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Black Heart, Gold Pants: Top Ten Reasons Why Iowa Will Lose To Georgia Tech

Yes, that’s SB Nation’s Iowa blog, Black Heart, Gold Pants, counting down the top ten reasons their Hawkeyes will lose to the Yellow Jackets in the Orange Bowl.

9. Real Man Of Genius. One could argue that if Georgia Tech’s Coach Paul Johnson didn’t cut his hair regularly, his likeness to Einstein would be more than just cerebral. With Mike Leach out of coaching, Paul Johnson is now the undisputed offensive genius of college football. On Tuesday night expect Johnson to perform the football equivalent of splitting the atom, which will result in the Iowa defense doing this around the end of the first quarter. [...]

7. No Joshing Around. Josh Nesbitt don’t play that. It would be easy to take an option quarterback lightly. In an age where option attacks are reserved for service academies and a couple of MAC/WAC or CRACK schools, Josh Nesbitt is no clown, he’s Georgia Tech’s dual threat quarterback. He has rushed for more yards than Robinson or Wegher this season and he has thrown for 77% of Stanzi’s total passing yards, but with half as many completions. On Tuesday expect Nesbitt to to whack Iowa upside the head.

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