I hear you, but I simply cannot see most GT fans preferring a good L against Miami to a bowl game. A bowl game is an ingrained metric for success that has not gone away regardless of the proliferation of bowl games.
Assuming we lose to Miami is a defeatist attitude. They are in a tight game with Duke right now. We can beat them. Don’t “save” anyone for NC State
Assuming a win or loss in most any college game is a dicey proposition. Tech could well beat Miami and lose to NC State.
Miami looks beatable, but their O is for real. Dook has a good D and they are shredding it. Dook is holding their own, so Miami’s D is beatable, but we’re likely going to have to score some points. It will require King at peak to me. But, it’s football, so who knows?
Very true
we’d still be bowl eligible
What exactly looks beatable against a team that seems to score at will as needed to win games. They hung 53 on Duke. In one of our better offensive games we scored 24 against Duke. Miami's defense is average. Our offense is currently comatose. We need King and Haynes healthy playing well and much better play from the OL and receivers.
Guess we will see if our defense has improved
Well FSU held them to 36, VT held them to 38 and Cal held them to 39. Fla held them to 41 and they scored over 50 in four games and over 60 in one game. So holding them to 35 would be a Great game for our defense.
Bowl games reward the players and give the coaches extra practice time.
Not to mention Efford--but EFFORD.
Unless our team plays its best game of the season in every phase - by far - I fear we are going to lose by a wide margin versus Miami.
