CGC has won 9 of 29...

That's a big hole to climb out of for sure. Get a competent D coordinator and it might happen.
 
The thing that frustrates me is the rate at which our Defense gives up explosion Plays for the other Guys.

My logic is this: if dropping 8 causes us to give up explosion plays, we might as well bring heat and try to force QBs & opposing Offenses into making mistakes, the occasional explosion play can't be worse than the frequent rate at which give up explosion Plays now when we are dropping 8.

When you drop 8 into coverage, there should be zero yds after catch and we should be quick at closing to the ball, that's not happening with our drop8 soft zone defenses.

Just my opinion, tell me if I'm seeing the wrong things
 
GTLiebs said:
Domineck is one I think. Sims does feel improved at this point, if ever so slightly. Carter as well, considering he was recruited for the TO
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Ever so slightly?

Sims has made huge improvements, think about Guys like Rattler and DJ Ukelelei that were talked about being high 1st rounders that have made huge steps back that are surrounded with a lot more than Sims is, we still don't get enough easy high percentage throws to our TEs if Sims had that , he'd be close to an 80% passer, before Duke and a crap game by our OLine he had back2back 70% passing Games (UNC & Pitt)

You're one of those fans that don't want to give Sims credit for anything he does right, but want to give him twice the attention for everything that he soes wrong.

Ask yourself how much worse we'd be with Yates dink & dunk passes and playing for FG position?
 
PressManCoverage said:
Ever so slightly?

Sims has made huge improvements, think about Guys like Rattler and DJ Ukelelei that were talked about being high 1st rounders that have made huge steps back that are surrounded with a lot more than Sims is, we still don't get enough easy high percentage throws to our TEs if Sims had that , he'd be close to an 80% passer, before Duke and a crap game by our OLine he had back2back 70% passing Games (UNC & Pitt)

You're one of those fans that don't want to give Sims credit for anything he does right, but want to give him twice the attention for everything that he soes wrong.

Ask yourself how much worse we'd be with Yates dink & dunk passes and playing for FG position?
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I personally think Sims has improved a fair bit, I could of phrased that better. I kind of meant it as even those who are most bearish on Sims have to admit there had been some degree of improvement. We can quibble on how much, but it definitely isn't 0.
 
gtGreg768b said:
I thought we played pretty well today on offense and special teams. Making it interesting at the end saved the game for me. Tech football is not in a shambles.
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The blocked XP is frustrating and the punting is pretty mediocre, but the kickoffs were good and the onside kicks were great.

JRjr
 
bonham said:
How in the world can you say we're in shambles? We are improving. Just not there yet.

We got beat by a better team. It happens.
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Not sure I will admit they are a better team, it seems they have Players that care more about Playing the Game the right way, FB isn't that hard of a Game for our Players to make so many Mental Mistakes and play with such poor fundamentals, consider that a lot of these Guys have gotten instructions on correct fundamentals since HS, that means our Guys on the field have been taught the right way to play Defense for 7 to 9 years straight at minimum
 
PressManCoverage said:
Not sure I will admit they are a better team, it seems they have Players that care more about Playing the Game the right way, FB isn't that hard of a Game for our Players to make so many Mental Mistakes and play with such poor fundamentals, consider that a lot of these Guys have gotten instructions on correct fundamentals since HS, that means our Guys on the field have been taught the right way to play Defense for 7 to 9 years straight at minimum
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UVA has put up points and yards against every team they've played. They are a top 5 offense in FBS. I know we absolutely hate giving other teams credit around here, but they are very good offensively.
 
PressManCoverage said:
Ever so slightly?

Sims has made huge improvements, think about Guys like Rattler and DJ Ukelelei that were talked about being high 1st rounders that have made huge steps back that are surrounded with a lot more than Sims is, we still don't get enough easy high percentage throws to our TEs if Sims had that , he'd be close to an 80% passer, before Duke and a crap game by our OLine he had back2back 70% passing Games (UNC & Pitt)

You're one of those fans that don't want to give Sims credit for anything he does right, but want to give him twice the attention for everything that he soes wrong.

Ask yourself how much worse we'd be with Yates dink & dunk passes and playing for FG position?
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The interception was awful, game changing, mind numbingly bad throw. I have no idea what he was looking at or what he saw. Sims needs to take that out of his game.

If that throw doesn't happen, and we score a TD on that drive. I think we are sitting here now saying Sims had a brilliant game - maybe his best at Tech. A few of the incomplete passes were drops and should have been caught.

In the first two drives we were running zone read and he kept the ball 4 or 5 times. We moved the ball with ease. After the second TD, Sims stop keeping the ball and didn't run again that I can recall until the touchdown drive late in the game. Why? I need to go back and watch, but I think this is a classic case of us going away from what was working.

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fatmike91 said:
The interception was awful, game changing, mind numbingly bad throw. I have no idea what he was looking at or what he saw. Sims needs to take that out of his game.

If that throw doesn't happen, and we score a TD on that drive. I think we are sitting here now saying Sims had a brilliant game - maybe his best at Tech. A few of the incomplete passes were drops and should have been caught.

In the first two drives we were running zone read and he kept the ball 4 or 5 times. We moved the ball with ease. After the second TD, Sims stop keeping the ball and didn't run again that I can recall until the touchdown drive late in the game. Why? I need to go back and watch, but I think this is a classic case of us going away from what was working.

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Gibbs was averaging 5ypc before his long run, maybe Sims giving the ball to Gibbs & Mason was the right read?
 
fatmike91 said:
The interception was awful, game changing, mind numbingly bad throw. I have no idea what he was looking at or what he saw. Sims needs to take that out of his game.

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Didn't they have to go 75-80 yds after that INT?

Yet you call it game changing, so you have no expectations for our Defense to just maybe stop a Team from driving the length of the field?

Do you hold all 22 positions to the same Standard of performance that you hold Sims to?

Remember in College they all get the same scholarship, this isn't like the NFL where the QB takes up 15 to 20% of the Salary Cap by himself!

Why don't you call out other positions and other players the same way you do Sims?
 
Center snaps this season are much cleaner. Last season, the mesh timing was screwed up quite a bit with low/high snaps. We had several fumbles last season due to errant snaps
 
The offense is improving. They are under pressure because the defense is not capable of defending against the pass. This is reminiscent of the previous regime but their weakness was more balanced.
Our best defense last night was the onside kick. We finally have a kicker who can put it through the end zone but that just gives the opposing team the opportunity for longer drives. I believe we would have better results with onside kicks every tine and going on fourth every time it is less than five yards. It seems we have been in this position for over 10 years.
 
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