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Publisher/Writer for Rivals & Yahoo Sports Networks covering Georgia Tech recruiting, football and basketball. Heisman voter, FWAA

Marietta, GA
Joined September 2010
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Brandon Adams was one of the kindest and more enjoyable young men I've had the pleasure to be around. It breaks my heart learning about his untimely death this morning. Absolutely crushed. I can't imagine what his family, friends and teammates are going through. Prayers to all.
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GT fans having a night with the big win over #7 Duke and then Bama dispatching UGA and using plays straight from the GT-UGA game to do it.
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4 years
#GaTech WR signee Bryce Gowdy has passed away. Tragic news from his HS team confirming the news. As someone who knew the young man I am speechless. As a father and a reporter covering a team that has faced two deaths in less than a year I’m heartbroken for everyone involved.
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Happy for my friend Brent Key today and he will probably celebrate for like 10 seconds and then get to work. @CoachBrentKey should be official soon.
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5 years
My father passed away earlier today. We had a complicated relationship but we loved each other and he got to know my son a little through my attempts to reconnect some. Unfortunately he won’t get to know his next grandchild. RIP dad.
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Today is the one-year anniversary of Brent Key taking over the Georgia Tech football program.
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Beau Alexander Quinlan has joined the world this evening. It’s been a long week but baby and mom are doing wonderfully. Thanks to everyone for the kind messages and words.
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2 years
The players are going wild on the field, first back-to-back wins since Nov. 2018! GT wins 23-20
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5 months
Brent Key ends this with a THWG
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2 years
Brent Key is 1-0 as #GaTech head coach with a top 25 win under his belt 26-21 over Pitt.
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2 years
My first advice to the next GT head coach would be to bring back @DMoSpeaks asap. He was the heart of the football program for many years and the heart of it.
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5 years
Congrats to my friend @CoachCollins and his team and staff on his first ACC win. A win on the road in Miami for the first time since 2007 for #GaTech .
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5 months
The scene after #GaTech knocked off #7 Duke.
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2 years
#GaTech interim head coach Brent Key after his first win also taking down a top 25 team. I can hear the team celebrating in the locker room next door to the media room
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THIS IS THE WORST OFFICIATED GAME I'VE EVER COVERED. Holy cow. This is a clown show.
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5 years
#GaTech lands 4-star RB Jamious Griffin from Rome HS
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2 years
This is unbelievably sad. Demaryius overcame tremendous personal problems in his life growing up to become a star in college and then the NFL. This hurts my heart so much.
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Miles Garrett
2 years
I just emailed Demaryius Thomas position coach while he was at West Laurens High School - Jeff Clayton. He tells me that the rumors are true. The former Georgia Tech and Broncos receiver has passed away at the age of 33.
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#GaTech with 348 yards rushing, a win over UNC and a smiling Paul Johnson right now. Good night for the Jackets.
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😂😂😂😂 I’m dying….
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1 year
GT won with QB3 and QB4 on the road against the best QB in the ACC
@GeorgiaTechFB
Georgia Tech Football
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VICTORY PARTY IN CHAPEL HILL 🎉
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5 years
This picture says more than any of us could type or say as the Jackets closed spring practice on Friday night with the annual spring game minus a great young man taken from this world too young and too early.
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#GaTech HC Brent Key has hired former Blessed Trinity, Roswell and current Fellowship Christian head coach Tim McFarlin as the Director of High School Relations. Big hire and a legend in Georgia HS coaching.
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5 years
On a personal note, I do have some good news to share.
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Stat of the day, Brent Key picked up his 6th win of the year and 10th as the head coach of the program in 19 games. It took Geoff Collins 20 games to win his 6th game at Tech.
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Freshman WR Eric Singleton Jr. said when he made the decision to come to Georgia Tech, he never had a plan to leave once he signed with GT. The portal wasn't on his mind. He said some schools reached out to his family but he wants to be at GT.
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Damon Stoudamire becomes the first Georgia Tech coach to beat Duke in his first meeting against the Blue Devils.
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Kelly Quinlan
5 years
Highlight of the presser today was AHC/OL coach Brent Key's response to a question about why he left Alabama for Georgia Tech. "(Tech) is home and I can guarantee when we are done here no one will ask that question again." @CoachCollins @CoachBrentKey
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Special moment for GT
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Georgia Tech Football
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𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐀𝐂𝐇
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Jaylon King said he expects Georgia Tech to become a 9-10 win team minimum every year under Brent Key and the bowl game is now the bare minimum again like it used to be.
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Paul Johnson and Brent Key during pre-game as GT prepares to face UNC.
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Big day for Georgia Tech on Friday. Jackets won the first bowl game since 2016 over UCF dominating the final three quarter, hoops beat Hawaii to advance to the championship game at the Diamond Head and Stoudamire landed a 4-star top 100 player as well before tipoff.
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5 years
I mean this is hard to imagine. @CoachCollins has been on campus for five months and #GaTech now is tied for 9th in the team rankings for 2020.
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7 months
Brent Key is 3-0 on the road against ranked ACC teams. That’s wild.
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Former #GaTech DL and NFL star Marco Coleman will return to coach the DL for the Jackets under Brent Key. Coleman left last year for Michigan State where he coached the whole DL in 2022. Big pickup for the Jackets.
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Brent Key, "tonight we had somebody tried to come in our home and take what's ours and we defended our home. We treated this as our home. This is our home."
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Kelly Quinlan
4 years
I’m still sort of shocked about the resiliency I saw from #GaTech football on every level last night at FSU. Tremendous buy-in and growth in year two under @CoachCollins and his staff to win a game like that through so much adversity.
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Jordan Williams said the lack of GT guys going into the portal has a lot to do with how happy everyone is with the team and what Coach Key is building at GT. He said the team is very close.
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5 months
Georgia Tech knocks off #7 Duke 72-68
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4 years
Geoff Collins said that former GT and UCF football coach George O'Leary will be at the GT-UCF game this weekend to honored as a new member of the #GaTech Hall of Fame. @UCFSports
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3 months
Wild scene.
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4 months
#GaTech head coach Brent Key is starting to build out his defensive staff for 2024 and he has added former Duke Co-DC/DL coach Jess Simpson, a Georgia HS legend to his staff as a defensive assistant. A home run hire for Key on D.
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6 months
Coach Key shares a moment with Coach O’Leary after the game and media.
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2 years
Brent Key was asked how badly he wants the HC job on 680, he said he is "not worried about trying to get a job, he is worried about the job he has."
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2 years
Cabrera said that athletics should be among the best just like academics, it will change the focus and direction and give GT a chance to win. He is willing to do anything he can to make the program among the best in the country where they should be at #GaTech
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Kelly Quinlan
2 years
I would say GT fans don't get too excited over people getting fired. Collins' staff are all good people with families and have been amazing to work with on my end. It is the nature of the business this happens but cheering for it is a bit crass.
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Brent Key and Harper celebrate
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2 years
First depth chart since December of 2018 at #GaTech
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2 years
GT finally off the three-win plateau set under Geoff Collins.
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Jamal Haynes wins the Gasparilla Bowl MVP @Jamalhaynes16
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3 years
Jordan Yates all smiles on the sidelines cheering for Sims, is the best thing you can see today.
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4 years
Also #GaTech will sell alcohol throughout the stadium for the first-time.
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Kelly Quinlan
4 years
So in the new #Rivals250 GT has three top 200 players committed. First time in my time covering GT. Gibbs at 111, Brooks at 127 and Gowdy at 184. If they all sign that is crazy work by @CoachCollins and his staff.
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Wow that’s wild.
@MFlynnGT
Mike Flynn
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𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘙𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘎𝘚 𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘐𝘕 … 📺 👀 2️⃣.3️⃣5️⃣ million people watched @GeorgiaTechFB ’s @GasparillaBowl win over UCF. That is easily the most-watched game of the 1st 2 weeks of @BowlSeason on ESPN — 780,000 viewers (50%) more than any other bowl telecast on ESPN. #StingEm 🐝
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3 years
Pastner said that Georgia Tech absolutely deserves to be in the NCAA Tournament. The Jackets have played the hardest schedule in the ACC and have four wins over top 20 teams. He is correct.
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Geoff Collins hugged ever #GaTech player he could as they left the field.
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1 year
One of the frats is on board with the @CoachBrentKey hire and even are offering him special treatment. Lol
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4 years
#GaTech wins 16-13 over Florida State.
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Tre Swilling on the UGA fans taking over the stadium, “seeing all the red on SR Day and my last game here doesn’t feel great. Everything these SRs went through, that wasn’t good. As a Gt fan it has been hard but those who were there supporting us is all we care about.”
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The Jacksonville Jaguars pick Jalen Camp from Georgia Tech with pick 209 in the sixth round.
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Georgia Tech has scored at least 20 points in every game this season for the first time since the 2014 season.
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Georgia Tech will win a bowl game for the first time since 2016 as they knock UCF 30-17
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4 years
Worked myself up enough to write something about Bryce Gowdy and his tragic passing. I hope this is the last time I have to ever write something likes this.
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#GaTech wins 79-77 over UGA.
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Georgia Tech rallies to beat Clemson 93-90 in double overtime. Snaps a five-game skid for the Jackets.
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Geoff Collins said they make a drink called the Bay-Bay at Capital Grille for recruits on OVs, it is a collection of all the fruit juices mixed together and that has been something they've done at GT since he was here. Been a tradition for many years on OVs.
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Georgia Tech without the ACC Player of the Year Moses Wright played Loyola Chicago closer than the #1 seed Illinois. Crazy how good the Ramblers are playing too.
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Georgia Tech’s magical run continues with a 80-75 win over FSU in the ACC Championship. First ACC Tournament title since 1993 for the Jackets.
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#GaTech moves to .500 on the season with a 46-27 win over Louisville on Friday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium. Key stat is ZERO turnovers and 5-5 in the red zone.
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#GaTech OC Dave Patenaude on true freshmen RB Jahmyr Gibbs, "if there are five freshmen in the country better than him, I'd like to see them."
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Tyler Davis is the first Jacket draft pick since Harrison Butker in 2017. Expect more draft picks in the upcoming years.
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Jamie Felix is back at GT. A good reminder that sometimes players can take themselves out of the the portal.
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Jamie Felix5️⃣
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Thank you to every coach that has reached out to me in the portal but after heavy thought and consideration I have decided to withdraw my name from the transfer portal and finish what I started at Georgia Tech. Let’s get back to work ! #THWg
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Credit to Jordan Usher who after the loss and doing his media session came up to me and Ken hugged both of us and thanked us for our coverage of him at #GaTech . Always a classy young man. @Callmeush remains one of my favorite players I've covered at GT.
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A huge group of #GaTech football players just walked into McCamish Pavilion to watch the basketball team play Alabama A&M. Good to see.
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That’s up there with the worst CFB games I’ve ever watched.
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Dontae Smith said that he had a great quick chat with CPJ before the game. He hadn't seen him in a long time. he said it was like when he met him in HS.
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GT fans watching the SECCG
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#GaTech will knock off #13 UNC 21-17
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5 years
This is the craziest moment I’ve ever covered in my journalism career and probably the only time I’ve seen a press box go nuts with both media groups because of how crazy it was.
@BarstoolGT
Barstool Georgia Tech
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4 years ago today. Never. Gets. Old.
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This is probably the craziest sports moment I’ll ever witness in-person. Also my most vivid memory in my decade-plus covering Gt and the only time I’ve seen almost everyone in a press box stand up out of amazement.
@theACCDN
ACC Digital Network
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There aren’t enough adjectives in this call or the dictionary to describe The Miracle on Techwood. 🤯🐝 #TogetherWeSwarm #ACCFootball | @GeorgiaTechFB
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Georgia Tech defeats #3 UNC 74-73!!!
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GT fans very much enjoying the action today. Good to see the old energy back in the stands.
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Pressley Harvin III gets drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers with pick 254 in the 7th round. #GaTech punter and Ray Guy Award winner.
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Gibbs is the best player since Calvin Johnson at #GaTech talent-wise on the Flats. It tells you a ton about the state of the program that he left.
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2 years
Key was very clear the ATL chart is toast.
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4 years
UGA should also come to Atlanta in 2021 since the SEC made the call not to play the game and not Georgia Tech. If they don't want to do that then @GTToddStansbury should cancel the series. They don't get to have that home game back IMO.
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GT shutout of the Tier One bowls, two teams GT beat got bids who had the same record. Seriously what the hell is the ACC doing.
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Tonight was the most points GT has scored against a ranked opponent since GT ran all over #7 Miss State in the Orange Bowl in December of 2014, 49-35.
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3 years
A magical season for #GaTech in year five under @GTJoshPastner
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Georgia Tech WINS!
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3 years
A judge in Arizona convicted Ron Bell on six counts in his attempt to falsely accuse #GaTech men's basketball coach Josh Pastner of sexual assault. Good to see some resolution to this case. Story from ESPN
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"We belong in bowl games and that is the expectation at this place every single year and should be," Brent Key said.
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2 years
GT grad with a funny plate on the way to Tech today
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5 years
#GaTech has the 18th ranked recruiting class in the country with the commitment of 4-star WR Bryce Gowdy @SkayeBryce today. Impressive work by @CoachCollins and his staff led on the recruiting side by @PatrickSuddes
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For those wondering
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Eric Singleton Jr.
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Jeff Sims said that both Jordan Yates and Tucker Gleason did a great job of keeping him calm during the Florida State game on the sideline between series. Said they are great teammates.
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#GaTech for the first time since the win in Athens in 2016 went toe-to-toe with UGA and hung with the #1 team for four quarters. They came up short, but in the first full season under Brent Key that was an impressive effort.
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Brent Key said that Calvin Johnson was at practice today and watched. He hung out and watched practice and spent some time talking to the WRs after practice.
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Game over Georgia Tech wins 23-20 in a stunner. Miami had a 99% chance to win I'm sure ahead of the fumble.
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Key said that national people are downplaying what GT actually did to win the game even with Miami's decisions. He said everyone decided to play 100% until the end on both sides of the ball. He reminded the team that they chose to play the way they were supposed to play for 60.
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