I’ve been a t-shirt Tech fan since 2008 and I watch most of the Navy games as well. This has been a tough season. By the end of the year, both teams threw the ball like junior high teams and played horrible defense.
CPJ has got to put a qb out there next year who can complete 50-60% of their passes. The offense has got to have some balance. Balance does not mean pass half the time. It means being proficient enough that you make defenses pay when they sell out to stop the run. It means getting the A backs the ball on the perimeter with 8-10yd per carry averages.
Excellent insight. If the defense sets itself up for 15+ passes a game then PJs then all of GTs backs should be able to catch 55 – 60% of your QBs passes if it’s a good throw.
I give the following based on research I did, some years back, on GSUs, scoring, total yards & passing yards. When GSU had 1oo – 120 yards per game passing we won 9-10 times or better. Of course we won a lot of games throw in less than 6 passes to with under 90 yard of passing.
The frequency of a Spread Option team’s passing of course is determined by a few things though. As you posted. IMO, the 3 most critical for a Spread team are the QBs & backs ability to pass and catch, the lines ability to pass block in both a play option and sometimes a drop back, and how the defense is set up to stop the option.
*GSU was blessed the Erk era, when Johnson was the offensive coordinator, With QB Tracy Ham, backs that could catch and a line that could block for both play action * drop back. Ham completed about 55% of his passes in his time at GSU. Sometimes over 60+% in some games.
*When PJ was the head coach at Southern he had the best players in GSUs history and again the passing game worked for him.
***I hope GT can find a QB that can complete 55-60% of his passes. It would really open up the running game for huge yardage & scoring.
