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Saturday, November 22, 2008
Domination of Miami and an Eventful Weekend
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Jackets taking care of Miami in an example of sheer domination sets up nicely for this weekend. And make no mistake…that game was sheer domination.
The weather was clear and crisp, making for a perfect afternoon of tailgating for those of us who were able to get away from the office and down to campus early.
The fans were active and mostly dressed in white. It was enough to actually provide serious consideration to the prospect of making white our main gameday color. Before you make a quick knee jerk reaction to this statement, consider the facts…
Tech’s colors are White and Old Gold.
White is a more unifying color when worn en masse and looks good in the stands without being diluted by competing colors.
Its tough to make a mistake and pick the wrong shade of white.
In short…white looks better in the stands because its easier to wear than gold, which is often a hodge podge of vegas gold, old gold, yellow, and what has been affectionately known as “game day cheddar” in past seasons.
Personally…my future gameday gear is likely to remain primarily white.
The team was well motivated, well coached, and obviously prepared. When the score is 41-10 in the third quarter and the coaches are putting in the guys deep on the depth chart…its domination. The game wasn’t as close as the 41-23 score. Miami was never in the game and the result was never in doubt. The Jackets took the Canes out behind the woodshed and gave them a good old fashioned southern style butt whippin’.
It was glorious.
Unfortunately, the Jackets’ position atop the ACC Coastal is tenous and predicated on the results of three of today’s ACC games.
So, which games do Tech fans watch and which teams do they pull for?
North Carolina State goes to North Carolina for a noon kick off. The game will be available on ESPN360.com and the Jackets need UNC to pick up another loss between this game and their season finale at Duke. At face value, it looks like UNC has an easy road to win out. However, the Wolfpack has played well recently and holds wins over Duke and Wake Forest in their past two efforts. This is the big game that GT fans need to be paying attention to. This is UNC’s best chance to pick up a fourth conference loss.
The second game to keep an eye on is Virginia hosting Clemson. The Jackets would lose a tiebreaker to UVA if the Hoos don’t pick up a fourth conference loss. Rather than waiting for the UVA vs Virginia Tech rivalry game next weekend, Tech fans need to pull for a Clemson upset to get another opponent out of the way. Again…this will be a noon game on ESPN360.com and one worth watching.
The third game to watch is Virginia Tech’s trip to Duke, which will be broadcast at 5:30pm EST on ESPNU. This game is important since Duke has a chance to deliver the Hokies their fourth conference loss, thus removing them from the tiebreaker ranks.
The ultimate bottom line is that either UVA or VT must lose a game today in order to keep the Yellow Jacket’s hopes alive. If they both win, then the winner of next week’s game will hold a tiebreaker advantage over GT regardless of what North Carolina does.
So…Go Wolfpack! Go Tigers! Go Blue Devils!
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