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3-3 in my master, will see next week
Totally agree. At halftime we were winning TOP 17-13, at the end of the game, we were losing it 25-35. That means in the second half, GT's O was on the field for 22 minutes vs our 8. That shit is unreal.
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Thanks for correcting that - couldn't tell where he was from the stands. And agreed that it kind of doesn't matter for these purposes.
i enjoy it. wish i could do more, but busy.
we could automate it, but that would take away the joking, comments and pet names for teams. that's the fun part.
Appreciate you doing it in the 1st place
my bad, my bad of sure to be many.
I was 2-4, had vandy and bama. Still not the start I was hoping for.
...in south end zone I was really surprised by the pass interference call. It wasn't till later at PK's seeing the highlights on ESPN that I saw what an amazing one handed catch Knowles made with the defender trying to hold his hand like a bad first date. I can't even imagine the feeling Knowles had after that catch.
We can blame him, right?
#SCALES4HEISMAN
I think that you are right about us getting a couple blocks before the end of the season. We need to get back to playing great special teams all around - great punting, kicking, returning, etc. I think we will be in at least a couple more real close games this season like unc, Clemson, and fsu. Special teams play will be critical in those games for us to win.
Nothing much to say that hasn't been said already other than I really really really hope they give LT a chance to shine and be all he can be. Playcalling has got to change. Just feels so futile talking about it after the last decade of this crap.
To blocking a few kicks. The difference was this time around the D wasn't getting roughing the kicker penalties. I guess it was a bit more conservative approach at a block, and I think by season's end we'll have blocked a couple kicks this year. It's not just sending everyone wrecklessly at the kicker like last year.
Stiney was in the booth for this game actually. But the hate is unneccessary regardless.
Its an old coaches saying that a team makes the most improvement between the first and second games of the season. Overall I'm happy with how we played, especially considering I thought this would be a defensive slugfest (it was). We can definitely improve lots, particularly when it comes to QB-wideout chemistry and Oline dominance, but that comes with time and in game experience. I'll be looking for this team to take massive strides this week, and for us to be a well oiled machine once we get into the meat of our ACC schedule.
a W is a W no matter how ugly. and to start the season at 1-0 is always a plus (something that has become a rarity for us in past seasons)
It looked like the ball came to the top of his head, and he was standing. Should've had that. It's a little high, but not much.
It's not fair to put that all on Hughes. The snap was definitely high. If he's able to pull it down and get the punt off, then it becomes a great play by him. It's the type of play I'd hope an experienced veteran punter makes, but not a true freshman making his first start.
LT3 definately CLUTCH!
The DBs were told to respect the option pass, which GT only did once, and because he stayed home, Kyle Fuller was in great position. If Fuller and Exum wanted to shed blocks and attack the A-Back pitch, they could have every single time. Instead, they literally stayed in the hip pocket of the WR, in the event they took off on a go route for the A-Back to heave a duck to.
I feel pretty good about it also considering VT will normally get better as the year progresses. I was pleased with the D overall, that triple option is tough for anyone to stop and I expected to see GT get some points. I think our D will look a lot better against other teams who run more pro-style attacks as long as our secondary can stay healthy.
For the first game, against GT, on a big stage, I'm glad we got the win - we were due for a big openning win. This was a must win for our season and I'm glad they pulled it out even though it was ugly offensive play at times.
LT3 to Fuller on 4th down at the end of regulation to set up the game-tying field goal. Pure clutch on both ends.
Logan looked up and down all night, mainly down through the first 3 quarters. Sailing balls, underthrows, etc. I thought he was just jittery in the first quarter and maybe he would settle down, but it never seemed that he did until late in the fourth when he made 2 or 3 good throws. Maybe it's a combination of him and the receivers not gelling but it seemed like it was more about Logan making bad throws last night. I hope he will correct that and with upcoming games against AP and Pitt, I think he and the receivers will get a little better.
The defense won this game for us in my opinion. They stopped GT early and played well overall. I don't expect any defense in the NCAA to totally shut down Paul Johnson's offense, and I expected to see GT put up about 17 points which they did exactly. The offense was a let down overall as usual (some things never change). But, it appears we have good weapons on the offensive side and I think they will improve as the year goes and hopefully we will stay as injury-free as possible.
Besides the missed snap by Hughes early and the missed field goal, the special teams looked pretty solid. But, those two mistakes made were critical and could have easily cost us the game. Beamerball is almost nonexistent anymore, but you would expect VT special teams to be good overall. I wouldn't call them that from last night's performance b/c of the two big mistakes. I'm hoping those may be two of very few mistakes they will make this season. But I though Hughes did a great job punting when he caught the football which makes me feel a lot better than last year.
I hope to see us pound AP pretty hard next Saturday and get Logan and Co. some rest and let these younger guys get some reps.
Go Hokies!
Washington had to have a concussion. Only logical explanation for that INT he threw.