Cuse Postgame

[Heisman's Ghost]

It’s simple.

People are celebrating progress.

They’re not celebrating a team that is frustrating. They’re not celebrating a team that still lacks quality athletes at several positions. They’re not celebrating freshman mistakes. They’re not celebrating players who still have a lot to learn after getting zero coaching by the previous guy. They’re not celebrating blown games or WTF losses.

They’re celebrating progress. They’re celebrating seeing a coach who clearly knows how to coach. They’re celebrating visible improvement in the quality of play. They’re celebrating watching young kids work hard and see the fruits of their labor pay off, and we are so happy for them.

There celebrating the first step in what will be a long process by a first time head coach in his first full year as a coach.

The last four years were the worst I have ever experienced as a Tech fan. What we saw yesterday is how you climb out of that. Criticizing this team for expecting more out of this season not only shows a lack of football knowledge, it speaks of a really melancholy view of what college sports is all about.

Well said.

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

Eh, the heat is fine. My only original point was that I was on these boards in the Johnson days. I was on other boards for the Gailey days. Those days winning 6 games was basically expected. Nobody ever celebrated 6 wins. If we only got 6 wins we would question most things about the program and be disappointed with whatever bowl game we were sent to. Maybe there was too much entitlement back then but there were certainly higher expectations. Teams are currently firing coaches for doing better than that regularly. We used to fire coaches for doing better than that. Now, in a relatively short period of time we have fallen to a level that we celebrate it. Collins really did a number on us. I hope its a short term thing and we haven't just dropped all expectations for having a decent football team going forward.

I understand your sentiments but would you feed a starving dog a rubber bone? The people on these forums literally bleed gold and white. For years they have watched helplessly as a once proud, storied, and respectable program be torn down by a scam artist who made his score and walked away with some nice pocket change. Six wins in the portal and NIL era is an accomplishment for any program that clings to old fashioned notions of academic achievement and teaching life lessons on character, teamwork, and the rest for a generation that is jaded and hankers after the next shiny thing. It is not going to get any easier and the challenge for Coach Key is to find diamonds in the rough of recruits that want an experience that will pay dividends long after the NIL money is squandered.

 

[CEB]

That first TD by Jamal Haynes was one of the most impressive plays I’ve seen from a RB in a while.

Knocking the hat off the defender as he crossed the goal line was a beautiful cherry on top!

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

The excitement is less about being gaslit into believe 6-5 is a good season and more about just how bad Collins ****ed us. Outside of Sandusky, I can’t think of anyone else that should never be allowed within 100 yards of a football team.

OK, I give up. I tried, really I did but I cannot remember who this "Sandusky" fellow is that somehow manages to out clown as it were, Collins. So enlighten me someone. I tried google and got Sandusky, Ohio.

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

Knocking the hat off the defender as he crossed the goal line was a beautiful cherry on top!

Commentators on this forum and others have alluded to the first half being "chippy" as it is called. Was this the start of it or had the yapping being going on before?

 

[4shotB]

OK, I give up. I tried, really I did but I cannot remember who this "Sandusky" fellow is that somehow manages to out clown as it were, Collins. So enlighten me someone. I tried google and got Sandusky, Ohio.

he was at Penn State with paterno when all of that mess took place.

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

Did anyone else notice that Key's postgame handshake/convo with Babers lasted a little longer than typical? Maybe Key said something like "Give me a call if you're looking for work."

I think that Dino knows this is the end for him and Coach Key recognizes that and was offering heartfelt condolences. Coach Key is above all else, a good man who recognizes that there is a lot more to life in this world than winning a ball game even if it does seem like the absolute pinnacle of human achievement to shallow thinkers like me.

 

[yeti92]

OK, I give up. I tried, really I did but I cannot remember who this "Sandusky" fellow is that somehow manages to out clown as it were, Collins. So enlighten me someone. I tried google and got Sandusky, Ohio.

Add "Jerry" to your "Sandusky" google search if you need to, but just googling the last name he was the 1st thing that comes up as well as the 3rd.

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

The F is open to interpretation.

Now that is not nice...funny, clever, but not nice.

 

[MWBATL]

Now that is not nice...funny, clever, but not nice.

Actually, I always thought it meant...the other F word...anyway.

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

he was at Penn State with paterno when all of that mess took place.

Thank you for reminding me. He was the defensive coordinator?

 

[danny daniel]

Had a super busy weekend but what an amazing game. Impressed with our boys fought and came up with big plays when they absolutely needed to. Efford had a great game, offense did just enough at the end to seal the game.

Nitpicks....offense sputtered again. Weird how that has been consistent for us this season. Defense did enough but was a bit frustrating at times. Singleton has been off and I'm not sure what the deal is. That pick by Haynes King seemed to be miscommunication by Singleton and him.

Overall though, a great time. Sat in section 121 right next to the student section. Got loud and rowdy. My wife finally experienced a night game and a win, and my baby girl was amazing and loved every bit of it for a 10 month old. She also slept through the Young Gravy concert and she was front row at the rail lmao

Great weekend and great win. THWg

Singleton is a true freshman, a little undersized, and not a running back type to take big hits. I think the O has put too much on him lately and not utilzed Boyd, Blaylock, and especially Rutherford as much as we should. With the talent we have we should not be putting so much on a freshman and forcing plays to him when they are sometimes not there..

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

Add "Jerry" to your "Sandusky" google search if you need to, but just googling the last name he was the 1st thing that comes up as well as the 3rd.

Yep, so it is but one must make allowances for my having been a liberal arts major and nearly 70 so being mystified by the computer is a more or less regular experience.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

See...I fogot JT already. He may have but I remember Snoddy as fast trackster. Haynes just seems to the quickest in, say, the first 20-25 yards when he finds that hole.

Yep, have no idea who would be the fastest of many great backs we have had but that “shifting from first gear to fourth gear” acceleration seemed to surpass any I’ve seen.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Yep, so it is but one must make allowances for my having been a liberal arts major and nearly 70 so being mystified by the computer is a more or less regular experience.

Never ever give your age away on this site

Related to that never say you hate “rap” music. Just say, “He’s not my favorite
hip-hop artist,” and leave it at that.

 

[CEB]

Commentators on this forum and others have alluded to the first half being "chippy" as it is called. Was this the start of it or had the yapping being going on before?

I didnt notice any yapping prior to or as a result of that play. Defender met 11 at the 2 yard line and Haynes ran through him and popped his helmet off. No jawing, nothing chippy, just good hard run.

There was a TD by Cuse where a couple of blocks got out of hand and there must’ve been some jawing all night, though it wasn’t evident. Cuse racked up all the penalties earlier in the game… we seemed to get caught late… hit out of bounds on last scoring drive and the spitting incident.

I hope the spitting was not intentional and I never saw any kind of replay. The hit out of bounds was just stupid and very nearly cost us big time. I think it would’ve been 2nd and pretty long and we sure didn’t need to help them get first downs.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Body language told me Syracuse guys were trying to intimidate Tech players from the opening play and all night. Tech players largely tried to ignore it but they reacted whenever someone tried to push them around. I can only imagine what was being said or what the spitting was about.

 

[BuzzStone]

Body language told me Syracuse guys were trying to intimidate Tech players from the opening play and all night. Tech players largely tried to ignore it but they reacted whenever someone tried to push them around. I can only imagine what was being said or what the spitting was about.

As with most of those type penalties, its normally the second guy that gets the flag.

 

[g0lftime]

Body language told me Syracuse guys were trying to intimidate Tech players from the opening play and all night. Tech players largely tried to ignore it but they reacted whenever someone tried to push them around. I can only imagine what was being said or what the spitting was about.

That was my impression. They came out with that "we are going to run it down your throat" attitude and out physical you. They were also playing for their coach's job without their best QB. Our guys gave as good as they got. I am still not sure why the refs let that helmet to helmet hit on King go without disqualifying their guy. A different officiating crew could easily have called that differently.

 

[slugboy]

I had to miss this game—I was traveling. I’m out for this week. I got to watch the replay.


I had a lot of fun watching how Babers McGuyver’ed that offense. He was limited to a mostly one dimensional offense before he ever took the field, and if he had made those changes weeks ago he’d probably be bowl-eligible already. I think his job was gone after this season, but with one game left to make a bowl, and a winnable game at that, I’m sad his athletic board didn’t let him take a swing at that last game. I think his AD was scared he’d be more difficult to fire after making a bowl game, and that he would win that game.

On defense, I tip my hat to our defensive coaches, and to our linebackers. Our LBs have caught a lot of flak this season, and they played really well and made a bunch of tackles. Moala made a great strip tackle on special teams. Efford had the game sealing interception. In the third period, Syracuse made a bunch of great plays, combined with taking advantage of some of our turnovers. Tatum made some great plays with his speed. Our DL was really active. There were five or more tacklers on a lot of plays. Stoning Syracuse on third or fourth and short a couple of times was really impressive.

On offense, Faulkner has a lot of H-back plays in the game, and it looks like it’s supposed to be a big part of his offense. We just haven’t seen as much of that as you might think, because I think the tight ends are still learning how to play that way. Syracuse used their big TE as a fullback and a bull of a running back, and I think we have the same ideas—but we haven’t implemented a lot of that. On King’s last running TD, he had an H-back escort into the end zone (with no one to block—our line crushed Syracuse on that play).

On a Haynes King sack, the blitzer came in like a flash from the edge, untouched. Syracuse played their tails off.

Syracuse blocked so much better than us on kickoffs, it’s amazing. That was one factor that kept them in the game.

On offense and defense, there’s a lot we can do and add in once we get to a basic level of play. When we started the season, we had a steak and lobster appetite for what we’d do, but we had a value meal readiness for tackling, fundamentals, and what the TEs were ready to do. On defense, especially, there’s a need to stay low on the DL and there was a need to tackle better and try to get 11 men around the ball. I think the TEs looked better against Cuse than they did in some other games.

Bowl practices have the potential to make a huge difference in this team. There are a lot of areas where players need extra reps and still need to learn the offense we put in this year.