46,849 fans packed Bobby Dodd Stadium to watch the Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech celebrate it's 50th anniversary this past Saturday down on the flats of North Avenue. The Yellow Jacket football team would not disappoint in this celebration after using their home field advantage to take care of ACC Coastal rival the Tar Heels of North Carolina. Paul Johnson's offense would yet again rack up nearly 500 yard of offense and continue its statistical domination on the national scene.
Highlights
Tevin Washington was extremely efficient in the triple option passing game completing 10-14 passes for 184 yards and a touchdown, which could have been even more if Stephen Hill hadn't dropped a sure touchdown pass on late in the third quarter. However, Hill did not let this hiccup effect his day. With 6 catches for 151 yards and a touchdown, Hill added to his already staggering totals so far this season in the passing game.
The biggest factor that lead to the win was the offense's execution on third down conversions. Tech converted 10 of 16 third downs and dominated time of possession by over 13 minutes. Much of that domination was because for the fourth consecutive game the Yellow Jackets, as a team, ran for over 300 yards. Quarterback Tevin Washington lead the rushing attack with 90 yards and 2 touchdowns. Running backs Orwin Smith, David Sims and Roddy Jones also contributed with 215 yards rushing between the three of them.
The Defense needed to come up big in this game and did. North Carolina's offense was very effective at times and gave the Georgia Tech all they could handle, especially in the passing game. But Jeremiah Attaochu's 9 tackles and 3 sacks lead the way for the Rambling Wrecks defense, which racked up 7 sacks and two interceptions total. Attaochu would go on to be named the National Defensive Player of the Week by the Football Writers Association of America. Free Safety Isaiah Johnson and cornerback Rod Sweeting had big games yet again and both had interceptions at key moments, which helped the Yellow Jackets to their fourth straight victory on the season.
Finally, GT also showed off some skills in special teams! Place kicker Justin Moore connected on 2 out of 3 field goal attempts on the day, with a long of 40 yards. As bad as this area has been for the Yellow Jackets this was a drastic improvement, and a much needed one. For their sake I hope it continues.
Next Opponent: @ North Carolina State (Oct. 1, 2011)
The Wolfpack are 2-2 on the season and have the 33rd best passing attack in the nation led by senior quarterback Mike Glennon, who has passed for over a 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns already. If Georgia Tech is to going to beat NC State on Saturday, then they will have to shut down star wide receiver T.J. Graham who is averaging nearly 23 yards per reception and accounts for nearly half of the total passing yards so far this season. If the defense can come up with the same pressure in the passing game as they did against UNC, then that should be no problem.
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