Risk Assessment: What streaks will be extended/broken in 2010?
by BirdGT on Aug 10, 2010 8:00 AM EDT
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PrintA quick look at the GT schedule shows only a few obvious streaks. We've got a winning streak over I-AA opponents that goes all the way back to 1986. We have defeated Clemson several times since 2006 and Duke hasn't beaten Tech since Reggie Ball's disastrous freshman trip to Durham. Let's review the streaks in detail...
Streak: 19
Who: I-AA Opponents
Run Down: Tech hasn't lost or tied a I-AA team since that awkward 1986 game against Furman. The Purple Paladins tied Bill Curry's last Tech team 17-17 in Tech's 1986 home opener. South Carolina State is a fine football squad but the odds of them upsetting CPJ & Co. is LOW. Streak extends to 20 after this season.
Streak: 14
Who: Noon Kickoff Games @ Home
Run Down: Considering "noon" is ACC-speak for "Raycom Primetime", it makes sense that Tech hasn't lost a noon kickoff at home since 1995. I don't foresee Miami being earlier than 3:30 and none of the other home opponents really strike me as formidable. I think this odd streak continues on into 2011. Risk of ending is LOW.
Streak: 6
Who: Duke University
Run Down: Tech came into the 2003 Duke game riding a four game winning streak. Tech committed Four turnovers and gave up 253 rushing yards to the Blue Devils ending the Blue Devils 30 game conference game losing streak. Duke lost all of its rushing and passing offense from last season (Thaddeus Lewis) to graduation. The likelihood the Devils pull a Chan-tastic Moment against CPJ & Co. is LOW.
Streak: 4
Who: Clemson University
Run Down: The purple on purple game was probably one of the worst football games ever. Clemson, as a good sport, has managed to drop four straight to the Jackets since 2006 including an ACC Title revenge match up last season. If there's one squad that really wants to beat Tech on our schedule, it's the Tigers. The likelihood of Death Valley ending GT's streak is MEDIUM-HIGH.
Streak: 3
Who: Teams from North Carolina
Run Down: Tech's last loss to a North Carolinian squad was the 2008 loss in Chapel Hill. Tech hasn't scored more than 13 points in Chapel Hill since 2002. Because of the inclusion of NC State and Wake, Tech has the chance to sweep all four North Carolina schools in the regular season for the first time since 2001. The risk of Tech dropping a game to one of the four North Carolina schools is MEDIUM.
Streak: 3
Who: Road SEC Out of Conference Games
Run Down: Tech won at Georgia in 2008, Vandy in 2009, and Mississippi State in 2009. Can Tech pull it off against Georgia in 2010? I think so. The odds of this streak ending are MEDIUM-HIGH.
Any other streaks I left off? What streak is most likely to be broken this year?
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another streak
be ambitious.
Streak: 20
Who: Seasons finishing the season ranked lower than #1.
ouch
thank kind of stung, and we know a thing or to about stingings.
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by A hellava Financial Engineer on Aug 10, 2010 8:36 AM EDT up reply actions
These are all good streaks
We all know the bad streaks, but we don’t speak about them.
If Chan Gailey went undefeated against 1-AA
I have no fear that CPJ will as well
Better to have died a small boy than to drop this football - John HeismanFromTheRumbleSeat
by Winfield Featherston on Aug 10, 2010 8:37 AM EDT reply actions
Once he gets past
Gardner-Webb, right? That game was pretty scary.
who?
I’m sorry I don’t remember that game.
Better to have died a small boy than to drop this football - John HeismanFromTheRumbleSeat
by Winfield Featherston on Aug 10, 2010 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Nice work
And thanks for the shout out.
You guys always seem to take my post ideas and basically hit them out of the park. Keep it up.
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Here's a streak I hope doesn't end
CPJ hasn’t let a team beat him twice in a row at GT. Last year, he avenged losses to UVA, VT, and UNC. I wouldn’t want to be Miami or uga next year (or Iowa if by chance we meet again).
I’ve noticed that too. As I said on one of my posts a long time ago, CPJ hates to lose, so keeping that streak going is pretty high on his list of priorities.
by Atlanta's original team on Aug 10, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
CPJ's record against teams he lost to the last time he faced them...
13-6 since Navy… He loves vengeance games.
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Teams from VA
We are riding a 2 game win streak over teams from Virginia, too…
I write stuff From the Rumble Seat.
Bad streak
Bowl losing streak needs to end this year…
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by BirdGT on Aug 10, 2010 11:41 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Two odd streaks
Here are two odd streaks, one which we need to continue and won that needs breaking.
The Jackets have lost to an unranked team at least once in 19 straight seasons (since 1990). We almost broke this last year, but extended it with the loss to unranked Georgia.
The Jackets have won at least one game against a ranked team every year since 1995, O’Leary’s first full year. That’s 15 straight seasons.
Climpson is S-C-ARY
They’re pissed off (especially since we swept them in every football, basketball, and baseball game last year save the near-seasons-end game in littlejohn), they’ve got us at their place, and they’ve got kyle parker and a defense. I see us dropping this one, even without CJ Spiller doing his on-field absurdities.
Paul Johnson: not giving a shit about what you have to say since 1987.
Word on the street is
Climpson’s defense has 11 guys who will be playing on Sundays at some point in the next few years. That’s REALLY rare to find. They’ll be a tough test for CPJ and Nesbitt’s Crew.
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