Sports Page Atlanta

This Wednesday, May 14th, Comcast Sports Southeast will air a one-hour show featuring a preview of Georgia Tech’s 2008 football season. Also included in the show will be;

• Footage from the first spring practice
• Commentary from Paul Johnson, first-year Tech football coach, and Wes Durham
• Former Yellow Jackets Dorsey Levens and Rick Strom speaking with current players Darryl Richard and Andrew Gardner
• Defensive coordinator Dave Wommack gives a comprehensive review of the spring and what he expects from the defense in 2008
• Paul Johnson gives an orientation about how his offensive system was developed.

Two Georgia players and one Georgia Tech players made the initial list for the 2008 Lott Trophy Award. The Lott Trophy, named after Ronnie Lott is given to the college football’s best defensive player in the nation. It also represents players who give the best IMPACT (Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity.)

There are only 42 student-athletes on the list including:

Georgia

• CB - Asher Allen
• DT - Jeffrey Owens

Georgia Tech

• DT - Darryl Richard

Richard is one of only seven players on the overall list that were on the list last year.

Georgia’s David Pollack was the first winner of this prestigious award back in 2004.

The winner will be announced on December 14th later this year.