paul-johnson Stories - From The Rumble Seat
Georgia Tech vs. Duke: Yes We Found A Duke Football Fan
Thanks to the power of twitter, we were able to find some Duke folks who were willing to talk Duke Blue Devils football. North Carolina radio host Joe Ovies put us in touch with The Devil Wolf, contributor to the DukeHoopBlog. Only it's not JUST hoops. Football is a conversation as well. In...
Winfield Questions The Key Play About VPI&SU
Winfield commanded me to post his conversation with long time bloggociate, Joe of The Key Play. I've met this individual twice in reality and he's yet to be sober. His answers to VPI questions are here. This is how Hokie fans roll after the jump... Winfield: What do Hokie fans think about...
Hokie Defense Suffers from Tooth Decay
The Hokies have been on the decline defensively since 2008. In 2008, their defense only gave up a touchdown to an opposing offense 15% of all ACC drives. In 2009, it went up to 15.29%. In 2010, it went up again to 18.56%. And in 2011, it's a startling 24.07% of the time. The Hokies are giving...
The Georgia Tech Ballhawks
Tech has picked off 11 passes already in 2011. We only picked off 8 all of last year. For comparison's sake, we picked off a pass every 46 times the ball was let loose in 2010. In 2011 on the other hand, we've picked a pass every 24 attempts. That's a pretty damn good drop for our defense...
The Importance of Proximity: A Clemson Preview
Let's talk about attendance because it's probably my favorite stat to track regarding our team. It's the only statistic related to the game that is truly dictated by the fans. First number: 2,711,526. This number is how many people have attended Bobby Dodd Stadium since its expansion to a 55,000...
ACC Team Scoring Efficiencies
The above chart is a breakdown of two different stats for each team of the ACC up to date with only ACC games included. The blue bars equate to the amount of points a team will net per minute of possession in ACC play. For example, Clemson is 1.05 points/min so if they hold the ball for 30...
Georgia Tech's First Down Blues
Georgia Tech's rushing attack on first down is illustrated in the chart below. Basically, I broke the chart into two long running stat lines on first down rushing attempts alone. The blue bars are the season's average yards per carry since the Middle Tennessee State game. This stat fluctuates...
Questions Answered Straight From Old Virginia
I e-mailed Brendan From Ye Olde Times Virginia this week for the always exciting triannual GT-UVA inter-bloggal questionnaire. Brendan responded promptly and quite extensively. Enjoy his responses to our questions after the jump... FTRS: First, we have to talk about the macroissues before the...
What people are saying about 6-0 Georgia Tech...
I went around the media world to pull some quotes from the most obvious places. Georgia Tech's excursion through the wilderness of the ACC has turned out to be more nettlesome than expected...For the second week in a row, against a weaker league opponent, the Yellow Jackets failed to generate a...
How long does it take to dispatch a Georgia Tech opponent?
Tech has played 4 I-A opponents now: Middle Tennessee, Kansas, UNC, and NC State. Those four teams have averaged 27.4 minutes TOP per game and have scored 0.98 points per minute of possession against the Georgia Tech defense. Based on that information, we can devise a formula based on the game's...
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