Georgia Tech QBs Jeff Sims and Zach Pyron both dealing with big injuries | 11alive Reggie Chatman
Published: Nov 14, 2022
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RON: IT IS GOING TO BE AN UPHILL BATTLE FOR GEORGIA TECH, WITH TWO RANKED OPPONENTS TO CLOSE OUT THE YEAR. JENNIFER: AND WITHOUT TWO OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT PLAYERS. REGGIE CHATMAN HAS MORE. REGGIE: A LOT OF TALK AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE INFIRM COACH SURROUNDED THE QUARTERBACK POSITION, MOST NOTABLY THE QUARTERBACK JEFF SIMS, WHO HAS BEEN OUT WITH A FOOT INJURY SUSTAINED VERSUS VIRGINIA, IS BEING SHUT DOWN FOR THE SEASON. >> IT IS FRUSTRATING. JEFF, DEFINITELY NOW. I HAD MEETINGS WITH JEFF AND THE DOCTORS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND CAME TO THE DETERMINATION THAT IT WOULD BE BEST JEFF TO NOT BE IN MEETINGS OR PRACTICE, BUT BE IN TREATMENT AND REHAB NOW. REGGIE: THE MAN THAT STARTED IN PLACE OF HIM SATURDAY VERSUS MY MA, ZACH 50, IS ALSO UP FOR THE SEASON AFTER BREAKING HIS COLLARBONE DURING THAT GAME. >> A CRAZY THING WENT DOWN, HE DIDN'T KNOW HE BROKE IT WHEN HE BROKE IT. THE NEXT LATE WAS THE ONE WHERE WE RAN THE FLEA FLICKER, HE DROPS THE SOUL -- THEY SHOULDER AND THAT ENDS UP UNFORTUNATELY BEING AN INTERCEPTION. THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED. THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN SEVEN WEEKS AGO, WHEN EVERYONE ASKED ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF HOW WE KEEP THE TEAM TOGETHER. THESE KITS HAVE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THESE KIDS FOR THE WAY THEY RESPOND. REGGIE: A TOUGH CHALLENGE FOR PRESUMED STARTING QUARTERBACK ZACH GIBSON AS THE TEAM TAKES ON A RANKED NORTH CAROLINA