Jackets Make 'Dogs Disappear in 3Q
What Happened? Where did that 28-12 halftime lead go? Wow. That was a real disappearing act in that 3rd quarter, in all 3 phases. But to be fair, you've got to give Paul Johnson's Yellow Jackets team some credit. Georgia Tech has a really young team in most areas. So, to come back from a whipping in the 1st half, on the road, against a program that had a 7-game winning streak on'm. That's impressive.
The game turned with one big play. Jonathan Dwyer's 60 yard TD sprint on GT's first play of the 3rd quarter.
The Willie Martinez Plan looked good in the first half. Tech had 5 possession's and scored once. They stuffed Dwyer inside...he had 9 carries for 37 yards, with a long run of 10 yards. Georgia took Option #1 away. Atkins, Weston, Irvin, Curran and Ellerbe had it under control.
Martinez had 11 months to research and gameplan. And he came out with something new. He added a safety (John Knox) and took out a LB (Dent). Byrd and Knox lined up wide. This allowed his best player---Rennie Curran----to be knee deep in stopping the inside run against Dwyer. For 2 quarters it worked.
But at halftime, apparently Paul Johnson decided to start attacking outside. Good move. Tech got the ball to start the 2nd half and on the first play, Johnson got the ball to Dwyer outside, on the edge. The result: a 60 yard touchdown sprint.
How does the 'Dog Offense respond: 3-and-out, punt. Matt had to throw one away on 2nd down and then, run for his life on 3rd down.
Tech's offense comes back with a 59 yard TD drive that featured a conversion on 4th and 1 and a big interference call on Asher Allen. The TD run came when Byrd got blocked and allowed Jones outside. Tie ballgame.
Time for the special teams contribution: Richard Samuel, wrapped up and going down, was stripped. Fumble. Tech up 7.
How does the Georgia Offense respond: 4-and-out, punt. Moreno got 2 on 1st and 10. On 2-8, Moreno gets 4. On 3rd down, Bobo has Stafford roll right....no one open, he's got to throw it away.
Tech's offense then hits the big play outside on the 'Dogs defense again. Jones takes the pitch and runs over 50 yards. Sets up a FG. Tech up 10.
That's how Georgia went from up 16, to down 10----a 26 point turn-a-round in 1 quarter. Quite a disappearing act.
The game turned with one big play. Jonathan Dwyer's 60 yard TD sprint on GT's first play of the 3rd quarter.
The Willie Martinez Plan looked good in the first half. Tech had 5 possession's and scored once. They stuffed Dwyer inside...he had 9 carries for 37 yards, with a long run of 10 yards. Georgia took Option #1 away. Atkins, Weston, Irvin, Curran and Ellerbe had it under control.
Martinez had 11 months to research and gameplan. And he came out with something new. He added a safety (John Knox) and took out a LB (Dent). Byrd and Knox lined up wide. This allowed his best player---Rennie Curran----to be knee deep in stopping the inside run against Dwyer. For 2 quarters it worked.
But at halftime, apparently Paul Johnson decided to start attacking outside. Good move. Tech got the ball to start the 2nd half and on the first play, Johnson got the ball to Dwyer outside, on the edge. The result: a 60 yard touchdown sprint.
How does the 'Dog Offense respond: 3-and-out, punt. Matt had to throw one away on 2nd down and then, run for his life on 3rd down.
Tech's offense comes back with a 59 yard TD drive that featured a conversion on 4th and 1 and a big interference call on Asher Allen. The TD run came when Byrd got blocked and allowed Jones outside. Tie ballgame.
Time for the special teams contribution: Richard Samuel, wrapped up and going down, was stripped. Fumble. Tech up 7.
How does the Georgia Offense respond: 4-and-out, punt. Moreno got 2 on 1st and 10. On 2-8, Moreno gets 4. On 3rd down, Bobo has Stafford roll right....no one open, he's got to throw it away.
Tech's offense then hits the big play outside on the 'Dogs defense again. Jones takes the pitch and runs over 50 yards. Sets up a FG. Tech up 10.
That's how Georgia went from up 16, to down 10----a 26 point turn-a-round in 1 quarter. Quite a disappearing act.
Buck, we need to quit complaining about the offensive line...I can't remember a year we had so many 450+ yard games..they had to have something to do with that...I sat in the rain like many Saturday and frustrated with Ellerbee celebrating one play, then trying to belly bump Dwyer out of bounds, then Rashad Jones tapping no. 20 Jones when he is one inch from being OB....two big turning points...I've changed my mind about the kickoff team...we should kick it out of bounds because we cannot keep them inside the 40 anyway when they run it back. With all this complaining, I'm renewing my tickets...love Richt, the Dawgs, and even Willie...little concerned about Fabris though...our guys on punt coverage never look to down the ball inside the 10...not looking forward to hearing Kincaid's garbage today....appreciate all you do.
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Buck,
Remember when Fla State won the National Championship with one loss even though they lost to Notre Dame who also only had one loss because the thinking was Fla State lost to a better team (Notre Dame) than the team Notre Dame lost to (Boston College)??
By that thinking, even if Fla beats Alabama giving both teams one loss, should Alabama still be ranked ahead of FLA becuase Alabama wil have lost te a better team (Florida) than the team Florida lost to (Mississippi)?
Damn, my head hurts now.
I bet you wish I would never brought that up.
Its hard to argue that you don't deserve to play for national championship if you lost to Mississippi.
Let all the experts put that in their pipe and smoke it!!!
Bushwacker AKA TROUBLEMAKER.
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