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I agree that our WR's are improving, but what I'm excited about is that they will have 4-5 guys coming in next year with better talent to push them. No matter what happens at WR next year, whether it is all the guys we have now continuing to get PT or #AllTheFreshmanWR's or a mix of both, it will be better than this year...
But....at QB...... hey, hopefully Ford will be improving every week!
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12 years 8 months
# | Hokie Football Is Our Drug So Let's Think of Ways To Enjoy It Better The sequester put a big ax in having lots of flyovers. Unless the planes are privately owned, its not gonna happen. I've been depressed about it all year...
Looking good for the future. Beamer will be in Bristol and that just might be his finest year. I think he knows it too.
I saw a change In the offensive blocking. I saw some holes.
The WR have improved but there were still more drops than necessary.
The effective screen was new.
I think there has been progress in coaching.
The difficult part is certain details in individual skills. I'll touch on this again, Thomas working through progressions. It's new so, sometimes it's great and sometimes not. That takes game speed practice.
Overall I think the O coaching has been better and there are improvements but, like anything, sometimes we forget what was recently learned.
Shouldn't the Maryland game be announced today?
In UMD, for student non-season ticket holders, instead of just a standard lottery, you'd have a reward system. Each time the ticket you get was used, it bumps up your percentages. Not using it harms your percentages. better % = higher chances of getting a ticket, and better seats. So if you're not able to go, make damn sure you find someone who is to give it to, or don't get one.
Also:
- Real tickets so there won't be anymore paper airplanes. B
- Better cell phone service so I can check other scores during commercial timeouts/halftime, or ask people who are watching on TV WTF just happened (in the event of what appears to be a blown call or a review we couldn't see clearly).
- I would love to be able to buy beer there, but I doubt that'll ever happen
- I want Stick It In back - the old people who complained can go suck on it
- What happened to all the flyovers we used to have? Seems like we've had a lot fewer these past few years. If that's a change, I want it changed back, because B-2 flyovers are the best.
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Certainly can't hurt that Duke is out for the year.
'Murca.
As much as I'd like to blame the bourbon (as I see quite often on the internet), I really don't drink enough for that to be a legitimate excuse. I was just increasingly frustrated with peoples' unceasing desire to absolutely rip a guy (LT3, not myself) who's doing his absolute best to represent this school well (which he does, no question) and win football games (which he does well, sometimes.)
That said, I agree I was a bit too rough on a few of my posts, and for that I apologize. But hey, there's the internet.
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12 years 8 months
# | Hokie Football Is Our Drug So Let's Think of Ways To Enjoy It Better I completely agree with keeping the positivity flowing. Some of the posts theses last couple of weeks have been keeping me away from the site, but I love it too much to stay away, and its posts like these that bring me back. I believe the measure of a great fan is not how much you support the team when they're winning and its easy, but when they're down and its tough. Thats when true Hokies shine through the doubters and naysayers
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This is now a first amendment issue?
Driving down Friday from S. Alabama. What can I say, I'm dedicated.
I recall a forum where someone mentioned that you should be able to use meal plan money at the concessions stands. I'm going one step further: make the concessions part of Dining Services and get some of the amazing food into Lane Stadium.
I do like the ideas to create some sort of rewards system (including scanning tickets when people leave). I'm just not sure there's enough fan backing to force that issue in the Athletic Department.
Anybody have a shot of that play?
When I saw it live, I thought there was defensive holding which stayed on to become PI.
In that case, the PI was moot, he was impeded by the holding to run the route, making the ball uncatchable.
But I didn't see a replay of the part leading up to the tip.
If I saw what I thought I saw, the tip would only negate the PI, not the hold. Since the hold wasn't called, in favor of the higher penalty of PI, the non-tip tip, negated the hold as well.
Anybody have a clip of that where we can see the contact downfield?
Part of coaching is teaching players how to execute. I think one reason that Malzahn is such a great coach is that he knows how to simplify his scheme and teach it to players in a way that allows them to execute at a high level. I think Bud Foster is another example of coach who is great at doing this. I can give Loeffler and the WRs a pass on the Alabama game. That was the very first game and it was against the top ranked team in the country. However, we are now going into week 11, and I honestly can't tell if execution has necessarily improved much beyond the WRs. Next season will be interesting and a good indicator of Loeffler's coaching ability.
I agree I was pleasantly surprised to see how nice the screens to Edmunds looked.
Overuse would make it a dangerous thing but, I was excited when I saw them Saturday.
Another tool in the box.
When I see these new things I am encouraged that we are probably thinking the correct way in that it takes time to install a whole new offense.
Doesn't mean I don't want to see it go faster though. I'm not patient enough sometimes.
I would have thought that this read option would have been great with JC, LT and Edmunds on the field. JC as the pitch / bounce outside threat, Edmunds as the straight up the middle threat, Edmunds as the FB for LT with JC as the pitch. Could even bring a WR over for pitch option.
Seems like Edmunds is the outside bounce option, but his feet are heavy. I think he has the speed but guys find a way to upset him on the way to the edge and he seems uncomfortable bouncing to the outside. Its to the point where I don't think defenses believe Edmunds as an edge threat at all. So they still have to watch for a WR coming across, but when they see Edmunds and LT in the backfield alone they can significantly narrow the amount of field they are responsible for. I think LT is possibly fast enough to get an edge on DL, but I think he risks injury as the safeties and LBs have alot of time to try and hit him low and hard as he tries to get a corner. Interesting idea, but doesn't seem worth the risk. Big Edmunds fan, but I think run option is more effective with JC in there. The edge is an empty threat without JC there. Wonder what the stats are on read option with JC and without JC (assuming we are using him as the bounce slash edge option, which we sometimes don't)
This is a real head scratcher. Run option not effective IMHO because of the way we use the personnel. All I can think of is that JC is still hurt. Those high ankle sprains are unfortunately the kind of thing that can linger.
I do have to say that I thought the screen looked much more developed than I ever thought it could this "quickly" as it seems to be a new addition to the playbook. Kudos to the coaches for getting that in there and have it look so good. Some of these OL I thought looked terrible over the first 5-6 games, might actually develop into decent linemen. Getting Edmunds into space is a good thing. JC as well. Both of these guys could reek some havoc on the screen pass.
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Also Duke, I have never seen that many spot reviews.
I'm guessing that was supposed to be a QB sneak and LT simply dropped the exchange.