Durham says that where he thinks Tech will surprise the most is

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on "Special Teams"! (Nearly sat up straight in the lounge chair). Wes says "that as good as Manget was & the 4 yrs he gave us, Burnett can do it too. Dyke was good & Higgins will do fine, so we're covered in that area. But the biggest surprise could be Kenny Scott & Dennis Davis back to return KOs. That could be very exciting with that speed. And with Jonathon Smith returning punts he's a threat to take it to the house on every punt. This should improve our STs a great deal". (Hadn't seriously thought about how the Yellow Jackets could/should be a bonafide, legitimate threat to score every time we receive a kick).
Durham says another surprise is "Reggie Ball. Ball could be the ACC Freshman of the yr & remember, Joe Hamilton was not the league's Fr OTY".
Durham adds "the media picking GT to finish 8th is just too low. You gotta remember that our back 7 on defense is pretty good & with a solid, experienced OL we have good balance on O & D".
Wes Durham always seems to give an excellent interview for Ga Tech. Always good information, but nothing controversial. Wes is now doing his 9th yr @ GT & I pray he stays another 9.
 
Higgins must not have punted in the spring or he has improved drastically. ALL of the punters in the spring game were horrible
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Evidently the punting & FG kicking have been better this Summer/Fall practice season.
I think the main pt Wes was after is that our return game will be dramatically improved. GT will have speed returning kicks & the Yellow Jackets should pick up many more pts off the return game this yr than we did last yr.
Durham may also think that our coverage teams are as good or better than last yr.
Heck, kick it around a little.
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