"Good teams don't lose two in a row"

So says our head man, Paul Johnson. And he held true to that (assuming you considered last year's Georgia Tech team to be a good one), never losing two in a row last season.

Here's what the team did following each loss last season:

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September 13:
L @ Virginia Tech 20-17 (278 yds rushing, 109 passing, 3 TOs)

September 20:
W vs. Mississippi State 38-7 (438 yds rushing, 62 passing, 0 TOs)

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October 25:
L vs. Virginia 24-17 (156 yds rushing, 103 passing, 3 TOs)

November 1:
W vs. Florida State 31-28 (288 yds rushing, 55 passing, 2 TOs)

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November 8:
L @ UNC 28-7 (326 yds rushing, 97 passing, 3 TOs)

November 20:
W vs. Miami 41-23 (472 yds rushing, 46 passing, 1 TO)

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Three of our best performances, if not THE three best, of the season came after a loss. Florida State was not that close until Nesbitt went down with an injury. It was 24-10 when we were rolling. Miami was down 41-10 before a couple 4th quarter touchdowns.

It looks like CPJ really knows how to rally the troops after a tough loss. I remember feeling this same way after the UNC loss last year, and we came back the next week and throttled Miami.

This year, we're down about a loss to Miami, so why not turn it around and get some revenge on UNC.

Another thing that makes you feel a little better about this Saturday is the stats against UNC last year. Despite the score, we had 326 yards rushing with a limping quarterback. Three poorly-timed turnovers cost us that game.

So I guess we'll find out Saturday if this team is "good." For the most part I agree with CPJ's statement. If we had two games against top-10 teams in a row and lost both in repectable fashion, I say we could still be good, but if we drop two in a row to teams ranked 15-25, we aren't a Top 25 team.