2011 Georgia Tech Football: The Middle Tennessee "Preview"

by Winfield Featherston on Sep 9, 2011 9:55 AM EDT in Georgia Tech Football

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets take to the road for the first time in 2011 and for the only time in September. Middle Tennessee, though a member of the Sun Belt, is no slouch and the final stretch meltdown against Purdue remains fresh in their minds. Tech looks to match last year's 42-14 victory over the Blue Raiders in front of 30,000 + screaming crazy blue fans in a place known as The Skillet.

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It's so early in the season, if you want to learn more about MTSU, I suggest you check out Bird's post on the Blue Raiders' loss to Purdue last week.

In summary, the Blue Raiders have a new quarterback who is taking over Dwight Dasher, and seem to like to pass more than they did last year. This is likely because Dasher was a dual threat QB and without him, they seem to have little to no rushing game. The Jackets should be able to run through their 3-4 pass defense throughout the day.

Spread: Georgia Tech -11

Prediction: From my season predictions earlier this year, I envision September as someone easing themselves into a hot bath. Western Carolina is the foot, MTSU is the lower body. We're getting warmer and better, cleaning up the loose ends, ready for the big games in October and November. Jackets take this one. Georgia Tech covers

What do you think about this weekend's game?

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This may not be a firm watermark

Because for all we know Purdue could go 1-10. But at the very least if we take care of business it should give us a nice little confidence boost going into the next game. I would think it wouldn’t be an excessive amount of confidence given the week 3 opponent.

by shakenbake11 on Sep 9, 2011 10:07 AM EDT reply actions

As long as . . .

we win the games we are supposed to win this year it will be a fine season. I never worry about this team getting up for Virginia Tech, Clemson or Georgia. It’s these pesky little games at the beginning that I breathe easier about once we have properly dispatched them.

by Atlanta's original team on Sep 9, 2011 11:26 AM EDT reply actions

(using my soothing voice for this one)

Take a deep beathe. Yes, breathe deeply. Remain calm, and step AWAY from the Gailey. Let him go. You can – No you WILL – beat the team’s you’re supposed to beat. 2010 was a dream. Jussst a dream. This is now a normal season under Paul Johnson. There are 5 wins on the schedule alone. Isn’t that nice? Bowl eligibility is almost gauranteed. Breatttthhhe…

#calmthecrapdowneverybody!

by GT_Jason on Sep 9, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I calmed the crap down right before Kansas last year

AND YOU SEE WHERE THAT GOT US

/fetalposition

The Church of Paul Johnson - There's not much to it outside of whooping ass and giving haters the finger. To HELL With georgie!

by LilBroey700 on Sep 9, 2011 12:23 PM EDT up reply actions

deeep breathe

Better to have died a small boy than to drop this football - John Heisman FromTheRumbleSeat

Twitter, twitter, twitter

by Winfield Featherston on Sep 9, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Somebody's got to be vigilant!

Don’t you know about cell phone towers, health care death panels, poisonous poinsettias, ice chunks falling from the sky and fish that walk out of the water at night and come eat you! How can you be complacent in a world like that?!!

by Atlanta's original team on Sep 9, 2011 2:46 PM EDT reply actions

I swear my amygdala is not overdeveloped.

by Atlanta's original team on Sep 9, 2011 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe it's because I went through the Bill Curry years

or maybe it’s something else, but I am never that confident Tech will win. They should win, sure, but that doesn’t mean they are going to.

I don’t predict outcomes of games. There’s no way to know (unless it’s Alabama against Georgia State last year). These are young kids, and we never know what’s going on in their heads. Seriously, if anyone was really good at predicting games they’d be rich.

I’ll play “pick ’em” games, but those are guesses (and gambles), not predictions.

(I have in the past made predictions. In 1984 I wrote and article for the Technique describing in detail all the reasons Tech was going to spank Georgia in Athens that year, breaking a six-year drought. I was right, but it was just luck.)

by CraigT on Sep 10, 2011 12:49 AM EDT reply actions

Vegas is rich

They make predictions all the time, and they are really good at it.

"You could spend the next fifteen seconds of your life watching a man and a tiger scream together, or you could be an idiot."
Fact.

by Jesse28 on Sep 10, 2011 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions

That's not how it works

How often do final scores match the original line?

Oddsmakers don’t try to predict the outcome of games; they predict how people will bet on the games. As the bets come in, they adjust the lines to match.

Their goal is to have an equal amount of money bet on both teams. They don’t care who wins, as long as there’s as much losing money as winning money. They take a cut off the top.

by CraigT on Sep 10, 2011 7:30 PM EDT up reply actions