The last time Georgia Tech stood atop the college football world, Jerimiah McClary helped lead the Yellow Jackets there. A defensive tackle and a team captain of the 1990 national championship team, McClary experienced firsthand the transformation of a team from the bottom (2-9 in 1987, including 0-9 against FBS opponents) to the absolute top. As he surveys the team that he once gave his all for, as it attempts its own metamorphosis under the direction of coach Geoff Collins, he is dismayed.
“I think they’re in disrepair, to be honest with you,” McClary said in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “I know that coach Collins is a great hype man and brander, but as I look at the team in Year 4, they haven’t improved.”
That lack of improvement could cost Collins and Tech athletic director Todd Stansbury their jobs.
