After watching the game video from his team’s 35-10 win over Virginia, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said the offense lost sharpness after scoring touchdowns on its first three possessions of the game.
The Yellow Jackets, No. 11 in the country in yards per play at 6.79, averaged 10.3 yards per play on the first three drives and 3.7 over the final eight.
“I mean, we made enough plays to win, but once we got ahead, we kind of lost our zest for it a little bit,” Johnson said.
Offensive line coach Mike Sewak said that, on the line, “we were trying to be too cute” and not being physical enough at the point of attack. Also, he said, Virginia began to switch up defenses with formation changes, movement of the linebackers and stunts.
Tech had prepared for the various looks, but “when you jump from one defense to the next defense to the next defense, three snaps in a row, then you have to go ahead and you have to really tune in,” Sewak said.
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