What are your way too precise predictions for Saturday's game. Include individual and team stats, scores after every quarter, and whatever else you my desire. BTW, I have way too much time on my hands.
Heres mine:
Offense-Will take a little bit of time to get going, but should pull away in the second half. JC Coleman will get 5-7 carries too many, taking some away from Marshawn Williams and Shai McKenzie and never allowing them to find any sort of rhythm. RB's will combine for 185 yards on 4.5 yards per carry thanks to a couple big plays from JC and/or Shai and will score 2 TD's. Michael Brewer will look good but not great: 55-60% completion rate, 210 yards, 2 TD's, 1 int on a ball tipped at the line. Josh Stanford will catch 4 balls for about 75 yards, but the TD's will go to Bucky Hodges and Isaiah Ford. Offense line be good in pass pro. but will struggle at first to get a good push (particularly the left side), but will wear down the Tribe defense and open up bigger holes as the game goes on.
Defense-I don't see any TD's happening. There will be at least 4 sacks in the first half, 1 to Corey Marshall, 2 to Dadi Nicholas, and 1 to Kendall Fuller on a CB blitz. Big Lu will lead the way with 1.5 TFL and Deon Clarke will top out the tackle category with 8. The W&M offensive line is pretty inexperienced and that couldn't play better into the hands of a fast and aggressive d-line and ballhawking secondary. Picks for Kendall Fuller, Kyshoen Jarrett, and Brandon Facyson, the latter of which will be returned for a TD. Bill and Mary will be held to 70 yards passing and 105 yards rushing.
Special Teams- Deon Newsome and Demitri Knowles have pretty good days returning kick-offs, JCC does not. Kyshoen looks a little more like his 2012 self when returning punts, Willie Byrne looks the same as last year (so pretty bad). Michael Santamaria goes 1-2 on his field goals, hitting from 36 but missing from 43. AJ Hughes destroys his punts, popping 2 footballs in the process. He then forces 3 fumbles, breaks the sound barrier, and kicks a ball so high it knocks down Malaysian Airlines Flight 208 on its way from DC to Kuala Lumpur.
Score after 1st quarter: 10-0
Score at halftime: 17-0
Score after 3: 31-3
Final Score: 38-3
Comments
Offense: Brewer and the boys get it together by the second quarter and 24-0 at the half. CB caps the Brew by the middle of the third after another touchdown (because he hates running up the score) and gives the others a chance.
Defense: I'll go with you but I think your being generous on the rushing yards. 1 Field goal inside the 40.
Final score: 45 - 0
Special Teams: 1 touchdown on a kick off return and one fumble recovery.
Oh yeah I forgot to add the part about the back-up QB's. I think Brewer's done after 3 and Leal takes the rest and looks just OK. No picks and no TD's. Motley rides the pine, not too sure that he's 100% healthy and ready for a game yet.
The anticipation for what Fifth is going to post is killing me...
Sam Rogers will disembowel 4 W&M players (2 sophomores, 1 junior, 1 senior - you said specific!) on his way to his first (p) touchdown, at which point he will spike the ball so hard that only Bucky Hodges will be able to reach into the crater to retrieve the ball.
Hodges will then, on the subsequent drive, grow 8.32 inches while on the ground to stretch the ball across the first down marker. The officials have no idea how to mark it, so, having seen what Sam Rogers is capable of, they award VT a first down.
AJ Hughes will average 67.3 yd/punt (because at some point the defense has to be on the field, and we'll just say, "OK, have the ball") and will force a fumble on 2 of them, 1 of which he will recover himself (before striking a new iconic pose that will be meme'd like hell by yours truly).
The final score will be (scoreboard broken) to zero in favor of the Hokies.
Oh wow.
The one stat I would like to see: No punts by VT.
That would indicate a very, very good day.
Agreed. As long as those drives don't end in turnovers
But AJ Hughes is our best (non-Fuller) player, why would you want to keep him (and our only Fuller) off the field?!?!
After getting bored from not punting, AJ put himself in at whip.
...Touche'
One of our kickers (Slye I think) has been taking reps with the LBs
It would have to be Slye. He's the only one big enough to lay a hit (I think he's around 220) and he used to play LB in HS
Except #punterswag
Ham biscuits, Brunswick stew, peanut soup & Sally Lund bread will be the features of the tailgate. It's going to rain at some point. We'll win by five TD's and one of the freshman RB's will rush for over 100 yds.
I think Frank will also have 7 "get after ya's" in the post-game press conference.
Nah, that's the prediction for OhState. If Frank has 3 'Who farted' looks against W&M, we are in desperate shape for this season. Also, remember, Stinespring stays up in the box next to Loeffler so he can monitor his play calls.
In that case, the Stinespring and Loeffler predictions are probably spot-on.
I straight lost it here, well done.
Oh the Frank Beamer stats got me.....nearly shot pepsi outta my nose!!!!!!! I just had a visual of the "who farteds"
It took me a minute to figure out the majesty that I was reading, but once I did I almost had some pineapple shoot out my nose. You did forget two key contributors...
Shane Beamer: 4 chest bumps (1 of which results in his falling down), 1 x sprinting alongside JC as he breaks one up the sideline, 1 x springting nowhere near Marshawn as he busts one up the gut for a long score, 1 time falling out from all of the running.
Aaron Moorehead Note quite at Stineys level yet will give 30 attaboys, 6 chest bumps (actually at the same level of his players), 5 x being confused for Vince Vaughn.
31-10 Hokies.
Then, in no particular order:
Not necessarily stats or predictions as much as what I'd consider a successful game.
Offense: Something north of 175 yd rushing, and 200 passing, so 375+ yards total offense. At least 2 rushing TD's, and at least 2 passing. No missed FG. Hopefully we don't try any, but realistically, we probably have at least one or two attempts. Crisp execution by the OL, No INT's. RB's pick up their blocks, and have no fumbles. WR's have no drops.
Defense: Five sacks, 8-10 TFL's. Two INTs. Any balls that hit the ground, we recover. Solid LB play. Less than 100 yd allowed. Shutout.
Special Teams: Hopefully no punts until late 3rd Qtr when backups are in, if then. Kickoffs out of the endzone. If not out of the endzone, very deep. Everyone staying in their lanes, if they choose to run one out, coverage limiting the return inside the 25 yd. line. A high KO hang time. One blocked kick, returned for a TD. One long punt return (not necessarily a score, but a nice return). Only one kickoff return (at the start of the game or second half), ending outside our own 35 yd. line.
Given the above, that would put the score in the 41-0 range. I think we'd all be pretty content with that. I know I would be.
Tyrod comes back as a phoneix and steals vanilla Vicks starting job and scores 27touchdowns while running for 400yds and inadvertently tearing 7 different players Acls from juking out defenders so badly
if this prediction were to be true, id save it for next week!
Kendall Fuller reveals his ability to replicate himself four times over, giving Tech an 8-man secondary with 5 Fullers. He scores all the touchdowns and kicks all the extra points. 80-5 VT
The Fuller is a merciful god, and after intercepting at the one, graciously steps back and knees to allow the tribe some token of points. Several plays later, he jumps the snap and instead of blocking the FG attempt, personally beats the kicker to the holder and kicks it through the uprights.
I want over 500 yards of offense against an FCS school. 250 and 250 would be perfect, but I would accept 300-200. Franks preference would be for the 300 yds rushing, I will accept 300 yards passing as our receivers keep taking the ball to the house.
I want a score of at least 50 points for us, and a score under 17 for them. I want a blocked kick of some type, more than one is desired.
400 yards of offense, including a 100-yard day from Juice, and 3 total team rushing TD's (Juice, Coleman, and Trey). Brewer goes 18-26, 260 yards, 2 TD, one to Ford, one to Malleck.
*My personal first play call on offense. 3 WR, Ford isolated, play-action left to Coleman, Brewer turns to his left, towards right side of the field, Ford has beat his man on a double move. Long TD pass.
Defense holds W&M to less than 150 yards. Creates 2 turnovers, but doesn't score. I'll say 3 sacks, one for Maddy, Marshall, and Dadi. Clarke and Williams combine for 16 tackles, secondary is smooth, rarely tested.
Special teams look better, Newsome breaks one return for 25+ yards. Hughes puts 2 inside the 20. Santamaria goes 2-2 on FG, perfect on PAT. Hokies win 41-3.
Total Offense for the Game:
8 plays, 8 TD's, 600 Yards
Defense:
I don't need to go into specifics, but this should explain it
Those were my typical tecmo super bowl stats on game 1.
I had a hard time getting offensive stats, because I would set Bo as my KR/PR and take it to the house every kick
Damn, I didn't know I could make him the KR and PR.
VT 122 - W&M 0.
I say go for 223-0 and break the record.
14 offensive possessions (not counting kneeldowns) with slightly more than 70 total plays.
30 passing attempts, 40 rushes.
9.3 yards per pass, 4.6 yards per rush.
5 offensive tds (3 airborne, 2 on the ground), 1 defensive (pick 6), 1 special teams (predicting off of a blocked kick)
Santamaria makes 3 FG
4-6 punts from AJ (just as practice, late) 42.5 avg
Starters on O pulled at the half, up 35
0 Turnovers, 48 yards on 6 penalties
Bud Stout: 0 yards on the ground, 108 through the air, mostly coming late against 3rd-4th stringers
0 points allowed
6 sacks, 12 hurries, 8 knockdowns, 5 PDs, 3 picks, 2 fumbles, Safety
Final VT 60 W&M 0
Brewer 14/21/206 2 TD, Leal 4/6/52 TD, Motley 2/3/21
Coleman 14/46, Williams 14/67 TD, McKenzie 8/42 TD, Edmunds 4/15, Motley 2/10, Rogers 1/5, Caleb 1/-1
Stanford 5/60, Ford 3/63 TD, Hodges 3/52 TD, Malleck 3/19, Byrn 2/28 TD, Knowles 1/19, Coleman 1/16, Meyer 1/15, Rogers 1/5
beer
^ WINNER ^
David Wilson will score on the first play from scrimmage.
This made me laugh...
your offensive predictions scare me abt the running back situation cause itll probably happen. but if marshawn and shai dont get the rock enough and thats all we have to worry abt then im ok with it
I predict I'll be drunk and yelling at people to stand up throughout the game.
EDIT: To the person that downvoted this:
I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want.
If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of drunk skills, drunk skills I have acquired over a very long career of drinking. Drunk skills that make me a nightmare for people like you.
If you remove your down-leg now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you.
But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will make you stand up.
Best response to a downvote evah!
Because I already gave you a leg for this comment, I just sought out another of your recent comments so I can upleg it. You deserve it for such a beautiful edit.
I would've upvoted the shit outta this before the masterful EDIT.
Now the biggest question, were you drunk when you wrote this?
Shane goes for and gets the FBS record for most players with a carry in a single game with the unintended consequence that "Fuller on a jet sweep" becomes as familiar a phrase as "Tyrod scrambling".
After 2 hours of "Pleeeaaaassse Lefty, just once", Loeffler relents and gives Stiney the headset. He promptly calls a screen that picks up 5 yards on 3rd and 9, resulting in the day's only appearance by AJ Hughes.
Frank begins the post-game interview by complementing the opponent's effort but then interrupts himself mid-sentence and says "actually, let's all be honest about what just happened. We smoked those boys and I hope they didn't take it personal. This year WE will get after ya"
A Saturday night press conference announces a name change to Bud & Mary. Foster indicates he's deeply honored but that Mary just isn't his type.
Bill and mary wont cross the 50, the tech offense performs better than some think and blanks the tribe 35-0, lastly hundley and ucla pound zimaville 42-13.
13 points is pretty generous...
Hmmm... Hokies win the coin toss, defer. Tackle for loss, incomplete pass, int by Chuck Clark, setting up an easy Malleck TD from Brewer,5th play of the game. Offense settles in fast, Brewer picks them apart, 32-0 at the half.
58-3 Final. Brewer gets three TD's, Malleck, Ford, n Williams on a screen. Marshawn does Marshawn things, runs for 140, 2 Rushing, 1 Recieving TD. JC picks up a TD. 2 defensive td's, pick six by chuck clark and dadi runs back a forces fumble. 3 FG's.
We rack up 485 yards of offense. Frank continues his sly grin pressers.
oooh, I really want to see Dadi run one back now
I read this too quickly and assumed that Chuck Clark was going to get a tackle for loss, force an incomplete pass, and intercept the ball all during the coin flip.
49 - 0 Hokies, zero field goal attempts or punts.
offense will score two offensive touchdowns and frank will want to kneel it out. bud foster and his d get 4 picks all for tds and rip the wings off the griffin.
I don't see W&M getting past the 50. All day.
I'm wondering if the secondary can pick off, well every catchable pass attempt? I don't see them having over 70 passing yards.
Based on 07hokie's computer model (tecmo bowl) and in line with the serious tone of this thread, here is my prediction:
With all the attention on special teams and the youth on W&M's offense, the Tribe edges us on TOP 60mins to 0, as we house the opening kickoff and every successive punt. There are no offensive stats for the Hokies as the starters don't see the field until the 2nd half, when they are put in on punt coverage to keep the young guys fresh. Any attempt by W&M to punt out of bounds is successfully blocked and returned for score, all leading to some really weird numbers for Michael Brewer, AJ Hughes and David Wang. Final score: 70 - 0 Hokies.
(With the early success of the defense and the return game, Loeffler elected to punt on every 1st down, thus negating the Tribe's attempts to simply turn it over on downs).
EDIT: Some of you may be wondering how any of this helps the offense going forward. With no huge kicker games on the schedule, and three more games to get their feet wet before ACC play, this performance answers enough questions on D and ST that Loeffler can install a more conservative game plan next week.
Realizing that it would be more respectable to at least play 3 downs before punting, and in the interests of the fan experience, he installs a plan very familiar to old Hokie faithful, telling the equipment guys to get the Shout!, Zout! and Oxi-Clean ready, because "a dust cloud is coming." After all, the defense needs some sort of rest between possessions.
(Historical note: When John Ballein had the National Championship Trophy case moved a while back, a locked box was found underneath. The box contained a dusty old book entitled "Bill Dooley Offense". John gave it to SL as a curiosity for his coffee table, which meant he didn't have to look far for inspiration.)
I will show up to begin tailgating at roughly 8:26
I will consume about 12 beers and 2 shots over the course of 6 hours (hey, I'm gettin' older..gotta slow it down right?)
I will win 3/5 games of cornhole
I will throw a football around with friends going about 61/73 w/ 61 TD's and 0 INTs
I will consume copious amounts of junk food
We will depart from the tailgate (behind Litton Reaves) at aprox. 3:17 to head to the game
Upon arrival I will be asked(instructed) to purchase some water for the SO before heading to our seats
I might buy a coke to consume with some of my Jack....(or I might man up and drink it straight..we'll see how hot it is)
First half - better athleticism shows on special teams, where we own filed position all day. Running game looks too much like Spring Game, where we get a few big runs to put up points, but also have too many -1 to 1 yd runs on first down, putting us in obvious passing downs. Some of these turn into great plays by the receivers, ending up in points, but Brewer tries too hard to make a play and gives up a pick, though because of field position does not give up points. Defense plays in the back field all half and gives up two first downs.
Second half - WM D is worn down from all the 3 and outs, running game picks up steam, Brewer settles down, and we open it up in the 3rd to early 4th in all facets. Then back-ups come in, offense sputters though Bucky makes several good plays, defense gets a couple of picks, but gives up a long TD in mop-up time.
Three rushing touchdowns, one 40+ yards, one less than 3 yards. Three passing TD's, one to a tight end, one on a long ball, and one on a long run after a short throw. D sets up a field goal on a turn over. 45-7.
I'm just excited to watch the game and not know exactly what offensive play we were going to run like back in the O'Cainspring days of very predictable offense. VT - 38, B&M - 7.
Overly specific? MNBSFW (may not be suitable for work). Couldn't find one with Tech and Tribe, but you get the idea
I'd prefer that no one dies during the game...
Me neither. And this wasn't meant to rub Niners fans the wrong way. If I could've left out the blood I would have. Sadly photoshop skills aren't where I want them to be yet.
First W&M possession, Bud throws out a Golden Snitch which successfully distracts all the Gryffindors, allowing Kyshoen Jarrett's shoulder direct access to their QB. He is obliterated into dust. The only pass his back up able to get off before our D Line destroys him is picked off by Kendall Fuller. W&M forfeits down 63-0 5 min into the game. Frank magnanimously agrees. We are entertained for the remaining time by Michael Brewer telling fishing and hunting stories and watching David Wang pwn newbs on any video game you choose on the giant scoreboard screen. Everyone goes home happy.
At least one 3/4 bare butt cheek revealed by a female cheerleader during a lift
Overly specific prognostications for tomorrow?
Ok, arrive 30 minutes past target time. Cuss the guy (under my breath) that took the space I wanted.
Pull out the cooler and stuff so I can get to the canopy and break the first thing of the day.
Table cloth rips.
I give up and make some Irish coffees.
Buddy arrives, he forgot the ice.
We finish setting up, completed about 30 minutes after arrival.
Sit and beverage while we wait for the grill to heat.
See the Hokie Bird, play some corn hole, reacquaint with old Hokie friends, beverage or few, good chow.
Fun with the family in the stands. VT wins well.
It's a fine Saturday in early fall.
Pain
I just want a win! I'd rather it be by 40 but if it's by 1 I will take it!