Positives?

It’s appropriate to be cautious, as this is still a rebuilding program. Things could still get sideways. However, that was a team out there Friday night, not a bunch of look at me narcissists. They played hard and threw a lot out there, and they’re still all learning the system.

My approach, FWIW, is to give it time. CBF used a bunch of players and called a wide variety of plays. He saw what we executed well and what we did not. Now they know what needs work and what needs to be a bigger part of the plan for the next game.

I hate to lose, but this was the very first game of the new regime and it was against a quality opponent, not UT-Martin. I also recall losing the first game of the 1989 and 1998 seasons and what those turned out to be.
 
There were positives but I’m not ready to talk about them. Haha.

We should have won the game, and honestly it shouldn’t have been that close. That’s the biggest positive and the biggest negative.
 
I feel good about our program's trajectory. We will have ups and downs this season and that game was a microcosm of the entire season to come. Plus, weird things can happen in an opener. Some of our best seasons in history came after an opening season loss. Anyone down on the team after this game is really short sighted.
 
Vespidie said:
In a way, I think Game 1 scheduling was more positive than not. I'd rather play an equal or greater opponent to gain a real perspective of where our team is overall versus playing a cupcake that we beat by >30, and don't really find out where our guys need work.
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Well I agree. But Collins had to have the cupcake so he could have a 50% chance of winning one game on the year
 
Tampa Jacket said:
28-7 —-ESPN prediction 89% GT win, to losing. That’s coaching.
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The only problem with this post is it was NEVER 28-7. We managed a 28-13 lead right before the half. I’d be amazed if that equated to an 89% win probability.
 
I abhor the rebuilding excuse. In this era of college football, that is no longer an excuse. We’ve been “rebuilding” since CPJ. Time to stop using that lame excuse. You can reload an entire team in less than 6 months. Look at Colorado.
 
Liberty said:
The only problem with this post is it was NEVER 28-7. We managed a 28-13 lead right before the half. I’d be amazed if that equated to an 89% win probability.
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I think when we had the ball after they kicked to make it 28-16 it was an 89% win. Maybe at the start of the 3rd quarter.
 
Keep a few things in mind. You can do walk-throughs and drills and film study after practices and not feel the speed of live action until your first game. You have new players, new coaches, and new offensive and defensive schemes. The offense and defense will start to gel. The coaches will make adjustments. The improvement from game one to game two will be big. Even in the first game they were two missed field goals possibly a third before the fumble on the sack from winning the game. You have different combinations of player personnel on the field that they are experimenting with. This is a well coached team I believe, and we will see this as a season progresses. Sixty ninutes of full contact goes a lot farther than a few minutes of scrimmage at half speed with skill players wearing red helmet covers knowing they won't be lit up.
 
RaiderJacket said:
Keep a few things in mind. You can do walk-throughs and drills and film study after practices and not feel the speed of live action until your first game. You have new players, new coaches, and new offensive and defensive schemes. The offense and defense will start to gel. The coaches will make adjustments. The improvement from game one to game two will be big. Even in the first game they were two missed field goals possibly a third before the fumble on the sack from winning the game. You have different combinations of player personnel on the field that they are experimenting with. This is a well coached team I believe, and we will see this as a season progresses. Sixty ninutes of full contact goes a lot farther than a few minutes of scrimmage at half speed with skill players wearing red helmet covers knowing they won't be lit up.
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You just named exactly what Louisville did DURING the game, not waiting until between games. That’s why their coaches won and our coaches lost.
 
GTCrew4b said:
I’m very supportive of your decision to come out of the closet when you’re ready.
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If you mean I’m gay, I am actually a little bi-curious but have yet to act upon such.
If you mean I am not a Tech fan then I have spent a lot of money being a season ticket holder for the past 17 years.
 
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