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Sad day for one of the most storied rock and roll bands. Apparently Steven Tyler can’t get his voice back.

They went for about 3 hours today. We spoke extensively to Brent Key after practice for almost 27 minutes about the scrimmage and some other topics. I'll keep this to the scrimmage itself.

Key said they did some pre-practice individual work and then scrimmaged and followed that with some situational football like 3rd downs and driving the field at the end of the game. Right at 160 plays today and last year they were shooting for 140 and only got 126 last year done. He said at 125 this year guys were staying off the ground and were fresh so they were able to finish it up.

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Somehow I didn’t realize Brett Seither only had 7 catches last year. Obviously the offense was loaded and Benson and Leonard were NFL caliber TE’s.

What is a realistic expectation for Seither this season as the top TE in a loaded offense again?

Yep he was on a pitch count every game and they used him in key downs mostly because his back was so messed up at one point he had spinal fluid draining or something like that as the story goes. He is a very talented TE, him and Jackson Hawes should be very effective weapons, Haynes King has to do a better job of finding them on plays, he often missed open TEs and forced balls into double coverage. I think you could see the two primary TEs in the 40-50 catch range this year. Dylan Leonard and Luke Benson were at 24 I think last year and then Seither in the red zone and on third downs had the other catches. I think you will see at least 4 TEs play regularly with Josh Beetham and Ryland Goede getting mixed in and probably Avery Boyd as well some there flexed out.

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I am almost afraid to ask.
What happened to one of my favorite posters?

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Florida State, the 2023 defending ACC Champions, has been picked to win the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference football title, according to a preseason poll of 170 media voters.



The Seminoles went 13-1 overall last season, including a perfect 8-0 record in conference play, on their way to winning the 2023 ACC title and the program’s first ACC Championship since 2014. Florida State was predicted as the 2024 ACC champion on 81 ballots.



The 2024 ACC Preseason Poll was conducted via a vote of a media panel, including those who were credentialed for last week’s ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte, North Carolina.



Coming off a 9-4 season last year, which ended with five-straight wins, including a victory in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, Clemson garnered 55 first-place votes. Miami racked up 17 first-place votes, while NC State (8), Virginia Tech (5) and Cal (2) also received multiple first-place votes. Boston College and Georgia Tech each received one first-place vote.



Florida State led all teams with 2,708 points, while Clemson was second with 2,657 points. Miami placed third with 2,344 points, and NC State captured fourth with 2,318 points.



The next two teams were tightly bunched, with Louisville in fifth with 1,984 points and Virginia Tech in sixth with 1,968 points.



SMU (1,798) was seventh in the preseason predictions, ahead of North Carolina (1,712) in eighth and Georgia Tech (1,539) in ninth. The 10 through 13 spots were again close, as California (1,095) was projected to finish 10th and just ahead of Duke (1,056) in 11th, Syracuse (1,035) in 12th and Pitt (1,016) in 13th.



Rounding out the preseason poll was Boston College (890) in 14th, Wake Forest (784) in 15th, Virginia (629) in 16th and Stanford (477) in 17th.



The 2024 ACC Football Championship Game will kick off in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on ABC on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.



2024 ACC Preseason Poll

Rk. Team - Points

1. Florida State (81) - 2708

2. Clemson (55) - 2657

3. Miami (17) - 2344

4. NC State (8) - 2318

5. Louisville - 1984

6. Virginia Tech (5) - 1968

7. SMU - 1798

8. North Carolina - 1712

9. Georgia Tech (1) - 1539

10. Cal (2) - 1095

11. Duke - 1056

12. Syracuse - 1035

13. Pitt - 1016

14. Boston College (1) - 890

15. Wake Forest - 784

16. Virginia - 629

17. Stanford - 477



First-place votes in parentheses

170 media voters



ACC Football Notes

• The ACC is the Conference of Quarterbacks, with the return of full-time starters Thomas Castellanos at Boston College, Cade Klubnik at Clemson, Grayson Loftis at Duke, Haynes King at Georgia Tech, Preston Stone at SMU, and Kyron Drones at Virginia Tech, and transfers DJ Uiagalelei at Florida State, Tyler Shough at Louisville, Cam Ward at Miami, Grayson McCall at NC State, and Kyle McCord at Syracuse among others.
• ACC had 10 quarterbacks named to the Maxwell Award preseason watch list, no other conference had more.
• ACC has the top-ranked group of quarterback transfers in 2024 by CBS Sports.
• 13 QBs in the league enter the 2024 season with over 20 career touchdown passes and 3,500 career passing yards.
• Eight quarterbacks from ACC schools are projected to start Week 1 in the 2024 NFL season — 25 percent of NFL teams.
• Since 2018, the ACC has had at least one quarterback drafted in the first round in five different drafts — the only conference to do that.
• The ACC’s non-conference schedule continues to be the most challenging in the country.
• 27 games against Power 4 opponents, including Notre Dame, the most of any conference.
• Nine non-conference games against teams ranked in the final 2023 Associated Press Top 25 Poll, the most of any conference.
• 10 non-conference games against teams in ESPN’s 2024 Way-Too-Early Top 25, the most of any conference.
• ACC Features Elite Coaching Leadership
• Six ACC head coaches were named to the 2024 Dodd Trophy Preseason Watch List, as announced by the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation and the Peach Bowl, no other conference had more.
• Two of the three active coaches to win a national title reside in the ACC - Dabo Swinney led Clemson to national titles in 2016 and 2018. North Carolina’s Mack Brown won a national title at Texas in 2005.
• The 2024 ACC Football Championship Game will kick off in primetime at 8 p.m. ET on ABC on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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His mother passed away, he was supposed to talk to us on Tuesday but he had an emergency situation pop up and I imagine this is what it was.

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Here is the latest on GT recruiting and key targets.

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Not a great example since this is from a few years ago but since 2015 this thing has seemingly shit it's pants

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He was fired up, spoke for 26+ minutes

Good listen on Tech potentially being a sleeper team

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We’ve had some last minute drop outs from our group. Have 4 tickets available
BLK120 Row BB. You’ll have to pleasure to sit me and then wife. We are fun!

Send me a DM if interested.

I was catching up with a friend from high school who now works at the state capitol, and he told me a story about Coach Key coming to meet all the everyone there. He also mentioned that kirby has never made an appearance.

One of the Senators made a joke about uga beating up on GT the last few years and Key got very serious and replied with something like “that stops now. Those days are over” my buddy and all the senators were very taken aback by how serious and intense coach Key was. He is not a fan of the Jackets but was very impressed by Coach Key. Exciting times are ahead! I can’t wait to be in Ireland in 3 weeks!

Just didn’t want this buried in the recruiting buzz thread for those who don’t follow.

Edit: nevermind…couldn’t get the tweet to post properly for some reason

Watching the Olympics on NBC and a Thrivent commercial comes on. It’s a football coach and he’s running players through drills in a football stadium that looks familiar. I’m pretty sure it’s Bobby Dodd Stadium and AJ Artis the S&C coach but not sure. It has some players in it too. I may be completely off but pretty cool if true. No GT branding tho so that’s a bummer.

THE FLATS – Platinum recording artists Shaboozey, Chris Lane and Lauren Alaina will be the featured performers at the first three 2024 editions of Georgia Tech’s Helluva Block Party Driven by Hyundai. Shaboozey will perform prior to Tech’s home opener versus Georgia State on Aug. 31, Lane before the Yellow Jackets’ contest against VMI on Sept. 14 and Alaina ahead of the Jackets’ Atlantic Coast Conference showdown versus Duke on Oct. 5.



All three artists will take the stage on North Avenue right in front of Tech Tower Lawn immediately following Yellow Jacket Alley, Georgia Tech football team’s gameday arrival at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field, which is set for two-and-a-half hours prior to each home game (5:30 p.m. for the 8 p.m. kickoff versus Georgia State, 1 p.m. for the 3:30 p.m. game against VMI and TBA for the contest against Duke, with the announcement of kickoff time set for 12 days prior to gameday).



Pregame concerts are FREE for all fans in attendance as part of Helluva Block Party Driven by Hyundai, which transformed the Georgia Tech football pregame experience in 2023 by bringing the excitement and pageantry of Tech football to one of the most visible and vibrant areas of campus and the city of Atlanta – North Avenue. A three-block stretch of North Avenue – from Techwood Drive/Centennial Olympic Park Drive to Tech Parkway/Luckie Street – is temporarily closed to traffic on gamedays to accommodate the activities.



Tickets for all six of Georgia Tech football’s 2024 home games are on sale and can be purchased by clicking HERE.



Surrounded by some of Georgia Tech’s most iconic locations, including the south entrances to Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field and Tech Tower Lawn, tailgating at Helluva Block Party begins four hours before kickoff of every Georgia Tech home game. For more information on Helluva Block Party, visit ramblinwreck.com/hbp, and for answers to frequently asked questions, visit ramblinwreck.com/hbp-faqs.

Good first rounds yesterday for Ollie Schniederjans, -8 in 2nd place, and Ross Steelman, -7 in 5th place. Both have afternoon tee times today. Coverage on Golf Channel today at 4pm.