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Everything I have seen says Outlaw is out this season for a medical reason.

As for Hudson in my opinion, you hit on exactly why we have seen a decline of him being on the court.

"looking like a man possessed in taking the ball to the hoop."

That hasn't been there at all this year. He seems more timid and opts to pass it around in situations where last year he would have driven to the hoop. Its especially frustrating because this year with the rule changes, it makes his style of basketball so much easier to either score or get to the line. So far Hudson is 1-7 from the field this year, going 0-3 from outside. Look at Clarke, Robinson and Allen already this year and you can see that by going to the hoop, you are going to get to the line quite a bit if you aren't able to score. Hudson has not shown that he has flipped that switch and until he does, he probably has to scrap for minutes.

You have to think part of it is how much Buzz seems to favor his own guys on the court, considering we are regularly seeing a rotation of all the new guys much more than any of the returners not named Bibbs or Henry.

There is also the fact that we aren't running three and four "guard" sets as much now that we have a solid rotation of big men with Henry, Blackshear, Leday, Hamilton, and occassionally Pierce. That leaves one less spot on the floor for Hudson to break in. He essentially is competing with Clarke, Bibbs, and Allen to fill the 2 and 3 spots on the floor right now. It will only get worse if Hill is able to return this season. Its kind of why I would see Hudson leaving the program before Pierce, mainly because he has shown the talent to be on the court for most Power Conference schools.

Torrian Gray if he doesnt leave with Bud.

Odom at Mizzou, excellent defense, great speed.

Shane Beamer? He's actually solid defensive coach, and South Carolina had some stacked defenses in his time there as a DB coach.

Ted Roof, not sure where he's at now, Ga Tech?

If we get an offensive minded coach, he's got to pair well with a defensive coach, not a great defense, but solid. Example, we score 60 and give up 50, but always winning. This might be where the Kirby Smart interest comes into play.

Foster has been a candidate for many head coaching jobs and it is not likely that this is the only opening he is being considered a candidate for. For example, he is a candidate for our head coaching vacancy as well ;)

You need both to get to where we want to go. Stopping the opponent yields the same result as scoring on the opponent in the final score. What we need is to be more balanced. I agree that we can't win with only defense just like some of these high octane offenses can't win when they get punched in the mouth by a good defense.

Edit:
I wonder sometimes, what is better:

A. #1 defense and #100 offense
B. #100 defense and #1 offense
C. #50 defense and #50 offense

I did some research one time about national champions since the bcs era started. If memory serves, the winning formula averaged out to having a top 10 defense and top 25 offense. I'd have to check again to be sure.

Oh no, Alex is working on something even more Virginia Tech.

From the article with your answers,

While you shouldn't forget that Tech stinks, or that they make the most questionable fashion choices, you probably also want to know about the team on the field.

They wonder why people hate them.

The rust needs to come off soon, as shooting 32% isnt going to cut it when we are in close games, especially coupled with being below 70% from the line. He just seems to be off in all aspects of the game from where he was for Maryland. 10% less from the field, the line and behind the arc. Twice as many turnovers. You can tell he is a scorer but we probably will be better off with him scoring from the 2 position rather than the point until he gets things figured out.

Don't worry, won't happen again. Frank won't ever have another last regular season game for us to wear a throw back helmet.

QB Matt Johns is tied for the lead among FBS quarterbacks in completions. To the opposing defense (15 interceptions).

Masterfully presented. Hilarious and informative.

That's what she said.

That was Glenn Campbell. Silly.

Nor have they've made the playoffs which, given the free reign chip has, you figure they'd at least be on top of the nfc east by now