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wow. that would be 2 visits in four weeks since he was here for UNC
Beamer is everything that's great about being a Hokie. If you bump into him on the street, he will talk to you like he's known you forever. Great coach, better person.
This is a good conversation to even be able to have....6 weeks ago we would not have even thought about this at all. We were worried about just winning a game. This shows how much things have improved since last year.
playoff please.
I blame the middle of the country's bias giving overrated Ohio State teams entrance to the MNC as the SEC's whipping boy and starting this whole streak in the first place. I know it was only 2 times, but man that just adds to obnoxiousness of the streak.
I'll blame them on not allowing the streak to die by putting Notre Dame in there last year too.
But if you've your two teams at the top are in the top 5, and a member has won a national title 6 or 7 years in a row, don't you think the hype is warranted? This is the first year '07 where there hasn't been an SEC team that hasn't wowed me. IMO that says something.
The SEC gets respect bc those teams win a larger percentage of OOC games than any other conference. They typically win well over half their bowl games.
Fans of perennially relevant teams (LSU and Bama, particularly) know how to tell it like it is much of the time.
It's actually from a song called rack city that goes "rack city bitch, rack rack city bitch." Insert sack for rack and yeah.
But..but then we would've missed that thrilling overtime win in the Russell Athletic bowl with only 24 teams being able to go bowling! Said no Hokie ever!
Have to agree about USC-E, are they ever really a factor? If they ever got a QB then maybe, but I don't see them being near the conversation of Bama and LSU and (maybe, MAYBE Georgia).
man, that's pretty funny.
I work with some LSU guys, and I will say that they aren't nearly as argumentative when I say that VT has arguably the best defense in the country.
I dare say they know it's better than theirs.
False - The ACC is the most top-heavy, least competitive (all around), and most in contention for a national title since VT has joined. Big difference. The ACC has been all middle class - no great teams, but a bunch of pretty good ones. Now theres a couple really good ones, one or two pretty good ones, and a lot of garbage. That helps teams go undefeated and is great for the conference in the polls and the title hunt, but isn't really indicative of the conference's strength as a whole. This is what always drives me nuts about SEC teams. I don't really think there's any difference between the SEC and most other conferences, except maybe on or two teams at the top each year.
If UVA was getting the extra fan and donor support necessary to pay to fire him, he'd be gone.
Which is exactly why, sir, that you are the 'Doctor of Hokienomix.'
(in my Count Dracula voice:)
Eight.....eight sacks!
Ah - hah - hah - hah!
Not so sure about this. We don't need LOLUVA to be a marquee rival in my opinion, rather we need(ed) the ACC general caliber to rise. For a long time the ACC has been mediocre at best. This season it looks like it turned a corner. If it can continue to do so then big name recruits won't bolt for SEC, BIG10 and other conferences as often. They will stay "home" more, because the big games will attract NFL attention to its players more consistently. This is what top recruits want.
Using your example, Michigan St is LOLUVA for Mich, and their recruiting is not nearly as good. Plus Michigan is a national recruiter not relying solely on in-state recruits. It's apples and oranges. In fact, in most states only one team can prosper. The only states that can consistently afford for multiple schools to attract and hold top tier recruits are also the 3 largest; Florida, Texas and California. Virginia does not have enough local top level recruits for this to be possible. It doesn't even come close to comparing to these states and the big programs in those states also happen to be national recruiters as well. (The State of South Carolina proving the exception but I am not aware if the majority of their players are actually from South Carolina)
So I believe LOLUVA continuing to suck ass is good for VT and combined with ACC on the rise it is actually the best scenario. Now we just need to win more big games!
Yeah, I know. Was running out of time yesterday, and wanted to get it up before I had to leave. I came back and did some weighted averages, and I think they illustrate the point very well (note that these are weighted by total targets, not completions - I wanted to see who we were throwing at and how effective that was):
2011-
Average Completion Score - 91.65
Average %Out of Reach Targets - 21.3%
Yards/Reception - 13.87
2012-
Average Completion Score - 85.95
Average %Out of Reach Targets - 24.73%
Yards/Reception - 14.68
2013-
Average Completion Score - 87.76
Average %Out of Reach Targets - 22.1%
Yards/Reception - 12.50
So the general idea that we threw deeply and ineffectively in 2012, and are shorter and more effective this year holds up.
Dabo's approach is like a used car salesman. Sure it works on some. But his act will wear thin sooner than later.
Actually it won't be an upset. FSU is FAVORED by 3 points....at Clemson. I am a little surprised about that line.
So basically what I got out of it is he's too expensive to get rid of so he'll support him.
Happy Birthday, Frank! Keep dancing in the locker rooms!
Love this! So awesome! I could watch these GIF's all day!
2 teams does not a conference make. And lets be honest - you need a ton of breaks to get into the current national championship. Remember how Les Miles just seems to catch every break when he's in the hunt for the championship? Remember how that ball thrown over the holder's head bounced just so to the running punter? Remember how Bama needed all those breaks to beat a terrible Tennessee team for their first national championship? Or SEC teams needing multiple teams ahead of them to fall apart to get in (like in 2007?). Sometimes teams just get those breaks, and its seemed like recently, those teams have been SEC teams. I feel like that could happen just as easily to any other major power/conference. Maybe the move to a playoff will reduce the need to get those breaks, but with only 4 teams getting in, I sort of doubt it.
The SEC is not the monsterous juggernaut ESPN wants you to think it is. It's consistently produced 1-2 really good teams (generally Bama, LSU or UF), had a couple pretty good teams (South Carolina, UGA), and a fair amount of crap to keep the wins high in the other two groups (Mississippi schools, UT, Vandy, Kentucky, etc). That's the formula to win national titles (well that, and hype). Not top-to-bottom competitiveness.