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Georgia Tech
Even with the departures of three starters along the offensive line from last year’s squad, the Tech football team expects to be better up front as the 2010 season gets underway. With two redshirt seniors leading the way and several talented underclassmen expected to contribute after strong play in fall camp, the Jackets feature talent and depth at every position along the line and will look to improve their play after a season that saw the team rush for 295.4 yards per game and pass for 151.6 yards per game.
Men’s basketball team to play in tournament in Bahamas
This season, the Tech football team will have to endure multiple changes if they want to repeat as ACC Champions. The team will have a new B-back, a new starting wide receiver, a new safety and a new defensive end. Even Tech’s jerseys will be a little bit different from last year’s.
This past offseason the UGA football team has had to endure many changes. The team has to answer to a new athletic director, they have a new defensive coordinator and they have to break in a new starting quarterback. But what UGA should be worried about this coming season is possible NCAA sanctions and possibly a new head coach.
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Several of Tech football’s units have gone through transitional phases in the months following the end of the 2009 season thanks to the departures of vital players on both the offense and defense. One such unit is the wide receiving corps, which faces the task of replacing Demaryius Thomas after the star receiver departed for the NFL after his redshirt junior season. Tech has several talented options in the receiving corps, though, and the unit will look to continue improving its skills as the start of the season approaches.
Last season, Tech won the ACC and received an invite to play in the Orange Bowl. However, Tech and three other ACC teams lost their bowl games doing nothing to supplant the ACC’s reputation as purely a “basketball conference.”
The Tech football team opens the upcoming season looking to defend its ACC Championship with 14 returning starters. However, there is arguably not a single more important person returning to the Tech team than its head coach, Paul Johnson.
With the Spring Game set for this weekend, keep an eye on players at these three positions.
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