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Erick is great, probably in the 5-7 range of ever at VT. And that may even be a little too generous. Dell Curry played before there was a three pointer in college. Imagine how much his stats would be inflated compared to now. Also, I even think Zabian was a touch better than Erick. His defense was unbelievable in 2007.
He has really stepped it up against quality competition. That's now 30+ points against the top 2 teams in the ACC standings going into yesterday (Duke has since tied UVA at the 2-spot...).
I thought Raines' play was absolutely spectacular, considering the behemoth he was going up against at both ends. I saw him switch up his strategy at the offensive end, working to get around the guy instead of through him, which has been his usual MO. It was great to see him show a different technique for a change, hopefully JJ uses the game film to show him that he's capable of more than he's been showing his entire career thus far.
And about the two double dribble calls from last night... I thought the second one was bogus, but then again I was in the stands, might not have seen the right angle. But the first one was just dumb and unnecessary.
Or he catches that Onside kick
I don't know how well his speed will translate to big time football, but..........
WING-T MOTHER F'N FULLBACK
#BringItBack
sounds like a good politician to me!
starring Elijah Hood?
There isn't a player in the country that is better than Green. I have watched a lot of the top candidates for POY and Green is better than all of them. Everyone was saying that our stats were all because of the bad competition, which was true to a point. But Green's ppg has gone UP in ACC play. We should try to start a Green for POY movement, Hokie Nation is big enough to get him the attention he deserves.
I loved how Raines played, I know that's what he's capable of and hopefully he plays like that all year. It looked like he was just angry with how much better people thought Johnson was than him and took in personally. It was a great effort, but JJ needs to make adjustments like having the guy guarding the screener step out on the ball. That's all that we needed a couple times and then Larkin wouldn't have been open.
And just one more thought, if I see us travel or double dribble one more time I'm going to go insane. This isn't 5th grade, you're not supposed to be double dribbling anymore.
Should be Skip-Baseless
Before the forward pass came into being all QBs wre running QBs. Passing was only a minor part of the game at first so every QB was a dual threat.
This is actually a devolution of the QB position from the pure passer to the way it used to be.
I think this trend is more of a response to the way defenses have evolved to defend the passing game. The QB is left unguarded to better defend the pass. If you have a fast running QB he can make big plays running. The read option is about taking advantage of the mismatch by pressuring a single defender to cover either the QB or the RB.
Running the read option/dual threat requires a QB with the right skills and athletic abilities. MV7 had the right package.
A lot of his runs remind me of Josh Oglesby's against Miami in 2009 when he nearly took it to the house, except this guy could be much better. Hope he signs with us.
This is the same guy that thinks LeBron isn't a good basketball player. I've never taken him seriously.
Erick Green is the best player that has every played for Virginia Tech. Yes, he's better than Dell Curry and Bimbo Coles. The last time I ever saw a player be this unstoppable no matter the defense the other team threw at him was Dwyane Wade in the 2005-06 NBA Finals. He is just ridiculous.
Without kicking how can you keep the name "foot"ball?
You're right. I guess I was looking at it more as a no NCAA tourney kind of thing. But I agree. Whenever you can get extra practice and games with a young group, take it.
I would argue that our season isn't quite "over". If we can continue to put forth as much effort as we did in the first half, we might have a shot at making the NIT, which would be huge for this team.
Last year, we went 15-16, and I feel that we didn't miss the NIT by much, maybe a game or two. If our team can pull off a 16-15 record (7-11 in conference, and 5-6 from here out), and steal one in the ACCCT, we might be looking at some extra basketball.
thought the same exact thing about 5 seconds in
Love it when pro athletes give back to the community that helped them get to where they are. Congrats to Josh!
If only we could go back in time and give him a real quarterback for his last two years in Blacksburg.
" the previously mentioned quarterbacks are now actual quarterbacks in the true sense but with incredible athletic ability."
And Vick may be one reason that these incredible athletes have true quarterback skills. Speculation here: but if Vick didn't come along and challenge the notion that a mobile qb can't be a real qb, then Newton, RG3, Wilson, and Kaepernick's childhood coaches may have just moved those guys to running back, wide receiver or db instead of coaching and developing their passing skills. Obviously I can't prove this but it makes sense. Same way prior to Doug Williams, I'm sure little league coaches laughed at black kids that said they wanted to play quarterback. However, Williams came along and changed people's mindsets.
I will preface this by saying I don't think you're wrong at all. You are right with your points but I think we are looking at it two different ways:
I think your points are more directed at schemes and gameplans, whereas I'm pointing out the cultural impact that Vick had. The view of a mobile quarterback when it comes to schemes and gameplanning certainly has changed since Vick got drafted - with the popularity of the spread, wildcat, pistol, option-read, etc. - but those changes are directly related to Vick's impact imo.
Like I said in the post, Vick changed the stigma associated with mobile quarterbacks when it came to the mindset that quarterbacks should be made one way. Vick's impact on football allowed people to open their minds and think outside the box, which led to the advancement in the schemes that we see today in the NFL (and in college, as you stated).
I agree that Vick still had his critics and people still were reluctant to embrace a dual threat quarterback, but at the end of the day, the Falcons taking him with the #1 overall pick went directly against status quo and was a significant moment in the history of the NFL quarterback.
I think the Manzell for Heisman thing is reflective of my point, just in a different sense. The general consensus among the college football gods was that "A freshman can't win the heisman" but then Manzell came along and ruined that. In the future, people will be less reluctant to crown a freshman Heisman because the stigma is gone.
Hokies still make more on average. #LOLUVA
typical vt thug. . .
didnt he come up with this a couple years ago? did he just rewrite it?
either way both he and stephen a. can stay the hell off my tv.
I mentioned Cunningham. And yes there were both well before him, but Steve Young was still considered a true quarterback even though he could run. I'm not saying that Vick was the first one the NFL ever saw, I'm saying that the prior to Vick, it was voodoo to draft a mobile quarterback so high and entrust him with your franchise. But then Vick got taken #1 overall and it changed the perception of mobile quarterbacks, which helped some of the athletic qbs we see today to be taken so high and be looked at as true quarterbacks and not athletic, short term solutions.
I immediately thought the same thing...I just want a return to the days of yore when Doug Easlick was holding down the fullback position.