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Hello TKPers. After a couple of weeks of reading and checking out the site, I am taking the leap. NOVA Hokie here, living and working in Tysons Corner, the epicenter of East Coast Traffic. 2011 Graduate and TOTs back gate king. Looking forward to learning more about the Hokies and hating on LOLUVA.
Uh, no. You've consistently painted him as "defending himself" against an assault from the woman. Never mind the facts that..
1) he started the encounter by assaulting her
2) ignoring #1 for a moment, the threat she presented to his safety did not warrant that type of violent response
Read that this morning. Can't see any upside to not respecting a quality opponent. I'm more from the Lou Holtz camp: "That's one of the best teams I've ever seen. We really have no business being on the same field with them. I just hope we don't get killed." :)
I know nothing for sure, but I seriously doubt that Cardale Jones will trot out onto the field to start the game. I do believe he will play - at least a series/qtr. But I think JT Barrett will be the starting/main QB and you will see Braxton Miller in a slot/H-Back/RB/WR/situational-Wildcat QB role. The reason I say that is, setting the VT game aside, the Urban Meyer offense has never been run better from an efficiency standpoint than JT ran it last year. Consider this: JT broke the all-time B1G TD record held by a guy named Drew Brees. OSU punted less and scored more than they ever had. JT has the ability to use the entire playbook, and therefore get the ball to all of the weapons they have at the skill positions - which I believe will include Braxton Miller. It's just common sense - choosing to have JT on the sidelines wearing a baseball cap and holding a clipboard is equivalent to wanting to be less efficient, punt more, kick more FG's, and score less. Which is probably exactly what will happen. :)
Illuminating as always, French! I always feel smarter after your articles.
to his brown shorts....
Sounds like OSU faithful are actually voicing their apprehension a little more now. They still believe they will win but it will be closer than expected, which is about on par with the typical hokie fan. Also, a couple cracks at KeyPlay blaming our entire season derailment on injuries. It sounds like more 11warriors' bloggers read our site than I originally imagined.
http://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull-sessions/2015/07/55605/tuesday-skull-session
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# | Bitter blog - Countdown to the ACC Kickoff, No. 15: Two reliable RBs, plus some Sunday links Those were some good backs, but did you see the holes they were running through most of the time?? I think Shai, Juice, and Trey could be damn near as good with some good blocking. Hope we get to see that in the near future.
So in a little less than 1600 words, you basically just said that Bud Foster is a better DC than Kirby 'Smart' or Pat Narduzzi. Tell me something I don't know.
EDIT: forgot the sarcastica tag
This was pretty good too. BillDozer really needs to step his game up.
Yeah, he missed 2012 as well. Was the right knee that time.
Great perspective. Really enjoyed that.
I will only add one thing that's missing that probably explains the 8 carries by Ezekiel Elliott: he broke his wrist a couple of weeks prior. I read an article the other day where his dad said that he couldn't stiffarm with his left hand, couldn't carry the ball with his left arm, was limited in his blocking, and every time he fell on it, the pain was so bad he wasn't sure he could play. By the time the post-season came around, he was as healthy as he had been all year. Certainly, they were babying him in Sept, but rode him in Dec and Jan.
I think Alabama's depth issues at LB really hurt them. You wouldn't think Bama would have depth problems anywhere with the way they recruit, but LB is a position where experience and smarts really help, and because of attrition, they had some really young players in there against Ohio State. Plus S Landon Collins was out there playing with only one good shoulder.
Sparty was going to do what they do: press coverage and using 4 down lineman and safeties to clog - and they beat OSU the year before with that strategy. I think if that defense (or the Bear 0 that Foster ran) has success, you are putting the opponent behind the sticks, and then teeing off on them, and that success feeds confidence to keep turning up the pressure. However, if you are getting burned by WR's and Elliot is gashing you, doubt creeps in, you become more hesitant, and that defense unravels. VT was able to execute defensively while MSU, Alabama, and Oregon were not. I don't think it is any more complicated than that. Every defense gives you something to exploit, and if you can't exploit it, it's going to be a long night. Ohio State obviously wasn't able to deal with that particular defense in game 2 last year. They were able to exploit other quality defenses later. What does that say about their ability to exploit whatever Foster throws out there this year? Probably nothing, but given where they ended, from this end, you hope the OSU offense has a better handle on what they need to do.
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# | Bitter blog - Countdown to the ACC Kickoff, No. 13: Cardale Jones or J.T. Barrett or Braxton Miller or ... Whoever starts I have faith that Bud has a plan. And that plan likely includes sending Dadi and Ken at the QB like a pair of guided missiles.
Hope he is gone , however suspending 3rd string QB does not hurt for long.
This is what I am waiting for. The season starts for me when BillDozerVT gets the juices rolling!
You realize "up in the air" means "no information available," right?
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# | Dadi Nicolas on 2015 Hokies, "I've never been a part of a team that's been more special ever" That game was Syracuse.
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# | Dadi Nicolas on 2015 Hokies, "I've never been a part of a team that's been more special ever" This was in 1999, ESPN Gameday came to Blacksburg for two games that year, Syracuse and Miami. I'm not for sure which one this is, I want to say Syracuse, but I'm not 100%. I was at both Gamedays though.
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# | Dadi Nicolas on 2015 Hokies, "I've never been a part of a team that's been more special ever" We always stay at the Hotel Roanoke for games so that we can see the team come in the night before and cheer them on for next day's game. Because I live in Massachusetts, I am better at identifying players by the number on their jersey rather than face to face since I don't see them on the news, events, etc. So, I will politely and respectfully ask players milling around the lobby "who are you?" Last year, my entourage (admittedly not as rabid as I am) could not understand why I was freaking when the answer was "Dadi Nicolas." He was very approachable and seemed pleased by my extremely excited reaction. The next day was the East Carolina game (heartbreak!). Still, Dadi did not disappoint!
can't wait to see him Plantin some rushers into the ground
Hopefully he took advantage of the academic opportunities available at Duke. Good luck to him in the future, just a really sad story.
Joe's post only mentioned that he had missed 2014, so I went by that, +1.
all people should be held to the same standard regardless of gender. That standard is that if you have the ability to avoid using violence, you make use of it. That standard is that you have the responsibility to use whatever strengths you possess for the betterment of others and not to harm them. That standard is that you are not absolved of responsibility because of being drunk or annoyed or because you've had a bad day.
In this specific case, only one person made the decision to hit that girl. She might have been to blame for starting it, but it's a sad commentary on our culture if the ability to assign blame to someone else frees you up to respond however you want without regard to what is the best choice.
Neither of them are absolved of responsibility here. Assigning blame for starting it is fine, but it does not preclude blaming him for choosing how to react.
Truly unfortunate. Wish him the best in all of his future endeavors.
On a side note, that front 6 will likely be terrible next year.
Thank you! I absolutely will hang around, a few of the guys from here made a entrance to my favorite OSU website (Elevenwarriors.com) and left a great impression about The Key Play. So far so good!