South Bend, Ind. ? These short takes are presented as a companion to the Georgia Tech-Notre Dame game column, which can be found here. Tech lost 30-22. It wasn?t that close.
1. No fun with numbers: Through three quarters, the Yellow Jackets had gained 195 yards. Except for one 48-yard burst by A-back Broderick Snoddy, the Notre Dame defense made Tech work in bite-sized increments. In coaching terms, the Fighting Irish kept the Jackets behind the chains, which is a bigger deal when you run so much better than you pass. Tech?s first 12 possessions yielded seven points, two missed field goals and seven punts. Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly credited his scout team ? which had, he said, christened itself ?Swag? ? with giving his defense a spirited look at Paul Johnson?s spread option, but the cold truth was that Brian VanGorder?s defenders were both well schooled and hugely talented. Not many ACC teams are both. Clemson, yes. Florida State, yes. But nobody else.
3. That Tech stayed so close for so long had much to do with Notre Dame. Two Irish turnovers ? the first an end-zone interception by D.J. White on which Kelly admitted first-time starter DeShone Kizer had been fooled by Tech?s bracket coverage ? kept the Irish from building a working lead, but the Irish defense had such a grip on Justin Thomas and Co. that it mattered not. And, for the first time this season, it became clear that the players around the Tech quarterback aren?t as good as those who carried the team to 11-3 and the Orange Bowl title
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two surprises, one good one bad
Ga Tech showed that a running game and no pass sucks crackers. Tech had no one to stop that Fuller kid.
Alabama showed why Saban wanted out . He can see the writing on the wall now.
At home , crowd behind them, Henry , huge line players, and BOOM.
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