Illinois Hokie's Recent Comments

I love Snowpiercer. It's a really fun movie. But you absolutely have to interpret everything allegorically because the suspension of disbelief required is monumental.

I fully expect our defense to struggle this season. We lost Kendall, Facyson is still banged up, Ladler won't be ready to contribute early because of his knee injury. So the defensive backfield is in about the same shape as last season, and that was the cause of most of our defensive woes. I don't see a massive one season turnaround in the cards.

I bet they didn't have permission to use Barber's image.

That opening paragraph made my head hurt. She could have done a better job of establishing that VT and LOLUVA have new coaching staff at the same time for the first time since 1974.

Other than that, the article did a great job of actually spelling out how bereft of discipline the London regime was. A pet mouse in the locker room? That's awful. Have some respect for the institution that employs you, and demand the same from your players.

That can be a recipe for disaster when the postseason actually starts. Sometimes it's hard to flip that switch to aggressive, win or go home competitiveness.

Well this comment certainly touched off a firestorm.

Let me say that I don't care for the wording here, as it come very close to an insult against Motley. Mot was put in a very difficult position last season, forced into the starter's role when it was obvious Lefty had spent most of the off-season getting Brewer completely comfortable with the offense. Brenden played his nuts off, and the defense shoulders a fair share of the blame for the losses we suffered with Motley as the starter. Beyond that, I think Motley is much better suited to Fuente's offense than he was to Lefty's. Mot is not a pro style QB, and I think a lot of what Fuente does on offense plays to his strengths. I could see him being a successful leader of the offense under the new scheme.

Having said that, I think Evans will eventually win the job, because I think he's the better quarterback. Both Evans and Motley have arms, but from the film I've seen, Evans doesn't sail his long ball. They both have size, but Motley has had some tweaks that make me question his durability. And the biggest knock on Motley is the lack of pocket awareness he displayed last year. That will probably be mitigated some by the pace of Fuente's offense, but if you can't sense blind side pressure until it's stripping the ball out of your hand, that's a real problem in any offense.

Mot has some issues with his game. For that reason, I agree that Evans will be our starter, while I also disagree that it will be a long season if Motley wins the job.

I'd imagine the Corp would take exception to anyone else even touching Skipper at a game.

After watching it a dozen or so times, I definitely don't think he was going up for the ball with the intent of what happened. I think most likely he was just hoping to prevent an interception. His body language is more that of a defensive back. He definitely had the awareness and adjustment to make it a spectacular catch, which is more than you can reasonably ask of a walk on.

Brings up a good point. Sauced ribs cover up the taste of the pork, while dry rubs enhance it. The better the pork, the simpler the dry rub can be.

Not trying to be a mod poseur here, but there's been a bit of a row over this particular image being NSFW, and the final verdict was it should be linked instead of embedded.
Sweet Jesus you're quick, VTGuitarman.

If you want to get technical, salt and pepper is a dry rub. And done right, it's one of the best dry rubs you can use. My rub for brisket isn't much more than that.

Off topic, any suggestion that the ribs aren't what they're cracked up to be didn't go to the right place(s). Memphis style isn't a slab of bones drenched in sauce, so if that's what you like and what you're used to, Memphis ain't for you.

I'll put my Memphis dry rub recipe against any sauced ribs, anywhere, anytime.