BILL CONNELLY'S 130-TEAM PREVIEW, 2018 (Georgia Tech)

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Paul Johnson’s Georgia Tech is building for the future, but we’ll see if he reaches it

The Yellow Jackets face a murderous schedule and might need another year for a great young defensive coordinator to figure things out.

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Head coach: Johnson (76-54, 11th year)

2017 record and S&P+ ranking: 5-6 (73rd)

Projected 2018 record and S&P+ ranking: 5-7 (53rd)


Five key points:

  1. Since winning 11 games in 2014, Tech has played below the ACC average for three straight years.
  2. Johnson just signed his best recruiting class in years and might have nailed his defensive coordinator hire, bringing in former App State DC Nate Woody.
  3. Woody could find some disruptive pieces, but they’ll probably be pretty young. It might take him a year to figure things out.
  4. The offense should have all the health and experience it lacked last season. We’ll find out how good QB TaQuon Marshall is — last year was inconclusive.
  5. The schedule features four likely losses, two likely wins, and six games projected within eight points. A decent year is possible, but a big season will have to wait.
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https://www.sbnation.com/college-fo...ia-tech-football-2018-preview-schedule-roster
 
Somebody tell me how 2016 was below the ACC average. I'll hang up and listen.
They’re big into S&P+. In 2016, 8 ACC teams finished ahead of us in overall S&P+. Therefore, we were below average.
 
I still don't get how Clemson is rated higher than the Dwags but our win probability is higher vs Clemson.

And I disagree entirely with the win probabilities against Pitt, Louisville and VT.
 
I still don't get how Clemson is rated higher than the Dwags but our win probability is higher vs Clemson.

Probably due to our recent success in Sanford. It's babytown frolics over there.
 
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I still don't get how Clemson is rated higher than the Dwags but our win probability is higher vs Clemson.

And I disagree entirely with the win probabilities against Pitt, Louisville and VT.
I really don’t get why others think the Louisville game is an automatic L. They have no Lamar Jackson anymore and I don’t know if they have any option experience on defense.
I see this turning out like our trip to Miss State back in 09
 
Probably due to our recent success in Sanford. It's babytown frolics over there.
I think that is backwards.

Clemson's team is ranked higher than the Dwags so our win probability should be higher versus the Dwags. Add in our recent success in Athens and it should be higher still. But, its lower and I don't understand why.

Clemson is ranked 3rd in their poll and they assign us a 13% chance of winning;

The Dwags are ranked 6th in their poll and they assign us an 11% chance of winning.

So, given that, who would they say would win between Clemson and the Dwags?
 
I really don’t get why others think the Louisville game is an automatic L. They have no Lamar Jackson anymore and I don’t know if they have any option experience on defense.
I see this turning out like our trip to Miss State back in 09

Agreed - I think Puke will be a tougher W than either the Chokies or Losersville.
 
I really don’t get why others think the Louisville game is an automatic L. They have no Lamar Jackson anymore and I don’t know if they have any option experience on defense.
I see this turning out like our trip to Miss State back in 09

They weren't even any good when they had Lamar Jackson.
 
Agreed - I think Puke will be a tougher W than either the Chokies or Losersville.

Don’t sleep on VT. They have done well in conference. Roof’s defense mystified Feunte. Who knows how the new D matches up.
 
Don’t sleep on VT. They have done well in conference. Roof’s defense mystified Feunte. Who knows how the new D matches up.
If Fuente can't figure out Roof's D, his seat is hotter than Valdosta sidewalk in August.
 
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