At least two Georgia Tech players didn’t exactly wear themselves out celebrating one of the team’s biggest wins in recent history. After helping beat Miami on Saturday night, A-back Tony Zenon hung out at his apartment with his girlfriend and his 10-year-old brother. Center Freddie Burden planned to go out, but went back to his apartment and fell asleep.
The Yellow Jackets might do well to follow Burden and Zenon’s low-key approach. As the bandwagon fills up after the Jackets’ 5-0 start, coaches have already begun warning players to stay humble and focused with another key ACC Coastal Division matchup with Duke coming up Saturday.
“Coach (Paul Johnson) talked about that in the team meeting (Monday),” Burden said following practice.
Despite the accolades, including a top-25 ranking for the first time since Nov. 2011, the team needs to continue preparing the same or even more for the Blue Devils, Burden said.
“If they can beat us, they can get right back in the Coastal race,” Burden said of the Blue Devils. “We definitely have to take every game seriously.”
Zenon mentioned Alabama’s loss to Ole Miss on Saturday as evidence that no team is invulnerable.
“We really haven’t done anything yet, in my eyes,” he said. “Our goal is to make it to the ACC championship and win it. We’ve got to win our division first. Right now, we’re looking pretty good, but we still have, I believe, three or four teams we have to beat to lock that up.”
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