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I get the joke and your point, but is it true that the NCAA can block transfers between schools in the same conference? I thought I remembered reading/hearing that somewhere.
Fair points. Joe posted a link to this article on another thread.
USCw has gone back to the Pete Carrol days with Sarkesian and Kiffin and it hasn't worked out for them. PSU went outside the program and brought in an outsider and it isn't working out for them (not because O'B isn't great, but because, as the article suggests, there are people up here that refuse to move on from the Paterno era). As messy as it was, and as much as I didn't like seeing it, FSU did it pretty right. Tennessee screwed the pooch with their transition. Let's hope after the current staff is all gone we can find someone with Frank's class, Bud's fire, and whatever else they need to be successful in Blacksburg.
Can we all take a minute and appreciate just how well McLaughlin did against a very, very good pass-rushing DE? I think he gave up one sack (on a VERY nice outside-in move), but for the most part, Barr was pretty much silent all day (3 tackles). Well done by a young LT.
I view it as more of a mentality that comes with those playcalls. It's a sort of "I'm not afraid to face you head on. I think I can beat you." I do think FSU has a we're better than you attitude, but I never feel that coming from VT.
We NEED to land more of the big names we go after. Obviously we won't get all of our top recruits, but we need to start landing Kendall Fuller's more often. If we do that, it would put us at that next level, and maybe even give us the championship.
I agree. Foster's best defenses came with very good linebackers, and I'm not sure he's ever coached a "great" linebacker. His scheme would be absolutely devastating with physical freaks at the linebacker position. If he could get his hands on a player that was smart and was a mismatch for blockers, then all he'd need is a competent offense and Tech would be title contenders.
IMO.
With the young talent in the pipeline, it's not unlikely that Foster fields a defense in the near future similar to his mid-2000's defenses. If Loeffler can give him even a competent offense to go along with an elite defense (which I fully expect he can), we very well may be looking at a legit postseason run.
Eh, respectfully, I think you're putting way too much importance on gutsy playcalls and killer instincts. Very, very few national championship teams get there because of ballsy play calls. Take FSU for example, they haven't had a do-or-die play call all season long. Their closest game was a victory against Boston College where they won by two touchdowns.
I think that Frank Beamer is definitely capable of going back to the big game, but that it will require his program to improve recruiting even more than it has this year. Like everything football related, momentum is key, and with the new class coming in I think it's not too far fetched to see this new staff bringing in National Championship talent.
Foster is unquestionably capable of fielding a great defense. If Loeffler can mold one of these two incoming freshmen into a NFL 1st round QB (and I think he is capable of doing just that) than it's not unrealistic to think this program will get back to where it was.
I try not to be too quick to deem someone as a "dirty" player, but that kid sure seemed to fit the mold. I also saw him try to take off Mangus's (holy crap, the commentators struggled with his name some how) head on a helmet to helmet and he launched up high on Leal on another play where thankfully Leal had the presence of mind to duck under the hit.
I'm with you on the young QBs, Teller and Smith, but I see all of the #FabFive needing a year or two in the weight room to bulk up a bit. They could prove me wrong and come in looking like Teller or Rogers, but I think we'll see 5 redshirts this year along the OL.
Yeah I was saying before the game that I love Verne but he really didn't do it well in this broadcast. Little research was done on the teams that were playing and they had a hard time staying on topic.
Still like Verne during SEC broadcasts and for the Masters, though.
Sure, but it seems to me the smarter idea is to continue playing and showcasing his talent rather than being forced to sit out a year, then enter the mix of someone else's system.
Ford and Durdin don't compare to Hackenberg. He can go anywhere in the country.
VT didn't offer him out of high school. If the options are staying in state by going to UVA or leaving the state, what would someone with intelligence do?
Schiano and Golden are both part of the Paterno coaching tree, I believe.
Hackenberg is great. But I'll roll the dice with Ford et al. Hackenberg already left the state to come up here, so while he'd be developed already I don't like the idea of taking a free agent. Nothing against Hackenberg, of course.
If he was really interested in transferring, he should just do what everyone else does and go to Wisconsin
Ah yes, we can put Oregon and Oklahoma State in the Nike/T Boone Pickens league of not winning squat until the money started rolling in.
Turkey leg for the lolz
No kidding. You don't get knocked unconscious by a clean hit when you're standing upright. Only way that happens is with a shot to the head/neck.
Haha right, I was just making sure you all were paying attention....
np not at all
I do honestly believe that Frank Beamer's time to win a national championship has passed. I have never seen that killer instinct in his coaching that shows he's willing to take that risk to reap the benefits. Something I always revert back to is LSU's fake field goal with the toss over the head that went for a touchdown. I can't/haven't seen a Beamer team run that sort of play in my years of following the program. The thing that sticks out to me when I say that is the Danny Coale fake punt in the Sugar bowl. I believe a "killer instinct" coach would have called the play they wanted - punt, fake, or go for it on 4thd down - without having to call that timeout. I'm a fan of the gutsy coaches that don't go for field goals and occasionally go for that first down or touchdown. Which, obviously is the exact opposite of what Tech does, seeing as we are on the higher end of field goals attempted year after year. I foam at the thought of having a coach like Cutcliffe who seems to just be so good at what he does with what little he gets. Cutcliffe reminds me of Frank in his early years - little talent, high success. But as the talent Frank, I was expecting that success to amplify. Sure we make it to bowl games, but we don't have a very good record in them, something I view as a very indicative of a coaches success.
Penn St can do better than Schiano or Golden.
He would be required by the NCAA to sit out a year
Saying that Leal is the number #1 going into camp means almost nothing. It is so far away and with new players enrolling in January; I don't see Frank sticking with Leal if one of the other kids step in and is ready to star in year 1. Its coach speak.