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How is it a totally different world? In the late 80s, very few football games were televised. If you weren't an established power it was difficult to get exposure. Without exposure getting talented players was extremely difficult. Blacksburg was even more isolated from the rest of the state than it is now. Basically, building a program was really, really hard. There was no internet either.
Nowadays every game is televised and it's easier to connect with recruits. It's not easy to build a program, but there are fewer barriers. For every Beamer who started slowly but recovered there's a Mike Locksley or Ed Orgeron or Sly Croom etc. who never got there.
I don't claim to follow the basketball team closely but in the games I've seen I just don't see JJ being a good coach. If he comes back next year and struggles then the situation could become toxic.
They won something like 2 of their last 17 games, most of those by double digits including 4 20+ pt losses in a row at one point. They scored...40-soemthing points in their last regular season game...
By what measure, exactly did he " hold this team together?"
This. Won't. Do!
What would be wrong, would be to let JJ go and then someone come in next year and win with his players. Let's look at two games at opposite ends of the schedule. The win over West Virginia in November was a game where we had a full team. West Virginia was leading in the first half by 17 and with 2:54 to go in the 1st half the lead was 16 points. Emelogu scores 22 and Smith gets 19 and Hokies win 87-82. The rest of the year WVA beats # 8 Kansas, # 11 Iowa State and #21 Oklahoma. Hokies start losing players and games. Now fast forward to the end of season UVA game, the # 1 seed in the ACC tournament and regular season champ (that is hard to admit). We have the lead for 28 minutes and the Cads lead for 10.5 minutes. They get hot with two minutes to go in the game and win. Hokies start game with 3 true freshman and a sophomore. A walk on plays 28 minutes and scores 3 points, but is 2nd on the team with 6 rebounds. Eddie shoots 1-8 and scores 7 points. Three good recruits coming in and several players coming back that didn't play or were injured most of the year. JJ did a heck of a job to hold this team together.
These were awesome. The t-shirts they gave out commemorating them were great too
As it is, Cassell Guard is a fun thing to watch and I really applaud them but, speaking as a student, I forget they're there about 5 minutes into the game. I'll admit I haven't been to that many bball games since coming here but I could count on one hand the number of times they got a chant going that the entire student section took up.
On that note, anyone remember the special chant we got going for Marcus Smart last year? THAT was sweet. Calling him out before most of the world knew who he was.
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# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Kiper: If QB doesn't work out, Logan Thomas could be a TE down the line Drew Harris qualifies
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# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Kiper: If QB doesn't work out, Logan Thomas could be a TE down the line This episode was on Comedy Central tonight. One of my favorites.
I didn't know anything about our recruits for next season. Assuming they all qualify and they all fit the mold of the players who can run JJ's offense, I'd say it would be great to see what he could do with these guys for two years with Devin running point. I say save money now, let JJ run the show, get his players in, install his system, and don't get too hyped about what might be.
I've been beating the Chris Mangus drum for a while now. He might not be the best, and the coaches sure know more than I do, but man, that guy is exciting to watch
They underperformed a little bit, but for the most part finished above where they were expected and they have the foundation for a solid team with even more reinforcements coming next year. With only one senior next year being a former walk on in Kelsey Conyers, this team will completely be Dennis' own kids come next year. I have higher expectations for the women's team than the men's for next season just based on the roster make up.
As far a JJ goes, I'm sure Whit will meet with him by tomorrow, if he hasn't already and we'll know what is to come of everything probably by Wednesday of next week at the latest.
I think JVZ will really step up on the court and especially as a leader next year. The kid has really developed nicely.
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# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Kiper: If QB doesn't work out, Logan Thomas could be a TE down the line Future Stories, circa 2030.
"Super Bowl Winning QB Logan Thomas Retires"
"Some Disappointed Thomas Never Played Tight End"
"Rumors Thomas Mulling Coming Out of Retirement to Play TE"
Well, I don't know if this decision has any bearing on JJ, but this happened:
Dennis Wolff WILL return next season as the #Hokies women's basketball coach, per Whit Babcock— Mark Berman (@BermanRoanoke) March 13, 2014
Granted, statistically speaking, the women had a better season than the men, but not by a whole lot.
I don't think it will. Gameday usually goes to the game of the week. Sometimes, the game of the week is an SEC game. CBS gets first choice for SEC games, so if you have, say, Alabama vs. LSU as the game of the week, Gameday will want to be there but it will be broadcast on CBS.
At least now Herbie has some company on the ESPN plane when it isn't in the same town.
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# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Kiper: If QB doesn't work out, Logan Thomas could be a TE down the line I was reserving that one for a more meaningful occasion. Kiper's drunk ass ramblings aren't worth it.
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# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Kiper: If QB doesn't work out, Logan Thomas could be a TE down the line Mel Kiper must have trolled the "LT for TE" boards on TKP.....
I'd agree based on what we saw last year. Let's get him the ball in space more and see what he can do.
ATLIEN
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# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Kiper: If QB doesn't work out, Logan Thomas could be a TE down the line ESPN was giving our defense a lot of love in the beginning of the season (pre-Fuller injury)
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# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Kiper: If QB doesn't work out, Logan Thomas could be a TE down the line You could always mix it up a bit and go with Universe 1 Bender:
All I know is my freshman year (2011) me and one of my best friends who had season tickets 4-5 rows behind the Cassell Guard pregamed the UNC game like a football game. Besides it being one of the most fun I've ever had at a sporting event, we ended up starting a large majority of the chants in the student section on our own. I think the problem with the cassell guard is that it seems to be a different part of the student section. The Cameron Crazies are the whole student section, not just a part of it. If the whole 'Cassell Guard' mentality could be transferred to the whole student body rather than just a select portion of it, I think that could help improve the enthusiasm during games. Just my 2 cents as a current student and avid basketball fan.
I think Dell likes his broadcasting job but it would at least be worth a conversation. Saw him last night on the Washington Wizards game against the Bobcats.
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# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Kiper: If QB doesn't work out, Logan Thomas could be a TE down the line its just disrespectful.. and rude to be honest. its another story that ESPN can make. Watch when he gets drafted I bet they ask him if he's going to play QB or TE. Even better I bet the commentary when he gets drafted will mention the word TE before QB
If you watched those games, most of them were close (except for those four games in the middle of the schedule) until the last five minutes. The team is worn out. Freshman are not use to the college game, travel, schedules, etc. and with no one coming off the bench, it makes a difference. Thompson, Emelogu and Wilson will be better next year and with Mueller, Kirby and the 3 recruits that sound like they can score coming in, the team is still going to be one of the youngest in the country. The best thing about freshman is they become sophomores. Look at Kentucky - they are loaded with blue chip freshman and they have struggled this year. How many blue chips do we have?