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11 years 6 months
# | Bitter blog - Five thoughts the day after the Hokies' Military Bowl win against Cincinnati Many thanks.
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11 years 6 months
# | Bitter blog - Five thoughts the day after the Hokies' Military Bowl win against Cincinnati I questioned this, too. The elbow is a joint so wouldn't it technically be a sprain?
Doesn't this also automatically bump Nick Saban's salary? I seem to remember he had a clause that guarantees him to be the highest paid coach in the NCAA.
Sorry my bad, Brewer led two fourth quarter TD drives against ECU to tie the game, not take the lead. Still one of his better performances.
And now you're dealing in full blown hyperbole calling Brewer awful. He finished with an efficiency rating of 117.4, averaged over 200 ypg and had two games where he threw more picks than TDs. He's a servicable game manager who brings a lot of intangibles to the huddle. He's far from awful.
That same QB led late drives to give us a lead against OSU, ECU, GT and BC. Granted he then proceeded to screw the pooch against GT, but the fact remains that he kept us in late games with clutch drives.
A lot of those one possession losses were the result of the defense giving up late scores. You can argue the offense should have scored more, but you can also argue that the defense should have held. With the exception of the GT loss I think you're placing too much blame for our close losses on Brewer. The D's late game struggles contributes just as much.
With JCC's last four games, do you think there's zero chance he regains his starting spot come spring?
I don't think it's a foregone conclusion by any means, but based on his film the last four games it really does look like JCC has arrived.
You aren't throwing the win out, but we were lucky and they weren't the elite team they are now? So what exactly are you trying to do with that win other than argue it away to further your point?
You simply cannot shrug off the win at the Horseshoe as lucking out if you want to base your argument on close losses that could just as easily be argued as the other team "lucking out." I'm all in favor of what you're arguing in terms of a lack of consistency, but trying to throw out the OSU win because Brewer made some dangerous throws is suspect. We won that game and proved that essentially the same roster we'll have next season has the ability to beat an elite team. Like you pointed out, it's a question of consistency. If we don't find it, I could easily see the 7-5 campaign you predict. Of we do manage to find some consistency, next season could be very special.
Regarding Ford, don't dismiss the possibility that Lefty was committed to redshirting him and was content to make do with the best of the remaining options. Ford in my mind is Lefty's guy. Everything out of Scot's mouth about the kid has been effusive praise. I think the biggest challenge to Brewer's starting job comes in the form of redshirt freshman A. Ford.
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11 years 6 months
# | Bitter blog - Five thoughts the day after the Hokies' Military Bowl win against Cincinnati Unless a coach gets hired away, I too foresee no coaching turnover. Unfortunately, given a lack of ties to the program, Stacy Searels would be the most poachable prospect. Fingers crossed that Whit understands how devastating four OL coaches in four years would be.
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11 years 6 months
# | Virginia Tech Defensive Coordinator Bud Foster's Emotional Post-Game Military Bowl Interview Okay, so...
I get some occasional flack when I tell people my son's middle name is Foster. They kind of roll their eyes, like, oh you're one of those fans. Because there are tons of diehard lunatics who will name a child after a coach or player. Uberdouche Lane Kiffin named his firstborn child Knox to ingratiate himself with the Tennessee fanbase. (How's that playing out in Tuscaloosa, Lane?)
I have no doubt one day my son is going to ask me why he's named after a football coach at my alma mater. And when he does, I'm going to tell him it has absolutely nothing to with football. I'm going to tell him I chose to give him that middle name because I think Bud Foster is a good example of how I think my son should live his life.
Find something you love to do, and do it with people you respect and love to work with. Do it with passion and enthusiasm. Celebrate your successes unabashedly, and take failures not as something to be ashamed of but as challenges to be overcome and problems to be fixed. Don't worry about money so long as you and your family are provided for, even if some people do the same job for more money. Chances are they aren't enjoying it as much as you are.
Find your home. Stay there, even when others think you should follow the dangled carrot up the ladder of "success." Even when people insinuate that by remaining, you are proving that you will never, and could never, be successful at the "next level."
Do what you love with all your heart, surrounded by people you love and respect, and you will never work a day in your life.
To hell with football. That's why I named my son after Bud Foster.
This game should yield tons of teachable film for Bucky, to emphasize that he can't just rely on his freak measureables.
This is why making even a lower tier bowl is so important. Those are lessons not learned this year and deferred to next season if we finish 5-7 on the year.
Just dont get Brewer killed
Should've been the 2014 team motto.
There is reason for optimism there. Searels finally has some of his guys, and the fact that Stacy likes his linemen to play heavy should lend itself to the run. JCC has finally arrived and there are reinforcements on the way even if Shai and Juice can't go. For once it feels like the talk about reestablishing the run isn't just blather.
With the season of abuse Brewer has had, I honestly think he's shell shocked. He sees a blitzer coming free and has a bad flashback.
My question is what the hell happened to the check downs in the flat that were a staple the first half of the season? Did Lefty eliminate that route or is Michael not dumping it off short like he did early on? I'd hate to think we eliminated the check down from the passing tree, since it was one of the immediate schematic improvements I saw with Lefty's hire.
Trust me, they don't care. Football is a quaint afterthought to them, from the student body to the alumni base to the administration. They are, and will forever remain, a basketball school that is simply flirting with football competence right now. This is no different than the Spurrier years at Duke, and will fade just as quickly.
"Jim has figured out that his style is best suited for the college game. His shtick works better with young guys who are gone after three or four years."
Wow. Whoever said that is a dick. Jim has given the 49ers their best run in quite a while.
Could you GIF that one play where the thing happened? I think it was in the first half but might have been after halftime.
To watch UVA's bowl, walk into your bathroom.
I'll take that bet. What's the stakes?
I was screaming at my TV for the timeout but my god did we get the snap quick. Usually we lose like 8-10 seconds when we try that and there I think we lost two. I think it was a gamble to try to catch them off guard.
We've got a shot next year. That's all I'll say.
But it's been a LONG time since we've had a shot.
I'll just say it. Shane looks the part on the sideline. Not necessarily for us, mind you, but in general I think he has a HC skill set.
Decided to double up within my price range. Picked up a bottle of Larceny and a bottle of Maker's 46 from the wine and spirits section. Going to do a bourbon tasting with friends on New Years for those two plus Woodford Reserve, Four Roses Single Barrel and Bulleit.
A million thanks to everyone, and I now have a "to try" list about a mile long on my phone.
2nd most INTs on the 2nd most attempts is not a convincing argument that he's a bad QB. His INT to attempt ratio was not outside the league average.