GT at uGA Post Game

[BleedGoldNWhite21]

Wait. So a 19 point dog with its whole secondary injury took a 17-0 lead and pushed the home team to 8ot and that coach didn’t outcoach anyone. You are a fool. You had one play decide this game; and it happened on what likely should have been called a personal foul. Thats not on any coach. Nor is a bs Pi on 4th down. Or no call facemask/hold on a td drive. Please.

Look man, I’m not going to resort to name calling, but a “foolish” thing to do is to look at something without any context and take it simply as black or white. I never said anything was on any coach. I simply laughed at the idea that he “out coached” anyone. He can call a good game plan and overall do a good job and still not “out coach” the other coach.

 

[eetech]

Great play by the players. They dug deep and they fought hard.

Good coaching job as well until the last few minutes. I can’t entirely fault the coaches for the prevent defense etc., but the OT decision making was awful.

We had to go for 2 at the end of the 1st OT. But also the many play calls that were passes and not runs either down the middle or better still wide. Our players were gaining 3-4 yards after the first tackle throughout the game. Putting the ball in the hands of the players after giving them a little space out wide was the right thing to do with the pass being a surprise, instead of the reverse approach.

Also, not calling a TO in the 7th (?) OT when we had the ball on the 1 yard line and could score to win and Kirby didn’t have any time outs to adjust his defense was a bad tactical error.

That was our chance to win. Calling the timeout and drawing up the best play you ever had, or the play you were gonna call only once in a lifetime, etc…this was the time to do it.

 

[Jacket05]

I’m not saying he did a bad job overall, but I also don’t think he out coached anyone. Blowing a 17-0 lead is bad, no matter how you try to sugarcoat it. Blowing a 14 point lead with 6 minutes left in the game is really bad. Some of that has to be on the coaching. Why did we get so soft on defense up 14? Why did we barely try to run in OT when we were running at will all game? If someone out coaches the opposing coach, I don’t expect to have so many question marks about strategy. Does Kirby not get any credit for coming back down 14 with 6 minutes to go? Etc. It goes both ways. It’s rare for someone to get “out coached” and still win. I don’t think this was an exception.

Did I think he mostly did a good job? Yeah.
I’m not blaming anyone in particular. We **** the bed against them every generation, but we definitely **** the bed again and choked and it sucks. These guys played hard, but this was a win that turned into a loss. That’s not a moral victory.

Our defense got "soft" cause our defensive backfield was decimated by injuries to players that couldn't play anymore as well many players that still had to play. To top it off we lost Efford in the second half who is the heart of that defense. Outside of that they still got a 4th down stop that was taken away by poor officiating and a fumble recovery that was taken away by the refs. Add to it the refs also gave the ball back to the other team on a textbook targeting hit that created a fumble and lead to the tying score. So the team did not choke!

 

[BleedGoldNWhite21]

Our defense got "soft" cause our defensive backfield was decimated by injuries to players that couldn't play anymore as well many players that still had to play. To top it off we lost Efford in the second half who is the heart of that defense. Outside of that they still got a 4th down stop that was taken away by poor officiating and a fumble recovery that was taken away by the refs. Add to it the refs also gave the ball back to the other team on a textbook targeting hit that created a fumble and lead to the tying score. So the team did not choke!

We played borderline prevent up 27-13 for one drive.

 

[Jacket05]

Great play by the players. They dug deep and they fought hard.

Good coaching job as well until the last few minutes. I can’t entirely fault the coaches for the prevent defense etc., but the OT decision making was awful.

We had to go for 2 at the end of the 1st OT. But also the many play calls that were passes and not runs either down the middle or better still wide. Our players were gaining 3-4 yards after the first tackle throughout the game. Putting the ball in the hands of the players after giving them a little space out wide was the right thing to do with the pass being a surprise, instead of the reverse approach.

Also, not calling a TO in the 7th (?) OT when we had the ball on the 1 yard line and could score to win and Kirby didn’t have any time outs to adjust his defense was a bad tactical error.

That was our chance to win. Calling the timeout and drawing up the best play you ever had, or the play you were gonna call only once in a lifetime, etc…this was the time to do it.

It is much easier to get 3-4 yards running when there is 20+ yards of field to spread the defense out. It is much harder from the 3 when the entire defense is within about 6 yards from the line of scrimmage. I don't really blame the play calling. 2pt plays are hard to execute if they were easier you would see more after every touchdown.

 

[HurricaneJacket]

Safely home. Mutts didn't deserve to win, but we ran out of gas at the end, and to those that made the trip, massive hat tip. We showed up as fans too. I want georgia blood in the Benz next year.

My Fandom only goes back to 2008, but this echos far too closely 2013 and hurts as right up there with 2009 and 2013 for painful losses.

Just once in my life I want to dog walk these bastards for 4 quarters, I've gotten 2 half's 11 years apart where it's happened. That said, Key is obviously building something special, we just have to see if the fickle football gods allow us to keep it. God bless and good night and what's the good word?

 

[ThatGuy]

I'm proud of our guys, our coaches, and our effort tonight. Some thoughts:

• As others have said, we showed we were the better team on the field - we just came up short on one play. There were several lynchpin moments throughout the game that could have turned the result, but the cards didn't fall to us. That happens. Sucks, but it happens.
  
  
• Overall, I'm grateful that Key has gotten this team back to the toughness I know and love in less than 2 years since we cut the cancer out of the program.
  
  
• I'm frustrated with the refs - but I know that there were a lot of other things in our control that could have swung the game our way. If any of 8-10 plays had gone just slightly different, we would be having a much different conversation. And that's saying something for an unranked team going up against a team that we were reminded so frequently hasn't lost at home in 30 games, and is one step away from the CFP.
  
  
• I'm thankful to have found a couple of other GTSwarm members who have little useful perspective to contribute. I'm adding them to my short "Ignore" list, as based on their comments here, I don't respect their opinions enough to waste my time reading anymore of their posts.
  
  
• I'm reflecting on the fact that we knocked off 2 top 10-ranked opponents this year, and missed knocking off a 3rd by the slimmest of margins.
  
  
• And I'm skeptical of the narrative that "we only get so many chances to catch them off guard." After watching the trajectory of the last few years, considering our current depth chart and the new guys coming in, and appreciating the ridiculously talented coaching staff we have onhand, I'm confident that the next few years this sort of competition at COFH will become a regular thing again. I remember well the days when Brent Key wore the white and gold uniform and won 3 straight - I don't doubt we'll see those sorts of times again.

Tonight's loss stings, folks - but I'm looking forward to our bowl game and the whole team healing up over the offseason, then coming back stronger next year. The future is bright.

THWg.

 

[stech81]

I waited to say anything so I wouldn't say something dumb. Reading what has been said some on here need to try it.

Yes the lose hurt but let it be known that I love these players, and I love the coaches.

 

[Randy Carson]

No moral victories. I get it. And maybe this is too soon.

But let's take clear-eyed stock of the situation:

1. We're three years into a massive re-build, and we just pushed the two-time national champions to eight overtimes in their crib on national television.
2. Back in August, we were staring at the very real possibility of five-win season and hoping to get to a bowl. If someone had offered you 7-5, would you have taken it?
3. Last night, we were 18-point dogs, yet we beat Georgia in every aspect of the game (except the scoreboard and that only after 8 OT's).
4. In the past eight days, we have flipped:

• Tae Harris (S) from Clemson
• Jordan Allen (WR) from Louisville
• Elgin Sessions (CB) from West Virginia

Here's my question:

Which team will benefit more from the outcome of last night's game?

UGA gains NOTHING from talking about it with high school seniors nor will the transfer portal suddenly favor them as a result of it.

In contrast, Tech continues to show which program is on the rise in the state of Georgia. Next year, 9-3 or even 10-2 look like a very real possibilities.

I feel better about our situation and outlook today than I have in years.

 

[Oakland]

Damn Good Jackets.

The darkness Tech football has gone through is OVER.

 

[Eli]

Sickening we went to a quarters defense with 5 d***** minutes left in the game. Did we learn nothing from the NC. State game?

 

[orientalnc]

As a fan, going to bed at midnight with this loss on my mind was tough. Losing is always hard to handle, but coming up short in 8 overtime periods leaves so many points to question how things could have been different. The fumble at our 20. The tipped pass that was called DPI. The uga fumble that was not awarded to us as it should have been. The missed FG that hit the upright. There's more I am sure that others saw that could have turned that loss into victory. But, I did not see a single GT player choke. Not one. You are entitled to your own opinion, but that one is disrespectful to our coaches and players who played their hearts out last night.

 

[BuzzStone]

Just able to get back on here got 4 hours of sleep and I am still pissed. I was right about my prediction. We won the game and college football proved it was rigged last night.

 

[bke1984]

I couldn’t sleep at all. Proud of the effort. We ran out of gas, the refs had their marching orders, and King made one huge mistake. Disappointed in the outcome. To Hell With Georgia.

 

[Techfan02]

Learned that sometimes bad fans get good things and it hurts all those mutt fans are trash in and out of the game

 

[stinger78]

Did we have chances to win? Yes. Did we blow it? Yes.

Should never have been that close. Just another in too long a line of games changed by officials.

 

[GT33]

The 4th and 1 on goal line PASS INTERFERENCE CALL BY THE SIDELINE OFFICAL WAS OBVIOUSLY BETTING RELATED. Stole the fame

It was rigged for money narratives. Its sad. It’s obvious. Its repetitive

It was all about TV revenue, playoff game money, etc. espn has to protect the secheat narrative that they have a super conference and espn/secheat doesn’t care how they do it. This time is was under the table money to a ref to pull the hanky out when needed. By the end of the day our game will be an afterthought to the diarrhea of the mouth palmers, pollock and every other ******* just like him. It’s all about protecting the mutts when they lose the sec circle jerk and don’t get booted from the playoffs

 

[Oakland]

I will say there were some questionable calls last night. The fourth down pass interference in the end zone was pretty lame.

 

[wvGT11]

Leaving this here

 

[wvGT11]

Man im feeling for coach key, the emotions in this presser. Toughest loss of his career and life

Called Haynes King a warrior