The Georgia Tech defense opened up like the parting of the Red Sea. All Deshaun Watson saw was a lot off green grass and the Yellow Jackets’ end zone.
It was late in the first quarter with Clemson already up 3-0 when on third-and-one from the Yellow Jackets’ 21-yard line the Tigers’ star quarterback saw the end zone.
At that point it was the perfect start to what was a homecoming of sorts for the Gainesville, Ga. native. Growing up in the shadows of Atlanta, Watson was excited to play Georgia Tech. Just a couple months earlier, he was throwing a laser to Charone Peake for a touchdown “Between the Hedges” in Athens and now he was doing what he wanted to against his hometown college.