Tech's turn at ACC Championship Roulette

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on Dr. Saturday (formerly Sunday Morning QB):

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footba...ulette-Georgia-Tech-s-week-i?urn=ncaaf,116716

Statistically, the Jackets are the most complete team in the conference, not only leading the ACC in rushing -- which you'd expect behind Paul Johnson's flexbone, still producing about 50 runs per game to a dozen passes -- but also in pass efficiency, which you would not expect, especially with two extremely young, run-oriented quarterbacks pulling the trigger on most of those throws. The defense is in the top 20 nationally in every defensive category, and in the top six in pass efficiency, total and scoring D; it's also the best in the country in tackles for loss and the top pass-rushing defense in the ACC. The pressure was always attributed to ex-coordinator Jon Tenuta's aggressive, heavy-blitzing style, but it certainly hasn't followed him to Notre Dame, while the Jackets still thrive in opposing backfields.

Tech wiped out potential upstarts Mississippi State and Duke, came from behind to win tight, tough road games against equals Boston College and Clemson, and Paul Johnson is right on track for all that coach of the year stuff. This has probably been the ACC's best team through the first two months, gimmicky offense, injured quarterbacks and all.
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he said what kind of team plays two d II teams in the same year.......the kind of team that has D-I teams back out of their games with us
 
DeRRtyTree said:
he said what kind of team plays two d II teams in the same year.......the kind of team that has D-I teams back out of their games with us
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yeah, seriously. you think they'd do a little research. although army's not much greater than a 1-AA team...
 
Interesting point...

The pressure was always attributed to ex-coordinator Jon Tenuta's aggressive, heavy-blitzing style, but it certainly hasn't followed him to Notre Dame, while the Jackets still thrive in opposing backfields.
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First off, the guy who wrote this is a chump. He is quite ill-informed.

In regards to the two D-II squads on our schedule .... even after having played two division two teams, our strength of schedule still ranks higher than Oklahoma State, Boise State, Texas Tech, Ball State, Utah, Boston College, and Tulsa. I pulled this data from Sagarin, and I picked these teams because they are all in or close to the BCS top 25.

He doesn't mention that we had our 3rd string QB in the Gardner Webb game either.
 
***Statistically, the Jackets are the most complete team in the conference, not only leading the ACC in rushing -- which you'd expect behind Paul Johnson's flexbone, still producing about 50 runs per game to a dozen passes -- but also in pass efficiency, which you would not expect, especially with two extremely young, run-oriented quarterbacks pulling the trigger on most of those throws. ***

Dr. Saturday continues to show a clear misunderstanding about CPJs offense. GT rates out well in pass efficiency because the offense lulls the defense to sleep and then attacks with high percentage throws. Or, in Duke's case, they completely sell out to stop the entire running game and leave Bay-Bay running freely in the secondary. We're not going to rate out well in most passing categories but we should always be near the top in efficiency and YPC. Even with youth at QB.
 
DeRRtyTree said:
he said what kind of team plays two d II teams in the same year.......the kind of team that has D-I teams back out of their games with us
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cajunjacket said:
First off, the guy who wrote this is a chump. He is quite ill-informed.

In regards to the two D-II squads on our schedule .... even after having played two division two teams, our strength of schedule still ranks higher than Oklahoma State, Boise State, Texas Tech, Ball State, Utah, Boston College, and Tulsa. I pulled this data from Sagarin, and I picked these teams because they are all in or close to the BCS top 25.

He doesn't mention that we had our 3rd string QB in the Gardner Webb game either.
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I'll tell you who is ill informed.

People who think we play DII teams.
 
ContactBuzz said:
***Statistically, the Jackets are the most complete team in the conference, not only leading the ACC in rushing -- which you'd expect behind Paul Johnson's flexbone, still producing about 50 runs per game to a dozen passes -- but also in pass efficiency, which you would not expect, especially with two extremely young, run-oriented quarterbacks pulling the trigger on most of those throws. ***

Dr. Saturday continues to show a clear misunderstanding about CPJs offense. GT rates out well in pass efficiency because the offense lulls the defense to sleep and then attacks with high percentage throws. Or, in Duke's case, they completely sell out to stop the entire running game and leave Bay-Bay running freely in the secondary. We're not going to rate out well in most passing categories but we should always be near the top in efficiency and YPC. Even with youth at QB.
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I wonder if this is true. Any support on this from the Navy days? I wonder because there are a lot of west coast style offenses that dink the ball around and have high efficiencies.

Nix likes to throw the low efficiency ball downfield but I would bet there are plenty that should have higher efficiencies than us. Our throws tend to be pretty big throws.
 
cajunjacket said:
Dude seriously you know what we meant, D-IAA or FCS as people refer to it now.
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Yes, we knew what you meant, but you should still use the right term. We would all be pretty pissed if ESPN started referring to our B-backs as fullbacks, even though everyone would know what they meant, and we all get really pissed when media refers to us as "Georgia Tech University," even though that is even more obvious what they mean than the B-back thing. Even though it's apparent what people mean when they say "Division 2," it's still wrong any way you slice it.
 
midatlantech said:
I wonder if this is true. Any support on this from the Navy days? I wonder because there are a lot of west coast style offenses that dink the ball around and have high efficiencies.

Nix likes to throw the low efficiency ball downfield but I would bet there are plenty that should have higher efficiencies than us. Our throws tend to be pretty big throws.
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Navy is currently 8th in the country in passing efficiency (GT 25th) and was 14th in 2007. They were lower in the standings the 2 years prior. Stats here - http://www.ncaa.org/stats/football/footballMenu.html

Remember, the passing efficiency calculation is based on 4 components (YPC, Comp %, TDs, and INTs). In CPJs offense, the YPC will be higher than the average offense, TDs per pass attempt should be higher, INTs per pass attempt should be lower and only completion percentage will be a casualty. In the traditional WCO, YPC is low, TD per pass attempt is low, completion % should be up, and INTs are dependant upon the personnel.

Passing Efficiency Calculation can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_efficiency
 
Correction - anywhere I said YPC should be yards per pass attempt (but the logic still applies).
 
midatlantech said:
I wonder if this is true. Any support on this from the Navy days? I wonder because there are a lot of west coast style offenses that dink the ball around and have high efficiencies.

Nix likes to throw the low efficiency ball downfield but I would bet there are plenty that should have higher efficiencies than us. Our throws tend to be pretty big throws.
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As soon as I read that line about not expecting the high pass efficiency, I know he didn't do his homework. Last year, Navy was 3rd in yards per attempt. I think he's trying to argue that Nesbitt and Shaw are coming along better then expected. But the way our offense is set up, we don't throw much, but when we do, it's a kick to their groin.
 
ContactBuzz said:
Correction - anywhere I said YPC should be yards per pass attempt (but the logic still applies).
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Like when Georgia Tech University's fullback took that dink pass from our extremely old pass-oriented QB to the house against one of those D-II opponents a couple weeks ago.
 
clapper said:
Like when Georgia Tech University's fullback took that dink pass from our extremely old pass-oriented QB to the house against one of those D-II opponents a couple weeks ago.
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Wrong on one count. The YPC thing was an honest mistake. The DII thing is being wrong on purpose, remember?
 
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