Georgia Tech Impressive on All Ends in Win over UNC

The conventional wisdom with Georgia Tech is that they are a run first, run only, triple option threat.  The conventional wisdom is wrong.

Georgia Tech proved they are capable of more than just running the ball Saturday morning against North Carolina. What else are they capable of? For one, throwing the ball. Secondly, playing sound defense.

Quarterback Tevin Washington was 10/14 for 184 yards and a touchdown. If not for a dropped pass, he would have added another 50 yards and another TD. He is now 27/42 on the season (64.2%), and has thrown for 821 yards. That's over 200 yards per game, so clearly the passing attack is working in Atlanta.

The defense held UNC to just 332 yards. They held the Tar Heels to just seven points in the first half. True, the defense buckled a bit in the second half and let UNC back into the game, and there is something to be said about GT giving up the points when the drives mattered most, but for the most part, the defense held their own.  If not for a 55-yard TD run by Giovani Bernard, or a 41-yard reception by Dwight Jones, UNC would have been relatively dormant in the second half.

And this is all just icing on the cake. The main threat from the Yellow Jackets is still their rushing attack. Today, Tech rushed 58 times for 312 yards. Unfortunately, this means their average will be going down, as they averaged 428 yards per game headed into today's game.

GT improves to 4-0, and picks up a win in their first conference game. They are a team to be reckoned with, and deserve to be in the discussion with FSU, Virginia Tech, and Clemson for ACC supremacy. 

Next week the Ramblin' Wreck goes on the road to North Carolina State, a team that struggled with injuries on Thursday night against Cincinnati.