Ga. Tech has been hollowed out by the transfer portal. An if, and a big if, Ole Miss just overlooks Tulsa and is looking forward to Kentucky.
Boom! Shake the room.
Ga Tech has struggled since they moved to Paul Johnson as coach (I know he's gone now) but they struggled to find players to compete in an antiquated style of football at a level that could compete in a P5 conference. When was the last time the wishbone worked at the highest level? OU in the 80s? It gutted the talent level and they just struggled to even break .500 most seasons. If you look at their records under Johnson, it was only slightly better than Monty's here with the occasional really good season...the only difference is GaTech was able to load their non-conf schedule with cupcakes to get to a bowl most years. Since Johnson left, they've been 3-9, 3-7, 3-9, and so far this year 1-2 (with the win against FCS Western Carolina). They are struggling to compete against FBS competition (sound familiar). We'll see how they do this week against UCF at Erector Set stadium in Orlando. I'm not saying Ole Miss is not good, just to take what they did vs GaTech with a grain of salt and put GaTech into some context.
ADD: A better comparison might be Ole Miss' 28-10 win vs Troy. I think we're slightly better than Troy. We still need to play the run better as Ole Miss seems capable of running the football. We need to have some semblance of a running game...enough to keep the LBs and safeties at bay on play action to give David enough time to throw, and enough of one to pick up enough yardage on 3rd and 4th and short to keep the chains moving.
Right now I'm leaning towards a 35-24 Racist Mascot win. If we can force a turnover or two we might have a chance.
