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I think the absence of two veterans players hurt, but at the same time, coaches have to make adjustments in-game. That's where they failed.
I'm not sure if Hopkins was quiet but he was probably double/teamed a lot but I do remember two plays where Brown was well within his reach, and Brown hit the afterburners to get away from him.
StinyFTL FTW.
We have plenty of recruits from other states...so I'm not sure where you're going with that. Yes, the majority are from Virginia, but Virginia tech is in Virginia. That almost makes sense.
As for Bud being a good coach, yes, you're saying he will be. But there's zero guarantee that he will be, whether you say so or not. Just because you're convinced he'll win a national championship doesn't make it so.
There's no reason to give up the winningest active coach in college football for an unproven, inexperienced coordinator (and I say inexperienced and unproven in terms of past head coaching experience).
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# | Bitter blog - Five thoughts after the Hokies' loss to Maryland Although I knew this would be your answer it still pulls at the heart to hear we are as bad as SEC fans.... Shameful. Not sure if it was the same back in the day when I was there or I am just being nostalgic about that. Having seen more of the bandwagon fans come out these past two season I am inclined to believe that since the fans I associated with then were my close friends, who were equally as supportive to the team, I am biased to believe it was better. Plus AOL and having a hotmail account were still the thing so online communities didn't give the broader fanbase a sounding board.
Having said that, you seem to have some uniquely puerile fans on your comments. Jennie, not sure if your a boy or girl, but that was directed at you.
thanks Andy. I missed your 1000th turkey leg so here's 1001. Spend them wisely.
Love that the headline here didn't mention that dreadful B word that always seems to haunt this team.
If Logan had thrown a pick-six for the loss, guess what? The players would have gotten booed on Senior Day. LT especially.
(SN: would have)
+1 TO GET YOU TO 3000!!
Not sure who downvoted this, because this statement is absolutely correct.
Have an upvote on me.
People with very small hands.
Over the last 10 years of College Football those are the ones that are leaving. There's not many coaches like Beamer and Mac Brown around. When you have one its truly special to hold on to them. But just like Frank said he knows that he can outstay his welcome so if he knows it then why can't we accept it? I believe he has a target year that he hasn't told anyone, but I rather him leave on his own than tarnish his reputation losing to teams that has no business beating us. Frank is a first ballot Hall of Famer in my book, but I don't want people second guessing his work that he's done and where he's brought this team from to where it's at now. That's my true and honest opinion of Frank. There isn't a better coach that him that will watch after his players care for there futures as men as he does. And that to me is more than any National Championship could ever bring if he doesn't win one before he retires.
ok, I get the sarcastic tone of posts, but...
the thing that kind of makes me a little angry about that 400 lbs RB is that his coach is really being selfish. Yes he is a hoss and takes a gang tackle to even attempt to bring him down, but there is no way this kid is going to be a RB in college. With his size and movement he could be the best tackle EVER. His coach should give him the skill set he needs to win in life, not just use him to win a high school football game.
also, I fear this:
I mentioned somewhere that the lack of either of those CBs forced Kendall to play outside instead of nickel... and Bonner to play man coverage.
And Bonner and Trimble (at the whip) got picked on quite a bit.
I think we make way too many presnap motions, and take way too long to get the snap off - Line up, adjust if you need to, and RUN THE DAMN PLAY. All this presnap motion crap just gets the offense out of sync, and the defense time to react.
Pro sports with playoffs and no graduation are completely different from college... but I see what you're after.
Auburn's an entirely different situation too.
Yep that is true. Turkey Leg for you on that.
I watched this after the Maryland game just to get pumped for the UVA game - FOSTER WILL BRING HELL WITH HIM, in the form of DADI
Always a hokie win or lose. 7-4 is much better then 2-10 like one school I know.
Screw that man...we need to do what is best for VT not the ACC and the rest of college football. They wouldn't hesitate if the tables were turned...If we were number 2 and they had the chance to knock us off FSU would do anything they could to beat us. FACT!!!
I cant put this game on the coaching staff....there are only so many times that coaches can say "don't overlook these guys"...
This game, especially since it was Senior Day, said to me that these players lack the mental fortitude to come out and play the same game week in and week out. The play calling on the offensive side of the ball was some of the best I have seen this year and the players failed to execute. How many times did Logan overshoot an open receiver? It just takes one of those to break right and we are winning this game.
The only major part of the game I might fault coaches for would actually be Bud's not making the first half adjustment to spy the quarterback but the second half adjustments were made and were solid until the overtime....OT again was again in my opinion a mental fortitude issue on the players part. Maryland wanted it more.
The only other part of the game that I might put specifically on coaches would be Frank's being too lenient with Cody Journell over the years. If we had parted ways after his second strike, we likely would have had the kicking game figured out by now which might "might" have changed the one missed kick.
After a little thought, it occurred to me that a lot of the tackles that were not made today might have been made by a couple guys named Kyle and Antone. We will never know, but could the explanation for this loss really be as simple as those two injuries? I mean, the freshmen are incredibly great corners for 18-year-olds, but Exum and Kyle Fuller bring some skills and experience that might have been the solution to those gashing runs.
Also, am I the only one who noticed that Derrick Hopkins was a non-factor? I don't know if he had the flu or nagging injuries or just a bad hair day, but he spent a lot of the game face down. I had no idea Maryland was capable of taking complete control of Skip Hopkins.
Hahahaha.
I almost went Obamacare joke above, but politics always gets me in trouble.
If Frank hadn't allowed Cody Journell so many opportunities to screw this team over than they may have had the kicking game figured out at this point and not have missed that chip shot field goal....
That said, did we lose this game on the field goal? No, we lost this game in my opinion because this group of players doesn't seem to have the mental fortitude to play the same game week in and week out. Sure, they get up for the good teams but they also come out and play the "less talented" teams as if they are going to be cakewalks. This is several seasons in a row now (See Pittsburgh last year) that we have had this problem. Coaches may take a small part of the blame for this but I put this mainly on the players because a coach can only say "don't overlook these guys" so many times.
Its really telling when on Senior Day you come out and play flat that its a player problem. Frank has his faults but I for one am looking forward to what he can do when Ford and the Funky Bunch come in on offense to complement Bud's Lunchpail.....
FH you've summed it up best.
thanks! back at you for ... uh.... 1,413!! jk, thanks dude