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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects 
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects 
Why should they be worried? You're their #1 best seller!!!!!
Just got a phone message from some dude complaining about how the #Hokies didn't get a single recruit from CALIFORNIA in 2016.— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) February 4, 2016
Also went on to say the media was to blame in this because we don't point out to the coaches the great talent that's in California. #Hokies— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) February 4, 2016
Glad this guy was not there. I love our fans.
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects 
Don't mind me...
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects Like to see Ellis Brooks from Benedictine get up for a visit, seems like a Duke kid all the way but have to get back into Benedictine with all the talent they have produced recently.
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects Deep breath in, hold, and now
TEEMING WITH INTEL
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects Would love to land one or more of those guys.
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects I hope you are right. He had been tweeting some Pitt stuff, and that is one kid I do not want to lose to Narduzzi. Hopefully they can get back in the mix with Villan too.
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects There are two. One is OLB.
There are also no OL on that list. We should get our pitchforks ready
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects Agreed- he is a very promising player. Fuente has a top running back target each of the next couple of seasons. Laborn this cycle, Ricky Slade in 2018, and Ford in 2019.
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects Garbutt likes VT a lot.
Thanks for reporting back for us that weren't able to go. It's much appreciated!
SET THE TONE!
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects I only see one LB in that list. Oh God, we better freak the eff out now!
Maybe the thought here is that Zohn is so young and new to the staff that he's not lumped into the "old guard" ?
If CJF and co. can develop average to somewhat good recruiting classes over the next couple of years, recruiting will get much better. Let's be honest, VT isn't one of the "blue bloods" of college football. It will take a winning culture to generate excitement for high school football players.
Expectations should be tempered just a bit. The next step isn't a National Title. The next step is competing for and winning the ACC Coastal division. UNC isn't going anywhere, Duke has been difficult and Miami is "back" (but aren't they every year?). Even if we get to the ACC Title Game in the next two years, we will face an extremely talented FSU or Clemson team.
This is not an indictment on Frank Beamer, but some things about the culture of VT Football need to change and that takes time. Once that happens and we begin to win again (like we are accustomed to), I think recruiting will take a big swing upwards.
One could counter (and many have) that with good OL recruiting, a mobile QB would be an extra weapon, not a necessity. If the only way you can win is to have a QB like Tyrod running for his life all game, then there are obviously problems that need fixing. I think the Clemson model, where Deshawn Watson can kill you with his legs, but doesn't really need to, is a much better recipe for success. (see also VT in the Michael Vick era)
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# | Virginia Tech Confirms Torrian Gray Has Resigned, Expected to Take Same Position at Florida Can you really blame him? Fuente took over and lowered his salary, VT is on the decline, we retained Bud so no chance for him to advance here in the near future and the gators are on the rise. For someone who has done as well as he has I would expect nothing less than continued advancement both school wise and position wise. Hopefully he is back in 5 or 6 years as the DC, if not I wish him the best wherever he gets a shot at that...
Duke got three kids out of VA only two of them held VT offers and one of them, Bracey was more worried about the academic ranking, especially of the engineering school at Duke vs Vt than anything. While UNC did come in a just plan beat VT at recruiting the state I don't think Duke really did anything to get these kids that you can point to the coaches and ask them to do anything different.
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects They have not.
Bud, Charley, and Zohn make 3. Or did someone else leave that I never heard about?
VTnERF here. A lot of eastern shore/Delmarva beers, but I don't discriminate.
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects Not sure rankings for class of 2019 kids have come out yet.
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# | Hokies Jump into 2017, 2018 Recruiting Classes with Hosting Weekend Heavy on Virginia Prospects How is Devyn Ford Unranked? His film is impressive. Kid is just a freshmen he is going to be a stud if he keeps at it like he did this year.
That is per one of his teammates