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Would you be willing to meet me somewhere or next game you come to I would meet you and buy some for another game. Arlington is probably a 6 hour drive for me. I am interested in all games would love the GT or Bowling Green but interested in all games.
Mike,
That is terrific analysis and dead on. I think if you go back to my film review from the game last year, I commented that I was suprised GT didn't incorporate the toss sweep more as VT focused more and more on jamming up the interior.
As far as the QB read, Foster changes it up in certain momentum spots. For instance, I can recall on a 3rd and 3 in the first half of last year's game, Foster ran a stunt where the backer stunted way wide, and the end (who had been giving the QB the alley all 1st quarter) forced him and Washington just ate the ball. As I noted, last year Foster seemed content in letting his defense bend, then calling a changeup to get a key stop or a turnover. As a fan, it is sickening because it allows GT to seemingly dominate with their running game, but unless the front 4 just kicks the crap out of the Yellow Jacket offensive line, I expect us to see the same thing again.
I have been wondering what happened to him since he disappeared from twitter a while ago. I was hoping he was at least still on the practice squad in Indy.
East side 4 life
Already off to a bad start this year by not getting my picks submitted in time... It is unacceptable for work to get in the way of college football, but at least I am heading to Blacksburg for 4 days tomorrow!
NC State - I'll take the Wolfpack over the Vols, because I want it to happen and I think NC State is going to surprise some people this year.
Michigan State - Somebody please beat the stupid smurfs
Klempsun - Hoping they can still score like crazy without Sammy Watkins
Meeeeechigan - Getting the points, and Alabama has to have a down year (10-2) sometime right?
Hokie Pokie - I absolutely hate playing Georgia Tech, but our D-line is the strength of our team and ready to shut down the 1920's triple wing bullshit (I hate that they always go for it on 4th down...)
Touchdown: #Colts RB Darren Evans scores from a yard out. Indy now leads Cincinnati, 14-10.— Indy Star Sports (@IndyStarSports) August 31, 2012
This is why GT was so much better in 2008 and 2009, when they had the athletes to run it: Josh Nesbitt, Jonathon Dwyer, Demaryius Thomas, Anthony Allen, Roddy Jones, and Stephen Hill. All but Hill were recruited by Gailey, and since CPJ has taken over, they haven't been able to recruit RBs and QBs as good as Gailey's guys. I do agree, if someone could recruit NFL caliber athletes to run that offense, it would be close to unstoppable. Unfortunately for GT, the offense is very unpopular and GT struggles to get the premier HS athletes.
Season tickets are in east and Ive never sat anywhere else. however, i will be trying to sneak into the NEZ for GT. hope it lives up to its expectations.
sir.
Vandy
Nc state
Msu
Auburn
Mich I just don't see bama scoring a lot of points
Git
South Carolina
NC State
Mich St
Clemson- It's a toss up
Alabama- Michigan sucks
VT- Have to
Thanks.
a TKP drink session sounds fun, we're gonna have to introduce ourselves as our tkp username haha... solidify a time and I'm there
Damn that sucks, hopefully another team picks him up, I think he can be a good one... he got progressively better over the years as a Hokie, I think the same can happen in the nfl, hopefully
I have a computer dedicated to watching and recording TV. This is your best friend:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815706001
Your coax cable runs through that. ask your cable provider for a tuner card (just tell them you have a tivo so they dont get confused). Plug the card in the infiniTV and you can use the built in windows media center to watch and record straight to a hard drive.
Something tells me the Cowboys will regret this. Maybe not as much as UVA regrets not offering DC19 for football.
Bdozer -- How do you digitally inject your video? Trying to get VT games in HD on my hard drive this fall.
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We're not going to cross charge every time and you'll our OLB's taking pitch, the DE taking dive and you may also see our secondary occasionally invert with the FS and R coming up and the corners dropping off.
Our DL also does a pretty good job of occupying the OL and keeping the LB's free. It's led to a lot of the chop block reputation for GT. OL #1 tries to release but gets mixed up with a DT who is being cut block by OL #2. Congrats that's a chop. And of course if OL #2 waits to be sure his target is no longer engaged with the releasing OL #1 the whole play breaks down and the triple option is much less effective. That's why people say this offense is based on chop blocks, because to be effective the defense is going to do certain things along the line that will put the offense in the position of chop blocking to remain effective.
Hopefully I will continue my successes from last year:
USCe
The Fighting Glennons
Spartans
Tigers
The Elephant rolling in the tide
Damn bees (covering) but Hokies winning outright
South Carolina - Connor Shaw is better than Stephen Garcia and Lattimore is back. The Cocks have some young receivers that were highly touted but will have to prove themselves on game day. The defense lost some good players but should be solid with Clowney entering his second season and a couple years of solid recruiting.
Tennessee - I really want to pick NC St but I can't trust the ACC to not crap the bed. Justin Hunter might be the best receiver in the SEC if he's back to his pre-injury form and Tyler Bray is a capable QB. I think NC St could have a solid season but they struggled badly on the road last year (loss @ Wake & BC, blowout @ Cincy, & FSU) and I just can't trust them.
Michigan State - I have no idea. Boise State lost a ton on both sides of the ball and Michigan State lost a ton of offense. I could see this being a low scoring game which makes me nervous about picking against Boise, but Michigan State was horribly underrated last season and the Kellen Moore era has finally ended at Boise.
Auburn - Without Watkins, Allen, several o-lineman, and the advantage of extra prep time, I think Auburn will be able to severely limit Clemson's explosive offense, which was able to catch them off guard a couple games into the season last year. I don't know anything about Auburn but no other team seemed to have as much trouble scoring against them as we did, so Auburn will probably find a way.
Alabama - I think Michigan will hang around similarly to how we did against Alabama a couple years ago. Michigan has excellent coaches who have recruited well in recent years and while they might not score much, Alabama's offense shouldn't put up tons of points either. It's very possible Robinson will have a tough night and start turning the ball over, meaning Alabama will have a good chance to pull away.
Georgia Tech - Don't see VT getting enough separation to cover the spread against GT's (supposedly) improved defense and TOP dominating offense. I'll be more than satisfied just to come out of this game with a W and no major injuries.
if interested
It would take two plays to break the defense in that diagram. After running the option and seeing this D on play #1, play #2 would be a footrace to the end zone between the slotback and the rover on a toss sweep. With a seasoned option quarterback, you might even get 6 on play #1.
The way the D is lined up on that play, "E" would usually be the quarterback's dive key (#1) while "B" would be the pitch key (#2). The stunt you show above, where #1 and #2 switch roles, is called a cross charge. It can be very effective because most quarterbacks will concentrate on #1 first, see that he's playing outside, and read that as a give to the fullback. When the fullback gets the ball, he's immediately stuffed by "B." You can see Jaybo Shaw having trouble with that read here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTldJ79P1SA&feature=player_embedded
Experienced option QBs that are able to recognize the stunt know not to give to the fullback and instead use "E" as his read to keep or pitch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33rcMLSVQ20&feature=player_embedded
Admittedly, there aren't many quarterbacks savvy enough to make that read, which is why it'll usually take two plays to beat it. On the toss sweep, the slotback gets the ball 2-3 yards outside of the tackle box, meaning that he's already beaten the end that's moving outside at the snap. With all the linebackers playing the dive at the snap, none of them are in position for lateral pursuit. If the corner blitzes from 7 yards out, that's far enough away from the LOS that the WR will have an angle to pick him up. If the corner creeps up and blitzes from inside of 5 yards, then the playside WR and slotbacks switch blocking responsibilities. The slotback can take a much better angle on the blitzing cornerback, while the WR goes on to block the FS. That leaves the rover and the backside corner as the only two players left to make a play on the ball carrier, and they both have to run from the other side of the field to do so.
Of course, this doesn't take into account 1v1 matchups, and if guys are just beating their blockers physically then you can run whatever defense you want. Strictly speaking in terms of scheme, though, there's no way to "solve" this offense any more than you can solve any other offense. Your best bet, IMO, is to give the quarterback as many different reads as you can to fool him into making bad decisions. If you find one in particular that he struggles with, run that more often than the others.
while already a great class, it would be such a statement about the future of VT with the addition of green.
COUNT ME IN. 2pm start?
He'd be a monster get for VT.
If we get him on campus this Monday, shred up GT in front of a power house of energy and he's still not sold, not sure howe can win him over.
Come on down, Derrick.
Thats actually how it usually goes. Its a little awkward matching faces to a twitter/TKP handle at first. Especially since no one ever looks how you imagine them (not a bad thing). In Nola I tweeted to meet with Furrer4Heisman and sat like a dummy for like 10 minutes before we recognized we were sitting 4 seats away. In Nola I met about 10 different people who contribute here and it was awesome. We tore that place up!