What will Paul call on the first play?

[dressedcheeseside]

Quick Pass to Smelter, gives a stiff arm and gets pushed out of bounds for a GT 1st down

The smoke route is usually a qb check so I doubt CPJ calls it as our first play.

 

[gtg936g]

It would be funny if he used Brandon's play from the call in show.

 

[BabyJacket1990]

I hope we get up big so we don't have to use any

 

[nod]

I say a kickoff out of the endzone, if not then Kick return for TD by Golden.

 

[D-man44]

Onside kick recovered by tech

 

[Eric]

The smoke route is usually a qb check so I doubt CPJ calls it as our first play.

We have called it several times to start off a game...CPJ does this to see how the D is going to play us.

 

[GTRX7]

Please no trick plays!

We've had some success with them this year...fake punt vs Miami, reverse vs UNC come to mind.

I am all for some trick plays in this game. That said, I don't want to see any on the first series.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I hate trick plays, particularly if they involve someone other than our QB throwing a pass. I just want to see the team run the offense and CPJ to call plays within it and in reaction to the defense.

 

[GlennW]

Dive play for 5 yards

This; we'll test the middle of their defense either with a straight dive or a counter dive.

 

[96Jacket]

I hate trick plays, particularly if they involve someone other than our QB throwing a pass.

Same here. To me, they're a sign of lack of confidence in the base offense. I dont consider the reverse to Smelter a trick play, contrary to what one poster earlier said.

 

[pckl300]

Touch back so we get the ball to start the second half {like all good coached teams want}.

Only problem is we have to win the toss. Richt knows we like the ball in the second half and likes to thwart us.

 

[Sean311]

We should just throw it up to Smelter and Walller all day haha

 

[LarryMunson]

I'm looking forward to Byerly or Thomas kneeling the clock out.

I want to see Chau get some PAT's.

I do not want to see Rodwell punt. He's a great player, I just hope we don't punt.

 

[RamblinWreck27]

A reverse to Smelter,then allowing him to read if he runs or throws one down field.

 

[IEEEWreck]

Five receiver set, just to **** with them. We then shatter all of their kneecaps. All of them. Also, somehow the kneecaps of the SEC network people in the booth also shatter.

Same here. To me, they're a sign of lack of confidence in the base offense. I dont consider the reverse to Smelter a trick play, contrary to what one poster earlier said.

It depends on how you use them. They can be a sign of a base that's not working. Typically that means using them in situations where they aren't a perfect fit because very high risk plays seem better than nothing.

On the other hand, deployed tactically at the right time, a 'trick' play can be devastating. In fact, from a tactical standpoint they're just like the flexbone, except that where the flexbone exploits the tendencies of the defense in ways that they see coming but can't stop, the 'trick' play seeks to exploit the defense from a place they don't see coming.

The A back pass, for example, exploits the same tendencies as the rocket toss, but instead of a run gives a couple of quick routes. For teams that stack the box AND are getting lazy with their secondary? Boom. Now, of course, for that to work you'd need an A back that can consistently throw the ball well. It's a shame that Georgia Tech doesn't have any of those, and never will.

Paul Johnson doesn't call trick plays. He only finds new ways to speed your demise.

 

[1939hotmagic]

I don't about the first offensive play of the game, but it wouldn't bother me at all if Johnson dusted this off sometime soon, particularly in light of the current WRs Tech has: http://archives.starbulletin.com/96/12/30/sports/kwon.html