Tech’s the best of the once-beatens: Is that enough?
TCU did beat Clemson at Clemson, which is something for Tech fans to consider.
And now we come to the great riddle of college football: How to determine by looking — and not always by looking — whether one good team is better than another good team. Only in this silly sport is appearance an issue: All the others sort things out with a tournament. Only big-time college football is a beauty pageant.
According to the just-released BCS standings, Georgia Tech is the best one-loss team in the land. It’s ranked No. 7, behind only six unbeatens, in the BCS as well as the AP and USA Today polls. At least one of the remaining undefeateds — Florida or Alabama — will lose before Dec. 6, the day spots in the BCS bowls are (mis)allocated. Cincinnati probably will lose to West Virginia or Pittsburgh. TCU and Boise State probably won’t lose. Texas probably won’t, either.
But let’s say Texas does. Then voters in the pertinent polls — the AP version doesn’t factor into the BCS — will have to decide if an unbeaten TCU or Boise (or Cincy) merits a spot in the national championship game more than a one-loss Tech. And this is where Tech’s league does it no favors.
Were the one-loss team Southern Cal or even Ohio State, that team would be in the top five today. (The once-beaten Trojans were No. 5 in the BCS standings only nine days ago. Then they lost to Oregon.) Southern Cal is a brand name. Ohio State is, too, though its brand has been slightly diminished by the erosion of the Big Ten.
The ACC is held in lower regard — I’m speaking nationally — than the Big Ten. Only four conference teams got a vote in this week’s AP poll. (Miami is No. 12, Virginia Tech, No. 20, Clemson No. 24) Even a 12-1 Tech with an ACC title in its pocket mightn’t be ranked above an unbeaten TCU or Boise (or Cincy) come Dec. 6.
The question now: Should a one-loss Tech team be? And that’s a tough one. The Jackets did lose emphatically to Miami, and TCU did beat Clemson at Clemson and Virginia in Charlottesville. But Tech has ventured out of conference to play two games against SEC (albeit only Mississippi State and Vandy) and still will face Georgia, which could be 7-4 on Nov. 28. (It could also be 6-5.)
Me, I’d say a 12-1 Tech would deserve to be above an unbeaten Boise (really weak schedule) but not an unbeaten TCU (or Cincy). But I tend to err on the side of the undefeateds. Because undefeateds have, as the saying goes, done everything asked of them. A once-beaten team has done almost everything. But that’s what I hate about college football: It leaves the most important decision of the season — who should play for the national title? — to people sitting and watching (and sometimes not watching).
I’d also say this: An eight-team tournament would benefit the Jackets more than any other team on the figurative grid. Imagine trying to prepare for PJ’s spread option is one week. I could see Tech winning two games in such an event. Heck, I could see it winning three.
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MagnaCarterGT
November 8th, 2009
3:13 pm
Just win. Tech has to climb five more spots to get into the title game. Maybe we’ll get there, maybe we won’t, but as long as we keep winning we can’t get further away.
GTAub
November 8th, 2009
3:14 pm
I think we should be ahead of TCU and Boise State. To think of one of them possibly playing in the NC game when they play the San Jose States of the world is offensive. It’d be like Sugar Bowl of the 2007 season. Although, things like last years Sugar Bowl always keep these teams in it.
THE CATHOLIC HAMMER
November 8th, 2009
3:14 pm
GO JACKETS!!!
George P Burdell
November 8th, 2009
3:15 pm
Good comments here. Truth is we still need to win 3 more games. Then we can ask ourselves if we deserve to go out West.
What a fun year to be a Tech fan!
Jeff
November 8th, 2009
3:17 pm
first?
Jeff
November 8th, 2009
3:18 pm
whoops, not even close.
Mark Bradley
November 8th, 2009
3:19 pm
Jeff, I’m in awe of some people’s quickness on the posting. It’s tough to be first.
chip
November 8th, 2009
3:21 pm
Pretty sure Cinci already beat Pitt. Yes, the ACC has four teams in the top 20. The SEC has three.
chip
November 8th, 2009
3:23 pm
or maybe Cinci hasn’t played Pitt yet. My bad
petewrigley
November 8th, 2009
3:25 pm
Think you meant to say eight-team tournament. In the best case that Tech wins out, even the four-team tournament (the more realistic BCS fix) might’ve been enough to give Tech a title shot.
Mark Bradley
November 8th, 2009
3:26 pm
I did, Pete. Thanks for correcting me.
Huck
November 8th, 2009
3:32 pm
Irrelevant conjecture…..Georgia beats Tech on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, rendering all of this conjecture a moot point….and the Tech people KNOW that’s going to happen—and it’s KILLING them inside…
David
November 8th, 2009
3:32 pm
Pitt’s only loss is to NC State. A team in the bottom half of the ACC.
David
November 8th, 2009
3:34 pm
Huck, have you watched UGA play this season?
Patrick
November 8th, 2009
3:37 pm
Mark, why are you suddenly on the GT band wagon for a bid at the MNC game? Granted, GT has defeated VT (then ranked #4) but where is VT now? GT barely got by an unranked WF team on their own turf. Are you actually suggesting that GT (although a very good team a ton of fun to watch) could take on Florida? Alabama? Texas? Even LSU? Please respond as I would love to read your comments.
tt
November 8th, 2009
3:38 pm
sec is so overrated. Tech beats florida; bama a toss up. Florida loses to FSU
GT
November 8th, 2009
3:38 pm
We will now bean underdog to Clemson in the title game according to Heather D. on ESPN.com. Tech could have gone 13-0 and still been 7th. The nation is not ready to accept the fact that the option is a legit Offense.
Lets go Jackets, Duke and UGA then CLemson. If we can will the last 3 we should have a shot.
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
November 8th, 2009
3:39 pm
If Tech can finish the season with 11 or more wins, then they will have exceeded my greatest expectations. At this point, 12-2 or 13-1 don’t seem too unrealistic. If we can do that, then let the poll results fall where they will. With virtually the entire team set to return next year, we should start in the preseason top five, which will make it easier to stay “relevant” in the national championship discussions in 2010.
EE89
November 8th, 2009
3:39 pm
There are only 3 conferences with 4 teams in the top 25. The average rating of those 4 are
ACC 15.75
Big 10 16.25
PAC 10 16.25
The SEC only has three teams. If you throw in Auburn at #28, the SEC average would be 10.25. Obviously the SEC is top heavy and have already been conceded one spot in the title game.
The question is who will be the other team.
If you go by strength of the AP top 25, the ACC is certainly no worse than any of the other BCS conferences – no matter what the nation thinks.
jacket
November 8th, 2009
3:39 pm
Mark,
I’m torn also. The edge probably has to go to TCU and Cincy if they go undefeated. And I don’t see Texas losing. They could beat FL or AL.
My feeling is that the 1990 team is better than this one. That team was full of champions, and by the end of the season, they were unstoppable. I had the feeling they were going to beat up on UGA, and they were going to blow out Nebraska. Both happened.
This year’s team leaves me uncertain about future games. We’ll beat Duke, but I’m uncertain about UGA, and Clemson in the ACCCG. We should win them, but I just feel less certain about this team compared to 1990.
Having said that, this is a very good Tech team (thanks to Johnson), and I sure hope they put it all together, stay healthy, and go 13-1.
tt
November 8th, 2009
3:41 pm
Johnson typical of a Tech Man; Richt of a UGA man, all sizzle no steak, are u for real richt, fake hair, fake tan, fake white teeth,fake sincerity
Paul in RDU
November 8th, 2009
3:43 pm
Patrick –
It doesn’t matter whether anyone thinks GT can take on FLorida, Alabama, TX, etc. All that matters is what the ranking is after the conference championship games. If GT is ranked #2 (which they won’t be) they get to play #1 in Pasadena.
If GT wins the ACCCG they get to play in a BCS game – the Orange Bowl – no matter their ranking.
Now, if they don’t make the ACCCG they could fall to a lower level bowl (GT doesn’t travel as well as Clemson, VT, UNC).
Paul in RDU
November 8th, 2009
3:48 pm
tt
Hopefully you are just hungover from yesterday and that’s why you said that FSU will beat UF.
Have you seen either of those teams this year?
Ron
November 8th, 2009
3:49 pm
The 1990 team was a lot better. It had a great DEFENSE and this team does not. This is a darn good team, though. Nesbitt really has heart. You have to love him. He is a true stud.
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
November 8th, 2009
3:49 pm
Patrick,
During the course of the season, Florida struggled against unranked Arkansas and unranked MS State. Alabama struggled against an unranked TN team. Tech’s margin of victory over both Vandy and MS State exceeded that of the Gators. The fact is, good teams have bad days. The best teams find a way to win even when they aren’t playing at their best. The only way we’ll know for sure whether Tech can compete against the best in the SEC is to match up against them … hopefully in the MNC game! In the meantime, UGA fans can take little consolation in knowing that the Dogs have yet to compete against the best teams of ANY conference this season.
blord
November 8th, 2009
3:49 pm
lets just worry bout duke for now.
HBD, quite honestly one of the biggest dawg fans ever and a 1987 grad of the flagship university in the country
November 8th, 2009
3:49 pm
Bradley:
Get your self genetically tested for early stage alzheimers or dementia. As bad as Georgia is in so many areas this year, GT will be our bowl game. WF moved the ball at will against the Jackets, the dawgs can only lose this game if they can’t stop the 11 penalty, 4 turnover train.
bluecole
November 8th, 2009
3:50 pm
CPJ is our 12th man. With him, every other team playing is already 7 behind.
I would love to see GT play anyone in the top five. Of course, that what the bowl games are for, right?
provide matchups after a season of hard work? No, wait, they are there to make money, bring tourists, etc.
It’s great we’re getting the national attention, now we just have to keep it up.
B.
SOUTHGADAWG88
November 8th, 2009
3:51 pm
I say again..CPJ will mirror Mark Richt’s second year…win his conference championship while missing out on the NC game due to losing to the hated rival.bittersweet season for Tech.
Dawg Fan 74
November 8th, 2009
3:52 pm
Tech will lose to UGA and then lose their ACC (Awful Crappy Conference) Title Game
truyellow jacket
November 8th, 2009
3:57 pm
does anyone remember that tech fell out of the rankings after losing to miami. Now look at my beloved yellow jackets no.7 with a bullet. name another team that has done and endured what we have this season. remember the ACC is strong this year at least 8 teams have a shot of going to bowl games from our conference name another conference with at least that many. So dont think the ACC is soft we just dont get the recognition we deserve like our basketball teams but we are slowly getting there. with that said we should be top 5 but in due time we will be a force to WRECKin with no matter who we play. GO YELLOW JACKETS FULL STEAM AHEAD because we are ALL THE WAY TURNT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mark Bradley
November 8th, 2009
3:59 pm
I don’t know that Tech will lose to UGA. In fact, I can’t see Tech losing to anybody until the Orange Bowl, if then.
Patrick
November 8th, 2009
4:00 pm
Paul in RDU, you are correct. As I stated, I love to watch GT play ball; however, the only quality win would be against VT – right? Miami beat GT so the computers will consider that game and it will not bode well for the Jackets. I sure wish that GT had the defense to take on the top-shelf teams that you mentioned but so far this year they have not. Hey, give it a year or two more and GT will be right there in the mix of the MNC because CPJ is a win-minded coach. That OT play calling was very, very gutsy and it was a great win for GT. Good luck against Duke!
Tampa Gator
November 8th, 2009
4:01 pm
We’re not talking about Tech playing Florida next week. You are talking about giving Charlie Strong and the Florida defense 3 weeks to prepare for Georgia Tech in a national championship game. The complete stuff the offense with the type of speed they have (ala: LSU last year). Plus, Tech’s defense has no chance with Florida’s speed at RB and Tebow. Forget about beating Florida in a bowl game. No chance. During the season, maybe. But not likely. Florida’s defense, and Bama’s defense, is too good and too fast.
Tampa Gator
November 8th, 2009
4:03 pm
No way Georgia beat Tech. No way. That will be two years in a row. They are starting to be the Florida of Georgia. Yeah, I like that!!!
Tampa Gator
November 8th, 2009
4:07 pm
P$$onaDawg…you are why anyone living in Georgia must ask themselves why. Why not go ahead and dress up your ignorant comments wtin the “n” word…it is a perfect fit for you and your many friends.
Chris
November 8th, 2009
4:07 pm
Tech would beat Florida and Bama? HAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
bcwcreck
November 8th, 2009
4:08 pm
Pi$$,
You are obviously not a Tech Fan.
Get out of your Mother’s basement and get some sunshine.
WoodstockGT
November 8th, 2009
4:09 pm
Comment is to “Jacket”. The 1990 National Championship Team was great. I was at Tech then. But alot of people forget that team beating an unranked sub 500 South Carolina team 6 to 3. We kicked two field goals (one was a last second one ) for the win. My point is that the 1990 (as good as it was) wasn’t unstoppable by any stretch. I actually think this team is as good (at least offensively). Their weak spot is obviously defense but the D has stepped up some. If GT wins out, the Boise State and Cincy’s do not play a conf. champship game so that extra game if Tech were to win could get them a jump. Still to much football left to play, so take it one game at a time.
blord
November 8th, 2009
4:13 pm
actually the 1990 team beat south carolina 27-6 and beat vt 6-3
Chester Lucks
November 8th, 2009
4:13 pm
The ACC title game in Tampa is the Saturday before exam week at Tech. Students will have a tough choice to make.
51 Cards
November 8th, 2009
4:14 pm
HBD is not playing with a full deck. This blog is not about UGA. Wake is a much better team than UGA (better coach, QB, defense, discipline). Now that you brought it up, GT beats UGA 51-14.
bubbaroy
November 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
Mark, you and some of the GT fans (of which I am one) posting here are in dreamland. We have SO over performed this year. I shudder to think what a game against Texas or some other excellent passing team would look like. As one poster said, the GT game with be UGA’s bowl game – and then we will have to play against a MUCH improved Clemson team. We could easily be 10 – 3 (or even 9 – 4 if we lose focus). We are not that great a team – but Paul Johnson is that great of a coach.
blord
November 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
lets beat duke first
mick
November 8th, 2009
4:15 pm
Pi$$onaDawg, why don’t you crawl back into the hole you crawled out of. GT doesn’t need fans like you.
big t
November 8th, 2009
4:16 pm
Why don,t the haters go back to your own blog and talk about your own loser team georgia bulldogs
reality check
November 8th, 2009
4:17 pm
To all the obviously incredibly frustrated Dawg fans….DREAM ON !!! If UGA couldn’t beat Tech with Stafford, Moreno, etc., you stand about as much of a chance of beating them this year as Willie has keeping his job, or BooBoo keeping his, or Mark’s tan fading over the winter. Face it , in one year, the mighty DAWGS have become a JOKE……or even worse, IRRELEVANT
WoodstockGT
November 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
Blord-
Thanks for the correction. It was VT not South Carolina. But the VT team was sub 500, and Tech barely won. My point is most good/great teams have a game or games during their season that they don’t play to their best potential. The good teams win those games and that is what I am hoping happened yesterday.
GSU Eagle 91
November 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
I’m really pulling for GT, but a re-match against Clemson could be a problem. I also get the chance to watch a lot of teams play, amd I’m certain GT could not beat TCU. In fact, TCU is good enough to beat any team in the nation. But the question is, will they get that chance?
GT vs Cincinnati in the Orange Bowl is a logical choice. If they can get by a very talented Clemson team….
SOUTHGADAWG88
November 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
UGA is going to beat Tech.the jackets D is notch below SC or ARK and we should be at full strength at DL and LB.might be a tight game but if UGA forces GT to pass it’s over by the end of the third.
Tech Forever
November 8th, 2009
4:20 pm
Living in Texas I’ve had the advantage of seeing EVERYONE play (note – In GA you really only get the SEC and ACC, but out here we get those same games plus all the Texas teams). If TCU were the ONLY undefeated team they should be ranked #1….period. Their starting 22 is as good or better than anyone’s in the country. They are not Boise State running rough-shod in a weak conference or even an upstart Utah (from last year) trying to prove a point. TCU can play with anybody in the country on any given Saturday. They STILL have a chip on their shoulder with the Big 12 in saying the conference selected the wrong private school all those years ago (when they chose Baylor over TCU and SMU), and nothing would make them happier than to prove it. There’s a reason why they have to play the likes of Clemson and Virginia….because no Big 12 Texas school has the stones to schedule them.
A one loss Tech team tanked over an undefeated TCU??? HA!!! NO ONE LOSS TEAM SHOULD BE RANKED OVER TCU THIS YEAR.
FootballFan
November 8th, 2009
4:23 pm
I would love to see GT compete in an 8 or 16-team football playoff series. A playoff makes so much sense it almost seems as if there is some backroom power broker keeping it from happening. Turns out the power broker is the Big Ten Commissioner — a powerful and feared lawyer from New Jersey with ties to UNC. (No kidding.) His name is Jim Delany. More here: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=jo-delany010507&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
GTFan
November 8th, 2009
4:24 pm
Dawg74 – you have no room to talk – the only reason you are above .500 is by beating Gloria Vanderbilt and Tennessee VoTech. You are one of the albatrosses around the neck of the SEC.
Tech Fan Since 1950
November 8th, 2009
4:25 pm
Mark, I read what you are saying and do not disagree. The ACC and the ALL POWERFUL and ALLMIGHTY SEC both have four teams in the top 25 polls of AP and Coaches with Auburn bringing up the rear at #25. I personally believe top to bottom the ACC is the most competitive conference in the country (I am not saying the best, but competitive must count for something). Some say perception is reality and I guess we have no choice but to live with the ESPN/ABC mentality of talking about the folks they ranked higher at the beginning of the year in the effort to now save their collective faces.(It must be the ratings from Pennsylvania to Iowa that cause this warped mentality). If Tech can can string together four more victories from now into January there is nothing else we could have done this season except beat Miami.
51 Cards
November 8th, 2009
4:26 pm
SOUTHGADAWG88…Again, we are not talking about UGA. That game is already in the W column. CPJ will not let this team lose again.
GT Fan
November 8th, 2009
4:28 pm
Great job Mark. Playoff would be great but we know all about that. Just hope GT keeps winning and everything will work out.
collegeballfan
November 8th, 2009
4:29 pm
Looking at one loss teams – do not overlook Pittsburgh. They play -
Nov. 14, 2009 Notre Dame
Nov. 27, 2009 at West Virginia
Dec. 5, 2009 Cincinnati
If they run the table on this schedule, it will be hard for GT to be ranked ahead of them.
Lets worry about the Tech defense shutting down Duke first.
BuzzGT
November 8th, 2009
4:31 pm
I am not too worried about UGA. Paul Johnson and Wommack will have a week off to prepare for a mediocre team. But, I am worried about a dangerous Clemson team. Hopefully they will continue to turn the ball over and make stupid mistakes. As for our ranking, I think our defense will hurt us more with voters than our conference.
roan st
November 8th, 2009
4:33 pm
I think if Clemson wins out then Tech better beware because their offense will be much more explosive this time around. If Tech does win out then I wonder who would most likely be the opponent in the orange Bowl?
Mark Bradley
November 8th, 2009
4:34 pm
Good point about Pitt, CollegeBallFan. But it’s hard to jump somebody at this point in the season. (I know, I know. Oregon did it last week. Still hard, though.)
BOOGER MAN FROM HARTWELL GA
November 8th, 2009
4:35 pm
NOW NOW LEAVE PI$$ IS JUST MAD MARK PUT THE PICTURE OF CLEMSON UP TOP TO REMIND HIM HIS A$$ WILL GET BEAT BY THE TIGERS AND OH YES THE DAWGS SOON……..I AGREE WITH DAWG FAN 74
Mark Bradley
November 8th, 2009
4:36 pm
I’m sorry. I still don’t believe in Clemson.
Chicken farmer
November 8th, 2009
4:36 pm
I got in too late to see the apparent STOOPID comment made by an equally STOOPID Pi$$onaDawg’s post, but from the other comments blasting him, it certainly couldn’t be coming from an educated person. He always embarasses GT fans and supporters with his imbacilic posts.
Pi$$onaDawg
November 8th, 2009
4:38 pm
All I expect of a person is to not sell me a bag of crap and tell me it is ROSE FOOD. At Tech the Students are just that Students. At UGA students are White Southern Suburan BRATS with the other People playing Sports and please don’t even try to tell me different unless you spend time on top of the Septic Tank Of The SOUTH. TECH likes students of all mixes and wants to get the best and brightest while UGA needs a PRODUCT to sell on TV and at Wal-Mart. The Southern American Public don’t wanna make there kids study math. Jessy hit dat boy, hit dat ball, catch dat ball. Jessy put down dat book and getta work pickin dat corn. Farmers that run big farms make big money and have to get big loans to make the farm work for sure. It is the Union–Ga. Power Co., Wal-mart, Runbbermaid, and SCHOOL TEACHERS buthead that make UGA look like the JOKE it really is. UGA is the OLD WHITE SOUTH just like the TAG on Ole MISS., but UGA hides it in the Atl surburbes real well.
SOUTHGADAWG88
November 8th, 2009
4:40 pm
51 we shall see nov 28
Pi$$onaDawg
November 8th, 2009
4:40 pm
Mark I will stop chatting now i hav become mad. I don’t want to make people more mad that they already are. BYE thanks for th game BLOG.
PTC Jacket
November 8th, 2009
4:41 pm
Florida scored 41 points on UGA with that schizophrenic offense of theirs, and we’ve scored more than them against our common opponents (MSU, Vandy). I don’t see how we won’t score more than 35 points on UGA, and I doubt that they’ll get more than 35 against our defense, who plays better at home.
Tom McAllister
November 8th, 2009
4:42 pm
Tech should sweep their remaining games, but I am now worried that the referees could have a major impact on GT’s future success. The “chop block” is one of the more nebulous, judgment/preception-oriented calls in all of football–far worse than “charging” in B-ball. PJ’s complex blocking schemes utilize temporary double teams within the interior line where the initial blocker releases to go block someone else when the second blocker engages. Did the first blocker disengage before the second blocker cut the defender down or did the second bocker initially hit above the knee or at the knee? With big bodies pounding and rolling all over the ground, you almost need instant replay to accurately make such calls. Using a strict interpretation of the rule, Tech could be flagged 5 or more times a game which would be drive killers. If opposing coaches continue to whine, it could become an emphasis for referees to call.
Mark Bradley
November 8th, 2009
4:43 pm
Tech is also No. 7 in the BCS standings just released.
jsmuga
November 8th, 2009
4:47 pm
Tech went to overtime with WF get real
Elementary My Dear Watson
November 8th, 2009
4:47 pm
I hope Tech continues their onward march. But old chaps, it is my feeling the shoddy defense will come back to bite them. Defense, my friends, wins championships. Tech’s defense is no where near championship caliber.
Elementary My Dear Watson
uberVU - social comments
November 8th, 2009
4:49 pm
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Alabama Jack
November 8th, 2009
4:49 pm
The most important game of the year is next Saturday at noon in Durham. BEAT DUKE !!!!
We’ll take about other stuff next Sunday.
WW
November 8th, 2009
4:49 pm
As long as UGA can stay penalty free against Tech, they have a chance, but penalties, and pissing of the refs has been GA’s game this year.
BOOGER MAN FROM HARTWELL GA
November 8th, 2009
4:50 pm
I AGREE WITH SOUTHGADAWG 88,PI$$ PROBABLY DOESNT THINK THEY HAVE THUGS AT TICK EITHER…….CLEMSON WILL WIN ACC, NO QUESTION….QUICKLY BE COMING 3 LOSS TEAM……BETTER GET READY FOR DUKE TOO
IndyGT
November 8th, 2009
4:51 pm
We’re definitely the best one-loss team left, I have to agree with that. I’m ecstatic as can be with CPJ, and definitely did not expect to be at this point this early.. The problem is, we’re dominant in one phase of the game (Off), average on D, and below average on Special Teams. I just worry that might come back to bite us. Right now, I think we could compete with any of the undef. teams, but would worry every time special teams trots out, and hope for the best with the D. Though game ball for the Wake win has to go to D, specifically DM. I thought Wake was going to kick the FG and win the game after Nesbitt got tackled on 4th and 8.
TXDawg
November 8th, 2009
4:51 pm
I have to add my thoughts and not because I’m a Dawg fan trying to oppose any GT greatness. I agree with the previous bloggers in saying that this year’s TCU squad is simply too talented to drop. You can’t use the “they don’t play anybody” saying against them. I will guarantee you that none of the so-called major players in the top tier conferences care to schedule TCU anytime soon. Even UGA is looking for an opponent West of the Mississippi to schedule in the future and TCU is available for a game at Cowboys stadium in Arlington, but UGA won’t schedule them. Two road wins against ACC opponents plus the waxing of remaining opponents on their schedule should justify their position. If they beat Utah(ranked 14th I believe) next weekend, TCU will be sitting at 3 or 4 at least for the rest of the year.
And to the point about moving Tech over them or a team not being able to prepare for Tech in a short time. If any team in this country can do it, it’s TCU. Defense has been their fortay every season under Coach B. Go check the stats…….and check some of their signature wins over the past few years, you might be surprised. The Big-12 would be ranked a lot closer, if not, neck-and-neck with the SEC if TCU were included over Baylor or Iowa State.
greg
November 8th, 2009
4:51 pm
Please. Tech needed overtime at home to beat a very average Wake Forest team. This national championship talk is crazy.
Kim Z's Package
November 8th, 2009
4:52 pm
My boyfriend thinks my 7-5 is better than your 12-1.
WW
November 8th, 2009
4:52 pm
Woops…that should be “pissing [off] the refs.”
Monty
November 8th, 2009
4:53 pm
I agree with all you said Mark, except that TCU could possibly lose to 8-1 Utah.
Also, it would be great if Alabama gets upset playing at Auburn and then beats Florida in the SEC championship game.
BOOGER MAN FROM HARTWELL GA
November 8th, 2009
4:54 pm
TO UNCLE TOM M.- CHEAP SHOTS GIVE YOU AN ADVANTAGE,MAKES THE OPTION WORK AS PLANNED
DR
November 8th, 2009
4:55 pm
The computers really like Cincy. They are now 3 behind UF and Bama, but the pollsters were not impressed and won’t be until they beat Pitt (if they do).
As someone said earlier, GT needs to take care of themselves. The computers and pollsters both think the same of them; the best 1 loss team in the country. Keep winning and be that best one loss team in the end.
SOUTHGADAWG88
November 8th, 2009
4:56 pm
I mean Wake is 4-6….Vandy and MSU are the two worst teams in the SEC.Who are the good teams GT beat?NC,CLEM,VT,FSU which one is elite?
Shenandoah
November 8th, 2009
4:57 pm
Get real – overtime against Wake Forest.
Willie’s Dawgs will beat the snot out of Tech, unless the officials are from the SEC.
JoeSchmoe
November 8th, 2009
4:57 pm
Yea, I agree with you Mark about Clemson. Of course they have gotten better, but the media act like they are the only ones that have improved since week 2. They beat a weak FSU team, and they storm the field?
Gravy Train
November 8th, 2009
4:58 pm
Never going to happen. Nesbitt is a liability when made to pass. Defense is beyond suspect. Johnson will never be a national marketing anchor, save massive amounts of surgery to remove all of the loose skin below his chin and between his brow. Turkey Neck is a compulsive gambler because of his blind faith that his offense is unstoppable. Watching this team squeek by cupcakes leads me to think that they will be demolished by a real contender.
JoeSchmoe
November 8th, 2009
4:59 pm
Shenandoah
November 8th, 2009
4:57 pm
Get real – overtime against Wake Forest.
Willie’s Dawgs will beat the snot out of Tech, unless the officials are from the SEC.
I cant stop laughing man, you should be at the punch line with those funny comments. I got my I heart willy shirt.
Tech Forever
November 8th, 2009
5:00 pm
My bottom line at this point is this. If GT loses to Duke, beats UGA in Atlanta, and then loses in the bowl game I’ll still be happy because it will be progress over last season’s team. In my eyes the only way GT regresses is by losing all three of those games and even then only because UGA is in Atlanta. Tech played in Athens this year and lost all three games we’d have a season as good as last year IMHO.
All I ask is to equal or better the year before. Loss to Duke, Win over UGA @ home, and a Loss in the Bowl would better last year’s performance.
Gravy Train
November 8th, 2009
5:00 pm
I like guys, especially those tight UGA guys. Even CPJ loose skin is looking good.
Muhammad Alsumah Rekzbar
November 8th, 2009
5:03 pm
GO JACKETS!! MY FRIENDS!!
FUZZON
November 8th, 2009
5:03 pm
CPJ for Governor!!!! I really mean it!
Joe Schmoe
November 8th, 2009
5:03 pm
I think even homers can agree with me that GT is not top ten for no reason. CPJ is doing great things on the flats. Let not your hate for GT blind you of that.
BOOGER MAN FROM HARTWELL GA
November 8th, 2009
5:04 pm
JOE SCHMOE- DO YOU NOT REALIZE THIS TEAM SUFFERED 10 YEARS UNDER BABY BOWDEN ? THIS IS GOING TO BE A BETTER TEAM WHEN ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS PLAYED……TICKS GO DOWN…….NO PUN INTENDED…
Flowery Branch Yellow Jacket
November 8th, 2009
5:05 pm
Yesterday’s results were about as good as anything a Tech fan could have hoped for … except UConn couldn’t finish off Cincinnati. Regardless of what the pollsters or computers say, no one can predict the outcome of any particular game. (The computers had Iowa ranked as the #2 team in the country last week.) Tech needs to focus on Duke, and I hope there are plenty of things we can learn from their game against UNC. The game against the Devils has become our most important game of the year. IF we win that one, then the UGA game will become the most important game. As CPJ has stated over and over, we haven’t accomplished ANYTHING IMPORTANT yet … but we’ve kept ourselves in a position to do it. No goal is completely beyond the realm of possibility … even in mid-November. That’s much more than our neighbors in Athens can say (unless their goal was to be the best team in the Ohio Valley Conference).
GT '06
November 8th, 2009
5:07 pm
As CPJ would say “Don’t put the horse before the cart”…
We have to win 1 more game to even make it to the ACCCG. Then we have to beat an always tough U(sic)GA. And as it looks now a rising Clemson, whom would be the last team I would want to face again this season.
chijacket
November 8th, 2009
5:08 pm
who cares? last year – beat UGA. this year win ACC championship. That is one hell of restart to a program that drowning in the mediocrity of a coach who didn’t get it and an AD who thought tech couldn’t do it because of education requirements.
Reality is that the AP is a popularity contest and unfortunately feeds the BCS. Tech needs several years of winning the ACC before they will get the respect they deserve in the AP.
Next year – National Championship.
BOOGER MAN FROM HARTWELL GA
November 8th, 2009
5:08 pm
FUZZOFF-WHAT A JOKE
Elementary My Dear Watson
November 8th, 2009
5:09 pm
Old Chaps, here is a message to Tech & continued good luck. Do not fall behind any opponent in the 2nd half by a score in which your team will be forced to pass and play catch up. That would be a ugly/pathetic scenario indeed. Great Defenses will have you right where they want you!
Elementary My Dear Watson
k-money
November 8th, 2009
5:09 pm
Wake has lost 4 games by a combined 13 points. Wake is a better team than UGA in every facet, except luck. UGA forcing GT to pass? Please…. We’ll rush for 400+ (again) and have over 500 yards of total offense. UGA is poorly disciplined and not well coached. At home, with a chance to go 11-1 and crack the top 5, Tech rolls on the 28th. SOUTHJAWJA DBAG—- And who has the “dogs” beat?