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Here's a fun fact: you're innocent until proven guilty in these United States of America. I think it's best we want until all the facts are known before we rush to judgment.

And rape is a very vague definition. Consensual sex between two people can still be legally termed rape if one of them was incapacitated (i.e. drunk). Also, someone can report rape even if the act itself was consensual at the time and they later felt like they were forced or coerced into it.

dumbest thing ever.

ha...i always wanted one of these.

There is NO ONE who has been as dynamic as MV7. Manziel, RGIII, Cam. I don't care. Vick was in a class of his own. There are soooo many haters on his NFL game. Well he has been one of the biggest names in the NFL for 10 years (good and bad) but he was responsible for the growth of ATL and has shown flashes of greatness throughout his career. He gets so much damn hate all the time but he has been a starting QB for years. He may even make it into the Hall of Fame one day as well...he already has a jersey there.

Yes, I believe that one-and-done are factored in as well as those who depart in their junior year.

There has been some players who departed to go pro before their senior year, but finished their education while in pro ball. Kevin Jones, I believe, was one of them. Of course, that's pre-graduation/academic progress mumbo jumbo thing invented by the NCAA and US DOE.

It amazes me how people put collegiate athlete's on a pedestal when most of us won't even go pro or have the ability to go pro.

This is often overlooked in the grand scheme of things. I do not have any access to statistics, but there is what, 32, NFL teams, and that's it. There's no developmental league similar to the NBA's D-league or European basketball. The NFL is pretty much the end of the ride unless those athletes are willing to forgo the promises of multimillion dollars contract and go north to Canada.

i'm too lazy (well, should be doing work instead of TKP) to look it up, but are graduation rates adjusted for athletes who leave early to enter careers as professional athletes?

I think it would be interesting to see what percentage of athletes who don't get degrees spend/spent time in the NFL/NBA

watching these videos.... wow. Vick was truly amazing.

I'm still holding out for this:

Same problem as last year, fundamentally flawed. I am defensive oriented myself because I was drilled in the fine art of boxing out before grabbing a rebound, keeping my head on a swivel and keeping players in my perpherial visions.

If Johnson does not figure out how to rotate guys on the low blocks, they are going to get killed by superior athletic teams with developing backdoor plays.

Another problem is they do a poor job of fighting through screens, which is a continuation of the Greenberg's era, and don't be surprise if team start to throw pressure defense at Virginia Tech because there's not enough ball handlers to handle the rock, and Johnson doesn't seem to get a clue when it comes.

For example, one game, this team we played against was constantly throwing half court traps and full court press, we devoted a signifcant portion of practice time to break those press. When we recongized it was coming, we were able to immediately move into pre-designated spots, and fire off pass as soon as it got in our hands. We did it with uncanny effectiviness, it caused the other team to quit using press. Recongition is the key. The coach and the players have to be able to spot it coming and call it out.

This post was on point; nailed a lot of things I've been thinking. I love the fact that we have some decent bigs, especially ones with shot-blocking ability. This is new for VT and should help make up for some of the poor perimeter defense. I just have never warmed up to Eddie and it's obvious why; poor handle, streaky, never made a "leap" of improvement from year to year. We will be even better next year without he and Raines, mostly because we'll finally have a full roster of scholarship players.