I genuinely feel like Tech has arguably the worst fan base in major college football. South Carolina isn’t great, but that place was absolutely electric. What does Tech need to do to get BDS to that place? Is it even possible?
KQ- GT is in a tough spot because of its location (being in Atlanta) and the student body demographics compared to most of the programs that play big boy football so they will always have to work harder. Believe it or not, there are many far worse and poisonous fan bases.
South Carolina is a real outlier they've always supported that team despite it mostly being a shitshow.
Kelly, be honest with us, will Tech ever win another football game? And what’s the chance we will sign more than zero 3 star recruits this year? Just seems like the world is falling apart and we should all give up.
KQ- I think luckily for Georgia Tech, Florida State is setting the GOLD STANDARD for bedshitting so it is only up from here.
Let’s say we beat Miami on Saturday. Who do you think plays in the ACC championship game? If Miami, Clemson has one loss and SMU has none or say they all have One Conference loss?
KQ- That is an interesting question. I think Miami and Clemson probably get in. The tiebreaker is this according to CBS sports story before the game on Saturday and the loss. If they each have one loss this would still be the tiebreaker I think. Someone else can chime in if there is something else that comes into it if they each have one loss. Here is the story
As it stands right now, if Miami, Clemson and SMU all finish with 8-0 records, the deciding tiebreaker would likely be the winning percentage of each team's conference opponents in conference games.
Does removing as assistant coach two years straight affect CBKs ability to hire? Or are coaches like recruits and ultra confident it won’t happen to them.
KQ- Technically he didn't remove any coaches last year during the regular season. He demoted Andrew Thacker and promoted Kevin Sherrer to DC, but he didn't fire Thacker or Travares Tillman until after the season was over. Mike Daniels who got fired when he was the interim coach was fired for something that was completely outside of Key's control.
I think injuries this year exposed our depth we were very lucky last year, depth takes a few years for a coach to build do you agree or disagree.
KQ- Haynes King played like 99% of the competitive snaps last year at QB. I pretty much have never seen that happen ever in my entire career. They got pretty lucky because even guys who were hurt like Brett Seither were still able to play some. Other than Dontae Smith and Leo Blackburn there were not many two-deep injuries of consequence and they got Dontae back rolling after missing a bit of time.
Do you think this is a revenge game for Miami for what happened last year and will they do there best to embarrassed us?
KQ- I am very curious to see how they come out. That is a double-edged sword for Mario Cristobal to play this week because it really exposes his terrible coaching decision and how pissed the team was at him especially the defense after the game. I would assume Mario is going with more of a this is the next team on the agenda and they need to keep going. If they are worried about revenge that helps Georgia Tech in my opinion because they are turning the game into more than it is.
Do incoming Recruits know they’ll be redshirted ahead of time say during recruitment or is it a process of not catching on during Spring/Summer practice? Like Jameson Riggs came in highly recruited but is a likely Redshirt.
KQ- So it depends entirely on the situation. A quarterback is generally going to know where things stand like Graham Knowles. Knowles knew that Haynes King was the starter and Zach Pyron was going to be QB2 so it was very likely that both he and Aaron Philo were going to redshirt. Once he was QB4/5 then it is pretty clear to the kid. With the OL/DL kids, they are pretty clear with them it is up to them to get into the two-deep and if they don't they prefer to redshirt those kids and not waste their shirts because those are the players who need the most development time. For skill guys it really may come down to how many special teams units they are on or camp injuries. Also, it depends on how much weight they need to add or muscle, so that is why Nehemiah Chandler is likely to redshirt as well instead of playing on special teams.
Usually the position coach and Key will sit down with each kid before the spring, after the spring and around camp time and lay out an idea of what they are doing.
You’ve mentioned how we don’t have a big body receiver on the roster to be opposite the field of Singleton. Has Canion assumed that role?
KQ- Canion could be one of those guys, but he is still learning how to use his body and get separation. That is where Leo Blackburn and Abdul Janneh also have some issues. Getting off defenders and creating that window to catch the ball has been an issue. You saw the long catch that Janneh had the other day as a great example of doing that correctly and running a good route.
Are we looking to add bigger receivers from hs or is that a portal add? And what’s been going on with Leo?
KQ- Yes and I expect they will look in the portal as well for a bigger WR. As far as Leo goes, he is down in the rotation. Canion has taken his reps basically and Janneh is getting all the other outside WR reps right now so there isn't much space for him to play. It is unfortunate but he also has been through a lot physically and is probably not fully back to being his best version of himself. He needs to get a shot of confidence as well and I'm afraid I don't see that happening this season with the way the WR rotation is working right now.
Does Maddox make it back this season or he fully on ice?
KQ- I would be surprised to see him again before a possible bowl game.
What’s the key to the game on Saturday for tech to win? Also forecast looks like rain, is that better for us since they air it out with Cam?
KQ- I think rain helps slow the pace down which benefits Georgia Tech some. They have to keep Cam Ward from extending plays and they have to shut down their slot receiver. The offense has to be able to avoid 3 and outs and sustain some drives and have a run game.
