Georgia Tech 28, Virginia Tech 23: Postgame Stream of Conciousness

by furrer4heisman on Oct 17, 2009 9:05 PM EDT

Hokies lose their second game of the season and control of the Coastal Division in Atlanta.

First and foremost: We didn't lose this game, Georgia Tech won it. Great game plan by Paul Johnson and his staff. Their defense nutted up like I knew it would and Paul Johnson made great adjustments at the half.
We're still a good team. This loss doesn't yet justify everyone who said we were overrated. I thought we'd go 10-2 with losses to Alabama and Georgia Tech and still think we will. We just ran into a well-coached buzzsaw tonight.
What this loss did teach the Hokies is not to believe their own headlines. Georgia Tech was motivated and played that way. I don't blame this loss on any of our players or coaches. I give full credit to the Yellow Jackets who played outstanding. Our only hope now is that Georgia Tech loses one of its three remaining ACC games (not bloody likely).
What a shitty day. See you Monday.

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TOugh Loss

for you guys. The season is note over though

by CGNC on Oct 17, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions

oops I meant "not" over

by CGNC on Oct 17, 2009 9:18 PM EDT reply actions

It is a shame, but there’s a lot of football left to play. Maybe Beamer and Weaver shouldn’t have let the team doc go before this game after he put his heart and soul into taking care of the Hokies for the last 17 years. Pretty sketchy move on their part….maybe they invited a little bit of bad luck!

by HokieCyclist on Oct 17, 2009 9:32 PM EDT reply actions

What's frustrating

Is that we see this suddenly good offense since the Nebraska game, and a long, sustained drive or two in the first half while GT was doing nothing offensively could have really put them out early. But they were allowed to stick around.
Defense wasn’t great, but if the offense has to be able to win games like this. By not sputtering in the first half.

by VT89 on Oct 17, 2009 9:35 PM EDT reply actions

AGREE TO DISAGREE

Well, I agree that Georgia Tech deserved to win the game based on their second half, but the decisions on third and fourth down that the Hokies made in the first half were like that of a head trauma patient. So yes, KUDOS GT option attack, but bad coaching decisions and missed tackles doomed us in this one.

by chicagomaroon on Oct 17, 2009 9:50 PM EDT reply actions

TYROD TAYLOR

And I’m one good week away from being sold on Taylor. Did anyone notice how good he looked?

p.s. does anyone think that second INT hit the ground in the back of the endzone. I just don’t think he got under it

by chicagomaroon on Oct 17, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions

He was PHENOMENAL. Best quarterback play I’ve seen out the Hokies since Bryan Randall (underrated in my mind).

That last touchdown drive in a 1:12 would not have been possible in the last 5 years and is a testament to Taylor’s great development as a passer.

P.S. that INT DEFINITELY hit the ground but who’s gonna challenge that? Or can you even?

by Rich Town on Oct 18, 2009 9:36 PM EDT up reply actions

National Title

Is the season over? No. Are our national titles hopes over? Yes. We’ll have to be content with the possibility of another Orange Bowl bid (which is what we frequently settle for).

by Walk The Line on Oct 17, 2009 10:02 PM EDT reply actions

That’ll be tough a this point also.

by SJPhillyVT on Oct 18, 2009 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Let's be honest

The refs may have been bad but in reality, none of their calls mattered. Pushing the ball for a first down isn’t huge because they would have gone for it and would have gotten it.

The real problem here was our play calling. We march the ball up the field in the final two minutes by passing the ball, but refuse to do that same thing all game in favor of getting stuffed up the middle, because it worked once for a Williams TD. GT had a bad pass defense and we didn’t take advantage of it until it was too late. This game could have easily been in our pocket if we didn’t unnecessarily commit to the run early and often.

Despite the fact that the option was run well and we couldn’t defend it, we could have outscored them with the pass offense and the defense would have done the best they could. Instead we relied too much on our defense and expected them to win the game as we did at the beginning of the season.

by The North End Zone on Oct 17, 2009 10:24 PM EDT reply actions

i agree

to add, the first half VT kept running up the middle. They were playing that. WTF?

by BeerControl on Oct 17, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Offensive play calling was fine

I think our offense play calling was fine for the most part. Could we have gone away from the run sooner? Yes, but Ryan Williams has been our bread and butter player all year. Why not give him the rock. I place 75% of the blame for this loss on our D. It was not the points that GT scored but it was the time of possession that killed us. Also anytime you let the other team have over a 50% rate conversion on 3rd down you don’t deserve to win.

by HokieRob on Oct 18, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Good game guys.

We had a few chances to put you away for good and couldn’t get it done and yall just wouldn’t go away quietly. That final no huddle drive down the field was very crisp and clean. Great game all around.

The college football season is so fragile. It's like a glass ball being pushed around from stadium to stadium by a rhinoceros.

by Winfield Featherston on Oct 18, 2009 12:16 PM EDT reply actions