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If you look closely, his hip hits the field right on the 3-yard line hash mark, and the ball was not extended ahead of his body. He slid to the 1-yard line after he was down.
DR11 steps inside, doesn't get a block on the play-side OLB who he could have nailed with a solid crack-back to the LB's outside shoulder, even though the LB diagnosed the play quickly and dove in toward the LOS. (that's LB Beiro ends up "holding" with a pancake block). Next he steps up like he's going to block the MLB who is starting to run play-side, but instead does a pathetic Ole' side-step between the MLB (who is the only guy to get a hand on Scales) and the play-side safety who had gotten too close to the LOS. The MLB proceeds to tackle Scales as he crosses the goal line for the TD.
So basically that holding penalty is on DR11. If he had set the edge by blocking that OLB, Becton and Beiro would have been free to swing outside and turn back to block the MLB and CB, giving Scales a walk into the endzone just outside the hash marks.
Instead Cincinnati is able to string out the play to the sideline and draw a holding call.
One of the biggest problems I've seen with basketball is the availability of tickets. Hokie sports should be something you go to with your close friends that are just as passionate about Hokie Nation as you are. When the lottery gods only give one person in your group a chance to buy season tickets, and when entering the individual lottery you and your friends get drawn for different games it's hard to actually want to go. Athletics needs to get their stuff straight so students that want to go to basketball games get tickets! First come first serve tickets will get the students that actually want to be there in the seats!
I think it is important to look at the stats, thanks for taking the time to do this!
That right there is why I love Bud and the defensive side of the ball! Time to go hit someone, hard! :)
Because some turd got a ticket and only wanted to make money while I didn't get one and actually wanted to go to them game.
There's two sides to the spectrum. One is that students are abusing the system, cheating the school. The other is that the true fans are getting shafted and not getting into the stadium.
regarding this matter, telling them basically what you said, with a few curse words added in.
And about the school policy, Tech is either too lazy or too stupid to do anything about it. I know that on the bottom of each ticket and as well as in the email you get when you win the lottery, it state that selling them is against policy and if they find out, you'll lose privileges for the rest of the year or whatever, just like you said. But I haven't heard of a single person getting in trouble over this, not a single one. If Tech went to the Facebook groups right now, they could nail hundreds of students in the span of an hour. It's not that hard.
This year I have season tickets in the North and I have had to bear witness to this catastrophe. Fans aren't fans anymore, when we played Bowling Green, what better football day could you have asked for? The weather was perfect, the game was in front of you, it was a picture perfect Saturday in Lane Stadium. Yet people were clearing the stands....it hurt to see so many of them leaving at half time, and even in the third. I was embarrassed that some of them were my friends. What else is better that you could be doing on that Saturday? This trending tide of laziness and lack of loyalty has to be turned around. I stayed until the final seconds drained off the clock, and my sought after frustration from everyone leaving the stadium at once wasn't even waiting for me when I got out, because there was no one left to leave. I will be there for every other home game and I just hope to see the seats filled.
LOL
I'm happy I'm not a reporter in front of a pissed-off Bud Foster.
Give em' hell, Bud!
"VT has had plenty of Offensive talent over the years, the NFL is proof of that. It comes down to this.. Saban wouldn't tolerate sub par assistant coaches."
Right on bro! And if Beamer doesn't want to admit that change is needed, then he needs to go as well. And just to make it clear, I've felt this way for a while now. The first clemson loss last year was the final straw for me.
We need a major offensive coaching change (not stiney won't call plays anymore, big deal) or Beamer needs to go. It feels good to finally say that on this site.
Why do they need changes????? They are only 1 block away from being 5-0 and in the top 10. Frank and all his coaches say so, so it MUST be true.
He's getting a lump of coal
So the 2 starting senior wide receivers are taking plays off and loafing on blocks? And they are allowed to keep playing? I cant say im surprised.
But yeah, you're right about the gloom and doom.
A lot of our new posters this week:
Everything you said.
I know you guys can't play it. Weaver has you by the balls. I specified HIGHTY TIGHTIES. We don't give a good goddamn what athletics says, since they don't control our budget and whatnot. HT trumpets will also be bringing back Three Blind Mice as early as homecoming if the refs make us play it, and we're gonna push for Na Na Hey Hey to make a comeback. Keep in mind, there's two bands here, and one of us has the ability to tell Jimmy boy to suck it.
I was at Tech when Beamer came on board. I was in the VTCC, so I got to attend games for free when I was not away for the weekend for National Guard responsibilities.
I can't say I really remember how the games were - other than we lost ALOT, but over the years - I have attended many a game, and NEVER left before the last second ticked off the clock. I have been there for losses to Temple - yeah - I know, and wins against UVa.
I was there for the Thursday night loss to BC in the miserable cold, pouring rain and watching Ryan having a miraculous final 2 minutes. Did I leave - NO. Did I arrive on time to work the next day in Richmond - YES. Was I horse and sick from the nights festivities - YES.....But that is what makes me a fan.
I was there for the 2010 win over GT - biting my nails thru the 4th quarter - to see Wilson seal it for us on a 90 yard return.
I missed last season (actually going to a game), but I faithfully watch them either on TV or streaming - and yell when they make bone-head plays and scream my a$$ off when they score - what makes me a FAN.
I hope lackluster start of the Hokies doesn't continue, but none-the-less, I will be there - screaming my head off for 60 minutes and willing the Hokies to a win, and hoping I don't witness what you describe here.
...why was that ball in the 3 yard line anyway? Davis caught the pass before and was down on the 1.
Where are you coming up with all of this?
Do you have a source that shows that Alabama has more players getting hurt than other teams? Have you seen their closed practices? Do you really think the coaches aren't worried about their players getting hurt?
VT has had plenty of Offensive talent over the years, the NFL is proof of that. It comes down to this.. Saban wouldn't tolerate sub par assistant coaches.
Beamer needs to upgrade his coaching staff and recruit better players. Both are very possible.
my plan for next week is to just fade HightyTighty
Well said.
I think that our passionate student section is dwindling because all these freshman were born in 1994... Seniors in 1990 (no excuses for them).
They were 1 year old when the Hokies had that amazing 1995 season and Sugar Bowl victory, and by the time they were 6, they were probably sleeping instead of watching Michael Vick dazzle the nation in New Orleans against FSU. I was born in '87 and have been attending VT home games since 1993, but my memory really only extends back to that '95 season. I remember going to the swamp and getting shalacked by Tennessee and Peyton Manning. By the time I got to Tech, most of the Freshman had similar backgrounds. Parents attended Tech, they'd been fans since they were infants, and they knew how to act. Attending games that past few years, I've definitely noticed a drop off in that kind of passion. Some of them are more interested in dressing up like a Joker or a duct tape costume (good on ya btw) but then the students chastise those fans for being "too into it".
However... if these kids are legacies, shame on their parents... because they definitely remember those seasons.
I suck at this rambling thing. GO HOKIES!
I can't call myself an expert by any means, but that call infuriated me. Not saying the Hokies would have won (or deserved to) without it, but that was very clearly a terrific, legal block.
I got 2 tickets through the lottery my Freshman year and was forced to buy tickets for every other home game (I paid 35$ for JMU....)