Question for y"all

[Ramble1885]

I get it why some of y'all are upset after the Ole Miss loss. After all, any loss hurts. However looking at our schedule I still can see us possibly making a bowl. Wake and BG are winnable and if we win both we will be 3-2. BC, UVA, and Cuse are all winnable as well. 6-6 isn't out of the question just yet.

 

[BleedGoldNWhite21]

Doesn't UF play FSU every year, home-and-home?

Oops, I meant out of the state of Florida, not the swamp.

 

[jeffgt14]

Sounds like y'all are accepting what Dave Braine told us years ago.

 

[ibeattetris]

and who have they beaten? Elon, Vandy, and Old Dominion

And they didn't really make beating ODU look easy. They trailed a lot of the game.

 

[Root4GT]

On Defense, we have a lot of JRs and SRs playing, but we have some good pieces to build around. We need some real development to happen this year to get guys ready to take the reins.

If we take a disciplined and aggressive defensive squad with us, we should win.

Have you seen that GT has either on defense?

 

[Augusta_Jacket]

Have you seen that GT has either on defense?

Yes.

 

[stinger 1957]

This may have already been covered in here since I did not read every posting but I see us hanging on to our guys offensively and that being the attraction to us getting some defensive game changer types on defense through the portal, recruiting and immediately having the players for championship type team in season 2024. I say this with one stipulation and that is J Batt gets us enough NIL money to hang on to what we have and add the defensive players we need. If we don't get the NIL money then our whole program drops like a one egg pudding. Lot of pressure on J Batt and Angel IMO, I'm betting they get the job done.

 

[bke1984]

We have to recruit studs on the OL and front 7 on defense. Until we do, it will be business as usual.

I hear this argument every year, yet there are probably 40ish teams better than we are right now and I don’t think they all have studs across the OL, DL, and LB positions. Some here and there for sure, but I think it’s a lazy excuse for why we’ve been so poor lately.

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

and who have they beaten? Elon, Vandy, and Old Dominion

You are not impressed that they beat an SEC team? Doesn't it mean more? Watching them against Old Dominion, they still do that slow motion RPO and the quarterback is very good at reading the defenses and can spot open receivers who are not primary targets. In the limited time that I watched them it seems as though they spent a lot of time marching up and down the field between the 20s with little to show for it in way of points. Old Dominion hung with them but failed to close the deal in the fourth quarter and a critical turnover doomed them. An interesting team all the way around. Should be a good game.

 

[Heisman's Ghost]

And they didn't really make beating ODU look easy. They trailed a lot of the game.

At one point ODU had Wake down 17-0 but could not seal the deal.

 

[Ibeeballin]

The takes in here smh

 

[684Bee]

The takes in here smh

What’s yours?

 

[Northeast Stinger]

The takes in here smh

All of ‘em or just certain specific ones?

 

[LongforDodd]

Sounds like y'all are accepting what Dave Braine told us years ago.

I would love to see 7 wins a season.

 

[GTJake]

I hear this argument every year, yet there are probably 40ish teams better than we are right now and I don’t think they all have studs across the OL, DL, and LB positions. Some here and there for sure, but I think it’s a lazy excuse for why we’ve been so poor lately.

I don't totally disagree with the OP that we could use help in the trenches, but I saw an article, I believe it was on Yahoo Sports, before the Ole Miss game comparing the starting line-ups. It had their size and recruiting star ratings, the headline of the article was something like, "Even Match-up Looming for Ole Miss". I tried to find it, but
I'm a bit technically challenged ... did anyone else see that ??

 

[Oldgoldandwhite]

I hear this argument every year

Kind of proves the point, don’t you think?

 

[g0lftime]

There was a time not too long ago that teams dreaded playing us. Now we are an expected W for them. It's time to flip this scenario.

 

[GT33]

There was a time not too long ago that teams dreaded playing us. Now we are an expected W for them. It's time to flip this scenario.

Agree, need to get back to physical type football. Our opponents should expect a fight every time they play us.

 

[Root4GT]

Yes.

So can you take a risk and expand on your "yes"?

 

[Augusta_Jacket]

So can you take a risk and expand on your "yes"?

Yes