Georgia Tech has walked the aisle and defeated The Man
Down Goes Frazier, Down Goes Frazier
Our Life College Poll - Discontinued
The Good
1. Sammy Watkins
The Bad
1. Losing to Ga Tech (Va Tech, Florida State acceptable but not Ga Tech)
1. Turnovers (4 total but only 3 mattered; last one was interception on last drive down by 14; two turnovers by running backs - Bellamy is now officially labeled in my book as a fumbler and a punk (you don't talk $hi# after a play and especially when the other team is handing your @ss to you - he will have the title until he proves me different; BTW - we will still take any points he scores)
2. It's either coaching or scheme (not buying players because we have had better and worse players and same results) why we can't stop the triple option or running qbs. VA (who is terrible) and Miami shut down GT. Why couldn't we?
3. Ellington being hurt
4. The Chad - It's going to be expensive to keep him around. I hope he realize that there's no other place like the hills of Clemson, SC.
Summary
I have been a realist during this whole ride to 8-0 and now 8-1. I told you earlier that we could have been 6-6 (after 6-0), 7-5 (after 7-0) and 8-4 (after 8-0 - which Dabo must now prevent from happening). Getting your first lost late in the year is tough because you start thinking what it might be and could it be. At the beginning of the year, if you would have told me Clemson would have been 8-0, I would have told you that you are crazy. I would have been happy at this point with 7-2 but actually thought 6-3 was more probable. It was a fun ride but unless you buy another ticket, you can't ride it forever. Dabo was able to keep everyone focused and motivated for 8 weeks but we walked the aisle on week 9 and took a couple of knockout punches, got a gift from the refs, got an interception and a chance to cut the lead to 7 and I Believe that if Clemson scores there that we win the game because the defense is motivated to find a way to stop GT (but that's not what happened, instead Tajh throw an interception and the equipment manager started loading the bus). As I (and everyone else) have said earlier, it doesn't matter who you are playing if you are ranked in the top 10, that teams are motivated to beat you and if your playing in their house it is going to be that much harder. We have successfully made to quarterbacks look like Heisman candidates (MD and GT). So Paul Johnson and Al Groh got more revenge against Clemson....arghhhhh. The defense was our weak point - see earlier games against _____________(pick an opponent, except Boston College) and their inability to stop the run, giving up the big pass play, playing in a hostile environment and turnover and it's the end of the road. Not going to dwell on this loss anymore....we have an off week (hopefully, it will an "off" week with lots of work on both sides of the ball (the offense and defense will see exactly what GT did the rest of the year) and it's time to move on an accomplish the team's goals from the beginning of the year - division champ, acc champ and orange bowl champ.
Misc Football Stuff From Week 9
1. I saw this hit and wanted the kid ejected (regardless of his actions after the hit which is why he got ejected). I am pretty sure I blogged about this earlier this year after a similar hit but it has to be an immediate ejection for hitting a player who has signaled a fair catch or if you hit him before the ball gets to him. This kid was lucky....
2. My first Christmas wish list item for 2011:
3. Eric Legrand Leads Rutgers onto the field
4. Some of the best costumes you might not have seen - Rice/Palin (awesome); zombie kids (awesome)
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