Game 8 #UNCvsGT Postgame

[laoh]

Does anyone know where to find the ACCN The Huddle post game show? The YTTV recording of the game unfortunately did not include the show.

 

[devcon]

One small thing is that they really improved the stadium experience from last week. Music wasn’t interrupting the band nearly as much, announcer was on it, no embarrassing clock / down & distance shenanigans on the jumbotron, etc. Blasting Mo Bamba on third downs really got us riled up in the student section, hope we keep that.

 

[Jacket20]

I’d love a world where our DBs aren’t leading the team in tackles.

We need linebackers so bad!!

 

[Root4GT]

I noticed too that there was bitching and moaning about the refs while none on this board. The r-squared value between number of referee compaints and the outcome of a game has to be almost 1.

My best friend up here in NOVA is a Tar Herl. Based on his comments UNC has never lost a game where they weren’t screwed by the refs. I simply laugh now.

 

[Jacket20]

Yea, not good when the LB with the most tackles is only 4th most on the team, and the rest of your LBs have 2 tackles or less. Those guys are taking themselves out of the play constantly.

I watched them specifically a lot of times tonight and they would run right up to line and get blocked and be totally out of the play.

 

[jojatk]

He takes a dig at us in interviews because he can’t beat us in the field.

His post game presser was weird. A couple of things he said that didn’t make sense to me:

• UNCs kicking game was good. Hmmm… missed a FG, had a punt blocked? Not sure how that equates to a good kicking game but OK
• UNCs defense was great for 2 quarters and terrible for 2 quarters. Sort of accurate. They were terrific for the first quarter. They were terrible in the 2nd and 4th. And they were barely on the field for the 3rd. They did intercept a ball that no QB should have thrown and we tried to throw the ball even though the run was working on the second drive. So they played 6 plays in the third. The UNC offense dominated that quarter from a TOP perspective.

 

[jojatk]

I watched them specifically a lot of times tonight and they would run right up to line and get blocked and be totally out of the play.

Looked like Kyle Efford, 44, got a lot of playing time last night. Appears from the stats he was the leading tackler of the LBs. He’s a r-Fr. Looks like we are playing a bunch of guys a lot from the 2022 class.

 

[jojatk]

That throw and catch aren't getting the kudos they deserve. Seither was forced OOB but worked his way back into the play and got open a step. King never gave up but kept working for a shot at a TD. It would have been easy for either or both to give up on the play and settle for the FG. It was there. However, both kept working and King put the pass into a tiny hole and Seither grabbed it and got a toe down. If King puts that toss two feet further left, it might be picked, but is certainly knocked down. That was just a great football play by both King and Seither.

For those of us old enough… I was describing the play to my son just now and it occurred to me that it had SOME resemblance to “The Catch”. Don’t worry I’m not comparing King to Joe Montana or Seither to Dwight Clark. Just to way the play looked at the end was a little like that

 

[stinger78]

For those of us old enough… I was describing the play to my son just now and it occurred to me that it had SOME resemblance to “The Catch”. Don’t worry I’m not comparing King to Joe Montana or Seither to Dwight Clark. Just to way the play looked at the end was a little like that

Wait... The Catch isn't Godsey to Watkins???

What world are you living in?

 

[bucknellbison31]

I don't know that it fits in this thread, but this type of win, at night, on homecoming could propel the program forward. King is a stud. The same way McCollum left to play with Maye, others will look at what King and the offense has done and make the same decision about us. Couple that with the excitement and energy you see from Key with the team....I think we will be a destination spot in the portal.

There were a TON of recruits in attendance, and that game no doubt left an impression. The atmosphere, pomp, pageantry, and the W... hopefully we won a few kids over from last night alone.

 

[stech81]

When's the last time we hung 40?

I'm guessing 1850's in the old west.

 

[GTRambler]

Someone please send the tape to coach Cristobal.

A couple of weeks ago, after that Miami game, I opined on this board that I thought Coach Cristobal — and his Offensive Coordinator, I forgot his name — simply had a brain fart when they didn’t go into victory formation.

Well, I’ve changed my mind. I now believe they wanted to keep running the ball, just to rub our team’s noses into the dirt.

It backfired on them, big time.

 

[BCJacket]

A couple of weeks ago, after that Miami game, I opined on this board that I thought Coach Cristobal — and his Offensive Coordinator, I forgot his name — simply had a brain fart when they didn’t go into victory formation.

Well, I’ve changed my mind. I now believe they wanted to keep running the ball, just to rub our team’s noses into the dirt.

It backfired on them, big time.

I read that Christobal doesn't believe in spending practice time on 'victory formation'. You don't need it all that often. His philosophy is to play to the final down. Just run it up the middle, unlikely anything bad will happen... right?

 

[g0lftime]

My UNC neighbor texted me from BDS and said this is his last trip to Atlanta. "These last two trips have not been fun."

Text this morning: He said the injury to Walker appears to be not too serious. Walker seems like a good kid, so I am pleased for him.

I have made the 6 hour trip from Atlanta to chapel hill many times over the years after a GT loss. It is not a happy drive home.

 

[jwsavhGT]

 

[colton]

I hope the team ran to the band at the playing of the RR. If they didn’t someone needs to show them clips that scene from not that long ago.
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Unfortunately, the student section had by then swarmed the field, so not many players came over.

 

[ThatGuy]

I hate to admit this but I was happy that McCollum was invisible tonight. And that Rutherford and Singleton far outplayed him. I thought his loss was going to hurt us but we have had good production from the WR room.

Rutherford played like he had something to prove last night. (And prove it he did.)

 

[g0lftime]

A couple of weeks ago, after that Miami game, I opined on this board that I thought Coach Cristobal — and his Offensive Coordinator, I forgot his name — simply had a brain fart when they didn’t go into victory formation.

Well, I’ve changed my mind. I now believe they wanted to keep running the ball, just to rub our team’s noses into the dirt.

It backfired on them, big time.

As someone else pointed out they may have been trying to get 100 yards for their RB. History says he has done this sort of thing before and lost a game. Maybe he is not as good as advertised.

 

[Ramble1885]

Enjoy this highlight vid I made with all the best bits of last night!

 

[MountainBuzzMan]

I like how he ended the interview with a strong plug about how competitive the ACC is