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Watch the Puke/Cuse game? They had 645 had total offense, 363 on the ground. They seem to have decided that since they can't pass effectively, they'll just try to run over everybody for the rest of the year. Oh, and they held Cuse to 283 yards total O as well. I think they'll be a tough out by...

I think the OL play has improved, but, given the competition so far, I'm not willing to say how much. The only team of any note we've played is UCF and they looked ok against them. The next 5 games will tell the tale here. If we can keep protection at decent levels and run block for decent...

Until they aren't. Since the tail risk here is being killed or maimed for life, I'd be very careful to avoid them. Even a small black bear can pull a human apart like a boiled chicken.

I blame the PAC-12. Out there, they simply quit playing D everywhere but Stanford. It was as if a Loyola-Marymount (remember them?) mentality had leaked over to the football programs. And this has spread; coaches don't seem to think they can stop modern offenses, so they try to out score the...

Have you and Navy read A Walk in the Woods? Before you step on the trail, you should. My main takeaways = watch out for bears (they're dangerous), don't leave that waterproof coat and wool sweater behind, and every chance you get take a day off, eat in a restaurant, and sleep in a real bed...

He was credited with 2.5 sacks and 2 TFLs. Not too shabby. Oth, he normally only had to face one blocker and, for some reason, it was often their TE. No more of that, I think. It's double teams for him from now on. We'll see how he copes with that. Well, I hope; we need somebody who will take up...

We can improve 50% or so and still not win another game until Duke (if then). Every single one of those teams in the next 5 is probably a good deal better then we are even now. And that assumes that the level of play we saw in the second half last night continues. But, as Paul used to say...

More on the game. The Good: The D had 8 TFLs and 3 sacks. That's 8 TFLs. This isn't at all bad, folks. Also, Clayton did very well; 2.5 sacks and 2 TFLs. I've discounted him before, but he may be as good as advertised. I doubt he'll draw a TE as an assigned blocker in future, however..Doubles...

FIFY. That was the difference; they lost three fumbles. The two sides were pretty evenly matched, just as I expected, but you can't win a game like that when you insist on giving it away. Still, I was pleased to see that we came out of the locker room and played better in the second half. We...

If we cut our penalties down by half, we'll have a chance. We have a frosh QB; he's going to turn the ball over. I mean, that's what they do. Oh, and a 100% improvement in place-kicking would sure help. True, that would only get us to 40%, but at this point, I'll take anything.

Not having Mason back again makes it all a lot harder.

I think we are starting to see why recruiting is more important for us going forward. As I said once, you have to remember that players who transfer in were beaten out of playing time at their original choice. How they were ranked in high school doesn't really matter. But, admittedly, it's...

I wish everybody could accept this because it is true. One further addition = it looks like a good proportion of Tech students could care less Tech football too. Nationwide, this is probably because every game is on tv and why leave a place where you can drink beer and watch football in peace...

I went to 247 and looked at VT for 2019 - 2016. (Btw, I picked those years because they were before the transfer rules changed; more realistic comparisons, imho.) Asking for 5 - 7 four star players puts Tech at their level of recruiting for that time period. I have to tell you that I don't think...

I'll start paying attention to this particular piece of click bait in the last two weeks of the season.

Again, this sounds about right. Neither team is setting the world on fire, but they've come closer to winning against better teams then Tech has. If they play like they did in their first game, we're doomed. But they haven't done that recently. And, yes, it would be a good idea to runs the ball...

Man, is this ever right! I keep hearing this argument and the ones making it seem to miss the point Jacket is making (quite well, I might add): Tech doesn't sell out football games and it doesn't matter how good we are or how good the opponent is. Or, iow, Tech's football program is like many...

Bingo again. I've been saying here for years that Tech should imitate Johnny Vaught's schedules when he was at Ol' Miss: 9 patsies and Alabama. Everybody at Ol' Miss looks back to the Vaught years as the golden era of their football program. Nobody gives a hoot about who the Rebs played; all...

Bingo. Most of the posts above are assuming a steady state in all phases of the program, win or lose. This is nonsense. If we continue to win 3 - 4 games a year for another 2 - 3 years there won't be a good recruit that will touch us with a 10 foot poll. In order to stay his full 7 years, I...

More then that, I think. Dontae needs more carries. The only RB we have (well … in that position, at least) who runs as hard is Mason. As I said earlier, give me a guy who's hard to bring down over a speed back any day of the week. When he's on the field, he reminds me of Emmitt Smith. Tied...