Friday, September 18, 2009

Tech Lays ANOTHER Egg

Was going to say yesterday that I didn’t have high hopes for the game. Unfortunately, I was right. Miami did a fine job on offense and defense…many had said they would be strong this year, and they appear to be.

While Nesbitt is a fine runner, he continually makes poor decisions running the option. The announcers pointed out his poor footwork and inability to focus on more than one receiver. Paul Johnson said he is a great competitor, but Nesbitt’s body language tells a different story. Johnson continues to support him, perhaps because he has no current alternatives. My man Jaybo isn’t the answer, but we’ll see if Johnson plays a freshman next year.

Dwyer is good, but perhaps his success last season had a lot to do with the system. All the running backs looked worse last night due to Nesbitt’s poor decisions and pitches.

The “great” defensive end (# 91) seems to be following in Michael Johnson’s footsteps from last year…he spent most of the night on the sidelines. The four defensive backs didn’t seem to want to cover anyone…they all wanted to play free safety. The Tech players seem to think they’re good, and that the other team should just roll over. They have played the same way for the last four games, dating back to the bowl…both Schultz and Bradley speak the truth today.

Many fans think it’s a one game blip. Guy here at work had thought beating Miami would be easy. Tech has been relying too much on the big play, waiting for the other team to make a mistake. They’ll be in big trouble against NC, FSU, Va Tech, UGA, and maybe Wake Forest. Humanitarian Bowl, here we come!

Looking forward to Florida / Tennessee this weekend, and the Falcons throwbacks.

Two rainouts for Will, and probably another tomorrow. Matthew actually has activity this weekend, perhaps all of us will go. Someone needs to stay home and clean house, and some need to study. Will has something at Science tonight…I’ll have to pick him up.

Nice the Braves are winning. Chipper sure is frustrated. I don’t see him having two straight years like this.

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