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Yeesh. I doubt I'd like Meyer as a person but it's not like I whisper his name every night Arya Stark style. I imagine he's a workaholic like plenty of other folks and, despite maybe not stressing as much about losses these days, he still lives for work and that has consumed most of his identity.
As for the Navy thing, you avoided all of my points to pose that question but I'll answer it anyway. Navy is easily one of the biggest name teams for a non-power 5 team and gets a fair amount of national attention and respect considering they field a team about the caliber of ECU. I can't recall a team whose national title aspirations were ruined because they played Navy but if that did happen, the team almost certainly didn't deserve that consideration. Since that's the level Ohio State is at, I don't see why it's such a big deal. Finally, with a committee selecting the playoff teams, you are discounting that those folks are smart enough to realize the unique challenge in preparing for Navy and that they might even consider it a positive to schedule such game against a service academy team.
No I'm not kidding Leonard. I've seen 3 different people from TKP questioning Searles and the movement of Teller.
To me it makes perfect sense A) Don't let Teller become complacent because he is by far our best OL so keep him motivated B) and more importantly, get reps to guy #6 and #7 off the bench to get them game ready as possible.
However, if you serve water, you can get around this code. We do it in office spaces all the time, if you have a fridge or filtered water at the sink, you don't need a drinking fountain. We have even had people provide proof that they will provide bottled water to get pass this code.
It's been a while since i've been in Lane, and when I was there, I wasn't looking for drinking fountains. However, if there are any, they would more than likely be near the restrooms due to keeping plumbing together
15-0!
this is a question for French well just because Ive watched this game a few times usually on a boring weekend night with a couple (maybe few to many burbons) and I really don't remember chase Williams having a big impact in that game. so my question is do you think Andrew Motuapuaka is that much of a liability in that game as we think?
All you really have to do is consider that we lost to Wake Forest last year after beating you and that's all the explanation you should need. Really though, we've all become pretty cynical and expect us to drop a game to a lesser opponent as we often play to their level.
How the hell is JK Scott not the Pre-Season punter of the year?
In the past we have. But for this upcoming season, it's unlikely. We are completely comfortable with both Kendall and Brandon Facsyon playing either. It's actually also possible that Kendall Fuller moves to cover slot receivers from the nickel as well, seeing as he can mirror guys anywhere on the field.
In the past, generally the more experienced corner would play boundary while the other was playing field. Kendall is our best coverage corner, but Brandon is so good at closing on the football that his slightly weaker coverage skills can easily be made up for just because he can recover so quickly.
It'll likely be Brandon playing more as a boundary type player, but I think that Bud will truely just mix up his coverages that there wont be much of a difference.
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# | Thoughts after Watching Virginia Tech's Second Open Scrimmage of Fall Camp 
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Football is a weird game. Some people have VT beating the #1 team in the country and then losing to Boston College. I'm not sure whether this is people thinking OSU is just a mediocre football team or people giving Boston College too much respect. Probably a little bit of both. Or are these all people who all think OSU is very good, but fully expect VT to have an epic meltdown later in the season? I've really enjoyed conversing with the enemy on this site, but this thread really confuses me. I can't imagine a VT team that knocks off OSU this year also loses to Boston College. Partly because this creates the completely unscientific transitive property that BC>OSU. And I can't have that!
Yeah it is really hard to predict the season, that's why Vegas is rich. I just thought it would be fun to look back and see how high the homerism was last year knowing what we know now.
And I'd be fine with that if we have two of these:
So you sell out vs the power run inside with LBs being primarily run defenders with specific gap responsibility. And you sell out on with press coverage messing up the timing on short to mid range routes and use inside leverage to take away the middle of the field. This leaves patterns to the sidelines open, and potentially deep balls and outside runs (but the DBs are quick to read run from the keys of the WRs setting up blocks).
What I don't understand is how these guys rush the passer. They have a gap they are responsible for, once they get there the evaluate the blocking and the play, if it's a run they tackle, if it's a pass they get upfield?
you guys don't use a typical field and boundary corner?
You know what I want to hear? I want to hear Ohio State fans at the end of the season say,
"Over the last four years we've played 48 regular season games and we've won 46 of them. And the two we lost were to those @!#$%^*& Hokies."
An arrest is news, and should be reported as such. It's not a conviction, just an arrest.
Reporting this does serve a public purpose, as a pattern of arrests might tell a story that conviction conviction record does not.
I think your opinion is how 95% of us feel. We know Braxton isn't immediately going to be superman, but we do what he is capable of in the open field. I'm definitely concerned about his durability as well, but even more concerned about one thing: fumbles. Braxton made so many plays that he made us forget about his chronic fumbling issues. So I'm a little bit worried about what is going to happen when a free safety gets a chance to open a can on him right after he snags a reception
Not sure about OSU. Pitt scares me. I'm oddly comfortable with the GT game. I'm feeling something similar to the VT rout of GT in 2007, See below:
Optimistically 10-2 with losses at 2 of either PITT, NCSU, or East Carolina.
They didn't beat us because of arm strength. They had elite ability to read what defenses were doing an exploiting it. Chucking up bombs may get you a touchdown or two, but having an elite coverage reader is what kills the Hokies.
Repeated from my reply to the Staff Predictions...
9-3 (6-2)
key game: Friday Night vs NCSU. They are getting some preseason hype and beating them will be key to our chances for a Coastal Championship.
breakout player: Trey Edmunds. Finally gets a complete season, puts #1 RB on lockdown. 900+ yards, 10+ TD.
highlights - revenge on GT, revenge on Pitt, streak continues vs UVA,
lowlights - Close loss to OSU, Loss on the road to BC (because BC), Loss at home to UNC (we always lose a game at home to someone we should beat)
I think we have a legit shot at a Coastal Championship. UNC has a pretty weak schedule, but I can see them dropping at least three of these games: @GT, @Pitt, @NCSU, and Duke at home.
GT has Clemson and FSU from the Atlantic and we'd have the tiebreaker over them if they only drop one other game.
pitt scored 21,9, and 35 in the last 3 games avg 21.6 points per game. throw out the 35 3 years ago and consider we won the game were we gave up 9 points. the game we gave up 21 we still only lost by less than a TD. we should be able to win most games that we only give up 21 points. our anemic offense was the issue last year. not all on the playcalling. multiple times in the redzone with no points and NO rbs left on the roster at that point in time is what killed us. they worry me but not nearly as much as NCST does, I think the pack are WAYYYY under rated.
I thought they got rid of that case a few years back.
If you step into a game of poker, would you rather have someone else's hand given to you or would you rather be dealt in and get a new hand? While experienced, the line wasn't consistent so Searels had the task of finding where he can get consistency and that meant moving people around to find what would work best. I understand that one of those players on that line was your son, but each coach has to learn about the players himself and make his own judgement and decision on their abilities rather than rely on their predecessor's opinion.
If our defensive line reads run, then it is their responsibility to draw double teams and tie up the blockers. It is then the responsibility of our linebackers to fly through the gaps that are then no longer occupied by the opposing blockers. Linebacker play, especially from the MLB is very important, because they need to be able to read exactly where the gap is, and not hesitate to immediately fly through the hole to get to the back. That's part of our concern this year. Our current MLB is still pretty green, and has shown some hesitation at times. Chase Williams, who you guys played last year, was completely trusted by Foster to make the reads quickly. He was extremely successful at getting to the running back from behind while the back waited for lead blockers to set up. Andrew Motupuaka, who is starting this year, has shown hesitation at times. And if that happens, it can result is bad things for the defense, especially against good RBs (See the Miami game last year against Duke Johnson)
If the line reads pass, then generally their goal is to get up the field as quick as possible. DTs tend to be a bit more reserved in the pass rush to ensure contain is maintained, but the Ends are usually getting up the field FAST.
In most cases, this would mean that plays like RB or jailbreak screens could work like a charm. Until you learn about another one of Foster's curveballs, which is dropping one (or both) of his quick defensive ends into coverage. They are fast enough to keep up with routes for a short period of time, which is fine if the QB feels that he needs to get the ball out fast because of the typically very quick pass rush.
If a QB is an elite coverage reader and is quick to decipher if pressure is coming or is not, it can prove fatal for the scheme. But there are probably only 1 or 2 QBs in the FBS every year that can do that. I'm not sure if Jones or Barrett are good enough to do that.