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Braxton will not be relied on to run many routes downfield. Our Hback role that he will play, is not sent deep very often. Jet sweeps and screens will probably most of what he is used for. Don't need great hands for those. But he's only a week in and he will get better I hope.

Braxton lit up the scrimmage last Saturday according to insiders.

Player development? How many starters from 2013 also started in 2014? Of those, how many stayed healthy all season? I think it's pretty hard to argue that Loeffler can't develop players when HE HASN'T HAD THE TIME TO ACTUALLY DO THAT. We played a ridiculous number of freshman last year. Michael Brewer was the best QB on our roster and he wasn't on campus until weeks (WEEKS) before the first game.

No, we're not grasping at straws. We're saying that Loeffler was dealt a really awful hand and you're criticizing him unfairly. If you look at just pure numbers then, yes, his offenses have been underwhelming. But when you're fielding a team with as little talent/experience, especially on the OL, as SL was over the last two years you can hardly expect anything different. Did you really expect to see drastic improvement offensively with a brand new starter at QB? Most teams have a drop-off when a 3 or 4 year starter is replaced. The teams that don't have that drop off are usually starting a QB in that place who has more than 3 weeks of experience in the system. Those teams also tend to have a bit of a safety net around that young QB to help him. You know, like talented and experienced players in the OL, and a big time WR threat and a solid RB. Brewer was throwing the ball to a handful of freshman and handing the ball off to a new guy every week. If you expect to see improvement under those circumstances then you're in for disappointment. If you try to take a step back and look at the bigger picture once in a while you may find that your mood will generally be better. The constant cynicism that comes from your posts really wears me down.

If you've noticed that, I've got to believe that Foster has noticed it, too.

I don't see it, unless they're really hiding something there.

I pray they come into the game expecting him to be a receiving centerpiece of that offense.

The more a role he plays in that game, the better our chances are of winning

We can talk recruiting numbers all day long and never reach an understanding. Recruits and talent aren't good gauges for which coach is better at coaching. I'm not necessarily a Loeffler apologist but I will say that he came into the biggest dumpster fire of a mess offensively as you'll find among P5 teams. Talent is one thing, but probably the biggest issue this team had when Loeffler arrived was lack of viable options on the offensive line. The offensive line is the single hardest unit to rebuild on a football team. The OL has been awful for years and years but special talents like Tyrod Taylor and David Wilson helped to mask those shortcomings up front. This off season has been the first time in half a decade that there has been positive talk and murmurs of hope surrounding that unit. It doesn't really matter how talented a team is if the offensive line is as shallow and inexperienced as ours was when Loeffler arrived you're gonna have a bad time. This is the year that Loeffler needs to put it all together to quiet down his doubters. Sure, he hasn't produced the offense that everyone wants VT to have, but given the cards he was dealt I can hardly blame him. He had to COMPLETELY rebuild, especially up front, and that takes time.

I don't remember it that way last yr....when he was there, he made the play without being dragged...not the case with Chase Williams...who was dragged by W&M's RBs.
Now, Chase was better downhill, but until Trey's run, I don't remember Motu bring run over or dragged

The reward foods I can see but separate dining rooms. Not the way I like to see teams come together as family.

Agreed. We don't need Knowles to be a superstar. We just need someone else to return kickoffs and for him to play up to his 2013 level.

I guess I need to blow a lot more smoke and make excuses for everyone to get up into the 10k leg rank. Can't act like we're a .500ish team against P5 competition over the last few years or face reality.

There's no need for this

Tis true!

HTF did Notre Dame become such a national power to begin with? I probably need to research ND beyond watching Rudy again.

Also, realize that there is a not-small faction of college football illuminati that would like to see Frank get a national championship before he retires.

Honestly curious, what makes you say this? I won't get into some of the major officiating gaffes that consistently crop up at the end of big games, but NCAA football as a system seems to be set up to prop up the blue-bloods, and if anything schools like us are a threat to that institution.