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the regular season announcers will get it right- geez.
It was funny seeing the back-up refs constantly say Arizona instead of Atlanta too.
Interesting read @ grantland
http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8287610/packaged-plays-rethinking-co...
A looooong time ago (may have been pre-Beamer) we were on TV (don't remember the game) and former Kansas City Chiefs coach Hank Stram was doing the color commentary. Hank wasn't known for being the sharpest tool in the shed, at least off of the gridiron. He kept referring to us as West Virginia Tech (!!??). To this day, I don't know where he came up with that.
yeah, but watching the ravens games the other night tyrod made a play and the announcer said, "that's what he used to do at georgia tech!"
8th? Somebody voted them #1? Are you fucking kidding me? I was kinda pulling for Mich against Bama until the maize and blue media lovefest started. If we're 16th (which I think is about right) they are certainly not the 8th best team in the country.
Bama might not let them past the 50.
The four new starters on oline have been my biggest concern all summer. Hearing that from French makes me feel much better but I wonder how much of it was the D's less than stellar outing.
GT has an experienced and talented front 7 who you better believe will be ready to play come Labor Day.
UVA always seems to pull some big recruits, but can't do anything with them. Same as always. Don't be concerned. Hate WVU, so don't want them to get the back up JV kicker from anywhere.
38-0 Bro!
you guys are operational again this season. Had a good time on the homecoming bus last year.
I have thought all along that there was no way they could play Fuller at whip because of Manning's lack of size as a run support corner. I don't know if JGW is athletic enough to be the answer, but at least the line is much larger than it was in 2010 and that should hide him from blockers a bit more.
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13 years 10 months
# | Up to 12 true freshmen in the running to make the travel squad, per Beamer Ball yeah i don't see how he doesn't fit into the rover AND whip equation .. jgw sounds like he is good ENOUGH to start, continue on with this "artificial" depth and let rvd prep for both. he started out as rover so he should know the schemes right?
Spinnin round?
This.
I think the biggest takeaway from Bryan Harsin (Texas coach formerly the offensive coordinator QBs coach at Boise) was pace of play, and how to manage it, mechanics of getting in and out of the huddle effectively, etc...
I've been jumping around my room for the last 10 minutes to the intro of enter sandman on repeat...
boise ran a lot of pro set / college west coast stuff.
Just imagined at 2016 Hokie defense that looks like this:
DE: Ekanem
DT: Teller
DT: Baron/Smith (or if they could get Brown, oh chi mama)
SE: Hand
Whip: RVD
Mike: Clarke
Backer: Edmunds
BC: Fuller
FC: Manning
R: Fisher
FS: Quin Blanding
Dear lord...
I don't a subscription to any recruiting site, but he visited Auburn and Georgia last weekend, and he plans to take an official visit to Michigan sometime this fall (October).
From what I've heard, Michigan is the leader, Auburn is probably running second.
He's a fantastic prospect, but I'm not getting my hopes up unless he takes an official visit to Tech and I haven't heard that he's scheduling a visit (but that doesn't mean it's not happening).
It doesn't really bother me. One of their strengths is young running backs, only one can carry the ball at once, and it might make the 2014 backs look at different way.
agreed. splits are not as wide either.
I know they keep saying they met with the former Boise/current Texas OC in Austin, but I don't remember Boise or Texas running this offense. Am I on crazy pills?
We probably didn't run any regular read option because of the whole yellow jersey touch him and he's down stuff.
Also just another observation: our pistol formation looks a lot more crammed than theirs. Our back was usually 2-3 yards behind Logan. Nevada looks like it's 4 yards.
To give folks some idea, this video shows a play we saw a couple of times, the off tackle power. VT added a motion guy, who got a fake from Thomas on a jet/rocket sweep after he already handed the ball to the running back.
We saw some counter option as well, but for VT and Logan Thomas to really make this offense go, I think they must establish the read option. The counter stuff worked well, but it was slow developing. We did not see the straight read option one time in the scrimmage.
http://youtu.be/-rSsd5ZlNuI This has Logan moving more towards the line, with a singular read. This has much more big play potential and sets up play action even better than the power plays from the pistol. Still, I like the single wing style run better, and we KNOW it works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1RsQCvvhuU
We are top in the ACC - and I'd say top 10.
We need to beat WVU at least...
I think it is safe to say that they have clearly adopted a new philosophy. Even the 3rd team, which played much more from the traditional formations that we are used to seeing, still ran quick hitting running plays on the interior rather than the slow developing zone right/left, sprint draw stuff that we have grown accustomed to.
While there were SOME elements of Clemson's offense (the flexed tight end being the most similar), it doesn't look anything like Clemson. Imagine the 2004 offense, except lined up in 3 wide, with the QB away from the center. The purpose of the motion at the snap is to keep the backside pursuit from filling the lane. After the next scrimmage, we will draw up some play diagrams to show how some of this looks.
The only downside of it is that I think all the footwork fundamentals required for this offense may not play to LT3's strengths as a runner.
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13 years 10 months
# | Up to 12 true freshmen in the running to make the travel squad, per Beamer Ball Agreed. Manning didn't impress, and Donovan Riley isn't ready. I think Caleb regrets not considering a move to safety. Learning the nuance of WR route running is tough.
Oh, and I learned that "Lord of the Rings" Boye Aromire didn't scrimmage, and Cole got knocked out with an injury. So, both the backup safeties are now banged up.
#RVD4ROVER
still annoyed.
That's a good point- I might have to root for the other overated team (cough cough, FSU) but I hope Bama stomps the crap out of Michigan.