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# | David Teel: Babcock, Fuente, & others to re-examine future football schedules 
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# | David Teel: Babcock, Fuente, & others to re-examine future football schedules 
I doubt the fix is right since Lawson left the program...
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# | David Teel: Babcock, Fuente, & others to re-examine future football schedules Wow, I can't believe no one is begging for an annual matchup in Bristol with Tennesee!
A great way to stop the read option is penetration up the middle, and I think their interior OL vs our DTs is a huge mismatch in our favor.
Clemson
Tennessee
UNC
Arizona State
Wisconsin
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# | David Teel: Babcock, Fuente, & others to re-examine future football schedules As one of two public schools with a corp of cadets, I would love to see us cycle through the Military schools, Army, Navy, Air Force, and maybe throw in another here and there with Texas A&M. If they really want to pad the schedule with some warmup games, try to get VMI, Citadel, etc. back on the schedule.
I feel like this largely comes down to the announcing crew. If we're stuck with the bumbling duo of Anish Shroff and Ahmad Brooks (again), this could get ugly. Between mispronouncing names and generally having no idea what's taking place on the field, Brooks alone could surpass this number simply because he has nothing interesting to say. If we end up with a slightly better team, like Eamon McAnaney and John Congemi, we may all escape Saturday without losing too many brain cells.
506sports.com says we have McAnaney and Congemi.
Which is good, because I won't have to tweet at Shroff about how to say "corps".
Oh my.... that old entrance is so much less energetic than Enter Sandman....
But seriously, though... I want a win tomorrow so bad, because the atmosphere in Lane on Thursday night if we do is going to be unbelievable.
I was at the 62-0 game in 99.
Hokieman comes in the frame at 10 seconds. The best fan ever.
EDIT: Beginning at 3:26, you can hear in the background, the football entrance that was embraced before Sandman: 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Orange + Blue
I like the way you think.
I think you're dead on right here. I know a lot of us, as a fanbase, have complained about the negativity from ESPN and other major sports media about VT football, but really we have no one to blame but ourselves. We had a wave of hype and national attention after the MV7 years, and we failed to really seize that momentum and take the program to the next level. We would either completely collapse down the stretch, or more times than not, completely embarrass ourselves on the national stage. That lead to a lack of respect from sports media and recruits. And our absolute ineptitude on offense was a large reason for the lack of big stage success. That became even more apparent when spread offenses and putting up points became common in college football. It didn't look sexy to the media or recruits to win 10-7 with putrid offense.
I think all of these factors played into the ultimate downfall of recruiting and the program in the latter Beamer years. It had been a long time coming, and a lot of us saw it coming years before and the failure to do anything significant to address it. I think we're back on track and in great hands going forward under Fuente. This is what we've always wanted as VT fans: an explosive offense that attracts top skill talent paired with a Bud Foster defense.
I like it. That was all done by them though. The original logo is all I sent them. I actually noticed the maroon banner at the top of this site has the same issue. It really doesn't take much from it, and you wouldn't notice it if the flag were in the air.
I am a little worried in the Orange Offense, but I have faith in Bud to be able to limit their production.
I don't want to have to rely on an offense scoring 55 to win like we did against Tulsa.
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# | David Teel: Babcock, Fuente, & others to re-examine future football schedules I'm actually cool with this. Let's play Navy and GT in consecutive weeks. We'll be better prepared for both if we maximize the number of times we play triple option teams. Usually we have to have a ton of preparation for playing just one of them, but if we play both then we can use a little more time on it and the investment will pay off double.
His article also discounts the fact that other schools will get more commits as well.
I think the Hokies will win. I would like to see them win with ease and not be forced to overplay Ford or Settle. We will need both against Miami and Pitt.
Do we ever go back and score these posts? At least on the things we can measure easily? I think it'd be fun to recap these on Sunday or Monday.
Yes, but we weren't keeping up with the joneses on offense. Our offense was in no way appealing to anyone other than a top rb (the only spot we recruited well on offense during this period) It was obvious we were falling behind the times and it was too late. Additionally, I think there were a lot of other factors as well with the coaching staff and not adjusting to the changing ways of recruiting.
That said, I don't buy the scheme issue as a huge recruiting issue. We aren't the only team that runs gap-fit. The fact was we were tailing off, not winning the big games, the offense was lagging behind and so maybe people saw the fall coming before we did. Lots of teams have scheme/technique issues that don't translate very well to the NFL, for example, Alabama's corners don't often utilize a traditional backpedal. (seriously)
Not to mention "Ron Cherry is giving them the game!"
Sometimes I wish I could release my anger like Ari Gold, but i like not going to prison...
I've got the best gameplans. Believe me.
I don't think he's a play right away guy. I don't think he'll RS, but he needs a lot of development. Completely flying by based on being the best athlete on the field.
By play right away I mean at his actual position. I think he'd be very valuable on special teams and giving him the opportunity to travel and learn more while potentially getting mop up duty experience.
Ish? In those big games, especially after 2010, we were seen as the sacrificial lamb to our opponent. USC, LSU, Bama, and Tenn this year we were treated as the afterthought to our opponent. And the one year we were hyped, when we played Boise, we followed up that disappointing loss to a loss to a FBS team, and were completely and utterly written off. Oh, but we got that At Large to play Michigan, so that means we were respected, right? Well, not quite as that decision was met with national outrage, with most notably Kirk Herbstreit going apeshit on the ESPN airwaves about how undeserving we were.
Recruits noticed the respect level we had. It wasn't good, and it hurt us, and it really came down to the fact our offense was terrible and we won a lot of games in what the national perception called ugly in defense and special teams.
Corps. There is a "p" and "s", even though they're silent, contrary to what ESPNU announcers believe. (Sorry, this was the at least the second post in this thread that I saw spell is wrong, and pet peeve and all...)
I too, think VMI should be a shoo-in for Corps Homecoming. Personally, I think the FCS opponents should be limited to Virginia schools.