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He moved from Canada to Georgia and was off the radar. A true credit to our coaches for knowing that state well enough to find him.
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Here's a quick one I did yesterday.
my breast.
i stand corrected. thanks.
Stanford was not necessarily unwanted, just undiscovered. UCLA went after him very, very hard when they already had a 2012 class with one 5-star and eight 4-stars, two of which were wide receivers. This kid is clearly very talented.
jersey numbers are the numbers listed first i.e greene is #1 coleman is #4
until i saw andy's post today. josh is #4 and jc is #8, fyi.
http://blogs.roanoke.com/andybittervirginiatechfootball/2012/08/09/bulke...
Last year it was Maddy. This year maybe Stanford. And again, in a position of need. VT is making a living on finding the hidden gems. I hope he does make it. And I hope it motivates the other underclassmen receivers (Smiling, Knowles, etc.).
time I stepped foot on the campus my senior year of high school I knew VT was the place for me there was really no other option though I applied elsewhere. Born and raised in VA Beach I was surrounded by many Hokie alums tho I never had a real family connection to the school I knew it was the place for me, and it definitely shaped who I am today.
Luckily for me one of my girlfriends younger sisters is a Sophmore at VT and has moved off campus where I can spend every sat night downtown and on her coach for tech home games for the next three years.
I too have a weird mixture of heartbreaking team outside of Tech that I root for including the Braves and the 49ers, I love good beer and only drink Jim Beam on gamedays.
Our new #4 is JC Coleman, true freshman running back from Chesapeake, Va. Just an fyi.
If he keeps making plays like those mentioned in the article (the article also says he made a nice 20 yard catch/run as well), to go along with our inexperience at WR, to go along with Coles' slow recovery, then I say no to the redshirt.
I've read that Beamer has a new perspective on redshirting talent after our past 3 running backs all left early, but the new perspective probably only applies to the RB and QB position, not the WR position because it's a lot harder for a WR to make a huge impact early (esp in our offense).
With all that being said, I think he will get redshirted because Beamer loves using that redshirt, but if Stanford keeps making plays in practice, then it may be like the DMFW situation where it was obvious he was so talented that the coaches were forced to let him get some action.
I looked up some highschool highlights and it seems like he has a great pair of hands and some fast legs, and it seems like he's putting them to use immediately. I'm down for anything that helps LT3, and helps our offense help our defense.
Being from VA originally (born in Portsmouth) and moving away at the age of 7 to Rochester, NY, my only tie to VA was that I was born there. My love affair with Virginia Tech started with my sister being accepted in 1999. Going on visits with the parents and listening to my sister talk about it made me start to see the magic. When it cam time to apply for college, there was only one choice for me. What further cemented my decision was getting to meet my sister's friends Ernest Wilford and Keith Willis. Awesome guys who I could see weren't just passionate about football, but the school as well.
Although I am no longer in Blacksburg, I still refer to it as my home. There is not another place in this world that makes me more compfortable or at ease than when I am walking through campus or driving the streets of Blacksburg. When my young daughter is ready to start thinking about college, I can only hope that my love and passion for the Hokies rubs off on her and she can have her own story of how she became a Hokie.
Patrick
Class of '07
My Dad attended VT in the early 1980s but was never able to graduate (something I know he still regrets). In 1986, as a newborn he carried me around the Duck Pond while passing through Blacksburg during a weekend drive...a feat that would take 5 men to do nowadays lol. I grew up in Southwest VA knowing VT was where I belonged. My uncle has been a die hard season ticket holder since back when no one wanted to see the Hokies play. My first game was in 1995 vs Syracuse sitting with my uncle and dad after an awesome tailgate. Ended up moving to Chesapeake in middle school where I was lucky enough to play football through HS with/against future Hokies Vince Hall, Xavier Adibi, Branden Ore, Carlton Powell, Jeremy Gilchrist (short lived), Greg Boone, Chris Ellis and Elan Lewis. I graduated HS in 2004 dying to get into VT but couldnt because I didnt have the grades. I enrolled at ODU to wrestle but worked my ass off to get the grades to transfer in after my first year. I didn't go for the academics or football games...I just wanted to be a Hokie. I attended every game through my 3 years at VT, with the exception to the Marcus Miami debacle (glad to have missed). I learned a lot about family/community as a Hokie. I graduated in 08 and my sister graduated a Hokie past Spring. Married another Hokie fanatic and we have a little one on the way with intentions of keeping the tradition alive.
GO HOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alone that flowers is the greatest cb to come out of vt...
2007 > 1.5x 2012
if that makes sense. lol
my bet is that he does not redshirt.
hope he can show a little "eddie" magic with that number too!
New to this site so be easy on me at first...
I became a Hokie back in the mid 90's thanks to my oldest brother attending VT. We started going to home games and I was hooked immediately. Parents got season tickets and then my other older brother got accepted to VT. It was a given that I would apply so I went the early decision route and thankfully got accepted as well. My first game as a student was the infamous Lightning Bowl against GT.
Also met my wife at VT. We now have a one year old future Hokie and and always evolving Hokie Room. Eventually we'll need a bigger house (not because of kids but for all the Hokie gear).
Other: I'm a weird combination of Cubs fan, Steelers fan, and Cleveland Cavs fan. I also enjoy Dogfish beer, Bourbon, and a nice pair of slacks.
I despise watching GT play football.
I'm originally from the small town of Mechanicsburg, PA and the only one to go to college in my immediate and extended family. I had an unstable and abusive childhood so i looked at colleges that were at least a few states away to start my life fresh. Virginia Tech just so happened to have one of the best architecture programs in the country and when i visited, it was all i needed to see.
I met my eventual wife freshmen year at Fiji, choosing her over 10 other girls dancing in a circle. Intoxicated and hoping she wouldn't slap me, i just started dancing all up on her. She asked her friend next to her if i was cute, and she said i was "OK". To this day, I tell Erin I'm just glad she was cool with settling.
Virginia Tech helped shape me who i am today in more ways than anything else or anyone. VT taught me how to be a great designer and introduced me to my future family. Most importantly, Virginia Tech was the changing point of my life from everything that was bad to everything that is now good.
Other than VT football, I live for #allthebourbon and #allthehokies. I live for great design and the ability to change the way people see and experience space. I live for my family and for creating a better experience than the one i had to grow up in.
now let's get that natty, damn it!
go hokies!
I'M THE DUDE, MAN
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# | Tell everyone about yourself; when/how did you become a Hokie? I remember my first game like it was yesterday, the heartbreak etched in my mind like it was carved into Hokie Stone -- Temple '98. Two words that make every Hokie hang their head in shame. However, as my best friend pointed out that day, "Look at that kid on the sideline. He's going to be great for us next year." (He wasn't wearing #7 -- Lamont Pegues was #7 that season.)
I was born in Northeast Ohio, my parents having lived there their entire lives and my dad attending Youngstown State with the Polish Rifle, Ron Jaworski. We moved to Salem in '86, but the proximity to Blacksburg didn't really matter to me until a birthday party I went to in the spring of 1995. My friend's dad worked at Shelor and brought Maurice DeShazo to this birthday party full of 11-year-olds, where he distributed "Virginia Tech All-American candidates" posters signed by him, Ken Brown, and Antonio Freeman (from the previous fall). I still have it hanging in the basement of my parents' house.
After that first game (which was the fall of my freshman year of high school) and the subsequent '99 season, I worked harder to go to more Tech games while in high school. My dad worked with a guy who still made his donations and bought his tickets, but wasn't interested in going to the games after the Vick explosion -- so we ended up buying his season tickets at face value (Section 12, in a row with a single letter).
At some point during that time, between the autumns of '00 and '01, I fell in love with Tech. We'd started getting to the games earlier so I could walk around campus. When it was time to make the college decision, the decision had been made -- I'd apply to Tech as an early decision admission. (Admittedly, UVa was second and Hampden-Sydney was third on that list.) Unlike Joe, I chose Tech over UVa based solely on the strength of the athletics -- the academics didn't matter because both business schools were in the top 50 in the country, which was close enough for me. I knew the football and basketball teams were getting better, and Tech already felt like a second home.
I love Virginia Tech and Blacksburg so much that if/when I get married, my wife will be considered my mistress. I regret nothing.
Other: Arlingtonian; beer; Maker's Mark; MLB - Red Sox; NFL - Browns (and kinda the Pats); NBA - Celtics; NHL - who cares?; #AppleSwag; golf.
Coach Shane's new toy will probably fit in the crawl space, but I'm not sure it's got the height or required strength-to-weight ratio.
Growing up all over the country afforded me little luxury in claiming any college football team to root for. As well, I was the first in my family to actually graduate from college making the legacy route nonexistent. Therefore, up until about my sophomore year of high school I had thought little of Virginia schools and more about USC, Oregon, etc since I lived in both areas. Then I met a friend who's parents both went to GAWGA and witnessed the glory years of Hershell Walker from High School in Macon, GA and college steering me that way. What I didn't realize was how grossly high out of state tuition was for any school, especially with the help of a single mother. Decdiding to stick in-state I applied everywhere of note except for UVA. The final decision came down to JMU and Tech, and the choice was obvious.
All it took was seeing the VT hedges as I entered the campus in late July of '03 for orientation to get me hooked. I knew from that point on that I had found a home for life. At the time I couldn't begin to realize how spoiled I would become watching us drup #2 ranked Miami my freshman year to the start of our consecutive 10 win seasons and our first ACC title in '04.
::Borat voice:: "My hobbies include" disco dance, shit talking about football, trolling, BOURBON ALL KINDS, the Cowboys, country music, and meeting new and interesting folks.
Thanks for the thread Joe!
Being from southwest VA and having family members that are Hokies I'd say I've been one my whole life. I have a few memories of the pre-Vick era but not many. The only team I hate more than the wahoos is the damn vols. Most ignorant fan base IMO, still reliving that "magical year" in '98 with a case of busch every Saturday in the fall.
Graduated in December of '11 and living the dream working in Blacksburg for a while. Love the outdoors (especially fishing), the Packers, and anytime one of the following teams lose or choke: Yanks, the Boys, da Bears, the Pats or the Phillies.
Thanks so much.
I think Collins is a great defensive player, and he was their defensive MVP through the meat of the schedule. At the same time, he is great because he plays his technique and assignments almost perfectly. As the season wore on, his level of play dropped drastically, especially after the Georgia Tech game where he was cut block and doubled repeatedly. He played too many snaps because of the inexperience and the growing pains of McCray, and by the end of the year he was toast. The game film against Clemson was basically repeats of Hopkins and Collins getting blown up. Then, he got a break and boom, he is excellent against Michigan.
Besides adherence to the Hokie system, Collins best quality is his motor. He is not a particularly explosive pass rusher, and a look back at his sacks show that most are the result of busts or great effort. Corey Marshall (yes, I am a mark for The Million Dollar Man) has a natural burst combined with violent hand motion that makes him a much more naturally gifted pass rusher. McCray has a similar first step, but is still working on freeing up his feet. Both guys have the talent to be better players than Collins. They just are not there yet as far as technique or the system.
I anticipate that the coaches will use Marshall and McCray inside on passing downs to get that explosive element on the field and give the starting tackles the opportunity to focus on the run and get a little rest. Then, one of the two will get perhaps 1 our of every 3 series on the strong side, IF they are in shape and playing at a high level in camp. Collins stays fresh, and your talented youngsters get enough playing time that they are hungry for more, instead of stewing on the bench.
Now, all of this doesn't matter for Georgia Tech. I am not sure what the lineup will be, but I am willing to bet there will be very limited substitutions that game. Antoine Hopkins had a very good game against Georgia Tech in 2010, so I am hopeful that he wins the job.
If he's not starting, maybe he's that swing man like Via? I remember it being a two part move, Gibson inside to guard, Painter outside to tackle. I can't find it in writing, but my memory is telling me he didn't wow at tackle.
Can you explain the upside with zach mccray and collins becoming a platoon guy? I always thought of Collins as a monster not far behind Gayle...he was a beat against Michigan.
Is it safe to assume a great defensive line will translate to allowing our secondary and linebackers to make mistakes and get away with it early in the season? Also, is it possible we would see less blitzing given the line we have?
I feel like I'm sitting in class...I love this. Another great article by the way.
sorry about that, hopefully this works!