Georgia Tech vs. Air Force: Falcon Defense Has Triple Option Experience
by BirdGT on Dec 9, 2010 8:00 AM EST
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PrintThis ain't Air Force's first rodeo against a Paul Johnson coached team. Air Force faced off with Paul Johnson six times from 2002-2007 defeating him in 2002 but losing every time afterward by an average margin of 5.4 points. Paul Johnson's option offense accumulated over 0.9 miles of rushing yards against the Fighting Falcons from 2002-2007 meaning there isn't much the average Falcon defender hasn't seen from a CPJ attack.
Ken Niumatalolo is 2-1 against Air Force including Navy's first loss in the series since 2002. The Falcons managed to end their 7 game losing streak by limiting the big plays and scoring opportunities of Navy. The 6 points scored against Air Force was the lowest point total for a Navy offense since their October 14, 2006 game against Rutgers. This is why Tech fans should be concerned with the Air Force defense.
The above chart shows the difference between Niumatalolo's quarterback, A-back, and B-back yards per carry averages versus their averages against Air Force. For example, a B-back that averages 5 yards per carry on the season only got 2 yards per carry against Air Force would show up as -3 on the chart.
Besides the fact that Air Force is a motivated member of the proletariat taking on a member of the elite, Air Force has legit game experience against CPJ's option. They also run their own version of the option making their scout team a million times better than the average UNC or Virginia Tech scout team. And for all those wondering how long the game will take, the average Georgia Tech game in 2010 took 3 hours and 10 minutes. The Air Force-Navy game took 2 hours and 44 minutes. If you blink, you'll miss a quarter or two.
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I suppose it’s time to see if the horses CPJ can get at GT are better then the horses he had at Navy. Not sure if this year would be the best illustration though…
look at Wake
Held us to 209 yards rushing and 0 TD’s. Navy racked up 274 rushing and 2 TD’s. We may be in for a long game against the Falcons.
I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.
That was also at the very beginning of the season
…..and by that I mean week 5 or so. Crap. Granted, also the week after we were lit up by NC State and three weeks after losing to North Dakota St I mean Kansas.
Assignment football required -
If buttered bread always lands butter side up and a cat always lands on it’s feet, what happens if you glue a buttered piece of bread, butter side up, to the back of a cat?
It appers that if we are in for an interesting game. As usual, the team with the fewest turnovers and mental mistakes will prevail. Is is possible to go into overtime tied 3-3? Think we might see more shotgun snaps on offense? One thing for sure, I’m watching this one from home.
Good Matchup
Watched AF and TCU play this season. AF has a really good squad. Played us really close till the end of the half and we kinda blew the doors off from there. But they played OU really close in Norman and almost were last team to win there since TCU did. I think its really going to show whether GT defense can tackle or not. We know the scheme and know whats coming our way but can we play simple assignment football and make the tackles???
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