CPJ post game

[18in32]

We got blown out by Duke. Your argument is invalid.

We beat Pitt by 18, they beat Pitt by 3. We lost to Clemson by 14, they beat Clemson by 3. We lost to Miami by 1, they lost to Miami by 8. We beat Wake by 14, they lost to Wake by 19.

Now that I look at it... a classic ACC Wheel of Destiny match-up. I can almost see Reece spinning the wheel now.

 

[LaFlavor]

VT was overrated. Look at it this way: VT lost to a team that lost to Tennessee. A UT team that got blown out at home by Vanderbilt. A UT team that for the first time ever didn't win a single SEC game.

That same VT team beat UVA 10-0.

I think in a lot of ways, this and all that follows, miss my point.

VT was certainly overrated, but Duke was flat-out atrocious. They were, simply, a bad team. The point is in the difference in the way our guys played the two games. It's like something happened during the week between VT and Duke, so instead of building on the momentum and dismantling Duke, which is what happens in any normal timeline, we go out and play patty cake with them and get obliterated. It's impossible to overstate just how embarrassing that game was on both sides of the ball. Any argument over whether the offense or defense was worse is academic. We certainly didn't look like world beaters against VT, but we looked like we belonged on the field with them. We didn't look like we belonged on the field with Duke. I can't imagine what could cause that sort of 180° in play.

 

[18in32]

I can't imagine what could cause that sort of 180° in play.

And (apparently) neither can our coaching staff. Does such lack of imagination disqualify one from being on our staff?

 

[LaFlavor]

And (apparently) neither can our coaching staff. Does such lack of imagination disqualify one from being on our staff?

If not, sign me up.

On a related note, is Derrick Moore still with the team?

 

[18in32]

If not, sign me up.

On a related note, is Derrick Moore still with the team?

I have not heard that he left, and I think I would've heard.

 

[H-town]

I think in a lot of ways, this and all that follows, miss my point.

VT was certainly overrated, but Duke was flat-out atrocious. They were, simply, a bad team. The point is in the difference in the way our guys played the two games. It's like something happened during the week between VT and Duke, so instead of building on the momentum and dismantling Duke, which is what happens in any normal timeline, we go out and play patty cake with them and get obliterated. It's impossible to overstate just how embarrassing that game was on both sides of the ball. Any argument over whether the offense or defense was worse is academic. We certainly didn't look like world beaters against VT, but we looked like we belonged on the field with them. We didn't look like we belonged on the field with Duke. I can't imagine what could cause that sort of 180° in play.

Lack of leadership among the players?