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Don't expect Durkin until this fall. I read that he is planning to visit in January. No implication that he is enrolling early. Spring should be the Leal Motley Hodges Ford McMillian qb competition. My money is on Leal, allowing incoming qbs to redshirt. We will all be watching the qb comp this spring, but I think spring of 2015 is when it really gets interesting.
HODGESTOTE2014
Kris Harley was a 4 star DT that I was excited about then disappointed about. 2 star Luther Maddy is the man.
I know ESPN used to re-rank recruiting classes in the off-season 5-years after signing day. Usually we jump 10 spots up from where we were and Miami would drop like a rock. When those came out, I was walking on sunshine all day laughing at Da U.
Well we also have a 5 man race for the QB job...
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12 years 7 months
# | Brandon Facyson and Kendall Fuller Named to 247's True Freshman All-America Team How bout:
'Maverick & Goose'
'Killa D-Bs'
'No fly Zone'
I don't care. Andrew Ford just won the Gatorade POY. He is the cerebral kind of quarterback I get really excited about.
Grimes - one of those perfect fit kinda names for football
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SON OF THE SKIPPER
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12 years 7 months
# | SURPRISE! 2014 QB Chris Durkin Committed to Virginia Tech watch this year's championship game and a guy at Auburn called Nick Marshall
All I got to say is this, Loeffler is working his ass off to improve this team and win. Great to see that level of desire.
I visualize that exchange being somewhat similar to Grimes hugging/congratulating Kristensen after his last kick against UVA.
Bahahaha
Its a lot like Jacory Harris and Robert Marve, albeit they were not in the same class, the two QB thing will work to at least give us the guy that needs to be the starter long term
I really wish that there was some sort of graph / diagram that shows the productivity of our recruits according to their star rating. Please tell me such thing exists. It would be interesting to see how little the stars mean. I was looking at Rivals a couple days agoand I saw a lot of four star flops(a bunch of these guys never played a snap ever) and a lot of 2 star standouts, just sayin.
Auburn and Cam Newton, I would say A&M with Manziel but no titles for them. Possibly Aurburn this year with Marshal as well
I like Ford a lot. Being from PA I have seen some highlights of him and he has an arm that I think is ready for major college football. I think some people up here have likened him to Hackenberg (Not 100% but similar).
Durkin to me is a mix of Manziel and Tebow in the way that he can move and keep his eyes down field and find a receiver that followed the scramble. I think this will be good so that we can get the competition in that we need and not too mention they can help push eachother to be better. I like this move big time.
I was just thinking this as I was reading down the board. It's always exciting to get a new commitment but this concerns me. I was really excited about having a system where we don't run our QB 15-20 times a game, we've seen how well that works the past 2 years. I just don't know how many teams have won a Championship with a QB who runs a ton, outside of having an elite athlete like MV1 or Vince Young or Tebow. And maybe this Durkin kid is like that, who knows.
Please remind me of more teams who were successful so I can be as excited as the rest of you guys!
I just died laughing at this
ahahaha That first highlight in the hudl video when he straight jumped over/through that safety. ohh lawdd that was a thing of beauty.
With the recent Red Zone issues I could definitely see Leffy adding a package similar to Blake Bell of Oklahoma or just putting in the Tebow plays for this kid. If he can get in early and learn the playbook it will help a lot. I honestly think he wouldn't mind being the Red Zone QB, he was quoted saying playing time was a big reason he choose VT. Maybe Leffy said hey come be my Tim Tebow, we blow in the Red Zone and I want you to be that guy.
H-back is a great option if QB doesn't work out - especially considering how much Loeffler suposedly likes to use that position.
It really is an awful name for a bowl game though. Right up there with Fifth Third Field in Toledo and the Nippon Ham Fighters baseball team.
Great post. Great analogies all the way through. Thanks.
Gotta love competition! Welcome to Hokie Nation Chris!
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They must have missed the Bama game ...and the GT game ...and the... and the ... ... but they should catch the UCLA game!
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