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Typically a fan treats turnovers as avoidable when their team's offense makes them and loses the ball and as great plays by their defense when they take the ball away from the opponent. There are a couple guys posting in this thread who reverse this and it says a lot about their attitude to our...

That was always a completely ridiculous claim. Totally illogical and would have been wholly unprofessional for an AD to ever allow to be floated. Whoever spread such a stupid rumor was a definite troll.

Well yeah, on defense.

For reference I believe (haven't done the research to prove this so it basically comes from what Paul Hewitt said once) that some of the UNC degree programs are such that the student can earn a bachelor's degree in something like 25% less credit hours than any degree at Tech. This isn't a...

You are not off base that much but I don't think you can reduce recruiting to a sales pitch. Sure, Tech has a great sales pitch it can make and you do a nice job of showing how that pitch can be applied to and sell to a somewhat diverse range of high-school student athletes. I have noticed...

Strong academics is never an "excuse" it is a point of pride. It is Tech's strength. However, of course it is a challenge in recruiting and continuity of success in athletic programs. I think coaching stability at Tech is more valuable than other schools because Tech really has to...

I never bet against never or "worse" because things can always unravel. Tech could get blown out in every game left and have total locker room chaos and dissension, a slew of arrests, coaches on motorcycles with blondes they aren't married to . . . I can always imagine scenarios where someone...

I can say this. The only reason I follow college athletics even to the meager extent that I do is because I am a Tech fan. I have the good fortune of being a fan of one of the very few colleges/Institutes that, for whatever flaws it may have vis-a-vis handling of athlete education (admitting...

Jackette I share your anger. I do not like revealing much of anything personal about myself on the internet so am just going to say that I really have a vested interest in higher education both abstractly and as vocation. To me what is done at UNC (still done) and at most every single D1...

I don't think your reply really speaks to the point at issue @presjacket is making. I understand the kind of machismo Ric Flair point that Tech fans make of having "to beat the best to be the best." I do get the appeal of a schedule where you can watch your team play FSU/CLEMSON/UGA/ND/Auburn...

I don't think this one has yet been specified by the coaching staff (CPJ). Honestly, I think that coaches never bother to ask players if they can disclose their injuries but given the rules on keeping medical info private that means that until a media member actually goes up to the injured...

This is the kind of post/comment I like that happens to touch on Vad's performance w/o dredging up negativity on former Tech SA's. It has made me think again about getting to have a conversation with Tevin after the Miami game. His eyes and smile lit up talking about how comfortable and...

Given how much I tend to downplay the importance of making sure this or that player/backup gets real game experience (like in the discussions about Devine, Leggett, and Days at earlier points in the year but notably all on offense) I want to say something related here. Basically, this is what...

This is a great point. JHD may have a hand in making Shaq an All American this year. I started a GT All Americans football for autographs at last years VT game when they were honoring all the living ones, think I could go ahead and try and get Shaq's autograph in anticipation? Actually, was...

I couldn't make it out but it may end up in some article or blog post Ken makes at some point. Whatever school he named CPJ replied that it had a lot more of the liberal arts; so that suggests Ken used a Duke, Stanford, Notre Dame kind of example.

I think it is more reasonable to just not call a play that has a decent chance of being an explosion play than to instruct Smelter to only get the first down. However when you have to go 25 yards to get a first down already and you are losing the game the potential explosion play call makes a...

Oh, how about the "schools similar to Tech" question at the end? CPJ couldn't think of any and only came up with Purdue as the closest. I agree with him on just how unique Tech is.

If there is one thing we should have figured out by now it is that CPJ with every D coordinator expects and tries to let them completely run the unit. He makes sure that he is the public face and in charge of the program and points out that he listens in on the headset and will share his...

They really are a team right now and have been all this year. I want an offense that takes it personally when they don't score more than the opponent and a D that takes it personally when they let a team score more than our offense. Whether the final score in a loss is 9-7 or 48-43. Let us...