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GT’s Tenuta vs. ND’s
Weis: Schemers square off
By ADAM VAN
BRIMMER
Morris News Service
ATLANTA - Georgia
Tech’s Jon Tenuta is a foot
ball coach with an under
ground following.
Casual college fans might
have heard his name some
where.
Maybe on Sports Center
last November, when his
defense held mighty Miami
to 30 yards rushing in an
upset win.
Or they read about
Tenuta in a newspaper last
September after Georgia
Tech knocked off Auburn by
forcing five turnovers and
sacking the quarterback
seven times.
Tenuta finally goes main
stream Saturday night.
Georgia Tech takes on Notre
Dame at 8 p.m. in Bobby
Dodd Stadium. Tenuta,
with a national audience
watching, schemes against
Charlie Weis, the offensive
mastermind behind the New
England Patriots recent run
of Super Bowl wins as well
as Notre Dame’s resurgence
a year ago.
“I don’t care who we’re
playing, you have to come out
and match up against that
offense,” Tenuta said. “But
I know who we’re playing.
We’re playing Notre Dame.
We’re playing Charlie.”
Weis is quite possibly the
most respected offensive
tactician since Bill Walsh,
whose West Coast offense
Weis has expanded upon.
Google “Charlie Weis”, and
more than 254,000 returns
come up.
Tenuta’s Google results
number in the triple digits
544 to be exact. And he is
the anti-Weis in many ways.
They specialize in opposite
facets of the game using con
trasting styles. Weis’s strate
gy is based on efficiency and
executing. Tenuta is more
about wreaking havoc and
capitalizing on mistakes.
An Atlantic Coast
Conference coach once
remarked offhandedly that
the worst part about playing
Georgia Tech is the proba
bility that Tenuta will make
you look foolish.
Weis knows Tenuta’s rep
utation well. Notre Dame’s
coach spent 18 years in the
NFL before taking over
the Irish last season, but
Tenuta’s exploits at Ohio
State, North Carolina and
Georgia Tech failed to escape
his notice.
“Coach Tenuta is one of
the best in the business,
there’s not question about
it,” Weis said. “When they
play good teams, they usu
ally shot them down.”
Tenuta does seem to
scheme best against the
best coaches: A 1 Borges at
Auburn; Miami’s Larry
Coker; Maryland’s Ralph
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Georgia Tech vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
8 p.m., Saturday
Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta
Television: ABC
Records: Season opener for both teams
Coaches: Georgia Tech, Chan Gailey (fifth year); Notre Dame.
Charlie Weis (second year).
Players to watch: Georgia Tech, OB Reggie Bail (197 ypg, 11 TDs,
12INT in 2005), TB Tashard Choice (43 ypg, 6 TDs in 2005), WR Calvin
Johnson (74 ypg, 6 TDs In 2005), CB Kenny Scott (2 INTs. 5 pass
breakups in 2005), LB Philip Wheeler (64 tackles, 11.5 lor loss. 4 INTs In
2006); Notre Dame. QB Brady Quinn (326 ypg, 32 TDs. 7 INTs in 2005),
TB Darius Walker (100 ypg, 9 TDs in 2005), WR Jeff Samardzija (77
catches, 104 ypg, 15 TDs in 2005), CB Ambrose Wooden (74 tackles, 2
INTs. 5 pass breakups in 2005), S Tom Zbikowski (71 tackles, 5 (NTs in
2005), DE Victor Abiamiri (8 sacks in 2005).
Matchup to watch: Georgia Tech’s Calvin Johnson vs. Notre Dame’s
Ambrose Wooden. The Irish return ail four members of a secondary that
gave up 264 passing yards a game last year. If Wooden can ! check
Johnson - and he gives up five inches and 20 pounds - Johnson could
have a huge day. That’s provided his quarterback, Ball, can get the
football in his hands.
Quotable: * There’s some games that he’s as good as anyone you
can see. That's the Reggie Bail I'm getting ready for. You can talk about
being consistent afl you warn. I’m getting ready for that Reggie bait who
is on, because I think he’s prepared himself like our guys prepared them
selves. I expect that he’s expecting to have a big game on Saturday. “
- Noire Dame coaoh Chartie Weis on Reggie Ball, Georgia Tech’s on-
debate and speculation about Georgia
Tech’s chances of puffing the upset It all comes down to one thing: Can
tie offense score 30 points? No matter how well the Yellow Jackets play
dfifsnsivdly, the Irish wil score 28 points. Quinn is too experienced and
ha* too many options to be totally hamstrung by defensive coordinator
Jon Tenuta's efforts. Georgia Tech’s offense has scored 30 or more just
eight tones in toe last four year* - alt against teams considered less
than powerhouses (Wake Forest, Duke, Tulsa, Syracuse, Connecticut
twice, North Carolina, Vanetetbto). New play-caller Patrick Nix makes hi*
debut Saturday, and having him on the headset instead of Gailey gives
Georgia Tech a chance to be more prolific. The Irish defense is vulner
able: They gave up 617 yards, Including 342 through the air, their last
time out in a Fiesta Bowl loss to Ohio State.
Injury update: Georgia Tech, DE Michael Johnson (out), TE Colin
Peek (doubtful); Notre Dame, DT Derrell Hand (questionable).
Tech’s three keys: 1. Quarterback Reggie Ball must take advantage
of early opportunities to buSd hi* confidence. This game could become
• shootout, and Bail can’t miss open receivers or be tentative in his
decision msltoig. 2. Taifoacks Tashard Choice and Rashaun Grant must
break a handful of 15-plus-yard runs to keep the Irish from concentrat
ing on wide receiver Calvih Johnson and the passing game. Both backs
have shown big-piay abilities in toe preseason. 3. The Yellow Jackets
must pressure Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn. Expect Tenuta
to send Witters out of the stands at Quinn, a three-year starter who will
dissect Georgia Tech's young secondary it given time.
Friedgen and Charlie Taaffe
(82 total yards, seven sacks
in 2004 game); Georgia’s
Mark Richt (266 or fewer
yards last two meetings).
Linebacker KaMichael
Hall said gets the sense
Tenuta enjoys scheming
against the best.
“Knowing coach, he loves
it,” Hall said. “In his head,
just like in ours, he knows
he’s the best. It’s his great
defense against another
great offense and being able
to see what it does against
the offense.”
Weis and his offense pose a
different challenge, Tenuta
said. The Irish averaged 37
points and 477 yards a game
last season and showed a
knack for adjusting to coun
ter defensive strategies dur-
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Notre Dame scored 145
points in the second quarter
as opposed to 87 in the first.
Weis showed the same pen
chant after halftime: The
Irish scored 127 points in
the fourth quarter versus 78
in the third.
“Coach Tenuta’s going
to have something for him,
though,” senior cornerback
Kenny Scott said. “You can
be sure of that.”
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Richt unhappy with dock rules
Georgia home football
games last season averaged
3 hours and 21 minutes, but
new NCAA clock rules that
will be on display Saturday
at Sanford Stadium are
designed to shorten that
length. They have drawn
a backlash from college
coaches including Georgia
coach Mark Richt, who
sounded off about the sub
ject again this week.
“I’m not real thrilled
about it,” Richt said. “I
think a lot of defensive
coaches got on the (rules)
committee and decided that
would be a good idea to
shorten the game and have
less yards and less plays and
less touchdowns. I’m sure
that it had something to
do with some people want
ing to shorten the game for
TY but I don’t see why we
should have TV dictate to
us how we play our game.”
The clock will now start
on the kickoff itself not
when the returner touches
the ball. On first downs
after a change of posses
s. :tn, the game clock will
begin at a ready for play
signal not at the snap.
“People are going to have
to be ready to snap the ball
when the referees move out
of the way on the change of
possession if you don’t want
25 seconds of game clock to
run off,” Richt said.
“The excitement that
the fans love is going to be
shortened. I don’t think it’s
a good rule. Hopefully we’ll
change that thing back
after one season.” Televised
games averaged 3 hours
and 20 minutes last sea
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son. John Adams, the sec
retary-editor of the NCAA
Football Rules Committee,
estimates that the new rule
changes could trim up to 12
minutes off a game.
“Do I like the rule?”
defensive coordinator
Willie Martinez said. “I can
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rule. I think you’ll see a lot
more no-huddle concepts to
get more plays. We’ve got to
be prepared for that because
I know there’s pressure to
always score a lot of points
in a lot of programs.”
Richt playing quarter
back plan close to vest:
Joe Tereshinski is the start
er and Joe Cox his backup
but Richt hasn’t revealed
the exact quarterback plan
beyond that. Richt said the
staff still had not “nailed it
down” Thursday, which he
said “next to G-Day might
have been the busiest day of
my life,” He had two speak
ing engagements at night.
Richt didn’t say whether
Blake Barnes or Matthew
Stafford would play or how
he would use Cox.
“I’m sorry I don’t have
that for you and if I knew
it I’m not sure I would tell
you,” Richt said. “I might
tell you, but right now we
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haven’t nailed it down.”
Size advantage against l-
AA foe Georgia will have
quite the size advantage in
the trenches Saturday.
Georgia’s offensive line
averages 311 pounds com
pared to 272 for Western
Kentucky’s defensive line.
Western Kentucky’s offen
sive line checks in at 291
against Georgia’s defensive
line averaging 283.
“Usually, they have some
good skill athletes on teams
like that but usually you
outman them on the line
of scrimmage offensive
and defensive linemen,”
said Auburn coach Tommy
Tuberville, whose team
beat the Hilltoppers 37-14
last season.
Dogs power up in 2006:
Georgia heads into the new
season flexing its muscles.
Seven players broke pro
gram bench press records at
their position and Thomas
Brown set tailback records
with a bench press of 470
pounds, a back squat of 610
and a power clean of 347.
Fullback Brannan
Southerland set a program
power clean record of 387,
topping the 380 of Ben
Watson in 2002. Defensive
tackle Jeff Owens’ bench
press of 535 was the third
best in program history.
Players on the team who
also set position bench
press records: Tereshinski
(405), center Nick Jones
(480), wide receiver Mario
Raley (410), defensive end
Charles Johnson (520), cor
nerback Bryan Evans (390)
and safety Kelin Johnson
(405).
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the game,
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not going
to like
the rule.
If you’re
winning,
you’re
going to
like the
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