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Defense Orange

Posted in Health-01-02 by admin on January 30, 2007

Defense Orange

Would Georgia Tech and Cincinnati be a great Orange Bowl matchup?

In my opinion it'd be the best passing offense in the NCAAs.vs.the best rushing offense in the NCAAs.

A constrasting style between a team that is pass heavy and a team that is rush heavy with two teams very exciting to watch. Both teams are underrated on defense as well.

The Yellow Jackets triple option goes for many big plays and tear the defense apart and chew up the clock at the same time. There's so much talent in the GT backfield and it can be very hard to defend. Even have a stud at WR in Demaryius Thomas.

Cincinnati runs a pass heavy offense and Tony Pike is one of the NCAAs best QBs this season. They spread it out and get the big play through the air most of the time.

It would be a matchup between a big play triple option offense and big play passing offense making it very exciting to watch

What do you think?

Georgia Tech's defense has had it's share of problems this year but seems to have gotten much better the last few weeks in wins vs Va Tech and Virginia. Tech is loaded including the quarterback Nesbitt at running back with many players getting in on the action especially Dwyer and Allen and a big time receiver in Thomas who many times has one on one coverage which is a huge advantage for the Jackets. What Tech does better than anyone in the nation is ball control. They simply are stingy with the football even though very capable of busting big plays, they play keep away and eat up the time clock. Cincinnati also has a great offense with their great quarterback Pike and big pass plays, even though their running game is good also. You said it correctly when you said contrasting styles between these two great teams and what kind of bowl game would it be. Of course being a Yellow Jacket fan, I would love for Georgia Tech to blow them out of the water and beat them bad if possible but that's not likely as this would probably be a great game with lots of big plays on offense and defense. Georgia Tech would need to put great pressure on Pike and make him hurry up his throws, stop the running game which they have been doing lately and keep Cincy in 3rd and long situations. Of course keeping Cincy off the field with their ball control offense would be good too. This is how I see the game playing out:

1st quarter: Ga Tech 7 Cincy 7
Halftime: Ga Tech 17 Cincy 14
After 3 quarters: Ga Tech 24 Cincy 17
Final score: Ga Tech 38 Cincy 27

I believe that Nesbitt would come through in the clutch with at least one big pass play to Thomas and a score hisself and Dwyer busting loose on a couple of big runs with good performances also from Allen, Jones and the rest with Tech controlling the line of scrimmage.