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A couple of fellow out of towners seemed to want more, so here's today's report:
I got to practice a bit early and sat down next to an older gentleman. We were just about the only folks there and it was a wonderful surprise to realize it was Furman Bisher. I was blessed to talk for a good thirty minutes with what I believe is the last of the great sports writers. His stories are great, his use of the language even better.
We talked about his son's passing and the donation he made to Tech in his name. We talked about changes at the AJC and his disappointment in losing some good writers. We talked about marriage, kids, $700 I just paid for books for mine, softball, Paul Johnson of whom he says good things, Josh Nesbitt's injury, Gardner, Tech's DL (ok I talked about those guys), selling peanuts at Grant Field (his son sold programs), USAFA, his style of writing and how's it's had to change over the years, etc. I must say it was a great thirty minutes that, for me anyway, could have gone for the whole practice. Anyway, thanks Furman. (He went to Furman by the way).
Practice:
Again since it's been reported, Nesbitt is not practicing and just doesn't look like he's ready to anytime soon either. Folks were saying that he was told to not use the arm and that he's okay. Here's hoping.
Jaybo Shaw had a pretty good practice again. He's fluid with the offense and has some spunk about him. I am very impressed with his maturity shown so far and his arm is okay too. Booker looks like a good guy trying to do his best to fit a system not intended for his game. But I like him, he's got some maturity. Bryce and Tevin are a bit back IMO.
When our offense gels, it's really a thing to watch. It's certainly a big play offense. Booker broke one off at the end of scrimmaging and just let everyone sitting at the Skiles Fountain know about it. Good stuff.
Our DL is stout however and our offense doesn't open many big holes up the middle. However in goal line drills the offense did okay and scored maybe three times out of 8 plays or so. Each TD comes with hooping and hollering by the O. Again good stuff.
I was blessed to see two very different days worth of practice. Unfortunately I also saw an important player hyperextend his knee doing backpedaling drills today. He kept trying to fix his knee the whole day, it won't be serious but it may slow him down for a while.
I also saw the ball on the ground a few times. One was plain bad QBing, the others were just dropped balls. I'm sure everyone agrees that we have to limit these.
The first team defense is set on the line and mostly set in the backfield. Linebackers are changing a lot, we have good depth there I think. I enjoyed watching LB drills where blockers go through different movement and players are taught to react.
As stated yesterday, TJBarnes is just immense and he is a pretty good player. Against the second or third team he is a real problem. I'm not sure I saw him against the first team O but he has a good future. But of course we need players next year for the DL.
Once again we have lots of young players and are still dealing with probation for a while longer. It also seems that plenty of walkons are participating more than I would have thought.
Ask me what you want if you have a specific.
I got to practice a bit early and sat down next to an older gentleman. We were just about the only folks there and it was a wonderful surprise to realize it was Furman Bisher. I was blessed to talk for a good thirty minutes with what I believe is the last of the great sports writers. His stories are great, his use of the language even better.
We talked about his son's passing and the donation he made to Tech in his name. We talked about changes at the AJC and his disappointment in losing some good writers. We talked about marriage, kids, $700 I just paid for books for mine, softball, Paul Johnson of whom he says good things, Josh Nesbitt's injury, Gardner, Tech's DL (ok I talked about those guys), selling peanuts at Grant Field (his son sold programs), USAFA, his style of writing and how's it's had to change over the years, etc. I must say it was a great thirty minutes that, for me anyway, could have gone for the whole practice. Anyway, thanks Furman. (He went to Furman by the way).
Practice:
Again since it's been reported, Nesbitt is not practicing and just doesn't look like he's ready to anytime soon either. Folks were saying that he was told to not use the arm and that he's okay. Here's hoping.
Jaybo Shaw had a pretty good practice again. He's fluid with the offense and has some spunk about him. I am very impressed with his maturity shown so far and his arm is okay too. Booker looks like a good guy trying to do his best to fit a system not intended for his game. But I like him, he's got some maturity. Bryce and Tevin are a bit back IMO.
When our offense gels, it's really a thing to watch. It's certainly a big play offense. Booker broke one off at the end of scrimmaging and just let everyone sitting at the Skiles Fountain know about it. Good stuff.
Our DL is stout however and our offense doesn't open many big holes up the middle. However in goal line drills the offense did okay and scored maybe three times out of 8 plays or so. Each TD comes with hooping and hollering by the O. Again good stuff.
I was blessed to see two very different days worth of practice. Unfortunately I also saw an important player hyperextend his knee doing backpedaling drills today. He kept trying to fix his knee the whole day, it won't be serious but it may slow him down for a while.
I also saw the ball on the ground a few times. One was plain bad QBing, the others were just dropped balls. I'm sure everyone agrees that we have to limit these.
The first team defense is set on the line and mostly set in the backfield. Linebackers are changing a lot, we have good depth there I think. I enjoyed watching LB drills where blockers go through different movement and players are taught to react.
As stated yesterday, TJBarnes is just immense and he is a pretty good player. Against the second or third team he is a real problem. I'm not sure I saw him against the first team O but he has a good future. But of course we need players next year for the DL.
Once again we have lots of young players and are still dealing with probation for a while longer. It also seems that plenty of walkons are participating more than I would have thought.
Ask me what you want if you have a specific.
