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I imagine there might be a lot of schools willing to chip into a legal defense fund for VT, while letting us fight the battle.
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1 Ohio State at 17 Illinois (anOSU -15.5)
8 Alabama at 14 Missouri (A -3.5)
7 Indiana at 3 Oregon (Ore. -7.5)
Arkansas at 12 Tennessee (tn -12.5)
Florida at 5 Texas A&M (Ta/m -7.5)
21 Arizona State at Utah (Ut. -5.5)
Drink of the week: prob some Swishy Pants, and hoping to pick up some of this Sunday night from Fulton.
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MEH. 😕
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9 months 1 week
# | Halfway through the Season, the Hokies Rank Last in ACC in Advanced Metrics I like doing these but these past few months have been incredibly hard personally so I've slacked on the editing and insights a bit.
These read similar to a technical white paper, and as somebody who's had to write a few of those, they're a lot of work. I understand that life can get in the way of things you like to do outside of work. Just want to say I appreciate the effort you put into these. This one was really informative. Thanks.
Edit: Should've been under boylejc2's comment. Looks like my editing proofreading is slacking as well today.
Ok now Jags fans, why would they make this CB trade? Newsome has been just above average and will be a FA at the end of the season. Cambell looks to be an equivalent player, but with many more years of team control and well below market value. The Jags basically got a late round pick and a first right at signing Newsome for a $8-9M price tag.
The 1 million buyout is for him to leave voluntarily to go to another job. If they fire him it is for somewhere between 20-50 million based on rumors. That is why they are trying to go for the "cause" excuse which he can afford to tie up in limbo forever with lawyers.
Hey I was directly opposite. I don't think Utah is going to win let alone cover that spread.
Well you and I picked exactly opposite, so this could be interesting.
1 Ohio State at 17 Illinois (anOSU -15.5)
8 Alabama at 14 Missouri (A -3.5)
7 Indiana at 3 Oregon (Ore. -7.5)
Arkansas at 12 Tennessee (tn -12.5)
Florida at 5 Texas A&M (Ta/m -7.5)
21 Arizona State at Utah (Ut. -5.5)
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Brought in his staff full of his NFL buddies and his kids - NONE with college experience in a meaningful way
Fired the support staff when he got there - there's a great ESPN piece about how there was nobody left that knew how to set up a recruiting visit, book flights, etc.
Relentlessly talked about being the "33rd NFL team" which is all well and good but college football isn't the NFL and vice versa.
Every chance he had to bring on staff that knew the college game / college recruiting he chose not to and he's paying the price.
I still want this to get either laughed out of court or tech to fight it to the bitter end. The player decided to redshirt not the coach. That is a self termination of involvement in the program. As soon as the coach said we still expect you to play, it was the player quitting on his team.
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Good catch on the error on the Wake game. It was supposed to be 0.0739 epa per play.
I'll be honest, I like doing these but these past few months have been incredibly hard personally so I've slacked on the editing and insights a bit.
I do think there are tangible improvements from Pry to Monty that are worth looking into but I'm trying to give them both three FBS games of comparison.
I also want to look into metrics adjusted for opponents (we've played a more difficult schedule than I would have thought to be honest), and look up some comparisons to the past couple years.
MEH. 😕
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9 months 1 week
# | Halfway through the Season, the Hokies Rank Last in ACC in Advanced Metrics It shouldn't take $40M to buy a decent OL and QB. And we're halfway towards the former if we keep the current OL coach onboard. The players he brought are pretty good.
Edit: I say that, not having read French's recap. I could only listen to the game, and I'm not sure I want to see what sounded like a pretty bad day at the office for the OL. If I'm wrong in that assessment, somebody tell me that I should read it.
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9 months 1 week
# | Halfway through the Season, the Hokies Rank Last in ACC in Advanced Metrics Halfway through the Season, the Hokies Rank Last in ACC in Advanced Metrics
I don't know why anybody would be surprised to read this, because we are just not a very good team. There's some talent, but not in the right places or with the right experience levels. But appreciate the article nonetheless. I like reading about advanced metrics, and while I'm not happy with where are are in the numbers, it's still an interesting read.
Where the Hokies got beat was EPA per play. Virginia Tech generated 0.739 expected points per play, while allowing an unfortunate 0.217344 expected points per play.
We're creating almost a half a point per play more than our opponents? That sounds really, really good.
[looks at table below that statement]
Oh. =^/
Georgia Tech (#13): 48th in offensive EPA per play, 53rd in defensive EPA per play, 53rd in net EPA per play.
California: 126th in offense, 65th in defense, 109th overall
Louisville: 80th in offense, 7th in defense, 31st overall
Florida State (#25): 14th in offense, 47th in defense, 18th overall
Miami (#2): 41st in offense, 24th in defense, 26th overall
Virginia (#19): 27th in offense, 72nd in defense, 41st overall
I'm not optimistic about the Hokies getting more than one more win this season. Looks like Cal is our last, best shot.
Team Offense EPA Defense EPA Net EPA Offensive EPA Rank Defensive EPA Rank Net EPA Rank
Boston College 0.090 −0.251 −0.161 105 99 105
North Carolina 0.044 −0.237 −0.192 117 93 111
Syracuse 0.103 −0.303 −0.200 99 115 114
Virginia Tech 0.132 −0.359 −0.227 81 126 122
Never thought I'd be saying this, but I wish we were playing Boston College and Syracuse this year. UNC is a given, I'd love to torch them every year (and they do look torchable).
On a personal note, we really, really need to shock the world and beat GT this weekend. The past year has been a nice respite from having to refer to Tech as "Virginia Tech" within the family (mostly GT alums), and I'd really rather not have to start that up again. EXTERMINATE THE YELLOW JACKETS!
My point is this Florida Land Shark wants to force a settlement through the press/media. Tech needs to say never and we are going to make you pay court fees when you lose.