Another week and another lead blown lead for the defense

There will once again be the same old statements made by the coaching staff and the fan base. “We have to coach better,” “the offense keeps putting the defense in bad situations,” “we may still have work to do but at least we’ve improved.” All those statements may be true but that doesn’t let this defense, that has now blown it’s third 4th quarter lead of the season, off the hook. The West Virginia implosion seemed to be the worst it could get after having a 96% chance of winning that game before the wheels coming off, however the Red Raiders outdid themselves by losing a game that had Tech at a 99.1% chance of winning with less than four minutes left in the game. At this point, it’s impressing that Tech finds new ways to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and this defense, even though improved, is not immune to criticism of poor play late in this game.

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