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I didn't white to make the jersey look a little darker so to speak but white would definitely still look good, no doubt.

Still Ford was an Elite 11 QB for a reason. Accurate, smart, winner. I'm stoked about him. The other QB's we went after were elite 11 member too (Jacob Park and David Cornwall)

That says a lot about your schedule when, during the first eight weeks of the season, you have two bye weeks and the best defense you face is Clemson's.

Phoebus Running Back Marshawn Williams ran for 150 yards and a touchdown against Gloucster on Thursday night.

http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-08-30/sports/dp-spt-gloucester-phoeb...

I went and watched Stonewall Jackson's Greg Stroman (a future Hokie) and Tim Settle (please oh please let him be a future Hokie) on Friday night. I will do a more detailed review later in the month (this week is just slammed with Alabama post game news.)

Another WR Recruit to keep an eye on in this class:

Kendrick Holland

Throwing the ball to a 6-5 220 pound wideout for a touchdown. Then this:

That made me laugh.
But, then I thought how much truth there was to your comment and now I am sad for last year.

Also, Atlantic is the same high school that Brandon Flowers, Mark Leal, Dadi Nicholas, AND Luther Maddy went to. At least I'm fairly certain. Also, great first post!!

Frank Beamer said WR Charley Meyer (hamstring) should be back on the field this week vs. Western Carolina. #Hokies— Hokies Journal (@HokiesJournal) September 3, 2013

If you don't mind, I will reply to your comment. There are a couple of things for you to keep in mind. First off, I didn't go into a huge amount of detail on this. I didn't go into detail on why Thomas' footwork was wrong on specific plays, or why and how receivers were getting jammed at the LOS. The longer and more detailed I get, the more it tends to bore people so I kept it very short. My post was more focused on the quality of Thomas' reads and throws and the receivers route running and attempts at catching the ball.

1. It was a little bit behind Coles (Bounced off his left shoulder, moving right) but if Coles actually snapped his head as quick as he is supposed to on that route, it would be an easy catch to make. There is a very small timing window on that route, especially against Alabama's defense so it had to come quickly.

6. Yes. Also, the route was probably not supposed to be run 2-yards short of the first down.

7. I mentioned that Thomas' threw the ball off of his back foot band didn't lead Knowles. Often times when receivers are dropping a lot of passes, the QB starts aiming the ball and make throws like this. With that much space and only one LB in the area, Knowles should have been able to pick up that 1st. Then again, if he decided to tippy toe after the hypothetical catch, the play probably goes for no gain.

8. I think Thomas waits because Mosley, on the delayed blitz, is near throwing lane for a pass to either Coles or Byrn. Coles job on a hot throw like that is to be primary option and keep eye contact with the QB, not to look for the safety that he is worried will hit him. They did only bring 5, while dropping a zone defender on the weak side but there was definitely pressure as LB Depriest was bull rushing Andrew Miller into the lap of Thomas as he threw the ball.

10. Yes, the footwork was very bad on this play. As for the decision, the CB looked to be baiting Thomas into a long throw in the flats. Stanford was open but well short of the first down marker. The play was designed to be cleared out for Coles and although he was defended fairly well, the opportunity was there.

I didn't comment on the running game at all in my post but as far as the options go...

The first one we ran in the game (First play) was actually very well designed. Thomas made the right read and pitched it out to Coles who had a ton of room. Gibson didn't seal Mosley and Knowles had a very soft attempt at cutting Clinton-Dix and those two defenders were able to stop the play. Alabama had no pitch man on the play and the tackle came from guys that were accounted for with blockers. Schematically and QB wise, the play was run well. If Coles plants his foots and gets upfield he would have gained some yards, despite the blocking failures.

The other play where he faked a sweep to Edmunds was a designed keep and there was no option to give the ball. This is easy to tell because Thomas appears to be reading a defender on what becomes play side (Opposite direction of Edumnds) but there is no unblocked defender on that side and therefore no read to make, due to it being a designed keep. You can also tell by the way Edmunds carries out the fake, that it is designed to move the LBs some, which it does and give Thomas a crease.

The delay of game was an awful and very costly penalty.

13. This play is hard to judge. It is a deep corner route against man coverage and these throws are made before the receivers even start their cut. When the receivers beat their man, the QB looks like a hero because he threw the ball before he was ever open, when it is well defended they looked like they weren't reading the defense. What Thomas should have seen was the outside leverage by the corner, who had safety help in the middle. Thomas pressed too much here and Knowles slowed on his route.

15. Coles is looking for a defender to hit him right after Thomas releases the ball. It wasn't a big deal on the play but more indicative of what he was doing all game while going over the middle.

16. Yep, thought his footwork was really poor here as well. Like I mentioned, he did much better keeping his eyes down the field but ended up not seeing and feeling the rush as well as he should. Ne needs to do both well.

22-23 I mentioned the throw to Stanford in the summary at the end. At this point we are in 3rd and 10 and down by 25 points and he is just trying to get a big gain. The ball was actually thrown in the only place it could. It went about 2 inches over the fingers of Mosley who was in an underneath zone on the play. Stanford didn't make in attempt on the ball so it is hard to tell how far off the pass was. He had a shot at hitting Knowles on this play who was running a corner route but he decided to try to squeeze it in to Stanford.

This is so awesome..........

That was the best coverage game Kyle has ever played, BY FAR. His man coverage was a major concern for me coming into this season.