2024 non-GT games thread

[yeti92]

Its a shame they didn't get to play UNC and Miami I guess. Against common opponents (Wake, Syracuse, Louisville, BC, UVA) they went 4-1 while we went 3-2. Their average margin of victory was 15.6 points. Ours was 6.2 points. If they were as awful as you claim then we were pretty awful as well.

They also lost to 4-8 Purdue, 7-6 Rutgers, and 6-7 Marshall. Our worst losses were to 7-6 Bowling Green and 7-6 Boston College.

Nowhere have I claimed they were awful. They were not very good, and neither were we, but there is a chasm between very good and awful that you are trying desperately to jump.

 

[stinger78]

… there is a chasm between very good and awful that you are trying desperately to jump.

Not in binary world.

 

[takethepoints]

As I've said elsewhere, anybody feeling nostalgic for the spread option can watch Army or Navy games. Both teams use shotgun formations about 1/3rd of the time, but it's the good old spread option the rest of the way, especially for Army. "But, but," I hear y6ou say, "the rule changes make the spread option impossible to run!" Well, apparently not, especially if you have a certified load of a QB like Bryson Daily (6', 220) and can train your ABs to block straight-up downfield. Blake Horvath at Navy is also good; he passes slightly better and is faster.

I've been having a lot of fun watching these teams. And ND vs. Navy will be a war later on.

 

[UgaBlows]

As I've said elsewhere, anybody feeling nostalgic for the spread option can watch Army or Navy games. Both teams use shotgun formations about 1/3rd of the time, but it's the good old spread option the rest of the way, especially for Army. "But, but," I hear y6ou say, "the rule changes make the spread option impossible to run!" Well, apparently not, especially if you have a certified load of a QB like Bryson Daily (6', 220) and can train your ABs to block straight-up downfield. Blake Horvath at Navy is also good; he passes slightly better and is faster.

I've been having a lot of fun watching these teams. And ND vs. Navy will be a war later on.

We’ll see if it works vs. ND, fwiw I very much hope so

 

[kg01]

I'm a little late to the Heisman highjack part of the thread, but my early opinion is Travis Hunter is the best player in college football. If he keeps up this level of productive activity, it would be hard not to vote for him.

Hijack? Hijack?

This is a non-GT game thread. Anything goes.

 

[iceeater1969]

We’ll see if it works vs. ND, fwiw I very much hope so

In off season, we can talk about how the portal to an option team at Gt could be
stout. Gt offense ol and ab recruited and trained with occasional portal. GT DEFENSE SUPER AGGRESSIVE AND recruitment HEAVY FROM PORTAL. No bend but don't break. because offense will wear you down in 4th quarter.

 

[UgaBlows]

In off season, we can talk about how the portal to an option team at Gt could be
stout. Gt offense ol and ab recruited and trained with occasional portal. GT DEFENSE SUPER AGGRESSIVE AND recruitment HEAVY FROM PORTAL. No bend but don't break. because offense will wear you down in 4th quarter.

What if you had a whole offensive unit that did nothing but CPJ spread option and you rotated them in and out of the game

 

[ThatGuy]

I just don't understand how Mr. Elite's D was so good at Florida. There has to be another explanation.

Late to the party, but I did some research on it when he was hired as North Carolina DC.

Basically - in all his successes, he came in and leveraged the recruits (and residual strategy/cohesion) left behind by the previous DC - who had moved on to bigger and better things. An example is DJ Durkin, DC at Florida under Muschamp - he had a top 5 defense every year he was there. When TFG arrived as DC, they dropped to 15th.

There were a couple of times where he held the line - didn't improve the defense, but didn't destroy it either. But those were in the vast minority.

So for me (see the link above), I think the explanation is that he knew enough to step in and coast when someone else had already built out a defense. But improving everything himself? That's a non-starter.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Late to the party, but I did some research on it when he was hired as North Carolina DC.

Basically - in all his successes, he came in and leveraged the recruits (and residual strategy/cohesion) left behind by the previous DC - who had moved on to bigger and better things. An example is DJ Durkin, DC at Florida under Muschamp - he had a top 5 defense every year he was there. When TFG arrived as DC, they dropped to 15th.

There were a couple of times where he held the line - didn't improve the defense, but didn't destroy it either. But those were in the vast minority.

So for me (see the link above), I think the explanation is that he knew enough to step in and coast when someone else had already built out a defense. But improving everything himself? That's a non-starter.

Some of us were worried about this when Tech first hired him, and before he started, having been tipped off by Temple fans who were excited to see him go. Conmen are effective because they manage to stay one step ahead of the people who get tipped off to their game. As much as I dislike UNC I actually feel sorry for CMB.

 

[MWBATL]

Some of us were worried about this when Tech first hired him, and before he started, having been tipped off by Temple fans who were excited to see him go. Conmen are effective because they manage to stay one step ahead of the people who get tipped off to their game. As much as I dislike UNC I actually feel sorry for CMB.

Not me. There was way too much evidence now to make that kind of mistake.

Must be because we managed to embarrass UNC for our lone highlight during TFG’s reign.