Georgia Tech-LSU: Jackets Embarrass the Option in Peach Bowl

Lindsey Hodges by Contributor Written on December 31, 2008
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e coaches scared.

Sure Georgia Tech did well during the regular season this year, but how good is the ACC? I think the WAC and the Mountain West might be better, at the top of the conference, than the ACC. BC played for the championship of the ACC this year, andVandy, VANDY, went legendary on the Eagles today. 

The real reason the wishbone, option, whatever you want to call it, worked was because there were a stable of running backs to execute it. Due to scholarship limits on programs today, the lateral speed of defenses, and the fact that almost no one gets caught by surprise anymore, the deck is stacked against the option.

I will say this though, if USC had kept all nine of their five-star running back recruits, and got a QB like West Virginia's Pat White, they could run the wishbone. Same goes for OU with Brown, Murray, and Madu. 

As it is, Georgia Tech needs to get with the program, and decade.

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