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40 yards rushing seems a little low. Last year we hit 125. I think(hope) it's around the century mark. More would be great, but less means Brewer had better be lighting it up.
So did your parents.
Okay, just gonna roll replies to a bunch of your comments into one.
Twenty-five years a Hokie? Then you should remember a few of these:
- Texas A&M, 2-0
- Nebraska, 2-0
- LSU, 1-1, win came at Lane
Virginia Tech shows up for the big nonconference home and homes, especially in Lane. The game in this series we had no business winning was last year at the Shoe. I always figured we'd lose at OSU and had a good shot of winning at home. The result of last year's game does not change that impression.
The record vs top five? Worthless. Throw it out. It's a straw man. NOBODY has a good record against top-five competition. That's why those teams are in the top five: they are really really good. It's not like every other program is doing really well against them and its our unique Achilles heel.
There's a reason why Pitt is a nightmare for us every year. They are designed as a football team to minimize the effectiveness of exactly what Bud Foster does on defense. And when you look at OSU, there is every reason to believe that we are OSU's Pitt.
We can win this game. There are tons of reasons to believe we can win this game.
Will we? Who knows? A loss wouldn't surprise me in the slightest...but neither would a win. The only thing that would surprise me is if Frank pulls a heel turn in the vein of Hulk Hogan, ripping off his VT polo to reveal an OSU T-shirt (in the style of NWO, of course.)
OSU is a really, really good football team, and we have beaten a lot of really really good football teams. I've never felt like we've had a better change to beat one as I feel about this Monday.
We might get pantsed on national television. And if we do, I'll analyze the game (leaning on french, Mason and Joel) and try to figure out if there's reason for hope or if it's time to disregard the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
We might also beat the shit out of the number one team in the country. And knowing both are possible...is awesome.
Game on. Go Hokies.
glad they finally built a home for the MVs. my roomie was a "bandie" and i got to know a lot of them during my time at VT. hell, i enjoyed hanging out with her and her girlfriends!
If I see people racing up to the front to merge, I start a wedge by driving my car in the middle of both lanes and ensuring every car start their merge behind me. I make no apologies for this.
Roger that, and sounds good!
Mmmm, Belgian Trippel...
Also, I'd like to wish the Ohio State fans who have joined our community for the last year and a half good luck and have a great season. Your input here on TKP has been insightful and respectful. Thank you. I hope the Hokies win and think there is a good chance that it happens. If you are victorious I hope it is the start of another amazing season.
1st Great job French. We appreciate your hard work!
2nd I do not understand why some people believe VT has no chance? As I have said repeatedly ( 1st time last year) we are a mach up nightmare for OSU. Our D is made for playing against option/spread football teams and we have a DC who is not afraid to trust his players/take chances. UM may come out with a new game plan that blows Tech away but I doubt it. I think it will be a close game that both teams have chance to win. OSU is one of my favorite schools (born in Columbus) but not the favorite. My favorite (VT) will hopefully pull out another victory!
I'll be the first to admit I didn't love the marching as much as I loved the people in the band and going to all the football games.
Looking back, I get a kick out of my GPA swings from fall to spring semester. I averaged about a 0.5 point dip in the fall, but the football games were worth it.
Oh, trust me, I'm not disagreeing with you. Everything you said is spot on.
Definitely don't understand #1 at all. Don't get me wrong, it's ALWAYS great to beat the Cousins, but that was definitely not the best of the bunch. Also, I'd have given consideration for our win at aTm being on the list. First time a nonconference team waltz into Kyle Field and beat them in how long?
**double post
I also think when Beamer finally got the monkey off his back (Bobby Bowden) when VT beat Florida State in 2007 was also a bigger game than the WVU game.
Perhaps you mean anUrban Meyer?
French for offensive/defensive quality control assistant!!
Oh man, let's not argue. No way you could be a bad fan, so don't take ME seriously. I understand where you're coming from mostly. But something I have never been able to understand and perhaps your rational mind can explain it to me. Why do people pull up results for years in which no player on the team was ever involved? Does a game in 1995, for example, have some bearing on a game today? Those questions asked, I have my reasons beyond being an irrational Homer why I believe we can win this game. Foremost among my reasons is I am not sold on Ohio State's defense against our offense. They could prove me wrong real fast, but so far all I see is a lot of guys there with big stars but who have yet to play major roles. How can they say they have improved? Somebody correct me: two new guys in the backfield, two linebackers, and now three linemen. I don't care what some guy from ESPN says. Until they make me believe I'm not buying their hype either. You brought up emotion and experience tells me that will factor in some way against them. I typically shy away from trying to pretend like I am a French-level technical analyst so I'll leave that at that.
You won't catch me betting money on a football game so I have no real involvement in the contest other than who I root for. I do expect to win, as a fan, and always as a player in any sport who loathed the attitude of some fellow players who played hard against the lesser foes and just wanted to survive against the so-called gods. If we lose, Tuesday will show up on time just as always.
Again, don't take me seriously.
Girlfriends will get after ya.
I could also see Dadi going all Corey Moore and making a name for himself for national DPOY with this game. Like a 4 sack game, cause a turnover, who is Joey Bosa? type of game.
Of course those are perks, but that's a lot of work for no hope of a scholarship and only one credit. They are out there because they either A) Love music that much, B) Love the Hokies that much, C) Both. Probably why they seem to have more fun than other bands like OSUMB. They all really want to be there and I love the MVs even more for that fact.
Agree, except I don't know jack about x's and o's, so I'm just stupefied by how much there really is going on in the game. French's ability to break that down in ways that allow non football players to understand what is going on is truly one of if not the greatest part about TKP. Thanks French! (and all the others).
He even goes so far to say "Hint: They're all in the Frank Beamer era".
Well, if we're just talking ACC years, then duh!
I was unimpressed by WVU being #1.
That's the consensus here too it seems. Admittedly, we want to win, and some of us think we match-up really well (the way Pitt always annoys us, we hope to annoy OSU), but most of us expect a loss that isn't clear until the second half...I'm the weird one though...I expect the defenses to get jumped for both teams...why? because it's the first game, and I think this game is the one that lives up to it's billing.
pssh at least he used a check when he was in front of you. I had to sit there while he counted out pennies from his change purse.
That is why I don't predict scores of games. There are way too many variables that go beyond just the X's and O's that can't be factored. An important kid on either team could have broken up with a girlfriend and isn't focused. There may be an injury. You can't measure the psychological response to the moment. You can't account for the timing (right play at the right time- see the throwback screen to Malleck on 3rd down that set up Rogers huge TD last year.) heck,,one guy tripping accidentally on a deep ball could decide the ball game.
All I can say is that based on scheme, personnel, and match ups, VT's team is much better designed to beat Ohio State than just about anyone in the country. If they were opening with Pitt, I would have a gloomier outcome.
After he cuts out his coupons.
eh so did half the florida gators football players. not really that big of a deal. lol