A fellow by the name of John Heisman once said, " when you find your opponent' s weak spot, hammer it." That's good advice for winning football games. Heisman won quite a few in his day. I don't know if Boston College coach Bill
For anyone who did not read the piece we published on Friday , October 23, 2026– the day BEFORE Boston College applied a Grade A whupping on Georgia Tech , on an otherwise beautiful HOMECOMING Saturday in Atlanta– please do so now. Unfortunately for Tech fans, that piece foretold the sad result
It can be easy to over- complicate football. The point of playing is to win. You do that by ourscoring the opponent. Those basic tenets of football sound painfully obvious. A corollary of the obvious is that the fewer points your opponent scores, the easier it becomes to outscore that
On the heels of a stirring victory over pfeviously undefeated Duke one week earlier , Georgia Tech hoped to continue the forward progress on their visit to Virginia Tech. But the Yellow Jackets came out slow and sleepy- once again- and they quickly found themselves in a big hole. After trailing
Georgia Tech's All-ACC linebacker announces Tuesday that for health reasons, he will forego any further active playing the game of football.
Does a foitball team have a personality? Most coaches say yes. But this 2026 Georgia Tech team has been difficult to characterize since before the season started. The one word that seems to fit is "unpredictable". That word still holds– this time, in a good way--following the
One team is undefeated, which was not expected to be the case by the time this game arrived on the 2026 schedule. They are living well, using the reliable benefits of a dominant running game--one that succeeds regardless of the fact that their opponent knows that the run game
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Volunteer sideline duty at a high school football game can take the measure of a Rotarian Fall brings a fresh season of high school football to north Georgia. Okay, so it's really only August and it's 86 degrees at kickoff time- not exactly the crisp temperatures
It's a generally accepted notion that a bye week in a college football. season is a good thing. It offers time to heal up, time to plan and maybe even time to take an actual day off. Only rarely will a coach consider a bye week to be
The Atlanta Braves will take on the Dodgers in a best of 5 NL Division Series that starts today in Los Angeles. On paper , this series is a mismatch. The Dodgers clearly have more talent, and a deeper roster than the Braves. The oddsmakers have LA as the favorite. The
Just four games into a 12 game season , Georgia Tech is looking to reorganize and regroup. And on Tuesday, Brent Key produced another term. Rebuild. That's a tall task anytime, let alone mid-season. But the Yellow Jackets have gotten off to a terrible start, and have looked
The broadcasting duo for the Atlanta Braves' TV games are not my favorites. But the game on Saturday September 26 brought a new low to one of their broadcasts. The Braves had runners on first and third. There was one out. Matt Olson hit a pop fly that the
A Sour Second Half Sag Brings Another Lamentable Loss The good news is that Brent Key's troops have two weeks before they play again. The bad news is that there's a lot to fix in 14 days, after a rough night in California last Saturday. Georgia
Wow! Who are these guys, and where have they been? Where'd those other guys go? The ones who couldn't throw, catch, run or kick... where were they on Thursday night in Green Bay? Then again, who cares? The guys who did show up Thursday night dominated
Georgia Tech beat Mercer on Saturday by a 44-11 count. The Yellow Jackets rode two turnovers and an opportunistic offense to a margin of victory that looked deceptively large , as opposed to how competitive the game felt. And though they had moderate statistical success in several areas, Tech looked
Georgia Tech's first two games in 2026 ended in losses, causing questions aplenty from among the fan base. Namely, how could a Brent Key- coached team look so sluggish and sloppy, while falling short on the scoreboard?. Saturday against Mercer, the Jackets did snag a win. But different
Remember the story of Ferdinand the Bull? He was a big burly bull who , against all expectations, had absolutely no interest in fighting. His lack of intensity and his puny competitive spirit were downright puzzling to all those who saw the situation unfold. Ring any bells, Falcons fans? The local
There are 11 days left on MLB regular season schedule. The Atlanta Braves have a 5.5 game lead over Philadelphia, with 10 games left on the schedule . The Phillies have 11 games left. It's far too soon to even project playoff scenarios. The current MLB system , with
Well..... Saturday night showed a Tech team that played somewhat less poorly than their first effort 10 days earlier. That is a light form of progress. The result was the same--a loss--this one by a 45-24 count to the boys from east Tennessee. Tech fans left the