Don’t tell the big bosses at NBC, but I didn’t watch a second of their fancy NFL opener, choosing instead to take in the Clemson-Georgia Tech game. If you did the exact opposite, thanks for the ratings.
Here’s some of what you missed.
Georgia Tech attempted a pass on its first snap of the game. You know, that whole element of surprise thing. It was intercepted.
Unsurprisingly, the Yellow Jackets immediately went back to what they do best when they got the football back and Anthony Allen ran for an 82-yard touchdown to open the scoring.
The scoring closed on a 36-yard field goal by Georgia Tech’s Scott Blair with 57 seconds remaining to give the Ramblin’ Wreak a 30-27 victory.
But the real fun happened in between.
Here’s some snapshots.
Clemson eventually woke up and answered Georgia Tech’s 24 unanswered points, with 27 unanswered points of its own.
Each team’s placekicker took a direct snap that resulted in a first quarter touchdown for Georgia Tech. Read that again. It’s true.
Four of the six touchdowns covered 63 yards or more (77, 82 and 85).
And, of course, Lou Holtz completely embarrassed himself once again during the halftime show, bumbling through an awful “pep talk” directed at Ohio State.
The ACC should stick to these prime-time conference games and forget about messing with the CAA.
So, what happened in Pittsburgh? Was that any good?