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I'd suggest reading Mason's film review.

Fair criticism of Loeffler. Its good to see some of the positives he does bring to the table along with why the offense remains unsuccessful. Hopefully our next OC will right the ship

Oh, man I was trying to say "me neither" and that was all I could type

Beating Tennessee is what you want for your birthday. Beating UVA is all you ask for at Christmas time. I think Tom Herman can beat UT with the talent already in Blacksburg.

I don't see Lawson transferring. I think the new coach will reach out to him as well as incoming recruits and try to keep them all in town. I don't see the benefit Motley would get from transferring either. If he doesn't think he has a shot to win the QB job against Lawson at VT, then where does he think he has a shot?

I could see maybe one of them leaving but not both. If they do, though, I think the new coach would be able to make Durkin at least serviceable. Our schedule is pretty manageable, even with a question mark at QB. I don't agree entirely with your rankings but I'd say you're pretty close. I think BC will be tougher than UVA. They typically are. My concern with the new coach, since he's probably going to be offensive minded, is what will he bring to the table defensively? I don't have a lot of confidence that Bud will be retained. I think we'll have to rely more on our offense than our defense next year and BC's defense scares me a lot more than UVA's.

I also think Duke will be tougher than GT next year. GT has been historically bad this season and I don't see them turning it around quickly. Cutcliffe, IMO, is a better overall coach than PJ and I expect Duke to right the ship faster than GT. Miami is a toss-up. They have a bunch of talent and if they get the right coach they could leap-frog Pitt and maybe even UNC. Or, they could repeat recent history and hire a knuckle-head who will have Miami firing on about 1/3 of their cylinders which would be good for about GT-ECU level competition. No way of knowing, really.

He can offer some advice to Bud, but Beamer will have no say in who the next coach after him will be. This is all whit

Who says Beamer hasn't asked Foster to stay? Why wouldn't he ask Foster to stay? I'm sure CFB wants to see the next guy succeed as much as we do, and why not make it as easy of a transition as possible.

Just look at the top 15 FEI offenses in the country. Lots of experienced QB's.

BGSU, Baylor, WKU, Arkansas, Navy, Notre Dame, Stanford, TT, Oregon, USC, Memphis, NCSU, Miss St, UNC, Clemson

Baylor has done a great job navigating QB issues, as has Notre Dame. I don't know BGSU, WKU or TT's QB situation, but Ark, Navy, Stanford, Oregon, USC, Memphis, NCSU, Miss St, UNC and Clemson are all almost wholly dependent on their experienced QB.

LSU is 16th, an interesting example of a non-QB driven offense that is successful.

Michigan State just beat a top 5 OSU team with only 8 completions. Clemson beat ND with only 10 completions and about 80 yards.

Obviously these situations are outliers, but I'd prefer to run a system where the team can realistically find a way to win even when their QB is having an off day.

I think this is a pretty reasonable concern. Of course even Mullen's system was never great without Dak Prescott at quarterback, you could make a similar argument against him. Herman hasn't even been a coach long enough to demonstrate an obvious downside, so I'm hesitant to count his system as any less dependent on a particular type of player.

nah..we want to keep London around in Cville as long as possible. The last thing I want to do is encourage the man to jump off a building.