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♦ FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2006
Arrest sends Sims to scout team
ATHENS - Antonio Sims
is helping Georgia prepare
for a 2006 season that he
will be forced to spend on
the sidelines.
The safety is relegated to
giving the defense looks on
the scout team for its open
er Saturday against Western
Kentucky. The pain of being
ineligible to compete this
year sifter a spring suspen
sion from the university has
subsided but not entirely.
“It hurts, man,” Sims said.
“It hurts. I’m not going to
sit here and tell you no lie.
I’ve kind of gotten a better
attitude about it throughout
the summer and going into
the first game. It kind of
hurts me knowing I’m not
going to be out there with
those guys, knowing that I
can’t play with the seniors
that are leaving.”
Sims is academically inel
igible to play because the
suspension left him without
Tech to keep new starting cornerback a secret
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head coach Chan Gailey and
defensive coordinator Jon
Tenuta have decided on a
starting cornerback opposite
veteran Kenny Scott.
The new starter’s identity
will remain a secret until the
Yellow Jackets open the sea
son Saturday night against
Notre Dame.
Asked why, Gailey plead
ed the football equivalent
to the fifth amendment:
Competitive advantage.
“We’re going to keep it
under wraps,” Gailey said.
The coach did say all three
cornerback candidates - Jahi
Word-Daniels, Pat Clark,
and Avery Roberson - will
play extensively against the
Irish. Word-Daniels entered
the preseason as the front
runner to win the spot.
But Clark, who moved
from wide receiver in the
spring, performed well early
on and took most of the
starting snaps in the three
scrimmages open to the pub
lic.
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enough credit hours. Sims’
transgressions included a
November arrest for DUI
and underage possession
of alcohol and misusing a
school parking permit and
failing to complete commu
nity service hours.
“I learned a lesson as far
as alcohol,”
Sims said.
“I stopped
doing what
I was doing
wrong and
I’m teaching
the younger
guys - the
freshmen
- because
I consider
myself a
veteran now. I try to teach
them right from wrong.”
Defensive coordinator
Willie Martinez said Sims
has dealt with his situation
“about the best that you
could expect. He’s accepted
Roberson has not worked
extensively at corner in
the preseason because of
injury to safety Djay Jones.
Roberson filled Jones spot
for more than a week. Once
Jones returned, Roberson
split time between safety
and cornerback.
CHOICE TO CARRY
LOAD: Georgia Tech’s
Tashard Choice doesn’t
look like a workhorse tail
back. He hopes the Yellow
Jacket coaches abuse him
in Saturday night’s game
against Notre Dame just the
same.
“If I get the chance to
cany the ball until my legs
fall off, I’m going to do it,”
Choice said. “I’m hungry.”
Choice’s starvation dates
back four years. The metro
Atlantan started his career
at Oklahoma. He red-shirt
ed as a freshman and then
sat behind Heisman Trophy
favorite Adrian Peterson in
2004.
He transferred to Georgia
Tech in January 2005 to be
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his role.”
Sims completed his red
shirt freshman season last
year and hopes to compete
again for playing time next
year. For now, he will take
on the role of an opposing
player each week.
This week, it’s Western
Kentucky running back
Lerron Moore.
“Even though he won’t be
playing for us this year, he’s
going to be helping us win
games,” Martinez said.
Weston gets nod in
starting lineup: Kade
Weston will be in the start
ing lineup for his first col
lege game.
The redshirt freshman
from Red Bank, N.J., will
join sophomore Jeff Owens
as the starting defensive
tackles.
“He’s been so resilient,”
defensive line coach Rodney
Garner said.
Garner said Dixson
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WEISZER
Morris News
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closer to his mother, who
suffered a foot injury and
needed help with everyday
tasks.
Choice played behind PJ.
Daniels last year and rushed
for 513 yards and six touch
downs.
Daniels is now in the
NFL with the Baltimore
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BRIMMER
Morris News
Service
Chan Gailey said Choice is
the “main guy.”
“We’ll try to keep him as
fresh as possible, but we’re
not afraid to let him be the
main guy,” Gailey said. “He
has earned that spot. We
don’t have a rotation in
mind right now.”
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remains in the rotation.
Bulldogs land another
from Missouri: Georgia
has another high school
pass-catch combo heading
its way.
Last year, Independence
High School teammates
Joe Cox and Mohamed
Massaquoi made the jump
from Charlotte, N.C., to
Georgia.
Now, it’s Rock Bridge
High School tight end Aron
White and teammate Logan
Gray with plans to sign with
Georgia.
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound
White gave his commitment
to Bulldogs coach Mark Richt
last week and revealed his
decision publicly Wednesday.
Gray announced his decision
last month.
“It was a factor, but I made
my decision for me and not
because of Logan,” White
told the Columbia (Mo.)
Daily Tribune.
GATE: Georgia Tech is 3-
1 in season openers under
Gailey, winning two of those
handily and beating Auburn
on the road in last season’s
opener.
The Yellow Jackets fol
lowed up their only open
ing-game loss - to Brigham
Young on the road in 2003
- with an upset of Auburn.
Gailey can’t explain why
his team plays so well early
other than for health rea
sons. Linebacker KaMichael
Hall had another explana
tion.
“With camp and spring
practice, you get a little fed
up with hitting your own
teammates,” he said. “It’s
the excitement of being able
to go out there and hit some
body else and show everyone
the preparation you’ve put
in.”
At No. 2 in the polls, Notre
Dame is the highest-ranked
opening game opponent for
the Yellow Jackets since
they opened against No. 2
Alabama in 1980.
Ravens, and
Choice is
the feature
back. He
will share
snaps with
backups
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DOBSON
From page jB
be good parents, and at
times we feel very inad
equate to do the job.
How does a mom or dad
know what’s best for a
child from day to day?
DR. DOBSON: The
most dedicated parents go
through times when they
fear they aren’t responding
properly to their children.
They wonder if they’re
overreacting or underre
acting, being too strict or
too lenient. They suspect
that they’re making major
mistakes that will haunt
them later on.
Fortunately, parents
don’t have to do every
thing right.
We all make thousands
of little mistakes - and
a few big ones - that we
wish we could reverse.
But somehow, most kids
roll with these blunders
and come out just fine any
way.
Let me give you what I
consider to be the key to
good parenting.
It is to learn how to get
behind the eyes of your
child, seeing what he sees
and feeling what he feels.
When you know his frame
of mind, your response
becomes obvious.
For example, when he’s
POWELL
From page jB
The sinister, beady-eyed
moccasin, which repre
sented my worst night
mare, abandoned ship and
jumped in the water.
Was I relieved! Bill and I
were visibly shaken. It was
several minutes before we
could regain our compo
sure.
From that day forth, we
never cut the engine when
approaching the river’s
edge, regardless of how
much fuel was left in the
engine.
God sent serpents as
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lonely, he needs your com
pany. When he’s defiant,
he needs your help in con
trolling impulses.
When he’s afraid, he
needs the security of your
embrace.
When he’s happy, he
needs to share his laugh
ter and joy with those he
loves.
Raising healthy children
is not so much a science as
it is a highly developed art,
and most of us have the
natural intuitive faculties
to learn it.
Take the time to observe
those kids who live in your
house.
If you tune in closely
to what they say and do,
the feelings behind those
behaviors will soon become
apparent.
Then your reaction to
what you’ve seen will lead
to more confident parent
hood.
Dr. Dobson is founder
and chairman of the board
of the nonprofit organiza
tion Focus on the Family,
P.O. Box 444, Colorado
Springs, CO. 80903; or
www.family.org. Questions
and answers are excerpt
ed from “The Complete
Marriage and Family
Home Reference Guide”
and “Bringing Up Boys,”
both published by Tyndale
House.
divine punishment against
the Israelites, who began
to complain during their
desert sojourn.
As they trudged through
the wilderness, vipers hid
ing in the sand would bite
them without warning.
A bite from a viper meant
paralysis and certain death.
God heard Moses’ interces
sory prayer and responded
by instructing him to build
a bronze serpent and set it
upon a pole.
The life of anyone bitten
by a snake could be spared
by looking at the bronze
serpent.