Oliver

[Southpaw13]

He's got to be the starter going forward right? We've yet to see him run the full breadth of the offense, but his vision is excellent, he evades contact well in my opinion, and has the length and strength to fight for extra yards.

I am grateful for TQM and all his hard work as a GT student athlete, but it's time to give TO the offense. Tonight gave me hope that we can beat UNC, at least split UVa and Miami (maybe win both?)... I feel like he's a shot in the arm for a program and offense that has felt stale and frustrating.

I'm on the TO bandwagon!

 

[GT_05]

He's got to be the starter going forward right? We've yet to see him run the full breadth of the offense, but his vision is excellent, he evades contact well in my opinion, and has the length and strength to fight for extra yards.

I am grateful for TQM and all his hard work as a GT student athlete, but it's time to give TO the offense. Tonight gave me hope that we can beat UNC, at least split UVa and Miami (maybe win both?)... I feel like he's a shot in the arm for a program and offense that has felt stale and frustrating.

I'm on the TO bandwagon!

Absolutely!!!


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[bke1984]

Yep. Also not a huge fan of playing Graham here. He only has two games left to still redshirt now...

 

[lv20gt]

He certainly should be. That being said I also though Vad would be the starter after the UNC game that year so who knows.

Going forward I really hope our OL play tonight is indicative of what we can expect going forward.

 

[THWG]

He certainly should be. That being said I also though Vad would be the starter after the UNC game that year so who knows.

Going forward I really hope our OL play tonight is indicative of what we can expect going forward.

Vad still played a lot though.

 

[MikeJackets1967]

TO IS THE MAN!

 

[crl85]

Very impressive.

 

[jwsavhGT]

Yep. Also not a huge fan of playing Graham here. He only has two games left to still redshirt now...

According to Demetra/Bedford, this should not account against Graham's 4. I didn't hear why it wouldn't affect it.

 

[CuseJacket]

TO played extremely well. Hats off to him.

Not an attempt to throw shade, but when thinking about his starter debut with that many carries, the first comparison that came to mind was... TaQuon Marshall vs. UT. I also offer that to somewhat control expectations. Let's see what happens with multiple starts and see if he can hold up physically and mentally.

Major difference, GT won tonight.

It'll be interesting to see what happens if we're forced to throw. I don't see Oliver as any better than Marshall, but at this point I think TO is the right choice to start.

 

[ibeattetris]

According to Demetra/Bedford, this should not account against Graham's 4. I didn't hear why it wouldn't affect it.

That is not what I heard. They were just saying this one game wasn’t going to burn his redshirt because he gets four.

 

[MountainBuzzMan]

He still has a long way to go. He cant run the ball 40 times every game and expect to make it through till the end of the season. I did not see very many reads. These were mostly called plays.

But MAN what an athlete! He had a great game.

 

[A Love Supreme]

I've been a Paul Johnson defender. I think he is a great coach and I love having him here. I've respected and understand his decisions on who starts but if T. Oliver isn't the starting QB for the rest of this season, I will be upset. T. Marshall is not JT5. Oliver has to be QB 1 now.

 

[stingem103]

I think we beat USF if he stays in that game. We don’t need to pass when things are going as well as they did tonight.

 

[GTRX7]

Honestly, not putting in Oliver last week until it was too late when it was clear it wasn’t working against Duke was the most frustrated I have ever been with CPJ. At a minimum, Oliver should get 2 drives a game every game. Wouldn’t disappoint me at all if we start him going forward.

I do believe he runs a more limited playbook and teams will adjust. That said, they are so close, Oliver is a change up in pace and tone, and he rarely gets negative plays.

Play him more!!!!

 

[Lavoisier]

I'm at least 60% sure we played Graham because he flipped from VT to us at the last minute. Extra salt in the wound.

 

[BigDaddyBuzz]

The offense hits much quicker with Oliver which causes fits for the opposing D. You can’t go back to Marshall now, no way no how.

 

[GTfan4Life]

I appreciate the heart TQM shows and I think he has done a lot for this team. At the same time, he has looked hurt much of this season and the deficiencies in the passing game has cost us. I felt like TO should have been put in pretty early in the Duke game. He appears to run stronger, and I can't think his passing could be any worse. I hope he has won the job for UNC.

I was also impressed to see how TQM responded to not starting - I saw a lot of cheerleading and celebrating for the work of TO. I feel we can get at least 2-3 of the next 4. I REALLY hope one of those can be against uGAg (a man can dream).

 

[g0lftime]

I think we beat USF if he stays in that game. We don’t need to pass when things are going as well as they did tonight.

Those kick returns beat us in that game.

 

[g0lftime]

Depends on when TM is ready to play. He can be backup to TO. Graham can still play in 2 more games. The one that hurt was duke where he ran 1 play.

 

[Techster]

Oliver is like Nesbitt in the sense that once he puts his foot down, he gets North quick. Also, Oliver is a pretty big guy so arm tackles aren't going to stop him

You contrast it with Marshall who tries to out quick defenders and is more of an east/west runner. This offense hums when the QB get north quick. It's what Matthew Jordan brought to the table 2 years ago when we upset VT.