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about next season .. WAY to early to start talking about but i'd have to think that if no one leaves early for the nfl (especially LT), we're probably a pre-season top 5 team next year along with bama who we'll play in the first game.
so much with the playcalling. i think that it's been decent and it's too early to say anything that bad about the offense. the play of some of our oline concerns me some though but we'll see now that they've been given some rest (miller is still banged up though).
what concerns me is the way that we "ease into a game" .. i can't remember a time where we could say that a game was already out of hand by early to middle 2nd quarter. if we could ever get some points on the board quickly, it helps our defense a lot. they can cycle guys in, keep guys fresh, be more creative with blitzes (without fearing the run). if we can give our defense a 2-touchdown cushion, there are very few teams that we'd have to worry about on our schedule that have the offensive ability to come back on our defense like that.
the other reason teams over perform in the hurry-up is the defense is on its heels and has no time to get set. I would love to see more hurry up against the better teams on the schedule, but attributing its success to play calling is kind of missing the point.
The 2 min drill is basically LT's 5 favorite plays. Pick 1. Of course he excels at it. And of course you can't run those same 5 plays all game or they wouldn't be effective. We will likely soon see somewhat of a reversal in the production out of the 2-min offense if we are indeed running the same 5 plays...quality defenses can gameplan that advantage out.
This "coaches can't call plays as well as LT" thread has been everywhere in VT circles this week. It's completely simplifying the issues and misses the much richer discussion about playcalling as a full game composition.
Wasn't this the case with Tyrod as a Junior?
I think that we'll use more of a balanced attack against Pitt on offense, trying to find "who's hot" as Shane Beamer alluded to how the running game is going to work. There might be a drive where we just try to run it down their throat three or four plays in a row, maybe throw in a designed QB draw from the shotgun in there somewhere...
As for defense, that rush package in the front four is giving me chills. And if it's giving me chills, Pittsburgh is shitting their pants. Let's go for it.
Secondary: Exum bounces back and shows us why we switched him to corner. Bonner plays in the game but is taken out by the mid-3rd because (hopefully, knock on wood) we're up by at least 14 points.
LET'S GOOOOO.... HOKIES!!!
I think I dated Ima B. Playin briefly in high school.
I get excited when I see the More than Superficial articles now. It means it's Friday and ALMOST gameday!
Also, I think you guys should keep working on getting Bill Roth or Mike Burnop in there... That would be AWESOMESAUCE. But it's pretty huge that you got Bitter in there, and so quicky too. Only week 3!
Overall, I can't say enough about how great this podcast is. Look forward to it every week, guys.
Wholeheartedly.
The way I look at it, GT game is an outlier of our schedule, no matter where it falls during the season due to CPJ's high school offense and the Al Groh factor. And having AP five days later, there has to be emotional and physical challenges for the guys having just played a physical GT game. Plus, w/AP. I'm sure the coaches wanted to do vanilla to get some 2nd teamers in, get out w/o injuries, and not reveal too much. There's a lot of football left to play. Hopefully, there's not a lot of idiotic playcalling left, but we have to at least give them the courtesy of proving our worst fears unfounded.
I agree it's too early to judge, but you have to admit that there is a clear difference between the way our offense moves in the hurry-up two-minute drill as opposed to the normal huddle offense. Therefore, there has to be SOME variable that is making that work better. I'm not discounting your statements, just saying that maybe we should give credit to LT3 in some of these situations. He may be smarter than some of us are giving him credit for.
And just think, if he comes back next year and has been running this offense for two seasons and running it this well, and with three or four quality running backs with at least a season under each's belt... We could be NASTY next season on offense AND defense. Our first complete team since '99 some may argue.
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# | How bad do you want success in our football program? How bad does our football program want success? Not sure.
Taking an educated guess, I'd say that the reason Logan has success running the 2 minute drill is because the offense is simplified for him. He's only choosing from a handful of plays to begin with, most likely from the same basic formation (shotgun), and his comfort level with those plays is evident. I think it's a little unfair to blame all the offensive struggles on coaching... with a sample size of 2 opponents, it's too early to tell in my opinion. I know it's frustrating to see the offense struggle, but I feel that we sometimes overlook the execution on the field. French did a good job breaking down our offensive strategy for the Austin Peay game, which boiled down to "vanilla."
My point being, with a bunch of younger inexperienced guys running an offense that's still evolving, I think we should be a little more objective than to point the finger at the coaching staff. That is all for now...
The GT game was just blowing out the pipes and looked like what we would expect from an opening game. Against AP the starters looked warn out but once they had that sense of urgency at the end of the half, they performed.
I still predict that we see something special in this game tomorrow. Not going to judge our offense just yet!
So you mean to tell me that our second year starting QB that was recruited as a tight end is a better play caller than two coaches that are getting paid huge salaries to sit in to coaches box and run the offense... wow, that speaks volumes.
On a positive note... at least we have plays that work in our playbook when called properly and our guys have been taught well enough to execute when desperately needed. The quote above also make me feel comfortable with Logan's leadership skills knowing that the players trust him.
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# | How bad do you want success in our football program? How bad does our football program want success? giovanni ruffin from ECU?
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# | How bad do you want success in our football program? How bad does our football program want success? If we get rid of the trophy case, it will be viewed as an admission that we are not capable of winning the MNC. As a fan, I like that our ultimate goal is on display like that, and I feel like it has to have some impact on recruits.
we'd stall out all game, but once we got into the 2 minute, what do ya know? all of a sudden we'd move the ball.
ill be in MIA for the game. and clemson! need some people to tailgate with! since im coming from florida and all these lame duck SEC fans and NOLE fans around here ill prolly be making the trips by myself. GO HOKIES!!!
Apparently, the give him a choice of 6 plays to choose from at the line of scrimmage when the clock is moving and in the hurry up he pretty much gets to choose the plays. But when the clock is stopped the send in 1 play for him without anything to change to. So after reading this article it is clear to me that LT3 is a better offensive coordinator than O'cainspring and we should just let him choose whatever play he wants and quit letting the coach's call the shitty plays they enjoy calling.
Born and raised in New Jersey, I didn't follow much college football at all my younger years. My family is Giants and Yankees fans and pro sports dominate. Living 30-40 minutes away from the Meadowlands, I attended quite a few of Giants and Jets games. I don't follow my family in sports teams and I am a huge Dolphins fan (Marino, Duper, Clayton..). VT was actually at my high school for a college fair. I loved the fact that it is almost 8 hrs from my hometown and a good engineering program. Once I visited the campus, it was a done deal.
My freshman year I still wasn't sold on college football, but it was growing on me fast. I attended all the football games that year (Al Clark quarterback and student tickets could be picked up 5 minutes before the game, no lottery).
I would say that my first year off campus is when I truly became a Hokie football lover (involved a lot of pregaming and tailgate hopping). Loved the tradition and Hokie Nation. That continued til graduation in 02 and now I am a donor and season ticket holder. I don't see anything changing that, even if I am a complainer. I am working to remedy that!
GO HOKIES!
When Logan gets calls from the box, what is his freedom to change the play thru audibles at the line? Is it frowned upon, if he keeps changing the plays, play after play? Just looking for some insight...
My guess is that he would start..but be there if needed.
I don't have the "always been a hokie" story because I haven't always been a hokie. Anyway...
Grew up inner-beltway northern virginia and through my parents, loved three things in life: sitting on metro platforms waiting for the trains, the smithsonian air and space museum, and penn state football. My father was a dedicated PSU alumnus and had his mind and heart set on his first born attending his alma mater since his first born was first born. Over the years, I outgrew the metro and A&S museum obsessions but PSU football remained. This carried me through the first part of my senior year of high school where I applied early admission to PSU as they had rolling admission. After waiting several weeks for a reply, the letter finally came and I was...
denied.
Actually, I wasn't so much denied as I was accepted into a branch campus with the idea of spending two years there than two years at university park. I didn't want to do that. So life continued.
However, during the span of time between application to PSU and reply from PSU, my family and I went down to VT for a campus tour. I liked the campus and so did my mom, but my father who was convinced I would be accepted to PSU, didn't really pay attention. While my heart was set on PSU, I did like VT and considered it to be my next choice.
After the PSU "rejection," I submitted applications to three more schools: VT because I liked the campus, JMU because of the lemming effect, and Clemson because they had a cheap application fee. All three responded within two days: VT accepted, JMU accepted, and Clemson waitlisted. I never wanted to go to JMU (never even visited the campus) and Clemson was just to throw another application out there, so as of that day VT became my future, my present, and now my past.
Looking back, the decision to attend VT was the best one I have ever made. On top of saving my parents a ton of money over the span of four years, the education allowed me to find and excel in my current profession. I also met some of the best people during my 4 year span and learned from some of the greatest minds I have ever met.
To wrap up, while I will always have a place in my heart for PSU football, from the very first moment I first set foot in Lane Stadium with the MVs in the fall of 2002 against Arkansas State, VT became, and will always remain, my school. I only hope my future kids will get to experience the same feeling I had while spending 4 amazing years in the small SWVA town of Blacksburg.
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