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This is true but if Corny and Fuente can somehow manufacture 17 points, we win... BC- Lefty or not- is absolutely horrid on offense- Bud will hold them to 14 MAX, IMO. If the VT offensive staff is better than the last one, they should be able to manufacture 17 points somehow
I agree, but my comment was geared towards the same alignment and same play. If Evans throws to Ford (whose defender vacated the route to help with the run) instead of Rogers, then he has a lot of room to run.
BEARDS > PEOPLE
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol You just said in a couple paragraphs what I tried to express in an entire post a few days ago. Nicely put. Leg 4 U
It is because Tenn was ranked, it was their home game, and for some reason the ref's just don't like Tech.
Beautiful analysis as always. Great example on the play where both Motu and Edmunds whiff on the tackle and Tennessee gets 10-12 yards. Perfect defensive call- two players right there to bring him down for no gain and they can't tackle. Also Trayvon Hill had Dobbs dead to rights for a huge loss/sack when the game was still in reach and Dobbs slipped away for a huge gain- tackling woes for years now- frustrating
To be fair, Ford wouldn't be believable in that alignment. Put Bucky there- he is tailor made for it.
I wanted to see Ford and or Bucky on the fake screen- just a different twist from the wheel route against Liberty. It would have been open.
Steve Addazio bought a spotlight and a large antenna for his crown vic
I am not sure they ever had to use binoculars or a telescope to see the field before.
I disagree with you on Phillips. I think he is an NFL caliber receiver. Strong route runner, good hands.
This offense is horribly suited for Phillips and we are seeing it hurt his productivity. He is an X, not a slot guy. He isn't a great blocker. And the offense doesn't design pass structure in a way for a receiver to work his way open after the QB goes through one or two progressions. Ford is a guy who can get himself open in a pro-style or these quick reads. Bucky has the height where he may get fewer touches, but he should be targeted vertically. Phillips isn't the best fit. I hope he sticks with it and gets better, but he is a damn good player in a different system.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol Michael Brewer: 70%, 4 TDS, but 3 INTs -- of course, Evans had a few fumbles himself -- thus, completion, TD, and TO wise, pretty similar
UVA SUCKS.
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# | OT: Tips for Dealing with Significant Other that Cheers for Opposition? Wait so how did this turn out for you?
Get the ball to Ford on that Rogers "Y-dump" play and he HOUSES it.
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# | Ask TKP: What's your one positive and negative takeaway from Battle at Bristol? If you watch both the blocks that Teller made they were not truly chop blocks both were at hip level and very questionable calls. Fuente needs to stop messing with the line and put the best players out there and let them play. If you noticed we scored when Teller was in because his guy didnt get to the QB unlike when Petit is in the game looking confused.
Motu looked better with all the fundamentals of the position than Edmunds did. He was more aggressive getting down hill (with the notable exception coming on the Dobbs 2nd Q QB draw TD) and was in good position more often. He has to put the guy on the ground. Edmunds isn't getting in on a ton of tackles because he is playing very tentatively. That is to be expected of a young player who is learning and thinking too much. BC is going to run power at Edmunds and Inside Zone at Motu the whole game, and use formation to dictate Bud's alignment as much as they can. Both will get tested big time this week.
In the regular passing game, Evans completed a handful of slants and two in routes where Phillips sat underneath the linebacker. On most of the pass pro plays, you see three guys half halfheartedly running routes and not looking for the ball, and one guy going 100% and looking for it. I know that is Fuente's offense, but (and I will be the first to say it here) these receivers fit and thrived in Loeffler's passing game design. The OL/QB just wasn't always up to snuff. Evans isn't Paxton Lynch, and so far we have not seen deep outs and back shoulder outs like Fuente used a ton on passing downs in Memphis.
I agree, BC's defense probably does this in practice all the time, since it was definitely the best way to beat a Scot Loeffler offense.
Wow. Thanks. Not sure they were available in the mountains of what is now WV, but there certainly were other factors involved in the time period that led to continued child bearing.
Maybe the NBA/ACC/NCAA should follow Joe's and TKP's lead and do their best to keep politics out of sports.
The hardest thing to see is downfield separation of receivers using the TV film. However, given the type of coverage and how badly Ford beat Sutton early, I would think getting open down field versus one on one coverage would not have been a problem. I don't think Fuente went after the Vols vertically because he either doesn't trust Evans with the down the field passing game OR he didn't think the OL would hold up to blitzes. There is plenty of evidence that both are relevant concerns.
BC will do the opposite- they are going to keep everything in front of them and force VT to score on 10+ play drives.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol Frank's teams never fumbled this much ;)
Other than some parking issues and traffic, I loved Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Again, I say don't move anything. Port-O Pottys are inherently uni-sex.
It appeared at least that Motu is getting himself into position better this year by not seeming to actually seek blockers like he was last season. If he can get into a little better form on his tackles, we might just have something there.
I agree here. I believe it was pointed out a while back that this fanbase has been a little spoiled with the Mike position due to always having that upper-classman waiting to take over and fill in nicely. It only makes sense that Motu should be improving and I personally think we are actually seeing it so far. As you said, he needs to work on tackling... but this is not the first time we've seen poor tackling by the defense in general early in the season.
As always, fantastic write-up, French. A few Pros and Cons I've been pondering after the past two games and after reading this excellent piece:
CONS
-I'm growing concerned that Cam Phillips is the second coming of Marcus Davis; both tremendous athletes that have all of the potential in the world but seem timid when it comes to blocking/ball security.
-Teller needs to fix whatever problems he has in a fucking hurry, or else this sporadic o-line play will be here for the rest of the season.
-As someone who played football for the majority of my younger years, I can tell when teams have strong player leadership from its captains/seniors and when teams don't. In the past two games, this team resembles the latter. Even Fuente mentioned at yesterday's BC week presser that there isn't enough vocal leadership on this team right now. That also must change in a hurry, or else we'll continue to fumblefuck up and down the field and give wins away for the next few months.
PROS
-There's an offense in Blacksburg. It may take longer than we all want to jell, but there's a fucking offense in Blacksburg.
-Ekanem is a manamal. He will take us far.
-I belive in Bud Foster and have no reason to doubt that our defense will (again) carry this team far.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is it!!!!!!!
Dude.....I know nothing.....I see nothing........
Great write up as always. I am honestly just sick and tired of seeing Virginia Tech lay an egg on the national stage. I'm 100% behind Fuente but damn when are we going to step up in these national stage games.