FTRS Roundtable: October's Schedule
by Winfield Featherston on Aug 20, 2009 7:00 AM EDT
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PrintWith the season quickly approaching, Dane, Bird and I will be looking at the football schedule month-by-month and giving our quick initial thoughts on each game. Today, we discuss OCTOBER. October is going to be a brutal month with the Jackets on the road 4 of 5 weeks. Can the Jackets run the gauntlet?
October 3rd: at Mississippi State
Dane: Oh noes, the SEC! This game might be difficult, if our entire team is attacked by zombies and forgets how to play football in their deathly states. However, even a team of shambling morons could probably beat them.
Bird: After a coaching change, I don't see Mississippi State pulling a Georgia Tech. The Jackets should easily handle these SEC punching bags.
Winfield: I am not afraid of Mississippi State whatsoever. Bring on the cowbells!
October 10: at Florida State
Dane: I'm more worried about Miami. We will be ready for this game, and while I won't sit here and guarantee a win, I don't think FSU is going to be up for the challenge of playing us.
Bird: If we win this game, I will be incredibly happy. No matter how much luster FSU has lost, they still have a ridiculous home-field advantage. A win here, to me, means we shouldn't lose another ACC game but I wouldn't be surprised if this is eerily similar to our 2006 Clemson rout.
Winfield: Toss up #1.I am afraid of Florida State. Whether it's still the name FSU or how we narrowly won last year, I am nervous. Doak Campbell is loud and ridiculous and I expect FSU to be an undefeated or one-loss team coming into this game as well. A win would make me ecstatic, but I can't expect one.
October 17th: vs. VPI
Dane: Everyone says that VPI is a lock for the ACC. Can we rise to the challenge? I'm sure we can, but I'm not sure we will. If these two teams meet each other undefeated, look for this to be one of the most important games of the CFB season. While I'm worried that we will screw ourselves against Miami, I think VT is the only team on our schedule that can beat us if both teams are playing their best.
Bird: Virginia Tech's season hangs on the threads of Tyrod Taylor's arm and I don't see VT sneaking past us like they did against our 2008 disorganized offense and penalty-maligned defense. Tyrod will not get the late helmet-helmet call and GT wins easily at home. Call it a bold statement.
Winfield: Toss-up #2. But this time we take it. Bud Foster slowed us down last year and we still had a chance to win at the end of the game. With a great offensive gameplan, the Jackets take this one.
October 24th: at UVA
Dane: Paul Johnson won't lose this game twice.
Bird: I think UVA is the worst team in the Coastal. They haven't progressed since last season but Sewell is back and terrible things happen in Charlottesville no matter the players that line up on the sidelines. GT loses by a possession.
Winfield: Haven't won in Charlottesville since 1990. The streak ends in 2009 because Paul Johnson is not afraid of those who show up in blazers and ties and hold each other when they sing they're fight song.
October 31st: at Vanderbilt
Dane: I will be very drunk and probably will be wearing a Stormtrooper costume. Or dressed up like a dead Nashville country star. Look for me carrying around a gin bucket in a little kid's trick-or-treating pumpkin pail. If there's one thing a Catholic upbringing does right it's teach you the value of a good Halloween celebration.
Bird: SEC doormat Vandy shouldn't stand a chance and will probably roll over if they haven't figured out an offense by this point in the season.
Winfield: This has the readings of a trap game all over it. Plus it's on Halloween and our team will be exhausted. However, I don't expect Vandy to put up much of a fight. Tech goes 2-0 against the SEC. Halloween in Nashville! WOO! GONNA BE A GOOD TIME!
October Summary:
Dane: I'd like to say that Tech survives October unscathed, but I doubt it. Traveling twice with FSU on the tail end, then coming home to face VPI is going to be rough. This season is strange, because I can see us winning every game on a game by game basis, but I have a hard time realistically projecting us to not have 2 or 3 losses going into November. Screw it, we sweep October.
Bird: Tech should be favored by Vegas in all but one game in October (@FSU) but Tech performs better as an underdog. I see 2 losses at least in October as we're still working on depth and the ability to consistently dominate week to week.
Winfield: Georgia Tech goes 4-1 for an overall 7-2 record. October is a brutal month full of away games, but the final two of the month come against lesser opponents which leads to wins.
Give us your thoughts!
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at FSU
This is my most feared game of the season. Not because of the cachet of the ‘Noles or them looking for revenge, but because of Doak Campbell Stadium. To anyone who has never been to a game there, it is intense. I’ve been there rooting both against (GT 2003) and for (Miami 2003) the Seminoles, and the atmosphere gets powerful very quickly.
At the GT game in 2003, Tech led 13-0 in the fourth quarter, and Chris Rix led his only career fourth quarter comeback (that I’m aware of), and I give so much credit to the atmosphere at Doak. All it takes is the drum major’s whistle—“tweet…tweet…tweet tweet tweet tweet”—to kick off the chop, which is the loudest thing I’ve ever heard (at least when the Seminoles are behind). 70-some-thousand people start chanting at the exact same time, and you can’t heard yourself think. Walking out of that game, I couldn’t even blame our guys for sucking in the fourth quarter. You literally can’t hear a thing other than the war chant.
The biggest boon we could ask for is that game NOT being a night game. Certainly, daytime would be muggier/hotter/etc., but if the game is at 3:30 (I realize there’s zero chance of a noon game) the fans will be less liquored up and maybe a bit quieter. I expect a night game, but I’m hoping for daytime.
Seriously?
Dane: I’m more worried about Miami. We will be ready for this game, and while I won’t sit here and guarantee a win, I don’t think FSU is going to be up for the challenge of playing us.
More afraid of Miami and their lack of offense than FSU? WOW….
I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.
Elayne Boosler
We know what to expect out of FSU...
And like I said, we will be ready.
However, we aren’t looking at the same Miami team as last year. I’m fairly certain DFJ would do a better job at offensive coordinator than Pat Nix, and that’s why Miami scares me. Shannon has cleaned up the program, and that talent is going to do something impressive soon enough. FSU however, is going to be the same FSU from the past couple of years.
While it won’t surprise me if FSU has a better season than Miami, I’m more worried about dicking a game away to the Canes rather than getting upset by FSU. At any rate, we are going to be much better than both of those teams, so I’d be pretty pissed if we lose to either.
LOL, I guess we'll see....
But I do know the FSU team you’ll see this year will be the best team that has taken the field wearing Garnet and Gold in at least 5 years. I wanna save you some money and advise you to not bet on that game….
I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.
Elayne Boosler
honestly
I’m sure the Noles will be better this year but you guys couldn’t handle Nesbitt and Dwyer last year in ATL. Nesbitt doesn’t get hurt and that amazing play at the end is never even dreamed up by the wildest of Tech fans. I’m sure it’ll be tough and personally I’m more worried about our own attrition and FSU’s homefield advantage beating us than the actual FSU football team.
FYI, projecting Nesbitt’s play over last year’s entire game: He played 37 minutes and the offense accumulated 279 rushing yards. Over a full 60 minutes the offense would’ve racked up 450 YARDS…rushing. Not to mention we were winning 31-20 at Nesbitt’s injury.
Fight, win, drink, get naked
I know...
Before he went out, GT was AVERAGING 8.2 yards per play. 8.2 YARDS PER PLAY! I look at the number and wanna hurl. That said, our defensive line averaged a tad under 260lbs year. Another amazing, horrible number. The DL will average 276 across the front 4 this year. That’s right at an extra 20 lbs per player, and will help tons. Hopefully, we wont play dog pile on the center like we did last year. The FSU offense should be more explosive. We return all our starters on a OL that was average but very young last year. As you mentioned, GT will be replacing three guys playing in the NFL on the DL. As good as your back 7 are, they can’t make up for that loss of talent I think it’ll be the one of the best games of the year. I can’t wait…
I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I only lock every other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the locks, they are always locking three.
Elayne Boosler
Of October
I think the FSU will be the toughest game in October. I think people are overrating VPI. If we have problems with the others, then it’s probably because we are playing the third string and giving the starters plenty of rest for real competition.
"This is America, if we can’t self-righteously look down on others and blame them for our faults, the commies win."-----Cormican on Bleeding Green Nation w/r/t fans overreacting to the Eagles signing of Michael Vick
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