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At this point, he's still undefeated against UVA, regardless of whether or not he has games left. Drones technically has games left, and he's on there.
I'd wager it's because Pop still has upcoming games against UVA. Only QBs that have finished their careers undefeated get listed (I had the exact same thought as you for a hot second)
And it's unlikely he's going to fire him after the bowl game.
Why is that? The bowl game (for a 6-6 team) is going to be early enough that we'll have plenty of time to hire a good DC afterwards. Most of the best DCs will be playing in later bowls than us.
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I've read this over and over, and can't figure out why Pop Watson is not on this list.
How is a 10 win season a moral victory? That was the benchmark under Beamer. And before you say we needed the bowl game to do it, that was also true under Beamer with some of his 10-win seasons.
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Aiden Greene is a critical turnover waiting to happen. That young man MUST improve his hands this off season. He's got great speed and potential, but Mines won't put him out there if he can't catch and/or hold onto the ball.
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To me, the number of drops in the WR group was really disappointing. In each loss we had drops in critical situations that ended drives. I know drops are part of football and even NFL probowl WRs have had them, but it just really felt like we had more than normal and had very few catches of 50/50 balls. It was either catch a wide open ball or have no chance. I can't remember a single contested ball that was caught other than that insane Benji Gosnell sideline acrobatic catch, but that was more amazing due to the sideline than due to taking it from a defender.
Why would you even take it then? Is "No thanks" hard to say?
MF'ing Jar Jar is not in any GD Star Wars movies.
Bingo, this is the correct interpretation. Our players make lots of good plays, but the handful of bad ones killed us. That coupled with boneheaded coaching decisions are why we are 6-6 and not 10-2. All those close losses were, by definition, very nearly wins. However there are no moral victories. This was supposed the be the year we made the transition from "lose small" to "win small", and we did not. If the coaching staff is good enough they'll identify why we didn't take that step and identify what changes need to be made to correct it. If they can't do that, then it's time to find someone else who can come up with a realistic plan to improve the team's performance.
"We scored more points on Clemson than Alabama, they shut out Ohio State (remind me again how much better the Big 10 is than the ACC), and "almost tying" someone downplays that we were in a close game at the end with the eventual National Champion, scoring more points than the best of both the SEC and Big 10." - what does that get you? nothing. My point - this is where VT is- moral victory land.
All of that is still technically illegal of course, but it's what the fans wanted. Scholarships have no value remember
You gloss over so much. Yes, Beamer's players PLUS Evans that Fuente brought in. And the best Beamer could do with them was 7-6, losing to a bad Wake team after a 0-0 regulation, then losing in OT. And "almost tying" Clemson is such a downplay of what we did. We scored more points on Clemson than Alabama, they shut out Ohio State (remind me again how much better the Big 10 is than the ACC), and "almost tying" someone downplays that we were in a close game at the end with the eventual National Champion, scoring more points than the best of both the SEC and Big 10.
Who were the 2 really bad teams we lost to? Syracuse was bad, but our other losses were to Tennessee and GT, both 9-4 teams and Clemson.
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MEH. 😕
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PLS
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Exactly true. SEC is raking it in. One of my best friends has a co-worker, whose son is a true freshman at USC...he got a brand new truck, his son got a new Charger Hellcat (i think that is the verison)...and now USC is apparently starting to pay off family debt as part of their NIL package. They just bought a $700k house (or 7000 sq ft, can't remember exactly what he told me...it was one or the other), which USC is supposed to pay off this winter.
McCord never looked like Mahomes. That game was lost due to a defense collapse:
- a poorly timed blitz on 5-yard hitch with a missed tackle
- a poorly timed blitz on a screen to the 4-yard line
- a Coney fumble leading to short field and a slant pass for 28-yd TD to complete the comeback
- And then on their last drive in regulation, Syracuse just ran the ball for 9 plays of a 14-play 75-yd drive taking nearly 5 mins
Pry went for the throat using his timeouts before half. Didn't have any obvious coaching mistakes.
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Man, the Ivy League isn't always about having the smartest people, its about knowing the right people. There are doors that open just by having a degree from one of those schools that the rest of us will never see, especially in upper and executive management at any major corporation.