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aTm at #2, wow. I don't follow them at all so I have no idea how close that is to reality but I guess it can be. So then i'm guess that it's aTM and Auburn in the SECCG and aTm wins and Auburn still gets in??
I'm still not sold on ND being awesome this year either, of course I don't follow them so I guess I don't really know.
A&M the second seed? Did Chavis take LSUs entire defense with him?
Also, "dirty dorm" sounds like a bacterial infection that ravagedthe wounded on the front lines during World War I.female visitors to Pritchard before it was co-ed.
You make good points. The most magical of seasons for me was '95. To start off with two miserable losses and end up whipping Texass in the Sugar Bowl, finishing up ranked 10th in the nation was an incredible ride. Yeah, '99 was special, and Michael Vick and all, but even twenty years later, '95 is still with me and provided me with sublimity not matched since. I begin each year hoping for a repeat of the emotion, but grateful that I had at least that one magical season. Believe you me, a lot of CFB fans would give a lot for that feeling.
but without the diving and writhing injuries that magically disappear after a player is booked. So basically what every soccer fan dreams soccer was like.
Yea, probably not the most thorough thought process on this system, the projection on the tv, and the divulgence to the media.
Just realized its an insider piece, he is #16 on the list and is said to be more of a centerfield type that the Vikings need.
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# | Bitter blog - Hokies intend to redshirt Walker, Settle; plus more d-line notes Yea I remember him possibly being a top 5 player at the beginning of last year. Don't follow recruiting too closely.
Sounds like he went on the Derrick Green plan, whom I'm sure you guys remember- I believe he was a Virginia kid.
My roommate worked at the Burger King across from Monteith for a while. It took a pretty big toll. Classes, the Corps, the band, a fraternity, video games, AND a job is just a huge amount of stuff for one person.
Coach speak is really just political speech after all. "You gotta be evasive, when they ask you a question you gotta be slip slidin away."
Or, as it turned out, maybe condolences and congratulations?
I think you mean Cal...
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You were allowed to, though very few people I knew did, at least during the academic year.
I really think this whole thing will be an afterthought when the season is done. He can use it all he wants, but if we have more Ws and a decent bowl showing that recruits way better.
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# | Bitter blog - Hokies intend to redshirt Walker, Settle; plus more d-line notes He just came in too big and too late to really compete for a spot. His weight gain is what dropped him to a 4 star in all services but ESPN, which is lazy about updating. As far as I understand hes shown flashes of greatness in camp but didnt have the consistency needed. Unlike someone like Sobzak who came in quietly from his redshirt year and had a great camp. I still think he'll make his way onto the field at some point this year
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# | Bitter blog - Hokies intend to redshirt Walker, Settle; plus more d-line notes he should redshirt IMO. Needs to live in the weight room and add strength and lose bad weight. We're too deep at the position for him to have much of an impact this year and with his academic issues it wouldn't hurt for him to focus more on that this year and stay eligible.
Also, "dirty dorm" sounds like a bacterial infection that ravaged the wounded on the front lines during World War I.
Whole article is great. It's all in the details.
The worst part about this whole thing is this: the Mike London's of the world will use this shit to recruit against us for the rest of time.
I am also 100% aware that Mike London will (unfortunately for us) be fired after this season, but you get my drift.
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# | Bitter blog - Hokies intend to redshirt Walker, Settle; plus more d-line notes It should also help him academically. I know people don't think that angle too often but it can make a huge difference in confidence if an athlete gets out ahead of their classes and doesn't have academic ineligibility breathing down their neck.
Great comparison moving trey to a position he hasn't played versus moving a guy back to the position he has played multiple years. Hopefully no injuries occur to the starting DEs, but I'm not nearly as sure that it wouldn't be a consideration as you appear to be.
It took me many years to just enjoy the ride. A CFB team is a constant work in progress or regress. You can lose a game, but get better or you can win a game, and not improve or get worse.
FWIW here's what I think the elements are that make a good team great:
1) Starts with talent. Gotta have the guys. Elite recruiting helps, but there are only a dozen or so schools who can do it. If you are not a top 5-10 school, you have to find those elite athletes that are under-rated, and you have to develop what you do have (coach 'em up).
2) An elite coach in terms of ability to instill program philosophy and values into the roster, and motivate that team to perform according to what is being instilled.
3) The team collectively has to be legitimately angry about something that allows them to play with a chip on their shoulder every week. Every coach in the country is trying to play the disrespect card, but you can't manufacture genuine anger without a credible basis. Players have to be truly pissed about something that is real.
4) Most football teams are not that close. There are friendships between various players, and often units are close, or sides of the ball, or classes of guys. It's rare that the substantial part of a football team, seniors to frosh, offense to defense, black to white, etc. are a genuine brotherhood. It usually takes something awful or tragic to make this happen or some kind of extreme collective suffering. So, this isn't something that you can orchestrate as a coach, and you surely wouldn't wish for it to come, but when guys on a team really love one another, special things happen.
As much as coaches are control freaks and try to cover every contingency, there are forces at work on their team and the teams they play that they have absolutely no control over. I have always called these forces "the football gods". These gods are fickle. Sometimes they smile generously on you (Ohio State late last year), sometimes the frown on you (lots of teams), and sometimes they smile and then frown (Va Tech last year). To me, that element is what makes CFB so awesome because it is why you never know for sure what is going to happen. There is a science to college football in terms of schematics and tactics, and there is a psychology to it, but there is also a metaphysical aspect that allows it to be spiritual and almost magical.
Those video games get after you. Thanks for the response.