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Given our success last week when I started the prediction thread on Monday, rather than causing a cliffhanger by waiting till Thursday, I thought I'd give it another go.
Last week @OldJacketFan , @awbuzz and @Declinometer were all 6 points off.
This week I've got GT 31, Duke 28. Based on Atomic which has us at 32-28 (I don't see 32 points as a likely total.) http://atomicfootball.com/archive/teams/tm_9.html
Duke's week off will have helped them a lot - assuming the Hoof and Mouth (sic) disease wasn't that bad. Boone got beat up but should be recovered. He should be able to pass on us. 4 TDs is reasonable. Duke has a good FG kicker (7 of 7) and may opt for a few FGs ..... so I almost went with 27 for Duke....
Turnovers should be even - Duke doesn't usually beat themselves and we haven't had many either. But I think both teams have turnovers which keeps the scoring down a bit.
Our offense will get yards and scores. My natural guess would be more points, but we have only averaged 35 a game this year and 27.5 against VT and Miami.
So 31 is about right unless CPJ cranks up the tempo. I expect he could well do that to tire out Duke who doesn't have the depth or overall quality of starters which we have.
Last week @OldJacketFan , @awbuzz and @Declinometer were all 6 points off.
This week I've got GT 31, Duke 28. Based on Atomic which has us at 32-28 (I don't see 32 points as a likely total.) http://atomicfootball.com/archive/teams/tm_9.html
Duke's week off will have helped them a lot - assuming the Hoof and Mouth (sic) disease wasn't that bad. Boone got beat up but should be recovered. He should be able to pass on us. 4 TDs is reasonable. Duke has a good FG kicker (7 of 7) and may opt for a few FGs ..... so I almost went with 27 for Duke....
Turnovers should be even - Duke doesn't usually beat themselves and we haven't had many either. But I think both teams have turnovers which keeps the scoring down a bit.
Our offense will get yards and scores. My natural guess would be more points, but we have only averaged 35 a game this year and 27.5 against VT and Miami.
So 31 is about right unless CPJ cranks up the tempo. I expect he could well do that to tire out Duke who doesn't have the depth or overall quality of starters which we have.