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<blockquote data-quote="year_of_the_swarm" data-source="post: 646231" data-attributes="member: 3149"><p>Long post here, so forgive me... Let me see if I can convince someone... If I assume Braun was leaving anyway.... The team is 5-1 with Ken or Monken. </p><p></p><p><strong><u>QB: Tobias Oliver</u></strong></p><p>Appeared in 12 games but made only one start in place of injured starter TaQuon Marshall – Oct. 25 at Virginia Tech … Despite making only one start, ranked second on the team, 10th in the ACC and 75th nationally in rushing with 876 yards (73.0 per game) … Led Georgia Tech, ranked fourth in the ACC and 34th nationally with 12 rushing touchdowns … Led team, ranked fifth in the ACC and 43rd nationally (min. 10 carries per game) with 5.76 yards per carry … 12 total touchdowns were good for fourth in the ACC and 57th nationally … 876 rushing yards was the sixth-highest single-season rushing total by a quarterback in Georgia Tech history … 12 touchdown runs were the fifth-most by a QB and tied for the 10th-most overall in school history … In his only start, rushed for 215 yards and three touchdowns on 40 carries to lead Georgia Tech to a nationally televised, primetime victory at Virginia Tech</p><p></p><p><strong><u>BB: Kirvonte Benson</u></strong></p><p>-ALL ACC... started all 11 games and established himself as one of the nation’s top running backs … Put together the 16th 1,000-yard rushing season in Georgia Tech history with 1,053 yards … Ranked fourth in the ACC and 35th nationally with 95.7 rushing yards per game … Averaged 5.2 yards per carry, good for ninth in the ACC</p><p></p><p><strong><u>BB: Jordan Mason</u></strong></p><p>AS A FRESHMAN.... Ranked third on the team overall and first among running backs with 659 rushing yards and seven touchdowns … Averaged 6.1 yards per carry … Burst out of the gates, rushing for 274 yards over the first three games of his career – 85 vs. Alcorn State, 95 at USF (Sept. 8) and 94 at Pitt … Rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns in rout over Bowling Green (Sept. 29) … Gashed Louisville for 78 yards and a touchdown (Oct. 5) … Ran for 82 yards and three touchdowns on just 12 carries in romp at Virginia Tech (Oct. 25)</p><p></p><p>AB: Nate Cottrell</p><p>AB: Dontae Smith</p><p>WR: Jalen Camp</p><p>WR: Malachi Carter</p><p>WR: Adonicas Sanders</p><p>C: Kenny Cooper - Has 22 starts at center in his career.. Has been named ACC offensive lineman of the week.</p><p>OL: Jahaziel Lee - Returning starter.. 15 games.</p><p>OL: Connor Hansen - Returning starter... 11 games</p><p>OL: Zach Quinney - Returning starter... 12 games</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Logic</u></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><u>Quarterback</u></strong></p><p>You likely have the best rushing offense in the nation with this group... Tobias Oliver was born to run the option. He is 6'2'', fast, hard to bring down. Let me put it this way.... the guy ran for 807 yards and didn't even start 5 games. Didn't even play in a few games. Came in when the team was up on Louisville, Bowling Green, and Alcorn when TQM got pulled because it was a blowout... 8 carries for 103 yards against Louisville, 7 carries for 115 yards against Bowling Green. Just mop-up duty stuff... In the TWO games where he was the primary quarterback... against Virginia Tech and North Carolina... he had 439 yards and 6 touchdowns... What happens if he gets 30 carries against Bowling Green? 30 carries against Louisville? 30 carries against Alcorn State? Etc</p><p></p><p>Fellow board members..... 439 yards and 6 touchdowns in 2 games. Nearly a 1,000 yard rusher as the friggin backup. We had a 1,500 yard rusher coming in at QB here. 49 points in 1 game, 38 points in the other.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>BB</u></strong></p><p>Oliver looked very promising, but Mason and Benson are legit BB's... Benson is all conference, Mason is a very good BB, Jerry Howard is good in certain situations too... Very promising production out of the BB's.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>AB</u></strong></p><p>Was going to take a hit with Lynch and Searcy graduating... but Nate is an experienced player and Dontae Smith is a promising player... Was going to be heavy dose of BB's and Tobias Oliver.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>WR</u></strong></p><p>All experienced guys... big guys.. great blockers... </p><p></p><p><strong><u>OL</u></strong></p><p>Returned a bunch of guys... you have a REALLY good offensive line if Parker Braun is back, but this line was pretty good for the option. They are just having to learn all new schemes. These guys have been cut blocking for years, and he moved Lee off the line who was one of the better athletes in the offensive line.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Schedule</u></strong></p><p>The Citadel - WIN... Probably put up 65 points with 400+ rushing yards. Over at halftime.</p><p>South Florida - WIN... USF is really bad this year... Oliver tore them up the year before.. Probably score at least 35-42 points.</p><p>Temple - WIN... Temple didn't do much offensively this year.. but the GT offense got shut out. When you have the best rushing offense in the nation, you don't get shut out by Temple.</p><p>UNC - Win... Beat them the last two seasons... They scored 38 points this year because they ran 97 plays. When you have the best rushing offense in the nation, your opponent doesn't run 97 plays against you. UNC had 34 first downs this year. They ran 65 plays this year against GT, and 58 plays the year before that. </p><p>Duke - TOSSUP... They play Georgia Tech pretty well but don't have Daniel Jones anymore... GT fumbled the ball 6 times against them last year, losing it on 3 or 4 straight possessions. Was a tie game before that, but they just kept giving the ball away.</p><p></p><p>4-2 worst case, 5-1 a real chance.... It was hard to forget about Kirvonte because he was out all year with injury, but he was a very good player... and getting Tobias in there for his first full year as the bonafide starter, getting all the first team reps through the spring and summer, etc would have made a huge impact on him after an unbelievable statistical season for a backup quarterback. Who's backup QB runs for 807 yards and 12 touchdowns and doesn't even really play in several games? Not to mention Monken and Ken can game-plan with the best of them... Nobody wants to play those guys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="year_of_the_swarm, post: 646231, member: 3149"] Long post here, so forgive me... Let me see if I can convince someone... If I assume Braun was leaving anyway.... The team is 5-1 with Ken or Monken. [B][U]QB: Tobias Oliver[/U][/B] Appeared in 12 games but made only one start in place of injured starter TaQuon Marshall – Oct. 25 at Virginia Tech … Despite making only one start, ranked second on the team, 10th in the ACC and 75th nationally in rushing with 876 yards (73.0 per game) … Led Georgia Tech, ranked fourth in the ACC and 34th nationally with 12 rushing touchdowns … Led team, ranked fifth in the ACC and 43rd nationally (min. 10 carries per game) with 5.76 yards per carry … 12 total touchdowns were good for fourth in the ACC and 57th nationally … 876 rushing yards was the sixth-highest single-season rushing total by a quarterback in Georgia Tech history … 12 touchdown runs were the fifth-most by a QB and tied for the 10th-most overall in school history … In his only start, rushed for 215 yards and three touchdowns on 40 carries to lead Georgia Tech to a nationally televised, primetime victory at Virginia Tech [B][U]BB: Kirvonte Benson[/U][/B] -ALL ACC... started all 11 games and established himself as one of the nation’s top running backs … Put together the 16th 1,000-yard rushing season in Georgia Tech history with 1,053 yards … Ranked fourth in the ACC and 35th nationally with 95.7 rushing yards per game … Averaged 5.2 yards per carry, good for ninth in the ACC [B][U]BB: Jordan Mason[/U][/B] AS A FRESHMAN.... Ranked third on the team overall and first among running backs with 659 rushing yards and seven touchdowns … Averaged 6.1 yards per carry … Burst out of the gates, rushing for 274 yards over the first three games of his career – 85 vs. Alcorn State, 95 at USF (Sept. 8) and 94 at Pitt … Rushed for 61 yards and two touchdowns in rout over Bowling Green (Sept. 29) … Gashed Louisville for 78 yards and a touchdown (Oct. 5) … Ran for 82 yards and three touchdowns on just 12 carries in romp at Virginia Tech (Oct. 25) AB: Nate Cottrell AB: Dontae Smith WR: Jalen Camp WR: Malachi Carter WR: Adonicas Sanders C: Kenny Cooper - Has 22 starts at center in his career.. Has been named ACC offensive lineman of the week. OL: Jahaziel Lee - Returning starter.. 15 games. OL: Connor Hansen - Returning starter... 11 games OL: Zach Quinney - Returning starter... 12 games [B][U]Logic[/U][/B] [B][U]Quarterback[/U][/B] You likely have the best rushing offense in the nation with this group... Tobias Oliver was born to run the option. He is 6'2'', fast, hard to bring down. Let me put it this way.... the guy ran for 807 yards and didn't even start 5 games. Didn't even play in a few games. Came in when the team was up on Louisville, Bowling Green, and Alcorn when TQM got pulled because it was a blowout... 8 carries for 103 yards against Louisville, 7 carries for 115 yards against Bowling Green. Just mop-up duty stuff... In the TWO games where he was the primary quarterback... against Virginia Tech and North Carolina... he had 439 yards and 6 touchdowns... What happens if he gets 30 carries against Bowling Green? 30 carries against Louisville? 30 carries against Alcorn State? Etc Fellow board members..... 439 yards and 6 touchdowns in 2 games. Nearly a 1,000 yard rusher as the friggin backup. We had a 1,500 yard rusher coming in at QB here. 49 points in 1 game, 38 points in the other. [B][U]BB[/U][/B] Oliver looked very promising, but Mason and Benson are legit BB's... Benson is all conference, Mason is a very good BB, Jerry Howard is good in certain situations too... Very promising production out of the BB's. [B][U]AB[/U][/B] Was going to take a hit with Lynch and Searcy graduating... but Nate is an experienced player and Dontae Smith is a promising player... Was going to be heavy dose of BB's and Tobias Oliver. [B][U]WR[/U][/B] All experienced guys... big guys.. great blockers... [B][U]OL[/U][/B] Returned a bunch of guys... you have a REALLY good offensive line if Parker Braun is back, but this line was pretty good for the option. They are just having to learn all new schemes. These guys have been cut blocking for years, and he moved Lee off the line who was one of the better athletes in the offensive line. [B][U]Schedule[/U][/B] The Citadel - WIN... Probably put up 65 points with 400+ rushing yards. Over at halftime. South Florida - WIN... USF is really bad this year... Oliver tore them up the year before.. Probably score at least 35-42 points. Temple - WIN... Temple didn't do much offensively this year.. but the GT offense got shut out. When you have the best rushing offense in the nation, you don't get shut out by Temple. UNC - Win... Beat them the last two seasons... They scored 38 points this year because they ran 97 plays. When you have the best rushing offense in the nation, your opponent doesn't run 97 plays against you. UNC had 34 first downs this year. They ran 65 plays this year against GT, and 58 plays the year before that. Duke - TOSSUP... They play Georgia Tech pretty well but don't have Daniel Jones anymore... GT fumbled the ball 6 times against them last year, losing it on 3 or 4 straight possessions. Was a tie game before that, but they just kept giving the ball away. 4-2 worst case, 5-1 a real chance.... It was hard to forget about Kirvonte because he was out all year with injury, but he was a very good player... and getting Tobias in there for his first full year as the bonafide starter, getting all the first team reps through the spring and summer, etc would have made a huge impact on him after an unbelievable statistical season for a backup quarterback. Who's backup QB runs for 807 yards and 12 touchdowns and doesn't even really play in several games? Not to mention Monken and Ken can game-plan with the best of them... Nobody wants to play those guys. [/QUOTE]
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