Peach Bowl Open Comment Thread

by T Kyle King on Dec 30, 2006 5:38 PM EST in Football

You know the drill . . . the game is this evening and your thoughts on the contest go in the comments below.

Go 'Dawgs!

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Good luck Dawgs from a Texan Fan

by UT2001 on Dec 30, 2006 8:22 PM EST 0 recs

C'mon Dawgs

Time to rally

by HornsFan on Dec 30, 2006 9:18 PM EST 0 recs

Our defense is playing pretty good, but even when we make plays, they get freak TDs.
Our offense has done nothing, aside from one long run, except put our defense in a bad spot.
Our special teams has been a mixed bag, but not helping ourselves.

Charles Johnson is having a great (last) game.

by fotodog on Dec 30, 2006 9:30 PM EST 0 recs

Anyone else get the feeling like...

the coaching staff has been focusing more on recruiting than preparation for this game?

Might be better for the long run, but it sure is painful to watch. 2 years in a row of sleepwalking in the first half (and isn't this 4 out of the last 5 bowls where we've come out flat?).

Three pet peeves:

Our coaching staff continues to allow refs to bone us over. The third down reception before the second VPI TD was nowhere near a first down, but there's no challenge (and we finish the half with all three TOs). Fitting that a few minutes later the refs then review a spot and give the Hokies a TD. Nice.
3rd and 13 for the Dawgs, and we run playaction. Seriously, is there anyone alive who would bite on the run fake, let alone players for one of the best defenses in football? Playaction in that situation does two things, and they both hurt us: (a) slow the play down, to allow defenses to follow receivers better, and (b) make Stafford take his eyes away from downfield, giving him less time to read the D and make the right choice as to whom to throw.
The offense again audibled into an inside handoff for no gain, for probably the 200th time this season. I'd be shocked if we have aggregate positive yards on those audibles.

And just for kicks, another nice job by the receivers so far. And the INT was clearly Milner's fault - wrong route, never looked back.

And anyone else take note at Richt's pointed comments and references to how bad the uncoached O-line was as they were heading to the locker room?

by LD on Dec 30, 2006 9:43 PM EST 0 recs

Onside kick

What a great move and well executed.

Now the D has to hold VPI and maintain momentum.

by SkiDawg1985 on Dec 30, 2006 10:30 PM EST up 0 recs

Spot 'em

Maybe we should just spot teams 17 points and only play the second half. It would save Dog fans a lot of stress and ulcers.
I am sure the NCAA would go for it because it would make the games shorter.

by fotodog on Dec 31, 2006 12:50 AM EST up 0 recs

Awesome second half

As well a called game as we've seen in a while. We know that the staff can respond in game. Nice. D played amazing. Paul Oliver was spectacular. Man I hope he sticks around.

by LD on Dec 31, 2006 12:06 AM EST 0 recs

w00t

CJ too. He really got after it.

I was a touch chapped with the playcalling after we got up towards the end, and then bobo just kept trying to run it. When we got the ball with 3 minutes (or however much) to go at midfield, find. But after the interception by Kelin, I think that was the wrong time to just pack it in like that. It didn't matter, thankfully.

Outside of that, the second half playcalling was fairly inspired. From the onsides to the PA-reverse, to the well executed counter (I've always liked that play; I contend however that once we started running it we ran it far too often, and frequently at times that seemed inopportune).

I agree on the third and long PA. I love how much we play-action as a general rule, but I've always felt we occasionally overdo it in plays like that.

I don't think we came out flat - indeed the D was active and the offense opened with a nice drive. However, the turnover really deflated us. It suddenly seemed like nothing was going our way and we kept putting oursleves in third and long when we got the ball.

by peacedog on Dec 31, 2006 10:25 AM EST up 0 recs

Not too shabby

They played very well! In fact, there were only two BAD first half mistakes (the MS INT and the safety forgetting his job on the HB pass). Both taken advantage of by Tech. Subtract those two plays, we played a heck of a first half. Let us not forget, VT has a GREAT defense. Not good, or pretty good. The second half was one for the books. Awesome!

I was there and shared LD's roller coaster emotions. I watched the tivo this AM and it was a great game overall. Bobo gets an A and Ole Willy gets an A too. Maybe Richt's new role is just what we need... everywhere.

I really hope the WR's work hard this offseason. Can we get a real WR coach?

I hope CJ stays, but his stock just went Google! Ware's stock went Lucent. If he has Quincycarteritis and thinks fighting for a college job is tough, wait till he sees the NFL! All those guys started in college.

Go DAWGS! Bring on the Cowboys!

by ssidedawg1 on Dec 31, 2006 11:59 AM EST 0 recs