Virginia Game Predictions

Margin of Victory

  • GT by 14+

    Votes: 54 42.9%

  • GT by 7-13

    Votes: 47 37.3%

  • GT by <7

    Votes: 18 14.3%

  • Virginia by <7

    Votes: 3 2.4%

  • Virginia by 7-13

    Votes: 2 1.6%

  • Virginia by 14+

    Votes: 2 1.6%
  • Total voters
    126
  • Poll closed .
RamblinCharger

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I don't have a feel for this game. Can't tell if UVA is good, but I imagine they will play solid defense against us. I think it will be similar to playing Wake, but hopefully we don't start so slow.
GT 37
UVA 24
 

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I think this is the game where we see the mid season shift where our offense really starts clicking. Big win for us, as long as it doesn't rain.
 

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Jmonty71 said:
GT 33 UVA 28 Closer than many think
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I wasted time and watched Virginia vs. Duke and Virginia vs. BC. They have a running back that runs hard. A quarterback that is not ideal for a spread in that he has somewhat limited mobility and a pretty good line especially in pass blocking. Defense can be pretty good but was prone to giving up big plays as BC ran all over them. They missed a lot of tackles and took bad angles in that game. BC's tight ends ate the Hoos up. Sound familiar? Bronco will have his boys ready to play. This is a back to the wall game for them. I agree with jmonty71, it will be closer than most seem to think about a touchdown or less. Absolutely must hang onto the ball. This is a team that thrives on turnovers and pressuring the quarterback. I get the impression they are not that great defending the run. We will see. Their quarterback does not scare me but they have good running backs and receivers. Play our game run the ball, control the clock, limit their possessions and their quarterback will get antsy as he did against BC and they will be turning the ball over instead of getting turnover gifts.
 

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RamblinCharger said:
I don't have a feel for this game. Can't tell if UVA is good, but I imagine they will play solid defense against us. I think it will be similar to playing Wake, but hopefully we don't start so slow.
GT 37
UVA 24
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They are really pretty good but not great. They looked bad, real bad against BC at home. They have a receiver who will give us a lot of trouble if we are not careful. My impression comparing them to Wake is that they are better on defense in some ways but don't defend the run as well as Wake who impressed me with their physicality on defense. I honestly felt like Wake's quarterback was better but Virginia has better running backs. Both teams had good receivers.
 

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I still think way too many GT fans give our O way too much credit. It is simply NOT as good this year as in prior years. Believe it or not, our D is what is holding us in most ball games.

GT should win, say by 24-20.
 
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MWBATL said:
I still think way too many GT fans give our O way too much credit. It is simply NOT as good this year as in prior years. Believe it or not, our D is what is holding us in most ball games.

GT should win, say by 24-20.
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I think there's some truth in this. For whatever reason, our O has not been as efficient for these past 3 years (15, 16, and 17). This year and last year, we were able to hit big enough big plays to score but haven't had as many sustained domination games. Our D has been legitimately better this year, but it's been kind of bi-polar. It's like we have several drives of what we've been used to and several drives of shut-down D. It's hard to know what's really going on.

I guess, that I'm not as convinced as you that the D has really outperformed the O that much this year, but I agree that it's had many more drives of outperforming its past performance.

I think we put it together again this week: 42 - 17.
 
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  • 3rd down efficiency is good but not as good as 2014
  • Yard per play and efficiency says GTs is death marching but missing the big plays
  • Defense is doing much better!
  • Turnover margin is hurting the team

Third down efficiency 2017 46.6% 2016 41.8% 2015 34.9 % 2014 57.9%
Yards/play 2017 5.89 2016 6.53 2015 5.85 2014 6.72
Third down defense 2017 27.9% 2016 49.3% 2015 36.1% 2014 45.6%
Turnover Margin 2017/-2 2016/4 2015/-7 2014/11
 

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Longestday said:
  • 3rd down efficiency is good but not as good as 2014
  • Yard per play and efficiency says GTs is death marching but missing the big plays
  • Defense is doing much better!
  • Turnover margin is hurting the team
Third down efficiency 2017 46.6% 2016 41.8% 2015 34.9 % 2014 57.9%
Yards/play 2017 5.89 2016 6.53 2015 5.85 2014 6.72
Third down defense 2017 27.9% 2016 49.3% 2015 36.1% 2014 45.6%
Turnover Margin 2017/-2 2016/4 2015/-7 2014/11
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This pretty much says it all. minus 2 in 2017 in turnovers. One thing that will absolutely get us beat against Virginia is to turn the ball over more than twice. They are pretty good themselves in TOP. Bronco has a chance to back up his big talk about facing the triple option. BC got big plays on the blitzing defense due to missed tackles and poor angles.
 
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