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The clip of LT3 running over that ASU guy reminds me of Herschel Walker's first game against the Vols.....(if I don't get the embed thing right, I'll post the link...still learning a lot of this stuff)
Bill Bates probably still has the cleat marks in his chest...lol. BTW, you get an idea of what all orange uni's would look like on the video too.
I remember Vince Dooley talking about Walker before the 1980 season...First week of practice he said, "we might play him"...second week of practice he was saying that he'd get some playing time, third week, it was he's gonna play a lot, fourth week he was starting....the game against the vols was the 1980 opener for GA. LT3 wasn't this impressive, but you gotta love the physicality in a QB like that.
But I'm going to agree that I don't believe that Boise is the best team in the Nation. LSU had the victory over a more impressive opponent (even though I do believe that they were overrated, replacing a big part of the o-line has more effect than most people think). But with that said, LSU didn't really do anything super impressive other than forcing three turnovers. So yeah they have a good defense, but offense...ehh... Id keep Bama and OU at 1&2 with LSU and Boise following up at 3&4.
Maybe drop USCe a bit because they were getting beat bad by ECU until ECU started turning over the ball every offensive play.
And in other news....got the big shout out about WVU, Awww Yeahhh!
Had 15 broken tackles on 16 carries, I'd say that's pretty damn good...
I'd swap LSU & BSU, leave 2 & 3 where they are, swap 5 & 6, I'd move TA&M down two spots based on what I saw in their game last night.
I saw the jersey first hand finally with my girlfriend at the Salem Hokie Store on Friday night prior to heading to the Burg for Saturday's butt-whooping- though it looked o.k. in person until the sales guy explained what the uni-combo was going to be- Maroon helmet, orange jersey, white pants. Thought we would look like a Popsicle on the field against Clemson.
I will tell you, after sitting in the south endzone with a shockingly great view, LT3 has the tools to be the next great Tech QB. He threw a solid ball (minus Dyrell's circus catch- terrible throw but hey, at least one was expected at some point) and made safe decisions for a first game starter. Though I wish he took more chances against single coverage throughout the game (because ASU did give him the outside with nearly zero safety help (focused on the slot receivers)), I was really impressed with his ability to make sound decisions particularly for a rookie Sophomore starter. Though bumps will undoubtedly occur he looked solid yesterday. Also, DW4 looked every bit as good as many of the previous Tech RB's minus RMFW who busted onto the scene against Bama two years ago. Every carry he took at least one ASU defender with him and it took more than one to bring him down easily 75% of the time. Though it is ASU, I gave VT minimum 90% across the board in terms of position play. One of the more complete games from a VT team I have seen in a while.
I think that Boise clearly had a great win against Georgia, but in my mind that still doesn't qualify them to be ranked above the SEC Elite (which Georgia certainly was not).
Even though LSU was a bit sloppy in their win over Oregon, I would rank them above Alabama at this point because of the strength of the opening opponent.
Also, Stanford looked pretty dang tough.
Boise's victory was impressive because of where it was and how much of a home field advantage UGA had, but i think LSU had the most impressive victory. I'd have Boise be #3 and LSU be #4, with Bama #1 and OU at #2. Other than that, I like the rankings. And I like that you don't have us ranked too high.
dw4 needs to be getting, minimum, 25 carries a game
A little late to the party but will be prognosticating from week 2 on...on another note, enjoyed the Avery IPA. Hadn't tried it before, but glad I did.
A little concerned about ECU...they seemed to have no trouble putting up points on S. Carolina and their crowd will be ready for us on Saturday. I'll start to drink the kool-aid if we go down there and end the game before it begins like we did against Appy State.
I agree with most of you guys. I think lsu's win was by far the most impressive of the weekend. They made a team that played for the national title last year look awful. As far as the potato farmers from boise go, they beat an over-hyped SEC team that barely made a bowl last year. I would also have to give tcu more props for the way they almost came back against one of the better QBs in the country. Also the honey badgers are not even close to stanford for my money.
Thanks for that.
Now, Boise St is on cruise control until their TCU game but Kellen Moore aka donkey face and co shouldn't be the lead pony. As mentioned UGA is Garbo.
IM SO FUCKING SHOCKED ND IS NO LONGER TOP 25 lulz.
Keep the top 5 where dey be. They'll play leap frog all year as the SEC champ asserts itself.
Good call on the real 'nears. Big East pimps but BCS busts.
Hokies should have dropped to 10 IMO. David Wilson 4 Heisman yet? FSU was up only 7 nil in the second. Just sayin.
Fighting gobblers > game cocks
Boise #1? When Georgia has a .500 season or worse again we will get a good sense of how much less impressive Boise's win was Saturday night.
I disagree and think that LSU's victory was the most impressive. Georgia had a losing record last year and lost their best player to the NFL.
kept hearing "danny coale with the block" during the game, i thought they did a great job.
I actually thought the receivers did a fantastic job of blocking down the field on Saturday. Both Coale and Boykin had key blocks on a couple of David Wilson's big gains.
Most coaches always say the most noticeable improvement is between game 1 & game 2.....I think we all have something to look forward to, if that's the case.
DW never quits so the rest of the team needs to keep looking to make blocks. I think DW could have made some longer gains if half the team kept going downfield.
More video highlights at hokiesports.com
He could almost hand it off to the receivers
I said he managed the game well, but he made mistakes and he has room for improvement. He underthrew Dyrell, but had a couple of drops that hurt him. Overall, he had an OK day, but we will need him to go out and win games when the competition crowds the box on DW and dares us to use Logan to beat them. If they are open throws, he has to hit them in stride, and overthrows are better than underthrows all day. Good corners will pick that ball off that he threw to Dyrell. I am not bashing Logan, he is well on his way to being a great QB at Tech, just realize that he IS going to need to be better especially if we are talking another ACC Championship in Blacksburg. Just because I said his play wasn't great doesnt mean it was poor. It was just OK, he completed under 50% of his passes, 9-19 (47%). This is App State and its a good start for LT3.
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Admittedly, Hokies and Pokes are almost spelled the same.
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2. Predator
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here's the link...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nc2XsimM90