asharp12587
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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.
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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.
Is uga in the top 10 3 times? Man, that sec bias...
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'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.
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.
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.
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.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.
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".
Maybe that is why we lost, eh? Losing isn't that big a deal.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.
It is what it is. We are what we are. Which isn't half bad when you get down to it.
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".
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.
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.