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Jackets primed for upset
By Mark Bradley | Tuesday, August 29, 2006, 06:37 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mark Bradley
One team that will play at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday has demonstrated the capacity to beat strong opposition, and it isn’t Notre Dame. One team has proved it can stop a good offense, and it isn’t Notre Dame. One team seems equipped to win this hugely ballyhooed game, and it isn’t Notre Dame.
Notre Dame is No. 2 in the Associated Press poll and No. 1 according to The Sporting News, but at some point a disinterested observer must ask: Exactly what did the Irish do to merit such effusion? Notre Dame didn’t beat a single team ranked in the final AP poll last season. When last seen, it yielded 617 yards to Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. Yes, it has the newest anointed genius in the coaching fraternity and a quarterback of the first rank, but isn’t it true that the biggest noise the Irish have made under Charlie Weis came in a loss?
Georgia Tech, by way of contrast, beat three of last season’s top 21 teams. Georgia Tech, by way of contrast, can play some D. Georgia Tech, by way of contrast, makes the most noise when confronted by an opponent that has been heralded to the heavens.
Asked if he had wearied of hearing how mighty the Irish are supposed to be, Tech linebacker KaMichael Hall said: “Any team would be tired of it. Not taking anything away from [Notre Dame], but the hype is something serious. If I was the Fighting Irish, I might be a little worried.”
Sometimes the tub-thumping is justified. In Notre Dame’s case, it sounds a bit tinny. Can you be a great team with a lousy defense? (The Irish yielded 397 yards a game last season, and that number wasn’t utterly skewed by the production of big boys Southern Cal and Ohio State. Washington, which finished 2-9, gained 442 yards.) Can you be a great team without actually beating anybody? (Technically, the epic near-miss against the Trojans doesn’t qualify.) Can you be a great team just because you’re Notre Dame and the masses want you to be great?
“America loves Notre Dame right now,” said Joe Anoai, the defensive tackle. And then: “I’m not sick of [the hype]. It’s just more fuel to my fire.”
As bad as Chan Gailey can be in games he’s expected to win, he’s that good in games in which his team is afforded no chance. (Think N.C. State in 2002, Auburn in 2003, Auburn and Miami last season.) Gailey and his men revel in feeling slighted, and here they are again. Asked if this correspondent is the only person who thinks Tech can win, Hall said: “You and the rest of our team.”
Said Anoai: “We don’t think we can win. We know.”
Notre Dame may be the one team in the land with its own TV network, but the cold truth is that Notre Dame hasn’t mattered much since Lou Holtz left. (Of the two schools who will play here Saturday, Tech has been crowned national champion more recently.) Much of the embrace of Weis and Brady Quinn has to do with the legions of subway alums who yearn for the Irish to be restored to their place in the football firmament. But does Notre Dame possess more aggregate talent than Auburn or Miami? And if Tech was stout enough to topple both of those on the road, why should it wilt at home?
Jeff Samardzija is a splendid receiver, but is he better than Calvin Johnson? Darius Walker is a nice back, but Tashard Choice seems poised for a breakout. And while Quinn against Reggie Ball is regarded as an abject mismatch, it should be noted that the much-lampooned Ball has become rather adept at the major upset.
At issue is whether Patrick Nix, the newly minted play-caller, can engineer an offense that will keep the ball from Quinn. Early returns on Nix, whose previous responsibility was the two-minute drill, have been mixed, but a bad Irish secondary figures to fare even worse against the elongated Johnson. Tech should be able to move and to score, and in the end Jon Tenuta’s defense will make the stop it has to make.
Come midnight Saturday, one team will have seized a famous victory, and it won’t be Notre Dame.
Jackets primed for upset
By Mark Bradley | Tuesday, August 29, 2006, 06:37 PM
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mark Bradley
One team that will play at Bobby Dodd Stadium on Saturday has demonstrated the capacity to beat strong opposition, and it isn’t Notre Dame. One team has proved it can stop a good offense, and it isn’t Notre Dame. One team seems equipped to win this hugely ballyhooed game, and it isn’t Notre Dame.
Notre Dame is No. 2 in the Associated Press poll and No. 1 according to The Sporting News, but at some point a disinterested observer must ask: Exactly what did the Irish do to merit such effusion? Notre Dame didn’t beat a single team ranked in the final AP poll last season. When last seen, it yielded 617 yards to Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl. Yes, it has the newest anointed genius in the coaching fraternity and a quarterback of the first rank, but isn’t it true that the biggest noise the Irish have made under Charlie Weis came in a loss?
Georgia Tech, by way of contrast, beat three of last season’s top 21 teams. Georgia Tech, by way of contrast, can play some D. Georgia Tech, by way of contrast, makes the most noise when confronted by an opponent that has been heralded to the heavens.
Asked if he had wearied of hearing how mighty the Irish are supposed to be, Tech linebacker KaMichael Hall said: “Any team would be tired of it. Not taking anything away from [Notre Dame], but the hype is something serious. If I was the Fighting Irish, I might be a little worried.”
Sometimes the tub-thumping is justified. In Notre Dame’s case, it sounds a bit tinny. Can you be a great team with a lousy defense? (The Irish yielded 397 yards a game last season, and that number wasn’t utterly skewed by the production of big boys Southern Cal and Ohio State. Washington, which finished 2-9, gained 442 yards.) Can you be a great team without actually beating anybody? (Technically, the epic near-miss against the Trojans doesn’t qualify.) Can you be a great team just because you’re Notre Dame and the masses want you to be great?
“America loves Notre Dame right now,” said Joe Anoai, the defensive tackle. And then: “I’m not sick of [the hype]. It’s just more fuel to my fire.”
As bad as Chan Gailey can be in games he’s expected to win, he’s that good in games in which his team is afforded no chance. (Think N.C. State in 2002, Auburn in 2003, Auburn and Miami last season.) Gailey and his men revel in feeling slighted, and here they are again. Asked if this correspondent is the only person who thinks Tech can win, Hall said: “You and the rest of our team.”
Said Anoai: “We don’t think we can win. We know.”
Notre Dame may be the one team in the land with its own TV network, but the cold truth is that Notre Dame hasn’t mattered much since Lou Holtz left. (Of the two schools who will play here Saturday, Tech has been crowned national champion more recently.) Much of the embrace of Weis and Brady Quinn has to do with the legions of subway alums who yearn for the Irish to be restored to their place in the football firmament. But does Notre Dame possess more aggregate talent than Auburn or Miami? And if Tech was stout enough to topple both of those on the road, why should it wilt at home?
Jeff Samardzija is a splendid receiver, but is he better than Calvin Johnson? Darius Walker is a nice back, but Tashard Choice seems poised for a breakout. And while Quinn against Reggie Ball is regarded as an abject mismatch, it should be noted that the much-lampooned Ball has become rather adept at the major upset.
At issue is whether Patrick Nix, the newly minted play-caller, can engineer an offense that will keep the ball from Quinn. Early returns on Nix, whose previous responsibility was the two-minute drill, have been mixed, but a bad Irish secondary figures to fare even worse against the elongated Johnson. Tech should be able to move and to score, and in the end Jon Tenuta’s defense will make the stop it has to make.
Come midnight Saturday, one team will have seized a famous victory, and it won’t be Notre Dame.
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crazybuckfan40
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We saw how much Notre Dame struggled with a mobile qb last year against us, and they have no one that can cover CJ.
This could be a high scoring game, but GTech has a good D-cordinator and I think it ends up a close game.
This could be a high scoring game, but GTech has a good D-cordinator and I think it ends up a close game.
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Great WR? Check
Mobile QB? Check
Charlie Weis with at least 6 weeks to prepare? Check
Give me GT.
Mobile QB? Check
Charlie Weis with at least 6 weeks to prepare? Check
Give me GT.
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crazybuckfan40
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The deck is stacked in Ga Tech favor.
Night Home game.
First week of season calls for some rusty offense.
Great D-Cordinator.
Senior QB with tons of experience.(ND has this too)
Bad D for Notre Dame.
CJ(best WR in College Football, remember what Ginn and Holmes did to them)
Hype(do they let it get to their heads)
If they come out flat watch out for a Ga Tech upset and either way I think it goes down to the wire.
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I'd love to see some pressure force Quinn to throw some picks.
Their first drive and they call a timeout due to a personnel/formation problem? I though CW had 8 months to prepare for this game.
Their first drive and they call a timeout due to a personnel/formation problem? I though CW had 8 months to prepare for this game.
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