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Exactly. Lost in the posting about territories was the comment Frank/Stiney made about Scot and Grimes spot recruiting for their positions. When you have a QB coach as highly regarded as Loefler it makes tons of sense. And for a position like OL, which is so hard to evaluate and coach, it makes a lot of sense if a guy who knows that position (OL) coach is invovled heavily. And, as Grimes said, OL have abit of a different mindset than most football players and it really helps to have an OL guy recruit/coach them.... I think it will work great.

Look, I'm not saying it will be a huge advantage that will be the deciding factor as to whether we win the game or not, but I don't see how anyone, that knows the preparation factor of football, can say it's not an advantage at all. That's just crazy to me. There's years worth of tape on our previous offense, our previous philosophy, formations, patterns within formations, tendencies in certain down and distances, position keys, etc. You can't tell me one of the best coaches in college football history doesn't study these things and come prepared for gameday. It's clearly an advantage if he can't draw from his bank of information and accurately predict what we'll do. He's still Saban and they're still Bama so I know they'll come prepared, but like I said I'll take any advantage I can get and I 100% think this is an advantage for us.

And you're right about the new season factor (in terms of making coaches changes or not) but teams still do most of the same things they've done in the previous seasons; There's not a change in philosophy with each offseason. So I think we'll be a bit more unpredictable due to our coaching changes and I think that will help us out. But you're entitled to your opinion so I won't keep this going. Go Hokies, see you in Atlanta.

Alabama has been known to recruit from the land of the giants

If I'm not mistaken, the I-81 corridor runs from eastern Pennsylvania (bordering New Jersey) down to Tennessee where it breaks off into I-40. That mean, there's a shit load of prospects up and down the corridor, plus, if anybody recommends a lineman to Grimes, he gets to recruit the fella.

AND...prep schools? That's where the best of the best are, and that's how Notre Dame and other schools have been able to recruits. Sounds like the mindset are slowly changing.

TRANSLATION: Jeff Grimes and Scott Loefller will be spot recruiting the Offensive Linemen and QBs that they want, regardless of location.

You act as those there isn't any tape on Loeffler. Look at what he did at Temple, look at what he did at Auburn, and then look at what Beamer has said he wants to do on offense and what Beamer teams have done the past decade. Saban will be plenty prepared for whatever Loeffler throws at him. There won't be any surprises.

Plus, even if Tech hadn't made any staffing changes, Tech would have a different game plan than last year. The scheme would have been changed in the off season because of how terrible it was. Being the first game of the season, Saban will have to deal with the same amount of unpredictability as normal.

can't argue with that.

wearing anything!

once did that in his room in Vawter for a party (I think it was around this time of year, in fact)....replete with a palm tree (borrowed from my room) and sand (yeah, it was messy).

Cequan "G'out my way Weezy" Jefferson

"The Hammer & Pail Experiment"

or substitute Project, Crew, Club, or Gang for Experiment

or maybe "Hokies '13: Hammer & Pail"

"Hammer & Pail Chain Gang: Moving ours, stiffling yours"

Theme:
Facing Ol' Skipper (insert cannon silhouette here) might be easier than our HAMMER & PAIL!

It doesn't have to be innovative to be effective. If he doesn't automatically know what we are going to run once we get into a certain formation, then it's an unknown to him. Unknowns are good in this situation.