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I'll just leave this here:

Athletic director Whit Babcock said earlier this week after the mini-plans and season tickets sell out that the Hokies will start working on selling individual game tickets that opposing teams return from their allotment.

I know this is referring to all the opposing teams we host and not specifically anOSU, but I would laugh if, after all the bluster, anOSU ends up needing us to sell some of their tickets off.

This phrase has always bugged me. If you shoot for the moon and land among the stars, you missed by lightyears. That's a terrible shot!

that's exactly why I used David Wilson, because in his line of reasoning that is just so so production. So still unproven beyond spurts. Who cares if JCC is a Senior or a Freshman. If he won games give the man credit.

Not sure you are remembering Darren's last season very well. They were all but begging him to stay to be the #1. He left to try to get a paycheck to take care of his family. He had a meeting with beamer specifically about it and Beamer said in interview that ultimately he had to respect that kind of maturity.

I do remember Holmes. I also remember that he was practically the ONLY option at RB at that time, so what do you expect them to say? Now we have too many options and they are still saying McMillan is performing better than most. i would say that is a pretty good indicator. But sure, I'll concede.

I know you're not really knocking him. Just think that he's proven more than spurts. And I also don't think he is best option at RB but better than what Dustin'sPickle is suggesting.

That's good to hear. My mother in law went to great lengths to make sure my wife didn't have any sort of accent, but when she gets smackered it comes out and I love it.

DW4 stole snaps from two NFL RBs as a true freshmen and sophomore and averaged over 5 YPC in all 3 of his years playing. That the example you want to use to refute his comment?

If he was a Freshman then maybe, but he's a Senior. 3-years of so-so production.

So you only believe someone can produce if they do so moderately as a Freshman? This seems off to me. The reasoning would immediately discount anyone that didn't perform to star level as an underclassman. So DW4 was just so so, because he didn't really produce until he was a junior? I'm sure that's not what you mean right?

I didn't say JCC was the be all end all of our RBs nor did I say he was the best. But he is better than you are giving him credit for and has performed in more than just spurts. that's all.

McMillan is an unknown to fans. Coaches are paid to know. They say they know. Until it's proven otherwise wouldn't you take the word of the people you are paying millions to know?

The 2016 backfield will consist of 4 backs, 3 of which could start for almost any ACC team.

I don't think cardale is going to run for a ton of yards on us by any means, but when he does run I think he's going to gain an extra 2-3 yards per carry because of his size and our lack of size. I definitely agree JT is the more explosive guy that would pick up bigger plays on occasion but he did only average 2.9 yards a carry against us with a long of 25.

Regardless of competition, no RB of ours achieved the success he did across a stretch of 4 games. And it's not like he really dropped. His lowest game across that stretch was 95 yards. The quality of your RB is determined by the effectiveness of the line. People who say we need Shai or Marshawn due to their size often cite how ineffective our line was at blocking for them, but determining the quality of a RB based upon the quality of their production with a poor line is a bad measurement. Each has a different skill and yes, you may be correct that he might not be OUR best RB for our situation, but he shouldn't be discredited as only being a role player.