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Said it before, and I will say it again Brant Mitchell is the most improved player on the team that played last year. Experience makes a difference.

One thing to consider: the ACC as a whole is far better now than when O'Leary and Ross were plying their trade on the Flats. Back then, you could pretty much count on Wake Forest and Duke being out and out cupcakes (after Spurrier left Duke anyway) Now there are really no easy outs even...

Give Bobby Ross a good quarterback, a good all around running back, a pair of go get it receivers and a multi dimensional tight end and a sound offensive line and he was the best. Kicking and special teams were very good and the defense was outstanding. Of course, with Swilling and "Big Play"...

Speaking of firing coaches, I took a peek at the Hokie boards, (I know it is naughty of me) and some of them were actually calling for Bud's head. I was thinking oh please let that happen. Won't happen of course but it illustrates how irrational fans, including me, can be after a loss.

Getting 270 yards rushing against a Bud Foster defense is the equivalent of 400 yards against anybody else not named Alabama and Clemson. Put Auburn in there as well.

How good are we? The OP wants to know. Well, certainly better than our record. In college football today, unlike say 25 years ago, there are a tremendous number of teams that are pretty good but not elite. Thus, there is a very fine line between winning and losing that appears to be getting...

I agree with all this with one caveat. UGA is a very good team. Definitely top 10 but they have a really bad match up with Auburn. Auburn's front four is about as good as Clemson and Alabama's. They stuffed the run all night long. Did you see their tackling? Generally perfect form and...

Not much to say except that we came close a couple of times to blowing Virginia Tech out and that is a very rare thing indeed. I was surprised at how ineffective their two monster defensive tackles were by and large. They made a couple of plays but we blocked them pretty good. Really...

I think it had more to do with the Nesbitt/Dwyer combo than anything. At 220 lbs, Nesbitt was a load and adding Dwyer to the mix was a linebackers nightmare. Now we have smaller quarterbacks and B backs. We need to block better it is just that simple. We will see this gap crashing a whole...

I wonder if some of the linemen are afflicted with nagging injuries of one sort or another but keep playing? We just do not have much choice at this position do we? The two that left really wiped out what little depth we may have had going into the season. Also, as you pointed out the...

"Multiple predictions"? Did I ever mention that my middle name is Sybil? I attribute everyone of those predictions to one of H. Walker's personalities.

Gee, is what I said that demoralizing?

Well, welcome to my world. My wife says I am always confused. A noted Las Vegas handicapper said that Georgia Tech is one of the hardest teams to figure out and feel confident in placing a bet. My advice? Forget everything I said and look at the posts above.

I know but in all things Tech it feels like the right thing to do by temporizing. Sort of like when President Truman was asked what did he want for Christmas and he answered " A one handed economist because all the ones I talk to always say on the other hand".

I sincerely hope that is the case. These forums are full of people (like me) who go on wild swings of emotion just about every Saturday. You can take about 90% of the stuff on here with a heaping grain of salt. I said it once before and I will say it again: Players play, Coaches coach, fans...

Virginia Tech to win fairly comfortably UNLESS they are still hung over from the thrashing that Miami gave them which is a distinct possibility. Also unknown is the condition of their freshman quarterback. I watched the better part of two games Duke and Miami and came away with the feeling...

If the fans and the reporters were as good at play calling as they think they would not be sitting in the stands. The questions are kind of, sorta, maybe just a little bit, you know, annoying. It would help if they would quit grandstanding and just ask reasonable questions without trying to...

I too am kind of numb with the way this season has gone. BUT there is absolutely no quit in this team. A testament to the leadership of the team especially Marshall and the Austins. Virginia Tech is a good team and is ranked deservedly so but they better watch out if GT gets a couple of...

You are correct. It SHOULD NOT make that much of a difference but the evidence to the contrary is overwhelming. For our team and our offense it must certainly does make a difference. (Difference being a dry field compared to a wet one) However, VT is outstanding in two areas that will...

I hope your puppy dog is all right.