First my oberservances:

James Davis and CJ Spiller are downright scary as a tandem. James is a powerful runner who drags guys for yards….if they can hang on for the ride while CJ just gets one step off the D line and blazes through the secondary if given the chance.

Gaines Adams should have had at least 5 more sacks in that game. The Tech O line was holding onto Gaines’ shoulder pads and jersey all game long.

The secondary continues to improve as well as the entire injury prone defense. No one stood a chance against the rabid D last night. Tashard rarely found yards while Reggie never had time to look up field as a flood of purple was flying at hime from all angles all the time.

The Tiger O-line is HUGE. We watched them push 3 to 5 yards every play which easily gave James and C.J. room to run. It almost looked as if the Tech D line was swallowed by the Purple mob throughout the night.

And now for the national medias bits and pieces:

• Gaines Adams now owns the Tiger record for consecutive games with a sack. His third quarter sack of Ball gives him six straight games with at least one sack. He leads the ACC with 8.5 sacks and 24 for his career, which ranks four behind Michael Dean Perry for the career-record.
• Saturday marked the first time in the modern era the Tigers donned their all purple uniforms with the orange helmet. The last time Clemson wore all purple uniforms was the 1940 Cotton Bowl, which the Tigers won that day 6-3.
• Running back James Davis rushed for 216 yard and three scores, while C.J. Spiller had 116 yards and a score to go along with a 50-yard touchdown reception. The rushing numbers were the first time in school history that the Tigers had a 200-yard rusher and a 100-yard rusher in the same game.
• Davis rushing performance was the most rushing yards by an ACC player this season and the most by a Clemson player since quarterback Woody Dantzler’s 220 at Virginia in 2000.
• The win over No. 13 Georgia Tech marked the 12th top 25 victory in Bowden’s Clemson career. He moved ahead of Frank Howard into second place on the list of all-time head coaches. Danny Ford owns the record with 20.
• Saturday’s 31-7 win marked the first time Clemson has won a match up of top 20 teams since 1991, when the Tigers defeated N.C. State 29-19. Clemson won purple jerseys in that game for the first time since 1939.
• Clemson’s defense held Yellow Jackets star Calvin Johnson without a catch for the first time in his stellar career.
• James Davis is just 2 touchdowns short of a seasonal record set by Raymond Priester

Posted on Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 at 7:40 pm by Clem

Filed under Football, Georgia Tech.

You can leave a trackback from your own site.