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This is better analysis than you'll ever find on Bleacher Report. Well in, hoqiez

Two turkey legs for use of "free hitter." That is a perfect description, and if teams run to their tight end (which they don't on the play Mason described, but on most plays teams run to their tight end), the backer (tight end side) has the responsibility to hold the gap while the mike and the OLB/safety away from the tight end (could be rover, whip, or nickel depending on personnel and strength of the passing formation) are the free hitters.

Regarding this: "If Foster is wrong and the guard attacks Tyler, Tyler is almost certainly going to be mauled. There's a reason Tech's "T-Time" drills didn't feature many offensive linemen versus linebacker matchups" Mason has nailed it. If you watch the film of Tyler against Clemson in the ACCCG in 2011, he was getting eaten up on down blocks by plodding offensive tackles. Foster was using the 4-2-5 at the time, and while he still utilized a gap fit philosophy, his linebackers were much less aggresive against Clemson. They mostly sat back and read the play, which is death against a Single Wing spread. Last season, Foster took this new approach and played very well against Clemson, then against Alabama, he incorporated the free hitter concept back into the nickel corner position (as demonstrated by Kendall's play in run support.)

Third, passing wise, I had hoped that the Hokies would have actually challenged Alabama more with a vertical route concept verus over-reliance on the stick route triangles. Far too often I saw the Hokies have 3 of four receivers in the pattern at or short of the first down marker, and Alabama zone blitz and then stacked short zones on the marker. In the rare occassion that a Hokie receiver forced the deep zone defender to turn and run, the Tide defenders look like they were caught flat footed a couple of times. Plays where the Hokies challenged them vertically with two or more receivers would have been effective (IF they were running full speed.)

Perhaps the most frustrating thing for me wasn't the drops. It was receivers running half speed. Demetri Knowles has world class speed, but he looked slow at game speed. He is too fast to look that slow (see GT.)

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Just...keep scrolling.

I don't know who she is, but I like that she thinks I'm naughty.

Side note, it is easy to call someone out for using language we don't think is appropriate, but they can edit their post.

Yeah, we have a bunch of new folks on the site since the season started. I'm noticing more trolling/language/downvoting than we even had over the summer. Don't sweat it, Ap, if I see you downvoted for something normal I'll balance you out. HorseOnASeesaw

Personally I don't like mopping on any BBQ sauce at the end HOWEVER I have like 15 different BBQ sauces in my refrigerator because I do like to pair them on the side depending on which flavor profile I go with. I have been going with a bit more kosher salt in my dry rub than normal and pairing them with a sweet BBQ sauce on the side.

After my wife has a bite and her eyes roll back in sheer ecstasy I just watch on like

Don't sweat the occasional downvote Amber, they come with the territory when you choose to make your opinions known. I consider my few as badges of honor for being willing to fly off the handle a bit and suffer the correction of my more even-handed Hokie friends. BTW, cheerleading was never meant to be a sport, but it has evolved that way since we Americans are just so dang competitive. It's a lot more athletic than some other "sports" that have found their way into the Olympics, but since its almost uniquely American, doubt there will ever be a gold medal for those cheerleading athletes. More than you probably wanted to know...Go Hokies!

If StubHub is a good indicator of sales it
looks like the rest of the season has a good chance of selling out.

As of 4:50P (9/4) there are 1165 tickets remaining for WCU.
New to this - is this too high a # for any chance of selling out at this point?
I watched Hoosiers last night, so I'm all-in on the long shots today!

GO HOKIES - beat the 41 pt spread!

I don't care to dispute linguistics because that stuff is unique to each region and that's good and well, but cook up some tasty meat and I'm going to devour it. Vinegar, tomato, sweet, spicy, smokey, mustard-y..... yes please.

Actually, the best BBQ I ever had was in Olympia, Wa
http://www.ranchhousebbq.com/

One of the funniest posts I have ever read. Given the Fuller lineage, I should have expected nothing less from the Fifth Fuller. Well done, sir.

Hokieshibe's not-so-bold prediction:

People will continue to ignore Bleacher Report's predictions