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Turkey leg for Shy Ronnie.
Well Stanford just effed you...
If they want to make this game the most epic college football spectacle in history, they should rent two blimps with hanging video boards to continuously circle the stadium. That way fans who are half a mile away from the players can still see the action on the field and it'll just be ludicrous to see on TV haha.
Yeah I can mostly remember defensive play but I have one clear memory of students taking keys out all game for offense. But this is what I mean about traditions evolving. It may in fact now be exclusively for Defense and that's totally cool. Better in fact. So I think we can find a way to make new things into traditions as well. Whether that be paper airplanes or not is still up for debate though.
But please just find a legitimate reason to throw them.
Can I get an infield RV pass?
I always thought that Weatherford play should've been ruled a fumble, and therefore a TD.
That hit was huge! Even at the top of the stands we could tell it was nasty. Totally illegal by today's standards but I love it.
Nice to see Flowers go and check on him as they were walking him off afterwards.
Same here. When I was new in Lane, the upperclassmen would bark at the n00bs who got their keys out on offense. Quiet, offense at work!
I may fly back from China just for this. DAMN
In my eyes, it was definitely complete. Street did a hell of a job hanging onto the ball. I posted in the other forum the screen grab of him rolling over the ball before it came out. Complete, ground forced fumble. I have no issue with the call.
(warning blatant pandering ahead)
consider MY MIND
I'm with you. Everyone gets excited by Oregon scoring 70, and that can be fun, but look at their defense. They're very strong. Look at how many points Oregon has needed to win (defined by opponent's score + 1):
4, 11, 15, 17, 17, 25
That tells me their D is playing very well, just like ours is. Who cares if we don't put up 70? Oregon doesn't need to, either.
I remember just yesterday thinking to myself, "man, you know what I'd really like? Watching a football game live where the action is a half mile away. That looks like fun." This seems like a really cool idea, I just can't imagine how it'll be pulled off successfully so people can actually see the game.
Unfortunately, that is the direction college football is moving. Even in conferences like the SEC where the running game and a smashmouth D were cornerstones to a great team, there is no defense to be found. Fans want to see mobile QB's, tons of offense, and tons of points. Its sad, but its true.
Now with that said, I love our defense. It's a ton of fun to watch. But watching 5 field goal attempts was frustrating. I can see where some might lean to calling that 'boring' football...
I'm with you on the national anthem bit especially. It's not a time for you to show pride in your hometown baseball team (and seriously? Baseball? Who cares about baseball anymore? What is this, the 20's?). It's a time to be proud of your country and what it stands for, in theory anyway.
Also, your comment about ESPN/high school could not possibly be more accurate.
What makes me happy is that I think the team could care less about our ranking this year. They are out to prove something. You can't teach that.
Did they rule that the fumble was caused by the ground? I saw the hit and then had to entertain the kids and thought for sure either we had the ball or it was incomplete. Then I turned around and they scored. Needless to say I was pissed.
Dwight Vick agrees
Old school Hokie fans might be thinking- this is how we won games back in the day- the 90's to be specific. :)— Dwight Vick (@vick757) October 12, 2013
I think if you go back and read the article, Andy was saying "boring" comparatively speaking. "In this era of flashy offenses moving up and down the field, they are decidedly boring. But theyre pretty dang good at being boring."
I see. I don't get it, though, I always figured we should be quiet when our offense was operating.
Oh muh gawd
If that game is played, and the Hokies win, this is EXACTLY what will happen.
And, I would love it as well.
It was the last time from my understanding (per Teel). The only other top 5 matchup in the post-expansion era (2004) was #5 Miami vs #4 FSU in 2004.
Wow Dadi is fast!
The Hokies are playing epic defense. A.J. Hughes is looking like an excellent punter. Cody Journell is shaking off the pepper spray and hitting some sweet FG's.
This is Coach Beamer's comfort zone. He is perfectly fine with coaching the offense to not do anything stupid so as to give the defense poor field position when they get back on the field.
Sure...there are a lot of fans that are bemoaning the fact that the Hokies don't light up the scoreboard like the Johnny Footballs or the Oregon Ducks, but I'm cool with it. These are the Hokies. They're finally back. You Oregon fans can have your 75 point games. I'd rather watch the Hokies sack your qb 9 million times, and D-Block pick you off all day.
Defense Swag > offense swag - all day, erryday.
I agree with this wholeheartedly. I originally thought it should have been ruled a fumble because the homer in me wanted to believe the ball was jarred loose at contact. Then I saw your post showing the picture of him holding the ball and rolling over it on the ground. He obviously maintained possession to the ground. Good call by the refs.