Football Notes

Looks like the new strength and conditioning coach is really making a difference. Isn't it crazy that Coach Gailey cannot even watch any workouts? The beaurocracy that is the NCAA strikes again. The focus from Gailey:

"We want to develop explosive strength and speed; that's the way this thing is headed," Gailey said. "Explosiveness and speed have to be our advantages."

As for specific programs:

Ciano broke down game films to produce a workout regimen that closely mimics game action in terms of activity and rest time. He designed his workouts to approximate game conditions. The players even where weighted vests to simulate pads.

The approach, different than the program under Ellis, has been welcomed.

"Last year, we would do a lot of running that was more like endurance-type running," linebacker Gerris Wilkinson said. "This year we do a lot more speed and agility moves. And they're set up like four quarters of running."

Nice article about the Jackets being underrated again and trying to sneak in and steal a title.

This on bowl opportunities in the ACC from CFN:

How can you have (insert ACC team here) with such a lousy record and finishing the year (in insert bowl here or not in a bowl at all)?

A: Welcome to the new ACC and the brutal schedules. Clemson fans have been the most vocal about a predicted 6-5 season, that could easily be 7-4, followed up by Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech fans wondering where their teams are on the bowl projections. There aren't enough slots for all the potential bowl eligible ACC teams and a few very good seasons are going to result in no soup for you. Put the Hokies and Yellow Jackets in any other league and there'd be a bowl slot waiting for them. Put the Tigers in the Big East, or maybe the Pac 10, and they'd be among the favorites for the league title.