Tech: A New Low

Tech played about as bad as a team can play, in every area of the game. The defense couldn’t tackle, but the offense and special teams didn’t help them out. I didn’t think they’d solve their kicking problems overnight, and the punting team decided to not block. The offense only managed a field goal. I’m wondering if this isn’t the worst Tech team ever. Fans posting on AJC.com are livid. One long-time fan, older than me, who’d stayed at the GT hotels at all the recent bowl games ripped the team pretty good. Said they were prima donnas who didn’t deserve a bowl trip.

Finally there is a quarterback controversy. Vad Lee needs the playing time. He’s the fastest running QB ever at Tech, and has the strongest arm. Still, he needs a LOT of seasoning…especially running the option. So many of Johnson’s plays take too long to develop, either by design of by slow QB play. Tevin runs the option much better. BYU did a great job taking it away. No easy wins the rest of the way…not even Maryland.

Radakovich is a good AD, and it would be hard for GT to replace him with someone of his caliber. Clemson called, and he was just the type to want to move on. I wonder if he ever understood that Tech’s fan base is different, much more old school than most. Most Tech graduates leave the state, leaving a tiny alumni group in the metro area. Unlike UGA, the vibe at Tech football games is social.  Tech’s downtown, urban setting would seemingly attract inner city athletes - except for the school’s engineering curriculum. Perhaps that’s why DRad left. Tech is the perfect storm for bad football.

I should gloat in my “prediction” that UGA would beat Florida. Kept waiting for the Gators to come back, and I thought it was all over when that big receiver was headed to the end zone. But Jarvis Jones forced another fumble, and that was the game. As usual, Murray had some passes sail on him, but he was on target when it mattered.

Didn’t do much this weekend. Watched chunks of the Series. Sunday night the wind knocked out our cable, so I missed the Giants comeback. Early Sunday afternoon Will was bumped from his return flight to Atlanta, and had to wait to Monday morning to fly in. He got to see a classic game Saturday night, between ND and OK.

Every week Kirk Herbstreit announces the biggest ABC/ESPN college football game of the week, along with Brent Musburger. He’s also on the popular 10 am Saturday morning ESPN College GameDay show, broadcast from outside a college stadium. This week they were in Norman for the OK/ND game, so Will got his picture with Herbstreit and former UGA all-American David Pollock.

Pollock had called Thursday night’s Clemson game at Wake Forest. He’d done a good job, to the point where it seemed like co-announcer Jesse palmer was getting angry with him.

On November 7 Matthew is going to the Hawks/Pacers game with his small group. He asked if I had a Hawks jersey he can wear, but I sold the only one I had.