This is a breakdown of what I think the prob is against top 5 teams, lets start with the loss to stanford
Stanford 40 VT 12 Ill say lack of offense was the prob here
Ala 34 VT 24 Lack of offense for an entire game, and terrible playcalling here
2004 3Aub 16 Vt 14 Lack of offense, we scored 1 td late on a blown coverage
3Boise Sate 33 VT 30 Started out flat, couldnt score when we needed to, terrible playcalling and Defense here
2LSU 48 VT 7 Horrible playcalling and all around bad game, even on D
2BC 14 VT 10 Playcalling, not recovering and onside kick, and poor coverage on the last play
1Miami 56 Vt 45 Good game all around miami was very talented that year
1USC 24 VT 13 Defense played outstandind holding that Off to little yards and points, guess what no offense once again
Non top 5 teams
JMU 21 VT 16 We will just say bad damn game all around and lack of off, defense and special teams
2002 WVU 21 VT 18 Lack of offense
2003 WVU 28 VT 7 we will say lack of offense and def
2008 Ecu 27 VT 22 Lack of special teams and offense
Now this is not every single game by any means but it gets the point across over half of these losses we have scored around or under 25 points, Only 30 or more like twice. Our defense is great but it cant be great when the offense is going three and out every single time they get on the field. Beamer I am begging you to change this, and its a simple fix, do not let stiney call plays, and get a new o line coach. Fridge needs a job, Rich Rod is a good offensive mindset, and I know you could bring in a decent o line coach with your reputation. I know I sound angry and pissed off, but you are right, I think every Hokie fan should be pissed off with the recent trend of events that have happened. We have lost to teams that have no right beating us, we are a very talented and well coached at most postions, to be losing to jmu, and boise state and stanford.
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Can we schedule some of these damn top 5 teams at home for a change? Jeez i mean i really think we could at least schedule one at home, instead of trying to go to everywhere in the damn country to play them. Im not saying dont play them on the road but if we could get that one win at home over a top 5 then that would give us huge momentum and it would carry out on the road against them. Now i know bowls are a different story, but the LSU game? cant we at least do a damn home and home with these teams?
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The LSU game was an away trip of a home-and-home. They played at Lane in 2003 as defending SEC Champions and we dominated them. (This was before the SEC was getting slurped nationally.) In 2004 we were invited to play in DC against USC so Weaver bumped the at LSU game to 2007.
As far as game played in DC, I'm fine with that because we will always have the home field advantage. Most SEC teams will always outdraw us in Atlanta because they are closer. Although, I would say the Alabama game was 60/40 pro-Bama.
We definitely were offensively challenged in the Sugar Bowl, but some people thought Auburn was the best team and the country and we hung with them. The one thing I will always remember about that game is that we should have taken the points and kicked field goals on 4th down in the red zone instead of going for it.
You are right though, more times than not when we lose the offense stinks up the joint. Since 2004 the only time we scored more than 30 points in a loss was against Boise last season. We have lost 21 games since then. Twelve times we scored 20 or less points! I do think the offense is getting better. In order for it to continue to do so we need the offensive line to step up big time this season.
We determined the National Champion
When we held Auburn to 16. Good effort but just shy of a a major win.
2004 was my favorite team
Despite the 2 big losses. That was one year I agree with the "if this then that" coach speak.
We were so close to two marquee wins, but I don't fault the team as they fought hard. And one thing I remember was that the Auburn fans were VERY humbled after the game. They were hoping (I daresay expecting) for a blowout in order to get AP votes, I don't think they expected things to be so close.
To beat the dead horse, 2010 would have been my favorite team if we beat Stanford.
to be fair
I have a hard time saying we were "close" to winning. Maybe uber competitive is a better term. But my take on it was that we were, indeed, a top 5 team that year that just happened to play the top 2 teams in the same season. We should have lost those games, and I'm ok with that.
If only the fullback would have caught that damn td pass that hit him right in the numbers....