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Hopefully, the new AD and President will help the program take another step forward to reaching the title game. New ideas, more funding for recruiting camps, and summer events with ex Hokies from the NFL might draw more exciting.
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Incredible French, these reviews are a big part of why TKP is one of the best football sites on the internet. You mentioned that UVA has a similar offensive scheme, do you see Foster using a spy like he did in the second half? Also, with Kyle and Exum hopefully back, would Kyle be a prime candidate for that with his speed and open field tackling ability?
I agree with your assessment in the last section of the article. Virginia Tech is 1 of 15 schools to play for a title and 1 of 3 schools from the Acc to have do e so but it's actually only 1 Acc school that's played for a title when you remove Miami & Virginia Tech. Both were in the Big East we hen they play for a title. I think that says allot about how difficult it is for an Acc team to reach the title game but this will likely change next season with the 4 team play off.
Another awesome article French. Having never played football, I have learned so much from reading your articles every week. Way to put everything in perspective in the last paragraph. VT was just another middling decent team until Beamer came along. He, with help from the AD's have positioned this program to be the absolute best it can be given the resources available.
that's right - I just threw in his years at Bama just to show that every coach/program has ups and downs.
Great film review!
And I think we all needed to come to terms with the fact that this (for the most part) is a young, inexperienced, and inconsistent team. I think that six game winning streak made us all forget about that.
That was awesome ! Well said! Go Hokies.
Thanks VPI, I upvoted you in return.
I'm a Hokie Club Rep - Thanks for being an advocate! 10,000 Turkey Legs if I was able!
you can't change it. That may or may not be changing in the off season. Nothing you can really do about it now. I upvoted to balance you out though.
Great film breakdown as always.
I really like your dose of truth at the end and I think there's more realistic fans than unrealistic fans but that the unrealistic guys will always be more vocal. Also some of it I imagine is just knee jerk venting that after a day of thinking that people know the sky isn't falling. I know your film study has enlightened me and I'm sure that your articles are increasing the football IQ of the TKP readership.
I definitely recommend people to join Hokie Club and give to athletics if they want to help the program. I'm a Hokie Club member and besides the rewards of tickets I do like the feeling of contributing in a small way to the program that entertains a lot of my time throughout the year. It's a great time to join especially if you want guaranteed tickets for next year when we have rivals such as Miami, GT, UVA, and BC at home.
Being a 10-win team that plays an exciting hard hitting brand of football and that is in contention for a conference title IS A GOOD THING. It isn't perfect, but I feel much better about returning to that level than I did a year ago.
Hear. Hear.
Personally, I am in awe of the Beamer era. Say what you will, but no one can argue the fact that Coach Beamer has single handedly influenced the direction of college football with his strategy. Also, kudos to Dave Braine for sticking with him through 2-9, and 3-8 and allow him to build the program.
Hokie football, as a fan, is all that I can ask for. Excellent tailgating, sweet pregame entrance, hard hitting defense, and just enough offense that this team is in contention pretty much every year.
I accidentially down voted this pic. I wanted to upvote. How do I change that?
Awesome read. I particularly liked that last bit!
Thank you for all that you do French!
This may actually be the best idea I've ever seen on a message board.
French, I will toast you with all the bourbon I drink this week. Thanks and well done.
Either formula sounds fine for me. I just want to know when these get redeemable at Lane Stadium for actual turkey legs. Do we need to petition Ballein to make this a reality? (I know this has been said before but it's never not a good idea)
We can't let these same breakdowns get us against UVA. This Bye Week will hopefully not see us take to the field sluggishly, but instead aggressively. We can't give the Hoos any hope of winning.
well, it was published in 1997.
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While this might not have been fun for you to break down, I think this is the best film review yet. Give me a clipboard after reading this!
Also, thank you for the last paragraph. I always enjoy it when the rational ones pump in some sanity and perspective.
Anyone?...
OK the phrase goes..
"If TECH sucks, then UVA SWALLOWS!!"
GO HOKIES!