It's 7:56 PM and GT still sucks!

Always fun to beat the Jackets. As Munson kept saying, it was a very odd game with two fumbles in the end zone (that could have been disastrous) that turned into touchbacks instead of points for Tech. Tons of credit to Knowshon and Ramarcus Brown who after making mistakes (not catching the lateral and getting in Mikey Henderson's way during a punt, respectively) who erased their mistakes by hustling back to the ball, and Knowshon knocked the ball out of the back of the end zone and Brown recovered it after the ball doinked off of his helmet or shoulder pads. Those two plays were the 14 points that gave us the game. Naturally, there were plenty of other plays that gave us a lead and other players, but to me those were the momentum savers that would have given Tech leads and possibly given them the game.

BUT! BUT!

31-17. I've said it a few times in the past and the first time on here, but the Dawgs could go 1-10 and the 1 win be against Tech and the season wouldn't be a total loss.

So far as my prediction for a 24-10, I got the 14 point spread, but a little off on the score. And with the Jackets teeing off on Knowshon, I picked the wrong back to reach the century mark for the Dawgs, and Choice, as expected had over 100 yards. Now, the good news for the future, we should have a change of pace back for Knowshon next year in Caleb King who can do what Brown did tonight and burn defenses who are focusing too much on Knowshon. Oh, and there's the fact that Teck probably will suffer from QB-fruit-basket turnover if Gailey sticks around. And there lies the problem with that. They could get a decent coach who knows how to use his quarterbacks . . . but it seems mediocrity has been 'ok' on the Flats of late.

Here's to making it 8 next year and increasing the misery for the Bugs to match the famous 'Drought' for the Dawgs back in the 50s. (Coincidentally, this year marks the 50th anniversary of Theron Sapp earning his nickname as the 'Drought-breaker.' The Boner-Herald has an article on that today.) How important is it to beat Tech? Sapp, who had a decent career, making All-SEC twice, but joined the ranks of Walker, Sinkwich, and Trippi based largely on his 1957 performance against Tech, recovering a fumble playing as a back-up on defense and scoring the game's lone TD on the drive immediately following the recovery. 34, 21, 62, and . . . 40, the 'Drought-breaker.'

Rivalry Weekend
I'll have to say that in terms of this being a big weekend for rivalries and big games. This weekend hasn't disappointed in terms of games not being complete blow-outs (OU & UF aside), and we'll see what Damn-burn and Bama do in the Iron Bowl. And so far Mizzou & KU have been after each other AND a stopped fake field goal!

As for the SECCG, sometimes you win sometimes you lose, but as a redeeming balm we have what looks to be good bowl possibilities . . .

Bowls
Now to wait for the bowl line-up. I'd be shocked, at this point, if the Dawgs don't make the BCS this year, despite not playing for the SECC. After this week, the Dawgs should be no lower than no. 5 in the polls and possibly as high as no. 4. For a shot at the National Title, so many weird things would have to happen between now and then that were it any other year, I'd say there were no way for it to happen, and I still would be wonderfully shocked if it did happen. But right now, I'm picking the Dawgs in either the Rose against USC or the Orange against the ACC Champion (which ever team doesn't play to lose next week). Naturally both those scenarios depend on who wins where next week.

. . . All for now
. . . And to HELL with Ga Tech!