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I'll wear my david wilson tkp cfa shirt, gray jacket & beanie. of course the beard.
The ACC Beard of the Year was robbed!
A Key Play flag or banner that stands out above the crowd.
We have it for sure. We have won all the games we needed to win down the strectch. The first meeting with Clempsum didn't matter as much as winning in Atlanta and C-ville, and now Charlotte. The Tigers thought they could coast after clinching their division. They will be fired up but I don't think they will execute well with the title on the line. November is when good teams prove themselves. Clempsum has failed that test. Hokies have been here before so they know what it takes to win and finish off the season.
Definitely need to jump out early. A 10-point lead in the 1st quarter most likely will end up a 45 - 14 beat down. Let them hang around and I think that early season 8-0 confidence will come back to them.
Who knows... I've never played any sort of real sport so I don't know what it's like. But in my mind, I get worried that somewhere before kickoff Clemson will "flip the switch" and suddenly become the team we saw in B'burg - and not the one that came darn close to closing out the season 0-4. But.. who knows. The reality is probably more in the lines that a bunch of 18 to 20 year old kids aren't going to suddenly shake off 4 games of bad playing in the span of a couple of practices.
BTW: A quick basketball notes about the game last night. I just wish Tech could steal at least a couple of these road games. To me, that game last night was a NCAA play-in game.
Well, the VT Ticket Office has sent my ACCFCG tickets to the wrong address. Now I am in a scramble to get my tickets before I leave on Saturday. Unbelievably (not sure that is a word), the address they were sent to was my wife's old address from 5 years ago and the current occupants are high school acquaintances. My wife received a FB message last night, "We have some mail for you...looks like VT tickets."
SERIOUSLY???
Bright side, we will still able to get the tickets. But WTF?!?
I'll yell out Key Play and I'm sure I won't be denied, due to being a Hokie and having beer and some food.
but jlm will be there and hokiejoe3 at sometime, i think. it's not a huge lot, but there are few spots there. i just plan on walking around and yelling out names.
Who all is going to be at the lot? Gotta know who to look for
to clt, not the game. so i won't make the lot til 2ish.
Thanks man, I'll bring some beer and a couple Hokies with me. I'll have a maroon Danny Coale jersey on and probably look a bit confused in the parking lot.
Added 5 more to this growing collection.
3rd and poplar last yr. quite a few small lots right there.
I'll be leaving VT early Saturday morning, So I should be there by 11 am at the latest. I can grab (somewhat classy) beer and snacks as needed. Since this lot is full, where would be a good suggestion to park?
revenge.
the final point you bring up - "Act like you've been there before" - I think will be the most telling. This Hokie team is a squad that has big game experience, and rarely do they fail to step up the challenge. The score from the previous meeting would suggest otherwise, but having watched that game twice since then, I didn't see a team that gave up. Lotsa of stupid penalties, losta bad execution, but the Hokies stood their ground.
In the first game, the offense was stagnant, yet the defense kept the team within striking distance until 5 minutes left in the game. Statistically, if you look at Boyd's season, his second worse game was in Blacksburg (although it was nowhere near as horrendous as what transpired against Sakerlina). Although I didn't like the outcome, I was quite impressed with the defensive output. And let's get this one thing out in the open: the offense will be FAR from stagnant this week. Is there anyone out there that doesn't think LT3 will be motivated by the All-ACC Team snub? Because he is healthy, I expect our offensive philosophy to be consistent with what we have game planned the past couple of weeks. Considering Sakerlina's success with the zone read, moving the ball should not be the struggle it was earlier in the year. Unleash DMFW, OglesBEAST, and Thomas the Tank Engine - let 'em run over some guys - and we'll see that Clemson defense fail to counter.
Dabo's #2 behind Lame Kiffin in my most hated coaches list... Such tools.
All that is stuck in my head since that loss is the clemson guys squirting water on their helmets. All that shit talking going on during the final minutes in front of the cameras on national television in Lane Stadium. I sure hope that has stuck in the mind of the guys on our defense as well. I would love to for Beamer to go against his coaching ethics and rub this one in Dabo's face. I hate the way he carries himself and think he is a prick. This will go a long way as far as recruiting goes as it seems almost every skill position player we recruit is also recruited by clemson.
Yes, yes... we're going in opposite directions. Not the same team. Improvements abound.
BUT
I remember the hurting we put on UNC and UVA going into the 2005 ACC Championship Game. We were flying pretty high, chalking the Marcus Vick-led loss just weeks earlier to Miami as an aberration. Florida State, meanwhile, was on a 3-game skid. They lost to NC State at home, Clemson on the road, and turned the ball over 4 times in a throttling by Chris Leak and Florida. We were supposed to win handily. Instead, we (and FSU) racked up penalties and the Hokies lost, sending FSU to the BCS to lose to Penn St in a 3OT thriller.
FURTHER BUT
The 2005 team had Marcus Vick, not LT. The 2005 team had Ced Humes and B Ore, not DW. And while the 2005 team had Clowney and Royal - 2011 has the skill and experience of Coale and Boykin. Gut says Beamer remembers 2005, has our team in a better mindset than Dabo, and we'll see our coaching staff's experience put our Hokies in position to run away with this one.
I feel like if we win the ACC championship and Orange Bowl and David Wilson plays well in both games (100+ yards) we will never see him in Orange and Maroon again...
Due to the fact it always seems it takes at least 3-4 games for them to get in sync and sometimes longer with newbies. The starting 5 will probably be some combination of Becton, Via, Wang, Miller and Benedict, but it is hard to say right now. Maybe Painter, Gibson or Schumann can get in. They have bodies, but who will step up and compete at a high level right away?
If DW4 goes, VT will find another RB. Seems like they always have. Whether it's Gregory, Holmes, or Coleman who will enroll early, one of them will be successful. (My gut says, if DW4 goes, Coleman will be the starting TB) Of course, their success goes hand in hand with the O-line... But, defenses will not be able to stack the box with LT3, so that should help.
Also, I definitely love the sched next year. Let's hope either Pitt or Cincy have a good year in the Big East. It looks like ECU was dropped the next two years because of the 'Bama game in 2013. Wonder who will be put on the sched for 2012. JMU or BSU revenge?? Hope it's Boise St in November...
Just a sneaking suspicion....did CFB install Coale at punter last week to get him ready for this week?....possibly in order to run a fake punt?.....just a thought.
if anyone can top the top mock.....ya gotta love cav man diving out of the way! Kudos to Box!!
Nic Schmitt as a hoss for a special teamer. I can recall the dude laying lumber several times in his career.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9L16pxRHoW0
This was lacking on here.