And Here Comes The Murmur

I want to start by saying that I did not watch the Georgia Tech vs. Miami game. I don't have ESPN and it was pouring down rain so I chose not to go to my local Orange and White uniformed restaurant to see the game.

And I am glad I didn't.

I did keep an eye on the CBS Sports online game tracker and was rather dumbfounded as to what I was seeing. My first update it was 14-3 Miami. 14 to 3? Are you kidding? Maybe CBS got the score backwards, yeah, that has got to be it. No, wait. It was right. Could Miami's boast of it's offense being unstoppable actually be true?

Turns out it was.

Over and over, the game tracker showed Miami scoring and moving the ball at will. Touchdowns made on long passing strikes, Tech unable to run the ball, etc. It was all to horrible. Thank goodness for the blunt, data driven game tracker. I wouldn't have been able to stomach watching that performance. And the final result? 33 - 17.

I have no desire to review the numbers, to draw a comparison between quarterbacks or the offensive lines. Rather I would just wait and let the uproar begin. You know the one I speak of. It has been there since CPJ walked across the stage and put on his GT hat. The same dull background murmur that has dogged the coach, his staff and players for the last two seasons. It was quieted down a bit last year but was picking up steam after the LSU loss, then came Clemson and now Miami.

Say it with me now (barbershop harmony not expected), "Have they figured out the Triple Option?"

Oh, I am sure that there will be some online authors that will write about Tech's lack of intensity, poor game execution or other of the long list of reasons the team was blown out of the water. But there will be a common the to all the articles and discussion boards. Has the ACC figured out the Option? It would be one thing if the team did well but lost the game due to turnovers, but they achieved only 96 yards on the ground. 96? The Miami lead back had 94!

This was the team that was run over and over and over for roughly 470 yards last year and now they limit Tech to 96!?!?!? I am no math major but 470 > 96. This discrepancy alone will get the murmur going again and I can't really say I blame the murmur.

But I will tell the murmur that 2 > 1 and that the year is far from over.