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They've changed the recipe to have way less caffeine, so instead of getting drunk and wired you just get drunk.
Welp. Time to break this guy out again.
What we need is an efficient offense. Convert third downs to keep drives going, and score touchdowns instead of field goals in the red zone. That would be the perfect fit for what Virginia Tech does as a program. Rickey Bustle gave us that, Stiney was never able to. That's all Lefty needs to do, not make us an offensive juggernaut. I'm just hoping he realizes that.
This is false, though I understand where you're coming from.
First, ND will NEVER take a NY6 bowl away from the ACC. Our champion will always get the Orange, and if our champion makes the playoffs, the ACC will always have two NY6 bids. ND CANNOT take either of those away from us.
Second, John Swofford got ND to agree to revenue sharing, something ND did not have to do with the Big East. If ND bumps an ACC team from a lower bowl, we get our share of that bowl revenue just as if it were an ACC team playing in that bowl.
The actual details of the ACC's arrangement with ND are very much to the benefit of ACC member schools. We really aren't losing anything except for individual fanbases of also-ran programs being upset that MD bumped them down the totem pole. The objections to the agreement are more driven by emotion than economics.
There are record stipulations for ND to displace an ACC team for a lower tier bowl. I think it's that they can have up to one less win than the team they're displacing, but it might be up to two.
No, that's incorrect. ACC is guaranteed the Orange when it isn't hosting a playoff, and guaranteed another NY6 bowl in place of the Orange when it is hosting a playoff. ND's only access to the NY6 bowls is through at-large selection. They might be our opponent, but they cannot take our place at the table. This is a significantly better arrangement for the conference than what the Big East had.
Yes. Always. Think of it this way:
- The SEC and B1G get their automatic bids. (Up to four teams total if both conferences make the playoffs.)
- All remaining teams.from both conferences get dumped into a pool together along with ND.
- The highest ranked member of that pool will be the ACC's opponent in our NY6 bowl.
The confusing part is were dumping two conferences and an independent into our selection pool. Just remember, when picking our opponent, conference affiliation doesn't matter. Only ranking matters.
Hufflepuff Hermione is a fox.
Yes, I would like to give Emma Watson a paddlin.
Was that when we brought in Elmassian? If people want to point to a turning point in our program, it was the hiring of Phil Elmassian. Bud took what Phil installed at Tech and made it the best defensive scheme in college football. You could argue that without the groundwork that Phil Elmassian laid, Bud wouldn't be the DC that he is today.
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# | Illinois head coach Tim Beckman fired for forcing players to play through injury I'll be the field reporter on this one. Here's the local reaction:
Wasn't there pretty significant staff shakeup after '92, essentially at Braine's insistence? Everything I've read about the fallout of the '92 season (that wasn't written by Frank himself) seems to point to Frank's retention being basically one last chance to prove himself, rather than a vote of confidence in him.
Assuming Brewer picks up where he left off, less INTs should be in the cards this season.
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# | Bitter blog - Babcock offers clarification on player fines, shuts down entire practice Lost interest after your fourth fuck.
Dated a girl like that once.
Two deep against OSU? What the actual fuck.
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# | Bitter blog - Babcock offers clarification on player fines, shuts down entire practice Been witholding my thoughts on this issue. Now that there's some semblance of closure, I'll say this.
Fuck the media.
Fuck the clickbait era.
Fuck the media being driven by generating ratings to increase ad revenue.
Fuck our short attention spans.
Fuck valuing entertainment over understanding.
Fuck our knee-jerk response being rage rather than discretion.
Fuck the lack of appreciation for nuance and context.
Fuck gotcha anything.
Fuck any culture where an honest man giving an honest answer turns into this.
/endrant
We finally have some beef along the DL tho. For once, Wiles has the ability to go jumbo if the situation calls for it.
Received by shipment of blades from Dollar Shave Club today. Opened up The Bathroom Minutes, the little newsletter of miscellanea they include in each shipment.
Boom. 12-0. Book it.
Speaking as a fan of a team with an OL that didn't understand our base offensive blocking scheme from 2006-2012, you ain't lying.
Didn't someone say not long ago that Nijman's exclusively a left tackle?
I, too, lean toward the personnel/inexperience argument, if only because, goddammit, Scot Loeffler knows some fucking football. I mean, if 99% of us sounded like he just sounded above, it would be because we're having stroke. That's why I've been so adamant about giving him time. Everything he says about the way an offense should be run makes logical sense. But I can't throw out the possibility that Lefty is too smart for his own good, and that his entire scheme might be an exercise in overthinking things.
Either way, I'm excited as all get out for this season. If the offense is ever going to click, this should be the year. And if it does, we could be in for a very special season.
Scot knows his offense inside and out, and the dude's wicked smart. But the problem the last two seasons has been translating his smarts onto the field. I hope that this is the year he turns the corner, and I think if he ever does turn the corner he is going to field one badass offense. But I'll admit I'm worried that what he's trying to do might just not translate to the college game. We'll see. Fingers crossed hardcore.
Step One: Find and rent the movie Major League.
Step Two: Watch.
Step Three: Do not steal Jobu's rum.