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This was something I was afraid might happen: we were trying to run the O like Bama or Ugag would. Tech doesn't have the OL to do that. Indeed, I wondered why the coaches thought we did, especially with Jordan out. The run blocking in the first half was certainly not reassuring; there were way...

If the Huskers have any sense at all, they'll bring out the play books for their I-option O and simply run all over everybody. Sims would kill in that O. But … as the last few decades have shown, they don't have anything vaguely approaching sense out there.

1. MBS sucks. The seating is too steep, the snack/drink stands are too far apart, the johns are hard to find, and the approaches to even the expensive seats are like a trek to the Gobi desert. I've gone to two events there, including the 2017 UT game. I don't plan to go again. Even for Taylor...

Yes, it was a broken leg. I forgot. Along with the broken legs of Leggett and Quaid. Soi we lose our top two BBs and our prospective star AB before we even get on the field. And people wonder why we had a losing season. Keep those guys, Dennis Andrews, and - thanks, Paul - have Laskey as a...

That first knee injury when he was a freshman deprived Tech of a superlative talent. He was set to start at AB in 2015 and would have been a star if he had. He lost a half step from that injury and we never got to see the guy we recruited. For the archives: Find a better senior highlight film...

If I think there is anything that can be predicted about this contest, it is that it will probably be a very ugly game. Hope you are right about the outcome.

Gold - BLACK - Gold Back to basics here. Those Black Watch uniforms looked just right.

That's because he is more like Paul than Satan. His teams have a rep for time management and running the ball. They've done it everywhere he's coached. But we'll have to see if that works against Tech. Hope we turn the tables there.

One of the reasons I said we need to run the ball. The best way to defend against Plummer is to have him on the bench. But … I don't know if Key and co. agree. If they don't I hope they can throw as efficiently as they seem to think.

I wouldn't touch this prediction racket with a fork. This game could go either way. I expect UL to be better since Brohm's teams always are. I expect Tech to be better too; a full year with Key should be enough to continue the momentum from last year. What could be the difference? The run...

Yesssss. In the kind of O we are apparently getting ready to play having everybody pay attention to their roles is even more important then usual. OLs, as I've said here before, can look a lot better than their talent level if the skill players do things like run the right routes, hit the right...

No, I meant that we don't have a QB who has experience facing Tech's opponents and winning against them. This is compounded by a new OC and a new O. Normally, that takes a year or so to work out the kinks. I'm especially apprehensive about running a Ugag-style O with the OL we have coming back...

I, reluctantly, voted for 5. The problem here is that it is a point estimate. 5 Is what the team's difficulties - no set QB, new O and OC, lost our DE difference maker - seems to fit best. But … if the predictions were put into "confidence intervals" (not real ones, just ranges) I would have...

A real loss for all Tech fans. I used to have an engineer's hat like his myself and I'll try to find one to wear this year. My condolences to his bereaved family.

It's losing decently that I'm afraid of.

Ws there any doubt that Ole Miss would improve? And that their advantages in recruiting probably meant that they would be a tough out for most of the coming years? I'm an Ole Miss fan, right behind Tech and Mississippi State. I knew they'd get better; it was only a matter of finding the right...

As I have said over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again, Tech needs to start scheduling to win.To some extent we are stuck; we will probably never get Ugag off our schedule and that means intermittent success. But why Ole Miss? And why don't we try to get Clemson...

Look at Paul's record and where his teams were ranked preseason. Now look at Clawson's record and where his teams are ranked preseason. I think the constant mistakes made about both programs come from a presumption by the sports media that neither school has a "serious" football program and...

I keep saying here that we need to get Pyron to embrace his inner Nick Fitzgerald and run and pass his way to victory for us. I don't know that King couldn't do that too, however. He can run, when circumstances call for it, as will probably be the case this year. He isn't quite as raw-boned in...

I think the main question on King is how long he survives. He has had injury issues in the past and that may be one reason the coaches want him to stick in the pocket. I thought Pyron would win out on this, but I'm not really surprised. King was a starter at A&M and did pretty well. Pyron...