2023 Fall Practice Notes

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Thanks to Jackson C.:
  • Key said that the team ran 80 plays in today's scrimmage. During the last scrimmage, the team ran just under 150 plays. They got 60 plays of live reps. There were 12 series in total
  • It was a live scrimmage and all phases of the kicking game were practiced as well and they wanted to simulate a live game situation.
  • They practiced a lot of situational parts of the game today. They practiced situations in the red area with both groups. They practiced being backed up on their own end of the field and started from the -2 yard line. This was also the first day that crowd noise was introduced as part of the scrimmage and it was a mix of loud music and static noise.
  • There will be meetings and workouts on Monday, but there won't be any practice due to it being the first day of school and he wants them to get adjusted back to school.
  • They are going to be back on the field on Tuesday. Wednesday is when they are going to start introducing the game plan for Louisville.
  • Key said that the 3's got good reps today.
  • Key hopes that Bobby Dodd is the loudest stadium that they will play in this year
  • Key said that he thought both quarterbacks handled the noise well.
  • While they have made strides from the start of fall camp, Key said that they had a long way to go.
  • He said that tomorrow he is going to get together with each staff and they are going to start to talk depth chart and the players will come in tomorrow for a 2-hour meeting and watch the scrimmage and work on getting the corrections made.
  • Key singled out the young receivers today. He said they were put in different situations and that the ball security all around was good. Christian Leary and tight end Brett Seither were a couple of the standouts
  • Key said that the running backs all had opportunities today and they made plays, including in the passing game. There were good runs after the catch, running in between the tackles, and tough runs in the tight red area today
  • The defensive front had a good day and controlled the line of scrimmage during different times in the game. Makius Scott and Zeek Biggers were the standouts from the defensive line. Last week, D'Quan Douse was singled out as a standout player and that signals to me that defensive tackle could be a position of strength for the Yellow Jackets this season.
  • Taye Seymore was a young player that Key pointed out that had a good scrimmage.
  • In terms of the offensive line, Key said that they feel they have 7-8 guys that can go play winning football for them. Offensive line coach Geep Wade talked earlier this week and in the spring that he wants to have eight guys that he trusts on the O-Line.
  • Key feels they have four guys capable of playing the center spot. He said that Weston Franklin has had a great camp. Brandon Best and true freshman Gabe Fortson have gotten a lot of reps at the center spot. Key loves the progress that Best has made and that it is impressive what Fortson has done as true freshman considering he was not here for spring. He said that Joe Fusile has gotten reps at center as well and played a lot of center today.
  • While he has not watched a lot of film on Louisville since the preseason camp started, Key says that he did during the summer and that they did game plan studies on their opponents over the summer. He said they have a lot of house cleaning to do first and that next Tuesday or Wednesday is when he is going to start really getting into studying Louisville
  • Key did say that they are going to be studying a lot of Purdue film since that is where Jeff Brohm is coming from.
  • When talking about the linebacker competition, Key said that transfer Paul Moala was one guy that stood out to him today and that he has had a great fall camp. He said Andre White and Braelen Oliver got a lot of reps today. He said they have had to really develop the talent at that position and that Kevin Sherrer had done a great job with the position.
  • Freshmen linebackers Nacari Ashley and Jacob Cruz are two guys that have gotten a lot of reps for the past week or two to see what they can do. Key pointed out their length and athleticism stand out about both players
  • No new quarterback battle updates today. Key said they will continue to go through their evaluations before making a decision.
  • Former Georgia Tech head coach Bill Curry recently spoke to the team and Key took a moment to talk about him and how much that meant.
  • In terms of the cornerback battle, Key signaled out several players. Ahmari Harvey is someone that has flashed at different times, but needs to be consistent. He said Harvey did have a blocked kick today and Kenyatta Watson had the scoop and score. He said different guys are flashing at different times and that is a good thing. Kenan Johnson, Rodney Shelley, and Omar Daniels are other guys that Key talked about. Shelley was playing nickel in the spring, but has made the transition to outside corner and provides value as a returner as well.
 
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Buzzbomb said:
Thanks to Jackson C.:
  • Key said that the team ran 80 plays in today's scrimmage. During the last scrimmage, the team ran just under 150 plays. They got 60 plays of live reps. There were 12 series in total
  • It was a live scrimmage and all phases of the kicking game were practiced as well and they wanted to simulate a live game situation.
  • They practiced a lot of situational parts of the game today. They practiced situations in the red area with both groups. They practiced being backed up on their own end of the field and started from the -2 yard line. This was also the first day that crowd noise was introduced as part of the scrimmage and it was a mix of loud music and static noise.
  • There will be meetings and workouts on Monday, but there won't be any practice due to it being the first day of school and he wants them to get adjusted back to school.
  • They are going to be back on the field on Tuesday. Wednesday is when they are going to start introducing the game plan for Louisville.
  • Key said that the 3's got good reps today.
  • Key hopes that Bobby Dodd is the loudest stadium that they will play in this year
  • Key said that he thought both quarterbacks handled the noise well.
  • While they have made strides from the start of fall camp, Key said that they had a long way to go.
  • He said that tomorrow he is going to get together with each staff and they are going to start to talk depth chart and the players will come in tomorrow for a 2-hour meeting and watch the scrimmage and work on getting the corrections made.
  • Key singled out the young receivers today. He said they were put in different situations and that the ball security all around was good. Christian Leary and tight end Brett Seither were a couple of the standouts
  • Key said that the running backs all had opportunities today and they made plays, including in the passing game. There were good runs after the catch, running in between the tackles, and tough runs in the tight red area today
  • The defensive front had a good day and controlled the line of scrimmage during different times in the game. Makius Scott and Zeek Biggers were the standouts from the defensive line. Last week, D'Quan Douse was singled out as a standout player and that signals to me that defensive tackle could be a position of strength for the Yellow Jackets this season.
  • Taye Seymore was a young player that Key pointed out that had a good scrimmage.
  • In terms of the offensive line, Key said that they feel they have 7-8 guys that can go play winning football for them. Offensive line coach Geep Wade talked earlier this week and in the spring that he wants to have eight guys that he trusts on the O-Line.
  • Key feels they have four guys capable of playing the center spot. He said that Weston Franklin has had a great camp. Brandon Best and true freshman Gabe Fortson have gotten a lot of reps at the center spot. Key loves the progress that Best has made and that it is impressive what Fortson has done as true freshman considering he was not here for spring. He said that Joe Fusile has gotten reps at center as well and played a lot of center today.
  • While he has not watched a lot of film on Louisville since the preseason camp started, Key says that he did during the summer and that they did game plan studies on their opponents over the summer. He said they have a lot of house cleaning to do first and that next Tuesday or Wednesday is when he is going to start really getting into studying Louisville
  • Key did say that they are going to be studying a lot of Purdue film since that is where Jeff Brohm is coming from.
  • When talking about the linebacker competition, Key said that transfer Paul Moala was one guy that stood out to him today and that he has had a great fall camp. He said Andre White and Braelen Oliver got a lot of reps today. He said they have had to really develop the talent at that position and that Kevin Sherrer had done a great job with the position.
  • Freshmen linebackers Nacari Ashley and Jacob Cruz are two guys that have gotten a lot of reps for the past week or two to see what they can do. Key pointed out their length and athleticism stand out about both players
  • No new quarterback battle updates today. Key said they will continue to go through their evaluations before making a decision.
  • Former Georgia Tech head coach Bill Curry recently spoke to the team and Key took a moment to talk about him and how much that meant.
  • In terms of the cornerback battle, Key signaled out several players. Ahmari Harvey is someone that has flashed at different times, but needs to be consistent. He said Harvey did have a blocked kick today and Kenyatta Watson had the scoop and score. He said different guys are flashing at different times and that is a good thing. Kenan Johnson, Rodney Shelley, and Omar Daniels are other guys that Key talked about. Shelley was playing nickel in the spring, but has made the transition to outside corner and provides value as a returner as well.
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Thanks. Good and bad ..... like all practice.
"......He said Harvey did have a blocked kick today and Kenyatta Watson had the scoop and score...... "

13 days till football!
 
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Buzzbomb said:
Thanks to Jackson C.:
  • Key said that the team ran 80 plays in today's scrimmage. During the last scrimmage, the team ran just under 150 plays. They got 60 plays of live reps. There were 12 series in total
  • It was a live scrimmage and all phases of the kicking game were practiced as well and they wanted to simulate a live game situation.
  • They practiced a lot of situational parts of the game today. They practiced situations in the red area with both groups. They practiced being backed up on their own end of the field and started from the -2 yard line. This was also the first day that crowd noise was introduced as part of the scrimmage and it was a mix of loud music and static noise.
  • There will be meetings and workouts on Monday, but there won't be any practice due to it being the first day of school and he wants them to get adjusted back to school.
  • They are going to be back on the field on Tuesday. Wednesday is when they are going to start introducing the game plan for Louisville.
  • Key said that the 3's got good reps today.
  • Key hopes that Bobby Dodd is the loudest stadium that they will play in this year
  • Key said that he thought both quarterbacks handled the noise well.
  • While they have made strides from the start of fall camp, Key said that they had a long way to go.
  • He said that tomorrow he is going to get together with each staff and they are going to start to talk depth chart and the players will come in tomorrow for a 2-hour meeting and watch the scrimmage and work on getting the corrections made.
  • Key singled out the young receivers today. He said they were put in different situations and that the ball security all around was good. Christian Leary and tight end Brett Seither were a couple of the standouts
  • Key said that the running backs all had opportunities today and they made plays, including in the passing game. There were good runs after the catch, running in between the tackles, and tough runs in the tight red area today
  • The defensive front had a good day and controlled the line of scrimmage during different times in the game. Makius Scott and Zeek Biggers were the standouts from the defensive line. Last week, D'Quan Douse was singled out as a standout player and that signals to me that defensive tackle could be a position of strength for the Yellow Jackets this season.
  • Taye Seymore was a young player that Key pointed out that had a good scrimmage.
  • In terms of the offensive line, Key said that they feel they have 7-8 guys that can go play winning football for them. Offensive line coach Geep Wade talked earlier this week and in the spring that he wants to have eight guys that he trusts on the O-Line.
  • Key feels they have four guys capable of playing the center spot. He said that Weston Franklin has had a great camp. Brandon Best and true freshman Gabe Fortson have gotten a lot of reps at the center spot. Key loves the progress that Best has made and that it is impressive what Fortson has done as true freshman considering he was not here for spring. He said that Joe Fusile has gotten reps at center as well and played a lot of center today.
  • While he has not watched a lot of film on Louisville since the preseason camp started, Key says that he did during the summer and that they did game plan studies on their opponents over the summer. He said they have a lot of house cleaning to do first and that next Tuesday or Wednesday is when he is going to start really getting into studying Louisville
  • Key did say that they are going to be studying a lot of Purdue film since that is where Jeff Brohm is coming from.
  • When talking about the linebacker competition, Key said that transfer Paul Moala was one guy that stood out to him today and that he has had a great fall camp. He said Andre White and Braelen Oliver got a lot of reps today. He said they have had to really develop the talent at that position and that Kevin Sherrer had done a great job with the position.
  • Freshmen linebackers Nacari Ashley and Jacob Cruz are two guys that have gotten a lot of reps for the past week or two to see what they can do. Key pointed out their length and athleticism stand out about both players
  • No new quarterback battle updates today. Key said they will continue to go through their evaluations before making a decision.
  • Former Georgia Tech head coach Bill Curry recently spoke to the team and Key took a moment to talk about him and how much that meant.
  • In terms of the cornerback battle, Key signaled out several players. Ahmari Harvey is someone that has flashed at different times, but needs to be consistent. He said Harvey did have a blocked kick today and Kenyatta Watson had the scoop and score. He said different guys are flashing at different times and that is a good thing. Kenan Johnson, Rodney Shelley, and Omar Daniels are other guys that Key talked about. Shelley was playing nickel in the spring, but has made the transition to outside corner and provides value as a returner as well.
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GTNavyNuke said:
Thanks. Good and bad ..... like all practice.
"......He said Harvey did have a blocked kick today and Kenyatta Watson had the scoop and score...... "
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Chas_Jacket said:
There has been discussion about moving Avery to TE. I can see why when you look at the WR pic. Just damn - the man is built like a pro LB. Evidently he still has blazing speed and there are no DB’s anywhere that want to see him coming.
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I was going to ask who the guy was on the far left. If that dude is at least 6-3 and can catch, he needs to be on the field alot.
 
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Buzzbomb said:
“We need to be comfortable with being uncomfortable,” CBK.
Uncomfort means you are striving to get better. He wants that for the players & coaches. To keep improving, while not being satisfied with weaknesses.
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Force BJJ training in the offseason. The marines use it to train their recruits how to think through extreme discomfort.
 

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Chas_Jacket said:
There has been discussion about moving Avery to TE. I can see why when you look at the WR pic. Just damn - the man is built like a pro LB. Evidently he still has blazing speed and there are no DB’s anywhere that want to see him coming.
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I believe we have a top 3 WR group in the ACC by the end of the year. We have at least 5 sub 4.5 guys. If we can get them the ball it will be fun to watch
 

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4shotB said:
I just had a random thought although that's not really uncommon for me to do so. Say Johnson was playing his offense against Collin's defense. Johnson's receivers could often be wide open against convetional defenses. Collin's defenses would leave receivers in conventional offenses wide open. Is it possible somehow that Collin's defense was designed to perfectly shut down the passing game of Johnson's offense but when Collins became a head coach his defense no longer had to face the triple option???? In other words, our DB's were so out of position against the likes of WF, Duke, Uga and Pitt that they WOULD have been where Baybay and Smelter where in CPJ's offense??? I get the vague sense that maybe I am either overcomplicating this or worse yet, oversimplifying it. It's a tortous mental excercise that is going to cause me to step away from my computer and go downstairs and fix another gin and tonic.
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I have one word on this--CITADEL ---unfortunately
 

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Buzzbomb said:
Thanks to Jackson C.:
  • Key said that the team ran 80 plays in today's scrimmage. During the last scrimmage, the team ran just under 150 plays. They got 60 plays of live reps. There were 12 series in total
  • It was a live scrimmage and all phases of the kicking game were practiced as well and they wanted to simulate a live game situation.
  • They practiced a lot of situational parts of the game today. They practiced situations in the red area with both groups. They practiced being backed up on their own end of the field and started from the -2 yard line. This was also the first day that crowd noise was introduced as part of the scrimmage and it was a mix of loud music and static noise.
  • There will be meetings and workouts on Monday, but there won't be any practice due to it being the first day of school and he wants them to get adjusted back to school.
  • They are going to be back on the field on Tuesday. Wednesday is when they are going to start introducing the game plan for Louisville.
  • Key said that the 3's got good reps today.
  • Key hopes that Bobby Dodd is the loudest stadium that they will play in this year
  • Key said that he thought both quarterbacks handled the noise well.
  • While they have made strides from the start of fall camp, Key said that they had a long way to go.
  • He said that tomorrow he is going to get together with each staff and they are going to start to talk depth chart and the players will come in tomorrow for a 2-hour meeting and watch the scrimmage and work on getting the corrections made.
  • Key singled out the young receivers today. He said they were put in different situations and that the ball security all around was good. Christian Leary and tight end Brett Seither were a couple of the standouts
  • Key said that the running backs all had opportunities today and they made plays, including in the passing game. There were good runs after the catch, running in between the tackles, and tough runs in the tight red area today
  • The defensive front had a good day and controlled the line of scrimmage during different times in the game. Makius Scott and Zeek Biggers were the standouts from the defensive line. Last week, D'Quan Douse was singled out as a standout player and that signals to me that defensive tackle could be a position of strength for the Yellow Jackets this season.
  • Taye Seymore was a young player that Key pointed out that had a good scrimmage.
  • In terms of the offensive line, Key said that they feel they have 7-8 guys that can go play winning football for them. Offensive line coach Geep Wade talked earlier this week and in the spring that he wants to have eight guys that he trusts on the O-Line.
  • Key feels they have four guys capable of playing the center spot. He said that Weston Franklin has had a great camp. Brandon Best and true freshman Gabe Fortson have gotten a lot of reps at the center spot. Key loves the progress that Best has made and that it is impressive what Fortson has done as true freshman considering he was not here for spring. He said that Joe Fusile has gotten reps at center as well and played a lot of center today.
  • While he has not watched a lot of film on Louisville since the preseason camp started, Key says that he did during the summer and that they did game plan studies on their opponents over the summer. He said they have a lot of house cleaning to do first and that next Tuesday or Wednesday is when he is going to start really getting into studying Louisville
  • Key did say that they are going to be studying a lot of Purdue film since that is where Jeff Brohm is coming from.
  • When talking about the linebacker competition, Key said that transfer Paul Moala was one guy that stood out to him today and that he has had a great fall camp. He said Andre White and Braelen Oliver got a lot of reps today. He said they have had to really develop the talent at that position and that Kevin Sherrer had done a great job with the position.
  • Freshmen linebackers Nacari Ashley and Jacob Cruz are two guys that have gotten a lot of reps for the past week or two to see what they can do. Key pointed out their length and athleticism stand out about both players
  • No new quarterback battle updates today. Key said they will continue to go through their evaluations before making a decision.
  • Former Georgia Tech head coach Bill Curry recently spoke to the team and Key took a moment to talk about him and how much that meant.
  • In terms of the cornerback battle, Key signaled out several players. Ahmari Harvey is someone that has flashed at different times, but needs to be consistent. He said Harvey did have a blocked kick today and Kenyatta Watson had the scoop and score. He said different guys are flashing at different times and that is a good thing. Kenan Johnson, Rodney Shelley, and Omar Daniels are other guys that Key talked about. Shelley was playing nickel in the spring, but has made the transition to outside corner and provides value as a returner as well.
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I 'm not sure if we would see it here -but maybe the BEST thing about this report is-- NO notable injuries.
 
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stech81 said:
Any idea's which coaches on defense and offense will be upstairs in the booth for the 1st game?
I could see Baker in the booth for the defense.
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Rod MacKenzie said Brian Baker is not allowed in the coaching booth. Only the assistant coaches.
 
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