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While suspensions of starters hurt, I think our backup WR's are good enough so you won't see much of a drop off. As long as they are effective, which will be a challenge against your secondary, our passing game should be OK. I think losing Bosa hurt us more than the loss at WR / H back. We'll see Sept 7th.
A few things set Foster apart.
1. As what was mentioned before with DL size, but wants some very specific things out of his players and DL.
2. He is really good at disguising where the blitz is coming from and the coverage behind the blitz. This is why we lead the country in interceptions over the last 5/10 however many years. One thing that has been a weakness are your franchise NFL types. It was obvious that guys like Luck and Aaron Rodgers were NFL prospects, but they didn't necessary blow everyone out. Well they tore us up. It is interesting how many future star NFL QBs we have played. The two previously mentioned, Peyton Manning, Matt Ryan, and Russell Wilson just off the top of my head.
It isn't so much about the scheme of the exact blitz that he uses. You are correct in that many ALL DC's use the same ideas and schemes for bringing the blitz. But, Foster is one of a very small number, if not the only, college DC that runs the Gap-Fit DL scheme. This is one of the reasons that his defenses have been so effective over the years. Also, it really mucks up traditional blocking and protection schemes because the DL aren't in the places you expect them to be from all of your past experiences. Add that Bud loves the corner blitz as well as the zone blitz and mixes them liberally into his play-calling and you get the reason why we treat Bud like the genius he is.
Basically, the blitz itself isn't much of a problem, the Gap-Fit DL scheme is a problem, but the intelligent marriage of those two concepts creates a monster problem for an offense. The results of which were pretty evident last year.
Oh, I agree Bud is one of the best. Just the schemes the poster described were just basic blitzes that every team uses.
I'ts monday and little things are bugging me. Please forgive me lol.
Madness???
Really, you're gonna choose to pick out wins against solid Arkansas and Auburn teams? When FSU struggled with Oklahoma State and Florida and needed to come from behind against Miami, Louisville, NC State, and Notre Dame (that's a lot of games), and needed BC to miss an easy field goal to win? Yes, given those circumstances, and given how they played, winning as many games as they did is, statistically speaking, very lucky. It could be argued that Bama got lucky against a couple of teams, but FSU got lucky against a hell of a lot of teams.
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Never mind that Bama was more highly regarded by all of the major advanced metrics along with the pundits... (fplus (FEI and S&P+) and ESPN's FPI (FSU was #15, Bama was #2) for what little that's worth).
Bama's defense was weaker relative to some of their dominant defenses in recent years, and it did have very specific weaknesses in coverage and in terms of linebacker depth, but it was still a very good defense and was considerable stronger than FSU's. Ohio State and Auburn were able to take advantage of their weaknesses repeatedly. But let's not discount how good they were because they got torched by elite offenses that were also a bad match ups for them (Also, one of Florida's touchdowns was a fumble return, they only allowed 200 yards that game, so...). They were #3 in defensive S&P+, #6 in scoring defense, #12 in total defense, #18 in yards per play allowed, #7 in FPI defensive efficiency, and #8 in FEI defense. That's pretty good. FSU, on the other hand, was #30, #50, #63, #63, #42, and #28 respectively. No where close to Bama's numbers. Regardless of your stat or advanced metric of choice, there really isn't much of a comparison.
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Pretty sure they play the South Harmon Institute of Technology every year.
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apparently not with the same success rate. There is a reason despite not recruiting at an elite level that VT's defense are year-in year-out in the top 10 in CFB, don't you think?
Would it be fair to say China is a Keynesian economy, or is there not enough free market to make that claim? I know China isn't a socialist state like the USSR was, but I have no idea how much interaction and control Beijing has on "private" Chinese corporations.
Thank you!
I'm going to sound like a jerk here, and trust me, I know Foster is great. But you're making it seem like Bud is the only one who knows how to bring a blitz in the country.
Every team in the country uses those basic blitzing schemes you described.
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# | "Hokies beat West Virginia to win women's soccer tournament" (Roanoke Times) So I'll be seeing you all down here in Cary for the College Cup in December.
Bud's strategy is always stopping the run first to make a team one dimensional, so it will be very interesting to see what strategy he uses this game and how it plays out.
This is exactly what I expect. And it is honestly the only way to beat us. If JT starts I absolutely expect Foster to flood the box all night long and leave guys in single coverage. To me the enigma is what happens if Jones starts. Conventional wisdom tells me that Foster would just stick with the same gameplan, but I wonder if Cardale's very different skill set would change his mind at all. Cardale is the only QB on the roster than throw a 35 yard bullet that has absolutely no arc. JT on the other hand has to loft any ball that is going to travel more than 25 yards. JT has accuracy but a weak arm allows db's way too much time to track the ball and make a play. Jones on the other hand has a cannon that allows him to make throws that JT could only dream of. Of course Jones also has the downside of not being able to run the read option very efficiently. I almost want to Cardale to start just out of natural curiosity. I want to see if Foster would adjust or make Cardale prove that he can beat his db's in the passing game.
back shoulder throws with some (all?) of your top WR suspended? I'm not terribly worried about that. Even if JT gets it on target, the WR still has to haul it in.
DISCLAIMER: I'm at least a couple weeks past the point of all pragmatism when it comes to this game. Orange and maroon glasses are permanently welded to my face and I can't wait for this game to get here. 2 WEEKS!!!!
Props for admitting that the WR depth will be hurt due to the suspensions. A lot of Buckeye fans seem to think the backups are every bit as good or better.
I hear the 5th year can be rough. Unless you've had friends that cooped you have to start over with only a year to go. As someone who moved back to blacksburg a few years after graduating, I've learned that you love the place, but it's not the same as when all your college friends were here. But you make new friends and memories and as soon as you let it stand on its own (that is, not try to recreate your first four years), it's still awesome.
I had a friend who took 8 years to leave tech and his talking about his 5th/6th year sounds a lot like my talking about my 1st/2nd year back.
Congratulations!
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# | "Hokies beat West Virginia to win women's soccer tournament" (Roanoke Times) can't stop laughing
As a financial consultant on large group retirement plans, these days are always a real treat.
It's a great time to buy a long as you don't have to retire next week. Long term this is "good" for the market if you will, but people rarely think long term these days.
It will be very interesting to see what China does moving forward. The unspoken bargain there has always been that the people took an iron fisted corrupt government in exchange for economic security. Now they have one without the other...
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# | "Hokies beat West Virginia to win women's soccer tournament" (Roanoke Times) 
Wonder if there was any of this? JK, good for the Lady Hokies, great start to the season. Nice to see a top 15 ranking...
3. If VT loads the box again it doesn't matter how much better our O-line is. Our lineman may win a majority of their battles, but it doesn't matter if VT brings 8 and we can only block 6.
Thank you. Every time the inexperienced O-line is brought up, all I want to do is scream "so they're more experienced, does that mean they can pancake a rusher and block another? Because that's what it will take when we send the house." Say you guys have 5 OL and a TE and Foster sends 8. A lot of blocking schemes allow for an unblocked defender so long as he's on the off-play side, but what happens when we bring 2? Your RB has to pick up a guy on the play side and hope you can get the ball away before our speedy end/linebacker/corner/Safety/Coach Foster makes it in from the off-play side. And what happens if one of our rushers requires a double team?
Not saying we are going to dominate you, just that Foster can scheme some pretty big advantages with the personnel he's loaded the team with, even if the 1 vs 1s aren't obvious wins for us.
Nice article. Not sure why TKP staff is so concerned about the OL strategy; we will have an injury at some point and we need some guys to step up and get some experience in game-like conditions.