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Good luck, Fireman. We'll be thinking of you all down there in the low country.
That's what i've been thinking. FSU and UGA are definitely good teams, and not slouches by any means, but their Defenses have been pretty 'meh'. Not saying that Tech is super elite, but I tend to think that we have a history of being very good to elite (depending on the year) and this year looks to be trending towards an elite D.
So far this season (According to Football Outsiders):
TEAM / TOTAL DEFENSE S&P and RANK / RUSH DEFENSE S&P and RANK / PASS DEFENSE S&P and RANK
VT / 14.6 - 7 / 116.3 - 27 / 185.9 - 2
UGA / 24.7 - 32 / 100.9 - 68 / 105.2 - 56
FSU / 31.7 - 79 / 101.2 - 65 / 106.7 - 52
UNC / 34.6 - 101 / 91.1 - 100 / 96.5 - 82
(sorry, I have no idea how to make a fancy table.)
UGA may be the best overall defense that UNC has faced thus far, and they were able to hold Trubisky to less than stellar performance. I think it'll still be a close game either way, but barring any crazy stuff (like 5 fumbles) or just horrible busted defensive coverage on every play, I think VT's defense may be the difference here and we may be able to squeak out a W.
EDIT:
Also for what it's worth:
ECU's defense is slightly better than UNC as far as S&P+ ratings are concerned (83rd overall to 101, 96 Rush D to 100, and 90 pass D to 82). Boston College is still 'elite' by way of these ratings (8 overall, 5 Rush D, 7 pass D).
Wow. Two years in a row for LSU. Cancelling a conference game seems like a pretty big deal.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. How is it a wash if the pool of P5 teams with which ACC schools could potentially play OOC games increases by 2-4, each needing 3 OOC games/year? That is 6-12 games/year (or 4-8 if each new Big 12 member plays 1 FCS school/year) that are now possible P5 vs P5 match-ups, when they were previously not, prior to the hypothetical Big 12 expansion.
Your are correct, forgot to adjust to a per-game stat. the perils of TKP'ing between meetings. Totaled up yardage this time too, and they come out even closer.
Evans, adjusted, per game:
passing: 269 yards , 3.5 TD .25 INT
rushing: 58 yards, .25 TD
total: 327 yards, 3.75 TD, .25 INT
Trubby per game:
passing: 342 yards, 2.6 TD, 0.0 INT
rushing: 11 yards, .80 TD
total: 353 yards, 3.4 TD, 0.0 INT
5 by 5 in Overdrive!
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9 years 9 months
# | By the Advanced Numbers: Hokies Travel to North Carolina for Coastal Showdown We also should consider that the first string offense has only played 3 quarters in all but one game this season. I have to assume that this has a downward pull on the stats.
This is so sarcastic it's hilarious
I think that was implied.
Since a few people have mentioned this in recent days, let me explain:
Deleting a comment or topic entirely removes all votes associated with it, as well as any subsequent replies. This defeats the purpose of community moderation. If someone goes on a trolling spree or rant, and the community downvotes to shut that person up, that person could then self-delete the comment and absolve themselves of the negative votes. So only Joe and I have the power to delete comments and threads, in the case of, e.g. duplicate threads or whatever else needs cleanup. We can also purge a comment of content if needed, and handle things in superuser-like ways. Fear me, for I am root. (OK, two Linux geek posts in one week, sorry not sorry).
To those who post in the wrong place, take the opportunity to come up with something interesting to stimulate discussion or post a fun GIF to rake in the turkey legs for making us laugh.
/meta
All that Jacory Harris talk. I didn't mind the rain at all that day.
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. Could be bad, could be good. Even more importantly, it's true. Carolina Mafia wants a big seat at the table. So use your assets to generate revenue and maintain your seat at the table. You get what you want, your partners are happy, win/win.
Apparently just straight-up canceled.
BREAKING: #LSU's game against Florida has been canceled, a source tells The Advocate. It will not be rescheduled. #Gators— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) October 6, 2016
I was coming here specifically because I thought I remembered someone calling it for Cam this week. Well in. Legs all around
🚨 🚒 🔥
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# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. Clearly nothing will change your mind that the ACC could be in a much better position as a conference as a whole right now.
I wonder if the conferences will start to make rules that require this.... particularly if Florida goes 5-1 and leaves out Tennessee at 6-2.
Damn right.
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9 years 9 months
# | Teel Time, ACC Athletic Directors to vote on 8 or 9 game conference schedule Friday. We already do that. See Liberty, W&M, Furman, etc. The difference is that we don't (or can't afford to) pay a G5 team to just come to us. So we do a never ending home&home series. Throw in a random mix of neutral site games and 7 home games becomes more difficult. As much as we may call it a selfish move, I think if Whit could find a way to schedule 7 home games on the regular I am sure he would.
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# | With UNC's Fast-Paced Offense on Deck, Bud Foster Expects to be "Playing Against Ourselves" Hasn't tech won those like a lot?
Good catch, edited
TOTES missed this i am sooooo sorry, depends what time you're thinking about leaving, if you leave by say 6-8 you should be good just face some moderate rain off and on but if you're trying to get there right at kickoff id be prepared to face some heavier rains in the drive-in. Bring a poncho and when heading back Sunday if you wanna completely avoid rain try to leave around noon and you should be mostly fine
PICK 5 this week.
enjoy.
Since UNC has played 5 games to VT's 4, your end results are a bit skewed. You'd have to take Evan's averages and add on another game's worth of yards and TDs to Evan's stats.
EDIT: because I wanted to know what the additional game for Evans would do in comparing stats:
Evans:
Passing Yds = 1075 + 269 = 1344 (Trubisky 1711)
Rushing Yds = 231 + 58 = 289 (56)
Pass TDs = 14 + 3.5 = 17.5 (13)
Rush TDs = 1 + .25 = 1.25 (4)
Ironically, Evans has more rushing yards but less rushing TDs, while Trubisky has more passing yards but less passing TDs.