Unstoppable Super Human Tandem Tramples Techies

Utah's Travis LaTendresse and Brett Ratliff undressed Georgia Tech's defense in route to 550 yards of total offense and a 38-10 victory over the Yellow Jackets.

The solace that Tech fans can take in this defeat is that LaTendresse and Ratliff are two of the most seasoned and explosive players super humans in the country. Plus, their coaches had these two running some revolutionary passing routes that are borderline illegal.

Or maybe, they weren't human at all. Were these men, or were they Football Warriors from another solar system? No way they could be mere mortals as the "great" GT defense wouldn't surrender 550 yards to just any old Mountain West Conference also ran.

Breaking News.....This telegram just in from the Georgia Sports Blog's research team....

BULLETIN [STOP] UTAH PLAYERS HUMAN [STOP]
PREVIOUSLY UNPRODUCTIVE NO TALENT
ASS CLOWNS [STOP] ALL DATA POINTS
TO GAILEY SUCKING [END]

Ratliff, the Utah QB, was making his second start of his career. He's a guy that was a Division III QB not too long ago. Yet he passed for 381 yards against the Tech "defense."

And it turns out that LaTendresse isn't super duper elite either. In fact, the less than juggernaut defenses of UNC, Colorado State and Utah State held him to pedestrian numbers such as:

vs. UNC - 3 catches for 32 yards
vs. Colorado State - 2 catches for 31 yards
vs. Utah State - 3 catches for 29 yards

And for the tricky, borderline illegal plays that Utah ran for every single TD pass...Most schools simply call that a "post pattern," and it has existed since the 1950s.

Tech lost because Tech flat out stone cold quit. I've said many times that Gailey might not be a bad Xs and Os guy, but he's a lousy motivator of college players. Hard to argue that a team capable of beating Auburn and Miami, but losing to NC State and Utah is well coached.

"They really quit on themselves," LaTendresse said. "They came out talking and jumping up and down, and slowly but surely, we put that knife in there and they gave up. That first quarter they had a lot of fight. The corners were talking, the d-linemen were talking, but slowly that talk diminished and their heads started to go down. That's what you have to do: make them quit." Source: AJC.com and Utah's official site.

"You could just tell that they didn't want to be here," Utah defensive back Eric Weddle said. "When we hung around them [during bowl week], you couldn't see the fire in their eyes." Source: AJC.com

If it happened once in a while, it would be one thing. But Tech comes out and wets the bed like this vs. a team with lesser talent at least once a year under Gailey. Here's to 5 more years and another Chantastic roller coaster season for the Jackets.

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