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I feel that the one time he ran it way backwards really affected his final numbers. His other punt returns were neither great nor terrible, but that one being so awful skewed the numbers way down. He definitely looked much better returning against App State, and looking back to (what I remember of) last year, he seems to have his up and down days doing returns.
The one really bad one seemed to be a product of bad coverage and him thinking too much.
Hosley was playing up about 10-15 yards on all his punt returns for the day, which ultimately cost us much needed yards. He looked lost out there pretty much every time it was kicked to him. And that one punt that he fielded over his shoulder on the run toward the end-line was really a stupid play.
Another point of order that I'm not sure if anyone's brought up, but I was at the game and have the sunburn to prove it. It was hot as piss out there! I know both teams were playing in it, but I'm thinking that the nearly 90 degree temps and a complete lack of shade may have had something to do with the Hokies' lackluster performance. Furthermore, from what I can recollect (I was really drunk, really hot, and really annoyed by ECU fans yelling at Beamer to "get of the field!" because he stands about a yard off the paint...again, really dumb fans up there...nice people, but dumb as piss), the ECU bench was in the shade for the majority of the afternoon, whereas the Hokies were in direct sunlight for the entire game. I noticed a gaggle of our boys getting a little crampy out there towards the end of the game. Regardless, I don't care if you microwaved Hosley's brain for 10 seconds on high, he's a freaking pre-season All American and should know better than to make the same mistakes against a good punter.
I agree there's tons of talent on the edges, but wouldn't you agree LT3 would benefit from throwing to Drager? Don't get me wrong - I want to see the ball in his hands. I hope the coaches will have LT3 looking to the TE and RBs instead of forcing the issue, which he has done in the early going.
I wouldn't say he's only run a "few" routes. He released a fair amount against ECU and generally had someone run with him. I did see him run down the field a whole lot. Would like to see him run some ins, hooks and other intermediate routes to get him open -- but again, it's clearly not being called right now.
I said to Joe a little while ago "OK" doesn't do CD33 justice with the job he did in the run game, especially when the play got outside. He's definitely an asset when on the field.
I dig the player by player recap. One aspect to Hosley's game that was unusual, if not concerning, was his inability to return the rock against ECU's punt coverage. Was this a case of Hosley making bad decisions, not lining up right, or our punt return unit daydreaming while on the field?
In the system we're running, and with 4 or 5 pretty good WRs, the TEs won't be seeing a lot of passes. The TEs will predominantly only be used for blocking. Drager has gotten open on the few plays where he's run a route, but the check down didn't get to him. Considering he's gotten zero passes thrown to him in two games, you might as well just save your money and use your stat sheet for toilet paper.
Love the pic TAEdisonHokie.
Different people write these posts.
about our D. Those penalties stunk but it showed how hungry they were.
LT. I lol'd at the hypometer and admittedly was drawn in by his comparisons. I CANT WAIT! until he becomes more accurate. Instead of putting on a dance recital like Tyrod the boy employs a truck stick. Its hilarious when he bowls over secondaries. I think going away from that tough ECU win is that fact that he propelled us foraward on 10 of those first downs. He really has room to grow which scares me and was two dropped balls away from 3 picks. Rump Roh. Lets wait with bated breath against arky St to make a better evaluation.
Telecasts, but, yeah, how are they not relaying that information? Jeremy Bloom was probably busy researching ski slopes on his iPhone.
And, yes, I nominate Joe to be the one who finds that picture. He's good at the Internet.
Thanks for the words.
A well-rounded late night run to DX four times a week can increase run stuffing ability by 5000%.
I watched a recorded version of the game. I thought he had an OK game because I think he showed some difficulty in getting separation from the defender when releasing. His blocking was strong, but the offense and the inexperienced quarterback will benefit greatly if he becomes active in the passing attack. When Drager is both blocking well and fills up the stat sheet with catches, yards and touchdowns, he'll get an "outstanding job" from me.
In yesterday's East Carolina Game Review, 06Hokie says Drager was "up and down." Today he says Drager "seemed to have an OK game." But OC Stinespring says that he hadn't had a tight end grade as well as he did in some time. (90% with 8 knockdowns.) Looks like 06Hokie took too many snack and bathroom breaks. Suggestion to 06Hokie: Tivo or DVR the game if you're going to miss much of the action.
I was thinking about this more last night, and if the problem is that Branthover isn't accurate enough... seems rather obvious to me to stick Branthover in there when we need a boomer and Demler in there in short field situations where we need the accuracy. It would of course be better if we could get that all wrapped up in one package, but...
Last year when I was living on campus I usually ended up with late classes so the only place left open was DXpress. I saw Derrick in there almost every night with usually twice what I had gotten (usually a pizza, bag of chips, drink, fruit, cookie). He can definitely pack in the calories to say the least.
Also feeling terrible about Lil' Wang. I can't even recall him going out, which makes me dislike FSN even more than I already do. (Really? No stream through FSN? Rar)
Highly amused by the fact that Boykin wore a "Boyk it in" shirt after the game. I want a picture of that...
I'm really liking these summaries. Keep it up
If there's one thing I've learned from NCAA 12 it's always go for the power kickers over accurate ones.
I'm primed for victory
So I'll have to play ketchup and do wings AND ribs this Saturday. Dry rubbing (smoked paprika is key) and braising my ribs in garlic vinegar honey bourbon goodness. Finish on the grill.
Mizzou replaced by Arizona State, that was a mistake on my part.
I switched VT and WVU. I watched both games and WVU was able to get it together in the second half for the blowout, while we had to grind it out. They looked more impressive to me. I considered the opponents and venue, but it's not like ECU is known for playing defense. They're young and in a new scheme. We had to run over them because we couldn't get the passing game going, not because they made plays.
Nebraska dropping was a function of USCe and FSU looking better than them.
Thanks for the feedback everyone.
Thanks for the fix....above .500 feels better.
Isn't it refreshing to not be saying in the middle of the game "WHAT WAS STIENEY THINKING???!!!" So far I'm enjoying that.
to make my own sauce & rub as well.
for sauces used with pork I use non strained apple juice instead of water or beer to thicken the sauce with and get fantastic results.
also for rub, I almost exclusively use turbinado raw sugar & hungarian paprika. both are worth the extra cost.
For at least one of them, the one he miffed was in very bad sunlight. I think he lost the ball and tried to make something out of nothing. As well If you look we were in a lot of MAX PROTECT. WE had basically 2 on 4 in covering for him. We knew they blocked in 07 and with the score being so close Beamer was erring on the side of caution.
Another thing here is this team was very ready to play us. They screwed the pooch against the ol ball coach after Garcia entered and wanted to win. They werent standing up cheering but they were loud as hell.
Frank and Co knew this was our first away game and played pretty conservative against this crowd with a greenhorn under center. The longest catch was for 20 yards against this group. I think things will open up going forward.