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Regarding 3rd down conversions, Records are records for a reason. It's difficult to maintain that level of play from one year to the next. That isn't to say 3rd down conversions will be bad, GT could be top 5, but it'll be more like 53% instead of 58%. Over the course of a season, a 5 pct pt...

Nowhere to go but up. I've decided that while that phrase may be true, it is also true that going from 108th ranked to 107th ranked is going up, though it hardly meets the level of improvement implied by the phrase. We've heard this tune for several seasons now. While I'm confident that the...

Not quite sure I fully understand the scenario. The way I understand the rules is: If the opponent possesses the ball in his own end zone and he (or a teammate) brought the ball into the end zone on his own initiative, then that would be a safety. If instead he was involuntarily moved into...

CPJ might let the team vote on it. He did that for one of the other players.

If the defense can get some pressure on the QB, then GT should be OK. Football Outsiders FEI rankings suggest that State would resemble a frankenstine team having an FSU/uga level of defense defense paired with an UNC/Miami level of offense.

I think the passing threat there all night. I don't remember too many plays where the safeties weren't 15+ yards back from the LOS. Both uga and FSU played with only 7 in the box most of the time.

They were fast enough that the TV commentators mentioned it.

What is interesting to me is I watch CPJ give the play to the AB and he might as well be reciting war and peace for how long it takes. Then the AB gets to huddle and says like one word to the QB.

Assuming CPJ was in fact playing it safe in redzone, then he had a heck of a lot more confidence in the defense than I did. I felt sure that it was just a matter of time before the Clemson offense started scoring touchdowns. I really expected Clemson to come out on fire in the second half. I...

I'm a bit conflicted. On one hand, I look at the stats and I see 5.8 yd/play on 61 plays. I think about the bad first quarter (GT was -4 rushing). I deduct the 1 qtr performance (9 plays, 20 yards) and now see 6.4 yd/play on 59 plays, which is more like it (GT averages 6.8 yd/play on the...

The thing that concerns me about Beasley is that he might be fast enough to disrupt the mesh on plays run at him. He may also be able to make some tackles behind the LOS on plays going away from him. I know a WR reverse is a play designed to counter defensive players losing backside contain...

I'm not scared of their offense, it's our defense that scares me.

While I don't think the player intended to target, I think his actions, in real time, looked like targeting and thus merited the flag. To me, the replay did not show indisputable evidence that it was not targeting. So, I think the officials were correct in both the initial call and the review.

I think if CPJ feels that Laskey's shoulder will hold up, then Days will move back to AB. CPJ said that Days needed to play either AB or BB, but not both.

What is CPJ supposed to do beyond supporting his DC and firing them when the results aren't acceptable? Should he name himself the DC and name Cook or Sewak as the OC to run the offense (or scrape the offense altogether and hire an OC to install and run everyone's favorite pass-first shotgun...

Given how fickle the fan bases are and the relative lack of stability of the coaching profession as a whole, I'd fight hard for a guaranteed contract if I were a college football coach. There's too much risk that you exceed preseason expectations, only to have the fans' expectations change at...

I think when decide to extend or not CPJ's contract somewhat comes down to how long you've been watching CPJ at GT. If you're fairly new, then perhaps waiting until the end of 2015 makes some sense. If you been watching him since he was hired, then you have seen CPJ for 6 years and 10...

I know this was already responded to, but it bears repeating since the question is routinely asked. Yes, GT has run plays out of that formation and yes, opponents have jumped offsides. That said, it cannot be denied that the usual routine is motion AB #1, motion AB #2, hard count, and call a...

I noticed a few times the Miami defense would jump, though not offsides, prior to the snap. I assumed that GT was altering the snap count. It was very smooth on the GT side indeed.

Offensively, the question I have is can the apparent emergence of a legitimate passing game be maintained? If the pass protection continues to show promise and if Thomas, Smelter et al can continue to make plays in passing game, then the offense should be as good as usual. In the ground game...