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Just broke up a pass.
Welcome Vet, thanks for the service, leg. That is rather impressive, and embarrassing for Cal at the same time.
Did they just cut and paste this from Sept 2014?
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# | Eleven Warriors is just as delusional today as it ever was. Exactly.
Yeah, we're not going to outnumber you. The problem is that OSU is used to showing up at away venues in huge numbers and taking over a stadium, usually against mediocre teams with blase fans. Not gonna happen with you guys. You're passionate about your football. As an example, here's a game against Cal, at Cal, a few years ago.
We're the ECU to their Virginia Tech.
We have our percentage of idiots, but we do try to police it. And I actually think this whole topic & thread wouldn't have existed if the OP at 11 Warriors had been a little more careful in their headline. Think about how it would have read if instead of : "How exactly are the Hokies going to score on us?" it had been posed as "What plays do you think the Hokies will use to score on us"?
Vtech is an electronics company that makes childrens toys and cordless phones. They are cheap plastic garbage. Now you can hate us being called that even more.
OSU is a bad match for VT. Their offensive strengths play right into our defensive strengths. Doesn't mean they can't beat us handily, because sometimes that just happens, but more than likely, this is a grudge match and it's going to be a slog for both teams.
Bay Area huge alum base, and great and easy city to visit. Blacksburg has none of those things.
In a similar light, my brain goes to this:
Totally agree. I'd like to see VT win as the hunted also. The underdog motivation can only go so far for a program/season/game. To win a NC you have to be a killer. I love Frank but if I had to knock him somewhere, that'd probably be the spot.
Here's a question...has an OSU team ever seemed overconfident going into a game with a not-great Michigan team (or vice versa for that matter) and ended up struggling or losing?
Oh, hell yes. The most famous one is OSU winning the National Championship in 1968, beating Michigan 50-14, and then in 1969 losing to Bo Schembechler's 1st year team in Ann Arbor. Broke my 11 year old heart.
Wasn't one of the OSU "drives" a long pass?
One thing I think that OSU fans miss among the talk of young offensive lines and not being prepared last year is that while OSU certainly has a lot more talent across it's entire roster (god forbid, I would not want see a 2's on 2's battle), VT's starting 22 both last year and this year was/is much, much closer to OSU's starting 22 than I think they realize.
Yes, OSU has a ton of future NFL draft picks and arguably has the most talented starting 22 in the country, but VT isn't exactly lining up with MAC or even mid-level Power 5 talent. There are probably no fewer than 11 future NFL draft picks in VT's starting 22 and maybe more (and a few more not in the starting 22 but that will get significant PT) when it's all said and done.
I'm of the belief that both teams playing this labor day should be better than the the teams that lined up last September. Sure, if OSU plays their A game, they probably win. But if they don't and VT brings it's game, the talent gap early in the season is small enough in the starting 22 that VT can win (and did last year -- on the road).
Now if this game was being played in November and both teams have lost a few starters to injury, VT's ability to match up talent wise would drop considerably and OSU's margin for error is much bigger.
They're defending national champions. They're going to be confident and rightfully so. But assuming that they're going to smack around a team that returns 3/4 of their starting lineup, including an incredible defense, that beat them by 2 touchdowns on the road last season is a little ridiculous.
I love that comedy monologue Griffith does (What it was, was football). Great reminder. I'll have to give it another listen.
Anyone else just here to look at the pictures and gifs or is it just me?
Mini package tickets are shipping!!!!!! Just notified by UPS mini package tickets are in shipping process.
I miss Tyrod on the Ravens. I spent way too much money on a jersey (which I just had framed), and now I have to watch LOLUVA Schaub. Hopefully Tyrod wins the Buffalo job so everything is right with the world.
Ten, see below, embedded tweet.
Better than the unrelenting awfulness that are NFL fans.
good lord....felt like i almost had a seizure once this popped up
Maybe.
But they've also had a ton of smoke blown up their a-holes the last 8 months...much of it earned, some not. You hear enough of it and you can actually begin to believe it. Florida State went into last season under similar circumstances and expectations -- pre-season #1, returning Heisman winner, lots of future NFL talent returning, great recruits to fill departed players -- yet while still a very good team, they never really clicked the whole season like the previous season.
I'm of the opinion that revenge as a motivator often lasts about 2 plays. But just a little overconfidence can last an entire game (or even much longer).
Here's a question...has an OSU team ever seemed overconfident going into a game with a not-great Michigan team (or vice versa for that matter) and ended up struggling or losing?
I'm not saying it's unique to OSU; it's happened to every team (well almost, it's unpossible for UVa to enter a game overconfident).
That's why Joe added the feature to collapse sub-threads. If you see something going off the rails that you don't care about, click the little down-arrow. Problem solved.
Kyshoen had a good one hand pass deflection just now, apparently the Skins have been high on him. He has been on with the second team defense.