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<blockquote data-quote="senoiajacket" data-source="post: 306282" data-attributes="member: 3132"><p>In my recollection we had more "good luck" than "bad luck" that year. Of course that doesn't make up for what seems like decades of bad luck. We had a TO margin of +0.8 which was 12th in the country. Not that TOs are luck, but I think there was a significant element of good fortune. This was mostly on the strength of picks. We averaged 1.3 per game. Our fumbles lost per game was about equal for "O" and "D". I recall thinking we were fortunate to win Ga Southern and UGA game that year. Also, I remember thinking we were incredibly fortunate in the Pitt game when they turned it over their first four possessions.</p><p></p><p>No data, but just in my memory it seems like we have "turned the corner" concerning always having bad luck. Just thinking of the UGA games, prior to the previous 4 years, it always seemed like we "found a way to give it away" to me. At least 2 of the last 4 years we "found a way to win it". Again, we DID a lot of things to make things happen, but it just seems like we either got some good breaks (or at least didn't get the bad breaks) that I have grown accustomed to over the last 40+ years of watching Tech football (and sports in general).</p><p></p><p>For most programs that arent "elite talent/football factories" the difference between a fair/good or good/great or great/NC contending season comes down to "did you get the breaks" that year or not.</p><p></p><p>SJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="senoiajacket, post: 306282, member: 3132"] In my recollection we had more "good luck" than "bad luck" that year. Of course that doesn't make up for what seems like decades of bad luck. We had a TO margin of +0.8 which was 12th in the country. Not that TOs are luck, but I think there was a significant element of good fortune. This was mostly on the strength of picks. We averaged 1.3 per game. Our fumbles lost per game was about equal for "O" and "D". I recall thinking we were fortunate to win Ga Southern and UGA game that year. Also, I remember thinking we were incredibly fortunate in the Pitt game when they turned it over their first four possessions. No data, but just in my memory it seems like we have "turned the corner" concerning always having bad luck. Just thinking of the UGA games, prior to the previous 4 years, it always seemed like we "found a way to give it away" to me. At least 2 of the last 4 years we "found a way to win it". Again, we DID a lot of things to make things happen, but it just seems like we either got some good breaks (or at least didn't get the bad breaks) that I have grown accustomed to over the last 40+ years of watching Tech football (and sports in general). For most programs that arent "elite talent/football factories" the difference between a fair/good or good/great or great/NC contending season comes down to "did you get the breaks" that year or not. SJ [/QUOTE]
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