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Great post. I really appreciate input from former players. Culture is incredibly important, just look at the rise of Minnesota and Baylor football. Fleck and Rhule are huge on culture, even if their approaches to implementing it are different. Tom Allen at Indiana is also big on making a fun and...

Of those 16, only 4 were guys who left early for the NFL (Burnett, Dwyer, Morgan, and Thomas). Five transferred, two were medicals, four graduated and opted not to return, and one faced academic issues. We lost 11 players in 2017, 15 in 2016, 8 in 2015, and 13 in 2014. None of those were guys...

Thought I'd put down some stats from our friends over at Football Outsiders. They do ratings of offensive and defensive lines over there, but they don't report an overall ranking so I tried to use averages of the 9 individual stats. Using this method, Georgia Tech's offensive line this season is...

I thought this was an interesting tweet. If you remember from the preseason, David Hale ranked our secondary (among other position groups) dead last in the ACC. Good on him for admitting his mistake in a public forum! Proud of the job the players and coaches have done in our secondary this year...

But wasn't that a driving factor for hiring CGC in the first place? In Kirby Smart's words: "He's a bowling ball of energy." Collins has a history of doing new, innovative things in recruiting to stay ahead of the curve and he puts more effort into it than anybody. There's a saying that goes...

Can we stop with the "it's just more recruits" thing? That myth has been debunked so many times before. Rivals only uses your top 20 players in their calculation, so we can easily compare to previous classes. Here's Rivals' class values since CPJ received a recruiting staff increase after the...

I'm torn. I always want them to lose, but if they win then there's a chance they completely overlook us because they'll put all of their focus on LSU in the SEC Championship game. If South Carolina can beat them...

After we went up 28-10 in the third quarter, I turned to my girlfriend and said, "I hope this isn't like the 28-3 Falcons vs. Patriots game..." NC State ran 80 plays last night and completely gassed our defense, which was the same amount of plays the Patriots ran against the Falcons in...

Offseason-type article on the topic of offensive linemen: The tale of Parker Braun as told by his family, teammates, and coaches on The Athletic. Fun personal story on how he got into football, his hobbies, and his goals for the future. Has some info on why he came to GT and why he left, but...

Seriously, it'll be expensive no matter how you slice it. I could understand the criticism of Ted Roof back in the day because he was getting paid something like $750k to produce sub-standard defenses, but I don't think people realize that CDP isn't exactly highly compensated for the difficult...

I wrote this up for the thread on firing Dave Pataneude yesterday before it was deleted, but it still applies to this thread. You can't fairly judge any coach on this staff this year provided the injuries and large amount of inexperience in their schemes. Remember how those elements affected...

Four years minimum. Most coaches (outside of those at FSU and Arkansas) get at least 3 years to get it together, but Collins gets a "year zero" because of the transition. We don't have anywhere near to the amount of money necessary to fire him before year 4 unless Dewberry personally funds it...

Well, I was at a wedding for the entirety of the game. Turned off my phone at 7-0 for the ceremony and turned it back on to see 28-0. I have no clue what happened in this game and I'm not sure if I want to watch the replay to find out. Really bad loss. Curry blames himself and the other players'...

Wasn't sure where to post this, but it's pretty impressive. The clip is Antonneous Clayton doing 41 reps of 225 lbs on bench press (the video doesn't show all reps). For reference, over the last five NFL combines, only two players (Harrison Phillips and Vita Vea) have hit that mark. It still...

I think you're taking one aspect of their style and lumping them incorrectly. Correlation and causation and all that. I've heard a lot of the older fans say that Bobby Dodd was big on making his program fun and his players loved him for it. He was a true players coach. Does this mean that Geoff...

If you ask many students today, they'll tell you they wouldn't have gotten in even 4 years prior. The standards go up each year.

From Reddit, it seems like his system is completely reliant on speed at all positions and Arkansas didn't have that type of personnel. One might even say it was a... monumental turnaround. I'd focus more on how this affects us in recruiting. Nick Turner visited a few weeks ago and I doubt he's...

Somewhat related... Joseph Bulovas just missed an extra point for Alabama. It is now known that any kicker who commits to GT since Butker left becomes cursed.

Winnable game. Missed short field goal was 3 points on the field. Missed TD pass to Brown on the interception. And horrible ST cost us a lot. That UVA drive before the half could have been nothing with decent kicking and coverage. Perkins had like 3 near interceptions and if we got any one of...

Not really, but his team is in a similar situation to 2015 GT: skilled QB surrounded by inexperienced teammates. Statistically, compare his Junior year to Senior year. Junior (13 games): 134/226 (59.3%) for 2001 yards passing (14.9 yards per completion) and 122 carries for 1029 yards (9 yards...