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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL 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 •Bait & Tackle | •Deer Processing WE CLEAN FISH I 1 6am-7pm • 7 days a week. 1 333 Hwy 96 • BonaireJßß^ |» 478-922-1819 SUGARLOAF A Lovely Sidewalk Community In Perry These Homes are quality built all brick homes. We have 3 & 4 bedroom homes starting at 131,900. Homes have features such as custom cabinets, fireplace, sod, sprinkler system. 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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- Great Deals Free AD for items under SSO Call 987-1823 for details ing games. Notre Dame scored 145 points in the second quarter as opposed to 87 in the first. 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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 OPEN LATE UNTIL 10 PM THROUGH SEPTEMBER STH WE'VE GOT ZERO APR, MW J| EE MR MK FORD MOTOR CO. 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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 | EVERY ONE IN STOCK| 01 APR *72 MO. j EVERY ONE IN STOCK] 01APR*72MQ. | EVERY ONE IN STOCKI 01 APR *72 MO. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006 ♦ 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. 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