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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 458296" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>Couple of thoughts here:</p><p></p><p>I wrote last week that GT and USF have pretty much recruited about the same the last 5 years (time frame of contributing SAs). I believe the average (from 247) was like 50's for GT and 60's for USF. There's not much difference at all when two teams recruit at those bands. I also wrote that when teams recruit that closely, coaching, and having special talent usually is the difference.</p><p></p><p>Well, we saw it Saturday. Blake Barnett, for all his struggles at previous stops, was still a 5 star recruit. You have to have pretty good physical talents to get to that level, and he certainly was a difference maker for them Saturday with his arm and legs. Charlie Strong, despite what happened at Texas, is still a good coach. He certainly had his special teams more prepared than we did, and he made just enough adjustments to come back from 10 points down in the 4th quarter.</p><p></p><p>Here's the reality of the situation for GT right now:</p><p></p><p>We've got good coaches, and our SAs are actual STUDENT athletes, but the reality that GT finds ourselves in is that the margin for error is very small regardless if we're playing an ACC team, or a non Power 5 team. We can't give up 2 returns for TDs, and turn the ball over 3 times and expect to win. That was eventually a 21 pt swing for us. When margin for error is that small, we can't gift the other team 21 points.</p><p></p><p>The 2014 season is a great example of how making the most of the "small things" can turn a season. Butker, who's now playing in the NFL, boots everything through the endzone and we never had to worry about returns...oh, and pretty much anything under 50 yards seemed like almost a gimme. We had special talent at QB (JeT, who spent time in the NFL), WR (Smelter and Waller both NFL guys), RB (Days, and Laskey...Laskey spent a year in the NFL), and All World Shaq Mason at RG. </p><p></p><p>If we don't clean up the small things (keeping contain on the edge on defense, holding on to the ball on offense, maintaining lane responsibility on special teams, etc.), 2018 is going to be more like 2017 and 2015 than 2014 and 2016.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 458296, member: 360"] Couple of thoughts here: I wrote last week that GT and USF have pretty much recruited about the same the last 5 years (time frame of contributing SAs). I believe the average (from 247) was like 50's for GT and 60's for USF. There's not much difference at all when two teams recruit at those bands. I also wrote that when teams recruit that closely, coaching, and having special talent usually is the difference. Well, we saw it Saturday. Blake Barnett, for all his struggles at previous stops, was still a 5 star recruit. You have to have pretty good physical talents to get to that level, and he certainly was a difference maker for them Saturday with his arm and legs. Charlie Strong, despite what happened at Texas, is still a good coach. He certainly had his special teams more prepared than we did, and he made just enough adjustments to come back from 10 points down in the 4th quarter. Here's the reality of the situation for GT right now: We've got good coaches, and our SAs are actual STUDENT athletes, but the reality that GT finds ourselves in is that the margin for error is very small regardless if we're playing an ACC team, or a non Power 5 team. We can't give up 2 returns for TDs, and turn the ball over 3 times and expect to win. That was eventually a 21 pt swing for us. When margin for error is that small, we can't gift the other team 21 points. The 2014 season is a great example of how making the most of the "small things" can turn a season. Butker, who's now playing in the NFL, boots everything through the endzone and we never had to worry about returns...oh, and pretty much anything under 50 yards seemed like almost a gimme. We had special talent at QB (JeT, who spent time in the NFL), WR (Smelter and Waller both NFL guys), RB (Days, and Laskey...Laskey spent a year in the NFL), and All World Shaq Mason at RG. If we don't clean up the small things (keeping contain on the edge on defense, holding on to the ball on offense, maintaining lane responsibility on special teams, etc.), 2018 is going to be more like 2017 and 2015 than 2014 and 2016. [/QUOTE]
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