Yep. Play not to lose, which can create mediocre results unless you completely outclass your opponent. Hence our lopsided wins over poor opponents and our inexplicable losses to teams we should have beaten.
The 2006 Georgia game still gets in my craw. In the second half, whenever we handed off to Choice, he was darn near unstoppable. But we kept throwing it. I think we would have won if we'd given Choice the ball more. Choice had 23 carries for 146 yards, and could have easily carried it 30+ times if we'd let him. Ball was 6-22 for 42 yards passing and 2 interceptions. Why did we keep throwing it?
Or was it the incomparable Patrick Nix who managed to ruin our offense?
I put it ultimately on Gailey for not stepping in and forcing Nix to call Choice's number more. Gailey was the ultimate decider on our offense, even if Nix was the play-caller.
I believe it was Nix. 2005… final drive… ran the ball all the way inside their 10. First and goal Ball hits the DB right in the numbers. Game over.
When a team is picked to win 5.5 games I’m wildly ecstatic over 7-5. If a team is picked to win 8 then not so much.
Had my 7-win season last year. I'm ready for a steady stream 9+ wins for a while.
I would because I think we will win about 5 or 6 but that is just me. With the way the portal changes rosters it is hard to make assumptions about how Tech's opponents will perform. Beyond Miami, UGA, and UNC being good and UVA being less than formidable, I really don't know,
I mean we just went 7-6 after you know who as coach so I feel good