This year has been confusing

gth874t said:
What's great is UNC has this illegal advantage and STILL got blown out at home by VPI this weekend! :lol2:
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What's our excuses for VT, Duke, and UVA? I just want to be prepared.

Here's what I'm thinking:
VT - recruits really like Metallica. How can we compete with that?
Duke - Building an ice cream parlor in their new locker room. More commitment.
UVA - Thomas Jefferson. Enough said.
 
Diseqc said:
What's our excuses for VT, Duke, and UVA? I just want to be prepared.

Here's what I'm thinking:
VT - recruits really like Metallica. How can we compete with that?
Duke - Building an ice cream parlor in their new locker room. More commitment.
UVA - Thomas Jefferson. Enough said.
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:lol2:

We'll beat Duke and UVA so not gonna focus on those. Not at all confident about VPI game though - I'll go with "their head coach has a Spanish-sounding name, clearly exercised his Hispanic Privilege to pull out a W".
 
I guess we're basically a 6-6/7-5 team on talent level. There wasn't much to separate Pitt and us, and really not too much to separate Miami from us either. The results might differ a little one way or the other due to the way the ball bounces and the schedule, but that is about the current talent/experience level. 2015 wasn't as bad as the record indicated, and 2014 wasn't as good.

The rest of the way will be enjoyable though....I certainly feel we have a fighting chance in every game remaining on the schedule and we will fight to make our breaks and maybe scratch out 8 wins. As always, a win over UGA, regardless of the state of their program, can vindicate the entire season.
 
I think we are not as bad as last year, but nowhere near as good as our best years under CPJ. We're probably just a tick worse than the average GT team since the Gailey era began. 6-6, give or take one either way. I was pretty devastated with Saturday's result, but realistically, I don't think covering the spread against Pitt should be the catalyst for unleashing the Tsunami. But a loss to GaSou, Duke or VA, all bets are off.
 
I think its mostly OL and DL/LB issues atm

Too many teams are much bigger than us
 
BuzzCzar said:
I think its mostly OL and DL/LB issues atm

Too many teams are much bigger than us
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Other than #6 for Pitt, there aren't many DL bigger than our OL. It is missed assignments that are the problem. But yes, it is a weakness. I'm not sure about the LB's because the DL isn't giving them space.
 
One thing I've noticed is that GT is playing a tougher second half. Could be wrong, but my impression has been in the past, GT jumped on people in the first quarter, then opponents got a little better handle on defending the option, and Tech would hang on or not. This year seems different. D has given up some points in the second half--but to good offenses: Clemson, Miami, Pitt. All of those were close games against very good teams. Offense is more sound this season (someone will prove me wrong with stats, I'm sure).

Nobody wants moral victories but GT seems very close to me. Team has more fight than last season (my opinion). I don't know the status of the injuries against Pitt, but GSU is a good opportunity to get people healthy and tweak things overall--then maybe have a strong close to the season. Dawgs are certainly beatable this season, particularly if Eason struggles as he did last week. Running game coming around but GT is better against the run than in the past. But what do I know, I'm a "dwag."
 
At the halfway point of the season, there is a lot of disparity in the strength of schedule. NC St and WF are both getting some votes in the rankings, but their records are a bit misleading. NCS is 4-1 with wins over William & Mary, Old Dominion, WF, and ND (in the monsoon), and a loss to East Carolina. WF is an impressive 5-1 with wins over Tulane, Duke, Delaware, Indiana, and Syracuse, and a loss to NCS. Does anybody think that Tech's record wouldn't be as good or better with those schedules at the midpoint of the season? When the season is over, we can judge this team and their opponents fairly, but until then, we don't know how good or bad Tech really is this year.
 
I think this year's team is fairly solid, but just don't see any playmakers on defense--no turnovers, sacks, QB pressures. Gotsis is sorely missed, but so are the DB's we had the past few years--they made game changing plays. I haven't seen anything this year similar to that other than one recovered fumble that wasn't of our doing.
 
What is so confusing about it? Seems pretty status quo to me. Beat some cupcakes early and go on a losing streak. We still need to lose to VT, UNC, UGA, and our bowl game against a weak P5 team to complete the checklist.
 
It is confusing to me because I'm not really sure this team is as bad as the record indicates. Normally we go on the losing streak and we can tell the team sucks but I think this team has a chance to turn it around and finish strong
 
Tshirt Man said:
It is confusing to me because I'm not really sure this team is as bad as the record indicates. Normally we go on the losing streak and we can tell the team sucks but I think this team has a chance to turn it around and finish strong
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I have a feeling we will make a turn around and start winning. At least I hope so!
 
We play 6 games against the Coastal. Good chance that 4-2 will be best record in Coastal, IMO. VT has overall advantage since their out of division games are so weak this year. Things are heating up. Miami has UNC and VT (on 5 days rest) the next two weeks. The rails could come off UNC pretty quick if they follow up the loss to VT with another loss to Miami this weekend. Pitt has a week off to get ready for VT, and I think they are solid enough to take VT in Pittsburgh. Could easily turn into a circular firing squad. We are going to FSU somebody this year like we typically do. VT is the most likely candidate. If they lose to Miami and Pitt, I begin to like our chances.
 
Our offense has shown flashes of dominance, but has been killing itself with unforced turnovers and penalties.
Our defense looks about as good as we've had since '08.
Our special teams are about as good as anybody in the country right now.

This team deserves to be better than 3-3 right now. We're as good as Miami and better than Pitt from what I watched on the field. Hell even that Clemson game looks a lot different without that freakish INT-fumble-safety play. Sure they were still better overall, but take away that play and our 2nd half TD makes it 7-14 in the 3rd quarter with our defense playing pretty damn well. Just can't seem to get out of our own way. Pitt game especially. We played them even through the 1st and dominated them all the way to that fluke tipped pass-TD on 3rd and long. If we played Pitt on a neutral field tomorrow I'd take GT and 7-10 points.

Basically I agree with the OP. Confusing, frustrating season thus far. I could see us finishing 8-4 if we clean up mistakes or 5-7 if we keep shooting ourselves in the foot.
 
^ +1

What's killed me this season is how we don't seem to place a high value on each individual play. The Pitt game is a microcosm of that, IMO. Dropped 4th & 4, dropped pick six, bonehead D scheme on long 3rd down conversion for them in late 3Q, failed 4th & 1, just to name a few. To the uneducated observer (myself), this appears to be symptomatic of a "team mindset" issue and this is a root of our "beat ourselves" issue.

I don't bring this up to complain but to address something that (appears) needs to be addressed.

Does anyone else see this as an issue?
 
I don't know if I would call it a team mindset. In most of the examples you listed, they were trying hard but just didn't make the play. Those plays went our way in 2014 making it a much better year than it would have been if they didn't. Things could look a lot different this year with some better breaks but that is football. I dont think it is lack of effort but just not making enough plays to win.
 
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