(12-01-2019 07:46 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote: Georgia Tech may have more than one thing to work on but PLEASE find a QB who can actually throw a catchable pass! Man, that was ugly!
Paul Johnson didn't recruit those.
GT had the second fewest number of seniors in FBS (8).
GT started the second highest number of players in FBS (44).
The average GT lineman was asked to put on 30-60 pounds, not lose any explosiveness, not lose any stamina, and pass protect for the first time in years.
Walk ons had significant minutes in significant positions due to lack of depth and injury, particularly on offensive and defensive line.
Thanks to the death of Brandon Adams and season ending injury to his backup GT effectively played over half the season without a true DT.
The GT roster is currently filled with players who decided to take GT over offers from ... WKU, Vandy, MTSU, Wake, Duke, App State, GSU, and similar. There's probably well over a dozen players on the roster who are only 3 stars because they are at GT... they would have been rated 2 stars otherwise. It is quite simply the most talent depleted roster that GT FB has had in my adult lifetime. This is made worse by the NCAA closing the transfer portal after Collins arrived last year. So 6-8 legit start-them-right-now 4/5* players were sitting out because of the NCAA.
With the backlog of transfers and the new recruiting class coming in I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that nearly half the people who were starting yesterday won't be next season.
I challenge you to find a more upside down roster anywhere in FBS.