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I wish I knew. Both Coleman and Edmunds seemed to be frustrated when asked about the running back rotation and being pulled in and out during the post-practice interviews that 24-7 posted on Tuesday, but they also noted that each is put in the game based on situation, versus last year where guys stayed in for their series even if they were not the best fit for the plays being called.
That is why I prefer the workhorse back who can do everything in your offense. When you have 3 running backs that play, it means you don't have a running back. Trey, JC, or Chris have to do something when they get touches that forces the coaches to keep them in the game. Trey started to get untracked, but you can't trip when you have a huge hole like he did on the last stretch play.
Good stuff Joe. I know the boards get heated after a game. Even more so last week. The drinking didn't help. But for the most part on mid week posts everything is quite civil and if someone steps out of line the community takes care of it. I get 98% of my Hokie news from TKP. Keep it up man!
Sounds like "leal"
Dooley has better than advertised speed off the edge. I would need to focus on him more to get a good read, but he made some plays in fall camp.
Ekanem was heavily featured during the Spring Game, and I think he can be a very solid stud end. I just have not seen the playmaking ability that Gayle has demonstrated... yet. He reminds me of Noland Burchette.
1) The offense is less talented than in 2012. Despite their considerable faults, Marcus Davis and Dyrell Roberts presented a down field threat that they lack this season.
2) If Loeffler is around 2009-2011, I do think they would have more success, if for no other reason, the offensive line would be much better coached with Jeff Grimes. The offensive line has been so much better fundamentally. As they start to get guys who fit the system and get four years with his teaching, they should be even better in the future.
3) I am not sure what to expect next season. Quarterback play will be a huge question mark, and we have to see if Cam Phillips, Javon Harrison, Jaylen Bradshaw, or Kendrick Holland can win a spot and step in to provide a down field threat that they currently lack. Anyone who has seen Leal play (and based on the comments I have seen here, that isn't many folks) knows that he is most comfortable running either bootlegs or deep balls. Right now, there isn't a player on the roster at receiver that can go up on a 50-50 jump ball and beat a DB. No matter who the QB is, you need that guy to force the defense to account for a deep threat, which opens up in intermediate space.
And a turkey leg for you good sir!
(sorry....couldn't resist.)
Not bustin',
but when I read this, Burt Bacharach started singing 'What the world needs now, is Love, sweet Love' in my head.
+1 for the moment of Zen
Bruce in the NFL was spectacular. I started to become aware of NFL and college football around 86. Although as great as Bruce was, Reggie White was the best I ever saw.
Sorry, I missed this one. I think Jarrett would play strong safety in the NFL. Likely, he would need to make his bones as a special teams player because there is so much emphasis on strong safeties covering tight ends and Jarrett has struggled from time to time in coverage. Unlike last year, he has shown improvement. I think he struggled a little in coverage because he had to put on weight to play safety and struggled to adjust initially.
Great offensive recruits were quite scarce from Va in the last few years. Derrick Green was one, but we all know what happened there. VT didn't compensate well by going out-of-state to pickup the slack.
There is nothing, NOTHING, that tops freshly grilled wahoo with some lemon juice. Either served with coconut rice and cuban black beans with mango salsa, or on a fresh bun with tarter sauce. Mmm mmm.
Second would be fresh mahi. Third would be fresh cobia.
It may not be a good play against some teams, but it was clear right off the bat that the Hokie tackles could reach the defensive ends. Duke played a 4-4, with the outside guys playing half safety/half linebacker roles. In the zone stretch, you run at those outside guys and force them to take on blocks, and you increase the distance the back side safety/linebacker hybrid has to run (while also being responsible for bootleg.)
With the IV and the read option, you are leaving one defender unblocked. The tight end is veer releasing. That leaves five blockers to block 6 or 7 defenders. When Duke was stopping the run, it wasn't because the Hokie OL were missing blocks. It was because the unblocked defenders had a free shot at the ball carrier. I know UVA had some success with read option, but UVA is even more discombobulated than the Hokie offense right now. Those are not the people to emulate.
Confession: I don't hate BC.
I remember watching the BC/Miami game live and seeing the Flutie to Phelan miracle pass tear the swagger (I HATE that term) out of Miami. So....plus one for BC.
And when Matty ICE beat us, we quickly got redemption in the ACC Championship which was sweet. (Hey Matt! You got bested by Sean!) Honestly, how rare is it for redemption to come so quickly and so sweetly?
This success for BC swelled coach Jagodzinski's head so much that he set upon an ill-advised egomaniacal misadventure that eventually landed him as the wide receivers coach at Ave Maria University. (Yes, THAT happened!) So props to the Monks (or whatever) at BC for canning his ass.
To all others: BE WARNED! Don't dance on the Hokies! (Dabo......it's coming!)
Also, BC routinely has the funniest-named football players this side of Key and Peele. (Jarrett Darmstatter, for real?! FOE-rensics will be awesome this week.)
So, I'm not feelin' the hate so much this week.
I know how he feels. I've been attending VT games for 40+ years, and I can't remember one game where I didn't sit around at least one of those kind....usually several. A constant uninformed commentary on players, play calling, coaching, and officiating...almost always wrong. I will never understand how some people can be so adamant and so passionate in their ignorance. And as an official, I can tell you it exists at all levels. It begins with little league parents and becomes a perpetual process with each succeeding generation as they learn the conditioned response from their parents. A growing pandemic of loser mentality. It is sickening sometimes and really can detract from the this sport we love so much.
And people forget the 14-10 nail biter in Blacksburg with Tyrod at QB. Remember, Taylor wasn't an efficient accurate throwing QB either until the stretch run of his senior season. Most of the plays he created were breakdowns, and he had vastly superior receivers.
I didn't receive an email, wahoo! I don't have to go to the principal's office!
We've never played good in orange.
Well, the IV means that the tight end really doesn't have to block anybody (veer release) and it allows his slower linemen to down block, which is a much easier block than a reach block. On the outside, any team that can play man coverage will give the Hokies huge problems on offense. This week, Loeffler got guys open against the zone, and Logan didn't pull the trigger.
I really think he believes that the IV is the best way to move the football with the talent he has. I disagree to an extent, because I think that when Logan is a primary ball carrier instead of an alternative, it makes him less effective on those critical downs where you need him to make a play with his feet or his legs.
I have often thought that on short yardage, if Cline veer releases to the flat off the inverted veer action, he would be wide open. Oddly, he has not been off IV play action from more normal down and distance on short routes.
Since Andrew Ford is left handed and likely to start at some point in the Future, does this affect which linemen are best suited for which position. For example would you still think Teller should eventually be our Left Tackle or does Ford being left handed make it more likely he plays at Right Tackle with McLaughlin staying at Left Tackle since the Right would be Ford's Blind Side?
my "favorite" is when brent mooseburger would refer to Mike Imoh as "Emu". IIRC, he did it during multiple games ....
Ha. Pot calling the kettle white
Can we please stop with the "well golly here's a turkey leg for giving me a turkey leg!" posts? It makes those involved look like such dweebs as well as making it more difficult to find comments actually worth reading. Also, a close second is "turkey leg for you good sir". Again, contributes nothing to the conversation.
This a great forum, but when comments like these start diluting the discussions, it just makes TKP look like a big circle jerk.
And to add to this point, Hodges is rated by some recruiting services as "athlete." When Foster made it known he thought Hodges looked good at tight ends during scout team work, that's enough to raise some eyebrows and get tongue wagging, but I think Loeffler will give Hodges a shot to see if he has his mechanics ironed out.
From the film I have seen of Hodges, his wheels are incredibly impressive, and if he continue to hit the weight and add on his frame, he would be an incredible athletic tight end, if he is willing to make the move in lieu of being the quarterback.