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Larry Fedora puts a tomato based barbecue sauce on his pulled pork sandwich.
Favorite SNL alum of all time was Phil Hartman, hands down. There have been many hilarious cast members but Hartman was spewing soda out your nostrils funny. RIP Phil.
On paper, the pieces are in place. Running game finally got revved up, we now have an unquestioned number one at tailback (Get better, Shai!), Lefty's hopefully had his come to Jesus moment and is ready to reembrace the run and Brewer will be able to look more OSU, less first half Western Michigan, with a balanced running attack. This could be the moment it all comes together.
Or it could be a dumpster fire. Whichever.
Been having issues with the tracker loading up four or five links and freezing mid-load. Only noticed it on the tracker tho.
This might be true, but his perceived poor attitude might have been the product of personal issues he was dealing with. If he felt he needed a leave of absence to deal with things/clear his head/exercise his demons/find his center/flush his pipes, more power to him. Sometimes a man just has to piss into the wind. If he's dotted his ps and qs, I say welcome back.
Naw man you're behind on your news cycle. The three embryos all split into threes. Then one of those split again into three. Meaning eleven kids. Meaning...
AN ALL-FULLER DEFENSE.
I'll say this. All other concerns aside, having to decide which of the promising QB recruits on the bench will assume the reins post-Brewer is a damn refreshing problem to have as a VT fan.
I see this happening too, assuming he really is back. I just don't want too much too soon and then he blows a knee trying to favor his injured leg on his eighteenth carry of the game. Let's ease him back in as a co-number two. Let's see how he does work seven to ten carries a game. If it's all systems go, I see 12-16 carries a game by Black Friday.
First things first, this absolutely sucks for Shai. My heart goes out to him and I hope for a speedy and COMPLETE recovery.
From a team perspective, the good news is there is not a precipitous dropoff between Shai and Juice. Shai had better burst, Juice has a stronger pop. Juice looks like a guy who can rush 25 times a game, and we'll need that durability.
After Juice it's a bit of a craps shoot. Everyone is saying Trey looks like he's back, but we're basing that on three carries against Western Michigan. I just don't think he's ready to jump to an equal share of carries as a number two tailback. Caleb looked promising, but again in very limited action. And JCC is a known commodity.
I said in another thread I think a three back rotation with 50% Juice, 25% Trey, 25% Caleb would be the best bet going forward. Yes, it risks tailback by committee and the inherent issues that brings, but it also plays it safe with not risking reinjury to Trey.
Brewer's a stopgap. I really think it's as simple as that.
Leal wins the Nick Sorensen award for being a team player, but he's not a starting QB. Brewer came in and immediately challenged for playing time despite his gunslinger mentality and lack of experience in the system. To me, regardless of how good (or bad) Brewer is, that's proof positive that Leal just lacks the skill set to be a starter. He's had multiple opportunities to step up and claim the position, and has failed to do it.
Brewer is the bridge between the Logan Thomas Experiment and the official dawn of the Loeffler Era. He's a legit QB with a legit skill set, who has unfortunately never met an impossible throw he didn't want to force. Loeffler has his work cut out for him as a QB coach to get Brewer to adhere to the system, but at the very least we have a legitimate QB to try to establish the actual scheme Scot wants to run.
Well crap.
So obviously Juice has just become the unquestioned starter. But is anyone else concerned about trying to force Trey into a number two back role just based on three carries against Western Michigan? I think we need a three back rotation. 50% Juice, 25% Trey, 25% Caleb. Let's see how Trey holds up with 8-10 carries a game before we try to say he has returned to form.
I'm no guru, just a fan. But my rule of thumb has always been I personally give a new coordinator three years to establish their scheme. At that point you have junior players who have been brought up in the system and all the underclassmen are the new coordinator's guys. So to me, if we're still having hiccups in the second half of next season it will be cause for alarm.
This season and last, Lefty's playing with house money as far as I'm concerned.
With Shai most likely done for the season (and hopefully only the season), the situation we now found ourselves in is Juice as our featured tailback, with Caleb, Edmunds and JCC battling for number two on the depth chart. I'm hoping today's performance indicates Trey is back and ready to compete for playing time, but if not then we might see Caleb skyrocket up the depth chart. JCC is a known commodity and has probably hit his ceiling.
A Williams/Edmunds backfield might pack a decent 1-2 punch, with Caleb as a breather and JCC with his 1-3 carries a game situationally.
Might I suggest Devil's Backbone?
Wow. That was painful to watch.
The run-heavy offense of the Broncos makes me think we'll be in man press coverage again for most of the day. Here's hoping Bud tweaked a few things in that regard. Also, who is starting in place of Big Lu? Nigel or Woody? Either way, here's a chance to make a big statement for increased playing time even after Lulu gets back from knee surgery.
I'd love to see one pissed off Hokies football team today. Just thoroughly angry from start to finish.
If there is ever a TKP comments hall of game, this chain must be one of the inductees.
Unless this has just rolled out in the last couple of months, I don't think anyone is broadcasting in 1080p. I think we're still a couple years away. I think currently the two options are 1080i and 720p, with heavy skewing toward the latter.
If it's almost a sport, we've got it here.
And this is how families are started.
Uh, does this whole thing not read as coaches responding to a coaching issue to you?
Problem is, you can't complain that a ball control offense is boring, then complain about turnovers going up when the offense becomes more aggressive. If you have an aggressive vertical offense that never gives the ball up, you're stuck inside Gus Mahlzan's wet dream.
Shouldn't that thing be on a treadmill?
Congratulations!
This play is your play.
You're off to the End Zone!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
Through any hole thay you choose.
You're not on your own. Just follow left guard.
And YOU are the guy who'll put points on the board.
You'll look over your blocks. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your shoes full of feet and your head full of brains,
you're too good to commit to the wrong rushing lane.
And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll run end around.
It's opener there
in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen
that are really quite grand
when receivers and tight ends
throw a block for a man.
And when things start to happen,
alone and in space,
Just go right along.
You'll win that footrace.
OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL RUN!