Probably the least meaningful loss in years, if you think about it

Well we have 3 top 10 teams left on the schedule. If we win out, I doubt they could keep us out of the playoff.
 
From what I've read, no one is saying the Tech is back to being mediocre. Just simply that we got beat by a very good team that played with a lot of passion and effort, and that maybe losing so many starters off of last year's team took its toll. There hasn't been any slandering of Tech's offensive philosophy, or overall potential under PJ. We are fine as long as we learn from this experience.
 
I don't think that Tech is mediocre. The team was ill prepared and not as motivated as UND. Also, losing starters effects every team, just some deal with it better than others. I still think that everything is still within possibility, just need to perform better.

Nawaab said:
From what I've read, no one is saying the Tech is back to being mediocre. Just simply that we got beat by a very good team that played with a lot of passion and effort, and that maybe losing so many starters off of last year's team took its toll. There hasn't been any slandering of Tech's offensive philosophy, or overall potential under PJ. We are fine as long as we learn from this experience.
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johncu said:
I'm the one who started the "biggest game since" thread, but I agree with the premise of this one. While beating ND would have been huge because it would have put us in the title chase, losing isn't that big of a deal. It literally has zero effect on our ACC goals, other than perhaps motivating the players to learn from their mistakes. Hell, even the CFP playoff is probably still there for us if we rattle off 11 straight. Not that I think we will, but it's nice to still have the stars to shoot for.
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If we're 9 points away from an undefeated season (against a top 10 ND no less) we'll be in the playoff. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's go beat Duke. Most important game of the season.
 
texstinger said:
I love GT as much, if not more, than anyone around.

We, I can not imagine, are ever going to the playoffs without being undeafeated. Not in this current landscape, and not playing an FCS team on the schedule.
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I'd start imagining differently texstinger. This year's schedule is plenty good enough to get GT into the CFB mix, assuming a 2015 ACC-C championship and only one loss to ND in South Bend.

Unless there are four other undefeated Power 5 conference winners, we will have a resume better then anyone in the land including OSU (last year):
Tulane, at Clemson, Pitt, F$U, VT, at Miami, UGA, plus Clemson/FSU/NCSU/BC/UofL in Charlotte.

Not sure why so many folks have this defeatist attitude toward GT. We might have played FCS Alcorn State, but we also played Tulane, at ND, and UGA this year on top of the ACC schedule that already includes Clemson as a permanent crossover. That, by itself, is more impressive then 99.9% of the Power 5 conference teams out there in 2015.

UVa or BYU are probably the only two team out there that can say they have they have a more difficult 2015 schedule then GT.
 
gt_white_gold said:
I don't think that Tech is mediocre. The team was ill prepared and not as motivated as UND. Also, losing starters effects every team, just some deal with it better than others. I still think that everything is still within possibility, just need to perform better.
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Definitely. Last year probably bought us 2 years of goodwill with everyone, so we haven't sunk back into some dark abyss. I promise, if we beat Clemson and FSU, everyone is going to be like, wow look at how much this team has grown since the Notre Dame game. It might be a different story if they played now.
 
coldbeer said:
I'd start imagining differently texstinger. This year's schedule is plenty good enough to get GT into the CFB mix, assuming a 2015 ACC-C championship and only one loss to ND in South Bend.

Unless there are four other undefeated Power 5 conference winners, we will have a resume better then anyone in the land including OSU (last year):
Tulane, at Clemson, Pitt, F$U, VT, at Miami, UGA, plus Clemson/FSU/NCSU/BC/UofL in Charlotte.

Not sure why so many folks have this defeatist attitude toward GT. We might have played FCS Alcorn State, but we also played Tulane, at ND, and UGA this year on top of the ACC schedule that already includes Clemson as a permanent crossover. That, by itself, is more impressive then 99.9% of the Power 5 conference teams out there in 2015.

UVa or BYU are probably the only two team out there that can say they have they have a more difficult 2015 schedule then GT.
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This. The question is not whether we could get in because of our positioning in the football world - that path is clear and straightforward thanks in part to last year's performance. Win the rest of our games, and we're in. We may even get the chance for a rematch with Notre Dame.
 
ee8384 said:
It's the 3-5 years implications of the loss that bother me. Felt like Tech was at the cusp of finally ending all of the media bias against the offense and getting serious consideration from more recruits. Now it will be back to "can't beat good teams" and "high school offense".
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It is what it is. We are what we are. Which isn't half bad when you get down to it.
 
johncu said:
I'm the one who started the "biggest game since" thread, but I agree with the premise of this one. While beating ND would have been huge because it would have put us in the title chase, losing isn't that big of a deal. It literally has zero effect on our ACC goals, other than perhaps motivating the players to learn from their mistakes. Hell, even the CFP playoff is probably still there for us if we rattle off 11 straight. Not that I think we will, but it's nice to still have the stars to shoot for.
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Maybe that is why we lost, eh? Losing isn't that big a deal.
 
Yukonwreck said:
It is what it is. We are what we are. Which isn't half bad when you get down to it.
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We're about twice as good as we are bad. 2-1. Not perfectly good, not by about 50%, but not perfectly bad either, thank god.

edit: You know?
edit 2: Man?
 
ee8384 said:
It's the 3-5 years implications of the loss that bother me. Felt like Tech was at the cusp of finally ending all of the media bias against the offense and getting serious consideration from more recruits. Now it will be back to "can't beat good teams" and "high school offense".
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If we are strong in the second half of the season (like we were last year) with high scoring wins over FSU, VT, Miami, UGA, and a bowl game; the media will be all over the offense again. But for that to happen the perimeter blocking has to improve like Beej67 said.
 
This was a meaningful game because it put us in the national spotlight and gave us the chance to change the perception of the triple option.

A win would have also put us in the conversation for the playoffs, meaning our next games results would have been highlighted in all the sports wrap-ups. We would have also gained a lot of fans from other playoff contenders for exposing Notre Dame.

Let's not pretend this wasn't a big game because we lost.
 
The ND game only becomes meaningful if it comes down to a one-loss, ACC champion GT and a one-loss or two-loss ND vying for a playoff spot (assuming undefeated or one-loss P5 champions across the board).

That said, I didn't see anything on Saturday that would indicate we're capable of running the table. Just beat the next team up and things will take care of themselves.
 
While I agree that we still have a chance, making the playoff seems like a pipe dream having watched the team play Saturday.

Let's just beat Duke.
 
At the end of last season, I don't recall anyone discrediting our offense based on our loss to Duke. Most people's impressions are based on how the team finishes or what they did last week. This December, when they look over Tech's season record and see we lost 30-22 to a top-ten ND team in week 3, it won't have much of a negative effect.
 
ND has to play Clemson next week, who will be looking to make a statement after coming out flat this past week. If Clemson beats ND and we beat Clemson twice (ACCCG), then losing on the road to #8 and winning the 3-way round-robin-tie makes this the most forgivable loss in history, and we can still make the CFP.
 
johncu said:
I'm the one who started the "biggest game since" thread, but I agree with the premise of this one. While beating ND would have been huge because it would have put us in the title chase, losing isn't that big of a deal. It literally has zero effect on our ACC goals, other than perhaps motivating the players to learn from their mistakes. Hell, even the CFP playoff is probably still there for us if we rattle off 11 straight. Not that I think we will, but it's nice to still have the stars to shoot for.
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I think the loss probably improves our chances of beating Duke.

I mean, who here hasn't seen that happen before? Win some major game and then bork up the next one because we look past our next opponent and goof off in practice for a week? That's Tech's MO, off and on, since I've been paying attention in the late 90s.

And the Duke game is way more important. I mean hell, we only lost like 5 spots in the polls anyway.
 
aeromech said:
If we are strong in the second half of the season (like we were last year) with high scoring wins over FSU, VT, Miami, UGA, and a bowl game; the media will be all over the offense again. But for that to happen the perimeter blocking has to improve like Beej67 said.
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Rewatching it, the line play has to improve too. In particular, our guys need to know who their assignments are. Most of the time when ND had 3 guys there to tackle us on the triple, at least one of the guys was a missed assignment. You can't run option if 2 playside DLs are turned loose.
 
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