YellowJacket Defense Moving up the Ranks

The Jackets are 16th in the nation in defense, yet we are only 6th in the ACC. Amazing. So does this mean that the ACC defensively is that strong, or that ACC offenses are really weak? After all, a big portion of those stats are made up of games against other ACC teams. Personally, I think the offenses ARE weaker. The QB situation around the league is shaky at best, with more than half the teams going through some level of QB controversy this season. The league lost many talented WR's last year. The RB's are still fairly solid. In fact something like 7 of the 10 backs in the conference right now are juniors (including PJ), so next year should be even stronger.

Story here. Also note this on the freshman playing:

Through six games, Tech (4-2, 3-2 in the ACC) has played 11 of 23 true scholarship freshmen. Wide receiver Calvin Johnson and Richard, a regular at defensive tackle, have had the biggest impact.
Others who have seen action: Kyle Belcher, Travis Chambers, Pat Clark, Mike Cox, Gary Guyton, Djay Jones, Jamal Lewis, Nate McManus and Darrell Robertson.

There are only 5 or 6 other programs in the country that have played more freshman than GT. Depth, depth, depth....not there yet.