I have gotten to see Brent Key do a lot of good things in his first three seasons at Georgia Tech . After the dark days of the Geoff Collins era, Key immediately made the team play better as an interim coach. After a 1-3 start to the season, and 1-11 looking like a real possibility, Key managed to pull off two ranked wins and get the team to 5-7, their best mark since 2018.

Key parlayed that into getting the full-time head coaching job at his alma mater and he proceeded to guide Georgia Tech to three consecutive bowl appearances. Not only that, but Georgia Tech has been the only program in the ACC over the past three seasons to finish in the top four of the conference standings. Just this time last season, Georgia Tech was ranked in the top ten and had a reasonable path to the College Football Playoff.…