...Oh, we're a second-half team,' and you don't work at it, then you won't be a second-half team. If somebody tells you you're not and you go out and fight, then suddenly you become one." Reach Brian Murphy at (706) 744-4208

...bottom line," Gailey said. "All phases seemed to have something positive happen to them and not many negatives." After a week of nothing but negatives, that's precisely what Georgia Tech needed. Reach Brian Murphy at (706) 744-4208.

...25-yarder in the first half, left the Cavaliers little choice but to go for touchdowns. They came up one short. "This was a must-win for us," Suggs said. "We really had to get this one." Reach Brian Murphy at (706) 744-4208.

...void," Etheridge said. "You always have to be ready, always have to prepare yourself mentally and physically to play, because never know what's going to happen during the course of the game." Reach Brian Murphy at (706) 744-4208.

...some things I've learned from years of coaching and incorporate into what's going on." Reach Brian Murphy at (706) 744-4208. Georgia Tech at Maryland 7:30 tonight (ESPN)

...year," cornerback Reuben Houston said. "In meetings, lifting weights, in practice, the mindset is we've got to go out and win games. Whatever it takes to win games, we've got to do it." Reach Brian Murphy at (706) 744-4208.

...out fast. I don't think we were flat," Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey said. "They just played better than us and executed better than us. We didn't play the way we are capable of playing today." Reach Brian Murphy at (706) 744-4208

...We've got to meet them at the line of scrimmage," said Fox, Tech's leading tackler. "We're going to stick with basics, stick with what we've got and hopefully that will be sufficient." Contact Brian Murphy at 706-744-4208