FSU Post game thread

[dressedcheeseside]

Someone with better tech chops than me needs to make a highlight video with this song playing in the background.

 

[LongforDodd]

Well said, Pres!

Thank you for doing your part. And thank J, too.

 

[Techster]

Norvel is an arrogant pr***! Going for 2 after the 1st TD signaled his intent to run up the score. He's never been a good coach, but a helluva good recruiter. Several years ago he almost blew a game against LSU when he had the game won with a pat but went for 2 pt . My memory is failing me. Anybody remember that?

To be fair, a lot of teams line up in the "swinging gate" formation for XPs. The point is whether the other team lines up to defend it correctly. If they do line up correctly, the XP team just shifts back into regular FG formation. FSU just saw that they had the numbers to one side and took advantage. Very similar to what CPJ use to do before we snapped the ball.

 

[LongforDodd]

Ok...President Cabrera and J need to milk this to the hilt and get something together with Sheamus and Joe Anoai.

You heard it here, first.

 

[jojatk]

McAfee was a punter. Somebody please tell me why anyone is paying attention to him.

I get why people don’t like him. He’s a blowhard among other things. And apparently that appeals to a large segment of the population. He’s not afraid to say and do stupid things because, as PT Barnum once said “there’s no such thing as bad press” and Oscar Wilde said “There’s only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

He was a pretty good football player. Yeah he was a punter but he was also unafraid to stick his nose into making the tackles. I always liked that. I don’t dig his show or schtick but he is who he is and that gets attention and that’s all he wants and that’s what gets clicks and views. To me he is 100% comic relief and that’s all.

 

[jojatk]

It is so nice to have a mean , gritty fundamentally sound football team, kudos to Key and the staff

I’ll take a tough, fundamentally sound team every day over fancy and glamorous. I grew up in the DC area when The Hogs were just as much the faces of the Washington team as anyone else. We appreciated and LOVED that that was the identity of the team. A good OL makes everyone else on an offense look better. They are the ultimate force multiplier just like on defense the DL makes everything else go.

One thing about the game that really stood out to me is that every part of the team was a huge part of the win. It wasn’t just the offense or the defense or the special teams. That was truly the definition of a team win.

 

[stinger 1957]

Norvel is an arrogant pr***! Going for 2 after the 1st TD signaled his intent to run up the score. He's never been a good coach, but a helluva good recruiter. Several years ago he almost blew a game against LSU when he had the game won with a pat but went for 2 pt . My memory is failing me. Anybody remember that?

I think he went for 2 because he knew they were in for limited possessions because we would keep the FB with our offense and he was worried about getting enough points to win.

 

[MtnWasp]

Love this quote:

"It's a great step forward for our program," Tech athletic director J Batt said postgame, "but it's really where we belong."

I believe it is essential to have administrators who actually BELIEVE that. For too long, GT has had leaders who really didn't believe that GT could win. They were there to manage our limitations. We need people who truly, to their bones, believe that GT can and should win.

It starts with Cabrera, who was there in the middle of it.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

Two Questions:

1.) Which highlights of the game have you rewatched the most?

2.) How many replays are you up to now?

 

[AUFC]

Sharing this in this thread as well since I think more people are looking at it than the dedicated return thread. Non-Dublin gang, let's show out for our guys!

 

[GoJacketsInRaleigh]

 

[BleedGoldNWhite21]

Key has made this team tough, but most importantly, mentally tough. We get a sack on 3rd down that is wiped out by a face mask and give up a huge screen pass the very next play. Most Tech teams in the past few years would give up a TD. We held them to a FG. King fumbles the ball as we’re driving to take the lead, causing a 3rd down and long, an automatic drive killer in the past. What does King do the next play? Stand in the pocket and deliver a dime for a first down. We fumble the snap as we’re running out the clock to set up the game winning FG. Surely we either panic with a bad pass or play it safe with a draw setting up a very difficult kick, playing not to lose? No, we calming call a smart screen pass to our best player who makes a play to get us back in FG range. Lastly, Birr misses a 51 yarder earlier in the game. That has to be on his mind during the game winner. It doesn’t matter. He makes it. These are winning plays. You don’t win every play. The winning teams don’t allow the bad plays to cloud their judgement on the next. We’ve done that in the past A LOT. We never did in Dublin. That starts at the top. Good leadership.

 

[UgaBlows]

I saw that, but I think something is wrong with their algorithm. There seems to be players (transfers?) missing off the roster they used to calculate. But I'm not sure.

#46 seems very low for Tech

 

[slugboy]

I like the fact that we’re undefeated, in first place in the conference, with a win over a top 10 team. We are also the best team to play in college football so far.

I could care less about FSU’s conference standings.

 

[stinger78]

I loved how we played under Paul Johnson, and these games (and this post) make me feel the same way. There’s nothing like seeing a defense become defeated by a 15 play drive - it’s so demoralizing. Love how tough we are in the run game.

I was thinking the same. That was a six and a half minute death march at the end leading to the winning FG as time expired. Classic CPJ. Classic CBK.

 

[Root4GT]

Is it too early to say................... Charlotte??????????????????

Yes

 

[MtnWasp]

I gotta admit, when I was watching this play I was screaming at the TV....don't stop, what are you doing, get the first down, ooh, fantastic!!

For an average back, Haynes' move wouldn't have worked out. But an outstanding back can make that work. Haynes has explosive cutting ability, a low center of gravity and excellent strength. He's really good and Tech fans should make it a point to enjoy watching him play

 

[stinger78]

I believe it is essential to have administrators who actually BELIEVE that. For too long, GT has had leaders who really didn't believe that GT could win. They were there to manage our limitations. We need people who truly, to their bones, believe that GT can and should win.

It starts with Cabrera, who was there in the middle of it.

Cabrera was there at the game. I don’t know that I’ve seen that. Was Peterson in Dublin in 2016?

 

[Root4GT]

Norvel is an arrogant pr***! Going for 2 after the 1st TD signaled his intent to run up the score. He's never been a good coach, but a helluva good recruiter. Several years ago he almost blew a game against LSU when he had the game won with a pat but went for 2 pt . My memory is failing me. Anybody remember that?

Nothing wrong for going for 2 at anytime. Norvell is a good offensive coach. Our D played way better than anything I thought possible.

 

[UgaBlows]

To be fair they shouldn’t even do those stupid interviews. The coach’s mind is completely tied up in the game and shouldn’t be subject to that nonsense.

I agree 100%, i hated that they interviewed HK at halftime too, leave the man alone