Updating

I've been away from the blog (and pretty much everything else) because of a family medical emergency that happened last Friday. With things looking better, I've been able to catch up on all the college football around the country.

Last week was no doubt, ugly for Georgia Tech as they went down to the wire and held off a very poor Gardner-Webb team. As I tried to follow the game online, I could only surmise that third string QB Calvin Booker was not meant to run this offense in any way shape or form. Think Beau Davis running the triple option. That being said, after today's win on the road at Clemson, Paul Johnson has his young and transitioning team at 6-1 and right in the thick of the ACC race. We must have a Boston College win over VT tonight to really get into this thing and keep the conference hopes alive.

I said at the beginning of the season that there would be many games just like the one today against a Tommy Bowden-less Clemson team. It's not pretty but as Mark May said today on ESPN, its a W and we'll take it. With games ahead against North Carolina and Florida State, we're going to see a few more just like this. The weak link on this team is clearly the offensive line. Not only are they West Coast offense type, but they aren't very good either. The defense continues to play very well-there is a toughness about this team that allows them to persevere when the chips are against them. Down 17-14 late in the 4th quarter, the Tech defense held serve and allowed Nesbitt and company to score the winning TD on a pretty pass to BeBe Thomas.

This team should handle Virginia next week at home and then be 7-1 heading into a huge showdown against Butch Davis and North Carolina. Both teams should be ranked at that time and it should be the first of many classic games between Johnson and Davis.

One other thought comes to mind right now-if the voting took place for national Coach of the Year at this time, Paul Johnson would certainly be at or near the top of the list. Again, wait until he gets his own players in.