This is truly becoming a special season on the flats. Saturday the Yellow Jackets dismantled a decent Duke Blue Devil squad 49-10. The win enabled Georgia Tech to clinch the ACC’s Coastal Division Title and secure a spot in the ACC Championship game. The Jackets improve to 10-1, and might be the country’s best one loss team.
Quick, name me 4 other offenses in college football as good or better than Georgia Tech’s offensive attack. I didn’t think you could either. This offense rolled up 519 yards of offense against Duke. When you think all the Jackets can do is run, Georgia Tech goes and throws for over 200. QB Josh Nesbitt threw two touchdowns passes of over 30 yards, and RB Jonathan Dwyer had another 100+ yard rushing game. Paul Johnson has his offense scoring points and running up yards like it’s a pinball machine. The concern for Tech has always been its defense. Saturday they showed up.
Against Duke’s potent passing attack, the Jacket’s held the Blue Devils to 10 points and 281 total yards. That’s only 20 points given up by the Jacket’s defense the last 6 quarters. Not to shabby for the much maligned group.
Now the Yellow Jackets get a BYE week to finally rest after playing non-stop games since September. I am sure the players will enjoy the break. They’ll need the rest time, because after the BYE week comes the two games that will truly define the Jacket’s season. The Jackets will play archrival Georgia in 2 weeks, then likely the Clemson Tigers in the ACC Championship for the right to represent the ACC in the Orange Bowl.
In two years Paul Johnson has taken a program mired in mediocrity and turned them into the ACC’s best team. Yellow Jacket fans thank their lucky stars everyday that Johnson came to coach at Georgia Tech.
For more articles on Georgia Tech, the ACC, and other sports topics please visit my blog: All About Sports.
Loading ...