Georgia Tech (3-1) was No. 14 in the nation before falling out of the rankings with a 33-17 loss at then-No. 20 Miami on Sept. 17. The Yellow Jackets rushed for a season-low 95 yards and held the ball for seven fewer minutes than the Hurricanes."We could never get them off the field," coach Paul Johnson said. "In a game like that, you better maximize and we didn't. We played very poorly on offense."
It was a different story in last Saturday's 24-7 win over then-No. 22 North Carolina. Led by reigning ACC player of the year Jonathan Dwyer, who ran for a season-high 158 yards, the Yellow Jackets outrushed the Tar Heels 317-17 and held the ball for 42:06, the most since a 30-10 win over Wake Forest on Sept. 14, 1996.
"I think a lot of people had written us off," Johnson said.
Mississippi State's 1st-year coach Dan Mullen is not one of them.
"Our run defense will have their hands full this weekend with Georgia Tech," he said. "We'll face a different scheme (spread option) than we're use to, but we're playing with some confidence and we'll have to continue to do so if we want to be successful."
The Bulldogs weren't last year against the Yellow Jackets, losing 38-7 on Sept. 20, 2008, in the teams' first meeting since 1929. Georgia Tech is 3-0 against Mississippi State. The SEC Rocks!
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