Georgia Tech Kicks Georgia’s Ass!

The sun is shining again!

After a 7-year drought against the Georgia Bulldogs, my beloved Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have emerged victorious over the Clarke County Correctional Squad.

Here’s what makes this so sweet:

• Exactly ZERO people would have predicted Tech could beat Georgia this year (except for maybe Coach Paul Johnson)
• Virtually NOBODY predicted Georgia Tech would win more than 5 or 6 games - and certainly not end the regular season with a 9-3 record and prospects for a major bowl game
• The triple option - the new offense installed by 1st year head coach (and GENIUS) Paul Johnson - was criticized as being a “high school offensive scheme that would never work in major college football” - yet we averaged 41.5 points per game against SEC opponents - supposedly the toughest conference in football
• Our team is VERY young - if my stats are right, only 4 of our defensive starters are seniors.  Virtually the entire offensive unit are freshmen or sophomores.
• The incredibly arrogant Georgia running back Knowshon Moreno had 94 yards of rushing and one touchdown - yet he was only the 3rd most productive back on the field today, despite his showboating.  Georgia Tech’s Roddy Jones had 214 yards and 2 touchdowns and Tech’s Jonathan Dwyer ran for 144 yards and two scores.

Lest I be criticized for being a poor sport like the Clark County Correctional Squad, allow me to say for the record:  Well done on the offensive side of the ball, bulldogs.

But let’s all be clear about something:  There’s a new day dawning where Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football is concerned.  It’s all about Coach Paul Johnson, and the attitude that he’s put into this team.

And he’s done it in his FIRST YEAR as a head coach at Georgia Tech!  The thing that’s so special and so unique about this team is that they just won’t quit! That’s not the style that former coach Chan Gailey pursued.  That guy didn’t give a damn about winning.  He was clearly happy with 7 win seasons, because that’s all he ever got with the exception of one year.  And our teams under him were not FIGHTERS…

…Not so with Coach Johnson.  This guy has put the heart of a fighter in our team.  Remember Rocky III and the song “The Eye of the Tiger”?  It’s as if Coach Johnson has created the football version of “The Eye of the Tiger” in the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Wow.

Congratulations Yellow Jackets.  Congratulations Coach Johnson.  Very good things to come.