BuzzinWreck78
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Oregon,Texas and Fla may have the headlines but GT and ST weren't forgotten!
MESSAGE BOARD THREADS
"Apparently the forward pass is needed to win a title." — duckterritory.com (Oregon)
"If you’re Dan Mullen, how do you spend your buyout money?" — swamp247.com (Florida)
"We cannot bargain shop for coaches anymore" — stingtalk.com (Georgia Tech)
"All gas no brakes was just a big fart!" — orangebloods.com (Texas)
"When did we become a Big 12 team?" — bamaonline.com (Alabama)
"Georgia Tech: For the last 30 years, Yellow Jackets fans have been able to boast that their program won a national championship more recently than their in-state rivals in Athens. Even though Georgia Tech’s program has not been as good as Georgia for most of that time, it’s been a pretty nice card to have in their back pocket. But there’s a legitimate fear those days are coming to an end in the next couple months — a turn of events made even worse by Tech’s worst stretch of football in decades. In fact, until this year, the Yellow Jackets haven’t posted three straight losing seasons since the transition from Bill Lewis to George O’Leary in the early 1990s.
But that doesn’t even tell the full story. Georgia Tech’s incompetence these days is so all-encompassing that it can no longer be blamed on Paul Johnson and the transition away from his triple-option offense. Geoff Collins, an Atlanta-area native whose charm and marketing savvy was supposed to make him a dynamite recruiter, has had three years to show progress. Instead, he’s gone 3-9, 3-7 and 3-8 (pending next Saturday’s expected spanking by the No. 1 Bulldogs) and the best case for keeping him is that some of the losses this year are of a higher quality than the losses in past years. It's harder to make that case after a game like this week against Notre Dame, a 55-0 loss, when the Jackets seemed to let go of the rope a little bit after a string of emotionally tough defeats.
For Collins, who signed a seven-year contract initially, job security could come from Georgia Tech deciding that he deserves one more chance to see how his roster develops. On paper, Collins has done well in recruiting and the transfer portal. Plus, Georgia Tech doesn’t really want to pay a big buyout and start over again. At some point, though, the win-loss record becomes too much to overcome. Georgia Tech isn’t an easy job, but it shouldn’t be quite this hard.
For Collins, who signed a seven-year contract initially, job security could come from Georgia Tech deciding that he deserves one more chance to see how his roster develops. On paper, Collins has done well in recruiting and the transfer portal. Plus, Georgia Tech doesn’t really want to pay a big buyout and start over again. At some point, though, the win-loss record becomes too much to overcome. Georgia Tech isn’t an easy job, but it shouldn’t be quite this hard."
MESSAGE BOARD THREADS
"Apparently the forward pass is needed to win a title." — duckterritory.com (Oregon)
"If you’re Dan Mullen, how do you spend your buyout money?" — swamp247.com (Florida)
"We cannot bargain shop for coaches anymore" — stingtalk.com (Georgia Tech)
"All gas no brakes was just a big fart!" — orangebloods.com (Texas)
"When did we become a Big 12 team?" — bamaonline.com (Alabama)
"Georgia Tech: For the last 30 years, Yellow Jackets fans have been able to boast that their program won a national championship more recently than their in-state rivals in Athens. Even though Georgia Tech’s program has not been as good as Georgia for most of that time, it’s been a pretty nice card to have in their back pocket. But there’s a legitimate fear those days are coming to an end in the next couple months — a turn of events made even worse by Tech’s worst stretch of football in decades. In fact, until this year, the Yellow Jackets haven’t posted three straight losing seasons since the transition from Bill Lewis to George O’Leary in the early 1990s.
But that doesn’t even tell the full story. Georgia Tech’s incompetence these days is so all-encompassing that it can no longer be blamed on Paul Johnson and the transition away from his triple-option offense. Geoff Collins, an Atlanta-area native whose charm and marketing savvy was supposed to make him a dynamite recruiter, has had three years to show progress. Instead, he’s gone 3-9, 3-7 and 3-8 (pending next Saturday’s expected spanking by the No. 1 Bulldogs) and the best case for keeping him is that some of the losses this year are of a higher quality than the losses in past years. It's harder to make that case after a game like this week against Notre Dame, a 55-0 loss, when the Jackets seemed to let go of the rope a little bit after a string of emotionally tough defeats.
For Collins, who signed a seven-year contract initially, job security could come from Georgia Tech deciding that he deserves one more chance to see how his roster develops. On paper, Collins has done well in recruiting and the transfer portal. Plus, Georgia Tech doesn’t really want to pay a big buyout and start over again. At some point, though, the win-loss record becomes too much to overcome. Georgia Tech isn’t an easy job, but it shouldn’t be quite this hard.
For Collins, who signed a seven-year contract initially, job security could come from Georgia Tech deciding that he deserves one more chance to see how his roster develops. On paper, Collins has done well in recruiting and the transfer portal. Plus, Georgia Tech doesn’t really want to pay a big buyout and start over again. At some point, though, the win-loss record becomes too much to overcome. Georgia Tech isn’t an easy job, but it shouldn’t be quite this hard."
Misery Index notebook: Oregon's season ends in predictable disappointment; Texas has completely cratered
The Misery Index looks at Oregon, which stumbled once again to dash any Playoff hopes; Texas, which is about as bad as it's ever been, and much more.
www.usatoday.com
