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You will see a bunch more of it than we did last year. Quick screens are a big part of their running game structure. The difference is that Fuente will rotate fresh guys who WILL block on the screens... and if they don't, he will find someone who does. I can X and O Memphis to death, but besides scheme, the biggest thing that stood out was how well his skill position guys blocked.

The one that I am gonna miss the most about this guy is the fact that almost every game he was in the announcers could rarely get his name right.

"Satchel Page on the put back"

Thank you Satchel for being a corner piece to the start of VT basketball becoming relevant again.

When asked for comment, AD Whit Babcock simply stared straight ahead, out the window, unable to speak. Likely he was still in shock from the barrage of insults and fluid (and by most accounts, sadistically creative) profanity directed at players, their mothers, the coaches, officials, grounds crew, concession stand workers, and the University of Virginia. President Sands sat in the corner of the room, crying softly to himself. One University employee (who remains anonymous not by his request, but because he was so shell-shocked that he could not remember his own name) simply stated, "This was one of our worst ideas ever."

My thoughts are that it's an attempt to make a joke where Marcus Vick is an Outlaw. With regards to Outlaw, some rumors are that he will not be cleared medically to play. Other rumors are that he will. So who knows really.

On the other hand, this just means their hype machine worked to the point that many more people saw the disappointing episode. We were led to believe there would be a shocking ending, some dramatic exclamation point on an otherwise pretty slow season. Instead, they came up short and there was no shock. My guess is that more people tuned in to avoid what they believed would be hard-to-avoid spoilers, when in fact there were none. We knew where everything was going, though the brief appearance of the Kingdom guys was kind of cool. The real proof will be in the ratings for the season 7 premiere. If the response there is a downturn, then the execs and producers have to take a long, hard look at their approach. Gimmicks do not last, and I would hate to see a really great show go downhill because they're losing their creativity.

I look forward to the "VT_Warthog permanently banned from Lane Stadium" article, and we'll all be here to comfort you (and laugh while you're not looking).

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