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I thought about Bill when I read that story. I also thought of Bill when UCLA beat Tech in the Rugby tournament a month or so ago. Damnit UCLA.
Loss at Marshall?
On a tangential note,
Bill Roth, you're not in Kansas anymore:
Well, as Mark Twain said, "Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at eighty and gradually approach eighteen."
Two announcement topics, and they both have all the same memes! Bonus!
Yes, yes tell me more.
After our loss at Marshall (and ECU et al) I will be wary of dismissing teams "we should beat handily" before we play them.
Those burns *still* leave a scar. #ShrugEmoji
I also get a kick out of how the author so strongly implies that Beamer's reaching the end of his rope while London enjoys unparalleled recruiting success... given that London has only come close to Beamer maybe once, which I believe was 2010 or 2011.
No kidding. Still, OSU did keep Barrett's jersey pretty clean for the first 2.5 quarters of the game last year. And if Jones is playing QB, he might be able to shake a tackle or two before heaving one deep. Then again, I'd love to see what would happen if Foster decided to throw some zone blitzes or robber coverages in there and see just how well one of Meyer's QBs can sit back and read a defense. PSU got a pick-six from a DT by doing just that. Barrett thought he made a good choice on a corner blitz by throwing a quick slant only to completely miss the DT dropping off into his throwing lane, picking it, and taking it the other way for a TD.
Not real excited here. He has been doing the Squirrels and VCU here in Richmond for a good while. He comes across as very dry. He also tried a Sunday morning radio show that did not last. No not excited at all. Of course anyone replacing Bill is running up hill. The glass is half full though, we still have "How Bout Them Apples"!
Also I don't care for is voice but am sure I will get used to it. But then again, I may be pleasantly surprised!
But this is the ACC....
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# | Article from Clevland.com "Can Virginia Tech beat Ohio State? A 10 percent chance the Buckeyes could lose" Throwing deep also requires time for the WRs to get downfield. That just gives Dadi, Maddy, Marshall, and the Ekannibal time to play...
Seriously, anyone banking on the deep passing game hasn't read about the two biggest strengths of our team.
OSU has talent, but they don't have any receivers as big as the kid ECU used to smack us last year.
Buzz is not afraid to take his shirt off and join in the work. I bet the kids respect that. If they feel that he cares about them, is willing to work with them and push them, I'm thinking they will give everything they got. Buzz is a good dude.
So I got bored and decided to go to 11W and pass the time by typing "Virginia Tech" into the search bar and reading the comments on whatever article came up. What I gathered was that fans were FURIOUS that Meyer tried the ECU approach to beat zero coverage, and that they should have run more screens (literally laughed there, given what I hear all the time from VT fans), intermediate routes, etc. The thing is, ECU and OSU tried the exact same thing to beat man coverage, and the difference was a healthy Facyson and big, physical receivers who could go up and win jump balls. Well, Facyson's back and I don't think it'll be quite so easy to pick on Chuck Clark this year either. I for one wouldn't mind at all if Meyer wanted to chuck deep balls all night, so long as our secondary lives up to its billing.
That's an interesting strategy I hadn't thought of. But if I were OSU I would look at more along the lines of what Georgia Tech does on occasion by using it just enough to keep the VT defense honest.
The problems I see with OSU replicating the ECU approach:
1) I'm not sure how good OSU would be at trying do what ECU did.
2) A healthy Facyson changes that equation considerably.
3) It wasn't particularly successful from the mid-point of the 2nd qtr until the last 60 sec of the ECU game.
4) it may take OSU away from what they do best. Defending National Champions don't usually resort to "gimmicks" to get their opponent off balance...
I'd certainly expect we will contend for the ACC title if we clinch the division.
This is exactly the reference I was going to make. Guess I'll have to concede a leg instead.
There is little surprise that VT is in the third year of a rebuilding process. Loeffler got a pretty big setback when Jeff Grimes only stuck around for one year, but Searels seems to be getting into his groove as well.
This is really Loeffler's year. No pressure, but he's sort of had a bye until now. This is the year where he gets to "prove" that he's getting the job done. It looks promising, but the proof is in the results.
I don't really see that Beamer has time to rebuild from scratch again, and the defense is looking elite, so this is the really the year to see results. Will he get another year, regardless? Sure. But no year is likely going to look better than this one.
I'm not sure if that article is journalism, analysis, or editorializing. But it's not very good.
Nothing like equivocating with certainty...with a couple facts, some half-truths, some critical omissions, and a bunch of assumptions.
Well, that's one way to make an entrance. Welcome!
Credit where it's due. (slight aside to anyone that remembers that f@*#&^$ train wreck of a thread)
That's a HUGE "IF", the bottom is ruled out and Henrico and Chesterfield don't like just upgrading the diamond.
Your profile saying you're a Packers fan was what gave it away.
Anyways, hope life is treating you well.
I vote this the best gif EVER! Hands down! Too bad you did not catch the shove at the end. Fantastic.