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IfishVTIam's picture IfishVTIam
| 10 years 12 months # | OT: True Detective Season 2

I'll admit to coming around on Colin Farrell, I've never been a fan, also really like MacAdams, haircut and all. Vaughn is just not good and the plot seems gratuitously complicated. Add in the hard to take dialogues between Vaughn and his wife, well, I really hope for better next season.

CLThokie's picture CLThokie | 10 years 12 months # | 2016 DT Kyree Campbell commits to UNC

Its not so much about how big/tall a player is, its more about his skill set and "twitch" as Coach Wiles always says. They couldn't care less about size of a player. The only thing they care about, and any coach for that matter, is how the player's skill set fits their defensive scheme/philosophy. If Bud Foster landed a 6-6 280 pound End that could run like a gazelle and/or a 230 pound end like Dadi, i.e. Clowney, you better believe he'd play him at End. Same goes for a Tackle that is 6-5 320ish that has the speed of the ball like Corey Marshall, i.e. Suh. It's just a coincidence that a lot of "big" linemen get switched around a lot at Tech, why?, because of their skill set, not their size.

smittyvt32949's picture smittyvt32949
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| 10 years 12 months # | Bitter blog - Hokies camp countdown: Top 5 players with something to prove

I think the linebacker youth that Andy talks about needs to be discussed more completely by the TKP writing team for all of us TKP/VT Football junkies. That is an issue which could be a big Defensive problem unless some youth shows up big - starting with the anOSU running game.

We focus a lot on our D strengths (DL and CBs), time to discuss this weakness - which is probably our biggest potential D weakness this year.

French? Joe?

Jander75's picture Jander75 | 10 years 12 months # | Bitter blog - Hokies camp countdown: Top 5 players with something to prove

Agree with the list but I would probably put Motuapuaka at the top because that is a huge question mark on D. Gray grows NFL caliber DB's on trees so I am not worried about the secondary at all, but I am very worried about the LB corps. We shall see what it brings...

Hokie Boner '09's picture Hokie Boner '09 | 10 years 12 months # | Special Edition of ESPN's College GameDay is Coming to Blacksburg on Labor Day

"VT would like to welcome the OTHER Ohio University"

VT would like to welcome ONE OF THOSE Ohio universities
or
VT would like to welcome AN Ohio state university
or similar verbage...

EDIT: I'd really just like to see about half a dozen different similar signs because gameday and signs especially are reserved for the ultimate dispespect of the opponent. (not that your actual attitude should be disrespectful, at all.)

aashokie's picture aashokie | 10 years 12 months # | Bitter blog - Hokies camp countdown: Top 5 players with something to prove

Thanks Andy, this series has been great so far.

I saw on College Football Live (I think) the other day that they were going through UNC's schedule and looking at who they thought were wins and losses for them. They gave UNC the win against us because of Michael Brewer.

... Even though Brewer helped beat them handily on the road last year and had one of his better games? Not saying we can't lose, but that's not a terribly good argument.

aashokie's picture aashokie | 10 years 12 months # | ESPN Discusses OSU Suspensions

I think OSU only ran one trick play all of last year, which was that WR pass against Bama. Urban Meyer seems to much prefer leaning on his bread and butter and then running counters off of that.

aashokie's picture aashokie | 10 years 12 months # | ESPN Discusses OSU Suspensions

Eh, Wake Forest had the worst OL in the country. Penn State, Connecticut, and Kansas State were arguably worse as well. Arizona State was in the same area. There were other teams who were worse at pass protection too.

But the point is still valid, the OL was absolutely awful last year.

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