Jackets:
Paul Johnson and the spread option Tech offense took the college football universe by storm in 2014, and expectations have changed accordingly. Winning a New Year’s Six bowl game places a target squarely on a team’s back, and if the Jackets hope to build upon last year’s remarkable performance, they cannot afford to overlook any team on their schedule. That includes their Week 1 opponent, the Alcorn State Braves.
Like Tech, the Braves rely on a powerful run game to open up passing lanes. While Alcorn State’s ground-based attack allows the team to control time-of-possession battles and physically batter weaker opponents, it’s not conducive to large comebacks.