Well folks, the Yellow Jackets are legit. There is no denying it. At 6-1, the Jackets may be poised to make a run at an ACC title. Tonight's game certainly tested where my allegiance is. Both my mother and my cousin went to Virginia Tech. I have no relatives that call Georgia Tech their alma mator. However, I have only been to a handful of college football games and all of them have been Jackets games. I'm really not a gigantic college sports fan. March madness/bracket madness is awesome and college football certainly has its positives. Simply, the traditions, from Bevo, the Texas Longhorn, to the flight of the Auburn War eagle before games. That being said, I couldn't sit here and spit out stats and an in depth look about which team is better, so I won't. What I do know is that GT's defense really stepped it up, giving up only 23 points after allowing 44 the week before. Josh Nesbitt looked like Tyrod Taylor, only better and both looked like Michael Vick.
Who was I rooting for? As previously mentioned, I have only been to Georgia Tech football games. I lived close to campus when I was a little kid, and specifically remember how cool the intown neighborhoods and dorms are, located right in midtown Atlanta. The sheer pride of Atlanta was what drove me to root for the bees tonight. Heck, it payed off. As fans stormed the field at Bobby Dodd Stadium, I thought, maybe just maybe I would finally fall into my right of allegiance to my Southern roots and become a yelling, screaming college football fan. Then again, that's what I said at the beginning of the season too, and the season before that etc. As we move closer to the "postseason", yes in quotation marks of the college football season, we shall see. Let's hope the fine people of the BCS will adhere to the statement, "Anything can happen."
courtesy: espn.com, collegefootball.about.com, ramblinwreck.com
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