Could Tech end its bowl skid against the preseason No. 1?
Give this tactical genius a month to prepare and ... he'll probably lose by two touchdowns. (AP photo) If, on Labor Day morning, you’d have known Georgia Tech would be facing USC in a bowl, you’d have...
View ArticleUGA, Tech and the Falcons as division champs? I called it
In 2012, there was much cause for football celebration in these environs. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin) For a while there, I had to ask myself, “Old son, did you really change your first name to...
View ArticleClemson notches ‘a landmark win’ for itself and the ACC
Clemson depicts the thrill of victory, LSU the agony of defeat. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton) Not to sound like the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, but the 45th Chick-fil-A Bowl featured the third-best...
View Article2013 could be big for Tech, which could stand a big year
One day in the Sun brought much joy to the Yellow Jackets. (AP photo) For Georgia Tech, many things happened en route to 7-7. The Yellow Jackets barely got bowl-eligible, and then they got...
View ArticleHistory may favor the underdog Irish, but Bama is too good
Precedent? This guy eats precedent for breakfast! (AP photo) Fort Lauderdale – The history of the BCS title game isn’t exactly exhaustive, dating as it does to that long-ago time of January 1999, but...
View ArticleHeat Check: Will the Falcons again feel the January chill?
Here's how it was when last the Falcons were the No. 1 seed. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton) Fort Lauderdale – Owing to the national championship game, our weekly Heat Check emanates from warm environs....
View ArticleLive from the BCS title game, where the Irish have landed
The view from my seat. There are several more folks in the stands now. (Panoramic photo by M. Bradley) Miami Gardens, Fla. – Maybe it was because this correspondent spent more time counting ocean waves...
View ArticleA classic game? Nope, just classic Alabama domination
Touchdown, Alabama! And there were a bunch of those Monday night. (AP photo by John Bazemore) UPDATED WITH NICK SABAN QUOTES Miami Gardens, Fla. – For a minute, this felt like a real event. That was...
View ArticleAlabama will begin 2013 as No. 1, duh. Who’ll give chase?
Will we see these two teams go at it again this December? Maybe. (AJC photo by Curtis Compton) Fort Lauderdale, Fla. – On the morning after securing his fourth BCS championship ring, Nick Saban was...
View ArticleIf you’re looking for the Mark Bradley blog, it has moved
As of Friday, Jan. 11, this blog upped sticks (as they say in England) for a new locale. The new Web address is http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/mark-bradley/. The new blog has, not surprisingly, some new...
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