Illinois Hokie's Recent Comments
Haven't we sung the same tune the last three seasons as we limp toward bowl eligibility? And yet the benefit of these extra practices never manifests. This year looks like last year looks like the year before looks like...so on and so forth.
I'm beginning to be highly skeptical of the value of extra practices within a system that breeds mediocrity. It seems all that making a bowl is benefiting is the employment status of the coaching staff.
Limited reps since the season started, but from all accounts Loeffler rode him like a government mule all offseason. I really think the only rust he'll have to knock off is if the plate makes his throwing motion feel any different.
I agree with everything you said. And while I do agree that Brewer arm strength < Motley arm strength, I just have to say, damn, but Brewer's passes look pretty this season. Just kind of effortless. The 33 yard TD that dropped right into Isiah's hands is a throw I would have said he didn't have the ability to make last season.
I expect touches by RBs to go up with Brewer's return. The tailback and fullback positions will become the anchor of the rushing game again.
with the exception of all the QB draw plays
That's my point. Motley's been running the LT 2013 offense, where everything is predicated around making defenses respect the QB draw on all snaps. Notice how Motley always does the little shoulder wiggle after taking the snap? It freezes the safety, or at least is intended to. Also, while there's nothing I can really point to as solid evidence of this, I would bet you dollars to something worth significantly less than a dollar (dollars to donuts doesn't cut it, what with the recent inflation in the donut market) that the passing tree got simplified under Motley. Part of Ford's record-pace season is the effort Isiah put in, but another part is the fact that Motley doesn't make the same number of reads Brewer did/will.
Also, it will look very different because the running game will be anchored by the RBs, not the QB. We've seen our last game where the QB leads the team in carries.
So, yes, IMO, two very different offenses, both called from within the same scheme.
Miami is, was, and forever shall be a roster full of punk ass bitches. Nothing new there.
He had 11 against Miami. Getting the weeks mixed up maybe?
This is exactly the boat I'm in. Right now that bet's a hold, because I think that decision gets made by our performance the rest of the season. If Brewer's return ignites a massive turnaround and we finish the regular season 8-4, I think Frank is definitely back. If we limp to 6-6 and a third tier bowl, I think it's a tossup. If we end both the bowl streak and the UVA streak, I think he's gone.
I have no idea where we'll finish on the year, but I feel comfortable saying with certainty that the offense will look completely different this week than it's looked the last six. Not necessarily better, not necessarily worse, but completely different. The offense Brewer was to run and the offense Motley has been running are very different animals.
Eleven carries? cfbstats.com credits him with sixteen.
Also, we ditched the option pitch after the third time we tried it, when Miami crashed hard on Motley and blew it up.
We'd need to find a stellar defense for him. We don't have one currently.
I expect the Virginia game to once again determine if we are bowl eligible this year. However, I would not be surprised if we head into that game 4-7 and all we're playing for is the streak. It seems that every year we lose one more thing to hang our hat on. We've gone from ACC championships to the 10-win streak to the bowl streak. I could see the end of this year being all about if we beat Virginia 12 straight. That's the trajectory we're on. And if it happens, you just know we'll hear Beamer mention it as a positive in the postgame. Question is, if he loses the bowl streak and the UVA streak, what would he have left to talk about?
The problem with buyout clauses is, the institution rarely ever gets what is actually noted in the contract and attempting to enforce one almost always paints the institution in a bad light publicly. Colorado State got hammered in the media for trying to enforce Jim McElwain's buyout clause when he left for Florida.
What if I told you you can respect someone's effort while criticizing their technique?
Given where the clock is, I'd probably flip off a team that just took a blatant cheap shot on my QB if they were jawing at me.
The man's already ill. And he's pretending serious health concerns aren't affecting his level of job performance, when they clearly are.
On the play where Maddy jumped offside, why did he just stand there watching the Canes' free play unfold? It was bad enough that he jumped. To then take himself out of the play was just painful to watch. If he'd gotten some pressure on Kayaa, maybe at least he could have forced an incomplete pass and made them settle for the five yard penalty.
Yeah there was even a moment where he looked around, noticed everyone was still playing, started to take a step toward Kayaa, then stopped as if saying, "Nah, I wanna see how this unfolds..."
I'm getting really tired of watching our DBs play the receiver, not the ball.
Thanks, man. Much appreciated.
Ford's improvement last year to this has been exceptional. Phillips is playing essentially the same game he played last year. And then after that, we have a bunch of players who don't have it at this level. I can't blame Burden for not accomplishing in eight months what his predecessors could not accomplish in three years.
Ford's improvement as the primary target and Cam's development as a blocker while maintaining his level of play indicate to me that Burden is doing his job well. It's not Zohn's fault recruiting failures and attrition left him without a viable third option at receiver.
I'm anxious to see what Burden can do with our incoming young talent, assuming he's still our WR coach come next season.
IMO, what we saw against Miami is how it should be. McMillian and Rogers as the standard one-two punch, Trey as our short yardage "bruiser back." The running game yesterday looked better than it's looked in quite a while.
Man. That was kind of all over the place. I'll just leave it at I disagree.