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Saturday, November 29, 2008
Instant classic
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
To paraphrase the late, great announcer Jack Buck, do you believe what you just saw?
Down 28-12 at the half, Tech came out on fire, scoring three touchdowns in the first seven minutes.
Jonathan Dwyer went the distance on the first play from scrimmage. Roddy Jones dove for the pylon — and got it — on the next TD.
Tech converted both 2-point tries (pitch to Dwyer, Josh Nesbitt draw) and it was 28-28 with 8:11 left in the third.
After Michael Peterson ripped the ball loose on the kickoff return and Marcus Wright recovered, Dwyer scored again on the very first play.
Just like that it was 35-28 with 7:55 left.
The defense forced another punt.
Jones’ 62-yard run, on another perfect pitch by Nesbitt, put the Jackets in business again. Right tackle Austin Barrick (formerly a tight end) ran 11 yards on a lateral, and Scott Blair kicked a 28-yard field goal to make it 38-28.
Tech ran for 201 yards in the third quarter alone.
Knowshon Moreno’s TD run cut it to 38-35 early in the fourth.
Then Nesbitt had to leave with an injury; Jaybo Shaw replaced him. The Jackets got a huge first down when Shaw tossed to Jones for a 7-yard gain on 3rd and 4. Nesbitt returned after missing three plays. With Georgia’s defense needing a third-down stop, Jones scooted 54 yards along the right sideline for a crushing TD.
But Matthew Stafford answered with a TD pass — his fifth of the day — to A.J. Green. It was 45-42 with 4:04 left.
Jones turned in yet another big play, returning the kickoff to Tech’s 44. Tech ate the rest of the clock, never giving Stafford another shot.
Tech 45, Georgia 42.
Where does this rank among Georgia Tech’s greatest wins?
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Bad news/good news
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s a bad news/good news story for Tech at halftime.
The Jackets trail 28-12 in Athens and will get the ball to start the second half.
They can’t stop the Bulldogs, but Virginia is winning 14-7 in Blacksburg.
Offensively, Tech must get Jonathan Dwyer going. Georgia has done a nice job clogging the middle. Tech’s best plays have come on outside tosses.
Morgan Burnett’s pick-six got Tech on the board, but the banged-up secondary has been exposed. No Jahi Word-Daniels again because of the hamstring, and safety Dominique Reese, trying to come back from a knee injury, missed a tackle on Mohamed Massaquoi’s long TD.
Georgia is playing pitch and catch. Massaquoi has 3 TDs already.
Can Tech turn this around?
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