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  1. Football Budget - Yes, it absolutely matters

    I would believe this if it was total Athletic Department spending, but what exactly is Duke spending this money on? And Syracuse? Either they have giant shadow staffs that they are paying out the butt or they are awful at managing their money.
  2. State of program

    What defense have you been watching?
  3. State of program

    I don't think they had a drive over maybe 5 minutes. They were scoring like an air raid team with 2-4 minute drives.
  4. State of program

    We've had decent special teams the past few seasons. We suck this year, but cpj coached some of the best special team players that have come through Tech. Jamal Golden, Ryan Rodwell, and Harrison Butker who was maybe out best kicker ever. Our current punter looks like he may be another star...
  5. State of program

    Teddy wasn't his first choice for a DC either. We couldn't afford Charles Kelly and Manny Diaz. Actually we could, we just put our money in Tennis, Basketball, and Golf
  6. State of program

    This isn't a dig a TaQuan, but he just can't pass. He's a heck of a runner though. We really should open up the QB competition this spring. When he's on, he's on, but when he isn't he is just not very good. He reminds me of Rex Grossman in the NFL. It's tough to coach with that kind of...
  7. Who is your GT Fantasy Football Coach?

    Hiring coaches from mid majors and AAC schools is such a crap shoot with such small odds. If I were a school I would look at longtime p5 coordinators or guys who had some success at p5 schools in the past. We got lucky with Johnson and Florida did with Urban, but there are so few other ones...
  8. Who is your GT Fantasy Football Coach?

    I don't know if the air raid would work here. It works in the Big12 because everyone highschool in Texas runs some form of it. Most highschools in the Southeast all seem to run some type of power spread or a pro-style with RPOs. It's why those offenses are so popular with college teams down...
  9. Who is your GT Fantasy Football Coach?

    Bill O'Brien would definitely be my first call. I'm generally not a fan of bringing in a guy connected to your program simply because he is part of the family, but I think something like that would benefit Tech more than bigger schools. I don't see him leaving the NFL any time soon but it's a...
  10. To Chop or not to chop... there is no question

    I posted this in the other thread but I really don't think that would have been flagged on 90% teams. Our OLine is just under a microscope because opposing coaches lobby the officials hard to look for anything that could be considered a chop block. It's wasn't the wrong call to flag it but come on.
  11. Virginia Tech postgame discussion

    It was a high low by the letter of the rule book, but I don't think that would have been called on 90% of other teams. It's like holding or OPI, it usually has to be blatant for it to get called. Coaches campaign officials to try and get even minor things like that called. Our OT was on the...
  12. Virginia Tech postgame discussion

    Good win. The chop block call was a joke. Our special teams were some of the worst I've seen in years. Unfortunately it's way too late to really get those issues fixed.
  13. Paul Finebaum, Nebraska, and AA Resources

    Nebraska is having a hard time finding a coach because they fire successful coaches. Solich was fired after a 9 win season and two years after a NCG appearance. Pelini was fired after a 9 win season and he never won fewer than 9 games. Coaches don't want to go to a program that sets insane...
  14. Where is Everyone's Mindset Right Now?

    I think I'm just going to wait until after Thanksgiving to give me view because so much can change in the next three weeks. If we miss a bowl again then CPJ will be on the hot seat next year, and with good cause. Missing two bowls in a three year span is really not acceptable. If we win out and...
  15. Where is Everyone's Mindset Right Now?

    I would qualify that by saying this is a rebuilding year in offense. The defense is about as deep and experienced as it has been at Tech. Seniors and Juniors all over the two deep. We're graduating something like 6 starters on that side after this year.
  16. Where is Everyone's Mindset Right Now?

    We are not a very good team right now, but we can win out. VT at home and Duke aren't impossible. The UGA game could be a close win or close loss. That game has only been a blowout one year since Paul Johnson has been here and is almost always one score like so many other rivalry games. However...
  17. Split the Baby? GiT&SU?

    If you think the mission of a school is to support the athletic department and not the other way around then I can see the reason to ask this. I think based on pretty much any evaluation that the academic side of things knows what they are doing. This is like the equivalent of an Alabama fan...
  18. BjS- am I wrong. He has never played .. Can u say player

    Deshaun Watson sat behind Cole Stoudt. Arizona's QB came of the bench. Jamae Thomas didn't start until Paul Johnson basically forced Groh to start him. Clinton Lynch only started because of injuries in 2015. Our OLine got significantly better last year when the freshmen came in. Tom Brady rode...
  19. Virginia postgame discussion

    He definitely came off as a jerk in that interview. Maybe the play calling question was unfair, but the question about how we're boom or bust seemed like an apt analysis and one that I share. He seemed to purposefully misconstrue what was said about "take away these two plays" or whatever...
  20. Virginia postgame discussion

    He definitely seems to be missing reads. But he's a first year starter and only the second year at QB. His BBack is a first year player after being out with an injury last year. He didn't get any reps with Clinton Lynch because he was recovering from a surgery and then an injury this offseason...
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