Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Congrats to Calvin Johnson and David Pollack For Making the All-Decade Team

Congratulations to Calvin Johnson and David Pollack for making the Sporting News All-Decade Team. When a player makes the All-decade team they are also considered to be one of the top All-time at their position. In fact, in 2007, Rivals.com voted for the Ultimate Team and David Pollack and Calvin Johnson were both listed to vote for them. Calvin Johnson was voted the #1 WR of all time in college football and David Pollack was voted the #9 DE all time in college football.

Calvin Johnson was also voted onto the ACC-All Decade Team. The experts and fans continue to prove that Calvin's impact on college football at WR will never be forgotten until Jesus Christ comes and then God destroys the earth!

OFFENSE
WR Larry Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh
WR Calvin Johnson, Georgia Tech
T Chris Long, Virginia
G Shawn Andrews, Arkansas
C Alex Mack, California
G Marcus McNeill, Auburn
T Robert Gallery, Iowa
TE Kellen Winslow, Miami
QB Matt Leinart, USC
RB Darren McFadden, Arkansas
RB Adrian Peterson, Oklahoma

DEFENSE
DE David Pollack, Georgia
DT John Henderson, Tennessee
DT Tommie Harris, Oklahoma
DE Terrell Suggs, Arizona State
LB James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
LB Paul Posluszny, Penn State
LB Derrick Johnson, Texas
CB Terence Newman, Kansas State
CB Lito Sheppard, Florida
S Sean Taylor, Miami
S Roy Williams, Oklahoma

SPECIALISTS
K Mason Crosby, Colorado
P Daniel Sepulveda, Baylor
KR Ted Ginn, Ohio State
PR Jeremy Maclin, Missouri

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ACC and SEC Football Facts - Week 4

ACC and SEC 2009 Football Facts
Numbered By Week

Bill Trocchi has quit doing his rankings this year for some reason.

Notice the computer rankings, how can the SEC and ACC be so close? How come the ACC was ranked ahead of the SEC after week 3? Because all of the SEC's BCS non conference wins have been against opponents not ranked in the top 25. The ACC has wins against the #7 and #20 nonconference BCS+ teams.

The SEC rarely plays BCS+ out of conference games and when they do they don't play teams ranked in the top 25. It all makes sense to the non-homer. I talk to fans from all over. And everyone thinks their conference is the best. I recently have bumped into 2 Pac-10 fans (USC) and they think the Pac-10 is hard and they indicated that the SEC is not impressive.

With all that said, after week 4, the SEC has a clear upper hand over the ACC.

Big games this week for the ACC are GT vs. MSU and Miami vs. Oklahoma.
In the SEC the big out of conference BCS+ games are Arkansas vs. Texas A&M and MSU vs. GT.

Head to Head Record (ACC vs. SEC)
· SEC = 2-0. ACC = 0-2.
o 9/3/2009 - USCe defeated NCST 7-3. SEC win.
o 9/5/2009 – AL defeated VT 34-24. SEC win.

Teams in the Top 25
1. SEC = 5. ACC = 4. 9/1
2. SEC = 5. ACC = 4. 9/13
3. SEC = 5. ACC = 4. 9/20
4. SEC = 5. ACC = 3. 9/28

BCS+ Out of Conference Record
1. SEC = 3-1. ACC = 0-4. 9/1
2. SEC = 3-2. ACC = 2-5. 9/13
3. SEC = 5-2. ACC = 4-6. 9/20
4. SEC = 6-2. ACC = 5-9. 9/28

Conference Ranking by Sagarin Computer
1. SEC = 1. ACC = 4. 9/6
2. SEC = 2. ACC = 3. 9/13
3. ACC = 2. SEC = 3. 9/20
4. SEC = 2. ACC = 3. 9/28

Conference Ranking by Sports Illustrated (Bill Trocchi Vanderbilt Grad)
1. No rankings
2. SEC = 1. ACC = 6. 9/15. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/bill_trocchi/09/15/sec-tops/index.html
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Can the Georgia Tech Offense (Spread Option Flexbone) Succeed In BCS Play

I was asked a very good question tonight at dinner by a dear friend:
“Tommy, as a GT fan, are you starting to question whether or not GT’s offense can work?”
Again, fair question.

Facts:
1. Against JSU GT had 497 yards of total offense
2. Against Clemson GT had 418 yards of total offense. Clemson held Boston College to 54 yards of total offense in their next game. 54 yards, not a misprint.
3. GT ran only 54 plays against Miami and had 228 yards of total offense. Miami was the 3rd team GT played in 12 days.
4. Navy, with much less talent, played the #6 team in the country down to the wire.
5. Navy beat LaTech 32-14. Auburn beat LaTech 37-14. Auburn has much more talent than Navy.
6. Navy runs an almost identical offense to GT.
7. GT led the ACC in yards per game in 2008.
8. Auburn and Oklahoma won in the late 80s with a similar offense.
9. In 1994, 1995, and 1997 Nebraska won the National Championship with a similar offense.
10. In fact more national championships have been won with this type of offense than any other. The power I might be last. Remember Florida is winning these NCs with the spread option, not the boring-I, I mean power-I. J (kidding)

Facts:
1. UGA was held to 252 yards of total offense last year when they played South Carolina. While having 2 first round picks at QB and RB.
2. UGA scored 10 points against Florida last year.
3. UGA struggled against Auburn last year, offensively.
4. UGA had 257 yards against OkSt this year.

As a UGA fan, do you question the Power I?

Florida, like GT, runs the spread option and even though UF only had 323 yards against TN this weekend I still don’t question that particular offense. But mainly I don’t question Paul Johnson one of the most winning active coaches today. He ran the offense at Hawaii leading the Rainbow Warriors to their first Western Athletic Conference title and their first bowl appearance and victory. He led GA southern 2 national championships. He led Navy to their first bowl since 1996. Coach Johnson dominated the commanders trophy at Navy going 11-1 against the other service academies with equal talent. Last year at GT Coach Johnson was awarded the CBSSports.com National Coach of the Year and ACC Coach of the Year, in a year Sports Illustrated predicted GT would win 3 games. Over Paul Johnson’s last 11 seasons as head coach he has won Coach of the Year, in the division (not conference) 5 times.

My advice?
If you are a team who’s coach had several consecutive victories over Chan Gailey, understand that Paul Johnson is a different coach and will be at GT for a long time. The days of GT losing many games in a row to any team on their schedule are over with Paul Johnson as their head coach. When O’leary beat Donnan 3 years in a row I never viewed it as GT beating UGA 3 years in a row. Coaching is so important. Don’t question a team’s offensive scheme, always question their ability to execute. Just be a good sport, show class, God’s watching and His name is all that matters. Congratulate GT on their supreme coach, just like Mark Richt has proven to be a supreme coach. In the end UGA and GT’s football traditions will burn and so will the universities. Nothing will remain except what you have done in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

My opinion
I will start questioning GT’s offense when teams like OkSt hold them to 257 yards. Just kidding. Seriously though, I believe GT had such a poor offensive showing against Miami because they have a weak defensive line. The weakness at the position allowed Miami to keep GT’s offense off the field.

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Strength of Schedule

We all know what happened to Auburn a few years ago when they went 12-0 in the “mighty” SEC.

If I were doing the scheduling, for GT, for example I would have:
The 8 ACC games, UGA, 1 more BCS game with a lower tier BCS opponent and 2 cupcakes. I would recommend the same for UGA. That way if UGA or GT go undefeated they would most likely play for the NC. I think Florida, Ole Miss, and most of the other teams in the SEC don’t play enough out of conference games to go to the NC game. Auburn, for example, plays WV, 8 SEC games, and 3 cupcakes. That is actually right on the bubble especially considering that one of Auburn’s cup cakes was LaTech a division 1 team. I think it would be better for GT to play the 9 regular BCS games and 3 cup cakes than to play 11 BCS games.

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

The SEC currently has the advantage in all of the below categories. Bill Trocchi has not yet released his rankings yet.

ACC and SEC 2009 Football Facts
Numbered By Week

Head to Head Record (ACC vs. SEC)
· SEC = 2-0. ACC = 0-2.
o 9/3/2009 - USCe defeated NCST 7-3. SEC win.
o 9/5/2009 – AL defeated VT 34-24. SEC win.

Teams in the Top 25
1. SEC = 5. ACC = 4. 9/1
2. SEC = 5. ACC = 4. 9/13

BCS+ Out of Conference Record
1. SEC = 3-1. ACC = 0-4. 9/1
2. SEC = 3-2. ACC = 2-5. 9/13

Conference Ranking by Sagarin Computer
1. SEC = 1. ACC = 4. 9/1
2. SEC = 2. ACC = 3. 9/13

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Thursday, September 3, 2009

2010 NFL Draft- An early look at the top prospects on offense - NFL - SI.com

In my opinion, Jonathan Dwyer is the best RB in GT history. This season should confirm that statement.

2010 NFL Draft- An early look at the top prospects on offense - NFL - SI.com:
"Jonathan Dwyer*/Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets primary ball-carrier offers tremendous size and power. He's a running back that pounds opponents on the inside and occasionally breaks the long run. Dwyer is a top 20 selection and likely the first back selected if he opts for the draft next April."

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