Unranked, unrated new buzzwords as Tech lands trio

For the first time in over three months, Coach Paul Johnson has obtained a commitment from a prospect of any note.

Three-star offensive lineman Errin Joe out of Lakeland, FL pledged for Tech on Sunday, toting behind a respectable list of offers which included Miami(FL) and West Virginia. Tech was reportedly Joe's second choice, but the committable offer from his first pick, FSU, was not forthcoming.

Much like with the Simple Option offense however, there's always a little bit of bad sprinkled in with the good.

Tech absent from earliest preseason 2011 rankings

It appears that writers around the country are finally starting to catch on to "The Man Who Wins Everywhere He Coaches."

Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech have been shut out in the five earliest preseason rankings released by major outlets for the 2011 season. Tech indeed failed to make an appearance in any of the top 25 listings, and even managed to avoid being named among the top 30 of Sports Illustrated and the top 50 of Nationalchamps.net!

Examining further, the Nationalchamps.net ranking showed Tech behind several traditional powers who are very likely to be overrated, such as Southern Miss, Baylor, and Miami(of Ohio), as well as behind two of its fellow service academies Navy and Air Force. Though Army did not appear in the top 50, it is unclear at this point as to how the site evaluates them in relation to the Yellow Jackets.

Just give Coach Johnson time though! Once he gets his players in, surely he'll bring The Trophy back home to North Avenue!

ESPN.com

SI.com - Not among 30 teams listed

Nationalchamps.net - Not among top 50 teams!

Orlando Sentinel

San Jose Mercury News

Go Army, Beat Navy!

The unfounded hero-worship of Coach Paul Johnson has indeed become a nauseating phenomenon. Every insignificant word or gesture offered by this dumpy, belligerent mass of cliches and arrogance is seemingly another reason for a certain segment of Tech fandom to erupt in goosebumps while shrieking in womanly delight, "I love our coach!" This cult-like fanaticism has managed even to entail a strange reverence of Johnson's previous coaching stops, with Tech fans overnight emerging as "Wal-Mart" supporters of Georgia Southern and US Naval Academy athletics.

And while the latter circumstance may appear harmless on its surface, in reality the Johnson slurper-lemmings, through their support of other teams that run the Cheese-Ball Offense, actively root against the fortunes of Georgia Tech football. Simply put, the more teams that have success using the "Spread Option," the more teams we will see adopting it, and so will this compromise Tech's distinct advantage in running an offense no one ever sees.