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I expected us to suck at D this year due to 4 new secondary guys + 2 new LBs + no gotsis +no established pass rusher. BUT---I also expected us to improve as the year went on. It seems though like we went backwards instead of forwards. That is what disappointed me the most. Not sure what to...

I don't know what to make of the VT win. And I don't know which GT team shows up on Saturday. I'm hoping it's the one that came out against VT with a huge chip on its shoulder....but I have some fear after an emotional win we may come out flat vs UVA. I hope not. I hope we built confidence and...

Looks like with loss of 2 A backs green and griffin we need to call on Marshall to play AB.

Eli, you could be right about Roof. Dead right. That said, it looks like since he's gotten here we've recruited better. If there is a lag between improved recruiting and on-field performance, it could be be that we are experiencing that lag right now. Also regarding points per game, one would...

That's very useful AE. It seems missed or blocked FGs are inflating our overall red zone rating. What if anything do you conclude related to our redzone D vs outside the redzone? To me it seems like we are a signicantly below average defense outside the redzone and an average defense in the...

I am pretty ignorant of the pro game. About 1% or so of college guys make it in the pros is the figure I hear. I dont write anybody off for the pro's but I think it is apropos (pun intended) to think it's unlikely. Which is why it makes sense to play and study at GT. I do think Stewart and...

Anyway I probably hijacked my own thread. Main point was it's interesting to see ND get Navy and Army back-to-back. Think Ken and Jeff wont be comparing notes?

Silas, I respect your opinion/that you have a differing vision. My observation is in sports that it is very common for a protégé to eclipse a mentor. For me your dont hire a protégé argument is not convincing. Recruiting I am starting to think you have a point with respect to recruiting pass...

Glad to see him succeeding on and off the field at Tech! Jeune and Stewart have both come along and it's been cool to watch. Like Stewart on PRs as well. Plenty fast to be a possession guy in college. Likely he'll go pro in something else and make a lot of well-deserved coin.

2nd TD catch showed good hand strength and JT whipped it in there. Pretty impressive play by Lynch.

Ok...it seems like your the point of your post was to confirm my suspicion in my original post that our red zone D may be less effective then the stats say it is. But if red zone d ranking differentiates between fg and TD and your post is just talking about times when opponents came away with...

Are you talkin FGs and TDs or just TDs? How is red zone D calculated? And does the way it's calculated have merit?

It probably depends on a bunch of stuff, and what things are like when Johnson hangs up the whistle. You could have a new AD who wants to make a name for himself with a big hire. Or if Johnson ends on an Orange Bowl you could see folks wanting to stay with it. The world is so...

I was curious about this because we are ranked 122nd in team sacks and not suprisingly struggle mightily to get off the field on third down. When the field compresses our defense APPEARS to be more effective. I capitalized 'appears' because luck certainly can skew this particular statistic. It...

I like this post. Hadn't thought of that before but it does make sense. Usually VT has the better pass rush than Duke also, but not this year. Duke is 17th in team sacks and VT is 41st. For reference UNC is 60th. (BTW, GT is 122nd in sacks. Note that ND, Michigan St, and Cal are all ranked over...

LOL at ND. It's supposed to wear your legs out to play the spread option and they get high effort, scrappy, cut blocking service academy kids the next two weeks in a row (Navy, then Army). Meanwhile Army is improving under Monken. Last year they were more competitive but it didn't show up in...

Warm ups have always been something coaches watch and can sometimes learn something from. It's why players not participating usually form a curtain accross the 50 yd-line. Coaches often think of what they will show or not show, or will show stuff they arent going to do. I remember the Thursday...

For a poster who can post great stuff and has some good observations, it's baffling to me you are unaware how the above comes across. People have different opinions. Show some respect for others' opinions and they will have more respect for yours--and more chance of coming around to seeing it...

This is one of the things that is so frustrating. We are so tantalizingly close to getting a stop, then like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football it's taken away. I am wondering if Simmons will take a step forward in his run defense this week. That could help out a lot. Duke just ate him...

Lil' Joe = Offense-in-a-can