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I guess I'd expect this comment from you. This isn't a jibe or a setup question, I'm honestly curious: do you even enjoy VT football? I don't know if I've ever met someone with as pervasively negative an outlook of the program as you seem to have, and I used to run a blog calling for the dismissal of our OC. I don't get any sense that you actually enjoy being a VT fan. I think our outlooks are so radically different, I'm at a point where I just don't think conversations with you add to my enjoyment of this site. To be honest, I'm not really certain what enjoyment you get out of following the program.
Please understand this isn't a True Hokie rant. I'm not questioning your allegiance to the program. I'm questioning why you're allegiant to the program. I don't get any sense that it brings a sense of joy to your life.
I'll just be giving you a wide berth on the site from now on, because it's pretty obvious your opinion on the program is set in stone. I hope you enjoy the season. Go Hokies.
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# | Hokies Fail to Recapture Columbus Magic, Fall to Buckeyes 42-24 and Lose QB Michael Brewer Question is, does the fear of a second QB injury mean Loeffler is hesitant to call the plays that Motley excels at but risk rolling that ankle?
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# | Hokies Fail to Recapture Columbus Magic, Fall to Buckeyes 42-24 and Lose QB Michael Brewer Now I think you're talking about a timing issue rather than a straight recruiting issue. We have verbals from three very good WRs, freshman DEs who are being brought along, QBs in the pipeline, improving depth along the OL. Your point is valid, but all the signs point to the issues being addressed by the new staff rather than ignored.
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# | Hokies Fail to Recapture Columbus Magic, Fall to Buckeyes 42-24 and Lose QB Michael Brewer Granted, but what we saw with Motley wasn't an appreciable dropoff, if was a complete grinding halt.
Lefty already said they basically played Motley on a leash because they were worried about him rolling an ankle. That won't cut it going forward. You can't magically turn Brendan Motley into a pocket passer. If you aren't going to let him run, you kill whatever chance of success you have with him.
Hopefully Lefty realizes this and was simply in a mindframe of "get us out of this game with only one injured QB."
Didn't he do a medical hardship waiver at TT?
A super senior Brewer and either a r-Fr or So Lawson depending on how this year shakes out? Yes, please.
I think Brewer took a redshirt at TT. So a medical hardship waiver is out. He would have to apply for an exemption to get a sixth year of eligibility. That only happens if he's done for the season. And if he is, I think there's a real chance he gets it, only playing one half of football.
I think if we are doing okay by the time Brewer is cleared, you go for the sixth year. No guarantees it's granted; the NCAA doesn't award a lot of sixth years. But with Brewer's situation I think they might. Then you look at the possibility of Brewer and Lawson both being available next year.
I actually didn't see any difference in play selection with Motley in, after the spoonfed high completion passes to get his legs under him phase. What I saw was a QB who was incapable of executing the offense at the level Brewer had been executing it all night.
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# | Hokies Fail to Recapture Columbus Magic, Fall to Buckeyes 42-24 and Lose QB Michael Brewer For real. You gotta be Stretch Armstrong to make that reach. The watch didn't cause the fumble.
8 weeks? Pull it. Pull the redshirt now. Like go into his dorm room before he goes to sleep tonight and pull it out of the closet and make him watch as it burns to cinders. (PS, yes, I know there's not actually a red shirt involved.)
8 weeks has him back for the Techmo Bowl, with five ACC games behind us. The season could be lost at that point.
Yup. Gotta do it. Bitter pill but gotta swallow it. Apply for a sixth year of eligibility for Brewer and go all-in with Lawson.
Back atcha, Buckeye. Enjoy your many, many, many wins this season.
Seriously, dude, our QB situation is sketchy. We had to talk LT into switching back to QB from TE before Loeffler got here. Scot has recruited like mad at QB, but one of his guys transferred, one's a r-Fr wildcat threat, and one's a raw as hell 4-star. Motley is his one inherited QB and ran the option at a high school about twenty minutes from VT's campus. That's how bad it got, we were filling out the roster with option QBs from our backyard.
If Brewer is out for more than the 4-6, I'm not sure what we do at QB. This could be a long year. I hope you realize how insanely good you have it with your QB situation. That's not sour grapes, that's reality. What UM has done with your 3-deep at QB is something you have to wait at the crossroads at midnight to accomplish.
This is also my take. Either a back and forth to the last possession, or a late 4th quarter fade because of your superior depth. We just couldn't do diddly-shit against you with Motley. But through 2.5 quarters, it looked like a pretty even matchup.
He's 46 down votes away from instaban. Just downvote everything he says and be done with it.
To be fair, not everyone has three All-American QBs on the roster.
It's one thing to say we would have won with Brewer. It's another to point to his injury as the moment the game shifted, because it was. You guys capitalized on our weakness and put the game away. And our weakness was having our wide-eyed backup QB in the game and doing fuck-all against your defense.
Yeah, championship teams have great backup QBs, and we're working on getting back to that point. We aren't there now. We don't have a Cardale Jones on the roster yet.
He won't be the starter for long if tonight's performance is repeated. But tonight's performance was against Ohio State.
QB tryouts begin tomorrow...
Regarding QB depth, yeah, welcome to Virginia Tech, where three years ago when we brought in our new OC the cupboards were BARE. It's kind of amazing that we're in this position three years later to at least say, well, do we stick with the senior Motley, or do we go to r-FR Durkin or pull the redshirt from the true frosh 4-star Lawson? Three years ago, losing our starting QB would mean we probably start pulling from row A.
Regarding the PI call, that's weaksauce argument right there. Here's how I see it. The game completely changed when Brewer went down. Motley wasn't ready, and our D simply could not hold when our O was having repeated 3-and-outs. The dam burst. For all ESPN's talk about us capitalizing on opportunities, you guys capitalized on the biggest one. We had nothing going with Motley, momentum shifted, and you ran away with it. Up until that point, Brewer was doing what he basically did to you guys all last year, except he was doing it without the turnovers. He stays healthy, that game stays way closer, because drives get sustained. No way we lose by 28 with Brewer finishing the game, just my opinion.
That's what I saw. He was just a hot mess. I think the moment was too large for him, and it took him 4 possessions before he started playing his game.
Yes, please. Don't feed the trolls.
You...I like you. You are welcome here all season.
I just don't think they go into the short week prepared to pull the redshirt. At least not until after Brewer is through surgery and we have some idea of his prognosis. By that point, it's Wednesday with the game on Saturday.
If they're pulling the redshirt, I think Lawson's the starter from here on out regardless of Brewer's return timeframe. And I don't think the coaches are ready to pull that trigger on a short week.
Future is BRIGHT at left tackle. We have this kid for at least three years.
You still have to decide who gets first team reps. And splitting them three ways is a mistake. I think at this point Motley gets a lot of the first team reps, Durkin gets the rest. A 4-6 week return for Brewer means what we're looking for is a stopgap, not a season-saver. We play both against Furman and see who passes the eye test against FCS competition. If they both fail to do anything against a lower division opponent, then you think about pulling the redshirt and taking our lumps with a true freshman in preparation for a 2016 run.
Sir, I do believe the door is that way...
I was going to ask that question, but then I figured it probably doesn't matter. The throwing motion carries across the entire chest during the follow through. Not like a non-throwing arm injury.