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Man there's been so much talk of football season we haven't mentioned recruiting much at all lately.
Anyway, we beat out sakerlina for an OL recruit last year, let's do it again!
NavyEMC....
I'm in Naval Nuclear Propulsion, I guess you could say. Just hit 15 years; currently an instructor at Nuclear Power Training Unit Ballston Spa, NY.
Plan to retire from the Navy at or around 20 and do something at a civilian plant, either some type of operator or get a training or QA position (which doesn't have to be in nuclear power).
For you guys that used to be Nukes, the five main sites that build/design/train Naval reactors are now collectively known as "the Naval Nuclear Laboratory," which I think is pretty cool.
They were surprised against us and still inexperienced. I know everyone knows that they won the rest of their games and got a lot better as the year went on, but look at their Phil Steele page for the season. It's frightening.
Look at those game grades on the right. A 74.8 vs VT all the way to the ridiculous 139 vs. Wisky. They avg'd 45 ppg, VT's 1999 team avg'd only 41 (and we trucked everyone). They avg'd 512 yards of offense, we only avg'd 365 last year.
And look at specific games. Early in the season, UMD ran a Bear against them and OSU scored 52, gained 533 (105 more than UMD avg'd giving up). They put 49 on Mich St (who is really good at defense), gaining 568 yards, a whopping 273 more than MSU avg'd giving up (on the road)! 284 yards more than Wisky usually gave up. 225 more than Bama gave up.
In the context of OSU's season, obviously the VT game was an anomaly. Maybe we will get another worse than avg performance again. It's hard to be clicking on offense in week 1. We will be as healthy as ever in this game. We are a great matchup for them. But the scale by which they killed people last year shouldn't be overlooked. Be wary.....or weary. I don't know the difference.
Awesome, I haven't been to one of his before. What affiliation do you train under? So
i started as a mechanical engineer at VT and graduates in Interior design. After helping other firms get started and build up, I recently decided to start my own firm. So now I'm the principal of a DC interiors firm. We focus on corporate office, restaurants, retail, and breweries and distilleries.
Graduated in '97. We were walking into the stadium on May 10th, and it was flurrying. MAY!
Get a real job!
Our friendship is safe. That was a different company
I think they are watching some ECU film, let the rush come and just throw the ball up or behind the CB to let the receiver stop and jump. You are not going to outrun our secondary (I hope)
"Take it to the Shade!!!!!"
My new favorite term for scoring a TD.
Small business owner before, retired old fart now.
Geophysicist for an oil and gas exploration company.
Going to a Kayron Gracie seminar Thursday at our gym. Oss!
no way! Which one?
Software engineer and I own a small business that runs a niche sports website and online community.
I think they learned how to attack the bear with counters,draws and sweeps the few weeks after Virginia Tech. Cincy and a few other teams came out and tried the bear and got pummeled.
Now you don't have to tell me that there is a huge difference in those defenses haha. But the coaches are def. not afraid of it anymore and the players said they look forward to facing the bear from now on.
I fully expect Bud will have a completely different wrinkle in 13 days. Hopefully (for my sake) the coaches will be ready to adjust this time in game.
I also say if Zeke doesn't have at least 20 carries then somebody should be fired. Him having only 8 attempts last year was ridiculous (unless he was more hurt than we know).
You mean like a jump to conclusions mat?
You should make yourself some money and retire.
USCe? How could this kid even consider a school that has under-performed in recent years and has a head coach that clearly will retire in the next few years. Add to that, their mascot is poultry charging talons first. Someone needs to educate this kid.
EDIT: /S, for those of you who were worried I wasn't joking
Just recently started as a software engineer for a defense contractor in NoVA that works on Navy subs, and finishing up my Master's thesis in CS
Former RA in Miles, second floor, '97-98.
Exactly. There is no trying in this case, only doing. While we have many question marks on offense, it is time as a fan base, as a culture that we believe we deserve to win. We may not win but I'm not going to watch this game and hope we don't lose. "With winning hopes we fear defeat no longer"
I suspect the customers appreciate it more.