Should the Jackets plead their case for a College Football Playoff berth three months from now, the selection committee will likely consider the team’s 69-6 shellacking of Alcorn State as just that: a dominant win over a drastically overmatched opponent — but ultimately, an insignificant one.
Tech supporters, though, might remember the season opener for something else: their introduction to freshman B-Back Marcus Marshall. A single game versus an FCS opponent is an inadequate sample to draw conclusions, but the Millbrook, N.C., product’s dominant debut should nonetheless inspire optimism about the Tech offense’s ability to sustain the prolific rushing attack that has propelled it in recent seasons.