Collins will be the coach

[RussianOffense]

If the hiring does indeed happen today, it would take place 11 years ago to the day that Paul Johnson was hired -December 7, 2007.

December 7, 2018, a date which will hopefully not live in infamy

 

[gnats67]

Great hire!

Methinks T-Stan got this one right. Good job!

 

[floridajacket]

This is a "I predict coach will be hired" thread and not a fake "coach has been hired" thread.

That said, I have noted the OP's predictions and will be back here next Monday for... evaluation.

Guess it checked out, and/or it was lucky.

 

[GT98]

The money's never the problem... it's always the winning.

Money has been a problem for support staff. GT has been woefully deficit when it comes to recruiting staff, $ for assistant coaches, etc. TStan (and someone wake up prez bud) needs to step up with better resources.

 

[684Bee]

finally...good hire...now it comes down to good asst's and continue to improve school support.

Also fans buying tickets, showing up, donating, etc.

 

[MSCI99]

If Graham/Johnson are already pegged 1st/2nd on the depth chart - where does TO fit in? Does he move to WR/RB? or JMU? He did good things when the ball was in his hands, I hope we can find a place for him. Not so much when the ball left his hands.

 

[DressCheeseSideSeaboard]

Friday is the new Thursday.

 

[OmnipoTech]

Sucks for all of our A-backs, but my hope is that they can either find spots in the secondary or they transfer and open up some more spots for recruiting. Unfortunately the same thing for Oliver, or maybe he can run Wildcat or be a WR or something. He's a baller that I wish had been the starter all season, I don't know what we do with him in a new offense though.

 

[cyptomcat]

The first thing fans are going to miss is constantly going for it on 4th and short and knowing you are going to make it.

It doesnt take a lot of watching other teams to know how rare that actually is.

The other frustration will be seeing fails from the shotgun on the goalline.

2018 4th down stats:

GT attempted 28, made 14
Temple attempted 24, made 13

Shout out to Army: 30/33 for the best rate by far

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/700/p2

 

[JJacket]

If Graham/Johnson are already pegged 1st/2nd on the depth chart - where does TO fit in? Does he move to WR/RB? or JMU? He did good things when the ball was in his hands, I hope we can find a place for him. Not so much when the ball left his hands.

We can't really say how any of them throw the ball based on the limited sample size we have. I always showed up early to games and watched warm ups, but it is hard to tell just from drills who throws any better than the other. However, based on HS film and what I saw before he got hurt, Lucas Johnson has the best arm

 

[JJacket]

2018 4th down stats:

GT attempted 28, made 14
Temple attempted 24, made 13

Shout out to Army: 30/33 for the best rate by far

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/700/p2

Hopefully, we just convert every third down. Even better to convert every second down. Even better to convert every first down. Even better to get a TDET

 

[RussianOffense]

2018 4th down stats:

GT attempted 28, made 14
Temple attempted 24, made 13

Shout out to Army: 30/33 for the best rate by far

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/team/700/p2

3rd down efficiency is better stat to compare. Teams usually don't attempt 4th down conversions unless they're close enough that they can think they can make it

Temple had fewer 4th down attempts despite many more possessions