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I feel comfortable saying the D shut down Alabama. Only allowing 7 points in the first half when the game was still relatively close, and both touchdown drives were less than 50 yards.
I do agree with the playcalling. The deep balls were puzzling to say the least since we didn't even try short passes to set them up, and the wideouts couldn't even catch a dump off pass.
I have a problem I hope everyone else is seeing. Since Beamer went away from playing starters on Special Teams our special teams have been not so special. Am I the only one who has noticed this?
We put our whole second string D-Line in for a few series in the third and they didn't miss a beat. I am so proud of our Defense in the game. They really carried the lunch pail in for this one.
the roll out right on 3rd and 1 gave me an ulcer
Me too, French. Me too.
1) I told you so about Edmunds.
You called it.
he's everything French hyped him up to be
You can say that again. French has called it from day one that Edmunds was the best back on the team. I didn't really see it until tonight (hell, I think at one point I even said that Holmes was as good an option as Edmunds was as a starting RB).
There's no doubt now that. Edmunds is the real effin deal. Dude can play some football. Can't wait to see what he's going to do the rest of the way.
The Defense will be one of the better ones we have had I think. Some teams will put up yards due to the offenses in the conference but the DL beat Bama's OL. In Andy's blog post he has a quote from Saban saying that even though the stats didn't show it, Gayle was giving them fits.
The secondary was very good as well. Frye had 1 bad play but the Fullers play great. Kyle was a stud tonight.
I'm sure its been said already but I think Logan played well tonight. His stats were awful but his decisions were good and the throws were pretty good. He had a few tosses that weren't good but that happens. He threw a couple balls away and the WRs probably had 8+ drops. He could have easily been 17-26 or so in this game with a couple of those big plays that were dropped. I am pleased with what I saw which is odd after that stat line he had.
I agree 100%. Tonight's game is totally different if we clean up on ST too. Personally, I'm cautious to expect something like that. I'm definitely excited though, and the mistakes in tonight's game were fixable - not like last years which were embedded into the kid's DNA.
A bit of an understated point post game, but the zone read... It didn't seem to work all night (the early lack of runs didn't help). Personally I would like to get away from it. Pick an offensive concept and stick with it.
I agree completely with this. I saw 2 questionable decisions, about 2 bad throws, and lots of throwaways and tons of drops. I was very happy to see good decision making, for the most part, good mechanics and the ability to get out of the pocket and avoid taking sacks. LT3 is gonna be a good QB this year.
Chris Fowler said during the Clemson-Georgia halftime that VT is the best or second best D that Bama will face this year. I think that that makes us nationally relevant which was a goal I had for us tonight apart from winning.
Pump the brakes man. We're going nowhere fast unless we put some more points up. I know this was Alabama but let's keep things in check here. I'm just as optimistic as everyone here because our defense played fantastic tonight but there's some things we have to settle on offense before we start talking about winning out. I really don't want to seem negative because I feel great but after last season I think we need to take this in stride.
Really though, based on what I saw today our defense is going to murder UVA's offense.
Personally, I was very, very happy with the play calling, especially in the second half. I would've liked to have seen a few more runs from Edmunds, but overall, I think the WRs let their QB, OL and OC down bigtime. Just my thoughts from the nosebleeds.
Ha, all good. Got a few to spare.
Noooooo accidental down vote. My sincerest appoligies.
I hate to say it, but Coles is playing in pain. It reminds me of when Ryan Williams fumbled at the end of the game in week 2 versus New England last year. 8 months later he admitted he dropped the ball because he was scared about getting hit in his knee. I'm not trying to be negative on this depressing ass day, but sorry that it is.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000205705/article/ryan-williams-sca...
I saw one bad throw out of Logan, and one deep ball that was a bit too strong. His mechanics look solid to my eyes and he was hitting his guys in the hands and/or chest and they were failing him. His stat line looks abysmal, but the eye test says differently. Just my $0.02.
Also when I say beamer should hand the reigns over I don't mean as a head coach I mean as a special teams coordinator
Also I've had a few to many drinks tonight so pardon the bad English I thought i did halfway decent with this pos
Ok what to say what to say well start with the good.....hokies defense....dear god monstrous I apologize for comparing them to the 07 D because the 07 D isn't even comparable and the 07 D is my favorD I've ever seen. Our oline looked so much better than I've ever seen (grimes is one hell of a coach) and Edmunds.....I think I crapped my pants on that run HE'S a BEAST I love him he's everything French hyped him up to be nd more the guys a monster....however now for the bad and feel free to criticize me on this but our special teas (aside from punting and kicking) looked HORRENDOUS if beamer can't keep up in that then he should hand the reigns to someone else, iunno who but he should if he's struggling like he is. Second god knows our WRs looked really bad moorehead has his work cut out for him because good lord I've seen high schoolers with better hands... They looked ok with being second best tonight....3rd and finally (im prepared to be roasted for this) Logan looked awful too....yes his receivers didn't do him any favors but he spiked the football into the ground on a few occasions had time and a running game and struggled looking off his receivers I was really disappointed with him and he made a bad situation worse
If you guys saw something I didn't please feel free to comment and roast me but I was seriously disappointed in LT but I was so happywith Edmunds and the D and this game showed a ton of promise I bet it bodes for a really good season and a really promising future I also was SO happy with the play calling it was actually difficult to predict (so strange for me) anywho I don't wanna come off like a negative Nancy because I really think we have a top 10 maybe top 5 D without 3 starters
Go hokies gobble gobble here's to a bright future
If we still had Danny Coale and Boykin, I'm pretty sure they'd be catching a lot more of those balls. It's not like they haven't already proven in the past that Logan's balls are catchable.
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# | ok, so what now... (nsfw, potentially... heads up... probably not, I don't know the protocol) Wait isn't miller right guard and Farris left?
Definitely. Logan's line should not have been 5-26. Easily should have been 17-20 completions.
90% of those throws were catchable. At least.
Is this going to be our identity on offense a pistol team? Or was this a one game thing for Bama. I am confused because I thought Loefler was a I formation type of offense guy.