Another big week in off-the-field news, as Tech hires Chip Long to replace recently-dismissed Dave Patenaude at offensive coordinator and two more Jackets are leaving the Flats. According to reporting by the AJC’s Ken Sugiura, Long will receive double the pay of his predecessor and become Tech’s highest-paid
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As Tech tries to re-establish itself after the recent coaching shake-up, the player departures continue. Running back Jamious Griffin, once a key recruit to kick off Geoff Collins’ tenure, will enter the transfer portal. Starting DB Juanyeh Thomas will also be gone next season after electing to enter the NFL
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Tech announced the hiring of Chip Long as offensive coordinator (OC) on Sunday, bringing the experienced coordinator over from Tulane for the 2022 season. After successful stops at Memphis (2016) and Notre Dame (2017-19), Long served as offensive analyst at Tennessee in 2020 before moving back into the OC role
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Gibbs, Yates, Amerson and Camp have announced their intention to transfer Four Jackets will be entering the transfer portal, most notably starting (er, sorry, A-T-L) running back Jahmyr Gibbs and oft-used QB Jordan Yates, who started six games this year and will be graduating in May. Running back Tony Amerson
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In case you missed it, Tech’s Athletic Directory Todd Stansbury sent a letter to the fans on Monday (which for some reason is a giant image instead of just text 🤷♂️). Here’s my summary: * “Three wins does not meet the standards of Georgia Tech football” * “…progress was still apparent
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On the heels of the 3rd straight 3-win season under Head Coach Geoff Collins, 3 coaching staff changes have been made at the Institute. Offensive coordinator Dave Patenaude and defensive assistants Nate Burton and Jeff Popovich will not be retained. Check out the full press release at RamblinWreck.com here.
Top-Ranked Georgia Makes Quick Work Of Jackets In 45-0 Romp Georgia Tech’s 2021 season came to a merciful end on the last Saturday in November on their home field. The Bulldogs from Athens treated Tech’s allegedly progress-laden program like the proverbial fire hydrant, quickly extinguishing any faint hope
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Yellow Jackets Have No Answers For The Thrashing By The Irish For the record, Georgia Tech lost to Notre Dame on Saturday in South Bend. It was Tech’s 5th straight loss, bringing them to a 3-8 record for Year 3 under Coach Geoff Collins. The outcome itself was not
I’ve been a lead writer now for several years– actually 5 in total, and nearly 3 in my present position here at RamblinSports. My schedule calls for one article per week. Readers complain that I don’t always get my article out on time. In fact, I have missed
Collins’ Crew Drops 4th Straight In Another Groundhog Day Grind Anybody else hear that song by Sonny and Cher? ” I Got You Babe” is heard in the opening moments of Groundhog Day, the old Bill Murray movie in which life replays itself day after day? I swear I heard it
Georgia Tech fell to visiting Miami of Ohio Tuesday night at McCamish Pavilion in the 2021-2 season opener for both teams. Tech held a lead with just over 2 minutes to go, but missed the final six shots while the visiting Redhawks scored the last nine points to grab the
Yellow Jackets Fall By 3– Despite Ongoing Improvement Coach Geoff Collins brought his Yellow Jackets to south Florida with a clear cut goal. Win the game. By doing so, they would snap a 2 game losing streak. They would also preserve a chance to finish 4-4 in the ACC this