Long snapper Oscar Shadley will be wearing No. 25 for our game against Middle Tennessee Saturday π€ pic.twitter.com/dNY7xou4Y0β Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) September 9, 2021
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Long Snapper U, baby.
I want to give you a leg, but I can see you're already perfect.
I gave you a leg for your restraint and commitment to tradition.
25 legs for 25 perfect extra point snaps!
Hopefully the 25 jersey continues it's magic! Maybe some trick plays?
Hopefully this does not mean we expect to be punting a whole lot and it just means he is getting 25 snaps at Center as part of the 4th string players getting reps...
doesnt he snap on extra points???
25 great snaps on the sidelines to stay warm.
Well this blows up the theory that playing really well the previous week automatically gets you the #25 (not that Shadley played poorly in week1 but I think a lot of folks expected Connor to get it this week)
I thought Shadley was first man down the field on all the punts last week and (along with great punting) forced all the fair catches.
I'd love to see him blow up a poor returner who doesn't call for the fair catch
if thats the case the entire D should be wearing 25 this week.
It's a theory like 2+2=5 is a theory.
It's amazing that after 6 years people still don't know that the previous week's performance does not determine who wears 25 the following game.
I know, right? I can't find the comment and I don't know who said it but I swear I saw at least one or two folks suggesting that the 25 should go to Barno or Kendricks this week
The extra point distance is the 3 yard line, this is week two... 2 and 3 make 23 + 2nd different player this year to get the 25 jersey = 25
#25 Oscar Shadley blows up a punt returner and recovers the fumble for a TD
Any TD scored on a fumble recovery by a player wearing number 25 should be worth 24 points.
It's science.
Does that picture indicate neck beards are in? Because if neck beards are cool, you can consider me Miles Davis (assuming I stop shaving for about 7 days).
Neck beards are still gross.
FTFY
C'mon man, don't make me consider breaking the tradition on this.
Hopefully the only time he is used is for PAT's
25 PATs!!
It's Science!
This was a great series of commercials.
Bold move Cotton, give the Beamer jersey to some one we have no plans on playing a single snap
2 point conversions all day?
Hmm. 25. 2. 5. 2 FG snaps, 5 XP snaps
41-3 confirmed
Then the backups come in.
Uhh why is this gif 18+? What's in the briefcase?
The pictures that Saban has of all the other coaches which allows him to keep dominating them
Ah, coaches tending sheep...probably.
Let's do this Hokies!
Part of the kicking team named Oscar wearing 25? It could work.
Not too Shadley!
I hope we score 25 points.... 3 times over.
The long snapper is one of the truly unsung heroes. The only time the long snapper is ever mentioned in most games is when he messes up. Let's go for an anonymous Oscar Shadley at the game.
it's too late, he's a sung hero in this entire thread
It's good to be the King!
Dude must have been decking guys straight away in practice, putting them on their ass!
(I know this was Bradburn's quote, but how else does the long snapper get the #25?)
Snaps the ball into a coach groin, demands jersey, ask if coach wants another
This is how he earned the #25.
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That's a long snap.
He didn't call bank. No credit. /s