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I think its time to get Leal ready for next season. He can't do any worse then Logan has done the last two games.
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# | On Losing to Boston College, Logan Thomas, and Scot Loeffler NO ONE DENIES MY FRENCH TOUCHDOWNS!!!!
Don"t agree that LT should be benched. We simply do not know whether Leal would be any better at this point because we have not seen him play in real games. That said, I would hope, that given how inconsistently LT has performed, the coaches would give Leal a few series to play. That has not happened so I have to believe there is a reason and that is the coaches believe LT gives us the best chance to win. The coaches cannot make decisions simply because fans want to see someone else play. If we want to play that way, why not simply create an app and let fans vote real time on players and plays to be run during the game.
That said, maybe VT should take a look at what MSU (the team with the #1 defense right now) has done. They started the year with a 5 year senior starter in his second year of starting while giving the the sophomore QB several series. Watching their games (being stuck in Chicago I watch a lot of BigWCG (we can't count) games, it was pretty obvious that the #2 is better than the 5th year senior. The coaches saw that too and made the switch and after an early winnable lose to the domers MSU with the help of their #1 defense is 8-1 with a chance to win the conference.
Is this the same as VT? Probably not, but food for thought. I believe LT is a better QB than either of MSU's QBs and MSU would be unstoppable with LT at QB as they have a better line and a running game. If we had both, we would be unstoppable with LT as our QB as well, but we don't. Maybe we should give leal a few series to see what he can do in a real setting. I don't think he would do any better, but it would be nice to shut down on the crazy bickering.
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what about an upvote/downvote (up turkey/down turkey) system for the post itself? then you could view the positive/negative review on the tracker and decide whether or not you want to view.
French has earned the right to be critical of whoever he wants. Until you prove your football IQ is Savant Syndrome level, I'd bite my tongue about criticizing his fanhood.
How is that picture supporting, appreciating, honoring the Team? You could have spent that moment showing appreciation for the efforts these fine men exhibit every game.
The improved cellphone service is coming. That is what the construction is all about behind the east stands
I'd rather just dominate both on the stat sheet and the scoreboard...
UNC actually outgained us this year by 35 yards. But I get your point.
meant to reply to CDS7C above...
agreed...
also optimism for the fact that despite the bad matchup that some saw coming, the D held them to under 300 yards total offense. They ran well but not like we got gashed and shredded. A couple big plays were the difference.
Not to bring this up, but Auburn under a different coaching staff (AND ONLY A YEAR AFTER GOING 3-9) is 8-1 and #9 in the BCS this year. Say what you want about SL, but that is a brand new OC in Auburn with much of the same talent as SL had last year at Auburn
As of right now, I'm planning on flying down to FLL on Wednesday night, partying with some VT grads/roommates since I've known since high school, and going to the game on Saturday night.
I have a 7:00 a.m. flight on Sunday morning. Ugh...
Bud also has the advantage of only having some new players in his system each year to work with. Teaching a new system to every single offensive player is going to take longer
French - Why are you soooo negative??? You have NOTHING positive to say, ever. The offense had 446 yards total offense. With the best Defense in the country, that should be an easy win.
The problem wasn't with scheme, talent, coaching ---- it was with TURNOVERS. VT was -4 in that category. The coach's can't influence that much. The ball needs to be protected better. End of story.
I know, ripping the coach's makes you look better. Ripping the talent makes you look better.
Real fans don't do that!!
That's sorta what I figured, so I assume that'll change back next year. Just looking for more bullets.
Am I crazy to have a little optimism? The Duke game was a complete anomaly, you can't lose that game with the statistical advantages we have. We were even in regards to turnovers. Considering the stats on that game, Duke probably had a 1% chance of winning....and did.
Then the BC game, which was a really bad matchup for us. French has said it for a year, if someone took a Stanford-like blueprint and hammered the ball with extra OL against the small-ish fronts that everyone has now to stop the spread, it would be tough to stop. BC came at us with the Pep Hamilton special....and it worked....as well as anything works against Bud's defense. But, still, the offense moved the ball...a lot. Almost 400 yards passing. It's not the balance we'd like and the turnovers...oh the turnovers... but turnovers can be corrected.
I'm not sure I'm ready to predict a win over Miami because they can go Pep Hamilton on us as well, but they also have Stephen Morris at QB. I expect a 4 QTR game and Logan will have a chance to win it.
I'm also voting for the opponents of the mascots ahead of the Hokie Bird
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I don't understand why we abandoned the inside / outside zone game in favor of the veer stuff. In my opinion, Logan is a very good quarterback, but a very bad read option quarterback. He is not very good at reading the crashing end, and he has a very slow first few steps. He often doesn't make the right decision on the inverted veer, and when he does make the right read, he does not accelerate quickly enough to take advantage. Contrast with the Denard Robinsons of the world, who are very effective at diagnosing the defensive end, and extremely quick to escape the backfield in a hurry.
The reality is Logan made several NFL throws last Saturday, but tried, again, to do too much. Loefller clearly does not trust the rest of this offense because he's asking 96% of the offense to come from Logan. I don't really understand this, because the zone running game with Trey seems effective in the limited sample size we've seen.
Our WRs need to play better. Charley Meyer needs to catch the ball. Demetri Knowles needs to actually try to catch the ball instead of alligator arming it straight up into the air for an interception. WTF was that?
I agree with the ticket policy - something of this magnitude will create a high demand atmosphere, thus weaning out all/most of the non passionate fans.
Also, a first come first served seating section by year/class would create a similar atmosphere as well and would greatly reduce the "hey you're in my seat" people.
I actually don't think it's going to be close, ...I mean, at the beginning of the year, I picked LSU to beat Bama, but looking at where both teams are now, and the teams that LSU has lost to and the nature of their losses. No way I see Bama losing (though, I won't be upset if they do)
Beating this to death...
Those Auburn players were recruited by Malzahn for a spread offense, Chizik screwed with the offense too much and asked Loeffler to install a pro-style offense, and now they're having success because Malzahn is now coaching his own guys for the system he designed. It's no wonder they're doing better, and people need to stop dumping on Loeffler for it.