Illinois Hokie's Recent Comments
I've heard the talk that there's only one target in Fuente's pass plays, but that seems really implausible to me. If we're talking about a run/pass option play, then sure, I can buy one target. But there's no way a modern offense runs a designed passing play that only has one option for the quarterback. What if it blows the fuck up?
Also, we saw Evans check down against Tennessee, so doesn't that negate the idea of a single target?
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol I'm conflicted on that. We might have pulled it off with Beamer and Lefty. There probably wouldn't have been the panic from the offense when things started to sputter. Indeed, things might not have started to sputter at all, with everyone in year four of Lefty's offense. And Lefty certainly had the ability to gameplay to beat a highly ranked team.
However, I also don't know that either Brenden Motley or Josh Jackson would have had the ability to run a drop-back passing offense against Tennessee's defense. Remember, Evans is not here without Fuente.
And win or lose under Beamer, one thing I'm certain of is proceeding to go 7-5 again (at best) with Beamer.
Huh? I thought he left again.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol Strictly as a passer, Evans has a QB rating of 155.07 vs Brewer's 137.88 through his first two games. Evans appears to be the better passer.
You bring up the interesting point of Evans's fumbles, which passer rating doesn't account for. Something like ESPN's QBR would, but they haven't released the formula.
The blocking zones to the right. The boundary defensive end reads the play and crashes hard to the inside. Yosh Nijman lets him get the inside position by putting his inside shoulder on the outside leg of the end. On a zone play, he would try to put his outside shoulder on the inside leg of the defensive end.
Behind Nijman, Justin Martin (No. 8) crashes inside from the corner to handle back-side contain. Isaiah Ford allows Martin to get inside position and then seals him inside.
This is crucial. It isn't just about finding linemen who can block aggressively and with attitude anymore. Under this system, the OL is called on to block the right way to sell the play. The blocking sets the table to create the lanes and holes the ball carrier will use. If a lineman goes "off script," it can destroy a play.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol I'm gonna have to dig a little deeper, but I think completing 66.7% of his passes for 5 TDs and 0 INTs is a better start to a career at VT than any QB had under Frank Beamer.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol When Tennessee's run began, I sensed the Hokies began to press a little. It was as though they already felt the game slipping away. As the lead evaporated, the Hokies fought harder and harder to gain that extra yard or physical advantage. But in doing so, they made back-breaking, careless mistakes that caused them to sink deeper into the quicksand.
This was it, right here. Panic and doubt crept in. Coach Fuente said as much in the halftime interview on the way to the locker room. I don't remember the exact quote, but it was along the lines of, "They've already proven they can do it. Now they just need to settle down and believe it." And that quote is exactly where we are now.
We've suffered our share of blowouts over the last few years. This is the first one I can remember that doesn't leave me despondent that our woes are schematic.
Florida might work now that FSU and Clemson are resurgent. The entire reason Jacksonville and Tampa failed the first time was because that was during the stretch when we were dominating the Coastal and BC was doing well in the Atlantic. The ACC was scheduling about as far from the division champions as possible. Also, there were no national ramifications for the game in those days. It was never for a play in to the BCS championship. For at least the last three years, it's had national title implications.
The hokiesports.com play by play has the first recorded as an illegal block and the second recorded as a personal foul, FWIW.
One was called an illegal block, the second was called a personal foul, but watching it live, the two plays were almost identical. In both instances, Wyatt's predilection for going low is what drew both flags.
I get that low man wins, but that's off the snap. Once you're away from the LoS, initiating low is a risky proposition.
As I watched the game, I thought the officiating was good. No complaints there, I definitely did not feel that the officiating cost us this game in any way.
Here's the problem with Teller's play, that a lot of people either aren't considering or wilfully ignoring. He got called on this exact same penalty twice. He didn't get pulled after the first call, because as has been pointed out, this is a new rule for this season. Lots of people are going to get dinged on this call though the first few games of the season. But after the first call, everyone on the OL should have known, okay, refs are calling that in this game. And then Teller goes out and does the exact same thing again. That's what got Teller pulled, the fact that he did not learn from the first call.
You can argue bad call all you want. It's a new rule, and even the refs probably aren't completely comfortable with how to properly apply it. But the first time it got called should have been the last time for either team, because both OLs should have gotten the message. The fact that the same guy did it twice shows a little to much "I do what I want" attitude, and that's what got Teller pulled.
Teller got benched for two boneheaded penalties that killed two different drives. I don't see the problem in that.
OT, but has our coverage been announced?
I agree about the center. Typically, you'll have the center in for the entire game. But I'm perfectly fine with rotating people in around the center frequently, especially with the way Fuente designs his run game. You don't have to have textbook perfect blocking for his run scheme to work. It's more important to have fresh legs along the line than perfect line chemistry in this scheme.
I have to imagine Shibest sat him down and made him watch film of how many yards he lost last season by trying to give ground.
It makes me absolutely giddy when your reactions match my own.
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# | Ask TKP: What's your one positive and negative takeaway from Battle at Bristol? The positive is the offensive scheme is well designed and functional.
The negative is just getting our players to simmer down and secure the ball. That's really my only concern that's not excusable based on how new Fuente's system is.
Although it killed the play, I was glad to see Evans underthrow Ford on that route, because it shows he was working on the overthrows from the week before.
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The overanalysis on this board is strong.
No, sorry, I disagree with this idea.
Fuente wants a full and active rotation on offense, with a lot of interchangeable parts. When we get that rotation down, we will reap benefits of having fresh legs on the line all game long. You can't abandon the plan because it takes time to get right. There's gonna be a lot of growing pains as Fuente's scheme is installed.
We've been trying to base our O line on the idea of a core starting five since Curt Newsome was our coach, and it has never worked. With the way Fuente designs his plays, I think having fresh legs on this line is more important t that finding five starters with great chemistry.
Gotta teach the blockers to locate the ball after they get 30+ yards upfield from the punt. Also gotta reinstill the value of the Peter call. Stroman should have come in screaming Peter at the top of his lungs.
No, these were entirely different self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the foot.
Okay. Missed the return two weeks later.
I mean, pretty soon Taylor Swift is gonna write a song about him.