Friday, December 11, 2009

#2 Yellow Jackets Survive Trip To Miami


Nebraska Jumps GT and Notre Dame to become new #1.......#2 GT over #20 Miami 24-20......#6 OU Keeps rolling with a 47-20 win voer Iowa St...#10 Miss St continues to win with a 45-14 victory over Kentucky.....Tiger Woods Slept With My Wife!!!!!







Miami, FL- The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are alittle upset over dropping to #2 in the nation. They havent lost a game in there last 22 straight games. Yet, they were dropped in the poll to #2 behind Nebraska. They almost suffered there first loss of the year to rival Miami if the defense had not bailed them out

The GT defense allowed just 197 yards from Miami including an impressive -14 in rushing as Tech rallied late and held on to beat #20 Miami 24-20.

"This was an Impressive win" said Coach Millhimes " Coach Knight and the Hurricanes were ready for us and almost had our number" said Millhimes

Jordan Luallen looked horrible in this game. 7-15 for 120 yards and 0 touchdowns to go along with 2 picks. One of which was returned for a touchdown. He did have 47 yards rushing.

The main story was that of Richard Watson. The starting Fullback went down on the second play of the game and remained on the bench all game with an unknown injury. His replacement was David Drummond who rushed for 83 yards and 3 touchdowns on 22 carries.

The game was tied at 7 at the half and GT scored 10 points in the 3rd thanks to some interceptions of there own. Rashaad Reid picked off Jacory Harris midway through the third which set up a 25 yard field goal from Cutler to make it 10-7. Miami had a weird set next round. Back to back delay of games made it 3rd and 25 at there own 10. They failed to convert and Punted to GT who had great field position. Gt would drive down and run it in from 1 yard out to take a 17-7 lead going into the 4th.

Harris would get the Hurricanes moving and they converted ona key 4th adn 7 at there own 45 early in the 4th to keep the ball moving. Harris would hit Johnson for a 34 yard strike to make it 17-14. Georgia Tech would come back down the field and Luallen would hit Hill on a 34 yard pass to the Miami 1 yard line. Thats where Drummond took it in to take a 24-14 lead with 1:15 left.

Drummond seals the deal with a 1 yard TD run

Miami would drive down on GT's prevent defense and score with 22 seconds left. A failed 2 point conversion didnt help Maimi as they failed to get the onside kick and tech ran out the clock.

Another test next week as the Yellow Jackets meet #24 Clemson.

NCAA Stat Leaders As Of 10/15
Passing YardsSTAT
1.Tyrone Starks(Hou)2142
2.Alex Dennison(Buf)2107
3.Kellen Moore(Boi)2067
Passing TD'sSTAT
1.Kellen Moore(Boi)21
2.Dayne Crist(ND)19
3.Aaron Corp(USC)18
Rushing YardsSTAT
1.Denard Robinson(ARMY)1021
2.Mike Gillislee(UF)884
3.Kendrick Hardy(Sou Miss.)865
Rushing TD'sSTAT
1.Cody Green(Neb)17
2.Jordan Luallen(GT)12
3.Edwin Baker(Michigan St)12
ReceptionsSTAT
1.Dominique Sandifer(SD ST)65
2.Demetrice Thompson(Marshall)53
3.Gerell Robinson(AZ ST)53
SacksSTAT
1.Brandon Jenkins(FSU)14
2.Emmanuel Dieke(GT)9
3.Richetti Jones(OK ST)8
InterceptionsSTAT
1.Kenny Tate(MD)6
2.Robert Blanton(ND)5
3.Jason Flanagan(BCU)4

Monday, December 7, 2009

Georgia Tech Cruises Past 8th ranked Alabama


#1 GT Rolls Past #8 Alabama 45-14......Michigan St Destroys Virginia 63-7....#9 OU looks to get revenge on undefeated Texas from last years game......#10 FSU Looks for payback as well against Wake Forest...Wake upset FSU last year






Atlanta GA- The Georgia Tech Yellow jackets continue to show why they are the #1 ranked team in the nation. The manage to rally when down and even learn to progress as the season goes along. Just ask QB Jordan Luallen.

Luallen had his best passing performance of the season putting up 220 yards and a touchdown to go along with 105 yards and 3 touchdowns on the ground as the #1 GT Yellow Jackets won there 19th straight game in a 45-14 win over #8 Alabama.

"We were hoping that Jordan would start to show signs of Josh Nesbitt in him and he has started to show he can be a weapon at both ends" said Coach Millhimes.

Georgia Tech really didnt have much to worry about the whole game as they outgained the Crimson Tide 470-174. They also held Bama to just 1 3rd down conversion on 9 attempts. Bama also failed on two 4th down conversions. Tech's defense is showing its face again this year after leading the nation in sacks and INT's last year.

Tech also got 88 yards and a touchdown from fullback Richard Watson.



GT'S Lance Richardson spears Bama HB Trent Richardson


GT jumped out early 14-0 in the first after Luallen hit Sims on a 35 yard touchdown pass and Luallen ran it in from 2 yards out. The scoring continued in the second as Bama produced 4 straight 4 and out series. Luallen again had a 4 yard rushing touchdown and capped the scoring with 11 seconds left with yet another 4 yard run to make it 28-0 at the half.

Bama got on the board in the third when Robert Green returned a Luallen pick 63 yards for a score. GT answered though the next drive on a 4 yard TD run by Watson.

Former starter turned backup QB Jaybo Shaw was put in during the 4th where he hit Fisher on a 35 yard touchdown throw to give GT a 45-7 lead. Bama would tack on a touchdown before it was all said and done.

Bama's QB Star Jackson could not get in rythem. He threw for 92 yards on 5-12 passing.


NCAA Stat Leaders As Of 10/01
Passing YardsSTAT
1.Alex Dennison(BUF)1475
2.Keith Nichol(MSU)1467
3.Tyrone Sparks(HOU)1439
Passing TD'sSTAT
1.Samson Szakacsy(AZST)15
2.EJ Manuel(FSU)14
3.Dayne Crist(ND)14
Rushing YardsSTAT
1.Mike Gilliislee(UF)670
2.Kendrick Hardy(Sou Miss)656
3.Brandon Bolden(Ole Miss)629
Rushing TD'sSTAT
1.Cody Green(Neb)11
2.Kendrick Hardy(Sou Miss)9
3.Beau Burton(Utah)8
ReceptionsSTAT
1.Gerell Robinson(AZST)47
2.Darrius Preston(NMST)43
3.Saron Hood(BUF)42
SacksSTAT
1.Brandon Jenkins(FSU)10
2.Richetto Jones(OKST)8
3.John Wheeler(BUF)5
InterceptionsSTAT
1.Kenny Tate(MD)6
2.Bob Mary(WV)4
3.Jason Flanagan(BCU)3

Friday, December 4, 2009

Georgia Tech Gets Miracle Pass To Save Season


#1 GT gets early Christmas Miracle....#2 ND Over Purdue 24-23....#3 Nebraska Beats Army 35-14...#6 Florida Survives Scare against Auburn 17-10...#7 Michigan Shuts Out #12 VT 28-0.....#19 FSU all over #5 West Virginia 42-17......Miss St opens up season 3-0...Miami Drops heartbreaker to Ohio St 24-10.....#13 Penn St upset by Missouri 31-24.....Michigan St wins!!!!








Norman OK- #1 Georgia Tech does not have much firepower this year. There Offensive passing game has really declined and many are wondering if Oklahoma was finally the team to stop the Yellow Jackets 16 game win streak dating back 3 years. It looked like it for the first half of today's ballgame before fate took over.



Is he down as time expires?


In a game in which tech trailed 20-0 at the half, they managed to take a short lead and trailed by 5 with 17 seconds left. Thats when offensive captain and senior Roddy Jones took over. Jones returned the kickoff 72 yards to the OU 19 then Jordan Luallen tossed a 19 yard touchdown pass to Jones with no time left as Georgia Tech pulled off a miracle win over #11 Oklahoma 29-26.

This game saw the starting HB for Oklahoma Jermie Calhoun get knocked out of the game in the second quarter after rushing 6 times for 36 yards. Georgia Tech also lost there starting fullback Richard Watson for the game in the 3rd. He had 47 yards on 12 carries.

"Im still in shock" said Coach Millhimes. "We were being crushed in the first half and our defense awoke in the second half and allowed us to make some big plays to get back into this thing.

GT trailed 20-14 with 3:00 minutes left in the 4th when FS Roderick Sweeting picked off Landry Jones and returned it 74 yards for the touchdown and a 21-20 lead after the PAT.

Ou came right back down the field and scored when they drove down the field using nice run plays. It was capped by a Miller 2 yard touchdown run that gave them the lead 26-21 after a missed 2 point conversion. Thats when Roddy Jones took over.

Jones finished the game with 5 carries for 24 yards and 2 catches for 31 yards and the touchdown.

Georgia Tech drove down the field on there first posession and missed a 46 yard field goal. They dropped 3 passes on there opeing drive alone. OU would hit a 52 yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead after one.

Next quarter was all OU. Senior SS Sam Proctor returned 2 interceptions in the quarter for touchdowns and OU added a field goal to make it 20-0 at the half.

GT outgained OU 248-214. Total yards was GT with 442-315.



OU Players Are Upset After the Game winning TD

Monday, November 30, 2009

#2 Georgia Tech Wins Sloppy Game Over VT


#2 Georgia Tech Survives #6 Virginia Tech.....#20 FSU Slams Boston College 34-12......Army's Denard Robinson struggles as 0-2 Army Meets Northwestern....Michigan's tate Forcier done For The Season?







Atlanta, GA- The defending National Champion's have a problem. They do not know who to play at Quarterback. They tried something different today and almost cost the team the season.

Coach Millhimes used sophmore Jordan Luallen at Quarterback and he threw 2 tocuhdowns and a team record 5 interceptions despite all that, Georgia Tech won the game 35-21. Luallen threw for 178 yards on 11-26 passing. "He was all over the place and tghe only thing that saved him was his feet" said Millhimes

Luallen had 144 yards rushing on 14 carries. He was the speedster that Coach Millhimes wants but has no accuracy as he over threw 4 passes in the game that Nesbitt would have connected with.

A brite spot was FB Richard Watson who ran for 102 yards and 2 total touchdowns. He ran for 1 and caught a 2 yard pass from Luallen. Roddy Jones had 41 yards rushing to add to the total.

The game was scorless after one and Georgia Tech put on a nice show in the second quarter. Watson took it in from 1 yard out on the first play of the Second quarter to make it 7-0. Next time dow, Watson added a 3 yard touchdown catch to make it 14-0. Then, the fans really erupted. All American Julian Burnett stripped Tech's Ryan Williams of the ball and DE Emmanuel Dieke picked it up and ran it back 41 yards to make it 21-0 Georgia Tech at the half.



Tech made it 28-0 in the Third when Luallen did a Play Action pass to Wideout Shaun Hill for a big 53 yard touchdown catch and run to take them to the Fourth.

The Fourth quarter is where things got messy. Luallen threw 3 picks in the quarter setting up 3 touchdowns by Virginia Tech. Sophomore Lance Richardson saved the day with a 42 yard interception return for a touchdown to give GT the win.

Georgia Tech next will visit the 12th ranked Sooners in Oklahoma.


COACHES THOUGHTS:
I basically want to start out by saying I can't imagine how we pulled that game out this week. Luallen is young but made very critical errors. I was thinking we were watching a Houston Texan meltdown. If we dont get more solid play from our Quarterback position, we will be eaten alive in the next few weeks. I mean, Oklahoma, NC State, and Alabama are our next three opponents. Not the best way to start the season but we are National Champions.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Georgia Tech, Your #1!


Cone with the game winning touchdown catch

Arizona- What a way to go out on top. Georiga Tech came in underdogs and proved to the nation that they did indeed belong in the National Title game. GT found themselves down by 31-28 with 34 seconds left when Josh Nesbitt took control and hit Thomas for a 45 yard play down to the UF 3 before hitting Cone on a 2 yard touchdown pass with 6 seconds left as #2 Georgia Tech held on with an amazing 35-31 win over #1 Florida in the National Title game.

Josh Nesbitt proved all critics wrong with an awesome performance. Nesbitt went 11-14for 178 yards and 4 touchdowns while throwing 0 interceptions.

"This is what we worked for" said Coach Millhimes while taking his Gatoraide Bath.

The game was 14-7 at the half before both teams offenses exploded in the second half.

The first half was dominated by defense. Both teams struggled to convert key third downs. The main player for the Georgia Tech team was Larry Cox. Cox had 53 yards in the first half and finished with 74. GT went on top early 7-0 when Nesbitt hit Thomas from 12 yards out.

Big runs on returns were the key to victory in this one. Jones returned a second quarter kick 75 yards to the UF 15 setting up the go ahead touchdown at the half.

The third quarter was a strong one for both offenses. Florida came out and went down the field with ease on pass plays. The cap was a Brantley to Parks 11 yard touchdown diving catch on 3rd and 4 to tie it at 14.


Parks Makes a Diving catch in the 3rd quarter

Nesbitt would answer back when he hit Thomas for a huge 33 yard touchdown pass at the end of the third to make it 21-14 GT.

The Georgia Tech defensive line was all over Brantley most of the game. They had 5 sacks and were putting him in bad situations. Florida climbed back into the scoring drive with a big conversion on a 3rd and 18 to start the 4th. They settled for a field goal to make it 21-17.

Gt would miss a golden opportunity missing a key 3rd and 2 run play. Florida would get the ball back and drive down the field with awesome passing. Brantley goes 4-4 on the drive for 58 yards and Demps takes it in from 2 yards out to give Florida a 24-21 lead with 1:30 left

Thats when all hell breaks loose. Florida kicked it into the GT endzone where Thomas had taken knee's the previous two times. Thomas gets the kickoff and brings it out and breaks 4 tackles on route to a 107 yard touchdown return and a 28-24 lead with 1:00 minute left.

To much time for Florida. UF goes down the field on 4 plays and scores when Brantley hits Thompson on a key 28 yard touchdown with 34 seconds left and retake the lead 31-28 with no hope for GT.

Nesbitt and GT takes the ball at the GT 40 and makes it happend! After a quick 11 yard pass play from Nesbitt to Jones and a timeout, Thomas does it again. Nesbitt chuncks up a pass with man to man coverage and Thomas catches it at the UF 3 yard line. Nesbitt then hit Cone from 2 yards out to take the lead for GT with 6 seconds left.

GT does a pooch kick to the UF 45 yard line. Florida tries to make something happend but cant and it gives them 3 seconds left. Brantley goes back for a Hail Mary to end the game and is sacked by Walls to end the game and the fans errupt.

Brantley finished the game 19-22 for 267 yards and 2 touchdowns. Demps went for 80 yards and 2 TD's on 20 Attempts.

Thomas finished the game with 4 receptions for 90 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Good thing GT won the National Title game this year. 22 Seniors on this team including Nesbitt, Thomas, Cox, and most of there Secondary. Once again, thank you for following the National Champions. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

See you next year!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

GT Gets Heisman And Alot More

Atlanta Ga- The #2 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets added some more history to this university last night. Josh Nesbitt became the first Yellow Jacket in history to win the Heisman trophy. Nesbitt, was with finalist Andy Dalton of TCU and his opposition in the CHampion ship game John Brantley of Florida.

"This is a great night for me" said Nesbitt. " My team worked hard all year and thus far, we are perfect and looking to finish this thing. Sports reporters around the world are wondering if the offensive weapon will be taken #1 in the Draft?


Nesbitt Becomes 1st GT player to win the Heisman


Nesbitt also took home several other awards including..


Maxwell Award



Davey O'Brien Award








The EA Sports All American's

Josh Nesbitt

Mario Butler

Jason Peters



Jason Peters was not to be forgotten either. The Nation's new sack king racked up these two awards..


Chuck Bednarik Award





Lombardi Award




Congrat's to all of those who are award winners and those who were there in the chase. Coming Monday will be a special look at both Florida and Georgia Tech.

Friday, November 6, 2009

#1 GT Survives In OT Over Rival #25 Georgia



#1 GT survives Scare with 40-34 win over #25 Georgia.......#6 Michigan Beats Ohio St 35-28........Mississippi St beats Ole Miss 36-21......#2 Florida hangs on for a tough 21-17 win over #15 Florida St.........#7 Notre Dame hopes to bounce back with a win over #23 USC.....








Atlanta GA- The Rival game every year between Georgia Tech and Georgia seems to never left any down. GT managed an thriller last year to win on a last second field goal. This year was yet another barn burner except this one was like watching to teams trying to lose?

Georgia Tech rallied from 10 down and overcame 4 turnovers including a key one in the 4th to knock off #25 Georgia . Bulldogs QB, Gray threw 2 Touchdown passes and 4 Interceptions. Two of those picks were to Cooper Taylor.

The other big story in this one was the play of LE Jason Peters. Peters finished the game with 7 tackles and 5 SACKS!! 2 of those came in the OT period as Georgia faced a 4th and 25.

Josh Nesbitt struggled most of the first half before settling down and throwing for 285 yards and 3 touchdowns. Thats included the game winning touchdown in the first overtime to Thomas for 13 yards out to give Georgia Tech a run of the regular season table 12-0(8-0).

Larry Cox had a case of the fumbles as well. He had 93 yards and 3 touchdowns on 22 carries but almost gave the game away in the 4th. He fumlbed in the 2nd quarter then the 4th was really a back breaker. GT was driving with under 1 minute left at the Georgia 29 yard line. On 3rd and 1, Cox got the handoff and dropped the ball after being gang tackled. The Bulldogs recovered and sat on it to the end the 4th.

Thomas once again had a fantastic game. He had 11 catches for 161 yards and 2 touchdowns in his final home game.





It was 7-3 midway through the Second quarter when Avery green caught a 19 yard touchdown pass for the Bulldogs to make it 10-7. After the Cox fumble at the GT 30. The Bulldogs punched it in and took a nice 17-7 lead. Nesbitt would hit Thomas for a 15 yard touchdown catch just before half to make it 17-14 Georgia.

On the first series for GT, Josh Nesbitt lost a fumble on a QB scramble and it was returned for a touchdown to make it 24-14 Georgia. GT would answer with a Touchdown run by Cox then intercept Gray and set up yet another Touchdown run by Cox. They would miss a critical extra point and would led 27-24. Georgia would tie it at 27 with a field goal to end the third.

The Fourth saw both teams trade possessions before Nesbitt hit Cone for a 4 yard touchdown pass with 3:12 left. Georgia answered with a Gray to White 21 yard touchdown pass to tie it back up with 2 minutes left.

Bottom Line, GT was lucky in this one. If this was Notre Dame, Florida, or Army for that matter it would be a loss. The ACC title game is coming and a rematch of last years game in Florida with Florida St and GT. Florida St won by a touchdown last year after Nesbitt was knocked out of the game. Coach Millhimes and the Yellow Jackets are hoping for a different outcome this year.




NCAA Stat Leaders As Of 11/14
Passing YardsSTAT
1.Sam Bradoford (OU)4226
2.Christian Ponder(FSU)3978
3.Taylor Potts(TXTECH)3760
Passing TD'sSTAT
1.Jimmy Clausen(ND)40
2.Riley Nelson (BYU)34
3.Kellen Moore (Boi)33
Rushing YardsSTAT
1.Bryan Harvey(UCF)1315
2.Ahkeem Smith(Tem)1289
3.Leonard Mason(CSU)1268
Rushing TD'sSTAT
1.Richard Murphy(LSU)21
2.Andre Byrd(Navy)18
3.Josh Nesbitt(GT)15
ReceptionsSTAT
1.Kealoha Pilares(HAW)99
2.Briggs Orsbon(Lou)93
3.Tramain Swindell(TXTech)91
SacksSTAT
1.Jason Peters(GT)23
2.Obrien Schofield(Wis)17
3.Jason Ankrah(NEB)14
InterceptionsSTAT
1.Mario Butler(GT)8
2.Major Wright(FL)6
3.Franklin Brown(FIU)6