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It's not exactly street legal so keep it on the down low

McClease is a STUD... was a stud last year- thought he was the best back on the field in the pre-season scrimmages I saw. All this Shai talk- he's going to have to beat out McClease to get any PT.

I've been impressed with the players overall as far how they have handled questions about the transition. Then again I didn't expect it to be an issue because Beamer raised them right.

Wow, I swam with brothers of one of the defendants. Pretty crazy situation.

my hearing is shite

Did hear him at 1:07 or so say 'little bit lower with your pad level Wyatt"

Here is an example (and I will pick on Wyatt, even though he is doing exactly what he is taught.) On the play at the 1:50 mark, Teller is pulling and kicking out an edge guy. He is standing almost upright and shuffling his feet and then delivers a high blow with his hands and right shoulder into the chest of the edge player. For how I was taught, he should open up ("step into the bucket") with his left leg and then be fast and aggressive at a low angle charging for the inside hip pad on the left side of the defender (green circle.) This gives you two advantages as a blocker. First of all, the aggressive quick posture allows you to get into the body of a defender quickly. This is important. Almost always the defender will be a quicker better athlete than the offensive lineman. The more time you give him to react, the more time he has to make you miss. The head placement is key because even if you don't pancake the defender or you lose your feet as a blocker, by getting your head between the defender and the ball carrier's path your head becomes an natural impediment. The defender has to give ground to get around you.

We actually worked on drills where, if you felt the defender slide off as your head is past him, you drop down to your hands and try to kick him in the face (like a handstand.) In a game situation, you never get your feet up high, but the movement throws your legs and hip across the path of the defender.

There are some other things too- the second step thing is well and good. The second step is the power step that helps you win your block. But, if your first step is too slow, no amount of power will help you recover your blocking angle, especially on a back side scoop.

His techniques worked at Memphis. So much of what Fuente does involves influencing the defense out of position with movement and keybreakers. I imagine the blocking is done to do the same. But this style isn't going to produce offensive line play that sees blockers burying defenders into the ground to open huge holes. Huge holes will be the result of the defenders being in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Little mention where? VT Social media has been all over it as have VT fans sites.

Is this the one located blacksburgBeamerburg?

I agree, was always taught low man wins and teach that myself. But there are always new concepts coming up. Reason why the squat is so important, so you can explode up through the opponent.

Five former members of the University of Virginia men's swim team settled a lawsuit Tuesday that stemmed from allegations that they hazed freshmen swimmers as part of an initiation rite in August 2014.

The five defendants, Kyle Dudzinski, Luke Papendick, Charles Rommel, David Ingraham, and Jacob Pearce, had been top swimmers for U-Va. before a freshman recruited to the program, Anthony Marcantonio, experienced what his lawyers described as a five-hour nightmare during "Welcome Week" that involved threats of sodomy and the forced consumption of large amounts of milk, prune juice and a live goldfish.

Yeah, I think David Wilson and Ryan Williams both had 150 yards that day.