[JonnyFiveAlive]

Big News!

Georgia Tech quarterback Reggie Ball has been ruled academically ineligible for the Gator Bowl. Cornerback Kenny Scott also is academically ineligible, the school said Wednesday.

"You're disappointed for the young men, and you're disappointed for the team," coach Chan Gailey said. "Although this is a very, very bad ending to the careers of these two young men, we can't forget the contributions they have made to the Georgia Tech program the last four years."

Ball passed for 1,820 yards this season while starting every game. He threw for 20 touchdowns and was intercepted 14 times, but was criticized for inconsistency, especially after Tech's offense sputtered in a regular season-ending loss to Georgia and a loss to Wake Forest in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.

The four-year starter from Stone Mountain, Ga., compiled 8,579 yards of total offense, including 8,128 passing yards with 57 touchdowns during his career.

Scott, from Daytona Beach, Fla., was a three-year starter. This season he had 50 tackles, two interceptions and 10 pass breakups.

Gailey said backup quarterback Taylor Bennett would start for Tech against West Virginia in the Gator Bowl on Jan. 1 in Jacksonville, Fla., and Jahi Word-Daniels would take Scott's place at cornerback.

Wow - is this going to be a rout or what?!

[arsenik]

This is great news!! Let's GOOO Mountaineers!

[arcele]

It may be great news....Reggie Ball has really struggled the past few weeks to this may actually be a progression for GT...could make for a better game, or could make for a total blow out.

[delriz@verizon.net]

Rutgers fan here... lay it on Ga. Tech. Beat them big time... it'll be great for the Big East if we win them all. South Fla... has taken one. We need Rutgers,WVU,Louisville and Cinc. to show the rest that the Big East should be taken seriously...

[JonnyFiveAlive]

That QB had one hell of a game

[mtajim]

I saw the QB game , i think they played not that well

[JonnyFiveAlive]

I think for a backup he had a big game. He blew out WVU the first two quarters, went 19 for 29, for 326 passing yards and threw for three touchdowns. I would say for a non-starter and under the pressure of a bowl game he had a great game. The game was Tech's to win, they let it slip away and we capitalized. He was embarassing us early on.