Bye Predictions Thread

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slugboy

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I know we had two losses in a row. Now we face a Bye matchup. Bye is undefeated, yet somehow not eligible for a bowl. They play every week, but you never hear about their star players.

No one has scored on them this year. They have a no name defense, but they lead FBS in points allowed. They're disciplined; the fewest penalties in FBS. It's an away game, and we won't see the Jackets at Bobby Dodd, our even on ESPN+.

Do we turn it around this week?
 

Golden Tornadoes

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I took Bye >7. Our offense is in a funk and I just don't see this matchup as the game where we "get right". To be clear, this isn't a QB issue, it's been a whole-year issue. Neither King nor Pyron could get the offense flowing and we haven't seen enough out of Philo to see if he's the answer. Our o-line will struggle to hold the line of scrimmage and create gaps causing the run game to once again faulter. Our defense should be able to contain their offense, but constantly being put in compromising positions by our lack of offense will eventually wear our defense out. For another week, we will all be calling for OCBF to find a little imagination with his play calling and wondering why we keep pounding our head against a brick wall. Bye proves to once again be a cruel mistress all teams must face.
 

Sheboygan

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It will be VERY close. Will probably come down to injuries and, of course, special teams. New coach has a big challenge. My guess is we get HK back and Tech wins in spite of giving up a punt return for a TD.
BOWL ELIGIBLE BABY !! We will lose to UM, though 😕
 

awbuzz

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I chose Tech < 7, have to have faith that we can pull this off.

With our first two starting quarterbacks coming off of injuries and not knowing how they're going to perform, I figure I don't think we'll score too many points. I do expect the defense to hold by a low scoring total.
Granted, all the conjecture above is based on Bye and the game being played.

Is anyone else having difficulty finding the game broadcast? Heck, even ESPN3 doesn't have it.
 

slugboy

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@slugboy: What, no analytics? Isn’t that one of your fetishes hobbies?

How am I supposed to make a prediction when no one will post OFEI or DFEI data for bye? Anyone know what the line is on this game?

Okay, whatever. I pick bye by pi.
Coach Key talks about the matchup here (horrible questions from the reporters, though)



The stats APIs are all messed up for Bye. No negative plays and no turnovers is all I could pull from my sources
 

Bogey

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Bye is tough to beat so I am not going to pick us to win. However, I don't see us losing either. More importantly, does anyone know what unis we will be wearing? I keep checking the GT web site but don't see anything about it.
 
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