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Specifically, an opposing coach's poor decision gave us an opportunity to cause a fumble - and there was certainly no guarantee of it. We seized that opportunity and then had another opportunity to win with 22 seconds left. We seized that opportunity as well, in heroic fashion. Too many folks...

You're correct - I was looking at the passing stats and saw just the passer rating which has Plummer in 2nd. Also, agree that Plummer got a bump from team W-L record.

I would be interested in seeing who thinks King was snubbed at Honorable Mention. Personally, I would have him 3rd, which he missed by just 3 votes. But I can also see a case for Plummer over King by a small margin. I would have been quite surprised to see King put any higher than 3rd, over...

I hope I don't sound like a Plummer fanboy because I'm not, but he finished 2nd in passing yards and 1st in completion % on a team that is going to the conference championship. No surprise to me that he was picked 3rd. Edit to add: Plummer's QBR is second highest as well.

I would be very surprised if most of the media looked into detailed stats for most of the positions. They may have some familiarity with the teams that they cover, otherwise, they're going to take the lazy way out. Best QB? Pick the ones for the teams with the best record, then any that are...

Probably going to be a pretty good engineer too, since that's a major reason he came to GT. While in high school his local paper quoted him as saying “I’m going to Georgia Tech whether they want me or not.” :)

I think we tend to look at these awards through gold-tinted glasses. I’m as excited about Haynes King and the rest of our playmakers as anyone, but just going by stats, King comes in about 4th in the ACC, which is where he was placed. 4th in passing yards, 13th in completion percentage, and 6th...

Agreed. With the coaching instability last year leading up to Key’s hire, as well as the coaching changes immediately after, we were lucky to hold on to as many players (as well as most of our recruiting class) as we did. And most of this year I would imagine we were still viewed as a risky...

This has been my concern since NIL landed. Scholarship limits, as well as reductions, were one of the few weapons left for the NCAA to create some semblance of parity and rule enforcement. NIL makes it relatively meaningless for the factories. The lack of any real threat to a program is also...

Your assessment is probably correct. On coverage, I know I've seen Moala because he got a strip fumble in a recent game. Don't know about the others but I noticed that we have several guys overrun the opposing ball carrier a good bit. When our kicker or punter has to make the tackle, usually...

KQ's answer was that Stewart has been injured since the UNC game, and Birr doesn't have the leg to consistently kick deep. Birr has been used a little on kickoffs but I think it was all Stewart last Saturday. In light of this, the plan on Saturday may have been to try to kick high, short, and...

This post actually started out on a good theme with a focus on what is needed to improve, rather than beating the same drum about how bad our D is. Thanks for that. I suspect those posters thinking 8 or 9 wins simply have higher confidence in our ability to address player shortcomings at key...

Thanks again. I had to look up why Field Position is an offensive stat, but it made sense after I read the explanation that the offensive stat is actually the defensive starting field position. I think what hurt us there is 1. interceptions, and 2. below-average special team play. The latter...

Thanks. A little surprised SP+ ranks our offense as low as 45th, or just above average. We're 34th in total offense and 33 in OFEI, which "feels" about where we should be.

You should post more.

Agree with your thinking on this. The only case where I think it could go differently is Scenario 3 where FSU crushes L'ville and Texas ekes out a close one to win their conference. The committee might think 13-0 FSU deserves to be in over 12-1 Texas. But your scenario is more likely.

Human polls tend to weigh W-L records most heavily in their rankings. This is why I’m for an expanded playoff. It’s difficult enough to know how to rank teams across conferences, even more so between the G5 and P5 teams due to limited crossover games. That said, ranking systems that attempt to...

Some more single-season record updates on Haynes: Note: In the interest of fairness to our great players of prior seasons, postseason games were not included in stats prior to 2002, and teams played an 11-game regular season until 2006. Although last Saturday’s game wasn’t his best...

Since bowl revenue is given to the conference for distribution to its member schools (previously evenly, but now the top teams get a bump), I wondered about how this works with ND. All I could find on the subject was this “The only exception is Notre Dame, which is handled separately under a...

Seems like you and @slugboy are arguing past each other. Everyone agrees that our defense is not good. What exactly did he state that is incorrect?