Jacket Buzz, Mailbag Offer, Other Stuff

(Morgan Burnett is jumping for joy at the new mailbag!)

Hey folks, just checking in with a few different housekeeping items on a Thursday.

A few links regarding the Virginia game:

ESPN's Heather Dinich has a good piece on Paul Johnson's take on Virginia. Interesting pull-quote from Cavaliers coach Al Groh:

"They've passed a lot more tests than we have."

Two AJC links now. First, the Journal-Constitution provides you with more Tech-Virginia stats than you can shake a stick at. Second, Jeff Schultz says Paul Johnson's Tech turnaround has been quite rapid, and he ain't kidding. Take that, Dave Braine !

This one is interesting, and something I'll weigh in on if and only if (that mathematical proof reference was totally for you, Tech students) Tech wins this weekend: Mike Rose of Newsday is projecting the Yellow Jackets as an at-large recipient of a BCS bid , this time to the Fiesta Bowl.

Again , frankly, I think it's too soon to go that far, with five games left in the season, including the trip to Charlottesville and a visit from the Dawgs .

That said, should Tech win out, it's not out of the realm of possibility. But I would imagine Paul Johnson would give me a very, very dirty look if I asked him any serious BCS questions.

We'll end the links with bowl projections of a decidedly different color. Click here , scroll down, and you'll notice Bruce Feldman of the Worldwide Leader has the Jackets slotted to play in...the Emerald Bowl. Yes, that Emerald Bowl.

Now, at the risk of sounding like a huge homer, I would be absolutely shocked if the Jackets fell below the Peach (Chick-fil -A, I have to stop doing that!) Bowl barring what would amount to a total collapse at this point, but even in that case, the Emerald Bowl?

We're talking about what is essentially the seventh bowl on the ACC card —no better, at least, than fifth.

Are there really four teams in the ACC better than Georgia Tech right now? Have there been this season? Did Alabama switch sides and no one told me?

Me, I see the Jackets as a likely Gator Bowl candidate against another 9-10 win team, Notre Dame. Some good history there. But Mr. Feldman is paid a lot more for his predictions than I am for mine.

(WARNING: SHAMELESS PLUG COMING...NOW)

If you'd like to ask those questions, or any questions about Georgia Tech football, yourself, now is your chance. Through the wonderful world of GMail , I've set up an account for you, the loyal and knowing reader, to send questions that I will attempt to answer to the best of my ability.

Keep in mind a few things, please:

1) We will keep this space family-friendly at all times.

2) I will not answer questions like, "How awesome is Paul Johnson's hair?" Mostly because I've never been around it enough to form an opinion.

3) Bear in mind that I do not cover the team like a beat reporter, I am simply an informed observer with significant institutional knowledge of Georgia Tech football and a writing habit. I would be a poor resource for insider information or recruiting updates, things of that sort.

4) However, all those negative nancies out of the way, I will do my very best to answer as many of your questions as possible, should you choose to send them my way. We'll try it out for a few weeks here, see how things go, maybe it will catch on.

The address to which you should send your e-mails is GTBleacherReport @gmail .com.

Long but simple, not unlike the methods by which I cook my famous Chicken Parmesan. I kid, I kid. That's about it from here, looking forward to your e-mails, folks.

Take it easy.