Coach Parker talks about GT

Well done, good sir.

Does this mean unicorns really do piss rainbows?

Actually, that was pretty damn good. Kudos.

As an Iowa season Ticket holder for several years, but CPJ game tivo-er for 6 seasons, Here’s what I see, having watched both teams in spring practice for two seasons and having personally prayed since the final regular season game that the Orange Bowl Committee wouldn’t court the Hawks to play the Jackets…..
#1, the Iowa staff keeps calling it “The Dive” when it isn’t all just the dive, its also Midline Option, Trap, and/or Inside Veer that you have to protect against vs GT. Iowa lines up with 3 techs and shaded noses, or 1’s with their inside D-Linemen, so its Midline to one side or Inside veer to the other that will be there all night long. Pepper Trap and inside zone-dive in there and its going to be a bit more difficult than they think to force early pitches and run to he football. PJ should and probably will start wide and then move back inside.
#2, Iowa’s corners aren’t very physical, so the rocket sweep will force the Iowa Safeties to fly to the ball, which may give Bay Bay Thomas and easy skinny post on playaction, and in short yardage situations, Roddy Jones will move the sticks. GT- will connect on 5 passes for over 20 yds in the game….. All given up by Iowa’s mediocre corner play…. You watch!
#3, Iowa doesn’t have a true B back type guy, or Option QB in the program to simulate what is going to be happening to them. Last year LSU had 3 or 4 of both in their program that really helped them prepare with the extra time. Iowa doesnt, unless they’re going to bring McNutt from the #1 receiver position down to scout team to give the D a look, which isn’t a good idea. Ohio State had all camp to get ready for Navy and the Middies still rolled up 27 points on them. Of course, Navy’s Ricky Dobbs is a far cry better than GT’s Josh Nesbitt, (no offense to Mr Nesbitt, but Mr Dobbs is “special” with this system)
#4, Iowa turns the ball over a ton…. Now Goergia Tech’s Defense sucks, except when teams become one dimensional because they’re playing catchup, so if Iowa’s within 13 pts, they won’t become pass happy, (see Georgia game as reference, or ACC title game. the Des Moines Pop Warner league champs are better at stopping 21 personel run schemes than Tech’s quote-unquote “Organized Chaos” 3-4 scheme. Coach Johnson should have brought his DC from Navy with him, even if it meant splitting his salary with the guy. Your Coordinator is a joke, no offense.

Fisher Deberry- the long time Air Force coach always broke games down into 4 critical areas.
1. Win the Kicking Game to give your team field position and momentum (Advantage GT)
2. Win the Turnover battle (advantage GT)
3. Minimize Penalties (advantage GT)
4. Win Time of Possession (advantage GT)
He always said in his weekly television show, that if they could do that in the game with their upcoming opponent, they would have a chance to win against any team in the country, and week in and week out, he was right, they were in position to win if they executed in those 4 critical areas.

Now, I’m still going to be rooting for the Hawks, don’t get me wrong, but I secretly love the triple option, Midline, Inside Veer, Trap/Counter Option, (Hybrid Wing T stuff) like The Rocket Sweep, and Belly with Dwyer, and throwing the ball vertically down the field on Play Action. The Hawks will sit in Cover 2 the whole game and try to force early pitches and fly to the ball. I just don’t believe the Hawks have the secondary personel at the corners to make that strategy accomplish their objective. When PJ wants to run wide, then come back inside, it usually works out for him, case in point the 2nd Clemson Game this year, and every year at the Naval Academy against Rutgers or Connecticut.

The only way Iowa wins is if Georgia Tech’s Defense plays their usual half hearted, out of position rely on my own personal speed garbage.
Tech defensive players don’t have the heart on defense that the Navy and Georgia Southern players had, that were coached by the Man…. Film doesn’t lie, GT’s defense is a bunch of lazy, late to align, sloppy tacklers, that just may arm tackle their way to a loss. On the contrary, Iowa’s Defense is slow, disciplined, well coached, has two hard hitting safeties, has an excellent front seven, and they do their job. That very well could be the difference.

Hawks win by 3, because they only turn the ball over twice in the first half.

Go Hawks!

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