UNC Preview

Ok so more excellent analysis from me.  Nailed that VT prediction.  31-21 VT just like I said.

Obviously, this team (really this whole division) is difficult to predict.  Speaking of this division, GT technically could still win the Coastal this year.  I guess we are as good as anybody else, from a "good for the ACC" point of view.  Which is just to say that nobody in the Coastal is any good.

UVA - lost to Indiana (currently 4-5 and #68 in Massey).
Pitt - lost by 31 to UCF and 45 to Penn St.
VT - lost to 2-7 Old Dominion at home.
Miami - blown out by LSU (although that's not really embarrassing in this context)
GT - lost to South Florida (#57 in Massey currently)
UNC - lost to East Carolina, Cal and a bunch of teams.

Really Duke is the best we've got.  They won their non conference games.  Although they lost to UVA, Pitt and VT. 

Basically the Coastal is a pile of hot garbage.  Whoever wins it will be "embarrassing" for the ACC.  Like, oh, that's your champ?  So, might as well be us.  If we win out, we actually might do it.  I know, I know, big if.

So, let's try not to lose immediately.  UNC is not good.  Not good at all.  But its a road game, and stope me if you've heard this before, but with a defense as bad as ours, you can lose almost any game. 

Seriously though, UNC is awful.  They have managed to keep several games close, but their defense is currently ranked #108 by football outsiders, and their offense is #92.  Breathtaking.  Neither unit has a pulse. 

So pretty much the usual for GT when playing a bad ACC team, meaning:

1 - we should score a ton
2 - we need to execute and not turn the ball over, and if we do that, we will score a ton
3 - they should not score much, if our defense plays well
4 - you can never depend on #3
5 - a couple untimely turnovers and we may find ourselves in a tough game


Let's hope for a Louisville/VT-like shellacking and a nice relaxing fourth quarter.  I'll call it 45-31, good guys.

As always, Let's Go Jackets!