2013年11月18日星期一

Clemson scored on the next two drives



 Tahj Boyd converted on a 3rd-and-18 on the drive, and a 4-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams seemingly put Georgia Tech away at 20-0. The Jackets, however, would fight back in short order.David Sims found the end zone on the next drive, capping an 82-yard response, and despite a 76-yard bomb from Tahj Boyd to Martavis Bryant, Tech still cut the lead a bit as a result of a field goal to end the half. At 27-10, most people likely believed that Tech was out of striking distance, but Robert Godhigh had some other plans.Godhigh had a monster 2nd half for Tech, scoring 2 touchdowns, but the play of the day was his 65-yard touchdown run that began the 2nd half scoring. At that point, the Jackets were the closest that they would be for the remainder of the night, and for a brief moment, all of the momentum in Memorial Stadium was on the visiting sideline. Almost on cue, however, Clemson scored on the next two drives, making the remainder of the night virtually inconsequential.The aforementioned Godhigh was the brightest spot  for Georgia Tech on Thursday night.

 The senior running back led the team in both rushing and receiving, and the fact that he cracked triple-digits in both categories is a bit mind-boggling in a blowout defeat. It would be tough to not be excited for a guy with as much invested in the program as Godhigh, and despite the loss, it was fun to see what he unleashed on Clemson.Defensively, this was a blood bath at times. Clemson accumulated 547 total yards of offense, but it was the quick strikes that seemed to do the Tech defense in for the most part, and it was almost fitting to see Clemson QB Tahj Boyd set the all-time ACC record for career passing touchdowns in this game. In fairness, this Clemson offense is probably a top-5 unit in the country on that side of the ball, but the different in explosiveness was a reminder of how far these two teams are from each other in the "upside" department.In all truth, the offense performed reasonably well, especially if we ignore the 1st quarter struggles.

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