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- Pick/market: Georgia Tech looks to bounce back against Tennessee following a season opening 14-13 loss to Colorado.

- Pick/market: 35-13 UT wins.

- Pick/market: When it works that rare time yes it’s great but be honest with yourself how many top rushing teams in college are gashing teams with zone blocking Once again, it’s like asking our linemen...

- Pick/market: PFF Grades And Snap Counts For Georgia Tech In Their 14-13 Loss To Colorado Georgia Tech lost a tough game at home against the Colorado Buffaloes on Thursday night after a blocked field goal...

- Pick/market: If Mendoza works clock correctly, likely they don’t have enough time.

- Georgia Tech QB Alberto Mendoza's opener showed a large pressure split: per PFF figures cited by Volquest, he completed 15 passes for 210 yards across 19 clean-pocket dropbacks, versus two completions for 27 yards across eight pressured dropbacks. Tennessee's ability to generate pressure is the preview's central defensive matchup; dropbacks are not pass-attempt totals. - Georgia Tech's tackles were the protection concern against Colorado: LT Ethan MacKenny allowed two sacks and two other pressures, while RT Malachi Carney allowed two pressures. The interior allowed none. That gives Tennessee different challenges on the edges and inside rather than evidence that every Tech lineman struggled in protection. - Tennessee DE Tyree Weathersby played 20 snaps against Furman, including 13 pass-rush snaps, with an untouched sack on the opening play and another hurry. Volquest identifies his matchup with Georgia Tech LT Ethan MacKenny as a test of whether that limited-opening-game production can carry over against tougher competition for four quarters. - Tennessee's Xavier Gilliam recorded three sacks and five total tackles for loss in his debut against Furman. His interior rush now meets a Georgia Tech interior line that allowed no pressures against Colorado, making the inside matchup a separate test from Tech's tackle issues. - Both starting quarterbacks enter this matchup making their second collegiate starts, and the preview emphasizes avoiding negative plays and long-yardage situations. Volquest expects Georgia Tech's line to improve under Brent Key, noting MacKenny started all 13 games at left tackle last season; that is an analyst expectation, not a confirmed improvement.

- Game breakdown: That said we would still probably have seen the OL and DL problems in the game.

- Pick/market: GT 27 Tenn 22.

- QB: Unless Godsey changes ****, Ethan’s going to have to sustain pass blocking, which he clearly had an existent issue with last Thursday.

- QB/TE: Great question…I hoped for a bootleg, draw, counter…something using his mobility to get the TD we had to have.

- QB/OL: It's because most on JOL are living in a GT idealist fanboy bubble and we all convinced ourselves a new OC, reconstructed Oline, new QB1, new RB1 and largely new WR/TE group would come...

- QB: I’m pretty sure he means we need to take advantage of him being a dual threat.

- QB/OL: While some of this banter is QUITE entertaining, it really is sad to see where things are.

- QB/OL: Clock Management - On the drive that ended in a field goal they had a player that was supposed to be on the field but came off the field while celebrating after the second...

- Coaching: More for @jacketsonline from Brent Key's Tuesday presser as he talks big matchup ahead vs.

- QB/OL: Offense = QB and WR play +, OL play - - (both run blocking and pass blocking were a negative) Defense = Front seven play - (consistently got pushed around but at least bowed...

- Pick/market: Many have compared last night’s game and our coaches to more recent memories, For me, the evening was very reminiscent of Bill Lewis’s last first game on the flats.

- QB: Stanford’s QB is gonna be a tough handle for our defense.

- Pick/market: Make us beat them throwing the ball.

- QB/LB: I will always maintained that Chan was a great coach who was one decent QB away from taking us to the next level.

- Pick/market: We scheduled a team that won 3 games last year and have 2 new coordinators starting an inexperienced QB who was terrible most of the game.

- QB: I though he looked good, but GT needs a running QB to really cook on offense.

- DL: We've constantly had alignment issues for the entire time he's been a starter

- Brent Key rejects drastic Georgia Tech offensive-line changes after the Colorado opener but says he moved one unnamed player up after Thursday's developmental practice. He leaves open later adjustments and eventual returns without naming players or dates, so the interview confirms an internal promotion but not a new starting five for Tennessee. - On Alberto Mendoza's work with a new coordinator, Key frames Georgia Tech's planned offensive improvement as finding flow and executing what Tennessee allows, with schemes driven by personnel. He emphasizes quarterback and line execution in both run and pass situations rather than promising a specific passing-volume increase or a new playbook. - Key expects Georgia Tech returner Rahkeem Smith to have a significant role against Tennessee after his 105-yard kickoff return and another near-breakaway in the opener. He warns that Tennessee now has film to focus on Smith and says the entire return unit must improve; that expectation is not a guaranteed number of return opportunities.

- Georgia Tech defensive end Jordan Walker said the line must be more forceful at the point of attack after Colorado's rushing success, and his opener usage included shifting inside in a five-man front. - Georgia Tech's receiver group offers contrasting deployment options in the players' assessment: Jordan Allen can align in the backfield and work routes, while Dalen Penson adds downfield speed, stride length and separation ability. - Georgia Tech receiver Jordan Allen credited offseason work with Alberto Mendoza for mutual quarterback-receiver trust and highlighted Mendoza's ability to extend the pocket and keep deeper receiving opportunities alive when the first read is unavailable. - Georgia Tech safety Tae Harris expects his assignment to change week to week, describes his role as providing physicality for the defense and said his own Colorado performance remained below his standard despite positive outside feedback.

- In scouting Georgia Tech, Poindexter highlighted the quarterback's arm and accuracy alongside two or three dangerous receivers and a capable tight-end room as a stronger skill-position challenge than Tennessee saw against Furman. - Poindexter said Georgia Tech's multiple formations, shifts and motions force defenses to identify calls and communicate before the snap, making pre-snap recognition a central feature of the matchup.

- Coaching: Or play action to a naked bootleg and sneak the TE across the field.

- Heupel praised Georgia Tech quarterback Alberto Mendoza's quick progression through his reads, passing accuracy and ability to extend plays either through the air or by gaining yards on the ground. - Heupel characterized Georgia Tech's running-back room as exceptionally deep and physical downhill, singling out Justice Haynes for his pad level, vision and dynamic ability.

- Pick/market: Your absolute hatred for CBF is comical at this point.

- Georgia Tech's new interior starters Kevin Peay Jr., Jameson Riggs and Joseph Ionata struggled to establish the run against Colorado: Justice Haynes gained 64 yards on 19 carries, with seven runs for no gain or a loss and 70 yards credited after contact. The preview identifies that interior as a pressure point against Tennessee's defensive front, not evidence that Haynes lacks rushing ability. - George Godsey retained much of Georgia Tech's power-spread structure while using multiple formations and heavier personnel. Fullback-type player Trelain Maddox started the opener, and three tight ends logged 45, 29 and 11 snaps during a 57-play game, concrete usage beyond the earlier depth-chart indication of multiple packages. - Georgia Tech quarterback Alberto Mendoza was pressured on 30% of his opening-game dropbacks and took three sacks, with only two pass attempts traveling at least 20 yards downfield. His 5-of-7 intermediate and 9-of-11 short passing offer a more encouraging accuracy signal, but protection limited opportunities to test the deep passing game. - Slot receiver Jordan Allen led Georgia Tech with eight catches for 113 yards against Colorado, while converted defensive back Dalen Penson added three for 73, including a late 42-yard catch. The preview identifies Allen's work over the middle and Penson's open-field speed as specific challenges for the next opponent, rather than a broad claim that every receiving position is proven.

- Intel: I wasn't going to mention it but since you did: We lined up in an I formation 3 times (I think).

- RB: About twenty seconds after Saban dropped a "bullshit" on GameDay, one of the other lizards on the show said "Coach Prime just out-physicaled Georgia Tech on the lines last week" while predicting a big...

- OL: Interesting quotes on the offensive line.

- OL: Agree that football is a physical sport and should be played accordingly.

- OL: that shoe string tackle saved the game for CU just as much as the block because Dalen was gone That is one of the reason I’m optimistic about the season.

- Pick/market: I asked ChatGPT “why is offensive line zone blocking primarily used in the NFL and not college football?“ which explained why it’s difficult to do at the college level.

- OL/LB: Hopefully Key & Company will be able to set the team straight after this week.

- OL: it was my hope godsey would have been more prepared with misdirection , option, etc like we saw with Faulkner in the beginning.

- Georgia Tech quarterback Alberto Mendoza completed 17 of 23 passes for 237 yards in his first start after transferring from Indiana and finished with the team's highest PFF grade at 85.5. - Mendoza's passing performance gave Georgia Tech a glimpse of a stronger passing game inside an offense that had been expected to be run-dominant. - Mendoza said penalties, missed blocks, a new team, transfers, and communication issues hurt Georgia Tech's ability to sustain drives in the 14-13 loss. - Mendoza said he fully trusted George Godsey and Brent Key on the late-game run calls after Georgia Tech reached deep Colorado territory on the final drive.

- WR/TE: My biggest concern is GG didn't do enough to counter them selling out to stop the run.

- RB: I don't know that it was the play calling, to me it looked like the O Line couldn't do squat.

- DB: I thought so too, but apparently its only .7 miles and a 17 minute walk according to Google maps

- Defense: There was a **** ton of condescension to anyone who questioned any of the positive press.

- DL: Key talked all off-season about boosting the D-Line but the reality is these guys are just a bunch of big bodies.

- Intel: 45 years ago today the Yellow Jackets pulled off on of the greatest upset in college football over No.

- Intel: Andy is really settling into his role here and is transitioning nicely from someone who wants to be really good to someone who actually is really good.

- Intel: I don't think I remember anyone in 1-A/FBS scoring more than 77 this century.

- KICKER: Tim Salem is also supposed to be a great special teams guy and that unit is not good either.

- Intel: Our block of seats was missing a chair, and I had to go ask for one.

- Practice: No, we lost the game at the line of scrimmage.

- LB: It’s ok, the real alums who are a bunch of tough guys on here, who couldnt fight their way out of a wet paper bag, will continue their superiority complex and holier than thou...

- Intel: The announcers were bad but even they knew not to snap the ball with 15 seconds on the play clock on Techs next to last drive.

- Practice: It's like we came in just fully expecting to own the line of scrimmage on both sides and had no clue what to do when we didn't.