That's a 4-1 team versus a 2-3 team. Interesting that the guys in the know seem to think 6 points is a reasonable differential.GT opens as three point underdogs at home against Duke.
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After its surprising win over then-No. 24 Pittsburgh on Saturday, Georgia Tech has been tabbed as a three-point underdog for its home game this Saturday against Duke.www.ajc.com
Duke opened as a 1.5 point favorite at home against an obviously terrible UVA team. In my best Rodney Dangerfield voice: They get no respect.
I'd love to see a breakdown, but it seemed that Sims had another game full of missed reads. There were many times on the RPO it seemed he made a bad read. Also, he appeared to be late recognizing where he wanted to go and then pulling the trigger, which gives the DB's a better chance to react to the ball than the WR's. This was one of my biggest gripes about Sims his first couple of years, late recognition and late throws. Hopefully, with a little better protection (Duke doesn't have Pitts' DL), he'll make better decisions.
That is what I saw. Bad reads on the RPO and not recognizing the coverage properly. Even when the decision was easy, his throws were sometimes wildly inaccurate. The play where he rolled to his left and had Jenkins wide open in front of him for an easy first down, but threw the ball behind him was quite bad.
Jenkins still should have caught that, BUT if Sims had put the ball in front of Jenkins he could have gone for a LOT more yardage. That's the difference between missed first downs and huge gains.
Jeff has to play better. That pass was pretty bad as he was not under duress and Jenkins was wide open. Jeff is prone to hand it off on the RPO way too much but then, none of us have experienced the sight of 300 lb. defensive linemen bearing down with, shall we say malicious intent. He does not trust his line or the tight ends to make blocks. Can't say I don't blame him. If I am Duke, I would come after him from different angles with different players and hit him hard. Duke is not great by any means but they have looked credible, about as much as any Coastal team is going to be. Six point dogs is about right but I would not touch that game were I a gambling man. Duke's job is simple: stop the run and don't commit turnovers. Do those two things and the Blue Devils should be in position to win. Don't stop the run, allow Sims to get outside, commit turnovers in scoring position, and the opposite is true Tech will be the one in position to win.
Key at one point in a sideline interview said he told Sims to play with no fear. He wanted him to ply as if there was nothing to lose and if mistakes happen they do.
I’ve been saying all along I didn’t think Duke was the real deal and they are beatable. I think Vegas drew a good line as this is likely a “who wants it more” game
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I think I read November 2018.
Miami/UVA in early November 2018.