Was listening to 680 and Charles Barkley said that an SEC HC will be fired and Deion will step in. He left it at that.

Lightning strikes twice, as GT lands another IMG defensive back with no permanent head coach in place.
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He has tweeted this before a recruit announces @RussellJohnson anything to this??

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Story from Adam Pugh-

This is regardless of who the head coach is..
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Pastner was the guest on the Runnin' Hoops Podcast today to talk about GT/Utah for those that want to listen:

Greetings from McCamish

Each week of the football season, professional guest picker Brian Edwards will join us to give his analysis and picks on a few games he likes each week…enjoy and good luck!!!

• By Brian Edwards
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Last week N/A - Sorry for missing – Brian had a death in the family…

Overall – 25-20-3 * not counting bonus plays *


TCU -2.5 at Baylor: TCU (10-0 straight up, 8-1-1 against the spread) is undefeated in five road games with a 4-0-1 spread record. On the flip side, Baylor (6-4 SU, 6-4 ATS) is 3-2 both SU and ATS in five home games. The Bears took woodshed treatment in their own building last week when Kansas St. rolled into Waco and left with a 38-3 victory as a short underdog.

TCU has won six of the last seven head-to-head meetings against Baylor. The lone defeat came in overtime in 2019.

Sonny Dykes’s team had won three games in a row by double-digit margins and appeared to be on its way to a similar outcome in Austin last week. However, a fumble that the Longhorns recovered the returned for a touchdown with 4:25 remaining cut the Horned Frogs’ lead to seven points.

Nevertheless, TCU’s defense was the catalyst in a 17-10 win as a 7.5-point road underdog. The Frogs kept an elite Texas offense out of the end zone for 60 minutes. Despite the meager 10-point showing for the Longhorns, they’re still averaging 33.5 points per game.

TCU quarterback Max Duggan has a 25/2 touchdown-to-interception ratio and four rushing TDs. RB Kendre Miller has 1,148 rushing yards, 13 TDs and a 6.6 yards-per-carry average.

LSU -15 vs. UAB: LSU (8-2 SU, 6-4 ATS) is 5-1 both SU and ATS in six home games. UAB, on the other hand, is winless both SU and ATS in four road contests.

Brian Kelly’s team has won four of its five home games by margins of 15 points or more. The Blazers have lost and failed to cover in road assignments at FAU, at Western Kentucky, at Rice and at Liberty, and now they venture into Baton Rouge at night.

UAB has failed miserably in the last five seasons when it has stepped up in class and faced Power-Five opponents. In fact, the Blazers are 0-5 both SU and ATS in those spots, losing by margins of 49, 17, 23, 21 and 29 points. They’re also currently on a 1-4 ATS slide in their last five outings.

ULM at Troy ‘UNDER’ 48 points: The ‘under’ is on a 5-0 run for the Trojans with their combined scores coming to 19, 40, 16, 31 and 37 points. Even with those miniscule numbers, Troy has its highest total since Oct. 1 in this spot.

Jon Sumrall’s squad is ranked ninth nationally in scoring defense, giving up an average of only 16.7 points per game. The Trojans’ 10 games have averaged combined scores of 38.0 PPG.

Boston College +21 at Notre Dame: Marcus Freeman’s club is 0-5 ATS in five games as a double-digit favorite. The Fighting Irish have lost those games by 65 combined points compared to the closing spread.

Jeff Hafley’s team has put together back-to-back quality outings that indicate BC is playing its best football of the season. Two weeks ago, the Eagles covered the number in a 38-31 loss to Duke as 11.5-point home underdogs. Then last week, they stunned North Carolina St. 21-20 as 17-point road underdogs.

What’s changed suddenly? Well, with Phil Jurkovec in concussion protocol and nursing a lower-body injury, redshirt freshman QB Emmett Morehead has been given his first two career starts. He threw for 330 yards and four TD passes without an interception in the loss at Duke. Morehead had 330 passing yards (again) and three TDs compared to two interceptions in the win over the Wolfpack.

Duke +7.5 at Pitt: Duke (7-3 SU, 6-4 ATS) has won three games in a row, including double-digit victories vs. Va. Tech (24-7) and at Miami (45-21). The Blue Devils, who have covered the spread in four consecutive contests, have lost by more than three points only once this season.

They’re 3-1 both SU and ATS in four games as underdogs, with the lone outright defeat and non-cover coming in a 35-27 loss at Kansas as eight-point road ‘dogs.

I’m confident we have advantages at the QB position and in the head-coaching department. Duke’s Riley Leonard has completed 64.0 percent of his throws for 2,113 yards with a 13/5 TD-INT ratio. He also has a team-best 624 rushing yards, 10 TDs and a 6.2 YPC average. Meanwhile, Pitt QB Kedon Slovis has the same amount of TD passes (six) and interceptions (six).

Revisiting week 7 results - Chadwell takes the podium again at ~31%, though Key not far behind him at ~27%. Deion/Clawson still in the top 4. Little interest in Mike Houston / Dell McGee so I'm taking the two of them off.

Links to previous polls:

• Week 1
• Week 2
• Week 3
• Week 4
• Week 5
• Week 6
• Week 7

No one "new" for this week. Quick h/t to @crut for the cool chart that tracked percentages over time.

As before, choices are listed alphabetically by first name.

ETA that per request, I've included a line for "option coach" with Monken & Bohannon specifically mentioned

Any chance we get a great prank on UGA next week? If ever there was a time to bring our A-game…..this is it. Painiting arches gold (thank you BOR) or hacking UGA calendar to get “ass kicked by GT” were great efforts……and would love to see a legendary act this week.

After Georgia Tech plays Northern Illinois on Thursday night, Yellow Jackets fans watching the game on ACC Network will get a special bonus. At 10 p.m., the network will air a 30-minute program on Tech’s 1990 Final Four team that focuses on Lethal Weapon 3 – the high-scoring trio of Kenny Anderson, Brian Oliver and Dennis Scott.

It's the AJC link

Josh Pastner


Deivon Smith and Ja'von Franklin

ATLANTA- Georgia Tech football will have their hands full playing a night game against #13 North Carolina on Saturday down two quarterbacks and dealing with injuries and other obstacles under interim head coach Brent Key. Outside of the Tech facilities expectations for the final two regular season games are very low with Tech being a multiple-touchdown underdog this week, but the Yellow Jacket players don't view things that way.

Offensive lineman Pierce Quick has been battling injuries this season and playing with an old-fashioned neck roll to protect himself. He explained the mentality of the team as the Jackets enter the final two regular-season games against a highly ranked North Carolina and a top-ranked Georgia squad.

"I think practice this week has been the same as every other week. The intensity out there has been the same and everybody is locked in and if someone is not locked in they know if you don't want to be here you don't have to be here so it is up to you," Quick said. "I think everyone is pretty locked in and ready to play Saturday."

Quick said he has had to battle his own physical challenges to be on the field this season.

"It has definitely been a pain dealing with some injuries this year. I'm feeling good and hoping to finish out the season strong and play in these last few games and finish strong," he said.

Part of finishing strong for the Jackets will involve finding consistent quarterback play after starter Jeff Sims and freshman Zach Pyron both had season-ending injuries. Zach Gibson who has started a game this season and come off the bench a few times with limited success and Taisun Phommachanh a transfer from Clemson, he has not played this season at all. Quick said both quarterbacks have been sharp preparing for UNC this week.

"Both quarterbacks look really good in practice this week," Quick said. "I think no matter who we go with, we will protect them upfront and we have confidence in either of them. They are different types of quarterbacks, Taisun looks good in some things and Zach looks good with some things so it is going to be fun to see both of them this weekend."

Quick gave his thoughts on each of the quarterbacks.

"Taisun is a big dude that can run the ball really well. Honestly seeing him out there for his and how he moves, it looks really good. Zach can sling the ball too and they are both really good options and we feel good upfront with either of them," he said. "I feel like Taisun and Zach are both competitors and they've had the same mentality going into the games. Their practice reps have increased a little bit, but off the field, if you are a quarterback and you are going to be a good quarterback you are going to prepare every week as if you are going to play. I feel like their preparation has been the same off the field and on the field. That hasn't changed."


Quick said a lot of the run blocking issues have more to do with not getting to the second level and clearing out the LBs, he said the first level has been okay, but they have to climb to the LBs to create some space for the RBs.

Quick talked about Zach Pyron being an inspiring force for the team, he said that Coach Key showed them the run at the end of the FSU game and the TD against VaTech and how it was a similar play and Pyron approached both plays the same way as a competitor and he is going to run hard no matter what the score is and that is the approach everyone on the team needs to have.

Quick said of his neck roll the older coaches on the team really got a kick out of that when he put it on the first time for practice as they remembered seeing that back in the day particularly Coach Weinke was tickled by it.

Makius Scott said that a lot of the QB run issues the D are giving up are happening because they are not compressing the pocket enough and shrinking the run lanes for the QB. He said if they get better at that it will take away a lot of the big scrambles they've given up and should yield more sacks as well.

Scott said getting takeaways remains a priority and they continue to work on that everyday, but Drake Maye has done a nice job of avoiding those turnovers this year.

Scott said that Coach David Turner has really pushed communication among the DL every play before and after so they can take their game to the next level along with technique and they are working to build that bond on the DL as well.

I asked him about going against Jordan Williams again now that Jordan is playing guard. He said he has had some good-on-good reps against him and they used to go a lot in HS because Jordan played guard and tackle and flip-flopped a lot back then. He joked he has he the edge right now in their matchups, he joked that Jordan has to get his technique better to win more of those one-on-ones.

Scott said that practice under coach Key has been more physical and that has improved their adjustment to the speed of the game going from practice to the game and they are getting better looks in practice as well because of that move.

Myles Sims spoke last and he was not as talkative as normal. He said this game is going to be about everyone just doing their jobs on every play and then at the end of the game seeing what it looks like if they do that.

Sims said that the doubters is just outside noise and they are going into this week the same as any other game but the game plan is different than say the Miami game because of what UNC does, but they have to just push the receivers and try to stop them and create turnovers when the opportunity is there.

Sims said that with Josh Downs you have to play really disciplined football and limit explosives with him and they did a good job last year, but that was last year.

Sims said that Drake Maye is really good at reading coverages and getting the ball out fast compared to other QBs so they have to be ready for that, but also be patient in case he extends the play with his legs.


OF NOTE:

I bumped into Jeff Sims and had a quick little non-football chat with him and wished him luck and whatnot. He is a really nice young man and I hope people will keep that in mind aside from their judgment on his football performance or not.

Practice ran longer than expected this morning in Bobby Dodd Stadium as well.

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Many are probably not aware, but Iowa finished 14th in the country in the .NET last year and are picked to finish anywhere from 4-7 in the Big 10 this year. We play at Iowa on November 29.

They have a lot of length and start four forward types in projected NBA first round pick Kris Murray (6-8, 230; 3rd yr), Patrick McCaffery (6-9, 210; 4th yr), and Payton Sandfort (6-7, 215; 2nd yr), and more of the center/PF type in Filip Rebraca at 6-9, 230 and in his 5th year. Murray, McCaffery, and Sandfort not only have length, but they are all shooting three's this season which makes them tough to guard. There are 5-6 guys off the bench that are making appearances as they are looking to find their rotation.

Other Games vs GT opponents:

Pittsburgh v #20 Michigan (Barclays Center NYC); 6:00pm on ESPNU
Iowa at Seton Hall; 7:30pm on FS1
Notre Dame v Southern Indiana; 8:00pm on ACCN

Per Key will not be with the team or in meetings after meeting with his family. He will focus on his rehab.

I could not find a ticket exchange for basketball so I apologize for having to make a thread for this, but I have an extra ticket for the game tonight. I will sell it for the price of a beer at the game (a decent beer like 420, not piss water like Bud or Miller Lite). Let me know if interested.

He is Parker Brauns younger brother

This is a good read. Not necessarily suggesting his hire for us but what a difference in his character versus the character of our previous coach.

AUBURN, Ala. – Georgia Tech fought off a feisty Auburn team to take home a 57-51 decision over the Tigers Wednesday night in Neville Arena. The first win over Auburn in program history was fueled by four Yellow Jackets in double-figures led by Cameron Swartz with 16 points. Tech moved to 3-0 on the young season with the victory, while handing Auburn (2-1) its first loss of the season.

Auburn regained the lead early in the fourth quarter, but Tech’s defense staged off a rally from the Tigers. Tonie Morgan sparked Tech’s strong finish and scored six points in the last 10 minutes to help lift the Yellow Jackets to victory. Both teams hit four field goals in the final period, but Tech went 6-for-10 at the free throw line to Auburn’s 2-for-3 effort to close the game and held the Tigers a mere 19.0 percent (4-for-21) shooting efficiency from the field.

Following a back-and-forth battle to open the first quarter, the Yellow Jackets drained three triples (two from Swartz and one from Bianca Jackson) and capped an 11-0 run with a bucket from Eylia Love to give Tech a 17-5 advantage at the end of the stanza.

Auburn won the second quarter, slicing its double-digit deficit to a seven point game at halftime. The teams traded baskets in the early going before Love hit a jumper at 4:53 to give Tech its largest lead, 29-14. However, the Jackets were held to one field goal and a free throw over the remainder of the quarter as Auburn used an 11-3 run to close the score to 32-25 at intermission. Auburn owned 18 offensive rebounds after the first half, converting for 11 second chance points, and led on the boards, 25-13.

In the third quarter, the Jackets were held to three field goals, including a layup from Morgan with 5.1 ticks on the clock that gave Tech a narrow 43-40 lead entering the fourth quarter. Auburn grabbed the lead from the free throw line at 7:47 in the fourth, but Morgan’s reverse layup on the ensuing play returned the lead to Tech, 45-44. The Jackets took a 49-44 lead on back-to-back buckets from Swartz and Love, and held a 51-46 lead at the final media timeout. Tech went 6-for-8 from the free throw line over the final four minutes, led by a 4-for-4 showing from Morgan, to seal the 57-51 road victory.

Swartz led all scorers with 16 points, followed by 12 points from both Jackson and Love, while Morgan finished with 10. The Jackets shot 40.0 percent from the field and 59.1 percent (13-for-22) from the free throw line.

Auburn was led by Aicha Coulibaly and Honesty Scott-Grayson, each with 11 points. The Tigers won the battle on the glass, 51-39, paced by 10 boards from Mya Pratcher. For the third-straight game, a Tech opponent was held to under 30 percent shooting as Auburn finished 26.3 percent (20-76) from the field.

The Jackets return home to welcome in-state rival Georgia on Sunday, Nov. 20. Tip is slated for 2 p.m. on ACC Network.

Use this thread for any discussion from last night’s informative Q&A