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Another problem I saw is that we favored running clock in place of any semblance of offensive sets for the last 9 minutes of the game.
This is how every posession in the last 10 minutes went:
move ball down court -> EG dribble -> 5 seconds on the shot clock -> derp hard
Additionally, we gave up guaranteed points (Green's steal) in favor of running clock.
FSU gave us ample chances to win the game, they would have come back much sooner if our defense wasn't playing so well. I also agree with Indios about seeing 4 guys in the paint at the end of the game. Complete and utter breakdown.
Sadly, we've become accustomed to things like this happening.
We need to just stick to the VT.
From my experience the West Stands have more of the older donors so while there's a smaller chance of the crazy obnoxious drunks, there is a greater chance of you being yelled at for "standing up too much" or being loud.
Also one other thing, the shade provided by the press box during the day games can be a life saver sometimes if you are on the West side.
Iv been in all 3 sections and i say East but maybe thats because the tickets i had in the south were nose bleed seats for a 2003 uconn game. Then the West experience i had was the freezing everyones nuts off 08 duke game when macho sealed the deal with a pick 6, i had seats almost right under the press box but i was on the left side close to Hokie Vision so that was good. For the past 2 seasons and hopefully this coming season i have had seats in the East stands in gate 8 section 9 row Y seats 21-25 dead center 50 yardline and only a few sections up. I saw one of Tyrods last home games in 2010 at the duke game. And in 2011 I saw Logan's break out performance against miami in the same seats and it was my birthday and i bought LT3's jersey before the game. So i think all those experiences may make me biased on the topic but i have to go with East.
The list was just released. VT targets among them were Dorian Johnson and Marcus Newby.
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1332334
My parents' seats are West. And I take offense to the UVA comment. We jump. We proudly yell "Let's Go!" in order to hear "HOKIES!" back. We do the wave with the rest of Lane, don't we? UVA people NEVER do the wave... and they don't jump or yell for that matter.
Anyway, we've always had a great experience on the West side (except at this year's Clemson game, but a bunch of our normal section-mates sold their tickets to rude people, so it doesn't count).
And if you're bringing the family, you want to be on the West side. My parental unit started taking me when I was 5 years old, and it has remained family friendly. I've also found that West seats are easier to sell...
Added bonus: on hot game days, you're in the shade! Your kids and wife will be much happier people on those hot days.
If you choose the East, don't forget the sunscreen and the sunglasses for the whole family! And be prepared to leave early when they're miserably hot...
Good luck picking seats! Don't forget, they're reseating Lane this March...
West is booooooooring. The seats are all good, but holy shit do the people there act like UVA grads (at least in my experience). I'm not a fan of end-zone-seating so I'd go with East, myself
any more excuses, but we were playing with 6 players, and lacked a big for pretty much the entire second half. I still think the whole "don't call fouls with 1 second left on the clock because its the end of the game" thing is a bunch of crap. Not to say Green would've made them (he wasn't hitting clutch FTs anyways) but come on now. I'm all for letting the kids be physical to end the game, but you have to call what you see. I think what really killed us was settling into our "brick it from way out" offense when what we had going was fine. Then we turned into UVa's offense and killed all of our momentum and let them creep back in.
1) As a chemistry major, I find the chemistry lab themed set ridiculous. And I admit, I'm a little baffled by it. What do erlenmeyer flasks with colored water with alka seltzer tablets in them have to do with the NFL Draft?
2) As a Spider, I try to at least listen to my fellow UR alum Todd McShay. I usually just get mad at him. In this case I was thinking 'well, duh. where have you been? you just realized this?' Then I remembered that it was an espn analyst that we're talking about...
3) As a Hokie, I'm super stoked SOMEBODY at espn decided to give Danny Coale some love. But then I got a little offended, because Todd only described him as 'productive.'
Danny Coale is way more than productive. He's got skills, smarts (football and school), determination, character and integrity. He is everything you want and more in a player and a person. Danny Coale is awesome. And he will be great at the Combine and will shine in the interviews.
He will be drafted. He doesn't need to be drafted in a high round to be successful in the NFL. So I don't really care when he goes. I just want him to have the chance to earn some playing time once he gets drafted. And I want people to acknowledge the person, not just the player.
People (in my experiences outside of Southwest Virginia) tend to think of Tech as just a football machine, seeking talented football players instead of well-rounded people. But that is far from the truth. It's time Tech got some credit (outside of SWVA) for recruiting great players AND great people.
That is all. I'll step off my soapbox now. Thanks for listening.
And Mel, it's App-a-latch-n.
Its pretty embarrassing that we are even having this debate...
I agree. Seth was giving somebody in the crowd "the evil eye" look. Fan must have said something while Eddie was laying there. Should have been using the time to coach the missed or made free throws. But, he can only do so much. best foul shooters had it in their hand. Green missed the front of two 1 & 1s, Hudson missed, Eddie missed. They are all usually deadly. PRESSURE.
Other team gets to pick whom shoots the FTs in that scenario. Larger problem is the lack of coaching duringthe idle time for the injured player. Why everyone was defending the paint and Not the three is a truly coaching debacle! Decent recruiter but can't coach a lick. A 2 sends you to OT a Trey sends your ass home!
Seth doesn't pick it, the other coach gets to pick. Stupid, but it is suppose to keep team from taking injured player out and putting the best shooter they have on the line. This rule was changed a few years back, needs to be changed again. In this case, becasue Florida State caused the injury the choice should be Seths. Ouch....that hurt. We should have beat them twice this year. Foul shooting killed us from our best shooters. Seth coached a heck of a game. The foul shooters killed us.
And this only a one-point one.
They have to make a substitution. The player they sub cannot already be on the court. Green was on the court in this case and therefore could not take the shots.
But I agree with your comment title. We had this game in hand... What the fuck happened?
I'll tell you. One of the most fundamental parts of the game of basketball was NOT executed, by some of the best at the same -- free throws. Maybe it was just some kind of Tallahassee black magic or something but Green AND Eddie AND Hudson struggling at the line?! The odds are astronomical.
Why the hell does Seth pick Brown to shoot those free throws when Eddie went down. If there are some rules I'm missing, let me know...but GREEN? HUDSON? they wouldn't have been better choices?
I was on the fence about it before, but Seth needs to go. Thanks for bringing our program to where it is.
i must say .. the auburn helmet is pretty cool though
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fourteen85/6844994823/in/photostream
i could see a maroon helmet with some white hokie feathers (similar to that .. oregon duck feathers) with a vt in the front like this .. and that would be pretty cool
NO
check that .. it looks like he will be for junior day
Family a lot of times but at the same time I'm pretty loud and sometimes feel out of place around the older guys in the West side stands.
I didn't even know there were other tournaments other than the NCAA & NIT.
Sounds like it would be a good opportunity to get some young guys more experience, however cost is probably the deciding factor. Go Jim Weaver.
East is the best (if the students are into it). Depends on your perspective, though. Bringing the family or getting rowdy?
mostly due to the fact that they're silver...A color our school really has no connection too. If it were a metallic maroon then maybe...but as is I'll pass
But it tends to not be as big of a hit due to the lack of depth perception. When I watch football I like to see the plays develope and see the holes and gaps available so watching it from either endzone is my favorite. Although I do realize that quite a number of people don't really enjoy the "video-game" look from the endzones...
Every time we're winning a game we weren't expected to, they attempt to kill the clock the second half and it almost always fails. Look at the Clemson game last week, we blew a 20 point lead and would have lost had Tanner Smith hit his open jumper at the buzzer. Nine times out of ten, our opponents make the game winner...last night was a return to normalcy in a way. Except this time we blew a 15 point lead against a team nearly offensively inept as us.