roddy-jones Stories - From The Rumble Seat
Roddy Jones Replay
The 54 yard TD by Roddy Jones against ugag is an excellent clip of our triple option at work. You see the fake to Dwyer (21), the option by Nesbitt (9), and the downfield blocking. The above diagram shows the GA defenders that could make a play (red) and those completely removed from the play...
Football reading for those found wanting more
Here's a great entry by Navy blogger Mike. He discusses Paul Johnson and new head coach Ken Niumatalolo's efforts in the wake of Johnson's departure.Yahoo! has always been my favorite source of sports information but the merger with Rivals is a little annoying. Either way, here's a featurette about...
Quick weekend hits
Nesbitt article on Yahoo!/Rivals. Pretty good read about his transition from passer in HS to runner in CFB. Here's a Q/A with Nesbitt from the AJC. It's good too. I really like hearing from Nesbitt. I think it's shining a good light on an otherwise silent killer on the football field (compared to...
Touchdowns per Touch
I'm on a touchdown per play kick right now. I'm digging deep into ramblinwreck.com's data to pull out some more interesting information for all the GT fans. I had to truncate my data diving to CCG/CPJ Era players and players with a minimum of 100 touches. This means they played in 2002-2008 seasons...
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