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Yea, I always thought him and Tookes would end up being these guys. With Tookes gone, I'd have to say Der'woune.
Simple solution. Jarrett goes untouched every kick he receives and runs it back for a TD.
It's one of the reasons I'm glad I'm taking the 4.5 year plan, an additional year of MVing, which times out so that I get to see the Ohio State game in Lane for my super senior semester.
My point was that he said to judge by their alumni. I don't believe their alumni are the fans we often dislike. Yes, there are certainly ones that make fools of themselves and we tend to have negative experiences with them, but some of the ones that could care less are only fans and not alumni that care about the representation of the school.
I've always thought to use mangus. Maybe he will get a shot in fall camp?
And here is your 112th from a horse...on a treadmill
I'm also confused as to what that last sentence means. But my curiosity is piqued.
dude. don't sweat it. my first post I looked like a total asshole. I understand what you were trying to say. On your next forum post make it clear and straight forward. But don't quit because people are giving you shit about it. This whole site is opinions and you have a right to say yours as well.
I know how you feel Hokiefan4life. I type on my Android phone also and it sucks. Don't be sorry, and definitely don't be afraid to post again. If we all were experts on the game of football we'd be playing or coaching. Cheers to Sunday morning quarterbacks!
Don't quit because of one post that didn't go quite as you had planned, and definitely don't be embarrassed about it. Haters are gonna hate. You made some good points and definitely have passion for Hokies football if you've been watching game tapes.
Ask and you shall receive
Bama will run the ball, a lot. This keeps McCarron upright even if their new O-line makes mistakes (which they will.) This also keeps them mediocre on offense for the first half. They will take chances on defence though, and will hope to cause a turnover to get the upper hand. If they can't (like in 2009) they will look for weaknesses to exploit (injuries) and continue to wear down the defence with substitutions and power running. With their stable of 5-star subs, they will not beat themselves, but try to win through attrition and force the Hokies into mistakes. Lose McCarron in the opener and Saban won't win their conference though.
eh, like I said I may be the minority...I don't think McElroy was one of the top in the country either but I'm sure again there would be many that disagree. If you go look at his stats they are almost identical to McCarron's with actually less interceptions going into his final year. The only real shining difference between the two is that McCarron is a tad more agile than McElroy.
My point is that they are smart football players who play(ed) in an offense that is designed to punch you in the mouth and when the ball is put in the air they aren't giving you a lot of opportunities to create turnovers. Smart guy? yes. Best we will face? no.
My personal opinion is that the best regular season QB we will face is Bryn Renner.
Mccarron is far more than a game manager and is honestly one of the top qbs in the country. There isn't a qb on our schedule that I think even comes close to his talents
How did it feel to sit in a stadium all by yourself?
The game may get ugly. Both teams will have great pass-rush against restructured O-lines. The team that wins may be the one that gets the most sack fumble TDs and/or safeties.
This has been my thought all along as well...Bud isn't going to be scared to throw the kitchen sink at them in the first half, especially with a "green" O-line. He will make AJ beat us over the top against a young but talented secondary...the problem that I think we all agree on is that this will only work for a half to possibly three quarters if our offense cannot sustain any drives.
Maybe I'm in the minority here but I think AJ is a good leader and manager of the Bama offense, but I don't think he is even close to the best QB we will face this year. In the limited amount of Alabama football that I watched last year it's not like they light anything on fire, it seems to be more of the high percentage passes that he threw (screens, delays, simple 5 yard turn and catch) that would go for larger gains because of the athletes that were catching the ball..plus he normally had time to make a sandwich and brew some tea in the pocket.
Whether we win or not, I am willing to bet money that he scrambles more in this game than almost any the rest of the year and has an INT, fumble and 3 sacks by the end of Q2. By the end of the game he will have two picks (66.7% of last year, yes I rounded as I don't like the other number!)
Us capitalizing on those, now that's a whole other story..
As a freshman he looked like a guy who should have redshirted but played because his coached promised him playing time.
I'm banking on Grimey holding his cards to the chest to throw Bama off. Likelihood 20%, but a guy can dream.
I had the opportunity to sit in on UVA's scrimage on Saturday....not a lot of #1's v. #1's, but did not see a lot to make me nervous about the boys in blue. Mizzell will likely be starting before the end of the season, if not early in the season. They're definitely gonna need that third digit for the visitor's side of the scoreboard against the Ducks.
On topic - I read something worth two cents on bleacher report a few weeks ago about beating Alabama. They mentioned the fact that Alabama was replacing 3 out of 5 starters on the O-Line and that was huge in the first half. The VT front 4/7 need to get after McCarron early and often and get a leg up before halftime by causing turnovers and mistakes. There won't be a ton of cohesion among the O-Line and if there's one team that knows something about replacing starters in the trenches it's us and we should know darn well it's not easy.
And even if they had fans, they'd wouldn't know more than to ask "I'm supposed to wear a blazer, tie, and croakie on my sunglasses to games, right?"
I just assumed that hokiefan just had two browser windows open, one with TKP, and the other with...well, let's just say "adult content"....thought that he must have just kind of merged his thoughts into one post, or something like that.
A turkey leg for you, my friend!
I'm in agreement with you. McCarron is only a Heisman candidate because of the talent around him. Personally, I think Rakeem Cato is a better QB talent-wise than McCarron. AJ just has Bama's offense down to being natural for him.