Yay for 2008 (early w/l projection thread)

beej67 said:
Also, I don't think anyone who pays attention to Tech sports can give us a 1.0 in any game - we always seem to have a minimum 10% chance of screwing the pooch.
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I thought this was fixed when Reggie Ball lost his eligibility.

I don't know what to expect from next year. From what I've heard, even Chan would have had trouble achieving the CGE next year with all the losses in personnel. But, like every year at this time, I'm wildly optimistic, and dreaming of victories over everyone and anyone. All I know is this, just like this year, win or lose, Tech will win another national title when I retreat to the fantasy world of NCAA on my XBOX. It's my reality, and denial is my best friend.
 
VPI and UGA will be unbeatable next year for us, I'm afraid.

Although BC loses Ryan, they really deserve more credit than anybody gives them. They've won 8 bowls in a row and have an amazing 50 wins or so in the last five years.

Until we consistently beat them, they should be considered a stronger program than us (stating the obvious but we are 1-2 against them in the last decade).

UVA will be down and the bowl loss will really hurt them. Clem tough away. Miami still down for another year I'd think. However, our style of defense will be gone and that's what beat Miami.

Anyway, I think we'd be lucky to go 7-5 again with a much tougher schedule.
 
beej67 said:
I do this every year, so I can decide whether or not a season was disappointing based on my preseason expectations instead of however grumpy I am after the bowl. Feel free to play along. Unstead of calling wins and losses, I call what I think the percentage chance of a win is, and add them up.

Definitely a rebuilding year next year. I figure it goes like this:


ACC Home:
FSU 0.6 .666
UVA 0.7 .833
Miami 0.8 .775
Duke 0.9 1.000

ACC Away:
Clemson 0.4 .333
BC 0.4 .525
UNC 0.7 .633
VT 0.3 .250

OOC:
Jacksonvile State 0.9 1.000
Miss State 0.8 .825
Georgia (away) 0.1 .111
Softie 1.000

Totals to 6.6, e.g. a 6 or 7 win season, not including the bowl, then a much better 2009 season as our offense develops.
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7.951

I revised my picks. At least 8 wins + a bowl win will give us 9.
 
I think some of you are underestimating Miss State. They did pull another upset in their bowl game. Croome has finally crossed the summit and hit the downhill side.
 
ACC Home:
FSU 0.500 - FSU is always talented, could go either way
UVA 0.825 - since its not in VA we should win
Miami 0.700 - nothing sucks like a big orange
Duke 0.990 - can't screw this one up, we might need it.

ACC Away:
Clemson 0.400 - ouch... could be bad
BC 0.520 - no matt ryan but still good.
UNC 0.775 - the heels are getting better but not THAT good.
VT 0.250 - dare i say this could be an upset? probably not but it has happened before

OOC:
Jacksonvile State 0.990 - lets not pull a michigan please
Miss State 0.700 - MSU is improving
Georgia (away) 0.200 - UGAy will increase their streak to 7-0.
Cream Puff State .950

Total: 7.8 7-8 win season

Am I too optimistic?
 
ACC Home:
FSU 0.75
UVA 0.7
Miami 0.7
Duke 0.9

ACC Away:
Clemson 0.3
BC 0.5
UNC 0.7
VT 0.3

OOC:
Jacksonvile State 0.9
Miss State 0.6
Georgia (away) 0.2
Team to be named later .95

7.5 wins. I rate the Miss State game at .6 only because I think we will play them early in the year. I think we will start rough, but get on a roll as the offense works out the kinks.

Nice to meet beej67, JTS, and the destroyer of cell phones at Bradleys. I would have been more talkative, but I spent the night before driving back from NC (in my minivan with flames painted on the sides).
 
ACC Home:
FSU 0.49 I'll believe we beat them when I see it
UVA 0.5 They were pretty good this year after all
Miami 0.8 Pat Nix's last year as OC at Myama
Duke 0.9

ACC Away:
Clemson 0.33 We don't play good there les they choke
BC 0.4 Fundamentally sound team, less hostile place
UNC 0.6 They almost got us at home this year
VT 0.33 Beamer ball will still be tough there

OOC:
Jacksonvile State 0.95
Miss State 0.55 They will be physical
Georgia (away) 0.25
Team to be named later .9

Feeling like 7 wins to me
 
Three facts of life for GT fans to chew on for the next 9 months:

1) Ugag just wasted the top team from the conference whose 3rd or 4th place team made us look bad;

2) Ugagdom universally believes they were royally screwed out of a championship game they deserved to play in;

3) Ugagdom universally believes it is their God-given right to play in that game next season.

Considering the above, a considerable group of GT alumni at work would like CPJ to include trhe following in his address to the team:

No matter who stays or goes, no matter who plays where or for how long, no matter whatever else happens between now and November 2008, we WILL defeat the University of Georgia next season. And if they are in line for the MNC game, we WILL deprive them of it. That is our mission. Make up your minds now.

Nothing could be sweeter that to beat UGag and take the MNC game away from them. At the same time. On their turf. While 90,000 barking, nad-licking mental defectives leave early.

Can we get an Amen?
 
Amen.

Would be even sweeter if we could go into that game with the same record. Probably won't happen, but hey... ya gotta think big.
 
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