Bowling Green Postgame

[jwsavhGT]

 

[OldJacketFan]

Pleased with the effort and win. Offense looked crisp and focused. Saw some good things on D, still a long way to so. Kicking game looked solid, all in all not a bad day at all!

 

[Blumpkin Souffle]

It’s just Bowling Green, but the win felt good to stop the bleeding. Here’s to carrying some momentum into Louisville!

 

[Coloradojacket]

Yes, it is Bowling Green, but we played an almost complete games. They got some passing yards on the quick throws but they were held down rushing. Offense, other than the 1 Qb exchange just about perfect. This is what good teams do.

 

[awbuzz]

Was lucky enough to have the cantina at the Lazy E to put the GT game on today. The lady told me she would because she would because she knew I was GT fan, because this is the 5th she saw me with Georgia Tech shirts, jacket and or hat on. [emoji16]

Very happy with the W.

The D does have lots of room for improvement. Wii be interesting to read others takes regarding the D.

Better pass protection today, but that might be due to the level of the competition.

Some option plays today too.

 

[melloace]

We should've had a kickoff return touchdown if not for a weak penalty call. Scored on all 7 of the first 7 drives. For the offense passing looked a lot better, ran decently well against 11 men lined up 7 yards off, had a couple wonderful pitches. Defense made some stops especially in the redzone and got some turnovers. Just keep getting better. The good news is we're not playing perfect and can get so much better and showing improvement every week.

 

[MWBATL]

Today showed me we are a definite threat to win....the MAC. Not necessarily anything else.

It was nice to stop making costly mistakes....but until we start to beat Power 5 teams I will not feel much different. Our play calling was about as vanilla as it gets. No real changes in our offense, and it is an offense that has been entirely ineffective against Power 5 teams for a year and a half.....so I am very much in 'wait and see' mode.

 

[lv20gt]

Did what we are supposed to do against one of the worst teams in the country but just brings up reminders of how we ran over Tulane and Alcorn State a couple years back before going 3-9.

 

[WreckinGT]

We did what we should have done. I thought the defense was a little lackluster in the beginning of the game but found their groove shortly after that. Offense did pretty much whatever they wanted. Feels good to have a win again.

 

[AlabamaBuzz]

We are who we are on D.... We can play fundamentally sound, but against good O's, we need to have great O performances ourselves.

 

[RyanS12]

Did what we needed to do. Now, if we can pull out a W next Friday we could be ok to something! I have a felling Pass from Louisville is going to give us issues. We struggle with mobile qb’s. He’s no Lamar Jackson but he’s capable of ripping off big runs on us.

 

[smokey_wasp]

It was a fun game and makes the rest of my Saturday much more pleasant. Next week will let us know if the season is perhaps salvageable, but why not just enjoy the good feelings for a day?

 

[Jacket in Dairyland]

Was pleased with what I saw, They could not stop our O- no big surprise. Thought we might have played a little too soft on D at first, maybe by design. Thought TM played well, but TO looks and moves more like a " real" QB. Can they play well . on the road, under the lights ? IF , and it's a big if , they can get the monkey off their back with a win on the road , they can make something good out of the rest of the season. Realistically , they will have had almost 2 weeks to prepare for UL.

 

[ilovetheoption]

This was a game where no good outcomes were possible. It was only possible to avoid bad outcomes.

That said, the team avoided the bad outcome, and that's good.

 

[RyanS12]

This was a game where no good outcomes were possible. It was only possible to avoid bad outcomes.

That said, the team avoided the bad outcome, and that's good.

This post made zero sense but made a lot of sense. Lol. Well done!

 

[MWBATL]

This was a game where no good outcomes were possible. It was only possible to avoid bad outcomes.

That said, the team avoided the bad outcome, and that's good.

Agree completely. Can enjoy the day.....

 

[stech81]

We won now win the next one.

 

[Josh H]

Attended the game. Lower west stands showed up. Very few empty seats. Can't say the same about the rest of the stadium. Oddly enough there was a contingent of students/greeks who started chanting "We want Oliver" after Taquon went out after losing his helmet. Sadly, most of them didn't stick around to actually see Oliver play later.

As far as the passing game, it was better, but still a dangerous throw down the middle into double (maybe triple) coverage where Qua became a defensive back. Dolphus had a nice catch. Oliver missed a 3rd down throw but, given the coverage he underthrew it which was a "safe" throw. In general Quon really has to loft his deep throws, which gives better talent time to recover. I don't think most P5 teams really have to respect the deep ball.

It was nice to see the rocket toss again. Can't remember the last time we ran it. Really opens up the red zone.

Not sure what to make of Oliver's long runs. He has wheels, for sure, but Bowling Green's defense was done.

All in all, it's a win and a fun day on the flats. We can beat Louisville on the road if we play a good game. If I was the coach I'd seriously consider a QB rotation similar to what we did with Vad and Tevin in Tevin's senior year, and possibly go with the hot hand, but I don't make millions of dollars, so I'll shut up

 

[GTjunkie]

Did what we are supposed to do against one of the worst teams in the country but just brings up reminders of how we ran over Tulane and Alcorn State a couple years back before going 3-9.

What a time to be alive!

 

[dubjacket]

I was pleased. Guys did what they needed to do. Offense was crisp and played cleanly. Defense has a ways to go but keep getting better! We need to keep improving each week!