Man, Thursday can’t get here soon enough! For the last several years, watching Georgia Tech’s defense has been rough. It seemed as if Tech’s defense was virtually never able to disrupt the offensive rhythm of any team, but particularly the good ones, like Clemson or Georgia, who Tech happens to play every year.
Now, I didn’t realize just how poor Tech’s defense was at being disruptive until I looked at the stats.
This chart compares every Tech defense under Paul Johnson to those of Geoff Collins during the same time period (for years he was either the defensive coordinator or head coach of his team), using data collected by Football Outsiders.