The ironic part is that they were drafted by Chan Gailey as pro style offense players and Paul Johnson utilized them to make his triple option elite. Those days were awesome because he had 4 and 5 star players in his offense. After that it wasn’t the same because highly ranked recruits didn’t go there because that offense doesn’t get you NFL ready.
Slight correction- at 4:02 you mention that Thomas was immediately named starter upon arriving at Tech but that's not true, he backed up Vad Lee his first year hence the low stats. He only became starter when Vad transferred
Smoov was awesome. After the last UGA win we met the team back at the Edge building. He stayed and signed autographs for every fan that met the bus. He didn't have to take the time but he did. That means a lot to me.
You should do a video about his high school team. His senior year and he ane his back up both went D1 and they won state with a roster that had like 16 college commits. Crazy considering Prattville is a middle of nowhere alabama school
@@joshuajones2134 definitely do not lol yall are always competitive no doubt but ***most*** years is a big stretch. Regardless, that particular season was an anomaly for basically any public school to produce on that level.
The hard thing about Georgia Tech is losing that offense to me has caused their downturn. That offense was part of the school's identity in a way. I love the offense so I always watched them and the service academies, but Tech just did it better.
These guys are bums compared to Jamel Holloway in case you don't know who he is he's the kid that replaced Troy aikman at Oklahoma and won the Heisman trophy as a true freshman he is the best option quarterback to ever play the game
Frazier is probably the overall best triple option QB. The only others I would put anywhere near him are Lance McIlhenny, Jamelle Holloway and Darian Hagan. Eric Crouch was darned good also.
Yes (and maybe the greatest overall college QB until Joe Burrow) and nothing against Thomas but Navy's Ricky Dobbs, Air Force's Beau Morgan and the guys Charles has listed especially Holloway were up there too.
How do you define "recent memory?" I love JT5 as much as anyone, but Joe Hamilton deserves the title of best in recent memory, IMHO. Runner up Heisman, and if we're going to be honest, he deserved it over Ron Dayne. Against eventual National Champ FSU, Joe went 22-25 for 389 yards and 4TD's, with a 5th rushing. Best single game I've ever seen a QB play, though we lost (and if we had instant replay, I bet Travaris Tillman's pick of Weinke would have been ruled an INT, rather than out of bounds, and we win).
@@mcoltrane5 Your right! It's a difference. Triple option takes much more discipline to defend. Where as the power option is exactly what it sounds like. Whoever's more physically dominate should control the game.
As someone who has always been a Bama fan cause my dad grew up in N. Ala watching The Bear coach UA, I grew up mainly in Georgia and have always had Tech as my #2 team. I remember in Saban’s second year not only did Bama win the Iron Bowl for the first time in a good while, Ga Tech beat UGA. Also loved the ‘15 season when Ga Tech beat UGA. Have nothing against UGA either I just always loved the Ga Tech Ramblin’ Wreck. No where I’d rather be in the state than Athens, tho. Fun fact (if you didn’t mention it, ADD is a funny thing) Justin Thomas was Bama commitment but Bama didn’t want him as a QB so he went to Tech.
I played at Wetumpka (your rival) and I can say this statement is false. Beat you guys twice in one year including knocking y’all out the playoffs his(Justin Thomas) JR year
If your name isn't Tommie Frazier then you aren't the best option QB ever. Dude was the most dominant player on the most dominant team of all time just ask the 95 Florida Gators defense.
Best ever at triple option? Tommy Frazier, Brook Bollinger, James Street, Jamel Holloway, Eric Crouch? All of them won or played for national championships running some form of the option. You need to get your football history in order dude. You constantly put out videos with either no context or completely erroneous information.
The only guy u said that’s definitely better is Tommy besides that u talking abt teams winning or playing for championships, u do understand that was back in a time when everyone ran the option, in todays day and age it’s way harder to be a winning team running the option and u know that’s true
As a Tech fan Im ready for a season to look forward to between Tech and the Falcons I want to be excited about football but all I look forward to is baseball the braves and yellow jacket baseball. Basketball is great but I love football and baseball
I remember him becus he is from Alabama he played at Pratt & smacked my high school team😂😂 then he went to GT & im also a Georgia fan so I still had to deal w/ him lol
Of All Time?? No. But he is up there in top 10 probably. Players like Nebraska Tommie Frazier and Eric Crouch, Navy Keenan Reynolds, Notre Dame Tony Rice, Colorado Darian Hagan and of course Oklahoma with J.C. Watts, Steve Davis, and the greek god of the wishbone and my personal GOAT of triple option...Jamelle Holieway. If you havent seen Jamelle Holieway run a triple option, do it. Its....beautiful.
Those guys also ran pro style systems with option sprinkled in. Syracuse and Colorado weren't triple option teams like Georgia Tech or the Service academies.
@fredwill13 Syracuse used to run what they called "freeze option" a lot in the 90's. They were not an option offense but they would run some option plays.
I really don't see Collins as a man to fix the program. I really haven't paid any attention to the gt football after Johnson's era. As I recall, his last year was a real bust. Tech is a school with a football team, not the other way around. I'm proud to be a jacket
Is this video a joke? lmao. The uploader must be the biggest Justin Thomas fan there is. The guy isn’t even a top 10 option QB. Honestly cannot take this seriously.
