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I think that is a bad idea. You only put him in packages if him in that role helps the football team win games. If you run him with Wild Turkey, 1) Durkin is probably more physically mature and powerful to get short yardage, even if he may not be as elusive. 2) The Wild Turkey isn't the regular offense. It is a specialty system designed for specific situations, and it doesn't accurately reflect the decision-making a quarterback has to make even on a basic offensive call in Loeffler's system. Playing him now just to get some value before "he bolts to the NFL is silly", unless he is far and away the best chance to win, does him a disservice, screws over other guys that are probably better suited to play that wildcat role etc. etc.
Tyrod Taylor is the highest rated QB that the Hokies have ever recruited to play in Blacksburg, and he stayed four years, and should have been here a 5th year BECAUSE HE WAS COMPLETELY UNPREPARED to contribute in the passing game. I like Lawson. The kid could be excellent. However, if you think he will step on the field Day 1 and be as good as Tyrod was year 1 (and Tyrod had a ton of flaws as a freshman), then you are watching different film than I am. I will be thrilled if I am wrong, but you play your best guy, period.
Reading through his list of achievements:
His attention to academics has helped lead to 230 of 244 (94.3 percent) senior football players from 2001-2014 earning their degrees;
That to me is the accomplishment right there. While academics are looked at as a joke as close as our own backyard *cough* UNC *cough*, our graduation rate for seniors on the football team is probably higher than the graduation rate as a whole for the university.
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# | 2016 Prospects Tavante Beckett, Patrick Kearns Cite Location, Coaching Staff in Tech Commitments Hall told some OSU insider he was going to Bama because they want to use him as a 3-4 stand up. More attractive to the NFL.
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# | 2016 Prospects Tavante Beckett, Patrick Kearns Cite Location, Coaching Staff in Tech Commitments Correct I was.
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# | C.J. Reavis Releases Statement on His Transfer to JUCO East Mississippi One of the few instances where it is good to NOT have fully dipped dork magic.
I listened to the podcast not 3 hours ago, then saw this and thought I was going crazy for a second.
First of, hopefully, many things to be named after Frank.
Well deserved. Its an honor to have him as part of this program.
ALSO! I hope to hell they sell replicas of those signs, because I would sure as hell buy one. Matter of fact I'd buy a Southgate one too.
Someone should make that happen.
That's a nice tribute, and it's nice that they did it while he's still there.
TCU
Notre Dame
Mississippi State
Lots of jynxs to go around.
That's a pretty good diagram. You can enter "the danger zone" for short durations. Just don't get stuck there.
But there should be some shaded area in the danger zone where you should never, ever go. Maybe above 8 in the crazy zone, no matter how hot.
Awesome sauce. Chris Coleman of TSL was on ESPN Blacksburg talking about naming rights and they said it'd likely be a road named after him, since it's a nice way of recognizing him without taking naming rights away from a corporate/private sponsor who wants to pay big bucks for the stadium or practice facility.
Nice.
The coaches believe he is good enough to leave in 3 years. Of all the QBs French listed (I agree with is premise, btw, but just follow me for a sec), I'm pretty sure all of them left with at least 1 year of eligibility remaining. So, we have a talented QB who is almost certainly not going to be ready to shoulder the load day/year 1. No worries, that's normal. However, we also have a good bit of evidence showing that good QBs leave with eligibility remaining. Hm. What should we do then? If the coaches believe Lawson is on the same level as Mariota/Winston/Luck at leat in terms of pro potential, then why waste a redshirt year? I can 100% see them thinking it'd probably be good to get him on the field and going through practice with the 1st team offense and experiencing a real, big game environment, even if it's only for a handful of plays per game.
The bottom line is this: NFL QBs get paid. Even though it would probably benefit most of the guys who leave early to stay another year and develop, if you're good enough to be considered a first-round pick, the reality is you leave as soon as you freakin' can.
Maybe not "good options" but "good options who know most/all of the playbook."
IMO power running is more about the play call and blocking style than the formation...
I gotta feel for CJ.
You just wonder if he didn't merit the benefit of the doubt.
I took Turk's comments about the CA to mean that there was laughable evidence of any wrongdoing. As in the Student Conduct Council was operating on hearsay and opinion, not facts that would stand up in a court of law.
my favorite saying... "Don't stick your dinger/willy/dork magic in crazy".
This guy hates chicken trash...
Pick that shit up, chickens.
Someone please call Sarah Koenig.
I know it is none of my business - but I agree that it is important for the process to be transparent and fair, and I am not sure that it is right now.
The authority to dismiss a student from VaTech has existed in the hands of a student group for a long long time. In 1953 my roommate was dishonorably dismissed by the Honor Court.
I know nothing about what happened to Revis other than what has been published by the school . We will miss him greatly this year and I know he will do well in the future. He was a very good man on our team.
I was the 4th kid in my family to start at tech. My oldest sister transferred to LOLUVa once she figured out she wanted to double major in drama and English. This was back in the early 90s. Can't really fault her for that. No idea how we stack up in those departments now, but back then it was pretty weak. Funny story: this came up when talking to the crazy cat lady at work my first week. Only to find out that she got those degrees from Tech in the early 90s...awkward.
So yeah, LOLUVa can have their dominance in drama and English, but to those people who go there for engineering or to play football, I shake my head at you in disapproval.
Same here. He had to have known; otherwise, better be picking lotto numbers this week vs. random.