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My favorite speech is from John Heisman himself. One that was repeated every year that he was coach at the beginning of the fall practice: "Gentlemen, this is a football....better to have died a small child than fumble this football"

With this schedule, I think you just might collect. I would not call it a "gimme" but compared to years past this schedule is somewhat more manageable. A lot of questions remain to be answered about how some of these teams will adjust to new coaches, schemes, etc. I can see us winning...

You are probably right but don't underestimate them. They have plenty of talent. Like UNC, talent at Miami is taken for granted. Now what they do with it is another proposition altogether but they still reel in players we can only dream about. Of course, in many cases the "dream" ends up...

You are correct in your analysis. Which is why GT must address recruiting issues or we will become one of the aforementioned "teams that appear hopeless". It could happen. As it is, we are fortunate indeed to be in the somewhat less competitive Coastal. As I see it, the top dogs, in no...

I happen to like the infamous "Calvin" throwbacks with the mustard gold jerseys, white pants, and white helmets but that's just me. I also prefer the classic gold pants, white shirts, black trim with the gold helmets. What the kids like is more important up to a point. I do think we have a...

Boomer is absolutely correct in his analysis. However, these are not normal times and these are two teams that will be struggling to set the tone for the rest of the season with the specter of what happened last season hanging over their collective heads. That said, Boomer is correct in...

Yep, but I bet every one of those teams ahead of us has a defensive coordinator thinking: " Damn it, I really hate those guys" We will see. I am kind of pessimistic myself, (being a Tech fan it goes with the territory) but it sure is nice not having to face Notre Dame or Florida State. I...

I have said it before, and I will say it again, the first game is the tone setter and not just for Tech. Both of these teams are coming off disappointing years filled with frustrating close losses. Both teams have their backs against the wall from the get go and desperately need a good start...

Now you have done it! My father, GT graduate in Textile Engineering class of 1950 said he spent many an afternoon in that building creating different kinds of dyes and what have you. I thought it had become a math building of some kind. Of course, he spent only a few years working as a plant...

Pretty much spot on. I would add that every coach at Tech has had to deal with recruiting restrictions of one form or another. It is worse now than ever before, I will grant you that. To me, it highlights the need to recruit nationally at certain positions, massively increase the recruiting...

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I think you may be right. There is a lack of talent at certain positions but this schedule is nowhere near as tough as last year's. I hope we win 7 or 8 but recruiting must improve especially on defense. Most certainly, we do not have top 30 talent at most positions. IMHO

I wish it was just the coaching. I am starting to think it is a lack of talent especially with the second line and most particularly the tackles. But on the other hand, they have all of fall practice to work on it and get it right. If we can just get by BC we have two games to tinker with...

I have a friend who is a Florida graduate by the way, whose son graduated yesterday from Tech with a master's in computer science. I asked him (the graduate) what the Tech experience was like: Quote: "As an undergraduate, it should be outlawed by the Geneva Convention. Waterboarding has...

Football Coaches Only: Heisman Alexander Dodd Ross Football Players Only Castleberry Lothridge Megatron Hamilton Basketball Only: Cremins Price Dennis "the Great" Scott Someone off the 2004 team (can't think of their names at the moment) This is definitely a generational think but it would be...

I teach high school in south Georgia. What flea is saying is spot on. This generation is totally self absorbed to a degree not understood by most adults unless you work with young people. As flea says "...they only care about what they are going to do" It is just the way it is. Embrace it...

This is largely true but we played Clemson and Duke every year and even back then they brought a bunch of people. I was at a Tech vs. LSU game and it was sold out in the early 60s with quite a few LSU fans there as I recall. SEC teams traveled and drew quite well at Grant Field.

Personally, I think it is a combination of recruiting misfires, bad luck, and injuries. I had a coach tell me once that offensive line is the absolute hardest to project from high school to college. This scheme is really tough to learn and execute at a high level. Nevertheless, going all the...

True enough. They don't care because Alabama is all about ball control offense and a terrific defense. They have been like that all the way back to Gene Stallings time. It's what they do. If we really want to get better we will have to recruit better on the defensive side and improve the...

Nope! Which makes me all the more appreciative of what our players do off the field as well as on it.