For the game, Reggie Ball finally appeared as the quarterback that the Georgia Tech fans had been waiting for. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come over the next two years and the player who we all saw throw the ball away on 4th down in the game against Georgia is a thing of the past. Ball finished with 207 yards passing and three total touchdowns, two through the air and one on the ground.

Ball was assisted in the win by PJ Daniels who added 117 yards on the ground and two scores of his own. Even the defense got into the party with Chris Reis intercepting a pass on Syracuse's opening drive and returning it for a touchdown.

Syracuse did have star back Walter Reyes back for the game, but he was a non-factor and reinjured his shoulder which caused him to have to sit out the second half. He was only able to contribute 3 yards rushing and caught one pass for 18 yards before leaving the game. In general, this was a very poor performance by a team that almost snuck into the BCS bowls. Now imagine if they were playing a Utah offense who we all had confidence in before the game started as opposed to a shaky Georgia Tech team. Massacre, a word that could easily have described this game, would have been being kind.

By winning 51-14, Georgia Tech became only the second bowl team in history to score 50 points in back to back years. If the Jackets can return healthy next season, and compete with the same drive they showed in this game, they may be a bigger force to reckon with in a tough ACC football conference. And who ever thought we would be saying tough, ACC, and football, in the same sentence except for how bad they would be losing.