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I can't remember which game, but in one of earlier games, one of the announcers said Exum was the best corner VT has. Then, Exum was promptly burned with a long TD. Everybody was like, "really, Exum the best CB on the team? I think you mean Kyle Fuller."
Well, maybe he was foreshadowing, because Exum is now the best CB, far ahead of Fuller right now. This Exum experiment has turned out pretty good, and will make 2013 a much better defense. It just goes to show, VT has a pretty good DC and secondary coach. Likewise, Wiles is starting to get a lot more out of his D-line too. This defense, which should be mostly intact for 2013, could be ridiculous. I just wish I could see the same improvement on the offensive side...
A good OC knows this, runs the same play, but with a new wrinkle. For example, run the LT3 option, Logan begins to truck forward, let Malleck slip out behind the LBs, Logan pulls up and throws an easy TD. This is the exact same play Tebow ran a couple times with great success, but we don't have Urban Meyer.
And spends more than 3 days a week at UVA Medical
You could be right, but kids like him don't want to work for anything anymore. He would have to work to earn a starting job here. Perfect example is Phillip Sims.
When I saw the Pic. Glad you beat me too it since this is way better then what I would have done.
Just Because I dont things will work out for us to go the ACCCG but if we do I like our chances better after thursday and if we beat FSU in the ACCCG #GOACC will be in full effect
SWEET 5-1. Late-season comeback, maybe? At least get somewhere up top, please...
Stiney: Our offense is so predictable, it's even putting ME to sleep.
O'Cain: It's about to get exciting though! I'm gonna call a double pass!
4ish minutes to go, the play calling was heavily weighted to the pass (running game mostly stifled), but we didn't even eat the clock when it was running. Then, once we get within the 5 yard line with two minutes to go, VT runs two telegraphed, delayed runs to our small back. No PA, no quick reads. Timeout.
Everyone who has ever seen a Logan Thomas game KNOWS what's coming : the read option. And 9 times out of 10, that "option" is a delayed LT3 run. Certainly FSU knew it was coming. I knew it was coming. My 80 year old grandparents knew it was coming.
In the end, the result could have been the same, we'll never know. A touchdown would have likely led to a 2pc which could have forced FSU to go for the TD instead of dinking and dunking into FG range.
I know I'm beating a dead horse but I've officially seen enough from our offensive braintrust. I think most Hokie fans have as well.
I just hope we can limp past the finish line and get to a bowl game...
a strong week for most, with special props to gmart22 for going 6
dunce cap goes to dwalt88 for going 1-5.
HokieV widened his lead over the woofing RiVAHokie by four games overall.
| name | wk win | wk loss | total win | total loss | games total | overall % | |||
| gmart22 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 67% | |||
| T-Mobile_Services | 5 | 1 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 44% | |||
| StLHokie | 5 | 1 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 47% | |||
| kburkeVT | 5 | 1 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 44% | |||
| HokieV | 5 | 1 | 44 | 22 | 66 | 67% | |||
| HokieJoe3 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 48% | |||
| vthokie1965 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 44% | |||
| Seattle Hokie | 4 | 2 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 53% | |||
| ko1220vt | 4 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 50% | |||
| Helo_Hokie | 4 | 2 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 47% | |||
| french60wasp | 4 | 2 | 36 | 30 | 66 | 55% | |||
| DavidWilsonsWhip | 4 | 2 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 52% | |||
| Chazz Michael Michaels | 4 | 2 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 54% | |||
| bco | 4 | 2 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 50% | |||
| VTColtTXRangers | 3 | 3 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 53% | |||
| RusynHokie | 3 | 3 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 48% | |||
| RiVAHokie | 3 | 3 | 40 | 26 | 66 | 61% | |||
| Raleighwood | 3 | 3 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 41% | |||
| mikey4vt | 3 | 3 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 42% | |||
| Bodak | 3 | 3 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 47% | |||
| atlHOkie | 3 | 3 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 48% | |||
| weavez22 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 50% | |||
| pbowman69 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 50% | |||
| joe | 2 | 4 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 50% | |||
| dwalt88 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 47% | |||
| ZacHAttach7 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 28% | |||||
| will | 28 | 26 | 54 | 52% | |||||
| wanderinghokies | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17% | |||||
| vtnova | 4 | 2 | 6 | 67% | |||||
| vtnerf | 15 | 21 | 36 | 42% | |||||
| VTJawo | 12 | 18 | 30 | 40% | |||||
| vthokie49 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 28% | |||||
| vtgreg | 8 | 4 | 12 | 67% | |||||
| vtcoop | 6 | 12 | 18 | 33% | |||||
| VTbandit | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50% | |||||
| TheVirginian | 25 | 23 | 48 | 52% | |||||
| TheTurkeyTavern | 18 | 18 | 36 | 50% | |||||
| suckbrickkid | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25% | |||||
| SpiderHokie | 31 | 29 | 60 | 52% | |||||
| sparko | 4 | 14 | 18 | 22% | |||||
| shakeitallabout | 22 | 26 | 48 | 46% | |||||
| scottbeardVT | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50% | |||||
| schaef0418 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 42% | |||||
| RWest_VT96 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 40% | |||||
| rocco | 17 | 19 | 36 | 47% | |||||
| rhodesrs | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17% | |||||
| rabinove | 6 | 6 | 12 | 50% | |||||
| pRoJeCtPaT16 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 46% | |||||
| polish | 12 | 18 | 30 | 40% | |||||
| perplexster | 4 | 2 | 6 | 67% | |||||
| pabooth | 13 | 11 | 24 | 54% | |||||
| Noel's Oasis | 11 | 7 | 18 | 61% | |||||
| MiracleWaters | 25 | 29 | 54 | 46% | |||||
| legalhokie | 5 | 7 | 12 | 42% | |||||
| juxtahokie | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17% | |||||
| jp_daddi0 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 29% | |||||
| jmichons | 24 | 30 | 54 | 44% | |||||
| JMayRed | 16 | 26 | 42 | 38% | |||||
| JLM-Hokie | 8 | 16 | 24 | 33% | |||||
| jackal | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25% | |||||
| InEnemyTerritory | 25 | 35 | 60 | 42% | |||||
| hokiesupreme | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17% | |||||
| HokiESQ | 19 | 29 | 48 | 40% | |||||
| HokieinJax | 12 | 24 | 36 | 33% | |||||
| hokiegrad | 18 | 42 | 60 | 30% | |||||
| HokieFanCPA | 6 | 12 | 18 | 33% | |||||
| hokiecheme | 11 | 19 | 30 | 37% | |||||
| HokieBarek | 14 | 16 | 30 | 47% | |||||
| Hokie_Wolf | 8 | 10 | 18 | 44% | |||||
| HightyTighty | 6 | 24 | 30 | 20% | |||||
| furrer4heisman | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50% | |||||
| french60wasp gf | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33% | |||||
| ewechtal | 4 | 8 | 12 | 33% | |||||
| EPHokie | 31 | 29 | 60 | 52% | |||||
| DiRTyHokie | 31 | 29 | 60 | 52% | |||||
| DC-Hokie88 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 47% | |||||
| dappindan | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50% | |||||
| Cambro22 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 25% | |||||
| brooks_akerVT | 14 | 22 | 36 | 39% | |||||
| brianm11 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 50% | |||||
| box | 4 | 14 | 18 | 22% | |||||
| BlameGlennon | 11 | 19 | 30 | 37% | |||||
| BilldozerVT | 20 | 22 | 42 | 48% | |||||
| AZHokie | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33% | |||||
| adcurf | 20 | 22 | 42 | 48% | |||||
He didn't have one last year, he needs that part to balance his shooting like ADV developed midway thru his career. For Eddie, that's the difference between a 9 ppg scorer and 15.
was out bc I think he had a death in the family
I really liked the ball movement I saw yesterday, much different than the Greenberg days of one guy gets the ball and everyone watches. We shot the lights out of the gym too, so if we can become a good 3 point shooting team then there are definitely some places where we can surprise a couple teams. The defense still looks good, but like everyone is saying the rebounding was horrific. I don't see that changing at any point this year. Also, JVZ needs to realize that he's 7 feet tall, play big! I feel like he doesn't even want to be in the post. And JJ seems to really want to run a deep rotation regardless of who is on our bench which could help us be healthy for once.
All in all I was pretty happy with what I saw, but does anyone know if Rankin is hurt? I hadn't heard anything but I didn't even see him on the bench yesterday.
As I was watching yesterday's college games, I couldn't help but be envious of the way that the O-lines for teams like Notre Dame, Alabama and Texas A&M fired off the ball, hit defenders with a purpose and kept their feet moving after contact. We have seen far, far too little of that from VT this season.
We've been pretty good in pass protection, but this year's OL may just be the worst run-blocking OL of the Beamer era. If we'd have been able to establish any semblance of a running game against FSU, we'd have won the game. Our offensive line averages over 6'4" and over 300 pounds. There's absolutely no excuse for us to be as weak at run blocking as we've been this season.
Curt Newsome absolutely must go at the end of the season. I'm sure he's a very nice guy, but he's just not a good OL coach. His OLs are consistently fundamentally weak and his schemes are both too complicated and too passive. We have the size and athletic ability to field a very good run-blocking O-line. We need an "old school" OL coach who will get us back to the fundamentals and who will once again make opposing defensive fronts not want to face VT.
They looked pretty solid yesterday, but I think Raines is the key to this team's success. He's our only legit threat down low and with him I think they could win 7-9 games in the ACC. But he's been getting hurt his whole career so if he goes down with something serious then it could be ugly. Rebounding is already going to be tough and if you take him out of the equation then it's gonna be very, very tough to put some wins together in conference.
Just like with every Basketball/Volleyball/Wrestling event, I am always at Cassell. It's depressing at times how much I'm here.
On a positive note though, excellent game today. Those who did show up were not disappointed. I know it was only ETSU but last year was barely a ten point win, this year 80-62 and it was never really all that close. Next week there are games Monday and Thursday for the guys and Wednesday for the women. Come on out and pack the Cassell. Don't for get wrestling takes on ranked Ohio State Friday and Hokie Duels competition on Sunday.
Once we get some fresh blood at running back, 'Super freak', and Roberts have gone their way,the offensive line has a new coach, we'll be fine. Coleman is very good. Don't get me wrong. But, alas: we need that back who'll get those three yards regardless of the blocking.
Thomas is ...fantastic. Those of you calling for leal are ..much brain dead. Thomas is getting ass kicked. He just needs a coupla more Fullers and Knowles.
He just needs another option. The game Tech played against FSU was great. Great defense. Typical beamer/Jerry Claiborn, feild position, defensive stands/blitzes, play for the 'last play/win'. We got the 'last play', not the win. Good play calling, Springsteen.
I think we need Billy Hite back at running back coach. Let little Beam carry the headset.
pete
I know it was just Tyrod being that good
Fixed it
Hopefully we continue to see similar effort from the team, even though the level of competition isn't as high. We tend to play to the skill level of the opposing team... Which often ends up biting us in the ass. But as Ohio says, I'm looking forward to next season already (as I believe most of us are).
Stinespring, the much-maligned Virginia Tech offensive coordinator, grabs a cat nap as O'Cain, quarterbacks coach and play-caller, considers his options for the obvious constipation from which he's suffering.