Among the many areas unsettled on the Georgia Tech roster is the running back group. A year ago this group was crowded with proven performers. But three of last year’s top four producers will not be back. Jordan Mason opted to go pro and has signed with the 49ers.
Who Are All These New Yellow Jackets? Georgia Tech has embraced the strange new world of college football. The Jackets have added 17 players via transfer since the end of the 2021 season. Of those, most are from power 5 programs, including two from Clemson, two from Notre Dame and
Coach Geoff Collins is heading into his 4th season with Georgia Tech. The upcoming year arrives on the heels of his 3rd consecutive 3-win season and some believe it will take a definite-and obvious- improvement on the win/loss ledger to keep Collins at Tech for season 5 and beyond.
It’s an old Sinatra standard, that often ended w Ol’ Blue Eyes advising his companion- to -be to “pack a small bag”. By contrast, Tech Senior Forward Jordan Usher told the press corps on Saturday that he was encouraging his teammates to pack for a week-long trip to Brooklyn
Not THOSE Lakers! ….The Clayton State Lakers, A DII Neighbor From South Atlanta The hope is that overwhelming a far inferior opponent will be a confidence builder from here on out. That was Josh Pastner’s take on his Jackets’ dominating win over Clayton State. The final score was 103-53.
Tech Remains Winless in League Play With 72-68 Loss Georgia Tech Coach Josh Pastner had said last week he wanted his team to take a fresh look at their still-young ACC slate and consider themselves as a team getting a fresh start, sporting a 0-0 mark. In reality, they were
RB coach Tashard Choice leaves for USC Tashard Choice, running backs coach and former standout Tech running back, is leaving the Flats to join Lincoln Riley’s staff at USC. He’ll serve in the same capacity under Riley. [tweet https://twitter.com/RivalsJohnson/status/1470038228313022473] Mason and Oliver set
Another big week in off-the-field news, as Tech hires Chip Long to replace recently-dismissed Dave Patenaude at offensive coordinator and two more Jackets are leaving the Flats. According to reporting by the AJC’s Ken Sugiura, Long will receive double the pay of his predecessor and become Tech’s highest-paid
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As Tech tries to re-establish itself after the recent coaching shake-up, the player departures continue. Running back Jamious Griffin, once a key recruit to kick off Geoff Collins’ tenure, will enter the transfer portal. Starting DB Juanyeh Thomas will also be gone next season after electing to enter the NFL
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Tech announced the hiring of Chip Long as offensive coordinator (OC) on Sunday, bringing the experienced coordinator over from Tulane for the 2022 season. After successful stops at Memphis (2016) and Notre Dame (2017-19), Long served as offensive analyst at Tennessee in 2020 before moving back into the OC role
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Gibbs, Yates, Amerson and Camp have announced their intention to transfer Four Jackets will be entering the transfer portal, most notably starting (er, sorry, A-T-L) running back Jahmyr Gibbs and oft-used QB Jordan Yates, who started six games this year and will be graduating in May. Running back Tony Amerson
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In case you missed it, Tech’s Athletic Directory Todd Stansbury sent a letter to the fans on Monday (which for some reason is a giant image instead of just text 🤷♂️). Here’s my summary: * “Three wins does not meet the standards of Georgia Tech football” * “…progress was still apparent