Gailey-ball at its peak vs the Mutts

[JoltinJacket]

Here are some random stats that don't mean much...

As far as points are concerned, our numbers look like this: 12, 7, 13, 17, 7. An average of 11.2 pts/gm, or an average margin of defeat of more than 15 pts/gm, whichever you prefer.

Chan's teams have had a lead on Georgia only twice in five years, and it took until the 4th game do it for the first time. In 2005, Tech led 7-0 for exactly 4 minutes before surrendering a tying TD. Last year, we led twice (3-0, 12-7) for a total of 21:20.

So, out of 300 total minutes in the last 5 UGAg games, we have led for 8% of the time (and 0% when it matters most).

 

[JTS]

12 + 7 + 13 + 17 + 7 = 56

56 / 5 = 11.20 points for game

It still sux.

 

[FryTownJACKET]

When you shut down your offense once you get inside the 35 your gonna get numbers like that. Just once I would love for us to say WTF and just let it go. Want it more than them and play to WIN the game and see what happens.

 

[JacketIM]

Going for it is a must. In the five games against the mutts thus far in the ccg tenure we have scored, I believe, 6 tds. 3 (1 in 2002 and 2 in 2003) were under the quarterbacking of the much maligned A. J. Suggs. The other 3 were one in each of 2204, 2005, and 2006 with rb at qb. That's 6 tds in 300 minutes of football, or one every 50 minutes.

One td is not going to do it for us against the mutts. We have got to take it all the way to the house, and do it often, or we'll get blown out of our own house.

 

[B]

Assume Gailey knows his job is on the...

When you shut down your offense once you get inside the 35 your gonna get numbers like that. Just once I would love for us to say WTF and just let it go. Want it more than them and play to WIN the game and see what happens.

line. will that induce the WTF philosophy? Or he does he stick to what he knows? I am keenly interested in how Gailey prepares for this game. Like a Super Bowl, it's for all the marbles.

I thought the play-calling in the last 2 minutes last weeks was CRAZY stupid. Sheer madness or genius one.It was against the book but it worked...was the play calling then affected by the conscience or sub-conscience(sp?) feeling of one's job on the line? Let's go down swinging, Chan,Tenuta and Bond!

 

[ncjacket]

Re: Assume Gailey knows his job is on the...

The thing I'll never understand about Chan is that he'll run pretty much anything in our defensive end of the field, witness passing against UNC backed up on our goal line, but in the scoring zone he won't do anything to jeopardize that FG attempt. It's killing us in terms of converting TDs in the red zone again this year.

 

[B]

You are right on about that...

The thing I'll never understand about Chan is that he'll run pretty much anything in our defensive end of the field, witness passing against UNC backed up on our goal line, but in the scoring zone he won't do anything to jeopardize that FG attempt. It's killing us in terms of converting TDs in the red zone again this year.

we are different on offense depending on field position. I think we would all like to go for 7 more in the end zone. The best line I've heard about playcalling over the last several years is "it's like watching a kid calling plays on a video game." There is never a sense of an overall strategy or purpose that we had under Coach Friedgen or even the D has under Tenuta (whether or not you "like" these guys or their coaching philosophies)

Will he change it up Saturday? Does knowing your job is on the line bring a renewed sense of urgency.

 

[00Burdell]

When you shut down your offense once you get inside the 35...

The number of pages in our playbook correllates nicely with our distance from paydirt.

And you are right. The hardest first down in football is where the first down marker is inside the ten. And we never fail to suck our nads into our abdomen as soon as we smell endzone.

Its like our playcalling is backwards. The plays we run inside our own 20 are the ones we should be calling inside the red zone and vice versa.

But it won't be playcalling alone that allows us to move the chains against Georgia. It will take crisp execution and perfect timing. *Gulp.*