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Not a great example since this is from a few years ago but since 2015 this thing has seemingly shit it's pants

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He was fired up, spoke for 26+ minutes

Good listen on Tech potentially being a sleeper team

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We’ve had some last minute drop outs from our group. Have 4 tickets available
BLK120 Row BB. You’ll have to pleasure to sit me and then wife. We are fun!

Send me a DM if interested.

I was catching up with a friend from high school who now works at the state capitol, and he told me a story about Coach Key coming to meet all the everyone there. He also mentioned that kirby has never made an appearance.

One of the Senators made a joke about uga beating up on GT the last few years and Key got very serious and replied with something like “that stops now. Those days are over” my buddy and all the senators were very taken aback by how serious and intense coach Key was. He is not a fan of the Jackets but was very impressed by Coach Key. Exciting times are ahead! I can’t wait to be in Ireland in 3 weeks!

Just didn’t want this buried in the recruiting buzz thread for those who don’t follow.

Edit: nevermind…couldn’t get the tweet to post properly for some reason

Watching the Olympics on NBC and a Thrivent commercial comes on. It’s a football coach and he’s running players through drills in a football stadium that looks familiar. I’m pretty sure it’s Bobby Dodd Stadium and AJ Artis the S&C coach but not sure. It has some players in it too. I may be completely off but pretty cool if true. No GT branding tho so that’s a bummer.

THE FLATS – Platinum recording artists Shaboozey, Chris Lane and Lauren Alaina will be the featured performers at the first three 2024 editions of Georgia Tech’s Helluva Block Party Driven by Hyundai. Shaboozey will perform prior to Tech’s home opener versus Georgia State on Aug. 31, Lane before the Yellow Jackets’ contest against VMI on Sept. 14 and Alaina ahead of the Jackets’ Atlantic Coast Conference showdown versus Duke on Oct. 5.



All three artists will take the stage on North Avenue right in front of Tech Tower Lawn immediately following Yellow Jacket Alley, Georgia Tech football team’s gameday arrival at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field, which is set for two-and-a-half hours prior to each home game (5:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. kickoff versus Georgia State, 1 p.m. for the 3:30 p.m. game against VMI and TBA for the contest against Duke, with the announcement of kickoff time set for 12 days prior to gameday).



Pregame concerts are FREE for all fans in attendance as part of Helluva Block Party Driven by Hyundai, which transformed the Georgia Tech football pregame experience in 2023 by bringing the excitement and pageantry of Tech football to one of the most visible and vibrant areas of campus and the city of Atlanta – North Avenue. A three-block stretch of North Avenue – from Techwood Drive/Centennial Olympic Park Drive to Tech Parkway/Luckie Street – is temporarily closed to traffic on gamedays to accommodate the activities.



Tickets for all six of Georgia Tech football’s 2024 home games are on sale and can be purchased by clicking HERE.



Surrounded by some of Georgia Tech’s most iconic locations, including the south entrances to Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field and Tech Tower Lawn, tailgating at Helluva Block Party begins four hours before kickoff of every Georgia Tech home game. For more information on Helluva Block Party, visit ramblinwreck.com/hbp, and for answers to frequently asked questions, visit ramblinwreck.com/hbp-faqs.

Good first rounds yesterday for Ollie Schniederjans, -8 in 2nd place, and Ross Steelman, -7 in 5th place. Both have afternoon tee times today. Coverage on Golf Channel today at 4pm.

He turned 46 today.

He will celebrate by recruiting and having staff meetings I'm sure as the team is off today.

Cool for him to get some recognition.

Damon Stoudamire opened up practice for a few media members on Thursday and I was lucky enough to attend. After practice, we spoke to Damon, Nait George and Kowacie Reeves.

Baye Ndongo was not in attendance as he is back home in Senegal and will return in two weeks when school starts. It cool that he got a chance to go home and spend some real time with his family this summer.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Led by Miami with five selections, nine Atlantic Coast Conference football programs had multiple players named to the 27-member 2024 All-ACC Preseason Football Team, it was announced on Thursday.



In addition to earning a spot on the preseason team, Miami senior quarterback Cam Ward was voted the 2024 ACC Preseason Player of the Year.



A total of 12 teams had at least one representative on the All-ACC Preseason Team, selected via a vote of 170 media members who were among those credentialed for last week’s ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte, North Carolina.



For the second consecutive year, Florida State had four selections. Clemson followed with three honorees, while Cal, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Syracuse and Virginia Tech all had two players named to the preseason team.



SMU, Stanford and Virginia each had one player named to the preseason team.



The nation’s leading returner in passing yards per game this season, Ward finished the regular season last year leading the Pac-12 Conference with 323 completions while at Washington State in 2023. He ranked fourth in the country with an average of 311.3 passing yards per game and was sixth nationally with an average of 323.3 yards of total offense per game. Ward tallied seven 300-passing yard games, threw 25 touchdown passes, rushed for eight touchdowns and recorded five games with one rushing touchdown and at least two touchdown passes.



Ward led the 2024 ACC Preseason Player of the Year balloting with 71 votes, followed by North Carolina running back Omarion Hampton, who was a First-Team All-ACC pick and led the league in rushing last season with 1,504 yards and 15 rushing touchdowns. Clemson linebacker Barrett Carter received 15 votes, finishing just ahead of Virginia Tech quarterback Kyron Drones (13) and Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King (12), as 11 players received at least one vote for Preseason Player of the Year.



The preseason team features 20 returning All-ACC honorees from the 2023 season, including six first-team selections, seven second-team honorees and seven third-team picks. The list also includes 2023 All-Pac-12 First-Team selection in Cal running back Jaydn Ott, who was named to the preseason team at both running back and all-purpose back after leading the Pac-12 last year in rushing yards per game (109.6) and all-purpose yards per game (135.7) which both ranked in the top 10 in all of FBS football.



2024 Preseason All-ACC Football Team

QB: Cam Ward, Miami (85)

RB: Omarion Hampton, North Carolina (114)

RB: Jaydn Ott, Cal (70)

WR: Kevin “KC” Concepcion, NC State (119)

WR: Xavier Restrepo, Miami (93)

WR: Elic Ayomanor, Stanford (42)

TE: Oronde Gadsden II, Syracuse (48)

AP: Jaydn Ott, Cal (49)

OT: Darius Washington, Florida State (93)

OT: Blake Miller, Clemson (53)

OG: Willie Lampkin, North Carolina (64)

OG: Michael Gonzalez, Louisville (56)

C: Maurice Smith, Florida State (62)



DE: Ashton Gillotte, Louisville (52)

DE: Rueben Bain, Jr., Miami (49)

DT: Joshua Farmer, Florida State (75)

DT: Aeneas Peebles, Virginia Tech (64)

LB: Barrett Carter, Clemson (129)

LB: Francisco Mauigoa, Miami (72)

LB: Marlowe Wax, Syracuse (67)

CB: Dorian Strong, Virginia Tech (65)

CB: Aydan White, NC State (56)

S: Jonas Sanker, Virginia (73)

S: R.J. Mickens, Clemson (44)



PK: Andres Borregales, Miami (92)

P: Alex Mastromanno, Florida State (81)

SP: Brashard Smith, SMU (36)



2024 ACC Preseason Player of the Year

Rk. Name, Position, School

1. Cam Ward, QB, Miami (71)

2. Omarion Hampton, RB, North Carolina (38)

3. Barrett Carter, LB, Clemson (15)

4. Kyron Drones, QB, Virginia Tech (13)

5. Haynes King, QB, Georgia Tech (12)

6. Jaydn Ott, RB, Cal (8)

7. Ashton Gillotte, DL, Louisville (5)

8. Jordan Moore, WR, Duke (3)

9. Preston Stone, QB, SMU (2)

10. Bhayshul Tuten, RB, Virginia Tech (2)

11. Antwaun Powell-Ryland, DL, Virginia Tech (1)



Votes in parentheses

170 media voters

After a guy bought lottery tickets during lunch, a predictable conversation took over the office. I usually opt out of these but I couldn’t escape it and now I’m curious how this community responds.

Scenario: lottery win nets $5M lump sum after taxes. Assume mid 40s, American dream (spouse, 2 kids, dog, $500k 4BR/3 house) in Atlanta/Charlotte/Nashville type market. Assume middle management career and good health .

- Do you retire from Corporate America, fully retire, or keep working? Why?

- where it got interesting was, how would you ensure the $5M would last? What would you do with it.


My answer was keep working and tell no one else about it. Boring, yes but I didn’t think $5M was enough. I could definitely make it work but my walk away number was higher for my idea of comfortable retirement.

So GT fandom, what say you???

THE FLATS – Georgia Tech softball head coach Aileen Morales has announced the hiring of Megan Hill as the program’s assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. Hill comes to The Flats after helping lead Campbell to back-to-back regular season conference titles and its first 40-win season in 15 years.



“We are very excited to be adding Megan to our staff,” Morales said. “She had an excellent playing career and has proven herself to be an even better coach over the last decade. Her experience and reputation as a recruiter is second-to-none. We’re looking forward to the impact her passion and knowledge will bring to our program.”



Hill joins the Yellow Jackets following two seasons at Campbell, where she helped lead the Camels to back-to-back regular season conference titles and an NCAA Regional in 2023. She was a major factor in helping Campbell claim Coastal Athletic Association Pitcher of the Year, Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year accolades.



Prior to joining Campbell, Hill spent the 2022 season as an assistant at Kennesaw State following three seasons at Radford (2019-21). She has also made coaching stops at East Central Mississippi Community College (2018), Georgia Southern (2017) and West Georgia (2015-16).



In her collegiate playing days, Hill was a standout outfielder for the University of Southern Mississippi (2007-2010), where she still holds several records, including the most HRs, 3Bs, hits, RBIs, runs, TBs, BBs, and OBP over a career. She earned C-USA's newcomer of the year, second team all-conference three times, first team all-conference once, and Southern Miss student-athlete of the year her senior year. She graduated with a B.S. in Exercise Science in 2010.



She received her Master of Art in teaching degree at the University of West Georgia where she worked with the Wolves’ outfielders and also had a helped with hitting and base running instruction. She also served as a graduate assistant for strength & conditioning.



Prior to her time at West Georgia, Hill was an assistant coach at Oak Grove High School as well as Petal High School, both in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. At both stops she helped oversee the offense as well as developed the outfielders. At Oak Grove, she was instrumental in guiding the team to the 2013 district championship as well as the AAAAAA South State Championship and the overall AAAAAA state crown. In 2011 at Petal HS, she helped guide the team to the district championship as well as the AAAAAA South State Championship. Petal finished the 2011 campaign as the state runner-up.



Hill is a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and holds a degree in exercise science from Southern Miss as well as a Master of Arts in teaching from the University of West Georgia.

More preseason love for Jackets

Damon Stoudamire

Nait George

Kowacie Reeves