So who from the ACC (by process of elimination) will be on their top 25 list? Obviously Miami, FSU, VaTech, GT, BC. In other words - all 3 NEW ACC teams, along with FSU/GT.