Former Georgia Tech RB Devin Ellison, a recent graduate of the school, has joined the staff as an Assistant RB coach.

should be a fun event for a good cause.

They need this to go away as quickly as they can. Was she driving a UGAA vehicle? Either way, an employee of the UGAA caused the wreck.

How does everybody feel about Russell entering a Transfer Portal FutureCast for Georgia Tech to land USF transfer Eddie Kelly following his OV.

Drinkin with the Jackets is back with Wasty and the Memphis Magi interviewing 2014 Orange Bowl Champion/2016 Citrus Bowl Champion Isiah Wills. Crack a crispy boi and kick back as Ike recounts his time playing on the Flats and his continual support for the Jackets. We also go into the change of direction in the program with Coach Key and the spring game. So sit back and with a 6er and give it a listen!

Well, the layoff bug jumped up and bit the BF household last week (while we were away on vacation, at that) when SWMBO got a call as we were leaving an Irish pub only to be informed she was one of the latest 6K+ affected by the big 3M downsizing.

Some of you know her already, but to summarize she's an HIS professional with a MISM (concentration HISM), with her most recent experiences with 3M's HIS business unit as a Clinical/Healthcare Data Analyst & Business Analyst.

Happy to forward her resumé and/or additional info if anyone has any contacts or can offer any assistance! Thanks, JOL!!

Tyler Nelome of Southeast Missouri State. Dutchtown, GA native.

Louisville, Washington, and West Virginia have all offered as well.

Had 25 tackles, 1.5 TFL, 1 sack, 1 INT, and 5 PBU last season.

Fire away

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The Top-10 picks as high school recruits:
1. Bryce Young (Panthers): 5-star
2. CJ Stroud (Texans): 4-star
3. Will Anderson (Texans): 5-star
4. Anthony Richardson (Colts): 4-star
5. Devon Witherspoon (Seahawks): 0-star
6. Paris Johnson (Cardinals): 5-star
7. Tyree Wilson (Raiders): 3-star
8. Bijan Robinson (Falcons): 5-star
9. Jalen Carter (Eagles): 5-star
10.Darnell Wright (Bears): 5-star

From @Russ Wood

Keion White has always been great with the media. From the time he first let JOL know that Georgia Tech was his transfer destination.

White’s been the same guy since that day, at least with me. Nothing phases him. How White, someone who is not a fan of the glitz and glamour, ended up falling for Geoff Collins’ sale pitch I will never understand. As Keion would say, everything happens for a reason.

He spent time with the media on Friday night after being drafted No. 46 overall by the New England Patriots.

Ken, in what will likely be one of his last GT football moments, asked Keion what yesterday was like for him, waiting in Kansas City all night and not hearing his name called.

In true Keion White fashion, he didn’t bite on the chance to give a sound bite. White noted that such a select few prospects had the chance to be invited to the NFL Draft, and that for the rest of his life he will remember that. He will never have the chance to do that again, and enjoyed his time in Kansas City before returning to Atlanta prior to rounds two and three on Friday.

White was asked what Patriots fans should know about him. He was open about the fact that he is someone that is constantly looking to improve, in every aspect of his game. He’s never going to get complacent, and is always going to grind.

Someone asked if not being drafted in the first round put a chip on his shoulder. He shot that down quickly, and said that the chip is no bigger today than it was yesterday.

The most surprising part of the interview was when he was asked about his communication with the Patriots during the pre-draft process. White revealed that he and the Patriots had ZERO contact, but noted that their personalities meshed well.

White said that he is ”all about business” which fits in well with the culture of the Patriots organization.

That Georgia Tech has locked in an official visit with former Alabama defensive back Jahquez Robinson.
Login to view embedded media Colorado and Wisconsin are set to host him prior to his GT visit, which will take place beginning next Thursday.

Next weekend is shaping up to be a big one potentially with portal visitors, with USF DE Eddie Kelly locked in as well.

More names as I get them.

I've spent some time talking to sources the last few days ahead of the NFL Draft.

Here is the latest on GT-related guys.

Keion White appears to be slipping to the mid-2nd round right now. The flow of DL draft picks will end up moving him up or down as there can always be a run on guys and sometimes teams will draft up a target late in the 1st round, but as of right now that is what the people around White expect to happen.

Jahmyr Gibbs former GT/Bama RB could go #28 to the Cincinnati Bengals, that is the hot rumor today but again that just depends on how draft boards fall and who is available.

Things are cloudier for Charlie Thomas and the other Jackets, day three at best for them. Some have Charlie getting draft and some have him as a UDFA. EJ Jenkins is in the same boat, he is likely to be a guy on someone's practice squad next year seeing if they can mold him into something. I don't expect anyone else to have a shot at getting drafted or getting a true UDFA deal. I think others will get rookie mini-camp deals.

Discuss

LIVE LEADERBOARD FOR MATCH CHAMPIONSHIPS: SEMIFINALS

LIVE LEADERBOARD FOR STROKE PLAY FROM GOLFSTAT

• The Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Golf Championship is set for April 21-24 at the Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The format includes three rounds of stroke play on Friday and Saturday followed by match play semifinals on Sunday and match play finals on Monday. North Carolina is the top seed for this year's event, and Wake Forest enters as the defending champion.

• This will mark the eighth time that Pinehurst has played host to the ACC Men's Golf Championship and the second time at the Country Club of North Carolina, which first hosted in 1966.

• The first round Friday begins at 7:30 a.m. with continuous play throughout the day for the second round. The third round on Saturday begins at 9 a.m. Match play semifinals on Sunday and finals on Monday begin at 9 a.m. Spectators are allowed at the ACC Men’s Golf Championship and it is not a ticketed event. Parking will be available just outside of the main gate, with a shuttle service to the clubhouse.

• The semifinals and finals of the ACC Men’s Golf Championship match play will be televised live on ACC Network Extra from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Ryan Burr (play-by-play) and Steve Scott (analyst) will provide the call. A championship recap show will air May 1 at 9 p.m. on ACCN. Owned and operated by ESPN in partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC Network (ACCN) and its digital platform ACCNX is a 24/7 national network dedicated to ACC sports that launched on August 22, 2019.

Sunday ACCNX Watch Link

Monday ACCNX Watch Link

• Four ACC teams are included in the Golfstat Top 25 rankings of April 12. No. 2 North Carolina leads the way, followed by No. 6 Florida State, No. 12 Georgia Tech and No. 16 Virginia.

• Six ACC teams are ranked among the top 25 in the current Golfweek rankings – No. 2 North Carolina, No. 5 Florida State, No. 6 Georgia Tech, No. 16 Virginia, No. 22 Wake Forest and No. 22 Duke.

• The Haskins Award Watch List includes Florida State's Cole Anderson, North Carolina’s David Ford and Austin Greaser, Virginia’s Ben James and Georgia Tech’s Christo Lamprecht. The Haskins Award is presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate golfer.

• The Dogwood Course at the Country Club of North Carolina opened in 1963 surrounding Watson Lake and Lake Dornoch, the two biggest water features in the club. The course was designed by Ellis Maples and William Byrd. A full 18 holes were constructed. The 1999 renovation was overseen by Arthur Hills and included a rebuilding of the greens, tees, and bunkers. In 2016, the course was switched over to Zeon Zoysia grass during the renovation by Kris Spence. The course is currently ranked second in the Top Courses of the Sandhills Region and third in the Top 100 Courses of North Carolina.

2023 ACC Men’s Golf Championship Schedule of Events
April 21-24, The Country Club of North Carolina
Pinehurst, N.C.

Friday, April 21, 2023
7:30 a.m. - 9:18 a.m. First Round Stroke Play Tee Times (Split Tees)
Second Round Stroke Play (Split Tees)
Continuous play from first round. No re-pairing between rounds.

Saturday, April 22, 2023
9:00 a.m. - 10:48 a.m. Third Round Stroke Play Tee Times (Split Tees)
Individual Champion Awards Ceremony at Conclusion of Play
Semifinal Team Match Play Lineup Announcements

Sunday, April 23, 2023
9:00 a.m. - 10:48 a.m. Semifinal Match Play Tee Times (All off #1)
Championship Team Match Play Lineup Announcements at Conclusion of Play

Monday, April 24, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 9:48 a.m. Championship Match Play Tee Times (All off #1)
Team Champion Awards Ceremony at Conclusion of Play

Interesting.
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Ran across this on YouTube.


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FRI: GT RHP Luke Schmolke (Fr., 4-3, 8.37 ERA) vs. GWU LHP Tyler Switalski (So., 7-2, 4.86 ERA)

SAT: GT RHP Terry Busse (So., 1-2, 3.99 ERA) vs. GWU RHP Jacob McCaskey (Sr., 1-1, 7.88 ERA)

SUN: GT RHP Jackson Finley (R-So., 1-4, 5.40 ERA) vs. GWU LHP Reid Bertram (R-Fr., 0-0, 4.32 ERA

He took Maury and turned it up to 11.

To DE Tyshon Reed.
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Good morning.

Meant to start this thread yesterday, but lost track of time with everything going on with the commit, portal targets, etc.

The coaches are back on the road, and this will quickly become a pivotal time for determining which 2024 targets are priorities, and which ones will fall down the board following an in-person eval.

Thread will remain locked for convenience.

Crowd is trending upwards this year. Think they/we had over 50 the last 2 meetings. Rod Mackenzie is speaking this week. LO Bistro is now flying a big GT flag. Good time to hang out and raise money even if you don’t learn anything new from Mackenzie.

Lefty sophomore Cam Hill will get the start for GT tonight in what I am considering a must-win for the Jackets.

Hill enters play today with a 7.31 ERA with an exact 2:1 K:BB ratio (18/9)

When he’s good he’s been very good. When he is off, he can give up runs in a hurry.

I feel like there is a lot of confusion on where things stand with GT and NIL for hoops and football so I want to clear up some things. Everything is relative to where you are positioning yourself. Right now GT has the TechWay and they are ahead of their goals (the numbers are quite guarded) for the year and they've made a lot of progress raising money, especially for football and hoops.

As I said before there was money banked for both sports and they've since raised additional money. The first goal is to have a consistently funded NIL program to both retain talent and have something to offer transfers. You can level up from there based on the support for the program and the likely ROI (i.e. winning) that donors get.

So as it relates to football. GT has money to distribute to players, but they are not going to go land Colin Simmons for example the #1 player in the country in recruiting or Sam Hartman the #1 QB in the portal because those kids are commanding extremely large amounts of NIL dollars. This is literally no different than it was in 2005, 2015 or 2019. GT isn't fishing in those holes and won't be. The majority of transfers command far less than you all would think on the open market but as I've said elsewhere specific positions can command more like linemen in football. The example I will use that is 100% real is a kid GT tried to lure out of the portal as a lineman. Two schools are currently in a bidding war up to $250k+ now as of yesterday for this player (I know the guy running the NIL for one of the schools involved elsewhere and he was lamenting the bidding war to me yesterday). GT was out of it because that is both insane for the type of player this kid is and also not how they want to operate with NIL. However Key has money to use wisely, it is a budget like a salary cap. Every coach would love more, but it is workable. Not everyone on scholarship gets significant NIL money, but they are also still getting things like cost of attendance and then what was intended to be the actual NIL experience, things like the TIVO deal or specific smaller deals like the french fry thing that Zeek Biggers had. There are microtransactions that drive the majority of the NIL deals across college sports.

Stoudamire flat out in his intro presser explained this straight up, he has a NIL budget to work with aka salary cap just like he worked with in the NBA. Both Stoudamire and Key have been extremely active in raising money with the spring game being a prime example. Stoudamire visited all the suite holders for example to visit with boosters there and Key held multiple events and they had a shared NIL event after the spring game that I've referenced a few times. Stoudamire has been clear on his pitch and vision to kids and he has been successful using his resources to add some very good talent in the last week to the roster as evidenced by the addition of Amaree Abram today.

However, there is also a cap so there are guys like Hunter Dickinson who are commanding in the million-dollar range that are going to be out of budget for GT. The center spot is the OL/DL of hoops and those guys are commanding the highest NIL right now on the marketplace so a guy like Russel Tchewe from USF has a potential bidding war with Auburn, Georgia, and Georgetown going per my sources close to Tchewe.

Here is the thing with hoops. The pool of guys commanding big money is very specific and those guys are going to the usual suspects that spent major money. Same with HS recruits, same kids are going to place that were paying under the table and now are just paying above the table.

GT is in the middle ground with a real NIL budget now, but it is a budget like any of us have. So Key and Stoudamire have to be wise with how they use it.

I hope this clears up some confusion. I think people confused me saying don't expect GT to suddenly land stud after stud in hoops or not wanting to spend their entire NIL budget on one kid with being broke. Stoudamire and Key have their individual plans and how they'd like to see the NIL money distributed and of course, this is the disclaimer, the TechWay distributes the money, not the GTAA, and it is run independently of the GTAA and the coaches.