To my brothers on offense. I'm tired off seeing nicknames about our defense and special teams... It's time to make a statement gentlemen.—Logan Thomas 3⃣ (@Lthomas_3) July 17, 2012
1) I hope a fired up LT3 means more defenders getting run over.
2) He's right. We've got the Lunch Pail Defense, BeamerBall, but nothing for the offense, a unit that's been more and more productive each of the last three seasons. Leave your suggestions below. We can put the best ones to a vote.
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TRUCK AND CHUCK.
Tough assignment...
Which I believe French and others would blame on a 'lack of offensive identity'. An easier task might be to just give the upcoming season offense a nickname, like 'The Logan Show' or 'Thomas and Friends'. Opposing defenses might volunteer: 'Get the F*ck Out of the Way, Their Quarterback is Running it Again!'. Which I like.
As for our offense over a period of time (like Lunch Pail D and Beamerball), hard to argue against just 'The Ball Control Offense', as unexciting and unoriginal as it might be.
If he is healthy, call it "Logan, DEEP TO DJ COLES. TOUCHDOWN TECH."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MID76JKie08
nasty move
Can't overstate how much I'm pulling for Coles' recovery...awareness, feet, and hands on this play are sick.
this is a tough one...
TheArchitect hit the nail on the head...hard to encapsulate the "identity" of this thing with such a limited body of (successful) work. Before last year, something like "O'Cain, no gain" or "Stiney sh*t the bed" would have been easy to hang on the O.
I think "Truck and Chuck" (above) is a really good one. However, with a lot of new personnel and the continued evolution of the Stiney/O'Cain gameplan, I think we need a larger sample size to be able to find the right moniker that will stick beyond this year.
They won't go anywhere if Outland Trophy Watchlist guy Andrew Miller can't recognize a blitz. He looked like me trying to block Joe (kngjb3).
http://youtu.be/jIRy-C53wIE?t=1h18m38s starting at 1:18:38. Ugh Ugh Ugh.
It doesn't help that Wilson is supposed to read Miller, and instead Wilson and Miller both go to the guy that Via is blocking (and still fail to block him while tripping up Via.)
Looks like Miller picked the right guy to me.. Via tried to block 2 guys - the blitzing LB and the the DT (#43) who was lined up over him - one with each arm. As a result Wilson froze, watching the partially blocked DT barrell towards him and didn't see the Safety blitzing up between Miller and Nosal.
In that scenario, Via should take the DT, Miller takes the blitzing LB, Wilson steps up to truck the Safety, giving LT time to get a good pass off to Drager.
Maybe Via was trying to chip-block the DT so Wilson could clean him up, and expected to be able to shove the LB laterally across LT's face while Miller stonewalled the Safety... but yeah. If you're on the line, you block the guy in front of you and let the RB clean up the overload.
Not sure how reliable it is, but I have been told that the Hokies blitz pickup key for running backs is to watch the lineman's head. If his head goes right, you go left gap and vice versa. Miller defintely turned to the right side gap on the snap, so if my understanding is accurate, Wilson should have filled to the left center gap.
Whatever their key is, they need to get better at it. The Hokies have struggled mightily with interior ("dog") blitzes ever since trying to modernize the offense in 2003.
LOGANS HEROES!!
BAM! LOGANS HEROES!!
Use it, but I'm copywriting it
this is good, but wont be relevant after either this or next year. we need one that will stick
Thomas' Spread & Smash
Spread 'em out, QB draw
How about "38 more points than you"
I got nothing
A few thoughts re: nicknames
For the Offense:
-The Stinespring Conspiracy
-Run, Run, Deep Incompletion, Punt
-LOGAN SMASH!
-The 540ffense
For the Defense:
-50 Shades of Torrian Gray
540ffense, i like it
Remember that UVa is 540 as well.
Cville is in the 434
Even if they were in the 540, they have NO offense, therefore they cannot stake claim to the 540ffense.
Fear Control Offense
Because we obviously have a ball control offense, and there's no way in hell watching Logan come at you full speed on defense isn't scary as hell.
All aboard!
The Loganmotive
Grunt and Punt
Pound it. Pound it. Pound it. Punt it.*
*unless the punting doesn't improve then all territory is four-down territory.
The annexation of Puerto Rico
Maroon Monsoon
Fourth and Logan
Burnin Coales (coals)
Railed
Turkey Legs
I tried all day to think of something
but everything I came up with was incredibly hacky.
I settled on the "Please Be Good Vinston Painter, Nic Becton, Laurence Gibson, David Wang, Brent Benedict, Andrew Miller, Matt Arkema, Caleb Farris and Mark Shuman Offense."
I hereby dub the 2012 offense:
Sneak Attack!
Considering it seemed like LT3 averaged 10+ yards per QB sneak last season, why not sneak on every down?
Our offense has many identities
Inside the 10 yard line I suggest "Scared to thr-O"
Stick it in.
The keep-away.
King TOP (time of posession).
TOP dog.
TOP ???
Time gobbler.
The yellow brick road.
The yellow submarine.
The blue lagoon.
oops.. got distracted.
7 MO (Maroon & orange)
If we're going TOP themed, my vote is the Notorious TOP
Stinewsocain.
nickname
SMASHBURG
The Schiz-O
The MPD (Multiple Personalities Disorder) also rhymes with LPD (lunchpail D)
The "Chris Peterson, Gene Chizik, Rich Rodriguez and anyone else who has a better offensive ideas than we do" Offense
The MV7, Randall, MV-II, T-mobile and LT3 Broken Play and Scramble Offense
dont forget sean now
he got a few first downs with his legs!
FrankandStine
or... Stineyball
The Hokie-poky (look up the definition of poky)
We should come up with a name for what we want to be rather than what we are known for. Truck and Chuck is the best so far.
Brainstorming
-- Full Trottle Offense
-- Fighting Gobblers (they can scrape it off Lane but can be attributed elsewhere)
-- High O'C(t)ain Offense
-- Grindsburg
-- THE DRILL FIELD
LIKE IT
Drill Field for the O
Hokie Stones for the D
FranCainStine
How about it? Our offense is a mix of styles, and when it works [like last year...] it's a monster!
I'm torn on two variants:
FranCainStine
Or
Frankainstine
Thoughts?
Credit to FrankandStine from above
Sorry, should have given credit before!
Thanks
Thank you for the credit. FrankCainStine's Monster works for me. Or "The Monster" for short.
I got it
"the middle child"
Until we see otherwise, I am calling it the John Doe offense. No identity.