Bowling Green Postgame

[GTJake]

A win, any win is good medicine, unfortunately on Saturday the game was blacked-out in my area so I only got to watch the highlights on ESPN ... but here's to keeping it rolling vs. Louisville !
How was the crowd on Saturday ?

 

[deeeznutz]

Exactly, it’s called the Duke approach to scheduling. Go 5-3 in the ACC and you’re almost assured of 8-4 seasons + a bowl game. We’ve only been below 4-4 in the ACC once in CPJs 10 seasons.

I’d rather have GT fans complaining about our schedule while we go 9-4 or 8-5 then play tough OOC games and even on the road and be clawing like hell for a 0.500 season. We always hve Clemson, Miami, Georgia...etc. we have a top 10 SOS most years which benefits us zero.

Nah, this is the SEC scheduling approach...Duke prefers to play 2 FCS teams.

 

[MikeJackets1967]

Nah, this is the SEC scheduling approach...Duke prefers to play 2 FCS teams.

I wouldn't mind GT doing that and picking up two automatic wins

 

[Dustman]

How was the crowd on Saturday ?

Clemson game minus Clemson fans minus GT students

 

[RonJohn]

I would not want my kid playing for Bowling Green. It looks like they’d play the Hells Angels if the money was good.

Ken wrote an article last week about the scheduling of this game. Actually, Bowling Green didn't want to play this game even for the money. Notre Dame asked GT to move the 2019 home game with ND to 2020 so they could play Michigan this year and next. GT had a 2018 and 2019 home-and-home with Auburn agreed to. Notre Dame agreed to host Bowling Green in South Bend if BG would play GT this year to allow the Notre Dame - Michigan series. Bowling Green agreed to play GT for a chance to take the team to South Bend.

https://www.ajc.com/sports/college/...ch-bowling-green-came/Qnf3W5lFU3V790KJLbvkXP/

 

[year_of_the_swarm]

Alabama non-conference schedule:
Arkansas State Redwolves
LA Lafayette Rajun Cajuns
Citadel Bulldogs
Louisville Cardinals

 

[GT_05]

Ken wrote an article last week about the scheduling of this game. Actually, Bowling Green didn't want to play this game even for the money. Notre Dame asked GT to move the 2019 home game with ND to 2020 so they could play Michigan this year and next. GT had a 2018 and 2019 home-and-home with Auburn agreed to. Notre Dame agreed to host Bowling Green in South Bend if BG would play GT this year to allow the Notre Dame - Michigan series. Bowling Green agreed to play GT for a chance to take the team to South Bend.

https://www.ajc.com/sports/college/...ch-bowling-green-came/Qnf3W5lFU3V790KJLbvkXP/

Playing in South Bend sounds like a good reason. Thanks for passing the article along.


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[tmhunter52]

I am routinely grateful I don’t feel the same way you do.

We literally executed [at will] against the opponent on o. With TQM missing no /few reads.


We won by a cartoon deficit.

If we go 4-8 I’ll buy your bourbon for a year, if we do better I’d appreciate more positive posts from you. Deal?


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I have been a long-suffering, but absolutely loyal, Tech fan since 1971 and I will always be one. That loyalty doesn’t mean I have to blindly parrot an optimistic slant.

If all it took to turn the offense around was an increase in CPJ’s personal interaction with them last week, I wonder why that didn’t happen sooner. I think that the poor play against USF, Pitt and Clemson had a little to do with the caliber of our competition. Alcorn State and Bowling Green are not on our level. When I look at the talent, schemes and execution of the other teams on our schedule, I just have my doubts.

When the Bowling Green QB passes for more than 300 yards with no running game, I worry what the better QBs we will see from here on out can do. Our running game ran like clockwork against Bowling Green, but BG didn’t have the talent to defeat blocks, recover and blow up the mesh or the pitch. Going forward, will TM get time to throw? Can we afford to miss a turn? Will the DL get any penetration?

When I see a repeat of the good things we saw against Bowling Green against a higher level of competition, I will have hope that we have turned the corner and are moving toward the light. I just haven’t seen it yet. I hope I do.

 

[RonJohn]

Playing in South Bend sounds like a good reason. Thanks for passing the article along.

Also, with respect to complaints about scheduling: If I understand the article correctly, if it hadn't been for the requests from ND and the ACC to arrange the ND-Michigan series GT would have played Auburn this year and next year. GT's stated goal is to play: 8 conference games, the mutt game, one additional P5 team, one G5 team, and one FCS team. The years in which that hasn't happened have been because of outside scheduling issues: Potential 9 conference games for the ACC causing GT to intentionally not schedule another P5, potential SEC 9 conference games causing SEC teams to cancel home-home series with GT, Notre Dame/ACC petitioning GT to move the ND game with only 2 years notice. For the most part years with 2 FCS or 2 G5 teams have not been because anyone at GT was trying to lessen the schedule.

 

[RonJohn]

I have been a long-suffering, but absolutely loyal, Tech fan since 1971 and I will always be one. That loyalty doesn’t mean I have to blindly parrot an optimistic slant.

If all it took to turn the offense around was an increase in CPJ’s personal interaction with them last week, I wonder why that didn’t happen sooner. I think that the poor play against USF, Pitt and Clemson had a little to do with the caliber of our competition. Alcorn State and Bowling Green are not on our level. When I look at the talent, schemes and execution of the other teams on our schedule, I just have my doubts.

When the Bowling Green QB passes for more than 300 yards with no running game, I worry what the better QBs we will see from here on out can do. Our running game ran like clockwork against Bowling Green, but BG didn’t have the talent to defeat blocks, recover and blow up the mesh or the pitch. Going forward, will TM get time to throw? Can we afford to miss a turn? Will the DL get any penetration?

When I see a repeat of the good things we saw against Bowling Green against a higher level of competition, I will have hope that we have turned the corner and are moving toward the light. I just haven’t seen it yet. I hope I do.

If @Longestday had not been run off of the forum, you could watch his analysis and see if the improvement on offense was simply because of the level of competition or if there was better execution. Did we have two linemen blocking the same defensive lineman again? Were there any obvious missed assignments? I know from a casual eye, the pitches looked much better. I don't remember the A-Back having to reach out/down to barely catch the pitch. Was that because of the pitch relationship being better?

 

[Jmonty71]

A win is a win. Just need to continue playing clean football, the rest of the year. If we keep the effing ball of the ground, you'll see a HUGE difference.

 

[MidtownJacket]

I have been a long-suffering, but absolutely loyal, Tech fan since 1971 and I will always be one. That loyalty doesn’t mean I have to blindly parrot an optimistic slant.

If all it took to turn the offense around was an increase in CPJ’s personal interaction with them last week, I wonder why that didn’t happen sooner. I think that the poor play against USF, Pitt and Clemson had a little to do with the caliber of our competition. Alcorn State and Bowling Green are not on our level. When I look at the talent, schemes and execution of the other teams on our schedule, I just have my doubts.

When the Bowling Green QB passes for more than 300 yards with no running game, I worry what the better QBs we will see from here on out can do. Our running game ran like clockwork against Bowling Green, but BG didn’t have the talent to defeat blocks, recover and blow up the mesh or the pitch. Going forward, will TM get time to throw? Can we afford to miss a turn? Will the DL get any penetration?

When I see a repeat of the good things we saw against Bowling Green against a higher level of competition, I will have hope that we have turned the corner and are moving toward the light. I just haven’t seen it yet. I hope I do.

Fair enough. You’re right that we have done what we needed to against two teams who are likely the least capable of the games we have played thus far. The Pitt and USF losses hurt a lot, no argument here. I do think you could see a simplified game strategy but it’s hard to tell if that was be design or due to opponent. In fairness, the players when asked did not indicate the offense changed much if anything.

I think my hope comes from the guys seeing the rewards of execution and hoping they focus on the details this week in game prep. We will know soon enough, Friday is coming fast.


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[CuseJacket]

 

[Buzz*The*Plumber]

If @Longestday had not been run off of the forum

Did this really happen?

 

[GT_05]

Did this really happen?

Yes. I think he felt like people were ganging up on him but I think they were just joking around. Hopefully he comes back.


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[MountainBuzzMan]

Yes. I think he felt like people were ganging up on him but I think they were just joking around. Hopefully he comes back.


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That really stinks! I loved his video work.

 

[GT_05]

That really stinks! I loved his video work.

Yes, I do too. You can still subscribe to his YouTube channel. I read back through the thread where he said he was making his final post and it appears that he thought he was being attacked but I think folks were just playing around with him. It’s a shame.


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[iceeater1969]

Yes, I do too. You can still subscribe to his YouTube channel. I read back through the thread where he said he was making his final post and it appears that he thought he was being attacked but I think folks were just playing around with him. It’s a shame.
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His content was excellent. His love of our offense scheme and his humility were evident.

 

[MountainBuzzMan]

Yes, I do too. You can still subscribe to his YouTube channel. I read back through the thread where he said he was making his final post and it appears that he thought he was being attacked but I think folks were just playing around with him. It’s a shame.


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I just went to his YouTube channel and his last video was last year. Probably when he let gtswarm. It was WF. Looks like he was doing the videos for us and has since stopped.

 

[GT_05]

I just went to his YouTube channel and his last video was last year. Probably when he let gtswarm. It was WF. Looks like he was doing the videos for us and has since stopped.

It looks like his last post on GT Swarm was on 9/11.


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