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Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Virginia Tech's Recruiting Philosophy Changing?

I think it has to do with your odds of getting a recruit. I mean, if you feel like your chance of landing someone is far greater in the 6hr limit, and you're confident you can win with those guys, then you spend your resources there. I've always assumed that CFB isn't opposed to getting guys from outside that circle, he just realizes that you get more bang for your recruiting buck (both money and time the coaches spend doing it) inside of it, so he focuses there.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | no more kickers?

His argument is asinine. Why remove an option teams have? Why FORCE everyone to go for it on 4th down? If a team wants to do that and be aggressive, fine, but that's their choice. Why remove a chance for fans to debate something, for coaches to make a tough call, and for people to second guess them? Isn't that part of the fun? Saying "Ok, it's fourth quarter and we're down by 6... Do you go for it here?" and then look around at your friends and debate.
Also, what does he have against kickers? Yeah, they're specialists, but so what? Having a reliable one is essential to your team, and a clutch one is a valuable weapon. Why hate on stressful field-goal attempts? They are dramatic, quick, and immediately rewarding. The guy is an idiot looking for page hits.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | If Tyrod were going pro now

I'd love for him to get any chance too. The problem is, if his chance is with a crappy team (Arizona) with a terrible o-line, his odds of success will be slim. I mean, even someone as escapable as Tyrod would get killed back there...

I think Kansas City would be a better landing spot (just IMO). They were 32nd in the league in passing yards last year, but had a decent team aside from that. I definitely think he could beat out Matt Cassel in a fair competition (but what do I know?)

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | If Tyrod were going pro now

Is Coale still with the Cowboys? He broke his foot in the pre-season and din't make the team, I think. Also, Tyrod in a cowboys jersey would upset me deeply.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Think Tyrod will see the field on Sunday??

doubt it. It really pains me to say it, because I do love me some Tyrod, but I can't see Flacco being taken off the field under any circumstances, unless Harbaugh 1 really thinks he could shock Harbaugh 2 with some read-option or something...

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | How 5 star high school QB's have panned out

There are tons of examples of 2/3 stars beating out 5 star guys. There are tons of guys who are unheralded/under-recruited who go on to be stars. That in no way means that the ranking system is irrelevant.

Rankings give us an idea as to the probability of a player contributing, and their potential cieling if they do so. So, as the article in this post pointed out, yes there were a fair amount (nearly half) of 5 star qb recuits that didn't pan out. And there were certainly a lot of other non-five-star qbs who did. But the hit rate for the five stars was far higher than the others. Nearly 50% of the five star quarterbacks went on to be multi-year starters, and several of them (Tyrod, Tim Tebow, Matt Stafford, and Cam Newton) went on to be some of the best ever at their respective schools. That's with only 23 of them ranked. How many non-five-star quarterbacks were also recruited during that time? Far more than 23. Probably closer to 1,500 (just my ballpark estimate, given over 100 schools, each taking 1-2 qbs on average). How many of those guys never start, or have to change positions, or wash out, or only start on final year and are just meh? Way more than 50%

Finding individual anecdotes of lower recruited players beating out more highly touted peers doesn't refute the ranking system. It's probability - it happens. And I do believe some coaches do a good job of finding under-recruited/under-rated prospects (like Beamer, for instance), which may scew the rankings some. But that doesn't mean the ranking system is worthless. Higher rated players generally have a greater probability of success than the lower ones.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Exum

Having never personally torn my ACL, it's nice to get some insight from someone who has.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Exum

I hope he isn't playing if he isn't fully healed. Last thing he needs is to re-aggravate it and blow his chances of playing at all this season. Plus he has an NFL future to look forward to. He needs to be smart, and not come back till he's ready.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | How 5 star high school QB's have panned out

so, what I get out of that article is that there is over a 50% chance a five-star qb has a great career (or is at least a long-term starter). And a lot of the washouts were due to behavioral issues. To me, this only shows how accurate these star ratings are (I mean, do you think 50% of 3 stars have amazing careers? I don't).

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Exum

Even worst case (9 months), he still gets to play his senior year. It'd put him back sometime in October (so maybe for ACC play?). So there's still that. I guess it could be worse...

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Exum

VT football just tweeted he tore his R ACL and lateral meniscus. 6-9 months

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Exum

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Memorable Quotes

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."
-Charles Dickens, famously referencing the 2010 VT season, in which we lost to JMU, but reeled off 10 straight wins to win the ACC

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Thoughts on Being Ranked Next Year

Simply just for the hype of that first game. Maybe somewhere in the low 20s, and the excuse would be 'strong defense' and some talking points about 'Beamer ball'

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | According to Deadspin, Manti Te'o's Dead Girlfriend is a Hoax

And he clearly must have lied about talking to her on the phone every night, because the profile was run by that guy. So either he was hamming up the relationship for the media, or he was in on the fake. I lean towards the latter.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Report: Curt Newsome Back to JMU

Looks like I'm going to need to find a new whipping boy to blame everything that is going wrong on.

Hokieshibe's picture Hokieshibe | 13 years 5 months # | Whats the worst loss for you?

1-Michigan in the Sugar - my fiance knows there are two topics she still can't mention around me without me flying into a rage. Danny's catch is one of them. I think this one hurt so bad because I felt cheated.
2-JMU - my sister was at JMU, and was dog-sitting for me. I had to drive through Harrisonburg to pick up my dog that night on my way home from the game. There were fireworks. It was like a drive of shame.
3-Boston College - Sat through that miserable rain the whole game, only to see Matt Ryan rip victory (and a title chance) away from us at the last second. I died a little inside.
4-Miami in '05 - This was my freshman year. The campus was electric, and we had gameday. I was so excited. And then Marcus pulled a Glennon. The worst part was all those fireworks they had bought for the game that they set off the next night as an impromptu fireworks show. Every bang was a reminder of how few points we scored...

I guess 5 is a tie, depending on which one I'm thinking about more recently between FSU or Clemson in the ACC Championship, Bama, or Boise St... Those all sucked too.

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