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Ok, I see it mentioned twice that he went to VT on a wrasslin' scholarship, but can't find anything saying whether or not it counted toward the 85.

http://blogs.roanoke.com/insiders/2008/12/exum-commits-to-tech/
http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/article.cfm?ID=14400

I'm struggling so hard right now to not bust up laughing in class. Teacher's going on and on about control systems, and there's no way I can pretend PID controllers are this funny.

I really wish he'd make a twitter. I tried to compliment his closing speed by telling him I'd be wearing #31 at my flag football game a couple nights ago, as I play corner. But he's not on there. :( However, I did have a sack, never gave up a short route, and got burned on a double-move. So I think I channeled my inner Facyson pretty darn well.

It's vastly improved from last year's squad..unfortunately. There is a reason every Hokie fan loved Al Groh. Now that he's been replaced with Ted Roof look for their D to do a pretty good job shutting down our O. Unless we finally piece together some scoring drives we're going to have a bad time. From what I've seen (and mind you, I'm nowhere near as knowledgeable/observant as Mason, Joe, or French) we've been able to move the ball decently well but we stall pretty badly when we get into the red zone. With our kicking game being pretty questionable and our lack of big play athletes this is the game that we really need to be able to score once we're inside the 20. Otherwise it'll be a loooooong night.

not my favorite brewery, but i am down for a nice day of the dead death mask.

It's interesting to see which fans were the most hacked off by VT joining the ACC. Generally, fans that I've met have been favorable towards us except for GT. I'm not sure why they are so bitter about us joining. Maybe they have some sort of penis envy or something. The only thing I can think is that they have lost to us and they don't like it. Overall, I find them much worse than Hoos. I joke around with the Hoos I know and work with. They just laugh it off. GT people do not. I've never understood why.

It's a complete troll thread. I've been over to this site a number of times. It's the same thing regardless of opponent. That's GT for you.

We were sitting close to the GT fans at the 2012 game in Lane and there were a few that were very obnoxious and rude. They were dressed in bow-ties and looked like they belonged to UVA. One even felt the need to turn around and insult my friend and I after the game was over but I didn't take it too seriously because another GT fan apologized for him. There's always a few bad fans in every fanbase I guess.

Good work French. GT definitely has added a lot of wrinkles to the offense this year, which will be a challenge for us on a short week.

This game is always such a huge test for the DEs as they have a lot of different responsibilities, based on the play.

First, they have to squeeze/jam/fit (Depending on terminology) the OT against the veer triple option (Unless the play side LB is blitzing in the B-gap) and then take the dive back. If they don't squeeze the OT but take the dive back, GT will have a decent gain outside with the QB keeping the ball. If they squeeze the OT but don't take the dive back, it is a 3-6 yard gain (Unless one of the DTs blows up the play) If they don't get a good squeeze and don't take the dive back, it is probably a TD. This technique is not as easy as it sounds because the GT OL are very quick off the ball and spend countless hours on releasing inside against a jamming DE, to allow them to get to the play side LB. It is almost as if the roles are reversed where the OTs are releasing (Sometimes using a rip move) to get past the DE, while the DEs are punching (down the line) like a pass protection set.

If the DEs are doing this successfully they face another set of challenges. Paul Johnson will immediately come back with a quick pitch or speed option, in which the DEs now have to get outside in a hurry to either take QB (Speed option) or try to string out the quick pitch. There is a fine balance that the DEs have to find. If they are squeezing the OT and crashing too quickly/aggressively, they can't get outside on the QP or SO. If they have too much weight on their outside foot, they won't get a proper squeeze on the OT and might not get to the dive back quickly enough against the veer. On top of that, they also have to recognize pass quickly and get up field to pressure the QB.

It is very hard to be read and be aggressive at the same time but that is exactly what is required against this offense. They have to see it first but once they see it, they have to get their responsibility in a hurry. Fortunately, we have three experienced DEs against this offense but it is still very hard to adjust to the speed of the offense. Compared to our scout team the GT offense will be much, much quicker getting off the ball up front, getting the QB/Center exchange and getting to the different option points of the offense. Everything we are doing in practice will need to be done twice as fast in the game. Also, a huge variable to all of this is the play of the DTs. If they are dominating inside and taking away the dive back, as they have done in the past, it makes life easier for everyone else on the defense.

He reminds me of Little Foot from Land Before Time:

Kudos for persistence in making sure you hit every topic on this board.

I was there in 2011. My seats were in what I assume is the equivalent of our West stands. Was mostly older alum and they all seemed to have good heads on their shoulders. Plenty of Hokies scattered throughout.

I was more than obnoxious every time Logan picked up 8-10 on 3rd/4th and short and no one gave me crap.