Josh Nesbitt will hope to taste victory in the Orange Bowl.
Tonights Orange Bowl had a intriguing match up between a very good offense team in Georgia Tech and a equally good as well defensive team in the Iowa Hawkeyes. The contrasting strengths between these two teams should provide excitement and a very competitive contest.
Georgia Tech (11-2) is ninth ranked and champions of the ACC. They defeated Clemson 39-34 to claim the title. They have a very diverse offense.It has been described as a spread option offense that features formations like the flexbone and wishbone. They have a outstanding running game lead by their great running back Jonathan Dwyer. All Dwyer did this year is amass 1346 yards on the ground to go with 14 touchdowns. He is explosive and has home run hitting ability. If he was not enough to handle, Josh Nesbitt, Tech’s QB can hit the ground running also. Nesbitt ran for 991 yards and 18 touchdowns. He also passed for ten touchdowns to. Tech is 11th in total offense with 442 yards per game. 307 of them came via the ground. With their diversified attack and talent, there are one tough offense to defend.
Iowa on the other hand supports a very stingy defense. There defense is good enough to stop Tech, but they will need to be at their best to accomplish that feat. Iowa (10-2) and tenth ranked only gave up 286 yards per game this year. Only 122 of those yards came on the ground. In addition they only gave up 15.5 points per game, stingy indeed. The offense is lead by experienced quarterback Ricky Stanzi. Stanzi missed the final two regular season games a;27-24 overtime loss to Big Ten Champion Ohio State and a 12-0 shutout win over Minnesota. Stanzi is a winner and was 9-0 as a starter this year. He will have to use his leadership to lead Iowa to a victory. He will need to keep his offense on the field and Tech’s offense off it. He must Manage.
Lets see tonight if the vaunted and diversified Tech offense can be stopped by the immovable object, the Hawkeye defense.
Tags: Clemson, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Jonathan Dwyer, Josh Nesbitt, Minnesota, Ohio State, Orange Bowl, Ricky Stanzi
