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I believe this is the definition of targeting.....
Sorry for the delay here...yes, that is correct. All traits are opponent-adjusted. Then I find the teams that most closely align with Virginia Tech (mathematically).
I do it for offense first, sigh a few times, and then do defense.
I've seen a few games where, for example, the crew on the ground is B1G, while the crew in the booth is Pac12. Not sure how common that is, though.
"When in doubt, it is a foul" is 100% the mindset that needs to be used for the officials on the field. Everything moves so quickly, the best thing to do is get a flag on the field so they can get together and talk about it, then send it up to the replay booth. However, the old "indisputable evidence" thing absolutely cannot be used in this case. You can't eject kids for perfectly legal hits simply because you "can't overturn" the call on the field, which is usually a pretty conservative call to begin with. The way targeting has been enforced the past couple of years is downright pathetic.
God did my team suck so hard yesterday...It was fun while it lasted.
I agree - predicting where Bucky would go in the draft is an absolute crap shoot. He will put up good numbers at the combine which could cause some team to fall in love with him or he could say something stupid in an interview and it would cause him to drop.he has high round talent and athleticism but mid round accomplishment and his regression this year and attitude might cause him to fall into the late rounds.
Frankly, I find his comments a bit disconcerting and hope they are out of context. He feels disrespected but he obviously has a high opinion of himself and does not respect the feedback he has been given. Perhaps he goes out with something to prove or maybe he is not able to learn from people with lots of knowledge.
AWESOME SAUCE
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# | Bucky Hodges Given "Stay In School" Draft Grade, Mulling Options Agreed, but lets keep in mind that the two turn-overs from QB Brewer and RB Coleman were drives that stalled in the second half. At a minimum, that is anywhere between 6 - 14 points. I'm sure the coaches were not planning for those turnovers.
Seems like UCLA is getting these calls their way...
See Zumwalts 15 yard penalty on Logan Thomas that should have been an ejection here...
Sometime in Mid March I think. Isn't it like a month before the spring game?
You always have to factor in the potential for injury if he returns to VT
If Bucky had Isiah's route running abilities and overall attitude, he could be a Heisman candidate.
I was going to say, "Don't start that argument again", but looking at the gif, I have changed my mind. I previously thought it was unintentional, but I have changed my mind. He clearly turns his head and looks right at Ron Cherry's hand before he hits it. How he didn't get ejected for that is beyond me.
Man if ever there was a time to get some southern kids to visit Blacksburg it was the last week or so.
I didn't notice Bud doing this, but recall Stroman going down, my uneducated guess would be if Bud was signalling for him to go down, that Stroman was trying to a) either play through it, and Bud wanted him either at 100% or not at all, and told him to go down or b) Stroman was trying to get off the field, but due to being cramped or whatever wasn't going to be able to get off prior to the snap, so Bud told him to go down.
I do not believe for a second that Bud was telling one of our guys to fake an injury.
Usually you bring the heat, but I think you are dead wrong here. No team would risk removing a player at a position where depth is a serious issue. See my comments below.
Dadi gave him the business right there
I don't want to sound like a jerk, but I find the tenor of this thread laughable. If you look at the depth situation in the secondary and still think that the Stroman situation was Foster gamesmanship, then I can't take you seriously as someone who understands the game of football.
For those of you who have played or coached recently, this isn't "asking a player to fake an injury." Coaches teach players that if they are injured to the extent they need to be replaced to go down/stay down on the field. The reason is simply a nuance of the rules. If a player is hurt and attempts to run off the field as his replacement runs on the field, and the injured player can't run off the field before the snap, it becomes a too many men on the field penalty. This is a teaching point that has been reiterated by every coach I had since I started playing junior varsity football back in 1992. It isn't clock management and opportunism. It is simply making sure that if a player has a legitimate injury, that they do not aggravate it trying to get off the field and potentially cause a penalty.
It is a disincentive to fake an injury because if a trainer runs on to the field (which they do when a player stays down) then that player is required to leave the field for a minimum of one play. Given the extremely limited amount of depth available to Foster in the secondary following the injury to Donovan Riley, it is laughable to think that he would WANT a stoppage at the expense of having one of his corners removed from the field when Tulsa was driving and had a passing down and distance situation.
Great year, Isiah. Now can you convince Bucky to learn how to run routes like you?
....intentionally, I might add
Really? So if the intent isn't there, do they just pick up the flag and forget it?
This. I thought it was pretty obvious?
That's a change this year.
Not anymore, this year the review covers both.
Where does Cam figure in here?