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I'm still dumbfounded why anyone would want to go to a speedway, where the angles on the proposed field will absolutely suck, the distance between the field and the stands will be 100 yards, and there is no way the good seats will truly be available to fans at a reasonable price. I'll watch on TV, and continue to be utterly befuddled by anyone going to the game...

It's a small sample size but when JT ran that end speed option, he went for 40 yards while Cardale got 3 to 10. JT threw one pass for a TD. Game was decided at that point, so that plays into it. We will never know, but JT is an extremely efficient QB and accurate passer. I actually think Ohio State would have punted less and scored more with JT in there - but I could be very wrong. Cardale's size and strength allowed him to see over the defense and avoid sacks, so maybe he was the better choice for this particular defense. One opinion is as good as another.

I wouldn't draw any hard conclusions about the quality of the VT defense based on the yards and points. Ohio State is going to rack up ridiculous numbers and points against a lot of people. There is just too much for any defense to cover. They will get beat if they turn the ball over like they did in the 2nd qtr and a team has enough offense to take advantage. The Hokies needed those TO's to continue in the 2nd half, and they needed a healthy Brewer to continue to make plays.

I think Furman is in trouble. :)

There's the potential that they have the #1 overall for the next two years.

I think there's an argument that all VT fans are still partying like it's 1999. Nothing wrong with it!

Or he's still partying like it's 1999.

It looks like VT will end priority ticket sales Oct 1st. So a wild guess would say open to general public soon after that?

its hard to develop 2 true freshman in a month and another R-Fr in a year. Leoffler has brought in QBs since he has been here. 1 transferred and 1 might be our best RB. Those things happen.

QB development happens in the offseason and Leoffler was tasked with getting all his QBs up to speed on a pretty detailed system. He obviously spent the larger part of that effort getting the #1 guy ready which is what you would expect a coach to do. There are only so many reps to go around and even fewer first team reps. Motley was 3rd string and dinged up last year which means he got very few reps. Leoffler was given a very bare cupboard to work with and the staff has done a really good job of restocking it but we are young and some positions are not conductive to playing freshman.

Or Motley is just not as good of a QB as Brewer and the other guys are as young as they get and not ready to play at full speed. There were plays where Motley had wide open receivers but he was very late seeing them. The coaches can only work with what they have. The back up plan was likely a scaled back version of the playbook and that is what we saw.

I am willing to bet that 80% of the teams in CFB would struggle when their starting QB goes down and even more would struggle when their QB goes down against the #1 team in the country. Having a stable of QBs is rare given the required reps it takes to be a successful QB at this level. Bringing in the backup while losing is never a good situation. How about we wait a game or 2 more before we make any drastic accusations.

FSU will be another strong non-conference opponent for us to play. Makes sense for ESPN to make the matchup.

it looked like Motu had on his Renaissance Fair armor and the blockers used really strong magnets.

Good, damn band nerds getting free tickets! ;)

So when is VT going to open up their ticket sales of their allotment to the general public through the school? It was only for season ticket holders and hokie club members before and they hadn't sold out.