Jacket Buzz, Mailbag Offer, Other Stuff
Published on: 22nd October, 2009
(Morgan Burnett is jumping for joy at the new mailbag!) Hey folks, just checking in with a few different housekeeping items on a Thursday. A few links regarding the Virginia game: ESPN's Heather Dinich has a good piece on Paul Johnson's take on Virginia. Interesting pull-quote from Cavaliers coach Al Groh: "They've passed ...Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Make Statement About Program With Upset Win
Published on: 17th October, 2009
They spent too many years just missing in these games. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, perennial favorites in the "good, but not great" sweepstakes, came up painfully short against the very best of competition too often to be considered unlucky. Eighteen straight games at home against top-5 opponents the Jackets either lost ...NCAA Week Seven: Bad Advice, Bold Prediction and Something Else
Published on: 17th October, 2009
(Bold is what Josh Nesbitt needs to be Saturday night) Oh-me-o, oh-my-o, oh-Cleveland, Ohio. The big day, it has arrived. Most Yellow Jacket fans had this game circled on their schedule in the preseason as "the one" Tech has to win to get to Tampa. Obviously, no one saw Miami coming. Oops. Still, ...Georgia Tech Half-Season Awards and Report Card
Published on: 14th October, 2009
(I wonder who Paul Johnson's half-season MVP is...) The three sure signs of fall have all arrived. It's turning colder, the trees are about 97 different colors and college football season is going pedal-to-the-floor. The North Avenue Trade Schoolers have a big one -- maybe the biggest in years -- looming against ...Paul Johnson Perpetuating Culture Shock at Georgia Tech
Published on: 11th October, 2009
(Even Gator grad Erin Andrews has to respect the changes afoot at the North Avenue Trade School) Georgia Tech and Florida State do not have a long history, but they certainly have a lively one. Many's the time this matchup has come down to the last five minutes, and until last year, ...Georgia Tech-Florida State: Post-Game Thoughts
Published on: 11th October, 2009
(Make no mistake, No. 9 is the man Georgia Tech can't live without) In a series of important lessons about the talent and makeup of this Georgia Tech squad, Saturday night might have been this season's most important. To boil it down: Georgia Tech found its missing resiliency. With a defense that as ...Georgia Tech-Florida State: Half-Time Thoughts
Published on: 10th October, 2009
(That picture is not from this game. This game was played at night.) Mother Nature plays better defense than either of the football teams at Doak Campbell Stadium tonight. She's the only one that's kept either of them out of the endzone for any length of time. They charge me with talking ...Week Six: Bad Advice, Bold Prediction, and Something Else
Published on: 10th October, 2009
(It's time to get Roddy Jones doing more of that) If you're Georgia Tech, this is it. You're where you want to be heading into the two-game sprint that everyone said would decide if you were a conference contender or not—a trip to Tallahassee followed by a home date with Virginia Tech ...Tarrant Playing Key Roles in Jackets’ Success
Published on: 6th October, 2009
(You might not know, but that's Jerrard Tarrant, and he's good at football.) Playmakers. It's a popular buzzword in common football nomenclature, meant to describe those among us who affect change in the outcome of a game through sheer talent or force of will (also the name of a most-regrettable ESPN television ...Yellow Jacket Victory Still Leaves One Lingering Question
Published on: 4th October, 2009
(Josh Nesbitt brought his passing hat Saturday night) Saturday night was supposed to be a tough test for a still-unproven Georgia Tech team. An SEC foe with promising results, a tough road environment, two big-time conference games on the horizon. And in a tribute to the rest of their season -- now near ...Featured Sponsors
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