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Friday, January 25, 2008
Critical GT info right here
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So I was wondering, as Georgia Tech Sunday will try to get to .500 in the ACC, when was the last time the Yellow Jackets won back-to-back conference games away?
Not as far back as you might think, but obviously beyond the past two seasons as Tech was 1-8 in road games last season and 0-10 in 2005-‘06.
Tech won consecutive road games at Clemson, Florida State and Miami on Feb. 8, 20, and 26 in 2005. One season earlier, Tech won at Clemson and Duke just three days apart.
Although Tech wasted a late lead at Virginia last season, Paul Hewitt’s teams are 9-3 against the Wahoos. Tech lost in its last two trips there, and won the three visits before that.
By the way, the Jackets, with back-to-back ACC wins including last Saturday’s home game against VT, last won three straight ACC games last season. Clemson, N.C. State at home, Florida State on the road.
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Lady Jackets had a rough one last night. They were starting to get some attention, respect. Think that had anything to do with how they played?
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I haven’t had as much to do with football recruiting this year as last, but with six additions since Paul Johnson was hired, it looks like it didn’t take long for the re-configured staff to get up to speed.
One thing hasn’t changed. Giff Smith said this would not be a Georgia-centric recruiting class, and boy is that the truth. Just four of 17 from in-state so far.
Interesting how in the early days of the coaching changeover, as some kids who had verbally committed to Tech chose instead to commit to other schools, some fans were screaming of crimes committed by other schools, and even pooping on those kids, or equating them with deserters.
Not so much noise now that three of the six newcomers (Jaybo Shaw, Marcus Wright and Lee Butler) have broken verbal commitments to other schools to pledge Tech. Hmmmm?!
