Home and Home With Tennessee 2026 and 2027

I know and understand that my opinion is not popular with most of you. I get it. Tech - Tennessee and Tech - Auburn games are more attractive than Tech - Jax State or Tech - SC State. However, I want our program to be successful, to win the maximum number of games. It seems to me that with UGA plus eight conference games concern over strength of schedule in those three other non-conference games is not too important. I want to give our head coaches the best chance to succeed and I don’t think you will be successful in seasons where you lose 2 or 3 non-conference games. Now, once we are winning ten or eleven games regularly that seems to be the time to take on greater non-conference challenges.
 
I think maybe JBatt made the decision that viewership numbers are more important than wins when it comes to getting a seat at the table when the final conf realignments happen, plus we might actually beat an SEc team eventually.
 
When you have a new team every year or two, "waiting" until whatever doesn't really have much meaning imo
 
TechInNC said:
Agree. Our ACC schedule will be what it is, but anything we can do to get Tenn and Auburn back on the schedule with some regularity helps us from a fan engagement perspective.
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Whose fans? Sure, Tennessee fans will love coming to Atlanta, tailgating at the Benz, getting a W, and going home. How many times do GT alumni have to have the football pulled by Lucy until we see a pattern?

Listen, I’ll be at the game wearing white and gold. But, just like at the ND game, we all know we won’t be walking out with a W. Having hope is one thing, but until we start out recruiting the SEC we aren’t winning,

If you want to discuss the specifics of that game - we will be losing our 3 year starter at QB and RB. You just don’t replace them. I know, Philo is the greatest, but at that point he would have sat the bench for over 2 1/2 years. That’s a lot of rust. And Tennessee is going to be hurting this upcoming season which means they are going to open the NIL dollars even more for 2026. Then add on top we have no clue if Buster will be here or even Weinke because the SEC has enough money to buy our coaches out from under us.

I’m fine playing Tennessee instead of Ga State and taking the cash over a W, but when we get a low tier or no bowl game we have no one to blame but ourselves.
 
OptionJacket said:
Whose fans? Sure, Tennessee fans will love coming to Atlanta, tailgating at the Benz, getting a W, and going home. How many times do GT alumni have to have the football pulled by Lucy until we see a pattern?

Listen, I’ll be at the game wearing white and gold. But, just like at the ND game, we all know we won’t be walking out with a W. Having hope is one thing, but until we start out recruiting the SEC we aren’t winning,

If you want to discuss the specifics of that game - we will be losing our 3 year starter at QB and RB. You just don’t replace them. I know, Philo is the greatest, but at that point he would have sat the bench for over 2 1/2 years. That’s a lot of rust. And Tennessee is going to be hurting this upcoming season which means they are going to open the NIL dollars even more for 2026. Then add on top we have no clue if Buster will be here or even Weinke because the SEC has enough money to buy our coaches out from under us.

I’m fine playing Tennessee instead of Ga State and taking the cash over a W, but when we get a low tier or no bowl game we have no one to blame but ourselves.
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This is a giant turd of a post.
 
OptionJacket said:
Whose fans? Sure, Tennessee fans will love coming to Atlanta, tailgating at the Benz, getting a W, and going home. How many times do GT alumni have to have the football pulled by Lucy until we see a pattern?

Listen, I’ll be at the game wearing white and gold. But, just like at the ND game, we all know we won’t be walking out with a W. Having hope is one thing, but until we start out recruiting the SEC we aren’t winning,

If you want to discuss the specifics of that game - we will be losing our 3 year starter at QB and RB. You just don’t replace them. I know, Philo is the greatest, but at that point he would have sat the bench for over 2 1/2 years. That’s a lot of rust. And Tennessee is going to be hurting this upcoming season which means they are going to open the NIL dollars even more for 2026. Then add on top we have no clue if Buster will be here or even Weinke because the SEC has enough money to buy our coaches out from under us.

I’m fine playing Tennessee instead of Ga State and taking the cash over a W, but when we get a low tier or no bowl game we have no one to blame but ourselves.
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Might want to up your Prozac dose just a bit.
 
We’ve laid a lot of turds at the Benz. We’ve won 1 game there because we play teams who out recruit us there. But, I know, our 3rd defensive coordinator in 3 years will magically turn us into an SEC defense. And that’s the difference between the ACC and SEC - defense.
 
OptionJacket said:
Whose fans? Sure, Tennessee fans will love coming to Atlanta, tailgating at the Benz, getting a W, and going home. How many times do GT alumni have to have the football pulled by Lucy until we see a pattern?

Listen, I’ll be at the game wearing white and gold. But, just like at the ND game, we all know we won’t be walking out with a W. Having hope is one thing, but until we start out recruiting the SEC we aren’t winning,

If you want to discuss the specifics of that game - we will be losing our 3 year starter at QB and RB. You just don’t replace them. I know, Philo is the greatest, but at that point he would have sat the bench for over 2 1/2 years. That’s a lot of rust. And Tennessee is going to be hurting this upcoming season which means they are going to open the NIL dollars even more for 2026. Then add on top we have no clue if Buster will be here or even Weinke because the SEC has enough money to buy our coaches out from under us.

I’m fine playing Tennessee instead of Ga State and taking the cash over a W, but when we get a low tier or no bowl game we have no one to blame but ourselves.
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Not really sure what you mean by rust for Philo. He played in multiple games in 2024 and will likely play in multiple games in 2025. If he is the QB in 2026, he will begin his first season as a starter with a lot more experience than most new starting QBs do.
 
Have you ever been an athlete? Having a few plays here and there is not the same as being the guy. Philo played in the state championship game as a senior in Dec 2023. By the time he’s the starter at GT it will be Sept. 2026. That’s a long time for an athlete to sit out of actual competition. I think he’ll be ok his first year as a starter but my point is that if you guys are expecting Philo to come in and produce at the same level as a 3 year D1 starter then you are putting a lot on him. Philo’s 2026 season should be compared to King’s 2023 season. But we all know fans will immediately compare him to King’s senior season.
 
OptionJacket said:
Have you ever been an athlete? Having a few plays here and there is not the same as being the guy. Philo played in the state championship game as a senior in Dec 2023. By the time he’s the starter at GT it will be Sept. 2026. That’s a long time for an athlete to sit out of actual competition. I think he’ll be ok his first year as a starter but my point is that if you guys are expecting Philo to come in and produce at the same level as a 3 year D1 starter then you are putting a lot on him. Philo’s 2026 season should be compared to King’s 2023 season. But we all know fans will immediately compare him to King’s senior season.
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Folks also need to understand that, while we live King, if he battles injuries and struggles, Philo starts this season at some point.
 
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JJacket said:
Folks also need to understand that, while we live King, if he battles injuries and struggles, Philo starts this season at some point.
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I hope Key’s actions follow his words - that he plays the players that give GT the best chance to win. Now, that we don’t have the redshirt issue regarding Philo (who I was hoping we wouldn’t burn in a season that was going no where), I sure hope we don’t have a QB limping all over the field like we saw a lot last year (or maybe we don’t use our QB as a battering ram every third play).

That Pyron wasn’t more prepared or trusted by our staff is an indictment on our coaches since Pyron had been on the team for several years. What we saw in the ND game is exactly what I’m worried about. Sure, Philo looked better than Pyron when they both had a few plays, but if King stays healthy it will be another year of sitting for Philo and then bam, we’ll have Colorado, Tennessee, and UGA for out of conference opponents.
 
OptionJacket said:
Have you ever been an athlete? Having a few plays here and there is not the same as being the guy. Philo played in the state championship game as a senior in Dec 2023. By the time he’s the starter at GT it will be Sept. 2026. That’s a long time for an athlete to sit out of actual competition. I think he’ll be ok his first year as a starter but my point is that if you guys are expecting Philo to come in and produce at the same level as a 3 year D1 starter then you are putting a lot on him. Philo’s 2026 season should be compared to King’s 2023 season. But we all know fans will immediately compare him to King’s senior season.
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None of what you're describing is particularly different from most new starting QBs. Again, he will have more experience than most new starting QBs do. He has played whole drives and the bulk of entire games. You're acting like he played in a state championship in 2023 and has been huddling in a cave ever since.
 
gtfan088 said:
None of what you're describing is particularly different from most new starting QBs. Again, he will have more experience than most new starting QBs do. He has played whole drives and the bulk of entire games. You're acting like he played in a state championship in 2023 and has been huddling in a cave ever since.
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Not at all. I know he has some playing time. But this board seems to think he’s already a top tier QB and we won’t miss a beat. We will absolutely miss some beats with a new starter. His first 2 games as a starter will be Colorado and Tennessee. That’s my only concern. And if we start out 0-2 folks are gonna be looking for a scapegoat. I would much rather open up with some patsies for a first time starter but since we are taking the money for the Tennessee game I just hope our staff has him ready.
 
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