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LMAO, JAY and Silent Bob always get legs! After Party is across the street with the Greatest Band of all time!

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Just now reading this post and counting on my fingers for a fifth time...todays day 12!! Feeling like the luckiest man alive.

You may just want to take a step back from this thread.

BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL!

If you can force us to abandon our base O and force us 3rd and long, you have a great chance.

Welcome to Bud Foster.

Why would they build a stadium? Nobody goes to their games.

Again, not an excuse but a fact.

excuse

noun: excuse; plural noun: excuses
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1. 1. a reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense.

Congrats on having the dumbest post in this thread. We actually had some really good discussion going on through out.

Well then we're in good shape.

That article made me smile. Decker actually thinks the best defensive coordinator in college football is going to bring the same exact gameplan that beat them the first time. But you know what they say at Ohio State: "we ain't come to play school."

Look, I mean no disrespect to you, but you have to understand how some of these player comments come off to a Virginia Tech supporter.
Yes, Decker, and especially Coach Meyer, had some complimentary things to say about VT, but in the whole context of the article, it all comes off as lip service.

So they have complimentary things to say, but you want more, is that fair to say? First off, I've watched the entirety of these interviews on video and I don't get the tone that y'all are perceiving. Secondly, I think these comments are just our coach and players being honest about how they feel the game went down last year. They honestly don't think that VT was the more gifted team on the field last year. That might sound tough to hear, but as a competitor, can you really go into a game thinking that the other squad is better than you and still be prepared to win? Of course you can't. And VT damn well will be thinking that the game was about the players and the scheme, and that it wasn't a fluke. That's just the nature of sport.

The underlying theme to this whole article sounds like Ohio State is calling last year's game a fluke and should have never happened. Hell, I can understand that mindset, but at least give us a little bit of credit.

I think they did more than enough of that. As opposing fans, it may not be enough to satisfy you, but the overall tone wasn't combative or cocky; it was confident. The same confidence that I'm sure VT will have on Sept. 7th.

Look at this way - how upset would an OSU fan be if a VT player came out and said "We went into the vaunted Horseshoe, in front of the biggest crowd in the history of that stadium, and took a dump on your 50-yardline"?

Well that's basically what happened, and it's frustrating as hell. At least we got a pretty decent consolation prize at the end of the year.

"They played a defense that we weren't ready for," Decker said. "Now that we've seen that and we've seen their defenses, we're going to be prepared for those. We're going to be prepared for the Bear."
To me, I would be mad at this quote if I were an OSU fan because he basically admits VT outcoached OSU - which should be horrifying for a Buckeye considering Urban probably makes more himself than the entire VT staff.

It wasn't a question of preparation from coaches, but experience and understanding of the offensive blocking schemes. As a football fan, you can't tell me that cohesiveness of an offensive line is something that can be coached in a 2-week fall camp. That's not an excuse (unless you want to incorrectly construe it that way), it's a fact. The reason why we couldn't adjust in-game is because the second youngest offensive line in the entire country last year didn't even fully understand our blocking schemes against a base 4-3 undersized Navy team the week prior, let alone a young, athletic front they've never seen before. IF you don't understand your base offensive scheme well enough to execute, then you don't have the foundation to make adjustments in-game for something you've never seen before. Again, not an excuse. You beat our ass upfront with scheme, execution and damn strong players.

"I don't feel like they just flat out went out there and beat us man to man," said Decker, one of eight returning offensive starters. "I don't think they just won every one-on-one battle. They had a great scheme and they had a great game plan ... and they have really good players.

"But I think if our preparation was on the same level, we'll beat them every time."
Again - basically he is saying all things being even, we are going to run you off the field. You can't tell me that is not bulletin board material. That is a direct insult to our defense.

If your players didn't think they could knock the hell out of Ohio State and shut them out or at least hold them under 14 points, how would you feel? There's nothing wrong with the mentality that you think you are capable of inflicting your will on an opponent. None at all. Sorry if that hurts your feelings. Ohio State has proven they can do that to the best teams in the nation in the very recent future.

"It looks like we weren't blocking anybody, but they were bringing more than we could block," Decker said. "And that was just a matter of our approach to preparation because we had not seen that defense on film."
Well, that's great. I'm sure Bud Foster is pleased to know you think his scheme was a one-hit wonder and a fluke. I'm sure he is sucking his thumb knowing a snot-nosed college kid has his decades of knowledge figured out after one game.

First off, that "snot-nosed college kid" is probably the best offensive tackle in the draft next year and will probably be a top 10 pick. He never said he knew more than Bud, just that they have a better understanding overall. And I would think that's fair to say since every team after Va Tech used that scheme at least in part and it failed including teams like Alabama (12th ranked defense in 2014), and Michigan State (8th ranked defense).

"It wasn't like we were getting beat for those sacks," Decker said. "We had six blockers, they were bringing seven. We had five blockers, they were bringing six."

So what happens if the Hokies bring seven defenders this time?

Again, not an excuse but a fact. We had a freshman QB making his first start against a team with a defense with a pulse. (Navy 72nd ranked total defense in 2014). Being on a message board, I assume you know that the QB typically makes line calls at the LOS. Barrett looked totally lost vs VT again because of extremely athletic DL, a scheme he's never seen, and excellent execution. If they bring more than we can pick up, as he's learned, he needs to go to a hot route, run, or throw the ball away. But I'm sure you already knew that.

And then I will leave with this quote, which basically contradicts the we weren't prepared mantra that seems to be the excuse for last season's game.
"We're going to be really good regardless of who's out on the field, just because of the culture," Perry said. "We have great players who can fill in. It doesn't matter who's really running out there in the starting 11."

He's talking about the suspended players and their young but extremely talented back-ups. With the leadership and experience that we learned over the course of last year(and I'd say we learned a hell of a lot and backed it up on the field later in the year) he's saying that the culture of the team is next man up. Again, do you think it would be a good mindset for a team to come into a game thinking they weren't going to be successful?

I think it's being a big disingenuous to be so upset by comments that have no intended ill-will behind them. But maybe I'm being naive.

Best of luck in a month, no matter what some homer OSU fans are saying, we all know this will be a great hard fought game that will probably come down to the late 4th quarter. Can't wait til it gets here.