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Bonner is quietly improving. After being targeted repeatedly last year because of he was green to the position, he often got burned. Fast forward to today, Bonner is a completely different player. On his 2nd interception, he literally tracked the ball all the way and snared it. It was no small feat.
I felt like every throw over the middle Logan threw too high, which left his receivers out to get hit. And he threw a couple bad ones that the receivers saved him on. I can safely say that I wasn't thrilled with his performance. But the receivers looked great, especially Stanford. Hopefully Coles can get it together because he's still going to need to be a big part of the offense.
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# | Detrick Bonner might be one of the most underrated players in the country. He played a great game today, but I think in general the secondary is one of our most impressive groups of players. We will have to see if Bonner can keep up the momentum (and I believe he can) or if the secondary as a whole continues to make everyone look good.
I completely agree with this philosophy, but we have to understand that the success the run game had today was against Western Carolina. I'm not positive it will be as successful when we get into ACC play, so we may be forced to open up the play-calling more. But for these next two games, 35 runs per would be awesome.
Of course no one is talking about how well the line played...Only one bad snap...LT had plenty of time to throw and the backs had space to run just thought I would throw that out there
Glad to see the self-diagnosing, I think because of the nature of his throws that they were timing routes and he was expecting the speedster knowles to be more open, or to hook back like an inside shoulder throw. I think Knowles is too small to be physical enough to push a DB off and make those kinds of catches. All in all bad decisions and bad effort.
That's a stretch. He played pretty well against Alabama, and had those two picks kind of fall his way today, but I think Jarrett is just as good if not better.
I think for the offense, the big thing is just confidence and execution. The system is still new and the WR's are very young (except DJ who saw limited time and Knowles) and a procedure penalty shows that. The more throws LT gets to his receivers, the better the chemistry and the better they will grow. I am not surprised by a more heavy passing attack as LT needed to throw more and the receivers definitely played better. My biggest gripe was that both QB's threw to a tightly covered receiver and twice resulted in an interception. WIth LT's two interceptions I was disappointed with the throw but also disappointed that Knowles got boxed out so easily and seemed to make a lackluster effort on the ball. Bad throw, bad effort, two INT's. Other than that, seemed very typical for a young offense in a new system.
wish I could eat cheese that looks delicious
I know not many of us will like this, but concerning the RBs, we should give Edmunds and JC the ball about about 30 times a game, with Edmunds getting it a little over twice as much as JC. Mangus and Caleb have already burned their redshirt years, so why not give them a 1-2 carries a game each. I know we want to get away from the RB by committee look, but why not just put them in a few plays a game? We could throw 2 RB sets out there, and keep the defense on their heels with 3 possible runners.
35 carries a game, after adding in a few LT3 runs, would be nice for me.
hahaha WILLIE! i love him
Logan admitted he should have thrown to the back pylons on both of his interceptions. I like the fact he is self-diagnosing his mistake, but he also said it wasn't bad decisions. I will need to see film to see if I disagree.
My favorite play of the day was seeing Sam Rogers catching the ball, and then juking/smacking poor DBs that helped set up Trey's 2nd touchdown of the day. The kid is gonna be a star. Hell, every time he catch the ball, a butterfly is born.
My personal favorite is Buffalo Chicken Dip. I make it almost every time there is a Hokie game!
Buffalo Chicken Dip:
2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
1 large can of chicken breast
1/2 cup of ranch dressing
8 oz cream cheese
1/4 cup Tobasco sauce.
First shred the chicken really fine then mix shredded cheese, cream cheese, ranch, and tobasco. Preheat oven to 350 and cook for 28 minutes. Serve with tortilla chips or Doritos.
Let me know if anyone tries this, it is absolutely delicious!
the #newhoos are imploding as we speak
I didn't know Danny Coale could change his name and gain another year of eligibility. Seriously though Byrn looked good and that catch on the far sideline.... Felt like the Sugar Bowl but the refs got the call right.
1 catch for 15 yards in 2011, 2 punt returns for 14 yards in 2012...really seems to have emerged out of nowhere, looking forward to seeing him continue to improve and give Logan an honest option in the passing game.
The young players are pushing the older ones, especially on offense
I thought Logan looked improved but still tends to make poor decisions, and forces the ball where he shouldn't. Enough of the long passes until he can get the other stuff down. Nevertheless, his receivers, while vastly improved, still probably dropped 5 passes. Had hoped we would have pounded the ball more but understand that the passing game needs work.
Just need to fully execute plays and make better decisions.
#44 in total defense. There was some stat about Oregon being #2 in some category, but I think that was also followed up by something like "the gap between #1 and #2 is wider than the rest of the entire range" or something insane like that.
I really like what I saw out of Logan. Do I think those two INTs were smart? No, but Knowles doesn't seem to be making the most intelligent decisions on the field.
I had never heard of Willie Byrn until today. Kid can ball.
I thought his throws were improved. His decision-making, however, was not (see above comments about forcing ball into coverage in the red zone).
Willie Byrn looked good out there today at WR. Silly question, but did he play against Alabama? I don't remember seeing or hearing his name called in that game.
The receivers seemed to just lay it out there more this week, and the catches they made showed.
Now the godzillatron, he needed a good yelling at after the game, going all Blue Screen of Death on us in the 3rd quarter.
I think we saw a lot more passing than we normally do against this caliber opponent. Usually Beamer runs the ball a lot so you normally see 28 points on the board but the time of possession is heavily in VT's favor. I think it is clear Loeffler wanted Logan throwing the ball a lot to get a lot of work in during the game. I think during the bigger games you will see a lot more reliance on running. Also keep in mind the offense was fairly vanilla. We didn't see a lot of formations like Alabama did.