Bitter blog - 2 weeks, 2 days in: Catching up with a few questions about Hokies camp

By: Andy Bitter on August 19, 2014, 12:02 PM | 14 comments

Nothing like answering questions you ask yourself.

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NavyEMC's picture NavyEMC
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| 11 years 10 months #

Sounds like TheFifthFuller was asking the questions...

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Alum07's picture Alum07
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| 11 years 10 months #

But now you're talking about an Ohio State offense that has to replace four offensive line starters from last year and running back Carlos Hyde and a potential Heisman Trophy caliber quarterback. That's a lot of refashioning on the fly for a team that has to face a Bud Foster defense in Week 2 that can make inexperienced offenses look bad.

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vtphoenix's picture vtphoenix | 11 years 10 months # ^

I'm not sure that's really a compliment. Maybe if he had said "a Bud Foster defense...that can make EXPERIENCED offenses look bad."

NavyEMC's picture NavyEMC
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| 11 years 10 months # ^

tomatoes, potatoes...

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-What we do is, if we need that extra push, you know what we do? -Put it up to fully dipped? -Fully dipped. Exactly. It's dork magic.

vtphoenix's picture vtphoenix | 11 years 10 months # ^

Yes, and no. Inexperienced offenses often make themselves look bad (cip see Hokies v Bama) without having to worry about the defense doing it.

Making an experienced offense look bad is all about the defense kicking ass.

NavyEMC's picture NavyEMC
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| 11 years 10 months # ^

I mean Bud's defense is going to make them look bad either way; but you are correct.

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-What we do is, if we need that extra push, you know what we do? -Put it up to fully dipped? -Fully dipped. Exactly. It's dork magic.

papilgee4evaeva's picture papilgee4evaeva | 11 years 10 months # ^

That's the base of a Bloody Mary, right?

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

We don't love dem Hoos.

Andy Bitter's picture Andy Bitter | 11 years 10 months # ^

You're right. My wording didn't back up what I was trying to say there.

Like you mentioned, what I was trying to say was a defense that "can make even experienced offenses look bad."

InEnemyTerritory's picture InEnemyTerritory
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| 11 years 10 months # ^

Andy, perhaps a little research into how first year starting QB's fare against Bud & the Boys is in order.....especially first year QB's that have never seen our D before.

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Alum07's picture Alum07
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| 11 years 10 months # ^

Not well...

According to TSL, the last 2 freshmen QBs to beat a Bud Foster defense were Robert Marve for Miami in 2008 and Matt Stafford for UGa in the 2006 CFA Bowl. With that said, you'd be very hard-pressed to blame the defense for either of those losses. The Bowl was a VT offensive meltdown of biblical proportions, and our defense held Marve to 7 of 16 for 121 yds and 0 TDs in the Miami game while our offense was... hideously bad.

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cds7c's picture cds7c | 11 years 10 months # ^

And the same here. This kid will only have to do enough to outscore a Scot Loeffler led offense.

InEnemyTerritory's picture InEnemyTerritory
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Speaking of Miami, didn't Robert Marve come into the game against us as a freshman after the starter (Wright, maybe?) went down with an injury? I seem to recall that we destroyed whomever that was.

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wisec4g's picture wisec4g | 11 years 10 months #

Moorehead makes a good point:

Q: So Brewer will be the quarterback all year?

A: Hold on. You're getting ahead of yourself. If he's named the starter, we'll see how he holds up. Remember, he had a pretty significant back injury last summer, a stress fracture of a vertebrae. And although he said he feels fine physically, he has been wearing a knee brace at practice. At 6 feet, 200 pounds, he's not a huge guy, so you wonder how he'll hold up physically.

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JCtaughtMe's picture JCtaughtMe | 11 years 10 months # ^

he will be just fine. he is not going to be in the same offense LT3 was in, it will be a different style for sure.

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