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Saturday, September 22, 2007
Forget bad karma; blame lies elsewhere
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gotta hurry to have any shot at making my flight, but some thoughts:
Tech didn’t get manhandled this week, like last. The Yellow Jackets just couldn’t account for Virginia RB Cedric Peerman or the Cavs’ TEs often enough, and the passing game was close to terrible after the first six throws. That’s an oversimplification, but the best I have right now. I thought there were several throws there for Taylor Bennett to make, and he didn’t make many. His touchdown pass was a beauty, but what else?
I don’t think today’s loss has anything to do with the history here. Tech didn’t freak out; the Jackets just made enough bad plays, and not enough good ones.
I suspect a significant part of Tech’s problems in the passing game relates to the new practice of receivers making reads on most routes, and adjusting those routes. I don’t think the receivers — especially with James Johnson, the elder statesman, out a lot today — were on the same page often enough, making the right reads, or the reads Bennett was expecting.
Chris Long is a bear. Period. First- or second-round pick next spring.
Cedric Peerman ain’t bad, either.
I might have kicked the field goal on fourth-and-6. Tough call, though.
I don’t know if all the moving around of offensive linemen helps much, even if Dwyer did run for that touchdown behind the double-tackle set.
Tech’s up against it. Clemson’s not bad, in case nobody noticed.
Why not cover those tight ends a little more tightly? You know they’re coming, right?
Later,
Matt
