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if there was any time to use "well that escalated quickly", this was the time. perfect
THIS. +100
It makes a lot of sense that Logan looked bad after a bye week because he's was concentrating on something new. He definitely took a step back yesterday and messed up the old.
Another great point about our young players being farther along than the upper classmen out there as well.
I love the use of weeding crashers..
I was pissed until I realized that we're 6-2. If you asked me if in August if I thought we'd be here I would of said "no" but here we are
"Keep our eye on the prize and focus"
It's a new week now. BC is never an easy game
Sorry cannot lose to Miami. I hate them so much
I'm afraid you're wrong.
Zero sacks (and no knockdowns that I remember) shows he wasn't pressured at all. He was given great field position all day, except for that drive that started at the 1, so no pressure there. His receivers seemed to be running the same routes they always do (Bryn on the 5yd drag, Stanford the 15 yd in, Kline on the seam with outside release, Knowles on the post or the fly, RB releasing over the middle). If I know where these guys are going (and they'll be running the same routes next week too) then Logan sure as well should. His job is to play point guard out there; read the coverage, identify the open man and throw it. He has a progression to go through, which probably differs on a few plays. But he was lost out there yesterday, and the 4 INTs prove it. There wasn't a ton of drops or a multiple INTs on tipped balls (the last INT was a tip in traffic, a throw he shouldn't have made; give him half an INT.) Logan actually looked better in the spring game than yesterday (only 3 INTs against a better defense).
Ford can't get hear fast enough IMO; I can't wait to see a kid who is good at running a pro-style offense (instead of running FROM a pro-style offense.)
'02 grad. I was a Nav in the AC-130, before going to pilot training from 06-07. Been in Charleston, SC, in the C-17 for almost 6 years (2500hrs). Pilot training is a tough, but fun year-ish. You'll love the T-Sexy, though. Be a good dude, work hard, and you'll get what you want outta there.
I felt a lot better after I drove back to Knoxville and won my rec-league soccer game. Helped to get a little bit of the taste of losing out of my mouth.
I don't know why, but "Thanks for not being a tool." has me dying right now. I plan on working that into conversations the rest of the week.
I was there and made it a point to watch Exum as well. Two things. (1) He looked much bigger than I remember...rehab's been good. He was bigger than any of the receivers lined up on him. (2) I'm pretty sure they didn't throw at him the whole game. He was money in press coverage, but often played well off the line.
Clark looked great at the nickel spot too! We are blessed at DB.
First BC
Agreed that we should have put up more points. But blaming Loeffler for the lack of offense!? What play was working so well that he went away from!? What play worked so well in the past that he abandoned!?
This team can't run for over 100 yds without bribing the defense. Pitt could, but we're not Pitt. Duke took away the one thing that Logan has shown he can do; hit receivers underneath. What he can't do is consistently go through his progressions and make an accurate throw. He showed that yesterday.
The other thing Logan can do is drop his shoulder and pick up 3 yds per pop. He showed he can do that too yesterday, which would have been good enough to win the ballgame if he hadn't thrown 4 INTs. The only thing I blame Loeffler for is letting Logan throw at all.
With Bud, I think silence would be more terrifying than anything he could say.
That sort of thing happens to all defenses. Running hurry up like that limits what the defense can do to adjust etc and is why a lot of teams are moving towards the no huddle.
That said, coaches normally have a limited (ie cant run it all game) set of almost 'money' plays designed to pick up big yards specifically for those types of situations on offense.
It also seemed to me that Bud did a good job of putting them in positions to succeed as much as he could, which it seemed in turn left a lot of pressure on Kendall. Which went swimmingly. Kept thinking that Duke must not have done their homework attacking Kendall as much as they did. I kept wondering why they didnt try to get Crowder matched up on Exum or Clark instead, but what do I know.
Aaaaaand it's gone.
Watched Chuck and Antone as much as I could from the stands. They both looked solid all game, although I didnt notice Duke try to specifically pick on either one of them. Exum was matched up on Crowder a couple times though and he did a good job.
Upvoting this one. And if Loeffler can settle into a rhythm with enough variation to keep opposing D's honest that new talent will be put to good use.
Its official we are not ranked in the BCS so that makes a clean sweep of being out of the top 25 in all poles.
I dont know about anyone else, but it isnt so much losing to duke that had me worried (they are an improved team after all), it was only putting up 10 pts on Duke. If we basically lost to them in the way we almost lost to Marshall I would've been disappointed, but probably not shocked.
I get that Loeffler is implementing a new scheme. I also get that we are lacking in talent on the offensive side of the ball. But consider this: Duke gave up 31 pts and 512 yds to TROY (5-3, Sun Belt). Dont tell me they have better athletes than us, even with us being out of scheme they shouldnt hold a candle to us.
Our TOP was 39:27 and we ran 84 plays from the LoS. Out of shear volume alone, despite having 4 TOs, how did we not score more than 10 pts? Its like we keep waiting for the defense to score and our offense just kind of eats the clock as its sole goal.
Loeffler didn't throw the 4 INTs out there yesterday, and the second INT was one of the worst I've ever seen; 10 yds behind a receiver who was wide open. Logan had a day that rivaled Journell's earlier this year.
We all, or most anyway, love Foster, but one thing that seems to recur often is that offenses move the ball for a lot of yards quickly to get scores near the end of a half or game. Is that his bend-but-don't-break philosophy at play, or something else?
I think it could potentially scare defensive recruits away rather than offensive players. It has to be so frustrating to allow less than 200 yards of offense and have them convert on only ONE third down the entire game and it came in the fourth quarter. Are these recruits going to want to experience that? I hope not, but Reavis has a promising tweet saying that he was hokie nation for life, so hopefully other recruits will feed of off this.
Actually the motion penalty was on Coles, so it was on him.