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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Now, for the good news
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s Wednesday, Hump Day, and I feel like writing something cheerful, because heaven knows I haven’t gotten to do that very much lately. Covering a team on a two-game losing streak usually means writing about why it’s on a two-game losing streak, and that is, pretty much by definition, bad news. For Tuesday’s newspaper I wrote about Tech’s offense on third down. For Thursday’s paper Matt Winkeljohn will cover Tech’s struggles at quarterback. For Friday, Matt will tackle the defense, or the lack of defense.
So let’s spend a little time here talking about what’s going right for Georgia Tech’s football team.
My list starts with Durant Brooks, who has been sensational, even better than he was last season. His average is up a yard per punt, to 46.5, and more than half his kicks have gotten inside the 20, and opponents have “negative” return yardage. One reason Tech’s scoring defense has been so successful is that Brooks has made opponents go a long way to get points.
Tied for second on my list are Darrell Robertson and Vance Walker, the Mr. Outside and Mr. Inside of the defensive line. Sometimes it seems they’re making all the big plays.
Fourth is Travis Bell, who is 10 for 11 on field goals and has kicked a career-best 51-yarder. I’m sure a lot of Tech fans shuddered last week when they read his prediction the Yellow Jackets would dominate the rest of their opponents, but at least Bell lived up to his part of that prediction.
That’s my list. Do you agree? Would you add somebody? Subtract? Let’s try to keep the discussion upbeat today. We can return to criticizing everybody and everything tomorrow.
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