Updating GT

This from today's Atlanta Journal:

GIMME 5: Things to expect from Paul JohnsonIncluding beating Georgia
Published on: 12/18/07
Look out, Dawgs.
Award-winning author John Feinstein, who serves as color commentator for Navy football games, gives us five things Georgia Tech fans should expect from coach Paul Johnson:
1. Fast games. With Georgia Tech only throwing the ball slightly more often than the occurrence of leap year, people should be back at their tailgates sooner rather than later.
2. Lots of points. Johnson's offense will work anywhere, anytime, anyplace against anyone. Including the Falcons.
3. Wins over Georgia. He's good against arch-rivals: 6-0 vs. Army with an average score of 40-9.
4. A game against Georgia Southern. He still has a warm spot in his heart for the school.
5. A series against Army. OK, the Cadets just backed out of playing Tech but Johnson really likes playing against them.

So who will be right?

One thing is for sure-today's hiring by Georgia Tech of Paul Johnson now provides us with the opportunity to compare the progress between Nebraska under Bo Pelini and Georgia Tech under Johnson. Time will tell who is right and who was wrong. All the Nebraska fans that said Paul Johnson would be a terrible hire and that Pelini was the right choice will now be held accountable-as will I. Maybe that group will be right and Pelini will have Nebraska back in the BCS and competing for national titles shortly. Maybe I'll be right by saying Pelini is a poor man's Gene Chizik and be gone from Nebraska in 4 years. Or maybe the best scenario of all-Nebraska will play Georgia Tech in a bowl game within a few years and we'll be able to decide it on the field. Spring practice should be very interesting for both Nebraska and Georgia Tech. I'll be following both. But posters from HPH like OldTool and ToughTony won't be hiding from accountability any longer. Let the race begin.

Georgia Tech it is

And Paul Johnson will win immediately. In fact, he will have a great shot at winning the ACC next year. The GT schedule sets up nicely and he inherits a roster full of young and talented players. He goes from an instituation with no athletic scholarships and a few D-1 caliber players, to a school where he will now have athletes with the size, strength and physical abilities to beat the BCS teams. I'll always be a Nebraska football fan, even if I don't agree with the crooked decisions going on at my alma mater. But when Georgia Tech is in the BCS within two years, what will Nebraska fans and Tom Osborne, who completely passed on Paul Johnson, have to say? I imagine Tech QB Josh Nesbitt has to be the happiest player in the country right now.

This will be the player

That Johnson will build around if he takes the Georgia Tech job.

Freshman QB Josh Nesbitt

HIGH SCHOOL: The top quarterback the state of Georgia and one of the best in the nation . . . Dual-threat quarterback with tremendous athletic ability . . . Tabbed to the Scout. com national Hot 100 (No. 76) and the Rivals 250 . . . The No. 4 prospect in Georgia according to Scout.com . . . Also rated No. 14 in Georgia by Rivals . . . The No. 9 dual-threat quarterback in the nation by Rivals and the No. 12 quarterback by Scout.com . . . Two-time, first-team all-state selection and the Class AA Offensive Player of the Year as a junior . . . Named to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Super Southern 100 and preseason Super 11 team . . . Macon Telegraph Top 50 in Georgia . . . Mobile Press-Register Super Southeast 120 . . . As a senior at Greene County High, he passed for 2,256 yards and 32 touchdowns with just four interceptions . . . Completed 134-of-222 passes . . . Also rushed for 493 yards on just 93 carries and scored eight touchdowns . . . As a junior he passed for 2,833 yards with 31 TD and nine interceptions, while rushing for 1,252 yards and 22 scores . . . Also had four inteceptions in two seasons on defense . . . Coached by Larry Milligan.
PERSONAL: Full name is Joshua Leonard Nesbitt ... Parents are David Mapp and Kean Robbins ... Born April 15, 1988 ... Majoring in management.

http://ramblinwreck.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/nesbitt_josh00.html

This and That

Paul Johnson now looks like a serious front-runner for the vacant job at Georgia Tech. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports he will interview with GT today. The list of candidates was apparently been narrowed to three: Johnson, Georgia Southern coach Chris Hatcher and former CU coach Skippy Neuweasel. But Tony Barnhart reports its down to Johnson and GT defensive coordinator John Tenuta. If Georgia Tech does the smart thing they'll hire the man Nebraska didn't even give a chance to (and you know why-see the "Boosters for Bo" club). And if the Jackets do hire Johnson they'll contend for a NC within 3 years. The amount of talent currently on the GT roster is a night and day difference between what Johnson has to work with at Navy. And he can recruit from the entire Southeast part of the country. And finally he won't leave Georgia Tech until he retires. A+ hire for Georgia Tech if it happens.

Meanwhile, maybe Nebraska should change their name from the Nebraska Cornhuskers to the Nebraska "Hawks." If you know what I mean. After all, if Howard Hawks is going to run the football program, its only fair to honor him in name. This Buds' for you Howard.

Paul Jonson flying to Atlanta today

To meet with his agent, Jack Reale, according to the Capital Journal Gazette. What job is he going to take??? Stay tuned.

So my alma mater wants to silence me

Bo Pelini=horrible hire. Absolutely terrible.