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9 years 11 months
# | August Recruiting- Football, Bourbon, Beer & Charcoal is in the air 
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You can't compare the starting point at Memphis to Fuente's situation here.
You and VTGM both short-changed me here. If you continue on in my post you'll notice that I recognize the fact VT and Memphis are not the exact same.
The point I was trying to make wasn't that Memphis took 3 years so VT should take 3 years. My point is that Fuente told the media that it would take time to install his offense. One of the first things he said when he was announced was that fans need to be patient. He knows that he's not going to field the same caliber offense that he had at Memphis in 2014 in year 1 at VT. He will have VT's year one offense looking better than Memphis' year 1 offense, no doubt, but it will take time to get to where he thinks it can be. He doesn't have the track record of a miracle worker (like Tom Herman) so I don't expect him to come in and turn this offense into a dominant scoring machine in year one. But in a year or two this offense has the potential to be top-20 IMO
It's sad I can only give you one leg for this. Love these unis.
Liberty-Win. Not as easy a win as we'd all like, though.
UT-Loss. I keep waffling on this one though. We may be able to pull this one off.
BC-Win. Loeffler can't figure out Bud's defense, even after practicing against it.
ECU-Win. It better not rain this year. Just sayin.
UNC-Win. I think we come up big in this one.
Syracuse-Win. I hate that we have to play them in that bubble in NY.
Miami-Loss. I hold this one as a toss-up.
Pitt-Win. I think we out-offense them for a change.
Duke-Win. I'm not convinced that Sirk will be 100% even by the time we play them.
GT-Win. This game always makes me think that I should get a professional manicure.
ND-Win. I think we pull off a shocker in golden domer-land.
UVA-Win. Maybe someone will let Bronco see the Commonwealth Cup. No touching it, though.
The return of the 10-win season. And a return to Charlotte.
@BuzzketBall_ would like a word with you.
they're showing recruits all the free swag they get if they come to a Nike school like VT. i'm pretty sure 99% of any coach's tweets all boil down to recruiting tactics.
Torrian Gray just retweeted UF's Nike gear in a similar fashion. If you put the cleats together and look inside, the insoles make the Gator logo. (kind of like putting the gloved hands together to make a complete VT.)
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9 years 11 months
# | On Eve of Fall Camp, Justin Fuente Remains Tight-Lipped on QB Battle, Dishes on WR Depth this has clearly come down to semantics. We obviously have different ideas of what pessimistic views are leading up to the season. I'm definitely not the guy who is going to root against his team and hope that I'm right just so I can come back and beat my chest on some online message board. I honestly want this team to win every single game and go to the playoffs and come home with the trophy. Realistically, I don't see that happening. Does that make me a pessimist?
In any case, back to the original point. Does Fuente already know who his QB1 is going to be? I don't think so. I don't think he is being coy. I think he is being honest. Do I think it will be Evans? Yes. Will we know before Liberty? Probably not. Will Evans be a superstar and top 5 QB in the ACC this year? I sure hope so but I'm not holding my breath. Will our offense be scary good this year? It would be awesome, but I don't think it is fair to expect that. Can our offense be scary good next year? We'll have to see how they progress over the course of this season, but I'm optimistic that they will be very good next season. I just don't think it will happen over night.
Absolutely.
Nope, hence why it's late. Payment usually ensures delivery on agreement. Unless you're in construction.
Didn't want to start a whole new thread for this but the VT football twitter accounts and football coaches just did a weird twitter Ad thing for Nike and I'm not sure how I feel about it.
@HokiesFB In the weight room, in meetings, and in the classroom. pic.twitter.com/BaOGR98IDq— Zohn Burden (@CoachBurdenVT) August 3, 2016
Sorry I'm late, my pool game ran long at the jazz club
Wonder how Clark determined the seeding?
I know. i'm just naming my darkhorse on a tread mill.
I do like the three-year evaluation plan. I think there is a precedent for it. Just as an example, when Saban took over Alabama, his first three years were:
7-6
12-2, went undefeated in the regular season then lost to UF in the SECCG and Utah in the Sugar
14-0, Natty
Since then, they've been off and running. It took Saban three years to make Alabama his program, then had a year where they stepped back a little (10-3), and they've been the powerhouse we now know.
I still look at 5 years to fully evaluate how the program is running, it's the rare case that there's a Larry Coker-type story.
Pretty sure they're just trying to have a handle like "Beamerball", but for Fuente.
Covering VT Football during the Justin Fuente era. Everything here are opinions, that's a fact.
They are not claiming to be Coach Fuente.
He knows his audience.
Not that it's overly surprising as every fan base has those types of profiles but...what kind of loser makes that Twitter account? Get a life.
Just noticed the graphic includes W-L record for each combo.
Honestly I think the schedule comes down to three things:
1. Beat UVA (always #1)
2. Win 2/3 vs UNC, Miami and Pitt. Do that and we Coastal Champs once again.
3. Avoid the letdown, I almost guarantee we would lose to either BC, ECU or Cuse if this was any other year.
Liberty - W, 42-10. Big time debut for Fuente, who reigns it in earlier than we would want.
Tenn - L 31-27. We lose, but the ACC is put on notice that we aren't slouches.
BC - W 34-13. Ford goes ham and we drink happy drinks that we don't have Lefty anymore.
ECU - W 38-24. How dumb can ECU be for firing their coach?
UNC - L 38-20. Losing recruits to them catches up with us.
Syracuse - W 52-13. Big time comeback to avoid the letdown.
Miami - W 27-24. Kayaa gets cocky and throws the game away.
Pitt - W 17-16. We all go grey and have mild heart attacks but we slide out with a win.
Duke - L 24-21. Lose a close game from a tired team.
GT - W 30-17. This is the game that gets Johnson fired.
ND - L 41-38. Linebacking core has a bad day and we can't keep up.
LOLUVA - W 23-3. Fuente knows how important this is, and so does Bud.
I think with 8-4 (6-2) we make the ACC Championship game and we lose to Clemson, badly. But next year...
Doing that will most likely cause even more similar accounts to be made.
Edit: This region is Traditional Road Uniforms. Maybe this will pop up later.
Can't wait until the Maroon unis come up. Single orange sleeve forever!
Still up at https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/frank-beamer-a-virginia-tech-hokie-...
I also saved it as a .mp4 file and could share that if necessary
The PSU folks up here will definitely, definitely have something to say about that considering they won in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016. They love their wrestling up here.
I said to BLUE CHIP recruits. Obviously he's getting some of the guys he wants based on his vision (and previous success at Memphis).
I believe that we not only CAN recruit with the big boys under Fuente (assuming he overachieves with our current level of recruiting), but we have to in order to perform on the national stage.