The Virginia Tech cheerleaders. [Mark Umansky]
Who: No. 23 Virginia Tech Hokies (2-1, 2-1 ACC) vs. Boston College Eagles (3-1, 2-1 ACC)
When: Saturday, October 17, 2020 at 8:00 PM EDT
Where: Blacksburg, Virginia | Lane Stadium
Watch/Listen: ACC Network / Virginia Tech IMG
Spread: Virginia Tech -13
Weather: 47°F, Clear
Series: The Hokies are 18-10 all-time against the Eagles.
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Let's Go!!!
HOKIES
Glad we cleared this up. Screwed up last week and it cost us the game.
Legs to all for getting it right.
KMFH YALL HE SO GOOD
Idk how I replied here but I don't even care
Let's go!!! KMFH 🦃🦃🦃
Let's do this.
Can't wait to see the C squad we have calling this game.
GOBBLE GOBBLE
...Bitches!
Jenkins and Deablo back. Still awaiting the dreaded "unavailable" list.
I've been F5ing the twitter feed since noon, so I hear you on that last part.
I've been refreshing Bitter's Twitter's to see when he posts...he always seems to be first.
I have his and the HokiesFB feed up
Drink! I beat you by 8 seconds!
What happened to Waller considering he played last week?
Injury in the 4th quarter last week
When he was inexplicably in at nickel
This is why I stopped by here.
Edit: Thanks for the update.
Wait...do we get a FOE-rensics for Louisville?
There's a lot of material there
I really should break down and get a subscription to something that includes the ACCN. However, we haven't lost yet when I haven't watched, so for the sake of victory I'll refrain today. Sorry about last week.
Go Hokies!!
I'm with you here!
Anyone have YouTube TV? I don't seem to see ACC Network at all on the list any more. Can't find the upcoming listing for our game.
update edit - nevermind, working again
Yeah I'm watching ACCN on it right now. Maybe reboot?
Signing in and out got it working again.
Use the ESPN app if it doesn't show up in YTTV search.
Can you ELI5? so exit YouTube TV and go to ESPN in my Roku? Whenever I do that, they ask me for my cable login, which I don't have.
Yep, separate app. You should be able to log in with YouTube tv as your cable provider. Also in YouTube tv when you view live listings, check that you're not on "Custom" listings. You want default, or at least that's how I got it to show up.
I had to scroll up to the "Live" tab (channel listings), then scroll down to find the ACCN channel.
They had the game listed as "Teams TBA", so it wouldn't show up anywhere else on the App.
Shepard's Prayer time
Looks like it hit the backup RB room and the rest of the OL room that didn't get hit during the initial breakout. Thankfully it didn't claim Herbert.
Dear Lord please protect Khalil Herbert and all those who dwell around Khalil Herbert
And protect our defense and help us to squish BC.
Amen
When I first saw this, my initial reaction after deciding it needed the Amen was "Dear Lord be with our guests and prepare them for the butt whoopin they are about to receive."
Waller out again is upsetting
Tenuta too
Loluva is losing by two touchdowns to wake. Yay!
uva tied the game up at 23 apiece with a field goal. Wake scored 14 points in in 90 seconds plus a field goal a bit later. Less than 2:30 left when uva failed on a 4th and goal. Wake is running the clock out.
When uva tied the game, all the uva players were dancing around on the sideline. Now they are not.
It's a good day when the joy gets sucked out of Hooville.
Woah what a pick!
Just for the record, I think Tahj Gary (whose on the "out tonight" list) has some really good upside. Very similar running style to Herbert and a body to carry some weight.
Not sure if it's still accurate after reading the thread but...
I CAME IN AT 25 COMMENTS!!!!
LETS FUCKING GO!!!!
HOKIES!!!!!!!
It feels like a college football game again with the band & a few fans here.
After watching the disaster that the UVA offense is, it really is amazing that Fuente and co. somehow have three quality ACC QBs.
I don't know how anybody thought they were going to to replace Perkins this year. It was literally impossible for them.
What we are seeing now is just how many problems he masked for them last year. And it don't look pretty.
We think we have issues here, and we do, but I'll still take our situation over theirs.
Who's the fat punter LOLUVA is playing at QB?
which one?
Yes
I immediately had a flashback to the early 2000's
Battleship Lorenzen!
Good ol' Round Mound of Touchdown. RIP
RIP J-Lo
His heart was three sizes too small
The Pillsbury Throwboy
How about the numbering committee at LOLUVA? Had to look at their roster. QBs with #36 and #98? What?
NCSU got their 4th win today...out game is looking more impressive.
(No comment on the bad coaching decisions they made)
It'll definitely help us in the analytics... because they can't tell they started the wrong QB against us haha.
And here we go with the EJ Manuel head nodding.
Did you see him at the Town Hall the other night? /s
(Not political...trending pop culture)
I did not sir. I'm glad. I get dizzy watching him but it's like watching a pendulum going back and forth. I get hypnotized.
Something is wrong with Mark Richt...he has "dead eyes"...also looks like he got the politician chicklet tooth cap treatment during the last week.
Dead and soulless eyes....
Richt has dead eyes
Looks sus
Well shit, I wasn't expecting to drink for this comment, but alas... Bourbons up
I mean...I did put mine in quotes...so it's technically not the same :)
Seriously...it's creepy AF, right??!!
I mean.... Yeah, super creepy. He has that 1000 yard stare, but he's a foot from a camera. He looks like the generic alien body double in a sci fi horror movie
Maybe it's a cardboard cutout?
Could it be related to the heart attack he had last year?
I doubt it...he didn't have those eyes and teeth last game.
Oh hey look, it's the fellate Mack Brown segment.
So glad that the ACCN is helping to carry UNCs recruiting water this year
It's not like they get any press...after all they have a basketball player on their uniforms. If that isn't prime branding, I don't know what is.
Duke player flexing while running into the end zone just looks wrong.
Hey y'all. Sorry for my abrasiveness a few days ago. Let the UNC loss stew in my mind too much last week and put me in a very negative place. Love this community and truly do respect each of you. Even when I'm critical of the program, I always want what's best for VT. Looking forward to a Hokie win tonight! Let's go!
Jk...we don't take thing too ser....
Wait, what game last week?
Happens to me too... My wife tries to make me care less about football but to no avail
HokieEnginerd made a delicious offering of smoked crab stuffed jalapeno poppers. Hopefully this pleased the football gods greatly
Oh now Richt just doubled down on BC beating us... Bastage
EJ taking up for the good guys. No more bobble head comments from me tonight.
It looks like the entire crew on The Huddle has started No-Shave November early.
Is EJ sitting in a closet with brick veneer wallpaper?
Yes
That's what it looks like from Tyrod's shadow
I think their coach grabbed his son's mask for the pep talk.
I can already hear hesslebecks nose
Love his comment on Herbert "He's best offensive player on their offense"
We need 66 to stay #1 in scoring.
Let Khalil run early and often and we might hit it
Jon Laaser out with covid contact tracing... What a weird year
And....Romo prances...
Kickoff!!!
Play by play from home couldn't be more unauthentic.
Feels so weird
Flowers not putting mouth piece in on running plays
Great pickup. He definitely is not
LETS GO BABY.
Lucky fumble there...they were slicing up our DL.
Got lucky with the fumble... but I'll take it!
Needed that fumble. D Line was picking up right where it left off last week
Great hit
Great punch!!
I feel like we got bailed out there more than anything. What in the world happened to our defense?
We get a turnover!
By the end of the night I Expect sentences like this to not contain the "a" article
HH runs like a deer
By the end of the night I Expect sentences like this to not contain the "a" article
Hopefully this drive gives us some time to work on the defense because we were getting spanked on that BC drive.
No one is better at making teams use timeouts on fourth down than us. What an electric quality.
We have a stud RB, an OLine full of bullies, and a dual threat QB with big play receivers and a really good TE.
Enough with this "look over at the sideline for 5-7 seconds stuff", line it up and exert your will with tempo
WHY CANT WE SIMPLY WATCH THE FREAKING GAME. PLEASE STOP WITH THE AWUFL CLOSE UP CAMERA ANGLES.
SMH
HH lookin like he oiled himself up before the game...
HH escapes a sack, and 2 tackles to gain yards. Beautiful!
Ah yes, a tac-shaver. I often times find myself wishing I could put a shaver in my shirt pocket.
I don't say this lightly.
Hooker reminds me of Tyrod in how he can create something out of absolutely nothing.
Try saying it lightly
Feel like in college world Virginia tech and bc are sisters. Love how their campus looks
Tacshaver.
So this is what I've been missing
.
Just missing the TacToothpick and TacVibrator
It works under water!!!!
Dammit...they jinxed him!
54 yards feels dicey for a college kicker. Not sure I like the call
And now we gave them good field position. Great.
I prefer to go for that. Kind of no man's land as a kicker and you give the ball back at the same spot either way.
How can a WR be that wide open?
Bad decision
Defense has me thinking we may need to steal some more possessions via turnover...
This aged really well.
Looks like we didn't work on tackling this week...
So...
Same as last week.
D looks just as bad...wow
Our defense is so bad
Edit: haha yes reverse jinx, works 60% of the time every time
We are very lucky...but no complaints.
BC loads gun...aims at foot...and fires a clean shot.
Gotta protect your Johnson better than that
Speaking of that Tennessee had two highlight clips today - a TD run and one of their receivers laying on the ground with a defender above me and just casually kicks him in the nuts. Someone who knows how to do it ought to put a clip of it in here.
This D is get manhandled already...
BC already has 44 yards rushing. They haven't gotten more than 84 in a game this year. At this rate, they're going to beat that by the end of the 1Q.
Holy shit, how are we this lucky? Two fumbles to bail our D out. BC is manhandling the line just like UNC did.
Welp...
I will gladly take these turnovers.
They look like the only stops we will get so far.
Fumble bitches!
Fumble recoveries saving our asses right now
You know what... if BC keeps fumbling in our territory all game, that's cool.
... Thank God for turnovers
We did have really nice penetration on that play...cause them to run into each other.
I mean ok I'll take it.
Wow.
VT can't tackle, but they're coming up with these turnovers.
I'm loving our game plan of play bad defense and get a fumble. JHAM BALL
If we could supplement that with some tackles and pass defense, I'm on board.
They cannot score if they can not hold on to the ball!
But defense, please make the tackle!
I prefer it when the other team is imploding, to be honest.
Not gonna lie... it'd be fun to snipe someone from 300 ft with a laser...
Listen fuckers, my illegal stream is like 30 seconds behind, so if you could stop with the spoilers that'd be greeeaat.
Illegal streamers' lives matter!
Slow your scroll.
Soooo does Hamilton know what he's doing ?
Y'all remember a few years ago when we would force a ton of fumbles and seemingly not recover any of them? Ironic that our luck changes on that during a year like this.
I understand that almost every team in the country is struggling with tackling because of no spring and covid protocols, etc etc.
However, we look particularly "soft" and I don't say that as some kind of generic angry guy screaming at his tv kind of way, but more of just a casual observation based on what we've seen so far.
You're not wrong.
That bud expression is about right
LOTS OF HERBERT PLEASE
Yeah, dude is just... how the hell did he end up at kansas....?
Hello herbert
It shouldn't take 30 seconds to get the play in from the sideline.
But it give the VT defense more time to get themselves together
Herberts vision is insane.
Who is this Herbert character?
We should feed him the rock
Hooker left Tay out to dry there. Great job to hold onto that.
Tre was wide open for the TD down the sideline too that play ...
Maybe we can win a 49-47 game. In Herbert we trust.
Herbert's vision is great. It reminds me of David Wilson's vision
/s?
DW famously had terrible vision...just raw speed.
No sarcasm. His east/west movement reminds me of David Wilson.
Can't pump fake three times, HH. Gotta pull the trigger or pull it down.
Should've just handed that off.
...or throw it in the stands.
Only if DW had vision....
Blackshear for a huge gain if he handed it off.....
Is that a brace on Johnson's plant foot?
Not gonna win with FGs tonight.
Fumbles and FGs may do it though =)
New streak started!!!!
We need TDs because the defense is not going to get fumbles all night
We are 2-for-2 :)
Two wasted drives on turnovers. This isn't going to do it.
FSU up on UNC 14-0
And I was just teasing my wife about FSU likely going to be bitch slapped tonight🤦♂️
Great job of keeping contain there
That was AWFUL
So outside of this year, what is the worst defense in modern VT history?
2018
2010 wasn't great, 2003 was pretty bad by the end of the season, 2018....
2003 gives them a run for their money, then misses the tackle
I broke my hand after that Pitt 2003 game.
25 sighting
Got a fumble recovery early, too.
I feel like saving 600k and passing on Barry Odom is something we're all going to regret for a long time. If the rumors about Mr. Babcock are correct.
Our defense keeping us in the game...just like we all expected.
Why we proceed to throw 3x in a row once we get past the 50 baffles me
Predictable unpredictability; a staple of CornFu.
It's like play calling runs off a script
By straight luck. Could easily be 14-3 right now. They're marching it down our throats
Didn't know I needed a spurtle? until now.
Goddammit. The spurtle is back. Over/under on 10 appearances during this game.
I may be drunk..... but do I NEED a SPURDLE?
I was waiting for the first drunk spurdle post. Yes you do
I'm gonna have this damn spurdle commercial memorized by the end of the season
Fuck the spurtle
I'm convinced that if I was to order one, it would go away... My children keep telling me to get it..
Do you know how many copper pans I have?
That's all we asked for one year for Christmas. We love ours. And use the shit out of all of them
Did we get thru an entire quarter without giving up a score? How did that happen?
Mostly luck
Special thanks to BC
Our D just doesn't seem to get any push. RB is 2 yds over LOS when we gets touched. QB not getting pressured.
We got 3 points out of 2 turnovers and we seem to have the worst defense in the world. Is it too early for alcohol?
Pathetic. Good lord.
*he stepped out, but still
Shouldn't have been that open to start. 24 trying to pull the ball out (missed everything).
Damn...worse tackling...
Gotta wrap up. Just the shoulder doesnt do it at this level.
Lol. Tackling who needs to practice that
Murray is being picked on alot
I just don't get it. You have the best RB in the country right now. You give him 2 runs where he gets nearly 30 yards. Then let's not use him the rest of the drive
CornFu magic baby...
Did the same thing during the UNC game. The way to keep a good offense (and a subpar defense) off the field is to run. We didn't give it to Khalil enough...
Herbert should have 20-30 carries a game. Less than 15 in the first half is shameful
The biggest joke of a VT defense I've ever seen
We are sooooo bad at defense
Sigh. Should have been stopped before the 1st down
That was painful to watch because it felt emblematic of our defense to that point.
This D is doo
Are you kidding me?
Well that was fun
May have stepped out.
What the hell was that?!
He was out I see
2 defenders, not a single arm used to even attempt to tackle.
He stepped out, but still pathetic. What are the coaches doing at practice?
And usually arm tackles aren't the greatest anyway... Not good...
Doesn't matter that he stepped out, their offense can do whatever it wants with our D
^^This^^
And we still refuse to give Herbert the football...
The play following the Amare Barno tackle was what really kept this drive going. Murray gave up a 30 yard pass play on 2nd and close to 20
I almost wish we went out and got a completely different style DC. Even with Bud the last decade, our defense has not learned the basic fundamentals of tackling
2010 Defense:
Scoring Rank 26 @ 20.6ppg
Total Rank 52 @ 361ypg
2018 Defense
Scoring Rank 85 @ 31ppg
Total Rank 98 @ 438 ypg
2020 Defense
Scoring 37 ppg
Total 487 ypg
4th down. They'll go for it. And get it.
Well I thought we should win against BC but I'm not feeling like we will. We are getting nothing on defense. Unreal. I'm not sure who we'll beat with this defense. I mean it's getting to the point where it's not even serviceable.
They forced two turnovers in the first quarter and the offense only got three points so.....
Maybe our D was just trying to be extremely efficient; hit him just enough to get his toe on the line?!? /s
Really.POOR.TACKLING
Even with that toe out of bounds, this defense can't get off the field!
We just get rolled over...
BC might just be better. They certainly actually played defense against UNC.
This defense makes watching these games not even enjoyable
Just hit the legs. Why is it difficult?
J'Ham gonna have a ROUGH debut season
Our defense did better when he was out with COVID.
At this rate it may be his only season. They played clearly better when he was nowhere close to the sideline
We are so soft at the point of attack
So, according to bovada this morning, we are 13 point favorites...make that make sense
This defense isn't stopping any team this season.
I think so far BC has converted 10 of their 5 third downs. At least thats what it feels like so far.
When the double the yards needed, it should count that way.
The defense is looking like an FCS school playing a P5 tackling wise
I think the post mortem of the Fuente era will be that they could never put a complete team together. The offense was bad when Bud had a good defense and a great offense will be wasted by the worst defense in our lifetimes.
Just can't explain it.
We have got to do something to create movement. We are receiving blocks and getting handled. Either sit back, or blitz.
Clemson very well might drop 100 on us later this year
Tisdale just got dragged for 5 yards on that tackle. Yikes
give him a break, he is like 6'3" 195
clearly a guy who suffered from not having team / s&c supervised workouts
I wonder how much better our form tackling would be if covid was never a thing?
I dunno, other teams seemed to not forget how to do it.
WR was wide open with three guys just looking at him.
Our D is flatfooted....all of them. We sit and wait. Don't pursue and attack. Weirdest thing I've seen. Especially since our OL is driving and pursuing blockers down field...thing D would have noticed.
Ashby looked like he was stuck in mud/playing in slow motion.
That's called the JHam stare down. It's a new wrinkle in the defense
This defense is remarkably bad!
Screw it
That was the drive we delayed for awhile.
No idea why we were favored
We may "surpass" 2018 this year.
This decense is just awful.
This looks like a crappy d2 program defense .
The defense is still awful.
What has happened to Ashby this season? He's been practically invisible out there
The lack of dline recruiting is finally showing its head. We need some of these recruits to outperform their ranking.
Yeah our defense is just bad. No sugar coating it. This defense sucks. We don't have an answer for anything right now.
Our lack of recruiting on the defensive side of the ball is glaringly obvious this year. Bud's scheme masked so damn much.
If our defense keeps playing like this we lose by 4 TDs tonight.
This is worse than the 2018 defense - they're every bit as bad but not young anymore.
J-Ham's body of work is bad right now...very bad.
Few more beers and I might do all my Christmas shopping from these commercials
Well, it should probably be 21-3 at this point. so there's that.
I don't see more than 2-3 wins left on this schedule.
Well Fuente has fucked up all the other streaks, might as well fuck up the bowl streak as well.
Which would be epic in a year where everyone is bowl eligible
I feel like Fuente definitely asked for an experienced defensive coordinator and the braindead athletic director wouldn't go over $1M per year salary because reasons.
You're seeing VT's commitment to football right before your eyes tonight.
VT panicked and went with the Bud Foster recommendation. Did not think Odom wasn't going to sign but Arkansas threw $$
Like I know we don't have SEC money but it's so hurtful to read stuff like that. I want them to be all in on football like me and I'm just a random alum.
Bowl streak is fine. The NCAA got rid of the win restriction this year. That is probably the only reason.
Oh I mentioned it.
Just saying it would be so Fuente to get left out in a year where literally everyone is eligible
Can we score a touchdown now?
Yes.
When BC is a more appealing football option than VT to recruits you as the VT head coach should be looking for a new job.
The defense is embarrassing. Out of position and soft. Just ugly.
It probably should be 21-0 again. This defense is atrocious.
Defense. What is that?
Should I start worrying about the Liberty game?
Yes
Our defense is so damn bad that anyone can beat us.
It's pathetic in Duke and NCSUs part that they didnt
New scheme that the LBs we have arent really suited for, walk ons in the secondary for 3 weeks, our offense is going to have to carry us for a few weeks. We do look better than last week but still not good.
I'm not sure what game you're watching, but we do not look better than last week.
Meanwhile UNC looks like garbage against a crappy FSU team
Do our defensive coaches actually coach during the week or do we just play volleyball or softball? I find it hard to believe we are this bad. Like you actually have to try to be this bad
BC's special teams appears to be not good...which is good for us maybe, I'll take the field position
Damnit I'm out of bourbon.. dare i make the beer switch...?
KK!
If the offense doesn't find life quickly this is gonna be ugly this defense looks truly lost
well the good news it's not 21-0 and Hooker started! /s
BC defense having flashbacks of Herbert giving Hooker plenty of room
Hooker Truck Stick. Herbert Lead Blocker.
god damn Hooker's running fools over right now!!!
That looks like an angry hooker. Touchdown!!!!
Think we need to put HH in at LB. Kid looks angry!...and fast
Look at Hendon throwing his weight around!
At least our offense doesn't suck
Good drive right there. Gonna have to go blow for blow tonight
Hooker is QB1
HH may bail us out tonight
I think I got my monkey's paw wish from the days when I wished the team didn't need to lean on the defense... Sorry
Is it bad that my excitement for a TD is immediately tempered by thinking how quickly will BC score on their next drive?
Hooker is the Truth since 2018.
If you do it right Hooker has always been the truth
"Hooker decided to put the game first...only behind god, family and school". ...so third?
The first fourth item.
I think that's fourth. Unless he doesnt play school either...
You're mistaking him for anyone on last week's team.
Even though that was incomplete, our secondary looked absolutely lost
Ah yes, Kyle Hamilton.
What's the difference right now?
3rd and 10 what are the odds we stop them?
Edit : Zero
0% obviously
0.0%
Zero percent chance........
3rd and 9...they get 20
Wide open. Nobody near him
The closest person was Belmar??
Yep, leave the guy open who has more catches this season than Tre Turner, James Mitchell, Tayvion Robinson and Kaleb Smith combined. Not important to cover him.
Nobody within 5 yards of the receiver on 3rd and 10
Good God how are we this shitty on defense
And wide open too! The TE is QB's favorite target so why play so loose on him?
Our DL hasn't been close to this QB. Say what we want about the other positions, but if we had a DL that could do.......anything, it would help out a lot.
BC 100% on 3rd down tonight (4/4). Two of those were 3rd and long
They should take a knee on 1st and 2nd and just play the 3rd down.
Dax in this series...looks better against the run...HE'S RUNNING FORWARD...instead of taking himself out of the play. Maybe that will help?
As someone who had to consistanly block LBs in my playing days... I concur that helps lol
Meanwhile UNC is down 3 scores and being shutout by FSU.
17-0. FSU up on UNC
Why is belmar covering a TE on a crossing route? Feels like a bad scheme knowing how much that TE is a target
Nice punt-pass
#LPD
why did we fire Wiles!!?!?!!?!
Because his recruiting is a major reason why the D is where it is now
Fair point.
Not game related, but how is UNC down 17-0 to FSU
I don't think it will hold up. UNC appears to be the better team by far but big plays are killing them.
We will literally have to score a TD on every drive the rest of the night.
BC gifting us turnovers.
Need to convert to TDs
Ok sure I'll take another turnover, thanks.
Jesus christ another turnover? Thank god...
We get a stop while on Defense
BC came into this game with only 3 turnovers and have gifted us with 3 in the first half of this game,
Nobody's stopping this BC offense tonight except the BC offense
As long as they are consistent works for me.
Seriously, Herbert is dragging dudes for his avg, plus whatever he gets precontact... why is he not carrying the ball every other play?
wonder if Robinson had the option to throw there?
Yep...he was watching JM82 to see if he turned or blocked
January 15, 2021 - Whit Babcock has announced that Bud Foster will be returning to Virginia Tech as head coach.
Herbert is such a good back. He's gonna make a lot of money at the next level
What vision and footwork. This dude is just amazing.
Herbert is amazing..I thought he was toast
Herbert is the best RB we have had in 10 years. Something truly special to watch.
The combination of power and agility? I think he's our best back since Kevin Jones.
RMFW would like to have a word
Man don't get me wrong I loved RMFW, but Herbert just has that extra factor we haven't had in nearly 20 years.
I still for some reason see Lee Suggs. He's a power runner, more speed than you give him credit for, but great vision and a between the tackles runner.
And he's also a TD machine. TD Lee has that effect too.
I don't disagree, but I did say since KJ and since KJ outlasted Suggs here, it still counts.
Boom. Lawyered
Can we please score a TD before the end of this half and another TD to start the second? That would be nice.
Definitely don't leave BC with any time after this drive.
It's bad when the ACCN announcers are making excuses to why our coaches can't figure out how to unleash Blackshear.....
Just. Keep. Running. Herbert.
Or pass it to him
Can the offense drain the clock down to 00:00 scoring a TD on the last play?
OOOOOPPPPPSSSSS....that plan didn't work
How about they just score on the next play...? Close enough?
Well I like the score but I hope we didn't leave them too much time
Spurtle alert.
Dammit...I totally want a spurtle. ...and not just to stir my oatmeal.
...I'm trying to sift cocaine right now...and i don't have the right tool.
Order now and you can get one for each nostril
Herbert really reminds me of Leveon Bell in his prime with the Steelers....the ability to have patience and wait for something to open up is incredible. The way he makes plays out of nothing is amazing. Kid is special. Need to feed him the ball constantly.
Darrisaw with absolutely beautiful downfield blocking.
Blocked one guy...THREE TIMES.
Herbert is so smooth...he makes this look easy.
I DONT WANT A COMPLETE SPURTLE SET!!!
Yes you do...
Spurtle sounds like a Canadian sex act
Is the little one for your bunghole?
7 for the HOkies and a pick six by FSU. UNC down 24 -0.
All I can say is "wow."
Hooker to Herbert my favorite combo
Unc is getting shit housed
24-0
They're not that good. Our defense makes everybody look like Clemson
That Clemson game is gonna be something else
maDe in the past tense my guy
WE GOT RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS NOW ITS HEISMAN TIME
ACCN must be struggling to sell advertising if these whack shavers and wooden spoons are going to be on repeat all night.
Loving the turnovers, but damn if watching this defense doesn't hurt the soul.
I could have run that in. Holy downfield blocking Batman
FSU 24 - UNC 0
KMFH
Just gotta hold them for a few minutes.
Beautiful stuff from Darrisaw that play. He's going to get paid one day
We left way too much time on the clock here
Darrisaw is going to be making a lot of money the next few years. No idea why he didn't have any offers out of HS
UNC is losing to FSU 24-0 somehow. FSU had to make a comeback against an FCS team a couple weeks ago.
Just standing open in the flat....
Herbert and Darrisaw are in great shape to be wasted by a bad NFL team like WFT in the coming years.
Prevent D vs. BC. What could go wrong?
COVID rules - decline false start and take the pick
We would like to decline that false start please and thank you
Has Hamilton ever seen an offense run an out route? Because we have no idea how to cover it.
How can that be a catch? He had the ball between his knees...and it was moving when he went out of bounds. That's not controlling the ball.
SACK!!!!!
...AND A STOP ON 3RD DOWN!!!!
We did it! We actually did it! Champers at halftime!
Ummm that was complete
But ok
How much control do you really have with the ball between your legs? Hello announcers!!!!!
The ball was clearly moving (like from his arms to his knees) as he was out of bounds.
Yeah,they kept replaying the same angle, which never showed the sideline
Holy shit a legit D stop???
OMG the defense made a stop!
BC is about to punt!
The interception also counted as a stop
You cannot contain the power of the #25 jersey
A defensive stop...holy shit.
We sacked their QB
Plenty of time for a long Herbert TD run incoming
What if you have knee fingers? Would it be a catch?
We have time to score again!
DL meeting at the QB
24-0 FSU.
Wish we had these Hooker and Herbert fellas in the first half against UNC
Yes, but apparently pointing that out makes one an asshole. Apparently
That was Hooker's first incompletion.
for those of you watching UFC at the same time, KZ got dropped bad but recovered
Bless you 🙏
I will be livid if we end this half with a score of 17-14
Are we serious? Come on. Get to the line and run it down their throat.
I cannot believe that shit just happened. Burned 30 seconds to burn our last timeout with possession coming back after half? What. The. Fuck.
No killer instinct.
He hasn't seemed like the same guy this year. Doesn't seem to be playing fast...if that makes sense. Like his legs are heavy or something.
He has plantar fasciitis
That would absolutely do it. Can't run without your feet.
I've had that before...it's just hurts enough to be a pain in the ass
Meh should have gone for it. Herbert could easily get that.
You think they'll fumble trying to kneel?
That would have been awesome (for us).
Glad we have the lead.
It could be a whole lot better...
It could be a whole lot worse...
I'll take it right now.
So, evidently, the D just doesn't like the 1st quarter
Whelp...defense hasn't improved much if any...offense is doing the heavy lifting...offensive play calling is still sus...
Well. Won that half.
That's two in a row. Let's make it 3!
...or at least lose the 2H by 9 or less.
BC walking off with a timeout in hand is interesting to me. I would have tried to find something with Flowers maybe. Dunno.
I loathe how terrible the under 2 minute offense is. If they could score to end the half it'd be sooo nice.
If Herbert/Hooker are getting 10+ yards per carry, it seems simple to me.
Holding penalty killed it. We had a 16 yard gain wiped out.
Fuente, "Our defense found a way to make stops..."
Herbert seems like he hasn't touched the ball that much
*checks stats
8 carries...come on
68 yards, ok that's not bad at all
1 catch 29 yards and a TD
me gusta
He hasnt touched it *enough*
Weird first half of football. We've had a few of these games that just feel really weird this year. Both NC State and Duke felt this way too.
Yo just frickin go for it 4th and 1 at the end of the half with?
Remember what happened last week when we went for it on 4th down at the end of the half?
I don't, please explain
Every time a UNC running back gains 15 yards, an angle gets it's wings.
So Copper Fit face protector. Light-weight, easy to breathe...doesn't that defeat the purpose of a face covering?
It's also a gator. Practically worthless in the first place.
But they make you look like a turtle...or a penis.
If that is your intent, then fine, but it's barely better than nothing at all
I mean...the people who wear them...
Or a spurtle, which sounds like it's a hybrid of the two
Gaiter
And to start the second half...BB! They'll never see it coming.
In all seriousness BB shouldn't get a snap this game. Hooker is more effective in every way.
If BB came out to start the second half I am pretty sure the cardboard cutouts would start booing.
Does Ashby look like he's gone up a pants size? I'm a fat f*ck and shouldn't be talking but just wondering
The COVID-19!
Yeah he looks a lot bigger.
Boy we are thriving on the Herb this year. Legalize it?
don't you go and get all political in a game thread now
Should we start calling him a Ka'Leel? Like a Kryptonian?
Is it just me, or does it sound weird that EJ keeps calling him "Hendon"?
Who is doing stats for the ACC network? Hooker was not perfect 8-8 in the first half. He threw one right off the back of a BC helmet.
Didn't count...was a running play :)
He started a perfect 8-8, but it wasn't the sum total of his throws
Covid done got everybody, even that stat teams got the backups and walk-ons playing.
Even my nine year old said, "Why do those guys just stare at the screen for five seconds before they start talking."
Because they're idiots, honey...they're idiots.
And then everyone clapped
FSU now up 31-7 on UNC in the first half. UNC isn't actually good, we just made them look good.
Thinking about buying the tac shaver
Stop thinking and do it. Or else they'll show us another commercial.
Don't, It will just encourage them
I hate the ACC network but they said the right thing... #freehendonhooker
#freehooker was already taken
Agreed. These announcers are trying their best, but they make a lot of mistakes. They said a while back that Blackshire hadn't really shined yet because he'd been out with COVID isolation..... I don't believe he's missed a game.
They're also not at the game...think they are doing the broadcast remote with only sideline reporter onsite.
Right, but he missed 2+ weeks of practice apparently before the season started
Is everyone in the marketing department for Pitt color blind?
Are they navy blue or royal blue? And is the font on the logo block or cursive? Makes our academic logo seem like not such a debacle.
If a buy a Tac Shaver and Spurdle will the commercials stop coming on?
Depends, what's your opinion of CopperFit compression socks and gators
Got one for my knee. works. I'm buying!
Hooker had COVID and there was some speculation about other health issues, right? I feel like ACCN is accusing us of being dumb and benching him.
Did we know that his season/career was at risk? I haven't been TKPing that hard this season.
Ctrl+F for Spurtle...up to 8 (9 with this post)
Is it me or does bearded Dave Cutcliffe look like that crazy internet exorcism preacher?
Herb. Herb. It just works.
Herbert with -3 yards on two runs...no bueno.
Hooker lost the play count there...ran out of bounds and then headed back to the huddle...
Ooooh that was an excellent special teams play
Or not
Oscar m-f'n Shadley
Nice job by the punt team!
Edit: nice effort but touchback
Special Teams tip drill
All the radio guys said about tre turner not playing is he has an "issue" he is dealing with
Couldn't that be said for all of us?
Yep
Incredible punt coverage ... almost
BC has and OL named Mahogany...bet he smells nice.
Smells nice but super dense
Well, the plan to score on our first drive of the second half sure didn't work.
oh come on
Worth the hit
I don't know how much ass Oscar Bradburn is getting, but it is mathematically not enough
Chicks love the punter
DL push looks much different that last few series.
Like actually there.
I'm not sure why BC even bothers running. They can pick up 15 yards whenever they want through the air
Gotta love YoutubeTV. I havn't had to sit through one of the commercials you guys keep mentioning
Why do I feel like this is going to be a 40-38 game when it is all said and done?
As long as we're the 40
Why is it when they need 12 yards, our DBs sit back with a 13 yard cushion?
Robber coverage?
Robber is out with COVID.
This is without a doubt the worst defense ever put on the field by a VT football team.
Google the 1950 team. They gave up 61 to Quantico.
3rd and 2...they gain 3.
It could be 3rd and 15 and they'd get 16
Reed seems really ineffective. I've heard he's hurt
Great defense by Strong there!
What a play by Dorian Strong!
Dorian Strong is gonna be so good in a year or two
VERY impressive play from strong
OK 3 and 10- what are the odds???
What? A STOP?
Edit: Oooppsss.....4th and 10 what are the odds? 1000%
Of course they get it.
WIDE. OPEN.
We ain't winning the TOP today.
I honestly wouldn't have felt bad about betting my house on them converting 4th and 7.
4th and 7
Wide fucking open 15 yards downfield
We are sooooooo bad.
We aren't fundamentally sound at any level
Defense is a complete joke
This D is inept
I sure do hope that our offense is ready to score a touchdown.
And they score a TD on the next play
Jesus Christ the Hamilton experiment is an abject failure so far
I get that we have a new DC, a new scheme, and players who haven't practiced a whole lot. But when the fundamentals are so terribly broken, you have to wonder what in the heck is going on throughout the week.
51 put on ice skates by the QB there
If Deablo doesn't leave Long QB has no where to go
We had multiple chances with third and long downs on defense and they were still able to drive it down there
BC ain't scared of a 3rd and long OR 4th and long. Not. Good.
Deablo has to make that play.
I figured it wouldn't matter if BC started the drive at the 1 or the 20
Hey, did you guys know the defense is a hot dumpster fire?
I wish it was actually that good. I think this is the Cherynobel fire level defense.
There's no other way to put it. Our defense sucks.
I knew we would miss Bud, but this is a joke. This defensive staff is not P5 quality
Kinda all comes down to that PF on Reed was a little ticky-tacky. He was in motion of hitting him when he let the ball go (and made the effort to hit him in chest vs. head). We kinda just start sitting back again after that. Lost our aggression.
Is there an actual plan on defense or is it just go play zone just behind the sticks so they can get the third and long every time?
And another 100 yard game for Herbert.
feed herbert
This defense isn't going to get better anytime soon. In fact, recruiting on defense will catch up in a couple of years.
Ha! Imagine what that will look like
I imagine my bourbon budget will be higher
Gotta love the Herb
Juice saves our ass again
He is just so impressive.
I feel like we're the Virginia Tech Herberts atm
Hookers and Herberts?
Even a bad run for HH gains 4.
That puts Herbert over a 100 yards rushing in a game again
123 actually
Barely got that one yard
Hot damn that kid can run
Blackshear with nice block.
Welp, the defense might suck donkey balls, but the offense is pretty darn good
Not your Beamers VT anymore, that's for sure
Does Hendon have the smallest shoulder pads in CFB?
How come when we score I get depressed that we are going back on defense?
Big play Bert is unreal. Hooker is running this offense at HIGH OCTANE.
Also, for everyone who isn't a two screen type person, you're probably going to get to watch a whole hour of Bama Georgia game after ours ends... that started at the same time... because CBS lol.
We gotta decide. Is it Herb or Bert? Both great nicknames.
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SEC has no trouble selling advertising so they can take more breaks and make more money.........meanwhile we are watching about fucking SPURTLES
HOFFMAN WITH THE BLOCK
Spurtle.
I swear whoever operates the graphics for ACCN doesn't even watch the game, they are incapable of changing the down and distance until one of the announcers says what it is and even then the announcer is usually wrong about it and the graphic goes up incorrectly.
Tell me again. Which is the better runner Hooker or Burmeister?
I'm gonna slit my fucking wrist with a Spurtle if I see one more of these ads
Can you imagine if you got your tongue stuck in one of those?
Baby!
Slit it with a Tacshaver
I'll take that over the same election ads over and over again that we are getting in SC.
THIS GAME IS DRUNK.
Another turnover!
Someone get that damn phone!
Turnover!!!!!
our plan on D is basically try to force a fumble, but I'll take it
Anyone know when the last time we were on the good side of 4 TOs in a game?
Miami last year.
BC O is trying to out shitty our D.
Just WOW
Conner forced the fumble!
STEP ON THEIR THROATS WITH THE WEIGHT OF A THOUSAND SUNS
But in a caring, brotherly way.
A BROTHERLY THROAT CRUSHING INCOMING
Score here and open up the gates to BLITZBURG!
FUMBLE, our best Defensive play tonight!
How does a donkey balls bad defense get four turnovers?
Ask 2010 Vt
*gestures toward Lane Stadium*
One more turnover, and we'll have evened up that tally from last season.
Last years BC game turned around.
How many points does a D get in fantasy football for a turnover? I wonder what the Hokie D fantasy score is right now
17ish
10 points
BC with 14 points and 4TOs . The defense is terrible tonight .
I have a Navage...it's the truth. Feels like your drowning...but cleans the ole' pipes.
So I switched to Bailey's instead of beer, and we got a touchdown and turnover in quick succession. Last week I did the same at halftime and we played... well better I guess.
Coincidence? I think not!
Reverse last year? *insert uno card meme*
cha-cha slide
Time to not give Herbert the rock. Don't wanna ruin his YPC
So, the D either lets them do whatever they want, or takes the ball from them... not much in between
Honestly if the offense can keep the foot on the gas, I'm ok with that
Is it "Her-Bert" or "E-bear"?
Herb
Get lit!
Well, at least we know he's human.
Well that was lame
Dammit. Wasn't completely on target, but Herbert needs to catch that
Hooker should've kept that and run straight ahead
That was 6...ugh
THAT WAS NOT THE WEIGHT OF A THOUSAND SUNS BUT I APPRECIATE THE POINTS
I hope a 13 point lead is enough
17 sounded much better
It's not. Outside of turnovers, our defense hasn't stopped anything. Our defense is just barely over high school level tonight.
OT: Miss St had -2 total rushing yards today.... Ouch.
13 points off of 4 turnovers
*4
That's why we missed DD.
wrapped him up like a python, nice to see
Deablo with an excellent tackle
SILENCE YOUR DAMN PHONE
I've heard that ring about 4 times and I keep looking around thinking that someone left their phone in my house.
We forced another punt!!!!!
Huzzah!
Deablo with fundamental D. More of that please
We still haven't seen Blackshear in that "offensive threat" role we were promised.
He must have been listening.
You rang?
How about now?
Yeah...
The offense needs to grind them down and put it away
I'm loving how quick this game is going.
Amen. The UGA-Bama game is at a snail's pace.
Is the game on the Bell and Howell network?
Deablo got a Billy Dee Williams stache.
Boys I'm afraid that Herbert doesn't know how to do a long, clock killing drive. He will just pop off for 60 yards and use like 8 seconds.
As long as it results in a TD each time, we will be OK
So I questioned earlier bovada's line of us as 13 point favorites..... going into the 4th we are, *checks notes*...up by 13
I'm a Jersey person...watched lots of Rutgers games...Blackshear is really good at catching passes out of the backfield.
94 cost them the TD when he jumped offsides. Must not like getting dumped on his ass.
go for 2
Get you one Blackshear!
Damn Blackshear looked fast on that one!
And there's Blackshear!
BLACKSHEAR OFFENSIVE WEAPON SIGHTING
Good to see Blackshear get his!!!
Shear!
Blackshear shows up for a TD
Found Blackshear
and Blackshear gives them the ball right back! WTF Blackshear!?
Oof, had 82 wide open
QB sweep to the corner (with JM82 dragging behind) would have been my call.
I like the call to throw it, but gotta hit the open guy
Say what you want about our defense, but the offense looks really good this year
Did Herbert put on the 6 jersey for that play?
KerryBlackshear is shifty man. What a weapon.I figured out why we kept hearing Blackshear was looking amazing in camp.......
.....he was going up against our defense and their tackling
Too early to go for two IMO. Lots of scoring left
I think that's why Fuente decided to go for 2...
Dude I can't believe we have an absolutely lethal running game. Fuck with our OL, Herbert, and Blackshear and find out.
...and Hooker. He has 110 yards rushing.
Lecitus Smith had a great block there. A candidate for any giftory
First play I've noticed Connor.
He forced one of the fumbles in the first half.
Good call.
Wow. Great throw there.
God damnit, stay with the man.
Oof Dax
3rd and 10 what are the odds?
1000%
Jurkovec hasn't sexually assaulted enough women to be Big Ben
Reed got absolutely tackled on that throw.
Phone
We need to stopped them here!
Oh, great...it's 3rd down...
Right where they want us
4th?
Seeing how we missed Conner tremendously last week.
Another 3rd and long conversation
I know I'm harping on it, but I feel terrible for our DB's. Our DL is useless. We'd have a better chance of the offense tripping over 4 cones.
It's been noticeable when Crawford hasn't been in.
He still looks like he's running lame out there.
Agreed, but he's still our best DT...Fuga has a future though
Damn, we got lucky there. Should've made that throw
Time for Blackshear to get an 86 yard run!
Hey we stopped them again
That's ball game if we can drain some clock.
You can head to bed if we score again.
DEFENSE SAYS HI YALL
So close to anturnover! We need to keep hitting BC's qb.
Totally agree. When he's pressed (even a little) he makes bad throws and bad decisions.
Keep the pressure comin'
A fourth down stop by o.ur D. They have done better this half .. better not great but still
Defense still has plenty of issues but they are bringing more energy this week.
I guess the D shut me up. Yeah it's been ugly but no one quit and they just came up big when they had to. Guess I need to STFU and be happy with that.
The FSU collapse is officially started. From
31-7@ half to 31-21 to start the 4th...
BuT BuRmEiStEr RuNs BeTtEr
Time for Big Play Tre!
He's been out most of the game. No helmet on the sideline per Andy Bitter
Any idea why?
Something is wrong with his foot.
Changa sighting
Edit- aaaand he gets OPI
With the penalty
Damnit, turn your head if you're gonna pick someone
LOL Hudson slinging around Eagles like the damn Hulk out there
Trying to give it right back to us.
Have I told you guys about Navage?
No but please don't
What if it involves a Spurtle?
Then Definitely Not
Gotta be able to see, make sure you have the triburst installed.
Even if there was a pick, Hooker threw a very nice pass.
Beautiful throw and stood strong in the pocket
With the D's pressure, BC's getting jumpy.
How can you have defensive holding when the receiver is wide open?
Just a gift from the officials to hate on the Hokies
Is it just me or has BC thrown like 8 consecutive deep balls down the near side?
3rd and 14 what are the 0dds?
100% as usual
Finally got our first spurtle add on yttv. This is hilarious!
Why the hell are their receivers so open? ...like 5-7 yards from DB...every friggin play.
They are running vertical until our DBs turn their hips then they are cutting out/back to the ball. Our guys are not allowing them to go over the top, but they have to give up the curl/out to make that happen.
That's a catch
Okay, I've gone the other way. I now hate the Spurtle.
I say spurtle woman gets the 25 jersey next week
You are forgiven
BC is prolonging their impending doom right now and I do not like it.
Alright who bought the spurtle to allow them another Commercial spot
I need one of these Spurtles to smack whoever decides to put VT games on the ACCN.
Thirteen more yards and Herbert will go over 200 all-purpose yards
138 rushing+29 receiving+ 51 Kick return= he's been there for a while
this is the most uncomfortable 19 point lead ever.
Especially for gamblers
Why is the secondary so bad? I need French to explain what the heck I'm seeing
pick
this is our first game I've been able to watch live from start-to-finish since Duke of last year.
Thats how to stop a drive! INT!
MURRAY LETS GOOOOOO
OUR BEST DEFENSE!!!!Game over
Spurtle me, Baby!!!!
That just sounds fuckin awkward.
Please sir may I have another.
Murray carrying that thing like a loaf of bread!
JUCO BOYS AND TRANSFERS SHINING
Oh my god Murray secure the fucking ball.... I think i just shit myself watching him carry that...
He carries like Mike Vick in Madden
I can't really complain about how Murray seems to keep being tackled by quarterbacks
Deablo good coverage and leads to the pick
Instead of the turnover chain, so we have the "Spurtle"?
This defense sucks so bad we've only created 5 turnovers!
If we buy a spurtle and send it to JHam, you think he'd use it...?
You can't win a game with 5 turnovers...change my mind
I may be fucked up, but....
WE ARE WINNING THIS GOD DAMN CONFERENCE
Anyone else see Murray give Tre a helmeted headbutt right to his nose on the sideline?
I'm getting really tired of the same 4 commercials and all the missed plays by the ACCN production truck.
HOOKERSPINMOVE.COM
Why? Why? Why? Are we passing?
...and Hooker being greedy and taking carries away from Herbie
Because Mitchell can catch it
HOOKER FOR HALF SEASON HEISMAN
HENDON MF HOOKER! HIT THAT CIRCLE BUTTON BABY
Hooker's well over 100 yes rushing! It's nice to see a run game return this year
Imagine thinking Hooker wasn't QB1
I cant fault How for copying my thoughts a half hour ago
Grrrr
GIF-tory of Hooker spin cycle
40 points, I'll take that
HIGH OCTANE OFFENSE
God I hope HH can stay healthy
Over 40 points a game again
350 rushing yards. Nice
Damn. Herbert can't even be our leading rusher.
Hooker deserves his night
Oh my God, 93 lookin like he was chasin a fresh cooked Christmas ham
We over 300 yds rushing again?
TreeFiddy
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#18 was so upset about the non-INT, he decided to drop on the ground in front of Hooker and throw a tantrum.
...sounds better for him than he got faked out of his jock.
Do you think my wife would like 2 sets of Spurtles for Christmas?
Tell her you want the tac shaver, I hear it's very versatile
I've learned a few things tonight.
1. Tech can run the ball again
2. The defense is very bad
3. Spurtles are the Devil.
Yep, 5 turnovers, 14 points against, terrible
I swear HH is running with a little extra attitude to show he is also a better runner than BB
WARM UP THE BUS BC
No QB has had 164 yards rushing since MV7
I would have sworn Logan Thomas or Jerod Evans would have gotten it.
They had 140 rushes per game.
350 yards RUSHING FAM
Great to see Artis getting snaps.
I guess we clearly covered the 11 1/2 point spread!
I'll take the over for TO margin.
Dax plays D y'all!
BTW so Las Vegas really does know shit
Tell that to UNC
Sweet pick by the Umpire there
VT being able to run the ball a lot, makes life better for all.
Great payback for 2019's opener.
Fuente has put together the team we have been waiting for. Will this stop the na sayers?
No. Because if we play someone that doesnt turn it over 5 times and has a defense that's slightly above average, we're in trouble.
True, but he has brought back a scoring team which we've been missing for yrs. If you can't score, you can't win
So far, yes. I just cant get my hopes up until we play someone with a decent D
Do we ignore UNC, a top 10 team? Yes, we lost but we score 45 points on them.
We need to acknowledge notable progress.
I try to, yes.
I'll give you that one.
Nope
Na
Keep making our pass d stats worse
Keep those bitches outta the end zone right here
Damn, if Dax is watching the ball and not going for the kill shot he might have pick 6'd that.
In the first half, I was very worried but we get the W, FAM!
That QB run pushed them over their season high for rushing YPG (84), but called back for holding.
Then they ran the last play of the game and got 10 yards...putting them at 90 total.
Look back where I said they had 44 yards through their first 3 drives in the 1Q. I predicted they would crush their total.
Miami is gonna absolutely whoop us...their throwing is outstanding and our secondary is a dumpster fire
Just keep forcing 5 turnovers and we'll win out!
Luckily Miami is a few weeks away so maybe we can get healthier but if we play defense like tonight, it will be a rough 2nd half of the season.
Giftory requests:
1. Dead Eyes Richt doubling down on his pick for BC to beat us outright.
2. Oprah giving out Spurtles (You Get a Spurtle, You Get a Spurtle, Everybody Gets a Spurtle!!!).
Same for Herbie
UNC within 3 with 3:30 to go BTW
Hooker was CLASSY and mature in the post game tv interview.