Dedrick Mills and KirVonte Benson are both cleared to play this week according to Johnson. Mills will compete with Marcus Marshall for the starting B-back spot.
"(Dedrick) will play wherever he fits. If he ends up winning the starting job, he will start," Johnson said. "It is a clean slate. (Marcus Marshall) was okay, but just okay."
"Vanderbilt is really physical and big. I'm really impressed with the linebacker #41 (Zach Cunningham), the free safety #14 is a good player (Ryan White) and they got some size and some good players. They will certainly be an upgrade over last week," Johnson said.
CPJ said injury wise they are clean, Trey Klock ankle injury said he is fine today. Reaffirmed that Justin Thomas is not hurt.
CPJ said Monday practice was fine, special teams, error correction and introduction to Vandy.
CPJ said Brentavious Glanton caught his eyes out of the newbies.
CPJ said the defense was what you saw, but they didn't give up points, said they got to get better on 3rd down and not let teams get down. Said same with the offense, needs to play better. Said the D needs to play better on 1st and 2nd down to create third and longs.
CPJ said LB production wasn't great last week.
CPJ said if they can give up 10 or less they will win here most of the time.
CPJ said the stats are a little misleading, use average yard per play or whatnot, said the game had 8 possessions per games, Louisville and Cuse had 13 in the 1st half, said numbers won't be the same for either side of the ball.
CPJ said he feels good about playing Matthew Jordan, said he has a role on the team. CPJ said he has been comfortable playing him in any situation.
CPJ said Parker Braun is competing for the starting job at RG, said they want to get Kenny Cooper in the game because he will need to play some center this year.
Players of the game: Pat Gamble (defense), Qua Searcy (offense) and Chase Alford (special teams).
Brandon Adams said he arrived at GT at 349 is down to 337, goal is 335 for this season. Said he ran with Shamire Devine all summer. Said he would not like to see Kennesaw Mountain or Stone Mountain again.
CPJ said the punter job is still open between Grant Aasen, Ryan Rodwell and now Chase Martenson. Don't want to try Butker there.
CPJ said no suspensions, every one made it to meetings and practice (he confirmed my reports on why Mills and Benson were suspended last week.)
CMP said that Brandon Adams is still catching up to the speed of the game.
CMP said they are still bringing along KeShun Freeman as he nurses his ankle back to health.
Rod Rook-Chungong said this is more of his type of game this week, run support/smash mouth game.
CTR said they had a very simple game plan for Mercer and the screen stuff caught them off guard, said it was his vault the adjustment was so bad, expects to see more of it, but will have more in the package this week for Vandy.
David Curry is expected to split even more reps with Terrell Lewis this week, Roof said Curry was one of the few bright spots at LB.
CPJ said he expects Vandy to ram the ball down GT's throat (his words) said their leading WR has only four catches. Going to be a very physical game.
CPJ said J.J. Green is coming along and the more he plays the better he will get and he is not afraid of contact and is physical.
CTR busted Ken's balls for asking about the game from 1983.
CTR said that Vandy RB is the best back they've faced so far, said the OL is really good as well and they have to play much better defensively.
CTR said the run fits need to be better and they have to tackle even better this week at LB, said that will be the key.
CTR said the defense is playing with fire and haven't got burned yet, said that is his concern, need to stop playing with fire.
CTR said he made some calls that put the guys on defense in tough positions against those screens.
CTR said eye placement was bad and it cost them on some key downs on defense, said it will get exposed more if it doesn't improve, point of emphasis this week. Said too many guys were looking in the backfield and getting caught on blocks because of it.
Justin Thomas, Harrison Butker and Pat Gamble were voted by the team as the permanent captains.
"(Dedrick) will play wherever he fits. If he ends up winning the starting job, he will start," Johnson said. "It is a clean slate. (Marcus Marshall) was okay, but just okay."
"Vanderbilt is really physical and big. I'm really impressed with the linebacker #41 (Zach Cunningham), the free safety #14 is a good player (Ryan White) and they got some size and some good players. They will certainly be an upgrade over last week," Johnson said.
CPJ said injury wise they are clean, Trey Klock ankle injury said he is fine today. Reaffirmed that Justin Thomas is not hurt.
CPJ said Monday practice was fine, special teams, error correction and introduction to Vandy.
CPJ said Brentavious Glanton caught his eyes out of the newbies.
CPJ said the defense was what you saw, but they didn't give up points, said they got to get better on 3rd down and not let teams get down. Said same with the offense, needs to play better. Said the D needs to play better on 1st and 2nd down to create third and longs.
CPJ said LB production wasn't great last week.
CPJ said if they can give up 10 or less they will win here most of the time.
CPJ said the stats are a little misleading, use average yard per play or whatnot, said the game had 8 possessions per games, Louisville and Cuse had 13 in the 1st half, said numbers won't be the same for either side of the ball.
CPJ said he feels good about playing Matthew Jordan, said he has a role on the team. CPJ said he has been comfortable playing him in any situation.
CPJ said Parker Braun is competing for the starting job at RG, said they want to get Kenny Cooper in the game because he will need to play some center this year.
Players of the game: Pat Gamble (defense), Qua Searcy (offense) and Chase Alford (special teams).
Brandon Adams said he arrived at GT at 349 is down to 337, goal is 335 for this season. Said he ran with Shamire Devine all summer. Said he would not like to see Kennesaw Mountain or Stone Mountain again.
CPJ said the punter job is still open between Grant Aasen, Ryan Rodwell and now Chase Martenson. Don't want to try Butker there.
CPJ said no suspensions, every one made it to meetings and practice (he confirmed my reports on why Mills and Benson were suspended last week.)
CMP said that Brandon Adams is still catching up to the speed of the game.
CMP said they are still bringing along KeShun Freeman as he nurses his ankle back to health.
Rod Rook-Chungong said this is more of his type of game this week, run support/smash mouth game.
CTR said they had a very simple game plan for Mercer and the screen stuff caught them off guard, said it was his vault the adjustment was so bad, expects to see more of it, but will have more in the package this week for Vandy.
David Curry is expected to split even more reps with Terrell Lewis this week, Roof said Curry was one of the few bright spots at LB.
CPJ said he expects Vandy to ram the ball down GT's throat (his words) said their leading WR has only four catches. Going to be a very physical game.
CPJ said J.J. Green is coming along and the more he plays the better he will get and he is not afraid of contact and is physical.
CTR busted Ken's balls for asking about the game from 1983.
CTR said that Vandy RB is the best back they've faced so far, said the OL is really good as well and they have to play much better defensively.
CTR said the run fits need to be better and they have to tackle even better this week at LB, said that will be the key.
CTR said the defense is playing with fire and haven't got burned yet, said that is his concern, need to stop playing with fire.
CTR said he made some calls that put the guys on defense in tough positions against those screens.
CTR said eye placement was bad and it cost them on some key downs on defense, said it will get exposed more if it doesn't improve, point of emphasis this week. Said too many guys were looking in the backfield and getting caught on blocks because of it.
Justin Thomas, Harrison Butker and Pat Gamble were voted by the team as the permanent captains.
