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So basically what I hear you saying is that 'ol El Paso is a shit-dumpster in the middle of nowhere???
I think the main issues we have in breakdowns against mobile QBs are basically tackling fundamentals. If anyone notices, the tackling fundamentals of the D (regardless of how superior the unit is ranked) is, actually quite spotty throughout the season. Fix the tackling fundamentals=fix the breakdown run issues.
But don't you think the best team in the country should be able to win 4 more games? The nature of the playoff system is that SOMEONE is going to win out. If the "best" program can't win out, just because it had to slog through games against opponents who wouldn't deserve to be in the picture with your model, is it really the "best" program then? If this year's Duke team had beaten Florida State in the ACC championship game, they would have been left out of the 4 team playoff, and FSU likely would have too. Is that fair to either team? You may think so, but I for one don't. As tired as I am of the SEC, I think it's unfair that a team that's had a run like Bama has had would have a possibility of getting left out in next year's system, or that Stanford could get left out because of a team like Bama. Playing a few extra games, especially with home field for a couple of them would be insane. Can you imagine how loud Lane would be for a first round playoff game? Can you imagine the kind of PR schools would get for showing off that kind of atmosphere on national TV? This is the kind of thing that would make money for schools and the towns they exist in. Yes, the Vt's and the Utah's have A CHANCE at making the top 4 each year, but I would argue that thanks to preseason rankings and things of that nature, they do not have the same, fair chance that other schools do. A school who is preseason top 4 just has to not lose. A school who is not has to not lose, and hope that others do. I don't really think it'd be an additional burden for the top schools, or that they'd be "slogging" through games. This is an opportunity to play marquee opponents on a national spotlight, showing off your school and your campus 3 or 4 times, not a burden or punishment of having to play 800 games against Austin Peay.
Seriously, I don't want to sound like I'm beating a dead horse here (que) but why not just stick a hard-hitting, athletic spy on Hundley (like they do in the pros)? That way the only thing that will give Foster's unit fits are the underneaths.
We need as many healthy Fullers as possible.
Nope, dreaming is not free.
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# | My Case for a 16 Team Playoff Using 2013's Potential Matchups. We want the same thing, but I think that the Vt's, Utah's and TCU's all have a chance to make it to the Top 4 nationally any year they want to. If the do then welcome to the Championship tourney. If they don't then welcome to another very nice bowl game. But each of these teams are in a major conference so in my opinion they only have themselves to blame if they don't make it.
Boise, NIU and others in lower conference's have a harder road I agree but unfortunately in any system biased ranking will come into play. And while a 16 team tourney gives these teams a chance it also is a type of punishment, or at very least additional burden, for the very top ranked teams to have to slog through the additional games.
The antiquated and corrupted bowl system begins an inexorable slide into irrelevancy and eventual disinterest as fans and college administrators become aware of the potential that a 16 team playoff allowing the top 10 percent of D1 CFB teams to determine a true champion finally becomes a reality...
Dreaming is free, right French?
Respectfully disagree sir. Any team can get hot when a critical player returns from injury or a coach's system finally clicks for the players mid-season. The BCS, and the new CFP are designed to deny all but the small cadre of big programs a shot at the title. I want the Boise States, the Utahs, the TCU's and yes, the VT's to have a shot at the title every year that they can play themselves into the top 10-15% of the teams in D1. Cinderella deserves a shot at the title and I, for one, am tired of the repetitive, in-bred aristocracy of D1 football. I want more interesting OOC games like the D1 basketball tourney gives us fans, and I want a level playing field for all teams to play their way into the playoffs. A 16 team tourney gives us fans the best of both worlds: lots of great games at our favorite home stadiums with awesome OOC contests, and the regular season is a dogfight to get the automatic bid for winning the conference and the higher seeding to host more games. WE WIN AS FANS, and the NCAA would win a boatload of $ that the antiquated bowl game system would no longer steal from the universities and fans thru guaranteed ticket "sales". Rant over, sanity returns, the NCAA is broken, impotent and will never grasp the brass ring hanging in front of their vacant-eyed faces.
Our recent struggles against a mobile qb boggles me. We had one of the best mobile qbs in the history of the game and Beamer has made a living on them. We have nearly a month to come up with a plan. I think we actually come out on top in El Paso. Am I crazy?
Sorry, but you are completely wrong. '13 Ucla>'08 Cincy by significant amount.
I have been wondering about this also. If mobile QB's are such a threat for Bud's system then why don't we have a spy as an integral part of our system? If mobile QB go Spy. If not then go normal. I am sure I am oversimplifying it, but I have often wondered about this.
Not having Trey will really hurt in this one. Logan will probably get 10+ carries. I just hope Kyle can be back because Hundley is a great passer and we need as many healthy DBs as possible.
I also recommend meeting as many local fans as possible:
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# | My Case for a 16 Team Playoff Using 2013's Potential Matchups. I like the system were going into. I don't think so many teams deserve a chance at the title. Top 4 teams only. Sure any given Sunday and match ups would be fun, but that takes away from a team that has dominated all season and then has to win 4 more games to get to the final. If the other teams were deserving then they would have finished in the top 4 by end of regular season. And no matter how much people want it and NCAA tries to instill it the parity in College Football is not close enough to say 16 teams are legitimately close enough to each other in talent to deserve a shot.
I can dig that view of the uniqueness of playing a team that VT doesn't normally play. It will be a huge test for VT, UCLA is a really good team that didn't get the attention they deserved during the regular season.
This will be a good measuring stick for a lot of the young players. Will be interesting to see who steps up at running back and how well Bud and crew can contain a mobile QB.
I posted the name of a restaurant I remember in the UCLA thread but EPHokie and PeteBuddyWilson I am sure will give a very thorough field report.
2 things you must do though:
1) Eat Green Chile. No not chili with and "I", Chile with an "E"
2) If someone is selling some local food from the back of their truck out of a cooler, BUT IT! Nothing is better that homemade Mexican food.
I'd say the regular season would still matter a lot if you are throwing in home field advantage for the higher seeds. Just ask the VT Women's soccer team about that. If they didn't have home field they probably don't make the college cup. Not saying it's the only reason they advanced, but even the coaches will tell you it was absolutely huge. And for football I'd say it's even bigger since the crowd can influence penalties (false starts, etc).
Also, I don't see teams resting players in college. I don't think the players would like that since that would give them less of an opportunity to produce film and statistics for getting drafted.
Ok, I am not a Doctor Who fan but even I know it's called a Tardis
When a QB lines up out wide in the wildcat does that make him a converted WR playing QB? When he sits on the bench for a play and then comes out does that make him a backup being promoted?
No, it doesn't.
I'm going to second that. I have traveled fairly extensively in Mexico including TJ, Juarez and Nogales border cities. The one rule with Juarez is this: DON"T GO TO JUAREZ
It's not worth it. The potential for something criminally violent to happen to you is so much higher here than in TJ. There are really only 2 reason to go to Juarez: Drugs and Hookers. I don't mean that as an insult but unless you know a local Juarez resident who can take you and show you around to the "nice" places in Juarez I highly recommend not going.
El Paso has all the Mexican flavor you'll need.
Haha, well look at the comments to see most of TKP community apparently didn't want the Russell Athletic Bowl last week so a lot of people are getting the match up they wanted. I was resigned to the fact that VT probably was going to go to the Sun Bowl but was hopping for Russell.
Looking forward to the challenge that VT is going to face. Will have a lot of exposure to recruits in the game. Would be great if the Color vs Color movement got going and it's all Maroon vs Bruin's blue and gold.
Knowing what an unfortunate location El Paso is for most to travel to, I must admit I am really looking forward to this game. As Joe notes UCLA is actually quite a strong team. The biggest compliment you can give them is how balanced they are and I agree that Hudley and the offense could give us real problems.
But I like this match up for other reasons. I remember a time when growing up one of the most interesting aspect of going bowling was seeing who you would play (unless you were in top ten), and hoping that it was some team you've never had the chance to meet before. A true test of the program. It was the idea of getting paired up with a team you really had no idea about that was the most interesting. This style of football versus that style. It has intrigue. I may be in the minority but I really hate that the Hokies go to the Chik-Fil-A Bowl so much. It's just playing a team that is geographically near the Hokies and one they likely have played many times in the past. Unless we are in the big bowls I want to see VT play someone different.
I would have loved for VT to play ATM and shut down Manziel. Or Ole Miss would have been cool playing against Freeze who I really love as a coach. But I got to say I am most interested in what the Hokies can do against a solid PAC-12 team. I also may be in the minority with other Western States Hokies, but I generally loathe everyone in the PAC-12, save for Stanford, and would love to see our team beat anyone from the Western Power Conference.
With TV rights and Bowl Tie-ins contracted for so long we should really savor this opportunity to play someone so foreign to us. It's rare these days and I believe will become even more rare in the future. I for one sincerely hope ACC keeps a bowl tie-in to the west.
IMO, It's way too early to say what our new QB/OC will produce at VT. I think he had no choice on what he played with this year. As far as the talent that VT had on the offensive side of the ball. Some of his play calling I didn't like and that had nothing to do with players he had to use. I'll give him till the end of 2014 to know how I feel on his job as OC and play selections. IMO, Jury is still out...