Macon Telegraph Logo

Monday Taste: Seven minutes to glory? Can final stretch vs. Wake restore GT confidence? | Macon Telegraph

×
  • E-edition
  • Home
    • Customer Service
    • Mobile & Apps
    • Newsletters
    • Buy Photos and Pages
    • Contact Us
    • Newsletters
    • Subscribe
    • Archive Search

    • All News
    • Local
    • Houston & Peach
    • The Sun News
    • Crime
    • Food Story
    • Education
    • Databases
    • Business
    • Nation/World
    • Opinion
    • Weird News
    • All Sports
    • High Schools
    • University of Georgia
    • Bulldogs Beat
    • Georgia Tech
    • Mercer
    • Columns & Blogs
    • MLB & Braves
    • NFL & Falcons
    • NBA & Hawks
    • Auto Racing
    • Golf
    • NHL/Macon Mayhem
    • Politics
    • Elections
    • All Living
    • Family
    • Food
    • Home & Garden
    • Religion
    • Celebrations
    • Mark Ballard
    • Dear Abby
    • Entertainment
    • Out & About
    • Celebrities
    • Music
    • Restaurants
    • Comics
    • Puzzles & Games
    • Horoscopes
    • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Editorial Cartoons
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Submit a Letter
    • Blogs & Columns
    • Opinion Columns & Blogs
    • Your Say
  • Obituaries
  • Education Together
  • Best of the Best

  • Classifieds
  • Jobs
  • Moonlighting
  • Cars
  • Homes
  • Place An Ad
  • Contests

  • About Us
  • Mobile & Apps

Georgia Tech

Monday Taste: Seven minutes to glory? Can final stretch vs. Wake restore GT confidence?

ColeyHarvey

    ORDER REPRINT →

October 04, 2010 07:52 PM

ATLANTA — As Saturday night’s game raced into the fourth quarter and toward potential disaster for Georgia Tech, Correy Earls looked down the Yellow Jackets sideline and sensed the same feelings he had felt all night.





Everything seemed just fine.

SIGN UP

Sign Up and Save

Get six months of free digital access to The Telegraph

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

#ReadLocal





“We never doubted winning,” the senior receiver said. “Whether we had momentum or not, we were always confident in ourselves that we could pull the game out.”





They may have had such even-tempered emotions about the status of the game at the time, but the scoreboard and the play on the field dictated a far different condition for the Yellow Jackets.





Trailing 17-9 as their second-to-last drive of the contest with Wake Forest began, victory seemed uncertain.





The Yellow Jackets had already committed a host of penalties, including a pair of personal fouls. They also had a punt snap sail over the punter’s head, only for him to rush a pooch kick 10 yards from the line of scrimmage. Likewise, the offense struggled, barely getting its running game going and watching as receivers dropped pass, after pass, after pass.





“We felt like we weren’t executing the offense,” quarterback Joshua Nesbitt said. “Don’t get me wrong, (Wake Forest) played a great game, but we felt like we were hurting ourselves.





“We just felt like we weren’t playing Georgia Tech football.”....



***

For more on this story, read Tuesday's Telegraph, or check back to macon.com Tuesday morning...

  Comments  

Videos

Our favorite photos from Georgia Tech’s football game against Clemson

Why Georgia Tech will love Tobias Oliver

View More Video

Trending Stories

These men are breathing new life into Cotton Avenue District

February 18, 2019 03:19 PM

Stacey Abrams: ‘Incompetence’ led to voting rights suppression effort

February 19, 2019 10:20 AM

Check’s not in the mail: SC ratepayers angry over no rebate

February 18, 2019 03:01 PM

Medical school pushes plan for more doctors in rural Georgia

February 18, 2019 10:56 AM

How Lady Bulldogs discovered the importance of limiting turnovers in rout of Ole Miss

February 18, 2019 11:54 PM

Read Next

From the tree: How recruiting successes of Smart, Collins were first seen together at Alabama

Bulldogs Beat

From the tree: How recruiting successes of Smart, Collins were first seen together at Alabama

By Brandon Sudge

    ORDER REPRINT →

February 07, 2019 06:29 PM

Geoff Collins and Kirby Smart, now both head football coaches at Georgia Tech and UGA, worked together under Alabama head coach Nick Saban. Now the two are battling it out in the recruiting arena.

KEEP READING

Sign Up and Save

#ReadLocal

Get six months of free digital access to The Telegraph

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

MORE GEORGIA TECH

College Sports

Who was the best college team in the state Georgia this season? Vote now

December 29, 2018 04:48 PM
Georgia Tech hires familiar face as new football coach

Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech hires familiar face as new football coach

December 07, 2018 10:31 AM
Georgia Tech head coach, former Georgia Southern head coach Paul Johnson retires

Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech head coach, former Georgia Southern head coach Paul Johnson retires

November 28, 2018 02:19 PM
A WWE superstar and former Georgia Tech standout announces he’s battling leukemia

Georgia Tech

A WWE superstar and former Georgia Tech standout announces he’s battling leukemia

October 23, 2018 02:52 PM
Georgia Tech offering free tickets to those impacted by Hurricane Michael

Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech offering free tickets to those impacted by Hurricane Michael

October 11, 2018 07:29 PM
Three takeaways from Georgia Tech versus South Florida

Georgia Tech

Three takeaways from Georgia Tech versus South Florida

September 08, 2018 05:43 PM
Take Us With You

Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand.

Icon for mobile apps

Macon Telegraph App

View Newsletters

Subscriptions
  • Start a Subscription
  • Customer Service
  • eEdition
  • Vacation Hold
  • Pay Your Bill
  • Rewards
Learn More
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletters
  • News in Education
  • Archives
Advertising
  • Place a Classified Ad
  • Advertise with Us
  • Local Deals
Copyright
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service


Back to Story