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That's because he got into a conference that actually plays defense!

We're going to have to put some meat on those bones! Time to get gentrif.... ummm... time to get (insert new witty term/phrase for getting beastly based on the new guy's name [whoever that will be])!

It's dead period I think.

They have that for the phone because I couldn't find it and I looked.

I saw the LaTeX comment the other day and was going to let it go, but then you went and continued the thread.....

Katy's got you beat! She's already learned about latex.

BTW, be careful if you google latex.....in deference to our lady members, went with something that is hopefully non-offensive.

Systematically over the last four games, Seth Allen has completely changed his style of play, and while not perfect, yesterday was about as close as he has come to looking like a starting caliber ACC Point Guard. Why is it important that he more and more act like a point guard? Because this team has too many other quality guards to rotate for him not to be a better game manager.

Consider these numbers, in the first six games of the season Allen shot 33% from the field, going 22/66 for a total of 77 points (12.83 PPG). He was even more dreadful from outside, shooting 22% by going 7/32. He also had five more turnovers than assists in those contests 18-13. (3 TPG/2.2 APG) Hell, he had more personal fouls than he had assists 15-13. Then there were the turnovers not credited to him, as well as the inability to get back on defense or guard anyone and it made for a less than stellar start.

In the last four games, you have seen an emphasis from Allen to kick the ball out to teammates. He doesn't always get credited with an assist on these kick outs but it has done wonders for his shooting percentage and points per game, shooting 43%(17/40) for 63 points (15.75 PPG) over this stretch. His outside shooting was still fairly terrible at 30%, (6/20) but his impact on games vastly improved even on the defensive end. He cut his turnovers down to 9 (2.25 TPG), compared to 12 assists(3 APG), he frequently forced turnovers by challenging ball handlers, so while not a steal to show in the stat book, the Hokies have gotten the ball which is all that's really important. He does still have moments of frustration, either by not getting back in a timely fashion or by taking on all five defenders when he has open teammates, but these moments seem to be getting fewer and fewer with each game that goes by.

My bigger concern from the game yesterday was how little our other bigs played considering the score in this game. A total of five minutes on the court between Henry and Pierce is not enough to have them ready to respond come ACC time when we are the team in foul trouble and we need a big game from one of them stepping up. It was nice to see six Hokies reach double digits but I much would have preferred to see that spread a little farther out and even if we scored a few less points as a team, had those guys play meaningful minutes to them while the team played less than meaningful team ball.

Onto more positives, Blackshear delivered a second straight beautiful game, especially on the play he took the pass from Bibbs crashing down the lane from the high position for the pretty lay up. Speaking of Bibbs, his shot from outside is so silky smooth its crazy how often he is wide open out there, but with guys like Clarke and Allen crashing the basket, the defense has to react somewhere.

Our two achilles heels remained very much on display even in a 35 point win, with 13 turnovers and our inconsistencies at the Free Throw line, shooting 56%. (13-23). The other item that doesnt glaringly show up in the stat book is how many easy buckets we missed in the lane. Clarke and Leday probably left 10 points out there between them. We can ill afford to miss gimme baskets once we cross into the ACC schedule. That said, we won the Paint scoring battle 46-14 in this game.

And we were never going to see a playoff either.
Never say never.

We will never see the days of less than 30 bowls again.

There were 77 teams with 6 qualifying wins this year.

And if/when there are fewer bowls, change the requirement to 7 or 8 wins. There were 66 teams with 7 wins this year.

And 50 teams with 8 wins. They could fill 20-24 bowls easily with 8-win teams.

I hate combining them. Whips are one in the same with our Rovers and that's why they are coached separately.

My gosh she was so freakin hot in that series. i think she was the only reason I watched that series. Yeah. Her and the theme song.

And one could say Virginia Tech has four former quarterbacks in the NFL getting pay checks. Vick, Taylor, Thomas, and a coach named Bruce Arians.