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One wrinkle we could implement to help with running the ball in short yardage situations would be using the Diamond formation or something similar with our best run-blocking skill players (blocking TEs or RBs who are good lead blockers if we have any). We could still run option plays or...

If we were talking about goal line or red zone situations in particular, there might be some merit to the suggestion of favoring running plays from under center, but if we’re on the 40 yard line, we should still be trying to spread out the defense and make them defend the whole field, even on...

That depends. Are we ever going to pass the ball from under center? Or run jet sweeps or end-around? Or is lining up under center just going to be a giant neon sign saying “WE’RE ABOUT TO RUN THE BALL UP THE MIDDLE”? And on top of everything else we’re trying to fix on the offense, is it really...

Well either Collins is a good defensive coordinator or he had a seven-leaf clover for a the better part of a decade. I want to believe that we can win 8 games this season, and I think that it’s not that much more difficult than 6 with our schedule, but there’s a part of me whispering “This is...

Really? Huh. I don’t know how I missed that. I guess my football knowledge wasn’t as good yet. That dude is huge!

I think it doesn’t necessarily work as well with traditional or blocking TEs, but when the TEs are good receivers, it allows some flexibility with formations and possible mismatches to exploit. Would have been really fun to see with Waller switching between lining up at TE and lining up outside.

I like him. I like that it sounds like he has a lot of familiarity with Brent Key. I like what he said about physicality. It sounds like he has some creative ideas about lining up the same guys in different formations without subbing. I like what he said about why he coaches TEs instead of QBs...

And that’s a great argument for establishing a football minor league or changing the NFL draft eligibility rules. Colleges and universities are educational institutions, not professional sports clubs (or at least they’re not supposed to be). Even if the players are making a lot of money for the...

I don’t think his framing is dishonest. Scholarship athletes get lots of privileges regular students don’t. That they worked hard to get there doesn’t negate it. It doesn’t matter how hard I worked, I never would have been athletic enough to earn a football scholarship at a D-1 school. It...

I think comparing transfers for regular students to those of scholarship athletes is a false equivalence. As far as I’m aware, there’s been nothing preventing football players from transferring to another school to go study. “But they’ll have to sit out a year!” Well pardon my lack of empathy as...

I suppose it depends on what the threshold is for those “Top 8” players. And what it means for the opposing coach to have to plan around them. I’ll put Sims on the list (even though the opposing DC will always be scheming around the QB no matter how good or bad he is) because of his athleticism...

Well let’s do a hypothetical. Let’s say you’re a player who is a starter or projected starter at a P5 school. Let’s say that school is not Georgia Tech, meaning that during the initial recruiting process you did not choose to go to Georgia Tech. For what reasons might you decide to enter the...

And to think: they just barely missed playing together

Because we’re not exactly overflowing with cash, and 6 wins shows enough improvement to give him another year. To counter, what makes you so sure we’ll be able to hire someone who will do well after firing a 6-win Collins? And do we really want to fire a coach that badly before the transfer...

Maybe, maybe not. It depends on the old coach and the new coach. Sometimes a new coach comes in because the old one left for greener pastures, and the new coach is similar enough that it’s an easy transition. And it depends on the players; they are people too, after all. And maybe this is why...

I never said that he gets a free pass for any of this. He still needs to win 6 games minimum or he’s gone. Reasons and excuses aren’t the same thing. Even if the veteran players are causing problems, it’s his job to address those problems either through private conversations or disciplinary...

I’m sure the staff knows things we don’t, but do we have any scholarships left for more transfers into the program?

I could see this being true. It would make sense why Collins was harping on the culture. If the players, especially the veteran leadership, aren’t bought in, it’s really difficult to win games. And remember that the whole “everyone is allowed one free transfer without having to sit out a year”...

One similarity that made me chuckle was the title quote. As an NFL owner, he should be embarrassed giving out a 7-year contract to a coach who’s new to the NFL. In our case, giving Collins a 7-year contract wasn’t ideal, but I don’t think we had much leverage with prospective hires. The Carolina...

The funny thing is that I am just as excited about Tech football as I was last week. What’s completely changed in me is my opinion of the rivalry and especially national championships in football. I’ll admit that I’m incredibly biased here, but every bit of the bad taste the Bama-LSU...