#GTvsDUKE Postgame

[bobongo]

After watching the condensed game, Sims best throw may have been the seam route to Carter. He threw it before he broke to the ball, while a defender was inside of him. Followed it by dropping it in the bucket to McGowan in the corner.
Everyone will remember the Sanders drive for the win, but that drive tied 17-17 really showed what sims can do when he’s on.

Threw it before Carter even turned around to look for the ball.

 

[gtie73]

Tongue in cheek I assume. We actually got incredibly outcoached today. If Cut was our coach we’d be fighting for the coastal this year

 

[MWBATL]

Patenaude has definitely made some bad play calls, but I really liked his decision to move the pocket and call some rollouts when we were struggling with protection. I’m very concerned about our lines though. We got pushed around on both sides of the ball by dook of all teams. Not Clemson, not georgia, not Notre Dame, but freaking dook.

Dude, Northern Illinois pushed us around on the line of scrimmage. We have seen this ALL YEAR long. To expect it to change would be...optimistic

 

[bobongo]

No touch and pocket awareness

If you'd said he needs improvement in these areas, it would be a true statement. But but to say he has NO touch and NO pockets awareness is simply false.

 

[MWBATL]

My biggest worry is that Sims seems to lock in on his target and I did not notice him surveying the field to see if there was a better option. I'd love it if others could correct me if I'm wrong (I'm no expert, I'm just a fan) but that seems like a bad habit for any QB. But it also seems like something many young QB's do.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

I mean seriously. How TF do you MUFF a punt ... INTO the endzone ... and have that be a TOUCHBACK?!

I wasn't kicked into the endzone. YOU put it in there!

"But it wasn't a possession, kg" - Mealy-mouthed ref

Don't gimme that sh*t! If it wasn't possessed, then why's it not a live ball then? In which case it would be a SAFETY, right!?

If we fall on it instead of the Dukie it's a td. I'll take a muffed punt rolling into the endzone every time.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

I just don’t like how we don’t bring the juice every game. We always look flat and the team just doesn’t want to be there playing a football game

That’s on the coaches in my opinion

When I played sports, peewee through college, even after college, I never needed a coach to pump me full of "juice". Either you want to be there or you don't.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

Dude, Northern Illinois pushed us around on the line of scrimmage. We have seen this ALL YEAR long. To expect it to change would be...miraculous.

fify. I can only imagine how bad UNC must be on both LOS's.

 

[slugboy]

fify. I can only imagine how bad UNC must be on both LOS's.

UNC is the ONLY team not to sack FSU's QB (of the teams that have played FSU, and probably even a few that haven't)

 

[ilovetheoption]

Disregard, the quote feature didn't work, and without context my post made no sense

 

[takethepoints]

I keep reading this, that we didn’t deserve to win, calling b.s. on that- our guys ripped that win away from duke, they overcame adversity and made they plays when it mattered. I hope our young team grew up a little today, winning like that should be a big confidence boost

Ok, I can see this. However, Duke outplayed us for most of the game and we won on a Hail Mary. Yes, that was a "play when it mattered", but it was, let's face it, sheer unadulterated luck. My guess is that Sims didn't think the ball would be caught when he threw it. But it was and that's what counts.

I agree that this game could be a big confidence boost. However, I think that would come from the team beginning to think that their luck is in, rather then that they won because they outplayed Duke. Believing in your luck is one of the things that contributes to good seasons, as Dodd and every other coach who knows his business will freely admit.

 

[CuseJacket]

fify. I can only imagine how bad UNC must be on both LOS's.

Their LOS is so bad they beat Duke 38-7 and Virginia by 20.

Really they are just another team in the ACC mush. Hard to know what you’re gonna get.

 

[UgaBlows]

Ok, I can see this. However, Duke outplayed us for most of the game and we won on a Hail Mary. Yes, that was a "play when it mattered", but it was, let's face it, sheer unadulterated luck. My guess is that Sims didn't think the ball would be caught when he threw it. But it was and that's what counts.

I agree that this game could be a big confidence boost. However, I think that would come from the team beginning to think that their luck is in, rather then that they won because they outplayed Duke. Believing in your luck is one of the things that contributes to good seasons, as Dodd and every other coach who knows his business will freely admit.

That wasn’t a hail-mary by any sense of the definition

and our stats for the game are pretty even with Duke’s (which admittedly is not a good look). Each team had times when they outplayed the other but it was a pretty evenly played game overall

 

[UgaBlows]

Their LOS is so bad they beat Duke 38-7 and Virginia by 20.

Really they are just another team in the ACC mush. Hard to know what you’re gonna get.

All the talent on that team is why they were projected to win the division, what In the world could be wrong with them?

 

[albanyjacket]

NIU is 4-2 now for those interested.

 

[TromboneJacket]

Ok, I can see this. However, Duke outplayed us for most of the game and we won on a Hail Mary. Yes, that was a "play when it mattered", but it was, let's face it, sheer unadulterated luck. My guess is that Sims didn't think the ball would be caught when he threw it. But it was and that's what counts.

I agree that this game could be a big confidence boost. However, I think that would come from the team beginning to think that their luck is in, rather then that they won because they outplayed Duke. Believing in your luck is one of the things that contributes to good seasons, as Dodd and every other coach who knows his business will freely admit.

Honestly, I don’t care if they outplayed us for most of the game. In 2013, georgie never had a lead over us in regulation. Guess what the result of that game says in the record books? A win for the dwags. If we’re not going to acknowledge moral victories, then we shouldn’t acknowledge moral defeats either. It’s fine to have concerns about our performance and how we’ll do going forward, but the only reasonable argument that the more deserving team lost a game is if you’re saying the officiating swayed the outcome in that direction.

 

[slugboy]

Ok, I can see this. However, Duke outplayed us for most of the game and we won on a Hail Mary. Yes, that was a "play when it mattered", but it was, let's face it, sheer unadulterated luck. My guess is that Sims didn't think the ball would be caught when he threw it. But it was and that's what counts.

I agree that this game could be a big confidence boost. However, I think that would come from the team beginning to think that their luck is in, rather then that they won because they outplayed Duke. Believing in your luck is one of the things that contributes to good seasons, as Dodd and every other coach who knows his business will freely admit.

Alternatively, we went on the road, did not play our best game, lacked key players due to injury, and still won.

We have a lot to improve on, but good teams win bad games, and we did.

 

[D-man44]

Ok, I can see this. However, Duke outplayed us for most of the game and we won on a Hail Mary. Yes, that was a "play when it mattered", but it was, let's face it, sheer unadulterated luck. My guess is that Sims didn't think the ball would be caught when he threw it. But it was and that's what counts.

I agree that this game could be a big confidence boost. However, I think that would come from the team beginning to think that their luck is in, rather then that they won because they outplayed Duke. Believing in your luck is one of the things that contributes to good seasons, as Dodd and every other coach who knows his business will freely admit.

Georgia techs best team in the last 2 decades was the luckiest. Should have lost to Southern. Watson went down vs Clemson. Geoff Collins (still funny) didn’t coach the bowl game.

 

[Jacketman]

Georgia techs best team in the last 2 decades was the luckiest. Should have lost to Southern. Watson went down vs Clemson. Geoff Collins (still funny) didn’t coach the bowl game.

You make your own luck. Whatever BS you're saying can be played both ways. Should have beaten Duke, should have beaten UNC. We stomped the majority of the conference and thoroughly outplayed ugag. Came within a whisker of beating playoff bound FSU and would have ran Miss State out of the stadium whether they were with or without CGC that night.

 

[Pointer]

I keep reading this, that we didn’t deserve to win, calling b.s. on that- our guys ripped that win away from duke, they overcame adversity and made they plays when it mattered. I hope our young team grew up a little today, winning like that should be a big confidence boost

Win is a win, no matter how ugly. I remember the gsu win from '14.