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I saw Bucky limping noticeably in the 3rd quarter. Is he OK?
Great Write-up.
The D-line giving up big runs is bugging me. The Offense running repeatedly into the teeth of the defense multiple times doesn't make sense to me as well. I know you need to mix it up and wear them down, but we do that far too often to my taste. That creates long 3rd downs we don't need. Our 1st half 3rd down conversion rate was 2 for 8. Yuuch!!
I remember watching a lions game in the 90s. Quick youtube searched and I found it. Refs stopped the game 2x cause the Jets QB couldn't hear. Refs threatened the crowd with a penalty if it happened again. Barry broke the 2k this game.
Insane that this was a rule.
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# | QBs Brenden Motley, Dwayne Lawson Strut Their Stuff, Hokies' Offense Roasts Furman 42-3 was hoping he'd be back to his form (around UVA game before he broke his leg) but he hasn't looked good. Still love him in pass pro and as an option receiving out of the backfield.
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# | QBs Brenden Motley, Dwayne Lawson Strut Their Stuff, Hokies' Offense Roasts Furman 42-3 kinda like LFC...
poor week for us reds huh..
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# | QBs Brenden Motley, Dwayne Lawson Strut Their Stuff, Hokies' Offense Roasts Furman 42-3 or when the team has DBs that are capable of providing decent coverage and forcing you to go through your progressions. In the 2nd half WRs were running around like in a skeleton drill. Still motley threw some very good balls with arm strength that brewer probably couldn't make, but threw 2-3 balls throughout the game that are ints against better competition as well.
what a weird week in fantasy.. so many top picks played very very poorly..
PS i'm winning in 1 league with a score of 102 to 35.. that'll probably be the final score too.
Its probably already been said, but how awesome is it to see Tyrod in a #5 jersey again?? The media seems taken aback by his success, but no one in Hokie Nation is surprised. The guy is a winner. Period.
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# | QBs Brenden Motley, Dwayne Lawson Strut Their Stuff, Hokies' Offense Roasts Furman 42-3 he can't stay on the field for a full game. he's not going anywhere.
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# | QBs Brenden Motley, Dwayne Lawson Strut Their Stuff, Hokies' Offense Roasts Furman 42-3 false. Lawson was going to play this year even if brewer was healthy.
Not sure about AM "stepping up his game". The pick 6 was definitely a nice play, but his run defense looked exactly the same even against an inferior opponent. The scary thing is Huelskamp might have looked even worse. Not sure what's going on at the mike position.
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# | Bitter blog - Five thoughts the day after the Hokies' win against Furman Well, Motley definitely has arm strength. No doubt. The issue with those throws is more about timing than strength. He can get the ball there but he needs to be earlier on those throws. He has a cannon of an arm so arm strength certainly isn't an issue. He consistently misses deep routes by OVERTHROWING them which isn't a problem you generally have with someone who lacks arm strength.
haha..i can't tell if you're going from worst to best or best to worst..
Are you on mobile? Sounds like mobile version shenanigans (or pay wall shenanigans).
EDIT: That particular article you need a subscription for. It has a little blue "+" symbol next to it.
I admit, iPhone spelled "shenanigans" for me.
That''ll show what he's REALLY made of. Because running behind Sam is simply too easy.
Yes, MORE, MEOW!
Excellent work as always French, I am really curious to see how we develop over the next two games before we head into conference play...
Glad he finally got his time to shine, and he beat a team that was in the conference championship last year! Hopefully he continues doing good things going forward and maintains that starting job.
It does for stats. Tyrod STILL has not started an NFL game at QB in the official records.
You must not be old enough to remember the George Welsh years. That was the last time they were well coached.
Love the graphics french! Excellent write-up
Awesome article as usual French!
My two cents on that Bear alignment... I don't think it's an alignment error. When offenses double up TE's, Foster walks that Whip onto the line of scrimmage to allow his Backer to maintain the edge to the boundary without giving a huge bubble to the offensive line along the front. It also allows the Whip to read a pulling tackle and chase him down the line to fill in behind him, something we saw the Whip do against OSU.
The Whip and Rover have man responsibilities for the two tight ends. The running back coverage responsibilities are shared by the Backer, Mike, and End depending on which area of the field the running back leaks out. The free safety is a free hitter/post-defender. He gets a run read, he's gap filling. He gets a pass read, he's back pedaling and helping on any routes by the WR's breaking across the field.
Against the speed option it doesn't matter if Foster wants to slow play it or attack the QB (I prefer forcing the QB to keep), the Mike has to stay clean. The playside 3 tech has to do a better job of slowing down the playside tackle by getting off the ball quicker and Moto has to read speed option quicker and avoid getting sucked into the LOS, giving the Tackle the angle to make the block.
You can watch them on the YouTube page, but NFL won't let them be embedded.
Maybe if I layover the railing, any of my family that ends up seeing this will think I'm a beach towel and won't realize I'm embarrassing them with my sports rooting choices.
Great write up. I agree that I think it was more of a scrimmage for the team than a serious gameplan on both sides of the ball. We saw a lot more of the number 2's up front on the DL than I thought we would have that early in the game. Glad they were able to get everyone needed reps and still come out with a good win. A lot of other teams struggled with FCS opponents on Saturday.