Athlonsports: Georgia Tech, USF to face first true tests

[USFBulls727]

32 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

What’s amazing is that the Cumberland coach, George Allen, would go on and coach in the NFL for the Redskins. 

Different George Allen. This game was in 1916, The Redskins Coach George Allen was born in 1918. That caught my attention too....

[usfjames2002]

Will be close all the way

[NewEnglandBull]

20 minutes ago, USFBulls727 said:

Different George Allen. This game was in 1916, The Redskins Coach George Allen was born in 1918. That caught my attention too....

I was making a funny....

[USFBulls727]

23 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

I was making a funny....

Went right over my head

[Buller64]

2 hours ago, GaUSFBull said:

I still don't understand how you score 9 TDs in one quarter, much less 18 times in a half.

Cumberland had 15 turnovers and every first down in the game was a touchdown, the longest drive being two plays. There was a contract for two games between Cumberland and Georgia Tech to be played in 1915 and 1916. After the end of the 1915 season Cumberland discontinued football but Heisman, the coach for Georgia Tech, offered Cumberland $500 and all expenses to honor the contract or pay Georgia Tech $3,000. The Cumberland team was put together by Student-Coach George Allen and consisted mostly of fellow fraternity brothers, supposedly they held two practices before the game. Contrary to popular belief Cumberland did in fact gain positive yardage in the passing game getting a total of 14 yards which were offset by the -42 yards rushing (believe it or not, this is not the worst offensive performance in college football history). There are two reasons given for Heisman running up the score, the first is that supposedly Cumberland used professional baseball players in a game against Georgia Tech earlier in the year and Heisman wanted revenge. A second reason is that Heisman disagreed with the habit of sports writers to rank teams based on margin of victory without taking in consideration the quality of the opponent and wanted to demonstrate the foolishness of that ranking system. The highlights for Cumberland included a blocked extra point and a ten yard completion (on 3rd and 22).

[NewEnglandBull]

1 minute ago, Buller64 said:

Cumberland had 15 turnovers and every first down in the game was a touchdown, the longest drive being two plays. There was a contract for two games between Cumberland and Georgia Tech to be played in 1915 and 1916. After the end of the 1915 season Cumberland discontinued football but Heisman, the coach for Georgia Tech, offered Cumberland $500 and all expenses to honor the contract or pay Georgia Tech $3,000. The Cumberland team was put together by Student-Coach George Allen and consisted mostly of fellow fraternity brothers, supposedly they held two practices before the game. Contrary to popular belief Cumberland did in fact gain positive yardage in the passing game getting a total of 14 yards which were offset by the -42 yards rushing (believe it or not, this is not the worst offensive performance in college football history). There are two reasons given for Heisman running up the score, the first is that supposedly Cumberland used professional baseball players in a game against Georgia Tech earlier in the year and Heisman wanted revenge. A second reason is that Heisman disagreed with the habit of sports writers to rank teams based on margin of victory without taking in consideration the quality of the opponent and wanted to demonstrate the foolishness of that ranking system. The highlights for Cumberland included a blocked extra point and a ten yard completion (on 3rd and 22).

Kind of reminds me of ECU...

[USFBulls727]

2 minutes ago, Buller64 said:

Cumberland had 15 turnovers and every first down in the game was a touchdown, the longest drive being two plays. There was a contract for two games between Cumberland and Georgia Tech to be played in 1915 and 1916. After the end of the 1915 season Cumberland discontinued football but Heisman, the coach for Georgia Tech, offered Cumberland $500 and all expenses to honor the contract or pay Georgia Tech $3,000. The Cumberland team was put together by Student-Coach George Allen and consisted mostly of fellow fraternity brothers, supposedly they held two practices before the game. Contrary to popular belief Cumberland did in fact gain positive yardage in the passing game getting a total of 14 yards which were offset by the -42 yards rushing (believe it or not, this is not the worst offensive performance in college football history). There are two reasons given for Heisman running up the score, the first is that supposedly Cumberland used professional baseball players in a game against Georgia Tech earlier in the year and Heisman wanted revenge. A second reason is that Heisman disagreed with the habit of sports writers to rank teams based on margin of victory without taking in consideration the quality of the opponent and wanted to demonstrate the foolishness of that ranking system. The highlights for Cumberland included a blocked extra point and a ten yard completion (on 3rd and 22).

A whole lot of good that did them....

[Calibull]

It's funny because as incredible as his first game was, St Felix isn't actually our best WR.  If they try to take him away, you're going to have some really good guys running loose.  

[bullsmeanbusiness]

Georgia Tech (1-0) at South Florida (1-0), Noon ET

Blake Barnett, whose college journey has traveled through Alabama, Arizona State and now USF, accounted for 336 yards and four touchdowns in his Bulls debut. But his impact won't be enough to match a Georgia Tech offense built to run all over USF.

Prediction: Georgia Tech 42, USF 28

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2793420-college-football-picks-week-2-predictions-for-every-game#slide3

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

9 hours ago, Calibull said:

It's funny because as incredible as his first game was, St Felix isn't actually our best WR.  If they try to take him away, you're going to have some really good guys running loose.  

I said the same thing pretty much in another thread. They have to cover St. Felix AND and a guy like Salomon.