B Back Transfer - Patrick Skov

JacketFromUGA

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forensicbuzz said:
Lucas Cox taking the A-Back pitch at the goal line and then turning it up 5 yards wide of the tackle box was unstoppable. You have a strong safety or Will LB trying to make a 1-0n-1 stop (not just tackle, but full stop of forward progress) while Lucas was running forward with full steam. There's no way to stop that if you're a defender. To me, that was the perfect goal line play. If you put two 230+ A-Backs out there and bunch the defense, it's undefendable because the defense can't cheat to one side. There's not enough time for the MLB to help the SS or OLB. I loved that play. Wish we did it more often.
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TechTravis

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Still one of the best days ever, even though i almost got stabbed on the way out of Sanford & Son.

Wait, what were we talking about?
 

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TechTravis said:
Still one of the best days ever, even though i almost got stabbed on the way out of Sanford & Son.

Wait, what were we talking about?
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Yes, that was a great day. I didn't think I would see one better---but we did. And so there is hope that we will see one even better than the Kick and the Pick. I don't see how, but certainly we will.
 

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xenoabe said:
Not at all. Saban pushes guys out. We know that someone will choose, on their own accord, to leave and we're just backfilling that in advance instead of handicapping ourselves.
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If he does not know already -- and I don't think Johnson is the type to fabricate a scholarship that doesn't exist -- it would seem reasonable that coming out of spring practice one or more players know they will not get playing time come the fall and will move on.
 

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I think the Cheeseman is on it ok. I've wanted us to have a BB like Skov for a long time and I hope he comes to Tech. I don't know if he'll be as good as Eckel, but I'm eager to watch him try.
 

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Btw, the best of Lucas Cox (the only game where he got substantial time at BB): Miami, 2008



Watch at 2:27, 3:02, and 3:39. I really liked Allen, but if Lucas had gotten a year to start, we'd still be comparing our BBs to him.
 
Bruce Wayne

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Has anyone addressed what graduate degree Tech offers that Stanford doesn't? My understanding is that in order to be a grad transfer with eligibility at the same level (BCS) you have to be going into a program not offered at your current school.

For those who love to examine Tech vs. Stanford then I think this aspect of the possible Skov transfer would be of great interest.
 
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Bruce Wayne said:
Has anyone addressed what graduate degree Tech offers that Stanford doesn't? My understanding is that in order to be a grad transfer with eligibility at the same level (BCS) you have to be going into a program not offered at your current school.

For those who love to examine Tech vs. Stanford then I think this aspect of the possible Skov transfer would be of great interest.
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Let's use our favorite "Building Management" program as a hypothetical. Obviously, it's all in how closely the NCAA scrutinizes the comparison between two programs. But, I suppose if one demonstrated that Stanford's "Sustainable Building Design" masters has a different name than Georgia Tech's "Building Construction and Management" programs--and that there are a couple of courses in our program that really get the particular student/athlete in a specialty he really wants-- that would qualify as a program Stanford didn't have. At least I hope it's that simple. Just a couple of demonstrable curricular differences, and maybe an "expert" at Tech the student really wants to study with--I think the NCAA would have a hard time keeping a graduate from going to a program they really wanted to.

Then again, this is the NCAA we're talking about.
 
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