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My bad, you are correct.
That's why they moved kickoffs 5 yards closer to the endzone. This brought about more touchbacks and gave less room for the defenders to gain speed and cause career ending collisions.
Torrian Gray said that he thinks that Donovan Riley is "going to be big-time here, at Tech on Monday, the day after this article got posted. Just further confirmation that the Hokies are stocked with young, talented players at the CB position.
I'm sure that there are something things that Riley needs to work on in order to spend more time on the field. But. He simply has a knack for making plays. Riley is an absolute ball-hawk. Can't wait to see what he'll turn in to.
Hey you could do Heather Dinich's job hahaha (copy link+paste)
Mangus, Deon Newsome, or Kendall Fuller
I understand, but it seems to me that injuries happen much more often on kickoffs than punts. There may be some reason for that.
I'd imagine it'd be something akin to this:
Who needs playbook exchange? Opposing coaches should be reading French's posts to understand what VT defense and offense is all about. They explain our program better than anything I've ever seen.
and.. also glad you kept posting.
There is a reason for my avi on this site.
And also WT101 shots pre-game, pass the American Honey bottle post-game.
I'll coach defense. I have this one play where everybody digs a hole in the field and hides, then pop out surprising the offense Red Dawn style. Like this...
Yes, but still a similar situation with players running opposite direction at full speed. He also got the injury that caused compartment syndrome the year before on a kickoff return.
I don't think anyone is discounting the importance of 10 - 20 yard returns, especially if consistent. However, the argument is still whether it's easier to replace him at punt returner or safety. Without a doubt we have other options at punt return but are incredibly thin in the secondary with no proven replacements. No one (on this side of the debate) is saying you shouldn't have a star player back there, rather that Jarrett is too important to our defense to be punt returner.
I usually shy away from deadspin, but that article seems well written and well researched. Pretty interesting that hustling runs in the family. I wonder if they still are involved in cock-fighting.
We've seen many times that a utility lineman is always important with our OL.
Wasn't that a kickoff return?
If we had real depth in the secondary I don't think anyone, including French, would say differently
The typos are killing me, Brian.
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In all seriousness, you are right that is is unlikely that KJ takes 6 or even 5 back for a TD. But you may be focusing on the huge plays too much while neglecting how important consistent, 10-20 yard returns are. We have already pointed out that this season, particularly early on, will feature offensive struggles. In those situations, a decent return could mean points on special teams, not to mention giving our offense some breathing room. I think this team will need all the help it can get and will ultimately have to succeed in the turnover and field position battle to win games.
I like the comparison but the only thing is that Jarrett has actually proven himself to be a great returner. Maybe its just BillDozers preview video making me believe in him so much haha.
I'll bite.
That was from years ago and Foster's D is different now. Heck, he basically changed his base D before Florida State for the remainder of last year.
I think his scheme is well known, appreciated by other coaches.
The key is in the adjustments that he makes during the game...
It is the subtle changes he makes when he picks up on the offensive changes during the game.
Then there is the occasional personnel breakdown/limitations that even his scheme and adjustments can't fix. (See Stanford vs VT second half for example...I still get pissed just thinking about all of that pre-snap motion crap that Stanford was doing...)
When it's all said and done, if the defense is positioned right and executes....it doesn't matter that much if the offense knows what you are doing......('X's and O's are Jimmys and Joes....')
Wow that's a pretty insane story. Easy to tell where Manziel inherited his "capitalism"-abusing mentality.
At this point it seems pretty obvious that he got paid; who the hell goes and signs thousands of autographs for some random without getting compensated? So now the question is, how much evidence does the NCAA need to convict him? Two memorobilia dealers have already stated that they paid him. The claim that a lack of a money trail kills the case is comical given how easy it is to launder money. I just don't see how the Ohio State players could get busetd and he won't.
Dyrell Roberts-2011.
He had a broken arm on his return and was done for the season (and never played like he did pre-injury when he returned, in my opinion. He was always tentative from then on.)
That's a good group....Add Newsome.
Glad you didn't give up on your TKP posting career!
As for the actual post, I don't think this matters much. Professional coaches should already know those things, plus more. Furthermore, this looks pretty old and as French has told us, Bud's changed things up over the years.
A la Ryan Williams vs Bama in 09. Good point. At least for Bama it should be Jarrett. But I do think we have several other proven athletes with the ball in their hands that we could work in there after week 1; Mangus, Caleb, and Newsome.