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isn't a 100% physically or weight wise.
Me and 4 other friends are making the trip down to Wake, will be our second away game of the year (went to Marshall for some odd reason). Hope it turns out with the same result as the last one, a W
Foothills brewery is at the top of the list. Their Hoppyum and Seeing Double IPA's are excellent. There is a mellow mushroom in Winston-Salem as well as the first street draught house. Even though my mother lives 30 min from Winston-Salem, and my uncle works for Wake, I tend to spend more of my time in Charlotte, Hickory, Mooresville, or Asheville.
Plenty of beer to choose from in NC so anywhere you go you will find something good.
I actually think that is a solid look for a HC
Anyone have any spots they'd recommend? I'm making my first trip down and looking to take in the local life a bit.
Lets go Hokies!
I'll be there, loud and proud. I have a personal family rivalry here, so this game is always important to me. I'll be sitting with some Wake fans, but I'll be as pro-VT as I can be while still showing off Hokies Respect. I'll also being bring Carol Lee doughnuts into the heart of Krispy-Creme Land.
GO HOKIES!
She is 11 and is all excited for the Daddy/Daughter Trip...I think she is most looking forward to seeing the University Bookstore and getting all things Hokie! Maybe getting her marching with me in the HC parade and getting her on the field for Pre-Game maybe a highlight too!
Time to take charge again, make a push like last season
I just don't know how you scheme around the injuries--seems like the only way to get a front seven full of healthy, starter-quality players would be to run a 2-5 look, and I think even then you'd need a lot of pre-snap movement to cover for undersized linebackers. I was thinking Cornell had 3-4 experience with the Ravens, but I'd forgotten they ran a 4-3 when he was there.
I haven't looked at interior gap assignments at all lately; do we ever have the NT two-gap out of the odd front, or have the Mike two-gap out of base more like a pro 4-3 MLB? Seems like something Hop or Taylor might be able to do on occasion that could get DB-type players out of run fit and make coverage reads easier. It'd be a tweak that'd pay dividends more over the long haul as far as fatigue goes, but it wouldn't be frequent enough to blow up the scheme, and it'd keep us comfortable against spread sets.
I'm sure it has to do with some combination of getting old, and imbibing bourbon before the games, but I honestly cannot remember hearing it since I was a student. Since you would know better than most, in what situations is it played?
From the RT, how Tweedy got his job on Saturday: http://www.roanoke.com/sports/vtfootball/wb/299583
"What in the hell happened to the Imperial March? I fondly remember it playing up until about 2003, then poof, never to be heard by me again."
Not sure what you're talking about. The band still plays the Imperial March ALL the time. 2003? Dude, I was in the band from 2007-2010 and yeah, we played it plenty. You won't necessarily hear it at every game, but it's still in the stand tunes repertoire.
Here is a good idea of the player's point of view. The perspective of the guys we are criticizing.
Right click the photo and select full screen.
To be honest, I can't say I would be surprised. That is about the way it seems to go for us. It sure looks like he has SEC written all over him. I cannot get over this whole SEC thing recruits are stuck on. Why pick whoever wins the national championship and go there and sit the bench your whole career (phillip sims). I am so sick of these kids leaving the state or DC and going elsewhere, where is the love? Me and my wife call them SELLOUTS.
If we were deploying it all over the place to create noise out of general quiet, it'd be bush. I think we've done this a few times, and I didn't like it then.
This time, though, it was absolutely perfect. The place had been going nuts pretty much wall-to-wall for the previous 10-15 (actual, not game clock) minutes. Dropping Sandman in there was crowd mania maintenance in a tight spot, not creation.
It was a nitrous shot...the fans made it special, nothing like artificial NBA stuff.
With our luck, they would land Eddie Goldman (top DT recruit in the country, lives in DC) then talk about how he isn't a "hip bender" and then move him to 4th string offensive tackle for 3 years.
looked for bout 10 seconds, signed. his rep was saying it was cool.
after signing he picked it up and read it all, smiling, laughing ... said it was cool.
has anyone heard any recruiting news lately?
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# | Tuesday Morning Second Guess: I Think You Will Hate Me. See, I feel that pumping Enter Sandman in was less about adding noise in terms of the sound level of the song, and more about adding noise in terms of everyone losing their shit over it. I agree that it would have been loud during the play without it, but during the time out? Nopers. Would have died down during, and Miami and Al Golden would not have been shitting their pants in terror.
What in the hell happened to the Imperial March? I fondly remember it playing up until about 2003, then poof, never to be heard by me again.
As far as Sandman goes, I'm a traditionalist too, but after being in Lane for Georgia Tech last year and hearing the final minutes of Miami on TV I am softening my position. With that said, I agree, we should be loud with or without Sandman rallying us. Our fans are smart enough to blow it out for Miami's final drive.
Furthermore, as a traditionalist it aggravates me to no end when I hear Sandman played during basketball games. It's not a Virginia Tech thing, it's a Virginia Tech football thing. The tradition was (is) special because it happened 5-7 times a year in the fall, that's it. The more we play it, the more overused it becomes and therefore in my opinion the less special it is. Hokies are smart enough to come up with unique traditions for every sports team.
Good post
Barquell is listed as Taylor's backup. Bud said at his chalk talk that as long as Rivers and Tyler were producing at the same level Barquell would get the nod because he's a senior.
I agree and let me say this before I go further, you are one of many who have been saying and seeing the same thing concerning the D-Line.( What are the coaches seeing?)You must get Duan Perez-Means and Zack Mcray in the mix. These guys have the size and quickness needed to stop the run, as you stated when DPM was in the game the run stopped, not to mention he contained the outside and forced Jacoby Harris to run into J.R. Collins for the sack, also DPM was right on the play when they tried to fake the kick off. I'll say it again move J.R. Collins to D-Tackle and replace him with DPM and or ZM and let these two horses rotate and strenghen the line. We are not taking anything away from T, Wilson but, he is under size and being quick is just not going to get. Go Hokies!!!!!
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