What do you think is the biggest key for Georgia Tech to elevate its football program to the next level?
KQ- Money and fan interest. The stadium needs to be full and loud with Georgia Tech fans and those fans need to become boosters.
Which player do you think is the most underrated on Georgia Tech’s football roster this season?
KQ- It could be someone like Brett Seither or JT Byrne or Josh Beetham. One of those tight ends or hopefully more than one will step up to fill those voids left by Hawes, Goede and Boyd. Seither was having a great camp before he got hurt. He had turned the corner with his back injury and then blew out his knee on a fluke thing.
How challenging is it balancing objective reporting while maintaining good relationships with coaches and players?
KQ- It can be a struggle hence why sometimes other fanbases get REALLY mad at me when I lose my cool and tweet something stupid because I'm in the moment too much. It can be hard. The best example is the Ricky Brumfield thing because I knew way too much about what was going on and was talking to both sides of it and I had to basically say he look it is a shitty business and stuff happens and I don't care really, my job is to cover who is here fairly. Key totally gets it and it took Ricky some time but he understood where I was coming from as well. I wasn't interested in being in the middle of anything and at the same time I was trying to be protecting of people I care about on a personal level.
It is hard with players because sometimes I'll have a great relationship with a player or their family or both and they stink and that is tough.
What’s the most memorable moment you covered during your career in sports journalism?
KQ- Probably the Miami GM two years ago when they lost in the most improbable way humanly possible. As great as the blocked kick in 2015 against FSU was, that was unbelievable. The coolest thing I've had a chance to do was cover the playoff game between Michigan and Alabama in the Rose Bowl.
If you could interview any coach or athlete, past or present, who would it be and why?
KQ- Babe Ruth. I grew up loving the legacy and history of baseball and I would love to know more about those times and he was such an amazing character I think it would be fun to have some drinks and talk baseball.
Who do you think is someone we should pay close attention to in the 2026 class football wise?
KQ- Chad Fairchild, he loves GT and is a GT-type kid and I expect him to be one of the first commits in this class. He would be a good ambassador for the class as well.
McKenzie is RB coach. Weinke is the QB Whisperer snd game plan collaborator w/Faulkner. Buster also calls the plays. We all know that Key has everything planned and coordinated before every major move. Do you know or can you speculate what Bohannon’s role will be?
KQ- He is there to help with ideas and to be someone Key can lean on and another set of eyes and ears with tons of experience coaching skill positions in college football and coaching in games. Key has a group of people he trusts in his inner circle and Bohannon is someone who can add a lot to that. It isn't as much as Xs and Os as it is a million other things.
In Athens, drunken drag racing capital of the US, it seems very quiet following the tragic deaths and the persistent speeding violations which continue. Years past the AJC would have blown the whole sleazy thing up with good investigative journalism. Any idea what’s going on and what you expect will evolve?
KQ- They nearly got sued into the stone age because of some alledged sloppy reporting by that guy who got fired and also dragged Pastner in a shitty manner. Ever since that happened they backed way off. UGA also prints money for them so they aren't going to bite that hand that feeds them that hard.
Do you think that because of Travis Hunter we will see a rise in dual position players, even if it is a small percentage?
KQ- We really haven't seen much of that. Deion Sanders did it a little bit. There are lots of guys who were return guys or special teams guys and offense or defense guys, but not all three phases or playing both ways consistently. I think Hunter will have a role both ways, but he isn't going to play 100 snaps a game in the NFL IMO.
Does Diop have a chance to reclassify or is he for sure 26? Also I know Alex mentioned he was raw offensively which has generated some…replies. What do you guys see his long term offensive potential being?
KQ- I'll let @Alex Farrer chime in on that.
I know everyone is excited about landing a big recruit in Sylla, but is Kirouac a sleeper for next year? Seems like he’s gotten a lot of good development this year at OTE
KQ- Cole is getting the experience GT hoped he would get at Brewster now at OTE and that is big for them and him getting more time to develop so it will be interesting to see if he can hit the ground running or not. They passed on Jackson McVey to keep Cole so that is a good sign they like what they are seeing.
Nait and Baye both have had some sophomore slumps but I also think Nait has approved in some areas. Can you compare how Jose performed his sophomore vs freshmen year and what Nait needs to work on to take his game to the next level?
KQ- Jose had a rough sophomore season and if folks can remember that far back he missed like 20+ threes in a row that season and his shooting numbers were terrible. He had career lows in just about every stat as a sophomore and then bounced back. I think Nait has some of that in him. They are very different players, Jose is a defensive gem and a gamer, Nait is more of an orchestrator and struggles more on the defensive end. Jose was also an absolute pitbull on the court, Nait isn't geared like that.
If the football roster, remained the same as it is today plus freshman arriving in the summer compared to last year (no transfers in or out) is the:
Offense: Same, Better or Worse
Defense: Same, Better or Worse
Special Teams: Same, Better or Worse
Overall: Same, Better or Worse
KQ- Offense better improved at RB and WR, defense probably better with the LB play and improved bodies in the secondary even if the pass rush takes time to figure out, special teams same for now and overall I think the team is better with a few questions on the DL.
Would it be possible we offer Faulkners Son, I watched his state championship game and he is a Baller for sure.
KQ- Harrison?, maybe I'm not sure how they feel about that. That is probably a conversation I have some time when I see Harrison in the springtime to see how they feel about that idea. He is developing nicely as a QB though.
