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Well … let's just get to where we have as successful a football program as App State (10-3 in 2021) and Army (9-4 in 2021) and then we can start looking to be better. 10 and 9 win seasons, no matter what the competition, are by definition not mediocre.

I hope Batt will work out. I think there's a good chance he will. I fear that he will find Tech a place where difficulties generating the kind of support he had at Bama, the limits of Tech's curriculum, and the academic standards will make his job harder then he anticipates. If he can find ways...

Glad to see you're on the "Run the damn ball" team!

Jones v. Hamliton? Dead tie, imho. Pushed to the wall, I'd take Shawn. The arm was equal to Joe's and Shawn was bigger and could run harder. Oth … Shawn also had the best crew of WRs in Tech history. How could you not look good throwing the ball with Rodriguez, Merchant, Covington, Lester, and...

Jones was absolutely the best passer on the run to ever play Tech football, imho. As in: Or: Now, sports fans, you can't make throws like that without an arm like a cannon. You might also notice that he could run as well. I loved to watch Shawn play and I'm so glad he's in the Georgia HoF...

Spearing is sorta like determining if a person is "public figure". The usual test is did the person hire a press agent of any kind. If you did, you're a public figure and a lot of your protections against being libeled don't apply. The test for spearing is whether you wore a "horse collar", the...

That's two games in the last four years. Not good enough for me.

Spearing was fun; that's how I was taught to block and tackle and it worked just fine. But this is about the only one of the "prevent injury" rules that actually has evidence behind it and makes sense. The number of neck injuries, some severe, was a major problem and met Tukey's Interoccular...

Well … except for Woody. He was a blitz and stunt wizard. Still is, for that matter. Favoring Thacker over him was the first and in many ways the biggest mistake of the Collins era. I think most DCs emphasize going after it. What we saw until Collins was fired was good performance until Tech...

Well … yes it does and it is my evidence that trumps yours. That's because it is based on a larger sample size and greater variation in conditions. If the evidence before your eyes is at variance with the evidence built up by prior experience, the first thing you should do is check your eyes...

I just checked the discussion and, as I suspected, there is not scintilla of evidence to support the claim that QBs or other players in the act of passing are more susceptible to injury. Sort of like rules against cut blocking downfield, this seems to be supported by "common sense"; i.e. by...

The NFL rule is so stringent that it is essentially don't hit the passer when he is in the act of passing. Like I said in another thread, this is an owner's rule, not a player's. The NFL owners don't want to carry more then one QB they have to pay big bucks and want their assets protected. I can...

Well … since he came out early I don't think we can make this inference. Could be true, but, imho, it isn't. We'll never know. Until next year, that is. Btw, I didn't say they didn't have him at all; I knew he played. Of course, even Abanikanda might not have helped overcome 4 turnovers. That's...

I think if Pitt had had Israel Abanikanda our D performance would have been avbout the same as for Ole Miss and we would have lost the game. He's the best RB in the ACC and they are a much different team with him than without him. That makes me think the stats on trends in D performance may be...

I think all this is true and I'd like to believe it. However, I'm afraid that the era of long time coaches is on life support. If Key gets to 6 wins, he's the obvious choice and if we offer him enough, he could stick with Tech long term (8 - 10 years). So let's all cheer loud enough to make that...

Unfortunately, they don't have to show much to beat Tech. We aren't all that good. It's down there and they have better athletes. I think it could be close, but I wouldn't bet against them. But I'll be cheering for the Jackets, of course.

Well … they all say that until they see the money, now don't they? If Tech decides to interview Rhule and the money is right, he'll listen. Will he come to Tech? It depends on whether he wants to coach at another strange place. Baptists at Baylor; STEM nerds at Tech. Personally, I don't want a...

As in: Yeah, that's how it is.

I think this hits on what might have been Collins's biggest failing: he wanted players who fit his image of what kind of player would deliver wins. This led to a variety of really bad personnel decisions. I've already asked what Oliver, perhaps the most talented runner on the team (except...

Yet he has had success in each head coaching position he has held. That the fans at Fladah are as fickle as the ones at Auburn, Bama, Texas A&M, etc, etc, etc … doesn't mean that we should be dumb enough to take their opinions or the opinions of the "SEC Media" seriously. I think the only...