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So...much...goacc...
Knew I should've went to Vegas.
I've never been referred to at any point in my life as any part of a three-headed monster......not sure if that's good or bad.
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12 years 8 months
# | The Seduction of the Inverted Veer: Running Game Reviewed Not to mention that "TE" holds many (and will get a few more) QB records at VT. Hard to argue he's not a QB when statistically he's the best we've ever had.
It's funny everytime someone brings him up as a TE...I've looked all over and have found no evidence of him ever playing TE. LT is as much of a TE as Jack Tyler is a punter.
I would be willing to bet if we had moved him to TE 3-4 years ago, right now people would be bitching about why we moved a guy who played his entire career at QB to another position and stuggled (ala Marcus Davis, Dyrell Roberts, etc.).
Seriously, enough with the "Logan is a TE" crap. He has caught ONE ball in his career at Tech and didn't play TE in high school either. Every year when Logan has a bad game, all of the "he's a TE" claims come out of the woodworks. He may have the measurables and stature of a TE, but he's a QB. Plain and simple. Nobody said he was the best QB in the nation but he sure as hell isn't the worst.
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12 years 8 months
# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Todd McShay weighs in on Thomas, Exum, Gayle's draft stock The game moves WAY too fast for Logan; he needs a position where he doesn't need to think. If you work for an NFL team and you actually think he can play QB at that level, you should be fired on the spot.
The move away from zone stretch was baffling. LT having a bad game isn't. These kids are 18-23 years old, and having two myself, I can attest that consistency over a 3-4 month period isn't something that I'd expect. The fact that they do as well as they do sometimes amazes me. It seems that LT seems to try to take on things that he shouldn't in the inverted veer by keeping the ball more than he should, especially if things aren't going well. Hopefully, this was a bad day that doesn't get repeated.
good stuff 757, we could use a little lightening of the mood around here.
yeah well they're also QBs. I love LT and he's our team's leader. But there is no denying that he is a TE
I think Logan will bounce back from this and beat BC...but if he doesn't he usually plays well against Miami and that is a winnable game for us.
If we lose to BC we're still not out of it. We need FSU to beat Miami, Miami to beat Duke and we need to beat Miami and win out and that gets us to charlotte.
Your comment about Logan Thomas "Regardless of play calling, if Logan makes the correct decision on only 3 or 4 more plays, the Hokies win against the Blue Devils," is a true statement standalone. However, if you connect the dots over LT's career there is undeniable pattern: his consistency is below average for QBs in college football. Frank Beamer got criticized for saying "if only I could have 3 or 4 plays back," time after time last season. My prediction: in at least two of the next four games, we will hear "if only Logan could have 3 or 4 plays back."
You just do not hear that comment with the top QBs in college football. They are as a whole, more consistent than Logan has been.
dang!!
it's blocked by my org :(
I think we may see a lot of Seth Dooley at DE next year. Another site keeps reporting that he is looking the best on the scout team.
sounds like a good plan to me!
I would love to see Leal play against the hoos
(this is not a jab at LT, rather a wish for a huge blow out in which Leal would get "garbage" time)
hey, nothing wrong with poetry...one can really swoon the ladies with a poetic touch
Sad GT fans in the background make me happy.
Oh geez....I feel old now...I remember watching all of these guys! (Just a little of Groza, though at the end of his career).
I was there with you, bro....Bruce Smith was the best defensive lineman I've ever seen....anywhere, anytime.
When experience fails... we can just take all of our frustration out on the Cavaliers on the gridiron.
Not a huge surprise. We knew the offense would struggle this year.
I noticed the undisciplined thing more in the Pitt game....he was in the backfield more than the Pitt RB's, but he would charge upfield past the QB, or try to run through the QB instead of breaking down to make the tackle properly on him. He left several sacks on the field because of this.
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12 years 8 months
# | Bitter blog - ESPN's Todd McShay weighs in on Thomas, Exum, Gayle's draft stock That's too bad. I like Thomas and am impressed with his arm strength and all-around toughness. If he does not make it to the NFL because of the (lack of) training from the previous coaches than he was definitely done a huge disservice.
My office really liked this. Thanks for posting!!
UVA being respectable ...
[chuckling]
Great column as usual.
Critical question seems to be why go to the IVeer. SL is not stupid. There must be a reason for why he went to that formation vis a vis other alternatives. I still don't understand what is so attractive about the inverted veer. Is it a risk reward thing, can we run and throw short with it? Did we get more conservative as the game went on?
My very uninformed guess is that good DBs shutting down WRs and 8-9 in the box bring a conservative playcall which may be the inverted veer. The IVeer stretches the field a bit effectively alleviating the pressure from the stacked box. I would also guess that the IVeer allows for a plethora of short passes again effectively making the field bigger without resorting to longer throws. Both statements are totally a guess. Frank(Beamer)ly, I'd much rather see us throw over the 8-9 with a TE, RB rotating out, DJ Coles or RB from the slot. More aggressive, more prone to interceptions, but sometimes you gotta have some balls and trust your people to make plays. Yes I am stating with no proof that when games get tight Frank doesn't trust the arm of his top 3 rounds draft pick.
Guess what folks, when you have a stacked box, you get lots more deflections. Haven't watched the tape beyond Q1, but wisdom of age tells me that conservatism blew us up more than any other thing vs Duke. I'm not saying 389 yards is a bad performance, I'm just saying we have more talent than Pitt, UVA, Troy or any other teams that Duke played this year and we should have destroyed and embarrassed that defense. Play tight allow 8-9 in a box and you'll fail to beat the little sisters of the poor.
I'm really tuned into looking for the zone stretch look now, and I was confused as to why we went away from it. Edmunds seems so much more comfortable in a one cut situation instead of taking feeds from the veer.