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Can't wait to see this Miley Cyrus video.
that I have no idea. I just saw on twitter. Im actually looking it up now and trying to find out who he is tied with
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Logan Thomas has 33 turnovers since the start of last season. That's tied for the most in FBS over that span.
Godspeed young man! Hope he comes back better than ever, hate seeing this happen to anybody especially one of the best RB's in the country. He absolutely demolished us last year.
Yeah, this was discussed quite a bit here yesterday. But from what I've seen a lot of people here think we're going to get absolutely demolished if we play FSU (pessimists! Lol) ..I actually think we'd do better than most anticipate. Boston college (of all people) showed that FSU does have kinks in their shiny gold armor.
Despite the losses these two weeks, I still think these boys are capable of anything (with LT3 under center)
GO HOKIES!!
Oooh probability theory. Like.
With who?
My screenname is meant to be tongue in cheek and i think most intelligent people on here realize that. I've been on this site for 2+ years. You on the other hand have all of 10 posts and are already making personal attacks.
I hear you but I just get along with the fact that people will vent here. A day or two afterwards people calm down. It's about the same amount of time it takes for me to get over it.
That's nicely done. The Alabama game looks really sparse
I don't disagree, but how long had we gone with a stud D and a pedestrian O? In my book, this year was a return to normalcy, and with Logan, JC, Knowles, Coles, and some offensive line experience, I expected to have a better year this year.
It already looks like we've had an equivalent year, but I'm still waiting for wins 7 and 8. We get to 8, then the year turned out like I expected
I agree that this will not happen, nor do I think we would be better if he was moved to TE. But, even though I can't name anyone specifically, we've seen in college football times where players are moved because the back up is better (which is not this situation), leading to a player switching positions. In some cases, the player thrives at the new position. I guess one pseudo-example of this was FSU's Williams, who left spring practice as the starting safety and played RB last night. He looked great with the ball in his hands.
No way, I'd be blocked by everyone.
I've been here a while and posted a lot but I have yet to think of something intelligent to say.
The only one where I think Logan wasn't at fault was the Knowles-batted int. Although one could say that if it was closer to the body of the receiver it may not have been batted up at all.
The pick six made me scream. One of the worst decisions I've seen Logan make.
I like that I didn't see this thread until the edit happened.
I like the turkey leg system. It lets us self-regulate.
Wow, North Korea Analogies? Didn't think I would see the day that.
Sweet.
Your wrong, Thomas does make mistakes, but he is asked to do way too much. He was hurt pretty early in this one. No other team sans GT asks their QB to run into a defensive front every first down play.
The offensive line couldn't protect him against a depleted BC d-line. With no other rushing threat, it becomes easy to focus attention on Thomas in both rushing and passing.
The bottom line is this coaching staff is just as bad as last years. When something works, they stop doing it, and when something doesn't work, they to force it to prove that it could at some point.
Also this oline is just plain bad.
The problem is not LT3. He has proven that when he is not the running game, that he can be a great QB.
The coaching staff, even with the lack of talent, has no idea how to use the players and play to their strengths.
Pulling Stanford out on 3rd and 4th down plays with the game on the line, makes no sense.
Not at least trying to get Edmund's going after he proved he was hot.
Running every first down for 1-2 yards with a slow developing read. Hey Scott, it doesn't work.
Cline was open way too often to not get logans attention and tell him, get it to Cline.
The blocks in the back that happen every time the Holies move the ball a chunk.
The play calling is just as vanilla as last years coordinators, and we are seeing the same results.
This game was lost when BC decided to run their bruising back most of the day.
He wore down that defensive front and their blocking was crisp.
If BC can get backs like that, there is no reason tech does not have someone like that.
Logan Thomas has been the offense for the past 7 weeks. He has had the ball the majority of the time, and will make mistakes.
I was at this game, and LT was beat up. Jarrett also was beat up. Coles was beat up. Losing Byrn hurt bad. The o-line was gassed by the beginning of the 3rd.
Their needs to be better conditioning, and they need to stick with what is working.
There is no way we have a chance against Miami if we keep playing this same offense. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that if you rush 4 and consentrate on Thomas, you will win the game.
Inconsistency is the killer for any sports team and Virginia Tech Football has too much of it right now, specifically on Offense and Special Teams. I WANT to scream 'Bench Logan Thomas!' but I can't. There are too many factors at work to blame him alone. The list of egregious errors that we've made over the course of this season goes on and on, and some of them persist. Sometimes using numbers helps me.
I understand there are flaws to the assumptions here but I am trying to highlight consistency across the board on offense as the real problem with this team.
Let's say that 80% of the time, our WR's catch balls that should be caught. 75% of the time, Logan Thomas delivers a ball that can be caught, 70% of the time, Logan makes the correct read, 90% of the time our blockers are making correct blocks to give Logan the time to make the read. that means that around 38% of our passing plays will be executed properly. If we applied this basic math to the duke and the bc games, what do we look like? My guess is that the above numbers wouldn't be far off.
How about the run game? How often does Logan make the correct read off inverted veer? How often do the RB's wait for the right seam? My guesses for these %'s wouldn't be very good over the entirety of the season.
Not related but wanted to share my thoughts on the program overall.
Be patient. Get Andrew Ford down here. Get our fresh O-line talent down here. Continue to grow Cline, Stanford, Byrn, Edmunds, etc and keep getting kids on D who play fast and physical. This team, just like the numbers above, will be great when we are consistently executing in all phases of the game - WE CAN DO THAT. We've been a good offense before (right, guys? we....we did have a good offense that one time! right?), we've had great special teams, we HAVE the pedigree to be more than competent in all three phases of the game. So, again, as fans we have to be patient - know that the coaches are focusing on getting the right people in the right places, and before you know it big things will start happening again in Blacksburg. I love this football team...GO HOKIES!
Agree with jpcvt. I know this is about Logan but Edmunds is being used in a horrible way in my opinion. The Read option takes way too long to develop and with inconsistent offensive line play that leaves him pretty much shit out of luck. Praying for Power I football. The Read option is a nice wrinkle but we are using it way to much for my liking. I just think it develops way too slow.
I really liked Deshazo when he played. I was 13 or so back then but I remember having a good time with him at the helm.
How exactly does one twerk his nose? Hey, just asking.
My definition of someone looking out for us would be going down to Coral Gables and laying an even bigger smackdown on Miami than FSU did. Not an injury.
I'd be proud of the team to finish with three straight wins, but I think we can all agree that FSU is clearly the best team to carry the banner for the ACC. The last thing I want is us getting curb stomped in the Orange Bowl by a really good football team.
Congratulations! What an awesome experience!
Oh, yeah and the heartbeat thing is pretty cool too. (jk......)
I'm glad someone started a Stanford thread. This guy is looking really good to my eyes. The 69 yard catch was a hell of a lot of effort on his part, and had me standing up and cheering. He's definitely my favorite receiver at this point, and his future looks bright. I remember hearing someone last season that he was looking good on scout team/in practice/wherever, and I was surprised not to see more of him last year. But this year he seems to become more reliable by the game, and as long as he puts in the work to be really good, he'll get there. Stanford and Mangus look like the immediate future of our WR and tailback rotations.