Coach Chan Gailey said tonight that he learned Ball failed to meet the academic standards earlier today. Gailey said he talked to Scott earlier this week.

He said backup quarterback Taylor Bennett would start against West Virginia in the Gator Bowl game January 1st in Jacksonville. The coach said Jahi Word-Daniels would fill the spot at cornerback.

Ball passed for 18-hunedred and 20 yards this season while starting every game. He threw for 20 touchdowns and was intercepted 14 times. He 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 compiled 85-hundred and 79 yards of total offense, including more than eight-thousand passing yards with 57 touchdowns during his career.

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

Bennett completed 16 of 29 passes during the season, with two touchdowns and one interception. Gailey said Bennett has not had much preparation so far and ``would be busy'' in practice this week and next.

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