First of all, what was up with the ref rolling that ball on the measurement? Is that legal? Is that standard procedure? Surely to christ if the refs were on the take and were trying to hand GT a first down they had to know ESPN always does a tight zoom on the ball during the measurement. I certainly hope there's some discussion about that oddity.
But I will say this: it would have been fourth and two inches against a team that VT's defense couldn't find a way to contain. There should be debate over what the hell the refs did, but in the end it's probably academic.
So here lies any national championship aspirations. May they rest in peace.
There is a lot to dissect on offense tonight, especially considering that the Hokies moved the ball most efficiently in the two-minute offense when Tyrod was calling all the shots. But despite the slow start, the thing that will make me lose the most sleep tonight is the fact that Georia Tech faced a 3rd and 7 with three minutes to play and Josh Nesbitt broke the defense's back. This might be a knee-jerk reaction, but my initial impression is that if the BC game was a complete team victory, this was a complete team loss.
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Yeah, my immediate impression is the pre-game predictions about us not being able to stop the triple option was obviously factual. That last big play by Nesbitt killed us. TT was ready to bring us back, but we simply ran out of time. I'll break down the offense and defense later.
Our d was completely out of gas by the end of the game. Our d is fast and undersized. This is intentional. The offense has a job to do too. That is to get first downs, generate some long drives keep the defense rested and get points. The offense did nothing for basically 3 quarters. People are going to blame the defense for this loss. But look at how easily the offense moved the ball late in the game once the game was already decided and the handcuffs/brakes were taken off of Tyrod and he was allowed to improvise!
Agreed on the offense failing to hold up its end of the bargain with long drives. 2 for 8 on 3rd down is unacceptable in big games like this. The playcalling on 3rd down was very uninspired.
Stiney should have tried to stretch the field more often. We had a big 3rd down conversion on the first drive, a big play to D. Roberts. Didn't really try any deep balls the rest of the night.
Good field position for most of the first half and only 3 points?
How about that 4th down and 3 yards playcall by Stiney? Run Ryan Williams on a sweep? When GT has been stopping the run all night? I'm pretty sure they had all 11 men in the box.
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