Georgia Tech answered the modern-day equivalent of an age-old question: If a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it, does it make noise?
If a football team chopped down another on a loud Saturday in college football and nobody saw it, did it make some noise?
Oh, yeah. The Yellow Jackets screeched past Middle Tennessee State 49-21 in an oddity: a game between FBS teams that was not televised.
An amazing night was missed by Techsters who did not make their way to Murfreesboro.
The Jackets scored on their first snap for the second straight week and did not let up, leading 28-0 at one point. A team that mostly eschews the pass went aerial for TDs of 73 and 71 yards. Vastly improved quarterback Tevin Washington threw for those two touchdowns (on eight attempts, all in the first half) and ran for a couple more.
Get this: Of 65 Tech rushes, there was but one fumble. That number is almost as mind-blowing as 596 total offensive yards for a ground-geared team.
Tech's ball control kept the clock moving fast enough for another rarity: a college game ending in less than three hours. (Thanks, from those of us who kept an eye on nearly four hours of South Crolina versus Georgia.)
There might be no stopping this offense, at least for awhile. Next up is Kansas, which was touched for 462 yards Saturday by Northern Illinois in a 45-42 win.
If Tech makes noise next weekend, it will reach more ears. The game is televised.
Come on, feel the noise.
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