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January 3, 2000: in my living room watching with my dad. I woke up the entire house when we went ahead 29-28.
November 1, 2003: Lane Stadium with my Uncle & cousins, front row behind the Miami bench on the 30yd line. I will always remember 2 things from that game. 1) "Give it to me Roscoe" literally happened in front of me 2) Sean Taylor looked at me and told me to "shut the @#%& up". RIP Sean
December 4, 2004: Watching at my grandparents house
November 5, 2005: Was in school at Liberty and drove down for the game. Pumped about the orange sleeves. Left the game embarrassed to have MV5 as our QB. He really Glennon'd that game.
September 8, 2007: Watching at a friend's apt in Boone, NC (transferred to App St). I'll forever remember the look on Glennon's face as he sat on the bench at the end of the game looking like he had just woken up from hibernation and didn't understand what was going on.
November 26, 2011: Watching from my home and enjoying every second of the goose egg posted by the LPD. Also, can we have those ProCombat Unis back?
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I would be shocked if we don't see significant improvement on offense from the start. We were so bad on offense the last couple of years, now we have competent coaches + experience everywhere.
I could see us struggling with QB play or having QB injuries and not seeing offensive results consistently, but even in that worst case example, we would look competent, have excellent skill player talent and call plays with a purpose.
January 3, 2000: Sugar Bowl: VT vs FSU (National Championship) - N/A
November 1, 2003: Miami vs VT - First Tech game I attended. Made me fall in love with VT at age 10.
December 4, 2004: VT vs Miami - N/A
November 5, 2005: Miami vs VT - I was there, unfortunately it was a disappointing result.
September 8, 2007: VT vs LSU - Watching us get destroyed in my living room with my family. Did get to see the debut of Tyrod.
November 26, 2011: VT vs LOLUVa (38-0, bro) - Watching on TV as we eviscerated UVA.
Jan 2, 2000 In Sugar Bowl Great. Life was good.
Nov 1, 2003 In Lane Stadium 31-7 win vs Miami exceeded my expectations. 8-5 season was
disappointment, especially loosing to UVA 21-35.
Dec 4, 2004 In Miami 16-10 Miami win felt good. Almost getting mugged didn't. Season seemed good (10-3), Losses to undefeated USC and undefeated Auburn seemed competitive. 1 point loss to N.C. State could be considered anomaly. Optomistic about future.
Nov 5, 2005 In Lane Stadium 7-27 Loss to Miami was disappointing, but rest of season went well (11-2). We were division champs and FSU won but I felt we were cheated. Optomistic about future if we could solve the "special referee" team of commissioner.
Sept 8, 2007 Watching on TV LSU game was huge disappointment with 7-48 blow out.
Somehow we pulled out an 11-3 season. Lost a squeaker to B.C. but came back and beat them soundly in division playoff. Felt 21-24 loss to Kansas in bowl was due to pitiful preparation and was irritated. Whole conference seemed down, started wondering about the future ... not quite as confident about future even though we were highly ranked at year end.
Nov 26, 2011 Watched on TV Elated at 38-0 UVA beat down, but felt it was as much their
being bad as us being good (even though they were ranked #16 at the time !). 11-3 season didn't seem bad, but loosing lopsided games to Clemson TWICE didn't portend good things. Loss to Michigan in Sugar Bowl overtime just because referees botched Danny Coale catch was infuriating. Began to feel we need all prof refs to come from NCAA rather than individual conferences. Was still looking forward to the future and the next season.
I can't top that. It says it all. :--)
On defense, I agree. We've lost more games in the past due to coming up short on offense and I'm hoping the new coaches will be able to improve us greatly on that side of the ball.
I would think LT has little, if any, practice squad eligibility left.
Which reminded me of a joke almost as old as that game. Stop me if you've heard it. Word was, when the Bear retired, he was moving to Charlottesville. Wow, really? Yeah, he wanted to get as far away from big-time college football as he could possibly get. Que the monkey and the snare drum. Ba Da Boom.
I do think the run game will improve but I don't think it will be all McMillian. I wouldn't be surprised to see a revolving door of ball carriers this season. I'm not convinced our most important player will be a skill position player. Outside of QB (which is a huge question mark right now) I think the most important player on this team is probably going to be on defense.
During spring game Evans seemed good at selling misdirection plays, but seemed to throw more short passes into the dirt than Logan Thomas used to. Didn't seem very impressive. I'll go with McMillan as most important player this year on offense. Even though good case could be made for Isaah Ford, I'm looking for the running game to improve due to better offensive line play. Sorry if that seems natty, but I don't have anything other than the spring game to form an opinion on right now.
Fullbacks, WRs, and TEs are up now. And the selection process is getting tougher. I feel like I'm slightly some good players, because I really don't know much about the players prior to 2002. Especially on fullbacks, where the only name I really recognize is Sam Rogers (clearly for #1). I went with the two guys who blocked for the Untouchables as 2 and 3.
I feel like I'm on tumblr
Our worst case of a fan beat down came at the hands of a couple really nice little old ladies when we visited Alabama during their homecoming game with us back around 1973. We seemed excited about our prospects and the sweet little old ladies just kept smiling and looking at each other as if to say "those poor deluded fools". Of course, Bear Bryant was still coach then and they set an NCAA rushing record on us that day. It was a really embarrassing blow out. It seemed like they caught more of our passes than we did.
Well, one could ensure it all with a DNA analysis to prove provenance, right? I mean, otherwise, how could you be absolutely sure you're buying authentic Curry spit?
Bad calls have gone both ways. Harrison Barnes got an and 1 on a layup where he literally wasn't touched. Shit happens, plus they are holding the whistle because of all the flopping.
Who did it better?
I think I was pretty near Shoog in the end zone stands for that Natty Champy game. I kept hearing a turkey call and we would all cheer loudly every time. Also, like Shoog, I was trying to keep my meek and mild wifey from boxing the ears of the obnoxious FSU co-eds behind us who kept insisting that Peter Warrick wasn't a criminal for stealing from the store with the help of the cashier and that "anyone would have done the same thing, given the chance." They also swore that they believed that Frank Beamer would not have sent Vick home had he missed curfew, and we, of course, disagreed. It was made worse in the fourth quarter when they made their comeback. As much as I detest WVa and UVA fans, those snotty little girls were the worse I've ever had to sit around at a Hokie game.
It is Chuck Clark .
Damn, I thought I was the only one who ever had a turkey caller . :--)
NEVER, ever feel bad for Virginia. Period. End of Case.
Do love Souvlaki's Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich ! Almost as good as tail gating. :--)
His film says go long and chuck. Good return man too. Welcome, Henri.