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Define deep ball. Isiah's double coverage catch was more of a personal favorite of mine.

Also, Bucky dropped a TD on the BC game that would have been just as nasty as this one.

Getting beat off the line is part of the game as a corner. he recovered and was in the WRs hip pocket. I can't think of a corner in the league that isn't getting beat with that kind of throw.

Teller?

I was wondering why he hadn't been playing in the last few games while our corners not named Norman were getting abused. Good to hear it was just a precaution and not a reflection of his play.

I really hope they go with the traditional Hokie Stone facade and not that burnt orange, like in the renderings...

Damn, I definitely did not have that interaction with him. I would say he was a much better teacher than he appears to be an administrator. I forget what class it was, but he took over a course for a professor who had a long term medical issue arise; he was able to effectively teach the entirety of the week's material in 45 min of the Tue session, assign work and cancel Thu's class while offering Office Hours to anyone who needed help. I've never seen any teacher communicate information to a class as effectively and efficiently as he did it. I will grant, however, that it wasn't his textbook because it wasn't his class at the beginning of the semester, and I never interacted with him extensively beyond that class. I will definitely take your impression into consideration on his running of the department, though.

Never had Rakes, and yes, Zobel could get a bit Hoo-ey. But he also did a good job motivating me when I had him, and he called me out like a boss when I needed it at one point to get my shit together. Which I appreciated now that I am gainfully employed.

Yep, they were doing it for homecoming games when I was a cadet as well ('95 - '99).

He had great coverage on both of the TDs, so I wouldn't really call it being beat like a rented mule. First TD went right through his hands and 2nd was just a throw only a handful of QBs in the NFL can make.

Best of luck to kendall glad to see him getting some PT and hopefully he is at 100% because the skins need him to be.

Great seeing him get in the game. Looked confident during preseason so will
be interesting.

I'm guessing the high ankle sprain actually happened in week 1 from Antonio Brown beating him like a rented mule and he just played through it until Sunday.

Unfortunately this is at the potential career death knell of another great Hokie in Deangelo Hall as well as Bashaud Breeland. Hall tore his ACL and is headed for surgery, which means Burton, who was covering as a CB has to fall back to Safety and Breeland has a high ankle sprain, so Fuller better be ready to go because he is going to have to play a ton going forward since there is no timeline on Breeland's return.

Agree wholeheartedly on the first paragraph, fashionable buzzwords drive that need to spend. Organizations will literally burn money just to have the ability to check the box next to that new buzzword.

Not so much on the second however.. I really liked Zobel despite his general hoo-ness. Dr. Taylor on the other hand, was always complete dick head during my time at tech. For someone who build their legacy on quantitative decision making and logistics, it was amazing that he could never match class sizes to class demands.

At one point he suggested I defer graduating, because all of the classes offered were considerably overbooked. This was my senior year, when the expected graduation class size should be well firmed and known. Fuck that guy, and his shit overpriced textbooks that he mandated as course materials for quite a few of the classes. I took great pride in pirating the ebooks and distributing to fellow students.

Also, Rakes.. who taught networking.. using overheads that were manufactured in the 1980's, clear plastic sheets to write on and having no distributable class notes (ie, powerpoint). It was interesting learning about the foundations of the internet, from a guy who didn't really like to use it himself.