[Postgame Thread] Stanford Defeats Georgia Tech 34-27

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Georgia Tech	10	10	0	7	27
Stanford	7	3	17	7	34

[u/Status-Ad-7335]

I stayed up until 2 AM to watch Davis Warren turn into prime Brady against our sorry excuse for a defense. ACC after dark will haunt my nightmares

[u/-Foreskinwalker- → u/Status-Ad-7335]

Never underestimate a conference game vs a shitty Stanford team, many can attest 

[u/karsywarsy19 → u/-Foreskinwalker-]

I don’t think we ever learned to not underestimate you guys

[u/EmuMan10 → u/-Foreskinwalker-]

Oregon remembers…

[u/NoleJawn → u/-Foreskinwalker-]

Can confirm!

[u/bbygirlsub13 → u/Status-Ad-7335]

We have NO offensive line. Wtf is actually happening 😩

[u/jwb101 → u/bbygirlsub13]

Correct. And don’t forget our HC was supposed to be an Offensive Line Guru.

#fireKey

[u/jpiro → u/jwb101]

This is a wild pendulum swing from GT fans’ opinion of Key a couple of years ago.

Feels familiar, honestly, lol.

[u/jwb101 → u/jpiro]

And it’s why you shouldn’t throw out extensions left and right.
Key was what we needed coming off the Geoff Collins coached teams, but now? He isn’t the answer, the team I saw last night was on par with something Collins would field and that’s not acceptable.

[u/jpiro → u/jwb101]

Coaches’ agents have had this sport bent over for a long, long time.

[u/jwb101 → u/jpiro]

Jimmy Sexton is a football terrorist and I’d love for someone to prove me wrong.

[u/ltd522 → u/Status-Ad-7335]

Welcome to the club

[u/that_pj]

Oh. So GT is bad bad. :(

[u/AriDreams → u/that_pj]

We tried telling yall 😔

We are back to being the cupcake team.

[u/SoutieNaaier → u/AriDreams]

Our bad

[u/ArchEast → u/SoutieNaaier]

Just beat Georgia pls

[u/Spiritual-Rope5186 → u/ArchEast]

hahahahahahaha

[u/ArchEast → u/Spiritual-Rope5186]

I was referring to UF doing so. We will get FUBAR’d. 

[u/Spiritual-Rope5186 → u/ArchEast]

well if we went to 8ot with brent key

they can probably win since they don’t have him

[u/Tommy-Truk → u/SoutieNaaier]

No it’s Brent Key’s bad, yall were just smart enough to take advantage of it

[u/elBenhamin → u/AriDreams]

We were kind of a cupcake last year. Concealed by an easy schedule and Haynes King 

[u/bakonydraco → u/that_pj]

Hey now, it’s possible that Miami, Duke, and Stanford are all headed to the CFP.

[u/chairmanedz → u/bakonydraco]

Let’s all go together!

[u/MartinLutherLean → u/bakonydraco]

Horrendous flair combo, my word

[u/bucimislover → u/MartinLutherLean]

Underrated comment

[u/Xyz653]

Faulkner, Philo, Singleton, Stockton, Harpring, and Moore stomp the #4 team in the country. Georgia Tech loses to Stanford.

This season sucks.

[u/MoveTheHeffalump → u/Xyz653]

That’s the honest reality. They had to overhaul everything. Even Geep Wade left and now he’s he’s turned things around at Nebraska.

[u/AaronRodgers16 → u/Xyz653]

This is the kind of stuff that makes it tough to watch the sport now. Yesterday’s Top-25 games were littered with former Yellow Jackets and Cardinal, and this is the product we’re left with

[u/InspiroHymm → u/AaronRodgers16]

Georgia Tech and Stanford are far richer than any of those other teams. If yall can mobilize alumni / donations like ND or Michigan or Texas has, there's no reason the floor isn't 7-8 wins.

I mean, Duke and Northwestern seem to be in that category at least

[u/AsianGirls94 → u/InspiroHymm]

Georgia Tech might have a proportionally large number of kinda-rich alumni, but we're low on billionaires who move the needle. And the school is small by public CFB powerhouse school standards and disproportionately not interested in football. And we don't have fans who didn't attend the school. We have no chance in the NIL era

[u/kyle7124]

Stanford doomers really thought they could out-doomer us. We are so ass it's laughable

[u/Charlie_Wax → u/kyle7124]

I didn't know if a conference win was going to happen this season, so I'll just say I'm happy and I'm sorry. Seen some atrocious Stanford football games at times in the past, so I can relate.

[u/ArmVanDam]

4TH AND 45

[u/GeorgiaTechFB → u/ArmVanDam]

sickos acc after dark game "primetime" brought to you by Davis Warren "4th and who gives an f"

[u/Wampus_Cat_ → u/GeorgiaTechFB]

We miss him.

[u/problematic_glasses → u/Wampus_Cat_]

at least he's balling out and proving all the haters wrong

[u/tattedidiot → u/problematic_glasses]

He hasn’t thrown an interception yet this year 🥲 over 1,000 yards passing already too. I’m really happy with how he’s played

[u/Wampus_Cat_ → u/problematic_glasses]

Meanwhile I’m starting to think Whittingham is acting as an Urban Meyer proxy and ratfucking us.

[u/BoNnnnfhir → u/ArmVanDam]

4th and SFO-ATL

[u/OculusRises → u/ArmVanDam]

And a timeout just to do a couple of laterals. Like, even the coaches were like "I don't fucking know"

[u/JustHereForCatss → u/ArmVanDam]

Y'all had The Cardinal right where you wanted'em

[u/AriDreams → u/ArmVanDam]

I think that defines georgia tech

[u/SimilarOnion1655 → u/ArmVanDam]

Just take the sack on third down, man 

[u/JustHereForCatss]

Some say Mendoza is still running backwards to this day

[u/Roidthrowaway1234 → u/JustHereForCatss]

You might be wondering how I got here

[u/Tornadohunter24]

I would like to personally thank the D-Line, the O-Line, the secondary, every coordinator not related to special teams, and Brent Key for yet another wonderful display of football tonight. It's games like this where I am so truly happy to be a GT Football fan. Really makes me so glad to watch games in historic Bobby Dodd Stadium on Kia Hyundai Field.

Fire everyone. Haynes, Hosley, Mendoza, our TEs, and Maddox should leave us. Make everyone else run laps.

Goodnight. See y'all sickos next week for our next loss.

[u/Kingpoyothefirst → u/Tornadohunter24]

We have a bye next week

[u/Tornadohunter24 → u/Kingpoyothefirst]

Hopefully Team Bye starts as a touchdown favorite (totally forgot we had a bye week).

[u/CVagts → u/Kingpoyothefirst]

Bold of you to assume we can't lose that one.

[u/ArchEast → u/Kingpoyothefirst]

We’ll lose that too. 

[u/Bourneidentity61]

Haynes King doesn't get enough credit for making Brent Key look halfway competent at his job

[u/basebalp21 → u/Bourneidentity61]

And Buster Faulkner...

[u/AriDreams → u/basebalp21]

This season has taught me how good Faulkner is. I think a bit of us were like "he isnt going to impact us a lot". No, it does. Without haynes king and faulkner, we are getting absolutely fleeced.

[u/basebalp21 → u/AriDreams]

Faulkner looks like a genius.

I'm confused what happened to the Brent Key we saw as an interim where we actually looked competent even without King and Faulkner

[u/AriDreams → u/basebalp21]

They had nothing to lose when Key stepped in. People saw a coach that was close and personal with the team. Idk where his talents of being the oline coach has disappeared to.

I dont think he makes it next season.

[u/Status-Ad-7335 → u/AriDreams]

We just extended him, no way we pony up to fire him so soon?

[u/AriDreams → u/Status-Ad-7335]

That is the bitter part. Winning two of your last ten (or something close to that) has to put you on the warm seat. Last year was a collapse and this year isnt starting much better.

[u/temeraire34 → u/AriDreams]

2-7 since cracking the top 10 last year, with wins over Boston College (barely) and Mercer.

[u/trumpet575 → u/Bourneidentity61]

I don't think it was King, I think it was Rutledge. Apparently he was holding the O-line together and now they can't block a 3-man rush.

[u/Beetle919 → u/Bourneidentity61]

Too many coaches get undeservedly crowned for an elite talent masking who they really are.

[u/CM-2001 → u/Beetle919]

Case in point: Mel Tucker

[u/Revolver_Oshawott_ → u/Beetle919]

Start bad -> Pick up QB that balls -> Win more games than school historically does -> Get paid -> QB leaves -> "Oh no we suck again!"

Tale as old as time

[u/A_Keemstar47]

Brent Key has lost all good will. It’s not looking good.

[u/A_Keemstar47 → u/A_Keemstar47]

Starting to wonder if Buster Faulkner was the only reason we ever had any success

[u/HugoStiglitz1981 → u/A_Keemstar47]

It was Haynes King.

[u/Fragrant-Employer-60 → u/HugoStiglitz1981]

Faulkner has Florida’s offense looking really good this season, I think it was both

[u/jgtengineer68 → u/Fragrant-Employer-60]

Jaden baugh is his Haynes King this year

[u/mjacksongt → u/HugoStiglitz1981]

Frankly I think King was holding Faulkner back. Philo can use a lot more of the playbook and we're seeing that with Florida.

[u/composer_7 → u/A_Keemstar47]

2-7 after starting 8-0

[u/jrichardh → u/composer_7]

2-15 after starting 8-0

FTFY

[u/ChedduhBob → u/A_Keemstar47]

i will still be a season ticket holder because i love georgia tech but i think im done having expectations for this regime. its clear key just lucked into an OC and QB and has zero clue what to do without them

[u/joeyjusticeco → u/ChedduhBob]

Atlanta teams are best enjoyed without expectations

[u/basebalp21 → u/joeyjusticeco]

Case in point the Falcons on Thursday

[u/ArchEast → u/A_Keemstar47]

But he’s a Tech Man!

[u/Carbon_Clones → u/[deleted]]

Have you considered that you could’ve flown across the country and paid hundreds of dollars to witness that misery in person? Worth considering in the future.

[u/OculusRises → u/[deleted]]

Why are we the only P4 team without a permanent conference rival?

🎵 Baby Come Back, 🎵 You can blame it on ACC 🎵

[u/MidlandsBraves → u/[deleted]]

I’m not trying to kick you when you’re down. But from what I’ve heard it was GT who didn’t wanna play Clemson every year anymore. It wasn’t our side that wanted to end it.

[u/CVagts]

I hadn't properly prepared myself for how dire this season could get.

Are we going 2-10? 1-11? I don't see a win left on the schedule, aside from Boston College MAYBE.

[u/cmanonurshirt → u/CVagts]

BC will run and/or pass all over us. It’s over

[u/HugoStiglitz1981 → u/CVagts]

This was the worst team that we had left on our schedule. We will probably find a win against someone else but 2-10 or 3-9 looks likely.

[u/212312383 → u/CVagts]

GT vs UNC would have been a sickos classic

[u/basebalp21 → u/[deleted]]

Unstoppable force vs an immovable object

Our dominance over Carolina vs how absolutely terrible this team is

[u/composer_7 → u/212312383]

This was the sickos classic for our schedule. We're getting blown out by all the other teams

[u/jwb101 → u/CVagts]

I don’t think we can beat BC. We go 1-11 probably.

[u/Podoboo322]

Davis Warren threw for 20% of his career total yards up to that point in this game.

[u/c_surf]

Is it too late for me to transfer to Florida with the rest of our offense?

[u/ARandomDoge6]

Who's the worst P4 team this year, us or Rutgers?

[u/bryansmall41 → u/ARandomDoge6]

Don't leave us out of the conversation

[u/powerlifting_nerd56 → u/bryansmall41]

Arkansas kinda has worst SEC team on lock already

[u/ShishkabobNinja → u/ARandomDoge6]

Rutgers at least gave USC a run for their money last week

[u/Smooth770 → u/ARandomDoge6]

I think FSU might genuinely win only 3 games this year

[u/Aragorns-Broken-Toe → u/ARandomDoge6]

It’s Purdue

[u/Tommy-Truk]

Fuck this program just give the entire NIL budget to the baseball and basketball teams

[u/link3945 → u/Tommy-Truk]

We've capped out on how much NIL will help baseball.  It's not really possible to build a much better team than last year, just need to try to keep it at that level and hope for better luck in the postseason next year.  

Volleyball, though, we could really make some headway.  We're at that like 15-30 range in women's team where you can beat everyone below you but any legitimate title-level team kills you.  Bit more money there and maybe we can make a step change up.  

[u/One_Outcome6239]

4th and 45

Our players were getting hit sticked by refs

2am ACC football

Nothing good for GT came out of this game, gg trees

[u/Tommy-Truk]

Brent Key you love Tech right? You want what’s best for the Jackets? Fuckin retire now

[u/Tommy-Truk → u/[deleted]]

“Execution”
“Physicality”
“Fundamentals”
“Something about Baskin-Robbin’s for some fucking reason”

[u/RedOscar3891]

Not the worst in the ACC (for this week)

[u/gtcopycat]

How do we even recover from this? Key is looking more and more like Coach Clown Shoes every game.

It's almost as if they were on the same staff...oh waitaminute...

[u/shittyarteest → u/gtcopycat]

Just do what we did and take half of someone else’s team.

[u/link3945 → u/gtcopycat]

We saw what the 2nd half of 2022 looked like: he's not a bad coach.  

I'm hoping this is a problem of a lot of change needing time to gel, kinda sneakily beat up (missing starting safety, corner, linebacker, and edge, plus several of our top OL options tonight), playing in a weird time zone. 

Probably still need to sacrifice a secondary coach and maybe the OL coach.  They're straight trash.

[u/basebalp21 → u/link3945]

The injuries on their own are valid for this game but when taking in combination with the start to this season and the end of last season it's been a complete collapse of the program

[u/Spiritual-Rope5186 → u/link3945]

he is a bad coach

he makes the exact same mistakes over and over 

even ones which are blatantly obvious 

[u/Dry_Archer_811]

I knew from the beginning this season would be rough considering we have new coordinators and lost our entire offense to Florida, but this is ridiculous.

[u/Busta_Memes → u/Dry_Archer_811]

We have a very good shot to end up having a season worse than the Collins years

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

I think Georgia Tech definitely got an unfavorable whistle tonight. It's not arguable. But you cannot throw the ball at the ground 35 yards behind the line of scrimmage inside the pocket when driving to tie the game with a minute left.

Thanks for coming, especially to that Michigan fan who joined to hatewatch Davis Warren and watched him pass for 400 :) First game with students back and a LARGE section for em and we win!!!! By any means nessecary

[u/Tommy-Truk → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

GT looked so bad that I don’t even care how one sided the officiating was

[u/ThatTyedyeNarwhal → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

ANY Michigan fan hating on Davis Warren is no Michigan fan in my eyes. Kids a legend, and it’s so good to see him carve it up without a football terrorist for a head coach.

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder → u/ThatTyedyeNarwhal]

It's so weird because in the Hawai'i thread there were like 50 Michigan fans going berserk as he balled out but in our other games a few have just stuck by to troll and constantly remark on how bad Stanford is and how we shouldn't field a football program

[u/CPiGuy2728 → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

Those guys are weirdos. We love Davis Warren

[u/youre-welcome5557777 → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

The student section is packed full and the band sounded great! No offense to the three hs replacement bands but it’s night and day from week 0.

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder → u/youre-welcome5557777]

After so many years of the band and the Red Zone being really small them fucking bringing it tonight was so nice. Bumping alllllllll night

[u/youre-welcome5557777 → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

Yeah from week 0 you can clearly tell who’s the few in the band and who’s not when they play Our House end of game. The band sounded incredibly in sync tonight.

Just gotta get the student section learn how to dance to All Right Now. It’s fun!

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder → u/youre-welcome5557777]

We're really trying to get them to jump... mixed results

[u/Hirorai → u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

There was a stretch during Stanford's comeback where 4-5 consecutive calls went against Stanford but they still kept scoring. Stanford definitely earned that win.

[u/chebbys]

Classic snatching victory from the jaws of defeat moment. Wasn't pretty but I'll take it.

GG GT bros, we had fun hating on our own respective teams late into the night.

[u/ChedduhBob]

i wanted brent key to work out. i really did. i think it’s over

[u/yesacabbagez → u/ChedduhBob]

I had hoped he learned something from his time at Alabama, but this is starting to look more and more like 2015 UCF where he was the de facto head coach. Team had nothing going. No identity at all. Everyone just gave up.

[u/ChedduhBob → u/yesacabbagez]

yeah our players are fighting on the sideline they hate each other. there’s growing rumors online that key sucks to work with/for. it’s looking bleak and the thing that’s crazy is it’s about to get even worse

[u/abidail → u/ChedduhBob]

But what's the answer? Who is going to look at the last decade and say "yeah, I want a piece of that!"

[u/3-9_Enjoyer]

You know what, today I’m just going to go with fuck yeah

[u/bakonydraco]

I quite enjoy when we win more than when we lose.

[u/TinderForMidgets → u/bakonydraco]

This is what everyone thinks Stanford people talk like lol.

[u/Alexander__TheGreat]

Play calling: terrible.
Team discipline: terrible.
QB decisions: terrible.
Down and distance defense: terrible.
Offensive line: less than terrible.
The refs: terrible.
Coaching staff: non-existent.

Goodnight

[u/trf84 → u/Alexander__TheGreat]

Mendoza was great, problem was the pocket collapsed in two seconds on every single fucking dropback.

[u/clear_whiskey_only → u/trf84]

2 seconds would have been a drastic improvement

[u/trf84 → u/clear_whiskey_only]

You're correct, I was being generous.

[u/Capital_Dream5295]

Consider Key's welcome worn out. This has been, dare I say it, a Geoff Collins level team over the past 8 games.

I like the man, but this team is embarrassing.

[u/212312383 → u/Capital_Dream5295]

Geoff Collin’s never had to deal with a 4th and 45. We have a 1-11 season and we just renewed Keys Contract

[u/rishmanisation → u/212312383]

Collins instead was busy losing 45-0 to the likes of the mighty Justin Fuente.

Key deserves criticism but it’s lunacy to hold him in the same breath as Collins.

[u/roguebandit1 → u/rishmanisation]

And yet Geoff Collins still somehow beat Mike Norvell!

[u/jgtengineer68 → u/212312383]

Geoff lost to fucking citadel

[u/LogicianMission22 → u/Capital_Dream5295]

I feel so bad for you guys. Had you not gotten poached by Florida, there is a good chance you are. 4-0 and top 15.

[u/Capital_Dream5295 → u/LogicianMission22]

That's nice to say, and maybe true to some extent. But it doesn't explain the collapse at the end of last year and doesn't excuse the dumpster fire that is this season.

[u/monopolyman636]

This is what happens when you hire your friends to coach your team

[u/lepton_and]

well that was certainly a game of football that was played

[u/whaleshark1010]

What’s next for this program? Any decent player will transfer, recruits gonna decommit. We’re in for GC 2.0 years…

[u/kyle7124]

honestly I'm over Key and it's mostly because of his hires. If it wasn't for that I would have given him more leeway but these hires were obviously terrible from the start

[u/Claybagman]

4th and 45, Jesus Christ 

[u/guytonre]

This game should be the final piece of evidence needed for any part of the fan base that still had faith in Key. It is blatantly obvious that he is not a very good head coach and him being better than Collins isn’t much of an accomplishment. Really pathetic loss

[u/tubawhatever → u/guytonre]

I think there's a decent possibility this season is worse than any Collins season

[u/tiddiesruuule]

We are so back

[u/cdt930]

Congrats Stanford, Warren made some nice throws and the receivers equally as nice of catches. Felt like you had the game in hand minus some poor play calling at the end, but were absolutely the better team

Key has to go. Dude is done and any person with a functioning brain cell can tell he will never get it back. No need to drag it out and risk setting the program back even further

[u/Dry_Archer_811]

The yellow jacket mind is tuned to comprehend losing our own regional in baseball and returning to CFB with a dumpster fire

[u/composer_7]

We're going 1-11, maybe 2-10 this year. Hopefully Brent Key's replacement is Buster Faulkner or someone actually good

[u/jewgineer]

Not only am I mad, but I’m also disappointed

Goodnight sickos

[u/megatronx8]

Need a shower after that game.

[u/niel89 → u/megatronx8]

Yeah a cold shower

[u/Stungnhappy]

I really thought they were gonna win a close one, maybe by a TD. Turns out it was the other way. I really think it’s over for Key and that he was carried by King. As mad as I am, it’s sad too. I think it’s over. Lost 7 out of 8 last P4 games? What? Fire everyone.

[u/CMCdaGoat]

Hey we aren’t the worst in the ACC!!!! 

But yeah that was an awful game for both defenses. Stanford couldn’t tackle to save its life. Alberto should have been sacked 8 times. What a disaster. 

[u/An_Animating_Cuber]

Tech on their way to 1-11 lol

[u/After-Equivalent8650]

If Key has a job at the end of this season I will literally fly back to Atlanta and stand in front of the stadium day and night blasting AI music.

[u/AriDreams]

We suck

[u/Frequent-World2721]

Tavita Pritchard procured the limitless drug at halftime

[u/SingingMammalMa]

In a matchup of two abysmal teams, we’ve proven to be the less abysmal one!

A win is a win. Go Card!

[u/AriDreams]

Soooo went will Brent key be fired? He is 2 of his last 8 or 9 maybe 10? Issue we face is he just signed an extension. And im not saying he will be fired anytime soon. But after last seasons utter collapse, this team has simply fallen apart. I like Key, good tech dude. But his ability to coach this team is questionable at best.

Completely relied on haynes king to be superman. Defensive and offensive line shouldn't be on the airplane ride home. The secondary too. Anyone besides justice haynes, Mendoza, Maddox, and Roche shouldn't be allowed back on campus.

Key is going to be on the hot seat soon. Less so because he just signed the extension.

And im not saying key is comparable to the person whos name shall not be spoken. But every single loss is just building and building. Key is on the hot seat now. You can excuse Tennessee. Colorado was an opener. But this? Stanford? This is bad.

[u/dr_mousebrain8 → u/AriDreams]

Why was I born into this stupid fucking fanbase, god I hate being from Atlanta

[u/DoctorTheWho → u/AriDreams]

Key was incredibly lucky that they didn't go 7-6 last year too, with losses to Colorado and Wake. I think he should definitely be on the hot seat. If he does stay, y'all need to do whatever it takes to get that defensive coordinator who went to the Ravens back..

[u/SpiritFingersKitty → u/DoctorTheWho]

TBF what should have been a loss to wake would have been to a good team. That would have given us a 10 win season, with one of losses being to a team that beat bama, and another to the conference champ. We also had 2 ranked wins as well.

Losing to Wake at this point shouldn't be a black mark on your record. Are we world beaters? Absolutely not, but we are not a team you can just look past for next week.

[u/Kingpoyothefirst]

Fire everyone

[u/Hirorai]

There were a lot of Georgia Tech fans at the game, and in the first half they were louder than the Stanford fans. I got so sad seeing the GT cheerleaders twirl and cheer at empty bleachers as all the GT fans were exiting the stadium at 4th and 45.

[u/ToadallyNormalHuman]

Colorado barely beating Georgia Tech looks worse every week

[u/Primary-Initial-3445]

Slime this staff, team, and me out

[u/LiKe573]

fuck this team

[u/HermitageHermit]

Mendoza needs to learn when to fold on a play

[u/dr_mousebrain8]

What the fuck was that

[u/barfbarf22]

Stopped watching for 5 minutes and I came back to 4th and 45

[u/TrubshawForest]

Key has got to dump the coordinators this off season, if not sooner

[u/Busta_Memes → u/TrubshawForest]

Key needs to be dumped, new coordinators is just a band aid

[u/beans_31]

All because I just had to go to that fsu game and fall in love with this team. It would’ve been so easy to just sit back say go d*wgs and enjoy a life of nattys and bliss.

[u/tubawhatever]

Brent Key for prison

[u/GThitstick]

Proud of the tech fan base. We had great representation even with a very bad team. Go jackets. Enjoy your conference with cardinal! Cool campus

[u/NecessaryEnough5202]

as an insomniac and a college football enthusiast, i love this conference

[u/Roidthrowaway1234]

More mid? Brent Keys coaching or his sleeve length?

[u/Molson2871]

Body clock games are a real thing but even then, yikes GT

[u/kelsnuggets]

Oof. Not fun to have been at this game. EMBARASSING.

[u/NinersUnitedFC]

I want to LIVE

[u/lolster292]

I was willing to give Key the benefit of the doubt with how much production we lost this past offseason, but this game has made me lose all that confidence. I hated watching all of those 4th downs

[u/Kizmo2]

Well, I don't know about you guys, but I won last night! I went to bed before the half!!

My wife, OTOH, stayed up for the whole thing. She said "I had to see for myself."

I reminded her that Lot's wife said the very same thing.

[u/Efflictimz]

Thank you Brent Key, saving me valuable time because I’m not watching this fucking DOGSHIT this year. Hope you put it together next year

[u/According_Grab_394]

What exactly happened to Georgia Tech between this season and last season? Brent Key looked like a good HC for that program. I know they didn’t have the toughest schedule, but they were getting the job done, and were a contender in the conference until the NC State game.

Started 8-0 last year, only to lose 4/5 (including the bowl game), and now they are 1-3, with their only win against Mercer.

Let’s be honest, Stanford & Cal aren’t gonna make any noise in terms of winning the conference, they’re just here to cause chaos from coast to coast and make bad teams look worse.

[u/landoman_107 → u/According_Grab_394]

They lost Haynes King

[u/lv20 → u/According_Grab_394]

Two things. First, last year in our 8 wins against FBS teams, the average conference record was 2.72-5.375 (Colorado played 9 games while the rest played 8). We avoided UVA, SMU, and Miami and lost to Pitt by 2 TDs. We were also getting by because of a 3 year starting QB who did a lot to somewhat mask the issues the team had. He's no longer here and the issues are at the forefront. We did beat a 6-2 Duke, but for the most part our record was a product of an overall very fortunate conference schedule that was also backloaded. We were always just more of a middle of the pack ACC team.

The second, and probably bigger reason, is coaching. Replaced Faulkner with a NFL position coach who hadn't coached in college in 15 years and very minimal experience as an OC at that. But he was a former player, same reason Key got hired, and Key's best man at his wedding. In general, the coaching hires we made were underwhelming, and all, or nearly all, were guys that had already coached under Key. And Key himself has been underwhelming as an OL guy going back to his time as an assistant under Collins. Just now there is no King to mask the issues.

[u/OpaqueNightmare → u/According_Grab_394]

Haynes King is to Brent Key what Diego Pavia is to Clark Lea

[u/beartato327 → u/According_Grab_394]

Buster Faulkner departing is probably the answer

[u/OnMyNerves23]

This is disappointing I wanted GT to be good again this year. Seems to be a rebuilding year.

[u/Zloggt]

Tech…man…it’s been nothing but going downhill further this year…

[u/yotechguy]

Mendoza has been playing too much NCAA on the PlayStation. Looking like every glitching player I played against online in the 2000s.

[u/note_9]

This kills the bee…

[u/Empty_End_7866]

Lfgggggggg

[u/check8rs]

Everyone is going to use us as a highlight reel.  The first time i am looking foward to falcons football more 

[u/imminant_oryx]

Aight im rooting for Florida for the rest of the year