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Yukonwreck

Yukonwreck

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Who to watch: Stopping the Georgia Tech ground game is all about discipline, fundamentals, and keeping assignments. Virginia Tech has the type of defenders that should do well against this type of system. S Kam Chancellor and linebackers Barquell Rivers, Jake Johnson, and Cody Grimm have played a lot of football in Blacksburg and remember allowing 278 yards in this game a year ago. The key will be for Johnson and Rivers, the inside guys, to fill the lanes and limit the number of missed tackles.
What will happen: With so much at stake and so little separating the Techs, the potential is there for a classic on Saturday night. The Hokies and Yellow Jackets will slug it out for 60 minutes, trading blows on offense. When a stop is needed, however, the Georgia Tech defense will fail to come through. While maligned at times as a passer, Taylor just knows how to win games. He'll lead Virginia Tech on the game winning drive, finding WR Jarrett Boykin for the deciding score.
 
I don't know why so many analysts aren't focusing on our crappy defense. If I were an analyst I would pick VT because of our bad defense, not because their defense will stop the option (cuz they won't).
 
I hope the Hokies use last year's game as an indicator of what Tech can do on offense. There's a huge difference in our experience with the TO now. Our defense is worse than last year, but we will put up a lot more yards, especially if VT thinks they can defend us like they did in 2008.
 
It always annoys me when people say things like "_______ just knows how to win." Especially in a game like this. Does Josh not know? :rolleyes:
 
The Jacket said:
It always annoys me when people say things like "_______ just knows how to win." Especially in a game like this. Does Josh not know? :rolleyes:
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It's ad hoc reasoning, and it always works...Because no matter what, Coach (insert name) will win because he simply knows how to. Really poor reasoning, actually.
 
The Jacket said:
It always annoys me when people say things like "_______ just knows how to win." Especially in a game like this. Does Josh not know? :rolleyes:
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You must hate GT fans then. This was a staple of the post-Joe Hamilton years when he couldn't catch on with NFL teams, even though he would do well in NFL Europe and the preseason.
 
TechPhi97 said:
You must hate GT fans then. This was a staple of the post-Joe Hamilton years when he couldn't catch on with NFL teams, even though he would do well in NFL Europe and the preseason.
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Maybe you could squeeze a few more jabs at our fanbase before lunch?
 
The Jacket said:
It always annoys me when people say things like "_______ just knows how to win." Especially in a game like this. Does Josh not know? :rolleyes:
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Great point. Yes Josh does know. And I think our entire team is getting that message from CPJ, i.e, what it takes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to win.
And relative to Tyrod Taylor, we have all seen what can happen when a player tries to do too much on his own. I believe VT has one of those games in them.
 
It's the safe analysis. Our defense doesn't have to match their defense. It only needs to stop VT 3 or 4 times more than VT stops us. We might be in trouble if this turns out to be a 10-7 type game, but I don't think it will be. If it becomes a game like FSU or Miss State the pressure on TT to hold service will be their undoing.
 
Yukonwreck said:
It's the safe analysis. Our defense doesn't have to match their defense. It only needs to stop VT 3 or 4 times more than VT stops us. We might be in trouble if this turns out to be a 10-7 type game, but I don't think it will be. If it becomes a game like FSU or Miss State the pressure on TT to hold service will be their undoing.
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Yuke, you are quickly becoming an optimist. You're gonna ruin your bad reputation.
 
1999 all over again. Plain and simple, no one will stop our offense barring injuries to main players. If the D steps it up any, and I mean any, watch out for PJ to unleash hell on Beamer and Co.
 
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