David Cutcliffe - Really?

Although it would be fun to drop Hershel and start comparing all their running backs to him.

He's like a quick girley. He's like a little girley. He runs like girley.

I may do that anyway now that I think of it.
 
GTCrew said:
Although it would be fun to drop Hershel and start comparing all their running backs to him.

He's like a quick girley. He's like a little girley. He runs like girley.

I may do that anyway now that I think of it.
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knowshon is like a smaller Gurley, with better dance moves
 
gt2690b said:
so basically you'll never believe him.. there might not ever be another megatron, period... much less that goes to Tech.. that's like saying UGA can't get a RB until they get one like Herschel..
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Well I also said "close to" Demaryius's level. That's not nearly as exclusive of a club.

But right, I probably won't ever believe him. That's what happens when you're dealing with hypotheticals related to extraordinary situations...there's no way to prove them.

Basically I don't think a top five receiver would come to play in this offense, at least as it's been constituted at Tech. Nor do I think we need one to be successful, although obviously it sure as hell wouldn't hurt.
 
andrew said:
Well I also said "close to" Demaryius's level. That's not nearly as exclusive of a club.

But right, I probably won't ever believe him. That's what happens when you're dealing with hypotheticals related to extraordinary situations...there's no way to prove them.

Basically I don't think a top five receiver would come to play in this offense, at least as it's been constituted at Tech. Nor do I think we need one to be successful, although obviously it sure as hell wouldn't hurt.
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i dont understand why, if the person would normally be the type of player that would go to Tech, them not doing so because they are a WR

at least they learn how to block, which is actually a skill that NFL teams love

and getting to have long catches for TDs is pretty fun, i would think, instead of constantly going over the middle for 5-7 and getting crushed like a "west coast" WR would
 
GTCrew said:
If you have to rank RBs over there, this Gurley kid is probably the best since Hershel.

I sure hope they lose some games so he fades from the Heisman watch.
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Garrison Hearst finished 3rd in the Heisman race...
 
BuzzCzar said:
i dont understand why, if the person would normally be the type of player that would go to Tech, them not doing so because they are a WR

at least they learn how to block, which is actually a skill that NFL teams love

and getting to have long catches for TDs is pretty fun, i would think, instead of constantly going over the middle for 5-7 and getting crushed like a "west coast" WR would
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Last Saturday was probably the biggest recruiting related game we've had in a while. Nationally televised, prime time, against a marquee opponent. Amazing crowd and amazing win.

We only passed seven times the whole game. I think that's going to be insurmountable when you're talking about recruiting top wide receivers. No top WR is going to watch that and think it's a place he has to be. The negative recruiting practically writes itself.

Now, if a top receiver does come I think he'll become immensely successful and have no problem getting to the NFL. We saw that with Demaryius. But when it comes down to decision time, I don't think that they're going to take the perceived risk of going somewhere that is so run heavy.

And again, this isn't meant to really be a criticism of the offense. It doesn't need top WRs to be successful.
 
BuzzCzar said:
you guys need to realize that he is trying to get under our skin and try to get us to burn him with the pass; knowing full well that if we just run the ball all over their faces they will have no answer for that

we need to play the game we need to play, and not the game of trying to prove him wrong
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I said this on the Rivals board. We don't need to go trying to prove we have great receivers. If we can run the T.O. all day long and beat their brains in with a bunch of blocking WR's then we are great.
 
Before the game Saturday, I remarked that it seemed the intentional recruiting of females to the school had largely remedied this. My wife, however, pointed out that I was just old.

AlabamaBuzz said:
Yes, what he said was what recruits here over and over and over again. I know many of you want to believe that this negative recruiting doesn't work, but it does, and it does on both sides of the ball.

And this of course is added to the negatives that have always been used against GT, like academic difficulty, calculus, dangerous location, lack of females, etc, etc, etc.
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SGaJacket said:
Before the game Saturday, I remarked that it seemed the intentional recruiting of females to the school had largely remedied this. My wife, however, pointed out that I was just old.
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One of my coworkers from Pennsylvania came to the game saturday at my behest. He knew nothing of our reputation in the coed department but remarked, on his own, about all of the great talent on campus. :dunno:
 
andrew said:
Last Saturday was probably the biggest recruiting related game we've had in a while. Nationally televised, prime time, against a marquee opponent. Amazing crowd and amazing win.

We only passed seven times the whole game. I think that's going to be insurmountable when you're talking about recruiting top wide receivers. No top WR is going to watch that and think it's a place he has to be. The negative recruiting practically writes itself.

Now, if a top receiver does come I think he'll become immensely successful and have no problem getting to the NFL. We saw that with Demaryius. But when it comes down to decision time, I don't think that they're going to take the perceived risk of going somewhere that is so run heavy.

And again, this isn't meant to really be a criticism of the offense. It doesn't need top WRs to be successful.
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lets see, GT's Sommers got 2 receptions and Miami's Dorsette got 3. wow, HUGE difference!

its blabber talk. a good WR (when we have a decent throwing QB) will get the same quality stats as somewhere else

the fact is that not many 5-stars would come to Tech regardless of position. those that would, and dont because they are a WR, would be as dumb your analysis is

at a place like Miami, you will get a few more chances to get the ball than at Tech - and thats if you are one of the top 3 WRs. and they have like 8.

keep trying though, to prove a dumb thing to want to prove
 
andrew said:
Last Saturday was probably the biggest recruiting related game we've had in a while. Nationally televised, prime time, against a marquee opponent. Amazing crowd and amazing win.

We only passed seven times the whole game. I think that's going to be insurmountable when you're talking about recruiting top wide receivers. No top WR is going to watch that and think it's a place he has to be. The negative recruiting practically writes itself.

Now, if a top receiver does come I think he'll become immensely successful and have no problem getting to the NFL. We saw that with Demaryius. But when it comes down to decision time, I don't think that they're going to take the perceived risk of going somewhere that is so run heavy.

And again, this isn't meant to really be a criticism of the offense. It doesn't need top WRs to be successful.
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Excellent post. Reality is reality.

To piggyback:

1. For GT, we are way better off with a scheme that can win with three stars than a scheme that can attract but also requires 4 star talent.

2. Waller, and to a lesser extent bebe and Smelter, has made it clear to me we should be looking for tweeners between WR and TE. Tall should be the only must have. Too slow for a four star WR or too small for a four star tight end.

I promise you we pass more to our WR than most teams pass to their TEs. Do you want to catch a bunch of dumpoffs in headhunter land or go deep one-on-one Mr TE recruit? Pass block guys your size all day in a traditional offense or push around much smaller DBs all day?

We place Waller in the pros and it will invalidate the only decent counter argument (traditional TE is where you will play pro ball)

Then there is the guys a step slower than the 4 star guys. We should be able to compete for them.

3. Winning is the best recruiting tool of them all. If we win, we will do just fine getting WR plenty good for this offense. I'm sure old school Ga Southern fans can give some examples of decent WRs who made a similar choice, no?
 
figures that Moron #1 would come to back up total BS crap

two miami guys got 3 catches each. two GT guys got 2 catches each. please tell me again how WRs at places like miami get much better production???

morans L around
 
Wide outs we have committed so far in next years class look pretty good. Philpott is a state champ in track as well, I believe.
 
BuzzCzar said:
figures that Moron #1 would come to back up total BS crap

two miami guys got 3 catches each. two GT guys got 2 catches each. please tell me again how WRs at places like miami get much better production???

morans L around
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I didn't say they get better production elsewhere. In fact, I specifically said that if they came to GT they could excel and make the NFL.

I'm saying they won't because they don't want to take the risk that we won't throw to them as much as they would be thrown to at other schools.

Miami threw 25 times. We only threw 7. That simple comparison will be enough to deter top wide receivers from signing with us.
 
but miami threw 25 times to 8 different people, not 3 or 4. thus, your analysis is very flawed. even most high school seniors know the difference between dividing by 8 as opposed to dividing by 3

take Michael Summers.

he had two catches of 7 throws. compare to Dorsett, who had 3 catches on 25 throws.

who cares how many total passes they throw? why would that affect your decision if YOURE NOT THE ONE CATCHING THEM?

how do the Miami WRs feel about the RB catching more passes than them AT MIAMI, where 8 WRs caught passes, but only one caught more than ONE

Miami (FL) Receiving
REC YDS AVG TD LG
Phillip Dorsett 3 75 25.0 0 37
Duke Johnson 3 52 17.3 0 28
Clive Walford 2 37 18.5 0 21
Malcolm Lewis 2 30 15.0 0 24
Braxton Berrios 2 29 14.5 1 21
Herb Waters 2 20 10.0 0 15
Stacy Coley 1 2 2.0 0 2
Joseph Yearby 1 0 0.0 0 0
Team 16 245 15.3 1 37

Georgia Tech Receiving
REC YDS AVG TD LG
Tony Zenon 2 39 19.5 0 30
Micheal Summers 2 14 7.0 0 13
Team 4 53 13.3 0 30
 
BuzzCzar said:
but miami threw 25 times to 8 different people, not 3 or 4. thus, your analysis is very flawed. even most high school seniors know the difference between dividing by 8 as opposed to dividing by 3

take Michael Summers.

he had two catches of 7 throws. compare to Dorsett, who had 3 catches on 25 throws.

who cares how many total passes they throw? why would that affect your decision if YOURE NOT THE ONE CATCHING THEM?

how do the Miami WRs feel about the RB catching more passes than them AT MIAMI, where 8 WRs caught passes, but only one caught more than ONE

Miami (FL) Receiving
RECYDSAVGTDLG
Phillip Dorsett37525.0037
Duke Johnson35217.3028
Clive Walford23718.5021
Malcolm Lewis23015.0024
Braxton Berrios22914.5121
Herb Waters22010.0015
Stacy Coley122.002
Joseph Yearby100.000
Team1624515.3137

Georgia Tech Receiving
RECYDSAVGTDLG
Tony Zenon23919.5030
Micheal Summers2147.0013
Team45313.3030
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Listen, I'm agreeing with you about that. You don't need to make the argument to me that GT would be just as good of a place, if not better, for a top WR than Miami.

I'm saying that when a top WR is choosing where to go to school, he's not going to choose to go to a place that throws only seven times in a marquee game. I think that will be poor reasoning on his part, but I am confident it's what will happen.

You disagree. I hope you're right. Time will tell.
 
Our starting wide receivers had zero catches. Our entire WR corps had two.

They had five wide receivers with at least that many catches. There is kind of a difference. I know you can't see it, that's OK. You have the equivalent of colorblindness known as logicblindness.
 
gtrower said:
Again, guys. This is Cutcliffe. The same guy CPJ has beaten 6 times in a row by an average of 20.8 ppg. I'd be butthurt too if I were him. I'd find reasons to belittle Tech and avoid questions about game strategy too if I were him. He's got nothing. He's about to get pounded again, and he knows it. He's had two weeks to watch film and is fully aware that CPJ is going to piledrive his defense for the 7th straight year. Wouldn't you be pissed off too?

In 4 days...
- Tech will be 6-0 (3-0) and ranked in the Top 20
- Duke will be 4-2 (0-2)
- Tech will start looking at hotels in the Charlotte area
- Duke's run last season will be chalked up as a fluke
- Tech will get coverage as one of a handful unbeatens left (who still haven't played a meaningful game so they're really not that good blah blah blah...)
- Duke will be forgotten

Don't stress over it too much.
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fify
 
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