A Modest Win.
August 28th, 2008 | by john |My initial thought at the start of the second quarter was just… relief. I was still a bit concerned about how our offensive players would operate in the new system but it looked like the guys made long strides since their fumble-filled Spring scrimmage. I read in a separate AJC article when Fall practice was about to start that Josh and Jonathan did a lot of work over the summer voluntarily to understand the new offense better; I guess that paid off a bit. I was unable to watch the game because it was only broadcast as a streaming feed at ESPN360 only… unfortunately, ESPN didn’t get any from my ISP so I just got a nice “please tell your ISP that you want this service” message. So I listened to the live radio broadcast from CSTV instead.
First half was good, we had some good runs and decent passes so we gained a lot of yards. Our defense was able to hold the Gamecocks to a few 3-and-outs by shutting down Perrilloux’s passing game. Regardless, the second half was a different story. Not exactly sure what happened during half-time, maybe the defense got a bit apathetic because we were leading by so much and relaxed… we gave away 258 yards. That is a bit disappointing because once we start facing conference opponents, not only would you expect yardage multiplied but also points on the board.
Five fumbles; two lost. Those are pretty big numbers too. Good thing about the fumbles (weird to say that) is that the fumbles were caused by tackles instead of offensive miscues. It was good that we didn’t have any botched handoffs and pitches in the option. In the end, I would consider this a modest win at best. I am hoping that our team makes some more adjustments and improve on both sides of the ball starting from our next game at Boston College because I expect the margin of the score to normalize.
Considering that the core of our offense is so young (and seemingly eager to learn and improve), Georgia Tech is going to have a good season and even better future. GO TECH! TO HELL WITH GEORGIA! 
