We just watched an Offensive Line keep our QB off his butt against an elite defensive line over the course of 60 minutes on the road in front of the largest, most hostile road crowd Virginia Tech has ever faced. If you told me 2 years ago that our Offensive Line would be a major catalyst to a win over a Top 10 Ohio State in The Shoe, I would have told you that you were insane.
I am just staggered by the word that he has put in this year (and a lot of credit also has to go to Grimes). Offensive Line looks like it might actually be a promising position going forward after being the single biggest team weakness over a decade.
So, to Mr Searels, I offer to you....
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Great observation. The o-line was tremendous against a great d-line on the road. Not something I expected to say this season.
Indeed, a toast to him. I will say this though, Bosa is a freaking stud, he is certainly legit.
So I saw this today over on SI.com. Our Wang was given Big Ugly of the Week honors:
Good for him!
It's always a good night when Wang performs well.
I'll see myself out.
We really saw him rise to the occasion.
What? So the conclusion is that we have an award-winning, big ugly ( magic dipped ) wang?
After that game I sure hope he got fully dipped and wasn't denied.
It helps to pair a healthy Wang with Brewer's massive brass balls.
Yep. It cannot be stated enough just how much our OL play was a stunning strength for us in the Shoe. For any OL recruits out there watching that game, it HAS to stand out to them that we took a bunch of guys who moved positions or came in as a lower ranked OL recruit and created a OL unit that, for all intents and purposes, dominated a DL made up of 4* and 5* studs. We imposed our will on them over the course of 60 minutes in their house. If you're a recruit watching that game, how do you NOT want to sit down and seriously talk things out with Searels right now?
Wang got some good push and allowed penetration on the D line several times. He played hard against stiff competition and deserves all the accolades thrust upon him.
Stacy & Morehead deserve more than a drink. They deserve ACC Championship rings.
In all the TE jubilation, I think we lost sight of who our TE coach is.....
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Bryan Stinespring.
I think he has earned a beer.
I already bought him one for just not being our OC anymore.
Ouch. Funny, but with a little sting to it.
I don't think he minds not being it either, might have been swimming out of his depth there, but he can honestly say he tried his best and always gave everything he had to the university.
Still...funny.
I always thought it was weird that despite being the TE coach, when he was OC the TEs were a long forgotten asset in our schemes. Now, TEs all day. Swell job Stiney, keep making me proud.
Smells of Lefty.
The TE's are being celebrated because they were integrated into the playcalling. Before Loeffler, they very seldom were more than blockers. Now Loeffler has created a new weapon of attack with them. I'll send Loeffler a beer for integrating all his possible receivers.
That's because Stiney and Newsome kept converting them to OL.
Ugh, I had forgotten about that practice.
Ok, it worked sometimes. Ask Duane Brown
Yep and you heard what he had to say about it after he got to the pros.
what?
He wasn't particularly complimentary towards Stiney and Newsome. I mean he didn't call them outright or drop names. It was one of his interviews. Here: https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/11/28/analysis-notebook-week-...
Yup yup yup. I've criticized the guy a lot but he deserves a lot of credit.
Since I've never played football can someone tell me this (this is an honest, not snarky, question):
If a TE blocks, he's pretty much an OL.
If a TE runs a route, he's pretty much a WR
So, what does a TE coach teach?
Dancing.
That particular skillset will be supplemented by a 6am session with Frank Beamer.
Maybe they will swap moves and Beamer will break out the shmoney for Decade+1 of Dominance
Somehow I think Beams is gonna help him with some new ones.
Basically both of those things. He/they have to do a lot. He needs to teach them proper blocking technique, but also how/when to release, routes, catching, etc. TE can be a very demanding position to teach/learn, but, with the right players, it's also the reason they can be major gamechangers.
Well, sometimes the TE starts to block AND THEN has to release to run a route.
Seriously though I think the alignment for TEs can be vary quite a bit more than OL, since they can be part of the line, in the slot, off the line, a wing back, or even in the backfield, and obviously need to know OL blocking schemes/calls that WRs likely wouldn't know. TEs can also act more similar to a RB/FB in some regards, such as chip blocking, lead blocking, screen passes, etc.
How to do both well?
I guess I figured the TE would get with the OL group (Searles) for blocking stuff and the TE would go with the WR group (Moorehead) for routes, hence the question.
Don't get me wrong, I was ecstatic about how they played on Saturday. And I realize that OSU has a spectacular D-line , but we still didn't run the football terribly well. Marshawn and Shai were often getting hit behind the LOS. (outside of their awesome TD runs)
Be happy with what you have but always strive for more.
If it was big enough, I'd give the whole team a nip, neigh a gulp, from the ol' AssPocket after Saturday.
I got his drink right here
Am I the only person who feels this trophy was downgraded? I mean the crystal football was so much more appealing to the eye. This is just an eye sore except for the fact it shows our dominance.
seconded
Well, it won't shatter if you drop the fvcker. So, there's that.
It looks like you could poor wild turkey or American Honey in it. Mmmmm
So I watched the replay sunday after I got home and was trying to find why the run game was so terrible. some of it was some missed cutback lanes, but a lot of it looked like we had a tell and OSU sent a blitz right into our lane on many runs. Either Brewer was just not too familiar with their coverage or just simple bad luck, they had their blitzes hitting the "correct" side most of the night. The glowing exception was the Predator's TD run.
As the game went, I got the feeling our offense was moving more towards a philosophy of using the run to keep the defense honest against our passing attack. When we let Brewer gunsling it back there, we moved the ball quick and easy, and while the runs really didn't do much, it kept their LBs honest at the LOS, which kept the passing game open. We might have only finished with 199 yards through the air, but the damage was done.
I think this right here. Even though the space just wasn't there for a lot of the runs during the contest, I thought the way Lefty called it was spot on. It wasn't working that well against the best defensive front we will see all year (until we see FSU in the ACCCG), so how can we use these calls to help the rest of our gameplan. And lets not forget some of those plays they dialed up for Newsome which were perfect.
From an offensive standpoint, the first word that sticks out to me about this game is efficiency. We had fewer total yards, but 4 for 4 redzone TDs (which feels like it has never happened before in our history given the last several years of our O), 2 rushing 2 passing. There was never that play that just stopped and made me say "Now why in the hell would you call that?".