More ACC Football Prognosticators

Well, the "experts" are out in force, with more picking of GT in the bottom half of the conference.

First up is Chris Wallace, formerly of the Robesonian and VA paper, who has evidently taken a job as the ACC editor for Rivals. He has picked GT to finish 9th this season (link here), only ahead of Duke and UNC. Certainly interesting because last season he picked us DEAD LAST (if memory serves me correctly). Here is what he had to say about GT:

Georgia Tech, meanwhile, would be my pick at No. 9. The Jackets were the surprise of the ACC a year ago and freshman QB Reggie Ball was sensational at times. But Tech lost many of its top players, including stud linebackers Keyaron Fox and Daryl Smith and the Rambling Wreck has not recruited well in the last few years.

Meanwhile over at www.nationalchamps.net they have also picked GT at 9th place, finishing ahead of you-know-who (link to crappy ACC picks here, courtesy of someone at the Hive). Not only that, they have us with no "big wins" and no "big losses". That alone discredits this entire site, because we all know GT manages BOTH every year. Last season beating Auburn was certainly a surprise, and losing to Duke equally shocking...... Further down the page Eric Henderson is not included in his all-ACC team. All-in-all, total disregard for GT, like we're not even in the conference......... By the way, the same dude picked GT to finish 7th with a 4-8 record last season, even behind Duke. Link here to crappy 2003 picks. In fact he voted GT as the "Team most likley to disappoint", including this:

Georgia Tech… The off-season occurrences in Atlanta do not instill me with confidence for this team. No proven QB or RB (no back rushed for more than 300 yards last season), to go with an injury-questioned defense and two new kickers, leads me to believe the Jackets spend the better part of the season procuring their young talent.