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Crazy. I'm just floored.
Go Hokies!
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# | This year marks the end the BCS era. Thoughts on BCS System on the whole? Tim Burton's Batman will get you a turkey leg every time
I talked to a true Auburn fan here in Kentucky. He's probably on the same level of fandom as a lot of people here. "Fire Loeffler" is their "Start Leal."
My buddy said he felt super bad for Loeffler because he wasn't put in a situation to succeed under Chizik. Obviously he wasn't going to run a Loeffler style offense under Malzahn. Loeffler, in his opinion got screwed. Like a lot of us here, he wants to see what Loeffler can do before deciding he sucks.
And season 4 of my 6 Pick is in the books. (I hope I tabulated all these right, dont feel like doing 2 weeks of this again.)
Wk 14
Spread winners:
Duke
Auburn
South Carolina
Missouri
UCLA
Arizona State
Week 14 pool winners at 5-1: michons (beer powered) and VPIhokieME (wiminz powered)
Wk 15
Spread Winners:
Oklahoma
Baylor
Auburn
Stanford
Florida State
Michigan State
Week 15 pool winner at 6-0: Chachi (way to end on a high note)
126 of the TKP community played this year at one point or another awesome. A special Thanks to the 26 of you that stuck thru all 15 weeks of this non sense.
alculbr3, amott, atlHOkie, BilldozerVT, EPHokie, gmart22, Helo_Hokie, HokieinJax, hokiejoe11, HokieJoe3, HorseOnATreadmill, InEnemyTerritory, kburkeVT, kpforthree, papilgee4evaeva, Rocco, Shakeitallabout, SpiderHokie, StLHokie, TheArchitect, TheTurkeyTavern, TheVirginian, vthokie1965, vtnerf & weavez22
Now to the overall top 3 and winner (based on playing 80% of the weeks)
Final Overall:
1. 2HokiesIn1 60%
2. Amott 59%
3. SpiderHokie 57%
Just out of the money at 56%
InEnemyTerritory, Rocco & VTJawo
Congrats to 2HokiesIn1 who stole it by 1 game on the last week. one day Ill have to buy you a drink or 2. Amott, Ill hook you up one day as well. Yes, I still owe VTColtTXRangers x2.
Thank all you for reading and playing. Lesson learned for most of you dont gamble.
I will be doing a pick em pool via yahoo, as doing one like this for bowl season is a pain in the ass.
I wouldn't worry.
We got all the best goatees in college ball, we got Vince Vaughn, and a lot of possibility.
Besides, when Pasadena time hits, they're gonna contend with the best team in the nation, so this quote from Mike Tyson may apply;
"Knock knock"
"Who's there?"
"Guy who finished second"
"Guy who finished second who?"
"Exactly"
Darren Evans, even Oglesby..versus and injured Trey.
I hope it ends the same though.
No, Juarez is more like a Tijuana for those that want to test their IQ... you have to be retarded to go over there.
Admittedly, the violence is (mildly) better there, but only because one of the cartels won... which just means the cartel vs cartel violence has lessened. That still leaves robbery, rape, and other violent crimes against people who stick out like sore thumbs...
Another year in the weight room for the young line.
Another year in the weight room for the fr fullback.
Another year teaching the fr WR to run routes and catch with their fingertips.
The offense will be better.
Stanford finished 14th in total defense (UCLA lost 24-10) and USC finished 16th (UCLA won 35-14). Hoping we can play more like Stanford.
Sorry, but I don't see it myself. Cincinnati played in a weak Big East so Brian Kelly could still outcoach other teams despite their average, at best, talent. Tony Pike had good stats, but the fact is he was borderline to even get drafted (ended up a 6th rounder).
UCLA has played in an extremely tough Pac-12 and the talent on their roster is light years ahead of what Cincy had. In 4 out of the past 5 years, UCLA has had a Top 15 recruiting class. Brent Hundley could easily be a 1st round draft pick. Jim Mora wasn't the greatest NFL coach, but he wasn't terrible and has shown to be pretty game since coming to the college ranks.
Fact of the matter is we had superior talent to Cincinnati in the 2009 Orange Bowl. That's not true for this year's Sun Bowl against UCLA. So overall I feel this is easily a tougher matchup than Cincinnati.
i hope your right. based on the relatively little i've seen of ucla, and what my cloudy memory can cojure up about 08 cincy, i have to believe ucla is more battle tested. then again i dont think they've played a d on our's level, kinda like tony pick and his crew.
My experience living in "SEC Country" is that the majority of the fans allow their strange love affair with their entire conference to blind them. Loeffler is no longer affiliated with the SEC therefore he must be bad.
2012 Tre Mason: 5.9 yards/carry -- 21 carries/TD
2013 Tre Mason: 5.7 yards/carry -- 12 carries/TD
Obviously Tre has had a great 2013 season but the biggest differences I see are that this year he has a lot more carries (283 vs 171) and he also has a 1000 yard rusher at QB who also completes 60% of his passes. Gus Malzahn is undoubtedly an offensive genius but I don't know that saying Loeffler is inept is logical at all.
So to answer your question: I believe that when next year rolls around we have the potential to be a productive offense. In 2012 Loeffler's AU offense had a strong running game but was held back by awful QB play. 2013 VT offense had a talented if inconsistent QB that was ultimately let down by a lack of a running game. If Leal/Motley/Hodges/Ford can give solid play from the QB position (60% completion rate, 15 TD 5 INT, 400+ yards rushing) and progress is made on the O-Line we'll be fine.
In short, if we play good we'll be good. Lefty can coach.
even with a new QB I see us as better on offense next year. we will have more talent and more experience at wide receiver. ditto at running back. Grimes will have had another year to work with the O-line. loeffler will be able to run more of his desired offense i think. as has been noted on here before, i think he realized we had the best chance of winning this year by running everything through logan
Marcus Lewis: I AM COMMITTED TO VIRGINIA TECH! #HOKIES!
Random recruiting service employee: *calls Marcus* Hello Marcus, you do know that is going to affect how we rank you, right?
Marcus Lewis: I AM BACK ON THE MARKET! (But I secretly want to be a Hokie still)
He will have a field day with them. I might watch some it for fun. GOHOKIES
Is it true that Juarez is like a Tijuana for those that want to test their bravery?
Is there some conspiracy against VT and its prospects' ratings?
there once was a bowl name the salad bowl look it up
I think our defense can really overwhelm them, and I see our offense pulling a few tricks for this game.
Florida was ravaged by injuries all season long. Unless things fall apart on Muschamp next season, I don't see him getting fired.
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/76057/an-injury-by-injury-look-at-...
Be careful, someone is going to believe that.
Derp.
I came looking for this thread just so I could post that they have a fuller, we'll hopefully have two by game time though.
FB and BF: Son, for some reason only known to us, we are making an effort to make our recruiting class the highest rated it can be. We're going to need you to decommit.
ML: Anything for the Hokies.