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That's the main reason to be concerned. He's gotten up to 250 on a bad knee. I'm not hating on the guy. but he wasn't very fast in 2014 when he was 225-230. Don't think gaining 20 pounds in gonna help him.

I like the idea of a 250 Lbs running back if he didn't lose any speed. Having blown out my knee, he will need to hit cardio and the weight room hard as hell to bounce back.

On a more positive and totally unrelated note for the fisher people, I just returned from a 12 day road trip to Florida with a friend/Hokie/fraternity bro of mine with my Carolina Skiff in tow. We fish a day and a half in Flamingo, which is downright beautiful if get the chance to go. I recommend camping versus long day trips, but do it in December thru February, bring long sleeves and firewood. I cannot imagine how bad the skeeters are in warmer weather. They were bad enough as it is. That being said, the snook habitat down there is unreal. I managed to catch my first two snook, on self tied flies, DIY, which is about as cool as it gets. The larger of the two fish, 24", slammed a personal design of mine that I am about to take to mass market.

The larger portion of the trip consisted of us camping on Sugarloaf Key and boating/fishing around there and west of Key West. We caught lots of little barracuda up to 24 inches, mangrove snapper up to 16" and assorted other snapper. My secret spots for tarpon and crevalle jacks held only small jacks. The water has been too cold for tarpon. The highlight of KW fishing was finding a well hidden hole that had a school of ten plus permit in it, unfortunately we spooked them. It also had 10 foot sharks and some serious cuda, which we hooked four of and boated one on spin gear, at 44". That fight is like being hooked to a freight train. I had one at least that big follow my fly, not sure what I would have done if he had eaten it. This hole in the middle of a monster flat is firmly entrenched in my mental GPS, so I will return. We also did lots of partying in KW and rented some scooters to cruise down the streets, putting out the vibe on Valentines Day, always a good time.

On the drive back up I dropped my friend off in Ft. L to spend some time with his mom and I stayed in Stuart this past weekend with work friends, one of whom is also a fishing guide. Despite all of the horrendous fresh water run off that is destroying their fishery (human caused from Lake O) my buddy Jeremy had me jump 4 tarpon on fly and hook 11 docklight snook, landing 6 betweent 20-25 inches. Also got a fat sea trout. Bigger snook were hooked but into the pilings they went and sharp gill plates/oysters did their work. You really have to play those fish perfectly. The snook were not eating typical size bait, but only really small shrimp. Bonefish flies did just the trick.

Overall great trip and I cannot wait to get back down to all three spots again, I really want to explore some canals via kayak a local guide clued me on in Flamingo. It's a serious high effort, high reward full day adventure that is now on the bucket list.

I'm still fairly new on TKP and still don't know how to put pics/GIFs in these posts. If someone can give me a quick run down I'll be happy to post fish porn.

And if you haven't hooked a 25 inch snook on an 8 weight, go do it. They are my new favorite fish

Ask and you shall receive:

BC is close to being the worse D1 team I have ever seen. I know they have a lot of injuries but that is no excuse for their performnce. I am not going to harp on it, but I thought VT played pretty bad last night but it is a victory. I was disappointed that we could not empty our bench last night and give some of the guys some more playing time. They deserve it. Remeber BC scored with us the 2nd half and that is unacceptable. But move on to WF.

Not so fast, my friend.

Now, I don't think the Hokies will win out. (Miami is just not a good matchup for this squad) But for the sake of argument, if the Hokies did win out, and say, got to the ACC semifinal; I believe their RPI would be enough to get them in the tourney. Also, some teams like FSU, LSU, G-Dub, and Clemson would probably have to continue to fade.

Really? I think we would be seriously considered. Winning record in the ACC with a deep run in the tourney would look really good.

It's been awhile since the Hokies have had a PG that can go get his own shot when he needs to, and play defense. I REALLY like Robinson. He's going to be a nice player.

I get that a lot.

I know there are many good data folks working for NOAA and other agencies. I don't feel that the catch numbers are far off, although with cobia those numbers are estimates based on dock surveys that anecdotally don't happen. I have never been surveyed. Many of my friends in the charter business have never been surveyed. To assume that the number of people in Virginia targeting cobia almost doubled, and the catch increased 60% in one year seems to be a bit of a stretch.

My biggest issue is with the allocation. The catch for the entire Atlantic was within the statistical mean for the last 20 years. The decision to split into two zones, and the allotment of a more larger portion of the ACL to Florida either was 1) a mistake/error and should be corrected (and it wasn't, GA-NY got the same portion of the ACL in 2016 as it was split up last year) or 2) A numbers game where the GA-NY zone was going to go over no matter what and this allowed for a closure. The SAFMC has been dismissive of public comments and hasn't publicly conducted an economic impact analysis. The MSA as presently written says in it's very first paragraph that fisheries regulations shall not be made that effect individual states, regions, or areas disproportionately. That has clearly happened in this case. Cobia are incredibly cyclical and migratory, and most knowledgeable folks feel there is one population. Water conditions may have driven a larger number of fish into the Bay (anecdotally- everyone who fished for them this year said numbers were way up, especially late in the season.) An outlier should not be a driver for a closure. Period.

And, if sustainability is a concern, the states stepped up. Virginia put in a one fish limit per person before this came to a head. They are considering boat limits (3 per day per boat.) North Carolina reduced their limit to one fish per person per day last week and is considering an increased size limit. Those steps decrease damage to the biomass while retaining the right of citizens to access the fishery in a responsible manner.

Of all the fisheries in the Atlantic, cobia may be the healthiest. The same folks who say the cobia population is overfished set an ACL for king mackerel at six million pounds. Only 900,000 were caught. I don't know which is scarier- the only 900,000 pounds being caught or the people who make decisions about fishery management thinking the king population could sustain a six million pound hit and be okay.

Hypothetical: If he left the program officially, did he have to walk-on or earn a scholarship offer from the new staff?

jeez dude, lighten up. I'm not saying Loeffler was a genius or deserves to have the red carpet rolled out for him if he ever comes back to the Burg. I'm simply saying that he helped weaken the rock so the next guy could finish the job. I get that you don't want to talk about it anymore, but for goodness sake, give credit where it's due man.