Post-game thoughts

Can someone bump the preseason prediction thread? I can't find it.
 
Perimeter blocking was very good. Pass pro was good again. Only thing not clicking right now is the dive which is probably bc of 8 in the box.

D looked like same old crap on drive 1 but then got much better.

Lots of playmaker on O... not many on D.
 
Our corners don't aggressively go after a pick. May be just the way we are coached. I am surprised we haven't caused more fumbles. We hit hard and put helmet on ball a good bit.
 
JJacket said:
Our corners don't aggressively go after a pick. May be just the way we are coached. I am surprised we haven't caused more fumbles. We hit hard and put helmet on ball a good bit.
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Our corners play a 10 yard cushion on everything.
 
Beat the shit out of a sec team. Time for a challenge in our own league Thursday. Let's get it. We own them clowns in Bobby Dodd.
 
The improvement from the Mercer to the Vandy game was significantly greater than the improvement from the BC to the Mercer game. I thought the first three possessions of the game Tech started to run their base offense with more efficiency than we've seen in a good long while, but it tailed off as the game went along. They have to be able to be efficient in their base offense, especially on first and second downs, if they want to beat teams like Clemson and Miami because it allows them to control the clock and shorten the game and trim the number of possessions their offenses get. It got glossed over by some of the big plays on third and long, but they still need to kick it up a few gears in that department if they want to be a really good team. Perimeter blocking, in particular, needs to get more consistent. They can't keep getting into long yardage situations and expect Thomas to pull a rabbit out of his hat every time now that the schedule is about to get harder.

Brilliant call for Johnson to play action off the toss play after starting the previous two games heavy on toss plays. Loved the call (kind of expected it against Mercer considering Tech started their first 3 possessions against BC with tosses), although I also kind of wish he had saved it for Clemson.

Dedrick Mills is a tough hombre. He runs angry and seems to do a very good job of picking up a couple of extra yards after contact. If he keeps working hard to get better, he's going to grow into an absolute beast in a couple of years and potentially break a few Tech rushing records along the way. He and Marshall are going to have to two of the baddest men on the field Thursday night if Tech's going to beat Clemson.

I've been pretty pleased with the run defense adjustments. BC and Vandy both try to play a pretty physical style, and Tech didn't embarrass themselves in run defense in either game. Struggled a little early in run defense in both games, maybe, but made good adjustments in both games. Tech's done a good job against the run and getting into third and longs in the first three games, which leads to the next point...

The pass rush is dreadful. Every once in a while Simmons or one of the other linemen might have a good individual effort, but as a group they just don't get anything consistently and with Roof playing that soft zone behind them, if they don't get push, Tech's giving up 10-20 yard chunks every time against a competent offense. I expected a guy like Keshun Freeman to be further along as a pass rusher by this point in his development. If this keeps up, Roof's going to have to blitz more, which carries the threat of giving up more explosive plays against. If they had gotten any kind of consistent pass rush against Vandy, they would've gotten picks in bunches because Vandy's QB is garbage and on the spare times Tech did put pressure on him he got very inaccurate.
 
I assume Vandy is more talented than Mercer, especially on defense. The Mike LB for Vandy was 1st-team SEC last year.

I was worried when CPJ was saying things like "blocking the wrong guys" and "wrong reads" after the BC and Mercer games. I feared it wouldn't be ironed out by later games. But hopefully that was actually good news, where the offense had many more possible big plays against BC and Mercer if they did slightly better execution.
 
The pieces are falling together. This team has a ton of potential. With JT at the helm and healthy players, we can win a lot of games.
 
Adams is a beast, first legitimate nose tackle I can remember us having since..ever? It will be hard to keep him off the field..he swallows the middle of the line.
 
I like what David Pollack had to say before the game on Gameday: "Well, we know which team (Vandy) will be fielding the best defense in that one."
 
The improvement we've made over the last 3 weeks is nice to see. A number of folks have commented on our passing game and I agree, it's much improved. Having a more balanced attack is a big weapon, don't know if we've ever really had that with CPJ.

I am still concerned/confused about our O line blocking. There were a few plays today where the mesh got blown up because a defensive tackle or MLB was standing in the back field off the snap, virtually untouched. How does that happen, and happen more than once? There was also a play late second quarter, 3rd and long, where we hit Mills on a screen. It had first down written all over it but the line didn't get out to block for him. CPJ was on their a**es on the way back to the bench, telling them to go hit somebody.

Defensively, we always seem to start slow. And for us especially, it seems that we play best once we get up by more than a possession and teams are in more obvious passing situations. We seem to get coverage sacks later in the game. Otherwise, I think the D looks good. Major test Thursday.
 
wesleyd21 said:
I like what David Pollack had to say before the game on Gameday: "Well, we know which team (Vandy) will be fielding the best defense in that one."
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Heard that too. That Bear dude also betted against us too.
 
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