Roth Report: ODU Preview

By: french60wasp
on August 31, 2022, 3:33 PM | 20 comments

https://hokiesports.com/news/2022/8/31/virginia-tech-sports-network-roth...

There is a great quote from Pry. "One of the things I look at first is this: I want to see guys running by people to get to the football, "Pry said. "No regard for their body." No matter what the outcome of each game this season, the defense playing with great physicality and pursuit will be my barometer of success this season.

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TIHokie's picture TIHokie
| 3 years 10 months #

So much this!

I don't care about the W-L so much as I care about our football players looking like football players doing football things. It's been a long minute since that has existed in Blacksburg.

Is coronavirus over yet?

HokieBirdNinja's picture HokieBirdNinja | 3 years 10 months # ^

All true, but then also care about the W-L a 'lil bit.

These pretzels are making me thirsty.

HokieJeep's picture HokieJeep | 3 years 10 months #

2026 Season Challenge: TBD
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DFWHokie's picture DFWHokie
STRANGER IN THE ALPS
| 3 years 10 months #

"I hate it that we schedule them (ODU) so often because I'd like to see us do this thing together, hand-in-hand. Let's get these kids to stay in-state, pull for each other, have camps together, have clinics together. I'd prefer it to be that way, and when there are opportunities to do that, we will."

Yeah, we hate it too coach.

dcwilson40's picture dcwilson40 | 3 years 10 months # ^

Serious question... what the fuck reason does VT have in any way shape or form to help ODU football? Seriously? Are we going to take their recruiting left overs? lol. Why don't we help UVA football along too? How about GT? Lets help each other. What the actual fuck? ODU gets 100% of the benefit in that deal. not 99..100% - vt gets nothing. WTF?

DFWHokie's picture DFWHokie
STRANGER IN THE ALPS
| 3 years 10 months # ^

I feel the way it was sold to us was that we would be playing a game in a traditional hotbed of recruiting for VT, and that was supposed to be the main positive for VT.

Of course the first game we play there Fuente promptly shits the bed and it was the beginning of the end of his tenure as head coach at VT.

maxANDcheese's picture maxANDcheese
| 3 years 10 months # ^

If NIL and super-conferences are going to turn college football semi-pro, then it stands to reason that G5 schools could become feeder schools for bigger programs. Ideally, ODU and VT work it out so that VT tells a kid that is super raw or doesn't have the grades to go to ODU for 1-2 seasons and if they do well they have a roster spot at Tech. Could even use similar schemes to make learning a new system much easier.

I'm not sure college football really truly gets pushed this far, but it can't hurt to start relationship-building for a situation like this. VT has been behind the eight ball on the arms race for the better part of 20 years now, it's nice to have someone looking ahead for once. Realistically, we shouldn't be competing with ODU anyway, so it shouldn't matter if we're doing camp together or sharing schemes.

KingJames's picture KingJames
🥒🥒🥒🥒🥒
| 3 years 10 months # ^

Having joint camps with ODU would be a benefit as you get a place to host potential recruits in a hotbed area of VA and largely ODU and VT aren't going for the same guys so you might get some of those diamond in the rough 2*s that wouldn't come to a VT camp normally.

Alum07's picture Alum07
🦃 LEG KING 🦃
| 3 years 10 months # ^

To continue this analogy, the Tampa Bay Rays aren't playing home and home regular season games against the Durham Bulls. There are ways to help each other out without scheduling this kind of poison pill series that only truly benefits the lesser school.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

VWhokiehi's picture VWhokiehi | 3 years 10 months # ^

Pry seems to be talking about doing these things if we were not playing them regularly. A partnership on Camps and other recruiting activity could make a lot of sense. Deepen the reach into the 757 and the big dog takes the top of the litter and the little dog get's the leftovers. If you have to ask who the big dog is, then your not buying into Pry's vision yet.

"Don't go to, go through"

gobble gobble chumps's picture gobble gobble chumps
PLS
| 3 years 10 months # ^

build connections between coaching staffs. the grad assistant here could be a fit to get a full-time off-field role there, a position coach with a good developmental track record and good relationships in the hampton roads area could be a good addition to our staff in the future, etc

"Why gobble gobble chumps asks such good questions, I will never know." - TheFifthFuller

bar1990's picture bar1990
ATLIEN
| 3 years 10 months # ^

Summarizing from a previous post on this...

  • We can do camps together
  • We could have a coaching pipeline from ODU to VT
  • We could have a transfer pipeline from ODU to VT
  • If we take risks on players who don't work out, we can nudge them to ODU

LSU does a lot of stuff like this with the directional and FCS schools in their state.

The Beard of DeChristopher's picture The Beard of DeChristopher
BEARDS > PEOPLE
| 3 years 10 months #

Just play hard, boys.

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.

TIHokie's picture TIHokie
| 3 years 10 months # ^

#hardthingstogether

/s

Is coronavirus over yet?

The Beard of DeChristopher's picture The Beard of DeChristopher
BEARDS > PEOPLE
| 3 years 10 months # ^

#hardplayingstogether...?

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.

rottingmind13's picture rottingmind13
| 3 years 10 months # ^

Also need to play smart and tough

GoKartMozart's picture GoKartMozart
SET THE TONE!
| 3 years 10 months # ^

Let 'em know you're out there, b'ys!

Get the W, boys!

The Beard of DeChristopher's picture The Beard of DeChristopher
BEARDS > PEOPLE
| 3 years 10 months # ^

Play hole to hole, AND pole to pole b'ys

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.

skippypbm's picture skippypbm
I GOTTA BE ME!
| 3 years 10 months #

edit-wrong thread

From the 2018 VT-uva game-"This is when LEGENDS are made!"

Lane Stadium's picture Lane Stadium
[YEAR+1] IS OUR YEAR
| 3 years 10 months #

Man I hope so. Felt like so many times over the last few years players would just initiate the block with the offensive player rather than trying to get to the ball

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