698 yards of offense

[RamblinWreck92]

I haven’t gone back and looked at the call. I’m going off of what others have said. And was it Dodd who said it would be better to have died as a small child than to fumble the football?

And on the poor kickoff coverage, CPJ indicated that we had breakdowns twice in a row on the very fundamental aspects of kick coverage. We’ve discussed before that we need a special teams coach but it sounds like we still don’t have one?

there's no chance in hell CPJ is NOT running no-fumble drills - he's got to be sick of this shit. Frankly, not sure what more he can do in that arena. But damn, it does get old.

For all the talk about how this offense doesn't turn the ball over more than other schemes, it sure as öööö puts the ball on the ground in the 4th qtr an exorbitant amount of the time.

no idea on the ST guy but we clearly need help.

 

[GTplusCPJequalsSuccess]

This is utterly stupid:

1. Our center missed the entire game; the backup played.
2. The backup QB did an excellent job, but if you think that was sustainable for the rest of the game, you’re an idiot. No, the starter came back and did a fine job, got us to the red zone when a usually reliable back fumbled.
3. There’s a reason Benson is the starter. Mason did fine, but not having Benson hurt us in a number of ways.

Try again.

Ok. I’m pretty sure that Lee said while he practiced THE ENTIRE FALL CAMP at center that he enjoyed center the best and by all accounts he was doing well at it. Out of fall camp he was our starter. Whether you want to believe that or not is your own issue.

Why would he not be able to sustain that? Putting a hobbled QB to run the option was better? TM was lucky AF his stupid late pitch was ruled a forward pass. He was slow and tentative after being injured running. Not to mention his awesome “passing” there late in the clown show.

Mason nearly broke a TD run. It was at least a 40 yarder. Not sure why you think he cost us the game.

Quit making excuses. You are allowed to expect better.

 

[coit]

Ok. I’m pretty sure that Lee said while he practiced THE ENTIRE FALL CAMP at center that he enjoyed center the best and by all accounts he was doing well at it. Out of fall camp he was our starter. Whether you want to believe that or not is your own issue.

Why would he not be able to sustain that? Putting a hobbled QB to run the option was better? TM was lucky AF his stupid late pitch was ruled a forward pass. He was slow and tentative after being injured running. Not to mention his awesome “passing” there late in the clown show.

Mason nearly broke a TD run. It was at least a 40 yarder. Not sure why you think he cost us the game.

Quit making excuses. You are allowed to expect better.

Dude, come on. Lee is snapping because of the injury to Cooper. Do you follow the team or just complain about CPJ?

https://www.ajc.com/sports/college/...re-georgia-tech-notes/8xDURBqkPcvJW1WNCgPQFN/

 

[texstinger]

Do you honestly believe that our HC doesn’t care about defense? I just don’t think we have the money or recruiting abilities to attract a competitive DC.

Too many decent D players want nothing to do practicing vs the TO.

Justified or not, it is very easy for other schools to recruit against this nonsense that we put our D players thru.

And kids are smart. The fact that they practice against scout teams running other Os is mute. We all admit we can’t recruit enough good players to win big, so that makes our scout teams even worse. And those players were recruited to run the TO.

We are running a program guided by insane principles and philosophies.

It is not hard to see.

 

[beej67]

The holding call looked legit. Blaming the refs is tired.

The fumble sucked - this team does that too often though. Seems less a fluke and more of a trend of sorts. CPJ sounded exasperated in the post-game and I can't blame him. This particular group of backs just keep putting the ball on the ground at the worst of times.

Could it be psychological?

 

[RamblinWreck92]

Could it be psychological?

unknown. Last year's UT fumble and yesterday's were NOT the result of a bone-crushing ball-jarring tackle though. They just put the ööööing ball on the ground. I don't get it and frankly, don't blame CPJ. You're a goddamned junior/senior RB. Don't ööööing fumble the ball.

 

[andrew]

The fact that they practice against scout teams running other Os is mute.

 

[texstinger]

I wonder how many teams have given up two consecutive KRs for TDs, had two defensive starters ejected for non-targeting, lost their QB, center, and tailback, and won.

Good question.

But how many other teams give up 2 KO for TD, run an O almost guaranteed to get QB hurt at some point, loses OL constantly due to a punk azz, dirty OL coach?

 

[beej67]

Good question.

But how many other teams give up 2 KO for TD, run an O almost guaranteed to get QB hurt at some point, loses OL constantly due to a punk azz, dirty OL coach?

I don't think our offense gets QBs hurt any more than dropback offenses do. Those kids get teed off on.

 

[18in32]

Good question.

But how many other teams give up 2 KO for TD, run an O almost guaranteed to get QB hurt at some point, loses OL constantly due to a punk azz, dirty OL coach?

What? Why do you think Sewak is a dirty punk?

 

[18in32]

And was it Dodd who said it would be better to have died as a small child than to fumble the football?

Heisman

 

[txsting]

It reminded me of the Tennessee game last year, except South Florida is no Tennessee.

Correct. USF was way better than the champions of life.

 

[JJacket]

Funny I said during our game last week that Alcorn was making a mistake fair catching the ball.

GT would be the biggest beneficiary of eliminating kickoffs in CFB

 

[GTplusCPJequalsSuccess]

Too many decent D players want nothing to do practicing vs the TO.

Justified or not, it is very easy for other schools to recruit against this nonsense that we put our D players thru.

And kids are smart. The fact that they practice against scout teams running other Os is mute. We all admit we can’t recruit enough good players to win big, so that makes our scout teams even worse. And those players were recruited to run the TO.

We are running a program guided by insane principles and philosophies.

It is not hard to see.

Finally someone else who can see the forest through the trees

 

[aeromech]

They're probably the second or third best team in Florida. They're obviously no UCF but they're clearly better than FSU and Miami.

They lost at UCF 49-42 last year; so they kind of are like UCF. I would say they are better than UF or FSU; probably better than Miami.

 

[vapspwi]

Could it be psychological?

I'm not even kidding when I say that, at the start of the drive that ended in Searcy's fumble, I thought "we're going to fumble on this drive - it's inevitable, we haven't lost one today, and we're totally due for one." I debated saying it out loud but didn't want to jinx it. Sometimes you can just feel that sort of thing coming, and I don't think it was just pessimism. I've seen enough GT football at this point to know that of COURSE we were going to fumble that drive away.

JRjr

 

[DressCheeseSideSeaboard]

I'm not even kidding when I say that, at the start of the drive that ended in Searcy's fumble, I thought "we're going to fumble on this drive - it's inevitable, we haven't lost one today, and we're totally due for one." I debated saying it out loud but didn't want to jinx it. Sometimes you can just feel that sort of thing coming, and I don't think it was just pessimism. I've seen enough GT football at this point to know that of COURSE we were going to fumble that drive away.

JRjr

So, this was all your fault.

 

[beej67]

I'm not even kidding when I say that, at the start of the drive that ended in Searcy's fumble, I thought "we're going to fumble on this drive - it's inevitable, we haven't lost one today, and we're totally due for one." I debated saying it out loud but didn't want to jinx it. Sometimes you can just feel that sort of thing coming, and I don't think it was just pessimism. I've seen enough GT football at this point to know that of COURSE we were going to fumble that drive away.

JRjr

Right, okay, I had the same anxiety.

If the players have that kind of anxiety, then does having that anxiety increase the chance they fumble the ball away?

If true, then maybe we can explain this garbage with psychology instead of voodoo.

 

[18in32]

Right, okay, I had the same anxiety.

If the players have that kind of anxiety, then does having that anxiety increase the chance they fumble the ball away?

If true, then maybe we can explain this garbage with psychology instead of voodoo.

Psychology is just measured voodoo.

 

[vapspwi]

Right, okay, I had the same anxiety.

If the players have that kind of anxiety, then does having that anxiety increase the chance they fumble the ball away?

If true, then maybe we can explain this garbage with psychology instead of voodoo.

Back when we used to make the baseball postseason from time to time, I've never seen a clearer example of a team getting into its own heads than a GT-U[sic]GA regional or super regional at Tech. We made dumb, uncharacteristic errors all over the place in that game. Definitely seemed like the anxiety was getting the best of us.

I don't know if we need a sports psychologist (a la John Smoltz back in the day), or just need to make some plays and build up a little bit of confidence or "swagger." There was a recent thread that suggested that the pressure of having to score every time with no margin for error was perhaps weighing on the offense, and maybe there's something to that.

JRjr