Christo made his first cut today since joining the Korn Ferry Tour this year. He shot an eight under 64 which was the low round in the field today and finished the day in 3rd place. Highlight of the day was going 5 under on the 4 par 5’s with drives of 380, 380, 396, and 394. He also drove onto the green on one par 4 and was within 40 yards on 2 more. A strong final 2 days could put him well on the road to earning his PGA card next year. I’ll be pulling for him.

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On3, but he's coming back. If someone posted, who I've got on ignore.....oh well

Season starts today! 2pm. Apparently you can only watch games on Apple TV plus with the MLS season pass only? No more Bally?

Trying to get back into United. Used to be very into it and haven’t been since 2020.

THE FLATS – Former Georgia Tech football student-athlete Osahon Tongo has been named to the prestigious 2024 Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s 40 Under 40 Class, the organization announced this week. The annual list recognizes Georgia Tech’s most remarkable innovators, trend setters and people to watch.

A three-year member on the football team (2007-09), Tongo graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in management in 2010. A defensive end for the Yellow Jackets, Tongo helped Tech capture the 2009 ACC Championship and made three bowl game appearances. He also helped lift Tech past Clemson three-straight seasons, including a 30-27 Thursday night victory on Sept. 10, 2009 at home that he lists as his favorite memory.

Tongo is an Emmy-winning filmmaker known for his roles as a writer, director and producer. He has earned acclaim for his work on NFL360 and Netflix’s They Cloned Tyrone, while also producing a VR series, Greenwood Avenue VR, that explores the history of Black Wall Street. Tongo also holds an MFA from the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts.

Also representing the Yellow Jackets is Wendy Brown, a former member of Georgia Tech’s Goldrush Dance Team. Currently the director of regulatory and clinical affairs at Cartilage Inc., a start-up company she co-founded to commercialize engineered cartilage technologies. She is also an associate research specialist at the University of California, Irvine. Brown earned a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech and was captain of the Goldrush Dance Team.

To see the complete list of honorees of the 2024 40 Under 40 Class, please click here.

Luke Benson to the Chargers

Dylan Leonard to the Broncos

More to come .. if I miss one post in here

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I apologize if this has already been posted, didn’t see it anywhere

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech Athletics is excited to announce the revamping of the Junior Jackets Club for the upcoming 2024-25 season! The Junior Jackets Club is an exclusive membership program designed to elevate the fan experience for children aged 12 and under.



Junior Jackets Club Information

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• Tickets: Receive one free child ticket for one event in each of the following sports; football, volleyball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, and softball.

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It was fun catching up with him and he has some great CPJ stories in there and he talks about how his coaching career ended in the worst way possible.

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Holy cow what an easy schedule. Now I see why people are so hyped up on them. It has absolutely nothing to do with their actual talent. If Georgia Tech has this schedule instead, people would be all over us.

Vanderbilt, Marshall, Old Dominion, Rutgers to start is an absolute joke.

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Some interesting comments from Kyle about Santucci. Also, really seems like Kyle has the opportunity to be a real leader for our defense this fall.

not heavy on recruiting more about his basketball story

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech defensive back Clayton Powell-Lee (Atlanta, Ga./Westlake H.S.) is a nominee for the 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, the American Football Coaches Association announced on Wednesday.



The Allstate AFCA Good Works Team recognizes college football student-athletes for their unwavering commitment to community service and good works off the field. From the 178 nominees across all levels of college football, 22 student-athletes (11 from NCAA Division I FBS and 11 from Division I FBS, Division II, Division III and NAIA combined) will be named to the 2024 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team in September. The team is selected by a voting panel of former Good Works Team members, current and former head coaches and journalists.



New in 2024, the AFCA has partnered with the Wuerffel Award to bring together two of college football’s most meaningful community service awards. The Good Works Team member chosen as the FBS student-athlete that best combines exemplary community service with leadership and performance on the field will be named the winner of the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy, which will be announced during The Home Depot/ESPN College Football Awards Show in December.



Powell-Lee has been one of Georgia Tech football’s most active student-athletes in the community since his arrival at Tech in 2022. The initiatives that he has participated in include 404 Day of community service in the Atlanta community, Salvation Army Volunteer Day, representing Tech at the Black Student-Athlete Unity Summit in Los Angeles and the 2023 ACC Unity Tour in Washington D.C. and leading the creation of the student-athlete chapter within Georgia Tech’s African-American Student Union.



Georgia Tech opens the 2024 season on August 24 versus Atlantic Coast Conference rival Florida State in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Kickoff is set for noon ET and the game will be televised live on ESPN. ESPN’s College Gameday will air live from Dublin prior to the game, marking the first time college football’s most recognizable pregame show will originate from an international location.

On 3 did a list of “freakiest” recruits in the 2024 cycle and he was listed at #15/25 in the article. Pretty cool to see us getting on those types of lists. Talks about his track ability and speed. Love what Key and the staff is doing with this class!

Future Freaks: Most Athletic 2025 Football Recruits
https://on3.com/news/future-freaks-most-athletic-2025-football-recruits

Heard this has been done for UGA for a bit.

Greetings everyone,

I wanted to give an overall update on where things are with the site now about two weeks out from Russell retiring from the recruiting writing business and media days in full swing.

On the recruiting/staff writer position, I will be conducting interviews this coming week and hopefully will have a decision shortly after that and someone in place by the first of August or thereabouts. I wanted to take some time to think about what I want from that position, talk to some different people in the business, and bounce ideas off on how to grow that position as well as position myself to make the site the best it can be over the next several years. This is a lot different than when I brought Russell on board as he was initially hired as a part-time freelancer and we worked together to grow that into a bigger position. This time I am looking for a full-time person so I want to be sure about my hire and that fit and the role.

The timing worked out okay because we are in a dead period until July 24th, then a quiet period for one week, and then another dead period for all of August except in the 48 hours before a home game which only comes into play ahead of the Georgia State game.

Conference Media Days are coming up. I'll actually be at the SEC one for two days this coming week in Dallas because no one else who works for me wanted to go to Dallas in mid-July (shocker). Then I will be at the ACC one in Charlotte on Sunday with GT going on Monday and then the team should report on the 23rd and camp should start up on the 24th but we do not have a media schedule just yet. That usually comes out at the ACC Kickoff or just before. My assumption is it will be similar to last year's Fall Camp with a bunch of different avails and a few quiet days mixed in. The good news is GT starts classes on August 19th so the team will have an extended fall camp basically gaining a week by playing week zero through August 17th and then sliding right into game mode. That will give Brent Key and his staff time to work with the players and start game planning ahead of the 20-hour rule that limits practice and meeting times once classes are in session at a school.

We will provide our typical top-tier coverage of fall camp as usual.

I'll be in Ireland for the game as you all know. I'm looking forward to meeting many of you there or seeing many of you again for the first time in a while.

On the video front, I'm recording another look back with a former GT player on Monday and you should see that probably on Tuesday or late Monday night as well as doing an interview with the ACC Nation guys again on Monday, but I'm unsure when they will upload that one. I'll be cranking back up the video content and probably aiming to do things twice a week in the season. I have one other cool video lined up as well for next week that will be a fun surprise that many will enjoy (not interviewing CPJ, something different).

I'll be launching our usual GoFundMe tip jar for travel tomorrow. That is always helpful as last year we hit another all-time high on travel expenses and that comes straight out of my pocket and I still cannot raise prices on here so it is a good way to help out the site if you enjoy what we do and can spare a few bucks.

Thanks for supporting us and I'm very excited about the future of JOL,

KQ

Heads up:
I received an Email today that my tickets are ready to download.
Followed the instructions and got them downloaded to my Apple Wallet.

Where do you think the defense will rank by the end of the year?

KQ- My gut feeling is Tyler Santucci will clean up a lot of the mental errors that caused the biggest issues GT had defensively last year just based on what I've seen and heard in his brief time here. If he does just that, i would think top 75. They will face a lot of potent offenses and that could sway the numbers down a little from what it would be if they were playing an easier schedule without Notre Dame, FSU or Miami/UNC on it.

Outside of Haynes King, who do you think has been the most important transfer/recruit of the Key era so far?

KQ- That is an interesting question. My gut feeling is Paul Moala because once they figured out how to use him he became a key playmaker on defense and he had several key plays late in the season. Maybe a healthier Brett Seither would be interesting. Honorable mention to Connor Scaglione. Out of the new guys, I'm really curious about Jackson Hawes, Warren Burrell and the the two new DTs they brought in via the portal.

Are there any future games at neutral sites coming up for Tech after this season? Or is this it for a while?
I feel there is a shift in CFB to minimize those to get bigger matchups at home stadiums. I could be wrong.

KQ- As of now there isn't anything on the schedule. I would assume GT will play in the CFA Kickoff Classic again at some point in the near future if that still exists. That Bama game in 2030 would be a prime candidate for that even though I want that game at BDS. I doubt they extend the Benz deal either.

Any updates on additional baseball transfers?

A few weeks ago, Russell mentioned some additional transfers that hadn't gone public yet. I believe the last to go public was Caden Spivey, the transfer from ND.

KQ- I can ask around, to be honest that has been off my radar for so long it will take some getting back into it before I know what is going on. My hope is my new hire will pick up the baseball slack left by RJ departing.

Have you formed your @Russell Johnson replacement search committee?

KQ- I actually have two people I really trust helping me with it and RJ is going to help the new person get setup as well.

How do the freshmen look? Who is standing out other than Uche Iloh?

KQ- This has been asked a lot and answered in different ways. The guy I would tell you to keep an eye on is Isiah Canion on offense and Tah'j Butler and Jordan Boyd on defense. I think Anthony Carrie is the other guy on offense that I expect to play a large role.

Assuming full health, rank these receivers by who you think will have the most yards this year: Singleton, Rutherford, Taylor, Blackburn, Lane, Boyd, Stockton, and Leary

KQ-

Most to least: Singleton, Rutherford, Lane, Blackburn, Boyd, Taylor, Leary, Stockton.

I think Leary has to really step up with his hands if he wants to keep up his playing time especially if someone like Canion above steps up or Zion Taylor jumps some people. Haynes King loves Lane so he will get some touches and they like what he can do as a versatile piece lining up all over. Boyd and Blackburn are two of the matchup problems with their size and Boyd's size and speed. Rutherford is just rock solid and Singleton has All-ACC potential if he can improve his routes and his hands have developed as they should have in the offseason as he gets stronger in the weight room.

We are still looking for a new title sponsor for this item, but I figured I would give it a shot once again.

First here is a look back at my predictions from last year for those who were asking about that

My predictions followed by the actual regular season record and the difference in bold:

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) –The 2024 ACC Football Championship Game will kick off in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on ABC on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. This fall will be the first featuring 17 ACC football teams and for the second consecutive season, the league’s football championship game will showcase the top two teams based on regular-season conference winning percentage.



“There will be great anticipation throughout the season as our teams compete to earn a spot in the 2024 ACC Football Championship Game. We are thrilled it will once again be played in primetime on ABC and at Bank of America Stadium directly across from our conference office headquarters,” said ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips. “We look forward to an incredible 2024 ACC Football season with our 17 programs collectively playing the toughest nonconference schedule in the country in addition to each team’s eight challenging league opponents.”



The 8 p.m. ET kickoff marks the 15th time in the last 16 years that the game will be held in primetime. Since its inception in 2005, a total of 13 different teams have competed in the championship game. Last season, No. 4 Florida State emerged victorious, defeating No. 14 Louisville 16-6 to secure its fifth ACC Football Championship Game title (2005, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2023) and its 16th ACC title.



Bank of America Stadium, home of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers, has hosted 13 of the last 14 ACC Football Championship Games. In 2018, an agreement was reached to keep the game in Charlotte through 2030. Excluding the 2020 game, which had limited attendance due to the pandemic, the ACC Football Championship Games at Bank of America Stadium have averaged nearly 70,000 fans in attendance. Since 2010, the ACC has had the second-highest average attendance of any Power 5 conference championship game.



The winner of the conference championship game has advanced to the National Championship Game or competed in the College Football Playoff in eight of the last 11 seasons, including two teams in 2020. The ACC has the second most football national titles over the last 11 years and is one of only two conferences with a .500 or better record in the first 10 years of the CFP.



ACC Notes

• The ACC is the Conference of Quarterbacks, with the return of full-time starters Thomas Castellanos at Boston College, Cade Klubnik at Clemson, Haynes King at Georgia Tech, Preston Stone at SMU, and Kyron Drones at Virginia Tech, and transfers Maalik Murphy at Duke, DJ Uiagalelei at Florida State, Tyler Shough at Louisville, Cam Ward at Miami, Grayson McCall at NC State, and Kyle McCord at Syracuse among others.
• ACC has the top-ranked group of quarterback transfers in 2024 by CBS Sports.
• 13 QBs in the league enter the 2024 season with over 20 career touchdown passes and 3,500 career passing yards.
• Eight quarterbacks from ACC schools are projected to start Week 1 in the 2024 NFL season — 25 percent of NFL teams.
• Since 2018, the ACC has had at least one quarterback drafted in the first round in five different drafts — the only conference to do that.
• The ACC’s non-conference schedule continues to be the most challenging in the country.
• 27 games against Power 4 opponents, including Notre Dame, the most of any conference.
• Nine non-conference games against teams ranked in the final 2023 Associated Press Top 25 Poll, the most of any conference.
• 10 non-conference games against teams in ESPN’s 2024 Way-Too-Early Top 25, the most of any conference.
• ACC Features Elite Coaching Leadership
• Six ACC head coaches were named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List, as announced by the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and the Peach Bowl, the most of any conference.
• Two of the three active coaches to win a national title reside in the ACC - Dabo Swinney led Clemson to national titles in 2016 and 2018. North Carolina’s Mack Brown won a national title at Texas in 2005.