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I've never been to UVA. I wanna go this year to see the beatdown!!!!!!
Where to they keep the coolers full of Zima????....... lol.
Remember, also, that there's a mental game to it. Considering the opponent, they showed up wanting to prove something, and so they all played their hearts out. Our team went in knowing it was a pushover game, and probably didn't give it their all, even if they meant to. Even the coaching staff seemed to be playing the game as a "learning and growing" experience, than a full out game. Another thread here spoke of people leaving the game early...now, I watched it from start to finish at home, but that didn't mean it felt like a real game. Even to me, I felt like I was watching a scrimmage, or the NFL preseason.
I thought it was good for them to go out there and do what they did, because there have been more games in recent past where games were closer, or felt closer, than they needed to be because our offense couldn't even perform in these weak games, but still went on to win games against opponents they shouldn't have.
Wow. I share your morbid sense of humor.
I can't be sure without reviewing the footage, but weren't the two picks from beyond 20 yards?
#allofthegifs
Great analysis as always. I can't believe this website is free. Keep it up guys.
Yeah...you're right. I definitely believe everyone deserves a second chance. However, I think a second chance here is maybe you start him out low on the totem pole...play ball at an FCS school, JUCO, etc. then work his way up to the D-1 level.
This kid needs to learn a little humility. Walking out of the court room into a FBS scholarship would probably teach him more about entitlement, rather than humility.
Yeesh. I don't know...
If he is in fact innocent and the victim fabricated her side of the story, this is something that could conceivably happen to any of us males. Can you imagine living with that quasi-scarlet letter for the rest of your personal and professional life?
It's not our place to judge, and I can't help but think of the Brian Banks incident (for those who don't remember or are too young to remember, see here). I'm not going to get into the dangers of being a high-profile athlete (high school, college, or pro) - they are well documented and oft discussed. If Beamer & Co. feel that he deserves a shot than who are we to second guess them at this moment? Unless we have spoken with him, the victim, witnesses, etc. than how can we objectively give any opinion about his innocence or character?
Just run a base 4-4 and manually audible guys. You have to be quick, but it works, and that's the only way you can get complex defensive schemes like what French is explaining. Just like he states, you can manually line guys up in lets say a cover 1 and disguise the coverages so that it's something different every time. But honestly, I've been running the 4-2-5 and replacing the 2nd SS with either Faycson or Kendall. Works much better and you can still stack the box and stop the run.
as entertaining as these videos are northwestern has the 115th total defense...let me repeat this 115th total defense after playing a very underwhelming syracuse team and a cal team that hasnt been good since Aaron Rodgers played. I'm way more confident in our hokies and our videos
These defensive breakdowns are really helping me improve my defense in NCAA 14. The sad part is, I'm not even joking.
-7.5 Really?!?! I was expecting around 14-15...
Thank you though.....
Opened at Tech -7 now is -7.5
Recruiting definitely matters - See Virginia Tech.
Coaching matters also - See USC and Oklahoma.
Does anyone know what the spread is going into the ECU game???
Honestly, although I enjoy our traditional "pound the rock" offensive philosophy, it was good to see us try to open it up a little bit. I hope we can develop and find ways to be more successful in the passing game.
It has always bothered me over the past 10-12 years to hear my friends down here in Tn laugh about our offense. The "yeah that was a snoozfest tryin' to watch you guys move the ball" and " your offense always ranks in the lower half of FBS schools". What bothers me most is.....they are right!!! It really sucks to have a consistently good defense, and at best, a mediocre offense.
What is it gonna take to get us to the upper tier??? (better recruiting, change in o- philosophy, or just more of an overall commitment) I just want more teams to fear/respect us for our ability to move the ball....................
Great analysis, Mason! Logan's two endzone picks reminded me very much of his performance in ECU a couple of years ago where we absolutely beat them up and down the field, but a pick in the endzone made the scoreline look a bit skewed (God that game was boring, and hot, and moonshine drunk). I'm hoping since he threw two endzone picks last week against WCU, he's gotten them out of his system and makes better reads/throws this weekend.
And guys, when we win this week against ECU and then beat UNC and Duke in October, the Hokies will officially annex the State of North Carolina as part of the Virginia Commonwealth, thereby making all previously NC-based teams eligible to vie (and lose) the Commonwealth cup to the Hokies, just like UVa!!
Once Exum returns... You're EFFF'd
you missed my week 2 picks though I regrettably went 2-4
Looks like they let all their Spring Game fans in to see what it looked like.
I tore my arch my senior year at a meet @ Liberty and missed running @ Rector my senior year of High school. Good for the T & F team.
DUDE! I forgot that guy's name until now! I had him for some crazy 4000 lvl math course and we all got good grades because we'd tell him his take home test was too hard and then he'd do the problem for us on the board...
I think Tech could have a very very good offense, but they'll have to improve recruiting.
That's the one flaw of a pro-style offense. It relies on the OC's ability to find favorable matchups, but if the offense doesn't have explosive personnel then it'll limit the systems effectiveness. Loeffler and Grimes are good enough coaches to field a fantastic offense, if they have the necessary playmakers.
Recruiting matters.
get tommy wiseau in there