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She's gone full JLaw.
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# | 2017 TE Drake DeIuliis Hoping to Fill the Bucky Hodges Role in Justin Fuente's New Offense I'm calling him Double D for the duration of his collegiate career.
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# | 2017 TE Drake DeIuliis Hoping to Fill the Bucky Hodges Role in Justin Fuente's New Offense So Fuente has found the replacement for Bucky's roll before we even get to see what Bucky's role is. That, my friends, is salesmanship.
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# | 2017 TE Drake DeIuliis Hoping to Fill the Bucky Hodges Role in Justin Fuente's New Offense Let's see if I can actually answer your question. We've currently got 9 verbal commits as of 5/9/16. So here are the number of verbal commits we have had by May 9 in previous recruiting cycles. (remember, this will be May 9 of the previous year, meaning for the 2016 cycle, it's the number of verbal commits by May 9,2015)
2016: 5
2015: 4
2014: 6
2013: 12
2012: 8
2011: 2
2010: 6
2009: 1
2008: 3
2007: 0
So it's not just you. Having 9 verbal commits at this point is ahead of the curve, and the second most verbals we have had by this point in the last decade.
A change of staff is a little different, though, IMO. You shouldn't be bound by an agreement someone else made. And from what I heard, Fuente reached out to Dean immediately upon arrival to discuss his options and the state of his offer.
If this is dropped to a misdemeanor, I would disagree with a suspension of any number of games.
I completely agree, I just didn't want to overstate my case. I would like to see the NCAA ban non-commitable offers. It's a sleazy practice to send out an official-looking offer letter that relies on sketchy wording to give the program an escape hatch. Verbally saying if things work out, there will be a place for a recruit is one thing; at least then you know until you have that paper in your hand, you don't have an offer. But no recruit should have to go through what Hoshun Gaines had to go through. (In his recruitment, not his recent possession charge.)
The thing is, in the college recruiting process, the recruits do run the show. It's the one time in a football player's life where they are the final arbiter of where they want to play football. They have to be courted by prospective programs that are interested. It is very much a sales pitch.
We've been over the pros and cons of a verbal commitment before. The current iteration of college football recruiting, with its practice of overrecruiting and non-commitable offers incentivizes giving an early verbal commitment to ensure your spot at the table.
Also, so far as the NCAA is concerned, a verbal commitment does not exist. The LOI is the only yardstick the NCAA uses to measure commitments. You can make any argument that you want about "being true to your word," but that cuts both ways. If we are going to come down on kids who decommit, we have to come down equally hard on programs that overrecruit and send out non-commitable offers.
And I can guarantee you that if I were a head coach, I'd think twice about if I wanted Aaron Moorehead on my staff after that little outburst. You are the paid professional. Act like it in all aspects of your job.
Is Florida really a blueblood? Spurrier made them relevant in the 90s for basically the first time. Spurrier was very much their Beamer.
I'm not saying they aren't a huge and relevant football program, but they aren't pedigreed.
This was a catastrophic failure, and personally I would classify it as negligence, on the part of VT medical staff. The decision to play Kendall hurt cost him millions of dollars, and could have easily ended his football career. It's unfortunate that HIPPA regulations prevent it, but I think programs should be required to report player injuries (meaning exact diagnosis) to a governing body. There obviously needs to be more oversight.
I love our new head coach.
This might end up a blessing in disguise. The demanded profit margin and and the escalating cost of broadcast rights will force some of the bloviating egos out the door. The end result might just wind up being an enhanced focus on... actual sports.
Misdemeanor though, if I recall. Which means the punishment would probably be handled in house rather than a suspension.
Oh for fuck's sake. Can we please just legalize the shit so we can avoid these bullshit manufactured disciplinary situations?
This. Very much this. All of this.
2) I would think the extra 5 min of TOP for the opponent could put appreciable strain on a defense over time
The TOP disparity doesn't look like it can be attributed to the higher tempo offense.
Memphis averaged 6.47 plays per drive with 22.3 seconds between plays, meaning an average drive lasted 2 minutes 24 seconds.
VT averaged 5.6 plays per drive with 25.5 seconds between plays, meaning an average drive lasted 2 minutes 23 seconds.
In terms of contribution to TOP, they were almost identical.
These numbers are really hard to wrap my head around.
VT outscored Memphis over the last 5 games, yet had significantly fewer points per drive. We had the same number of plays per game but Memphis had more plays per drive. Obviously it makes sense when I look at the drive statistics and see that Memphis got 8 fewer drives than we did, but why did they have so many fewer drives than us? Was it the defense failing to make stops?
the offensive line did a good job of picking up the occasional stunt
I don't think there are...
I want to read the script that was written with his character in the event Will Smith agreed to do the sequel. I wonder how different it is, or if they just gave most of his lines and arcs to his son.
Uhhhhhhhhhh...yeah. As much as I love drubbing the Hoos for their Hooish ways, I don't wish death on any of them. Glad to hear everyone is safe.
As for the driver, I hear he had a fierce allergy to Zima and popped collars. It was just too much to bear.
When he was 18 years old, Warner Music offered him a record contract. Prince told his agent he wanted complete creative control, something that many of the most popular acts of the day did not have in their recording contracts. Prince's agent couldn't get Warner to agree, for obvious reasons, so instead he offered a compromise: Warner could send as many execs as they wanted to the studio to watch Prince work, to get a feel for his creative process and decide for themselves if his talent merited free reign. They took him up on the offer, and the president of Warner Music himself went into the studio to watch Prince work. After a couple of hours, the president pulls the agent aside and whispers to him, "We're gonna give the kids the control he's asking for."
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life.
Well that's just not true. He got very close to proper depth, unless you're an ass to grass guy. He was maybe 2 inches away from parallel, and it looks like he was the same distance from hitting the rack.
Granted, his form was shit, but I have never seen anyone do their max with perfect form.