Johnson victims "working to convince" NFL scouts

Former Tech B-back Anthony Allen is discovering the cruel reality of being a "featured" runner in Paul Johnson's service academy offense.

Like Jonathan Dwyer before him, Allen now faces a variety of questions from pro scouts as to whether he can adapt to an NFL style of play. In Johnson's bland, single-formation offense, Allen lines up only three yards behind the QB in an unorthodox three-point stance and receives little experience in pass protecting or catching the football. This altogether makes him an unpolished, "incomplete" back and a risk for teams drafting in the early rounds.

Allen's plight only retraces the pattern of his predecessor Jonathan Dwyer, who was once a premier NFL prospect, but likewise saw his draft stock plummet after two seasons of reprogramming at the hands of Johnson. He was eventually drafted in the sixth round by the Pittsburgh Steelers and saw minimal action in his rookie campaign. Dwyer has since exhibited the public bitterness towards Georgia Tech befitting of a player who had his once-promising career stifled by a gimmick offense he never asked to play in.

Meanwhile, outgoing QB Josh Nesbitt is trying to do some convincing as well, but his task is even more daunting. Once a brilliant passer in high school, Nesbitt saw his quarterbacking skills erode precipitously under Johnson's tutelage. As a result he has been forced to retool himself as a running back amidst fading hopes that he will be welcomed into the professional ranks.

Nesbitt was once considered one of the top dual-threat quarterbacks in the country coming out of high school and started three years under Johnson. His senior season marked career lows in both yards per attempt(6.42) and completion percentage(37.1%), the latter of which was a full 10% behind the lowest-ranked FBS player with enough attempts(14 per team's games played) to be listed in the official NCAA rankings(Vanderbilt's Larry Smith at 47.4%).

Diesel backs the dump truck on Tech fans

Tech alumnus and voluminous Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jonathan Dwyer recently had some choice words concerning the Institute on his Facebook page. You see, it turns out "The Diesel" has not exactly been keen on the amount of fan loyalty exhibited at recent Georgia Tech home football games. Thus has he been compelled to pontificate on the subject among his esteemed peers:

Jon DwyerIts a shame bc no matter wat UGA tennesse or anybodies record they have a packed out game no matter wat bc they are loyal fans came to games last yr bc we where winning..that shoes more and more how hypocritical ppl are and just like kyle jackson until we get pack out games u can kiss the fact of being on college gamed...ay and receiving big time recruits goodbye..it also has the effects on the players

Jon Dwyeri really hope georgia tech fans get themselves together

Jon Dwyerscoob its sick man..like why cant yall be loyal..we bust are bodies week and week out to come to play and we barely see anybody in the stands..but UGA or whoever it is can be 3-6 and that stadium is rockin bc they care about there guys man and players respond to that

And while the fickleness of Tech fans is hardly a well-kept secret, and some might even consider Dwyer a touch conceited, it's difficult to blame the young rookie for lashing out. If I'd spent half my college career slamming my body into the line without the football, only to witness the evisceration of my draft prospects via Paul Johnson's offense, I'd probably be bitter about Georgia Tech too.