Let’s hear ‘em!

Tech 45
FIU 21

Watching Tech on ESPN+. I’ve also seen them in person. We are bad. Can’t serve in bounds, set or spike . Isn’t this year five for a EW hire with a losing record? Thought we are competing for championships in all sports. We lack in coaching and talent but not effort by our players. Watching soccer and volleyball on ESPN+ the last two nights has been a beautiful thing but it exposes us to recruits that we’re just not very good.

GAME WEEEEEKKKKKKK!!

Sunday - BTB Staff Predictions

Monday - The 3-2-1

Tuesday - Stat Attack, Game Week Practice Report, Weekly Press Conference, BTB Radio + Podcast at 6 PM on SportsTalk 97.7 FM

Wednesday - Know the Opponent, BC radio interview to preview the matchup on SportsTalk 97.7 FM at 7:15 AM, NFL ‘Dogs Update

Thursday - Score Predictions, Scouting the Opposing QB, Inside Tech Football at 11:30 AM on SportsTalk 97.7 FM

Friday - Three Keys to Victory, Recruits Visiting for FIU, Game Preview

Saturday - Game Thread, Game Recap, Postgame Show 107.5 FM

*We still plan to have a Game Week Practice Report each week. Trying to figure out if it’ll be Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

We are looking at somewhere around 15 different pieces of information each game week.

Questions?? Let’s gooooo!!!

@gtpddEvan gets you ready for a Tech win tomorrow night with some pure honesty:

BTB Radio will be live on SportsTalk 97.7 FM w/ BC & Beck tonight at 6 PM!

We’ll preview FIU w/ Kevin Berral at 6:15.

We’ll talk w/ Teddy Allen at 7:00.

We’ll take a deep dive into Tech’s first depth chart and much more!

I don’t have it 100% confirmed, but it sounds like Fields has won the appeal and will be on the field Saturday night.

I’m going to continue talking w/ folks today.

Per NCAA rules, strength and conditioning training and skill instruction won't be allowed to exceed eight hours per week, with a maximum of four hours per week for skill instruction.

Tech has carved out the max for skill work so Blake Talos gets them for four hours each week and Hester & Co. are working them one hour a day, Monday - Thursday. If you'd like to get an early look at the guys and see what Hester has them working on, they're scheduled to be in the TAC this Wednesday and Thursday from 1330-1430.

I dropped by earlier today, caught them in the weight room before lunch and on the court for the skill session. It's a totally different vibe than last year.

The Duncanville, TX native will make his 11th career start on Saturday night.

The results have been uneven as times, but there’s no doubt how talented he is. It scares me to know what he’ll look like on Saturday if he’s polished his game up in the off-season.

Tech got a commitment from a pretty solid shortstop today; he hits pretty well too.
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Kevin Barral helps us preview the Panthers:

Short. Sweet. To the Point.

I will have an update on Shelton.

Sonny Cumbie, Hank Bachmeier, Smoke Harris, and DeShon Hall will speak to the media today. Starts at 12.

College Football 2023: Week 0 Predictions 🏈​

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@ntruppel takes a look at some of the potential issues for FIU in its passing game:

Jimmy Dykes & Chris Burke had a phenomenal podcast w/ Eric Wood. If you do anything today, listen to this:

@cwardell03 will have you covered for the last day of fall camp on Friday morning!

Here is where I’m at right now, prior to the start of Fall Camp.



Strengths:

• Bachmeier is a legit starting QB. He’s made 29 career starts, and he’s won 20 of them. I really believe in the experience and leadership he’ll bring to the offense. I may be in the minority, but I’m not worried about a tough 4 games at Boise in 2022.
• RB Room - I think the trio of the Crosby, Thornton, and Shelton will be leaned on a TON early on. Like we might be a run first offense the first 2-3 weeks. I still don’t know if we have game changing speed, but we have 3 really effective runners.
• Speed at LB. The LBs can get to an edge in 2023, and Tech didn’t have 1 on the roster that could a season ago. Beyond the speed, we’ll see if they prove they can impact a game.
• Willie Roberts. He was good a season ago, but Tech needs him to be an All-Conference guy in 2023. Singleton & Heard are a strength at safety as well. Three veterans that are trusted in the secondary.
• Kicker - Barnes & Buck form a terrific tandem. Clean up some of the blocking issues and they’ll hit 80%+ in 2023.
• Return Game. Smoke is trimmed up, he’s dynamic. Need him to go win a game back there with a return this year. Don’t get tripped up at the 20.

Weaknesses:

• Depth at QB. Beyond Hank, we aren’t going bowling with anyone else on the roster. Tech has started multiple QBs the last 4 years. If it happens in 2023 for an extended period, it’ll be a long year. Same can be said for 90% of programs in the country, to be fair.
• Depth on the OL. I like the starters, a lot. Heck, we saw them really run the football successfully in the back half of 2022. However, once you get past the starters I become extremely worried. Nathan Young showed the ability to really coach up his group in 2022, he’s going to need to do it again with #6-10 in 2023. They’ll be needed at some point.
• Defensive Line. Lots of new faces. Minimal experience outside of Hall, Clark, and Burnett. No proven pass rusher. Need 8 guys to prove they can play. If there aren’t 8, like a season ago, Scott Power’s job became substantially more difficult.
• Punter - Why should I think it’ll be any different until I see it on the field?

What do you envision some of the strengths and weaknesses being in 2023?

Here. We. Go.

Jamarion Kennedy (5.6) and Keystone Allison (5.5) were both given 3-star ratings by Rivals.

CB Ked Harper is still not rated.

Tech's class is up to 70th nationally. It's the #2 class in C-USA behind UTSA.

G5 Class Rankings:

49. Houston
54. UTSA
57. Memphis
59. UTSA
66. Tulane
67. Temple
69. Boise State
70. LA Tech

Tech will also rise higher when Harper gets rated. I'm old enough to remember when some of you said Tulane was going to take off on the recruiting trail and leave us behind after the Cotton Bowl appearance. That's looking like a bad take, if I'm being honest.

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