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Ahhh, I remember both of those. The 2011 Miami game was one of 3 games I came back to b'burg for. And the 2009 Miami game in the "hurricane" was a great one! I reminisce at the thought of what it would be like having Tyrod as a QB and talented running backs again.
Preach on, brother. Preach on.
It's gonna get downright interesting.
Rivalry week is here, gents. Time to put on our big boy pants and beat a ranked team.
Send these seniors off with a nice taste in their mouth.
Danny Coale was not a walk on. He attended a camp and was offered a scholarship.
Everyone wants a quarterback who is consistently good and occasionally great. We only get occasionally great, as evidenced by the few long touchdown drives we've had this year.
What??
A really good positive post about the future of Tech football??
No demands to bench players, fire coaches, and/or burn empty trophy cases??
Dang!! Do more of these!
It's the post we needed, but not the post we deserved
I love this post, and you're absolutely right. If everyone thinks back to preseason expectations, I think 6-3 is right where we thought we'd be. The question would have been whether any of those 3 losses would be to teams where the tie-breaker kills our division hopes (GT, Pitt, UNC, Miami). BC is in the Atlantic, Duke is gonna lose 1-2 more conference games, so thankfully the answer is no.
We have the ability to beat a Miami team without Duke Johnson, it just comes down to turnovers. Keep the faith, support this team, and hopefully we'll all be singing a different song 7 days from now.
There have been major changes. Their names are Loeffler, Moorehead, and Grimes.
My dad always tell me that the most electric Lane has ever been that he has witnessed was the 99 Miami game after they went up 10-0. Beamerball at its finest.
I don't think they could possibly be taking away the quick slant all game. It had to be open at some point and we just never tried. When I'm at the games all I see is long developing underneath routes, but no slants.
I don't want Rogers to get the ball, I want him to be in there as a lead blocker.
Not saying I don't see the reasoning behind the "Bench Logan" crowd, but it kind of reminds me of the old "Bench Randall" crowd. Every time Randall would throw a couple picks, (early in his senior season) we'd hear a vocal minority clamor for Glennon based on solid mop up duty. Not saying it's a direct parallel since it was earlier in the year but still.......
Winston is throwing to Jesus... no wonder he's having a miraculous freshman season.
Joking aside, I think it was McShay that pointed out that there are a lot of quarterbacks out there with receivers who are making more plays and dropping fewer balls than the VT receivers. It's to be expected with a young group. Heck, Tyrod, with freshmen Boykin, Coale and Roberts, had a TD:INT ratio of 2:7. Winston's really good, but no way ESPN's on the same loveboat if he played with VT's receivers.
Thanks for the correction, I missed the first part of ECU and was too lazy to check.
I can see where you're coming from, but I'll go ahead and defend some playcalling here.
1. We scored. Easily. Everyone in the world, myself and the BC defense included, thought the traditional 4th-and-Logan veer/power was coming up and Lefty faked out every single one of them. That was beautiful. I don't care what formation it was out of, that was a perfectly-called play and it was executed masterfully. Let's keep in mind that our traditional, outside zone/stretch play on a 4-th and 1 was easily stuffed by Duke.... Yup, Duke.... I'm not sure I'd trust the offense to do much better against BC.
2. I too would like to see more quick slant-type patterns, mostly cause Logan seems to be very comfortable with throwing that route (see GT last year). That said, it's entirely possible the defense was lining up to take away those types of routes which causes Logan to make his check to a deeper ball where he'll likely have one-on-one coverage, or a screen play (which, by the way, was called and executed perfectly 1.5 times).
3. He's given Rogers a couple carries (which is more than the previous staff did in about 4 years), but he fumbled the last one. Hard to blame the OC for not trusting a true freshman walkon with the ball, or the offense for that matter, more often.
4. He's not shifty, but he's athletic enough to get upfield and get 4-7 yards and that's all we need. He decimated GT with it, he won the 2011 Miami game with it and he's been our most consistent runner with that straight-line speed all year. That said, why he ever runs outside is completely beyond me.
By definition an opinion can't be correct, it just "is" *sigh* I'll show myself out.
The 2009 game was one of my favorites while at Tech. I think we're due for another!
That strip from Hall is my favorite play ever from a Tech player. Lane Stadium was electric when it happened.
Here's my personal opinion the Logan bashing. The man moved to QB for the team, he wanted to stay as a TE but since the team needed a QB he was unselfish enough to become QB. So why trash a man who puts the team first? I have been critical of him in the past but that doesn't mean I hate him. He is a great teammate and an even better person. I'm feeling a big game out of him this Saturday.
I bet you thought that in 2011, too. The guys doesn't have a supporting cast and probably passed for more yards this game than any other.
Yeah, Logan is our leader and starter. He's done so much for the team and I dislike the bashing. We've lost 3 games (2 we should have won) so it's not like we're getting blown out like last year (Pitt, UNC). We're actually moving the football, but mostly through the air. If we had a decent running game, Logan wouldn't take such a pounding and make as many mistakes IMO. Miami is on tap, so lets get back to our winning ways.
The greatest Miami moment I can remember came on a 4th and 1 from the 19...
Overall, the happiest I've ever been in an early game was against Clemson when Macho went off on special teams. We came out real aggressive that game.