Week 6 Other Games Thread

Decent slate of noon games today. I am gonna tune in to watch Hendon Hooker vs. Shane Beamer

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Hooker looks sharp on the 1st drive and gets a quick 6 for Tennessee.

I am rooting for a South Carolina win with a strong performance by Hooker

Oklahoma couldnt have written a worse script for their start at the Red River

Bump
3 snaps and 2 tds. Plus a blocked point. All gas no brakes came to play

VB born, class of '14

This is another one of those games where I rooting against both teams

Same. I guess root for chaos and give OU a loss?

VB born, class of '14

They've been playing with fire all season. The law of averages, very quickly, has caught up to them.

They wrote a hell of an ending though.

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

Also, Rutgers out to an early lead on MSU. I would love to see a few of these B1G teams fall this week.

Hendon Hooker with another pretty ball on a long TD. 14-0 Tennessee

Hendon Hooker looks unstoppable for TN. What a weapon

Happy for Hooker, angry with Cornfu.

Yes. 3rd TD drive with a long pass followed by an 11yd run by Hooker

x100.

Go Hokies!

VB born, class of '14

Not a good look for our "predictable outcomes" offense.

Yeah I know offensive schemes can vary... but damn if it isn't a stark contrast. Our offense remains predictably stale 😥

VB born, class of '14

After the success Hooker has had and to a certain extent QP, how in the world this staff thought BB was the best option is beyond me. I'm going to have a hard time stomaching things if we go out and lay another egg on offense tonight.

I would prepare to have the pepto around.

Mmmm.... Pepto and Bourbon

Carefully float the pepto on top of the bourbon, and take it as a shot.

Nightcap of the pregame champions!

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

No blue chip QB recruit will ever play at VT under Cornfu, and likely no WR or TE either since underutilized. QP tearing it up at NDSU too.
Bye bye Cornfu

I'm not convinced that Hooker would have been better than BB if he had stayed with our staff though. I've been on the fence about CornFu but to me Hooker's quick improvement at Tennessee just proves that our lack of qb performance is related to the inability of this staff to develop and teach them, and not a result of the players not being capable.

VT BSEE '98, VT MSME '01

Could be that the playbook was tailored around the talent instead of forcing the talent into the playbook.

putting the 'minute' in 'minutiae'

what bugs me the most about this, is when he committed these are the kind of stats I thought he could put up in maroon and orange. Not just vomited-corn-liquor orange.

21st century QBs Undefeated vs UVA:
MV7, MV5, LT3, Grant Wells, Braxton Burmeister, Ryan Willis, Josh Jackson, Jerod Evans, Michael Brewer, Tyrod Taylor, Sean Glennon, and Grant Noel. That's right, UVA. You couldn't beat Grant Noel.

Well, in all fairness to us, we have to face the gauntlet of ACC defenses while he gets to feast on those SEC cupcakes.

Not only is Fuente not the QB whisperer he was billed as, he has actively made every QB who has played for him regress over time. He has the opposite of a Midas touch.

3TD passes, 1TD rush for Hooker.... IN THE 1ST QUARTER. Daaaaaaaamn.

Jeff Grimes looking like he is taking revenge for us.

Yep...Hooker having a great game for UT and Baylor handling WVU--about to send then to 2-4 with wins over Long Island and....VT.

Hard to understand where all the unrest with Fuente comes from.

I don't understand how anybody could see Hooker thrive at UT and not be absolutely livid with our coaching

Onward and upward

You have to be fair, though.

Tennessee has much less minutia to iron out than VT.

That, or a competent OC and QB coach.

Could be either one, I suppose.

We are livid
But happy for HH & QP

I can't stop thinking about how differently we'd be feeling about this season and our future if we still had Hooker paired with our improved defense and a competent OC. A girl can dream!

I'd take two of three.

Yeah, but who throws the better bubble screen?

Hooker at TN for sure. I'm pretty sure his 3rd TD pass in the first quarter was a screen that went for like 20 yards...

Just came here to add to the Henden Hooker love. Really happy for the young man!

Is coronavirus over yet?

Same. I hope he gets drafted. No clue if he's good enough, I don't follow closely. I just think it would be awesome for him and at this point I'd enjoy the comedy of it all.

15-20, 217 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT... in one half of football. this is what a competent OC can do with talent.

Thinking about how NC State fans felt after Russell left for Wisconsin

Reach for Excellence!

VT Football: It'll get after ya!

Proud Hokie since 2004.

This is a huge indictment of CornFu. They either ran off the more talented QB, couldn't develop QB talent, or couldn't put enough talent around a QB in year 5/6 for a good QB to succeed.

Yes,that's the Hokie Bird riding a camel. Why'd you ask?

Probably more of an AND not OR.

Yep. Really is an all the above.

Just saw that the O/U for our game is 47...

I guess they think ND will score 35+ points?

Is coronavirus over yet?

They're probably counting on a couple defensive or st tds

Onward and upward

just started watching red river, my god what happened to OU, Rattler's benched?

Apparently hEiSmAn cAnDiDaTeS get preferred seating for games

the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

isn't he a projected 1st round pick too?

Not many of them get benched

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

Just heard the Jarrett Boykins 4XL gloves bursting at the seams every game spiel for Arkansas' Treylon Burks.

Just came here to see which game in particular you guys might be commenting on the most - -

the numbers don’t lie and they spell disaster

Lol I mean we could also talk about Baylor destroying wvu 😬😬

VB born, class of '14

Just dropped in too.

I figure it was Hooker, or Wvu getting smashed by Baylor.

Whew boy

Duke and GT is bad it's good.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Arkansas and Ole Miss is only real competitive early game of ranked teams, Kiffin and Pittman have their teams going.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Ole Miss-Arkansas has been a really fun noon watch.

Just turned on the SkyCast for this game. I wish the SkyCast was more prevalent for games.

Red River's a 1 possession game now

Texas coming awfully close to gacking up a choke loss here Oklahoma is hot

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ACCN continues to be garbage. UVA - Louisville is 7 -7 in the first quarter and Watch ESPN still says the game has not started yet. Finally came up. Maybe comcast does not like me signing in with a Spectrum account to watch
ACCN.

Doesn't matter if it's cake or pie as long as it's chocolate.

It's not just ACC games, the entire Watch ESPN app is terrible with this. They need to figure out a way to allow you to tune into a stream before the games start because they consistently screw up the starts of games this way. Every other live streaming platform figured out a way around this, ESPN is the only one who locks you out until the game begins.

Happy for QP

Jeez, is the ref for OU-Texas doing arm curls on the sideline between snaps? Dude's arms are jacked.

Dude doesn't skip the gym any day he's like hochuli from the NFL on steroids

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Holy crap what a catch for that last TD to help tie the game. Texas is folding like a table at a bills pregame party

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Texas just fumbled the kickoff and ou is going to win this

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Only took one play 48 to 41 and Oklahoma is cruising Texas hasn't done something positive this half

Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

This OU-Texas game has been a fun watch...Rattler isn't getting his job back

Arkansas going for the win instead of the tie.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Right call. Wrong play

VB born, class of '14

Looked like something Corny would call in that situation

Exactly, the worst call. The roll out, especially at the goal line is the worst possible playcall. You make the defense only have to defend half the field, no chance of a good scramble, rarely ever works.

Corn special

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

Bees! 🐝
#goacc

VB born, class of '14

lmao I think that's the same play that OU scored their last rush TD with. They make the direct snap to the RB look like a botched snap and the Texas DL has no idea what to do.

Exact same play but that time Brooks bounced outside the tackle instead of inside but it was perfectly blocked

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Hahahahahahahaha horns down Texas choke it out and they find a way to fall on their faces after being up huge

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You hate to see it lol

Texas tears are delicious

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Texas is bak /s

Normally I'd be happy to see Texas lose but I want as many top 10 teams to lose this year to get Cincinnati into the playoffs.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Just my two cents but Oklahoma ain't CFP material this year their defense is horrid

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Does Spencer Rattler want to be a Hokie?

Cornfu could take him to new levels.... of ineptitude

Yeah, let's get him on board so Orji and Bullock transfer like HH & QP!

So UNC isn't good uh.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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There are zero good teams in ACC this year

Our statement win over UNC looks less impressive each week. In fact as a statement it is pretty hard to hear.

To quote the Brothers Osborne: "I'm Good For Some But I'm Not For Everyone"

Random note...I'm glad we don't play Cuse in that damn Dome this year.

and we don't have to play at Heinz Field either!

I was really hoping Iowa could take down Penn State today. But....

To quote the Brothers Osborne: "I'm Good For Some But I'm Not For Everyone"

Not so fast my friend...

Good call. I am happy to be wrong tonight. Very nice win for the Hawkeyes.

To quote the Brothers Osborne: "I'm Good For Some But I'm Not For Everyone"

Watching both UNC and UVA losing against meh teams is a nice twist

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I don't understand how recruits can watch a team like UNC and say, "yeah, I want to go there"...I can't lol

UNC have some of the best snake oil salesmen in the country and they're getting caught this season. I don't see how Mack doesn't retire this off-season

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Still time but wake is also losing to an inferior opponent

I picked the Cuse ML for that game. No one strolls through the Carrier Dome on a heater and comes away unscathed!

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

Except WF apparently

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

Not so fast my friend.

That was kind of Georgia to let Auburn score 3 points

Another wild weekend, due to some ranked vs ranked games and some other potential upsets, we could easily be seeing 6 ranked teams with Ls before the 3rd shift of games start!

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

I hate what a good quarterback Armstrong is

Kid is clutch

"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

It helps UL is just sitting back in a pretty bad zone and letting him pick it apart. When UL ran man coverage, the defense was much better.

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

How on earth did the refs call that a TD on the field? He was clearly down at like the 2

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders via Ricky Bobby

The hoos are going to escape

To quote the Brothers Osborne: "I'm Good For Some But I'm Not For Everyone"

Not over yet...

Shanked

Damnit

"That kid you're talking to right there, I think he played his nuts off! And you can quote me on that shit!" -Bud Foster

FSU making our win against UNC look meaningless :-(

Booo. Hoos with a late go-ahead TD for the win

#goacc

At least WF is keeping the ACC ranked.

Is coronavirus over yet?

oof, going to OT

Where all my Carolina decommits at

Almost unrelated but my Fios box just told me that the Iowa / PSU game is in 4K... this is sweet!

And in HDR as well

Enjoying the pregame show on ACCN live from inside Lane. Wow stadium is filling up well before kickoff. Great to see NEZ packed 45 minutes prior. Whit was just on the set and had some great comments, Bruce Smith joining now.

Bruce was great.

Eddie Royal doing the whole team a solid and bringing turkey legs on the set.

Iowa and PSU are not the 3rd and 4th best teams in the country.

PSU is crippled without QB Clifford....they're pretty darned good thanks to all of the VA kids on roster, including Kam's nephew at WR

Anyone else watching Iowa offense and getting major Corn 🌽 vibes?

Well it is the #1 corn producing state in the country!

Doubleentrendre.gif 😂 😉

Iowa's offensive issues have mirrored ours for years now. They usually have some real hosses on the OL though

21st century QBs Undefeated vs UVA:
MV7, MV5, LT3, Grant Wells, Braxton Burmeister, Ryan Willis, Josh Jackson, Jerod Evans, Michael Brewer, Tyrod Taylor, Sean Glennon, and Grant Noel. That's right, UVA. You couldn't beat Grant Noel.

Recently decided I hate corn

Oh my god that rollout right throw back left...the corn 🌽 vibes are real af

If Iowa can excel with 3* players, so can we....if only we had Kirk Ferentz
Also, fricking PSU has like 10 VA blue chippers on roster
*UNCheat sucks!

We DID excel with 3*

We changed coaches and forgot how to coach-up

Wow.

Wake might be the best team in the ACC

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

What is with these UVA adds on ACCN??? Are they trolling with the studio at VT?

Yes,that's the Hokie Bird riding a camel. Why'd you ask?

Is there going to be a thread for our game?

I'm fine hangin' here

ACC NETWORK NAILED THE INTRO

Appreciate the non-commentary for the entrance. Gives a much better feel for what's going on.

But the sound was fked

Warning- Filter lost.

"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

Ark/Ole Miss and Ok/Tex were both GREAT games.

Hendon and Quincy are both GREAT quarterbacks

Stripe out not super defined tonight, I'll blame it on the rain

Excellent start

For the defensive

GREAT SPIN BY AMARE!!!!

Barno turns up at night games in Lane this season

JFC our playcalling sucks

And here we go....

Everything teed up perfectly, electric atmosphere, awesome aggressive D to force three and out, and the offense takes a dump on the first drive. Unreal.

Correction: ONE guy took a dump. 11 other guys failed to carry that dump for 10 yards.

Welp so much for the first fifteen plays working. Hopefully bad first drive means good rest of the game. Better than one good drive to start the game and stink rest of the way.

Yes,that's the Hokie Bird riding a camel. Why'd you ask?

Way to be optimistic! Leg for you

I struggle to be there myself

So does CJF cool his- or Corny 's- seat if we win tonight, even though ND isnt REALLY the 14th best team in the country... ? (Maybe this is not the best thread for this)

Warning- Filter lost.

"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

Maybe for a week. But everyone knows this ND is not as great as their ranking. A win here is like getting a couple hits to stay above the Mendoza line.

What's that weird play we just made where the ball was thrown downfield instead of horizontally called again?

TOUCHDOWN TECH!!!!

OUTSTANDING EFFORT BY BLACKSHEAR!

Scored despite cornfuck

LFG YALL 🏈🦃

VB born, class of '14

No matter what happens the rest of the night, Penn State losing makes it all worth it for me.

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

I like the way Iowa plays football.

Don't look now, but Texas A&M is up on Alabama 24-10 a couple minutes before halftime.

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Just came over to post about this. I've been neglectful in my other games thread duties the last couple hours.

Alabama just cut it to 7.

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SHIT CALL. NO EFFECT ON THE PLAY

FACEMASK!

Bama?

No, I *don't* want to go to the SEC. Why do you ask?

We don't love dem Hoos.

Great ending to the BAMA-TAMU game. Good way to unwind after our game.

Yes, chaos!

No, I *don't* want to go to the SEC. Why do you ask?

We don't love dem Hoos.

Actually happy for Jimbo to sneak one on Saban just when A&M looked down they pull the upset.

Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

That Bama-A&M game was wild. Gritty performance by A&M at the end but Bama did it to themselves with some crucial drops as well. Both of their TE's had huge drops, the TD earlier that led to a field goal, and on their last drive 19 dropped one that hit him in the chest with both arms under the ball.