Duke prediction thread

Yellow Pantaloons said:
GT's offense is still a huge question mark because they are so inconsistent. For the second year in a row the defense is more consistent and reliable, which I thought would never occur under a CPJ coached team. This game is a toss up. Wouldn't surprise if me GT won or lost.
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Consistently bad, maybe. We can rely on them not to force the opposition to punt more than twice. I love CPJ, but this defense is par for the course. The only reason we're giving up less points is because of our extremely slow pace on both sides of the ball. We run the ball to keep the clock moving, let the play clock go almost all the way down every play, and grind out lots of long drives. Defensively, our bend-but-don't-break style also creates long possessions because we can't get the opposition off the field. Even if we don't let them in the end zone, they eat up lots of time which even further decreases both teams' possessions.
 
Why does it seem like everyone has a bye week, long week, or a weak d2 option team the weekend before they play us? Am I paranoid or does that seem suspiciously common for us?
 
coit said:
First I've ever heard of this.
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BC - Whole offseason
Vandy - MTSU
Clemson - SC St option team
Miami - App St
Pitt - Marshall
Duke - Bye
UNC - Bye
VT - Duke
UVA - Miami
UGA - Louisiana Lafayette

Of our 10 power 5 opponents, 8 of them have byes or non P5's the week before they play us. If our triple option is supposed to give us an advantage because it's unique and hard to prepare for in 1 week, we really have had that advantage neutralized by the supposed random scheduling process. And I feel like this is the case almost every season.
 
GTMensLax&SoccerD1Soon! said:
BC - Whole offseason
Vandy - MTSU
Clemson - SC St option team
Miami - App St
Pitt - Marshall
Duke - Bye
UNC - Bye
VT - Duke
UVA - Miami
UGA - Louisiana Lafayette

Of our 10 power 5 opponents, 8 of them have byes or non P5's the week before they play us. If our triple option is supposed to give us an advantage because it's unique and hard to prepare for in 1 week, we really have had that advantage neutralized by the supposed random scheduling process. And I feel like this is the case almost every season.
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Dude that was a joke. This is one of our top beaten horse topics.
 
GTMensLax&SoccerD1Soon! said:
BC - Whole offseason
Vandy - MTSU
Clemson - SC St option team
Miami - App St
Pitt - Marshall
Duke - Bye
UNC - Bye
VT - Duke
UVA - Miami
UGA - Louisiana Lafayette

Of our 10 power 5 opponents, 8 of them have byes or non P5's the week before they play us. If our triple option is supposed to give us an advantage because it's unique and hard to prepare for in 1 week, we really have had that advantage neutralized by the supposed random scheduling process. And I feel like this is the case almost every season.
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Well, the scheduling process isn't random, so...
 
Looks like the spread is even. I would have guessed we'd open as 7-10 point favorites to be honest. This is the worst ACC opponent we face and it's for homecoming. 30-17 Tech.
 
gtrower said:
Looks like the spread is even. I would have guessed we'd open as 7-10 point favorites to be honest. This is the worst ACC opponent we face and it's for homecoming. 30-17 Tech.
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Everything I've seen has Tech a 7 point favorite. CPJ will benefit from the bye week to prepare for Duke more than the other way around, and Duke is not very good. I think 7 points is reasonable, but I think we'll win by more.
 
This game is a real toss up in my opinion. It will be won by the team that used the bye week most effectively. That makes me uneasy. The offense has to win this game. Duke is weak on offense; they will score about 20 to 28 on the bend but don't break crew. So, offense, put 30 or more on the board and we win.
 
GTMensLax&SoccerD1Soon! said:
BC - Whole offseason
Vandy - MTSU
Clemson - SC St option team
Miami - App St
Pitt - Marshall
Duke - Bye
UNC - Bye
VT - Duke
UVA - Miami
UGA - Louisiana Lafayette

Of our 10 power 5 opponents, 8 of them have byes or non P5's the week before they play us. If our triple option is supposed to give us an advantage because it's unique and hard to prepare for in 1 week, we really have had that advantage neutralized by the supposed random scheduling process. And I feel like this is the case almost every season.
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Wow. What a bunch of horseshit.
 
Does someone with more time have an idea of how well we've done in past years (regular season games) under CPJ when both us and our opponents have more than 7 days of prep time?
 
Keyser Soze said:
28-21 GT
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Keyser, must you be reminded every year at this time?

Do you know what this image is?

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These are leaves, which have been affected by a change in season. And when this happens, you know what else happens?

That's right, the offense is about to explode. There have been glimpses all season long, but this is the time of year where the spread option offense tends to shape up into beautiful form.

I suggest changing your prediction to something of the tune 42-28. GT rolls, with 339 rushing yards.
 
GTMensLax&SoccerD1Soon! said:
BC - Whole offseason
Vandy - MTSU
Clemson - SC St option team
Miami - App St
Pitt - Marshall
Duke - Bye
UNC - Bye
VT - Duke
UVA - Miami
UGA - Louisiana Lafayette

Of our 10 power 5 opponents, 8 of them have byes or non P5's the week before they play us. If our triple option is supposed to give us an advantage because it's unique and hard to prepare for in 1 week, we really have had that advantage neutralized by the supposed random scheduling process. And I feel like this is the case almost every season.
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Per AJC, in the 9 seasons we've played UNCheat under CPJ (including this season), they've had extra prep time in 5 of those games (also including this season).

Yet we are 5-3 (soon to be 6-3) against them.
 
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