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Just watched a bit of film on Drew Harris. Love how he hit the hole hard, great hip in changing direction, and has pure speed on the edge (like David Wilson), but more like Ryan Williams.
It's going to be an interesting battle in the summer between Harris and Edmunds.
The staff had a 5 hour meeting today to discuss recruiting and to pitch ideas how to make this whole thing better. That is very encouraging to see. I am pumped for the future.
I really like this one off his Instagram
It's gotta be true.
I think Loo-ville is still on the upswing and GT is definitely headed down the toilet (which I love). Seems like the ACC is trying to make the divisions more regional...
Minus the ease of ONE team, putting GT in the ACC Atlantic does nothing. If the Conference is going to do that then just do the ACC North and ACC South divisions (with Atlantic and Coastal names); however, no one wants that at all, particularly VT and UVA fans. It would literally be all old Big East teams and UVA. Terrible.
According to Rivals he does have an offer.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Caleb-Kinlaw-130248
I think it now boils down to Alabama, Florida, and Virginia Tech. Lets hope conference affiliation doesn't matter much to him.
Fwiw...It's been verified that Caleb Kinlaw doesnt have an offer .... If u add stars, don't bother with espn imo
I think keeping GT in the Coastal will give the Coastal battle an event to watch every year because it is the Techno Bowl and the winner (typically) goes on to represent the Coastal in the ACCCG.
BUT, with UNC off probation, I expect to see UNC being in the mix next fall before taking a bit of a dive until Fedora has his own recruit in his system.
Boston College have never brought anything to the ACC...until Syracuse and Pittsburgh were brought aboard, giving the Chestnut Hill alumni some natural geographic rival. It's just too bad that the administration in Boston can't suck it up and bring on UConn, which apparently have bad blood between those two.
I think Louisville is a great addition for the conference. In basketball, who would love to watch Pitino, Williams, and K engage each other in chess matches? Awesome TV bonanza for sure. I like what Charlie Strong has done for the football program, and if he stay there, he might make Louisville the next Virginia Tech, IMO.
New top five Alabama,Florida,Michigan,South Carolina,VaTech— Da'shawn Hand (@TheHand54) February 4, 2013
That run highlighted by Joe reminded me of Ryan Williams dragging a certain LOLWOLFPACK defender for 12 yards.
because those were against my Cowboys.
VT recruits Miami (esp. Atlantic High) with regularity:
David Clowney
Brandon Flowers
Jayron Hosley
Mark Leal
Luther Maddy
Dadi Nicolas
Donaldven Manning (only one on this list not from Atlantic...)
I'd rather keep GT in the coastal. Though I could see an interesting rivalry sparking with Louisville if they were to stay relevant...
I just assumed the 4th generation of Hokie would have to be some sort of spawning. I don't know how else Vincent II could generate Corey, Corey generate Kyle, and Kyle generate Kendall.
Maybe I should clarify. I do biology research for a living, so I take the word generation at face value (great-grandparent > grandparent > parent > child).
Giving them GT would cut down on their travel and give the Noles one less thing to complain about.
A lot of the recruiting evals say that Teller lacks the elite speed to be a top DE. Could be a very disruptive DT or end up pancaking D-lineman as an OT. Time will tell, though I think he ends up on the O line side.
logistics also plays a big role here. A 6 hour drive from VT allows the staff opportunity to make a trek with multiple visits within certain windows of time. You may want a kid from Ottowa, KS but flying out there to meet him costs us a lot of money versus visiting a kid in High Point, NC...then Spartanburg then Columbia, etc. The talent contained within this radius is also very good usually as well.
This is not to say we should be opposed to going out there to get guys like Darren Evans (Indiana) but time is as crucial as the money we spend. Giving Grimes the leeway to really focus on the guys he wants, wherever he wants may be the answer to some of that. However, extending that radius for everyone seems foolhardy to me. We build and have created these pipelines in high schools and areas for a reason.
is a fun team to play in that it is usually such a grueling match-up and has decided the Coastal race for a good many years. I'd rather switch the cross-divisional rivalry with Boston College out for Lul'ville.
I expected him to be in the game when the Ravens were up 22... That would've been cool.
Hey Joe,
Not sure if there is room on the spreadsheet, but do you think it'd be possible to add a caliber column? The header could be "Rivals/247/ESPN" and in the field it would be something like "****/*****/***" (because ESPN doesn't know shit).
I think it'd help those who don't follow recruiting that closely to see which recruiting battles to really pay attention to.
As excited as I am about the 2013 class, I think the 2014 could turn into the best Tech has ever gotten. Look at who Tech's already signed (two four stars, two solid three stars). They've already got half as many four stars for the 2014 class as they did this year!
Plus, Tech's currently in the running with a couple of five stars. Add in the new staff and there recruiting reputation (not to mention the short-term but positive impact staff changes normally has on recruiting) and this could very well be a landmark class.
Really excited with the current trajectory of the football program.
he should've had the ball in his hand on the fake fg
Take a look at the schools you mentioned.
Those schools have one thing in common: BRAND. Michigan, Texas, Alabama, and Notre Dame have heavy brand recognition that is universally known. That is a big time help.
It was how RichRod was able to lure "Shoelace" Robinson from Florida to run his run-version spread.
Of course, it also help that with the recent success from the SEC that elite athletes are staying near home, and playing for the best of the best. Hell, look at Ole Miss! They are reeling in recruits like Ron Cherry giving out the business.