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And awesome performance yesterday. DW4 is going to have a special season!
i loved how focused the d came out. they looked hungry and ready to play. fuller was EVERYWHERE and made the best open field tackle of the day IMO. if he plays that well all season, our secondary will be well, second to none. ;)
on a negative note, our punting scares the HELL out of me, good god it was bad.
and oh yeah, hyphen DID have a pic, but he still has a lot to show me until i can take his glennon status away. lol
GO HOKIES!
I agree with previous comments that I wasn't asking myself, "WTF, why are we running that play again?". There was also at least once (and maybe twice) that I remember LT throwing a fade to the corner of the endzone, which I don't recall during the Stinespring era. I'm assuming O'Cain was playing it pretty conservative all day, so I'm anxious to see what he'll do as the season goes on and as we start facing better competition.
hahaha-- nice move there.
This commit moved us into the top 10 in team recruiting rankings on rivals. If we get a couple of the other big names we are going after (Diggs, Caleb, Ekanem, or Kirven) we have a good chance to stay around 10th. For some reason our class is 22nd on ESPN (even though it says its updated, and includes Mangus) and 21st on Scout. The difference seems a bit large. What gives? Do most people go with rivals when discussing class rankings?
I don't think I complained once about the playcalling actually. Lots of runs to the outside, couple quick slants, plenty of open receivers. Few cases of the dropsies unfortunately but I'd give the offense as a whole an A- from yesterday.
I'm trying not to get too carried away, but man I'm feeling good about this team after yesterday. I thought we looked great on both sides of the ball and Logan basically did what was asked of him. David Wilson looked amazing. I wish he would hook me up with some Chick-fil-A right now too.
I'm watching VT Sports Today right now - The Beamer/Roth bookstore commercial is great.
Did anybody else not know that Drager is a Rhodes Scholar?
Beamerball is still alive and well, but I'm concerned about our kicker. I thought he looked too slow from the time the ball is put in place until he kicks it. I'm worried that better teams will block him.
The crowd looked good yesterday. I'm always concerned the incoming freshmen are not going to show up on time.
Thats all the rambling I'll do for now. We're 1-0, bring on the Pirates!
Didn't get to see past the first 2 series...
How was the play calling without Stinespring????
It looks like a Nerf football in his hands.
ole school nature boy.
LT3 was better then I expected after Tyrod Taylor think back to Sean Glennon after Marcus Vick. David Wilson showed us all that he is the back we all know he is. The recieving core also played as advertised. I think the offensive play calling was better then it has been in years. I dont remember thinking to myself during the game 'Why the hell are we running this play again?' or 'If that play didnt work the first 20 times we ran it why did the coaches think it would work now?'. The Defense looked as good as it was 5 or 6 years ago. Right now I am just super psyched for the rest of the season. Why didnt we schedule like this the last 3 years?
the beginning of the Tyrod era. As a freshman, he made MANY a mistake, held onto the ball WAY too long, and still won some games. After some training...he was killer. There has been a tradition of training the QB's for the system, which is why this game was huge. He faces better D in practice, but this was real-time. He didn't do anything stupid, and has a foundation to build upon.
In response to pabooth's analysis on Logan Thomas' performance today, I disagree. I think he managed the game well and did exactly what the coaching staff expected of him. He was given a 7-0 lead 47 seconds into the game and wasn't asked to "win" the game. When you're dominating a team like the Hokies did today, you don't need your quarterback chucking the ball around "trying to win" as you put it. We have one of the most dynamic backs we've seen here at Virginia Tech in the back field and it would be ridiculous to ask LT to try and put up huge numbers. He will manage the game throughout the year. DW is there for the excitement.
I agree with this assessment of logans performance today. His numbers werent great and neither was his play. I agree that he had 2 drops that hurt him, but if it werent for the STRAIGHTBURNER he would have completed one less pass and against a quality db thats a pick. His game management was good, and i liked how he was careful with the football, but he looked uneasy in the pocket and was playing not to lose instead of playing to win. He is young and he will become more comfortable with his role as starting qb, but that will take time. Lucky for him he has a good line, is surrounded with playmakers on offense, has a good defense, and a very talented special teams unit. He will get there, but we have to recognize the bad with the good.
I'm watching the UVA---Tribe game right now and before the start London was fist pumping to the pregame music...I guess the man just has the rhythm
Looks we were writing the same thing at the same time. I agree. Great game by all though!! HOKIES!
But I think the analysis that Logan's performance was just OK is a tad bit harsh. I thought he managed the game well, with no delay of games, no bone head plays, and he protected the ball well. He only threw into coverage once that I saw, and Roberts made an amazing catch. Even if Roberts doesn't come up with that ball it would have just hit the defender in the back and gone incomplete.
His 9-19 completion ratio looks worse than it was as there were 3 drops on catch-able balls, including one by Marcus Davis that likely would have been a touchdown on what was a perfect throw on a post route.
I did think like Tyrod his first season, Logan seemed to make a decision to run or keep the ball without going through all of his progressions. And I agree that the sack was his fault, not taking the time to see Davis open. Otherwise, I would give his start a B to B+. 2 touchdowns in his first game matched Tyrod's total for his whole 2008 season.
There were at least two throws that LT had that were dropped by receivers, including the would-be TD dropped by Davis in the first quarter. LT looked alright, but man, I was also impressed by the way that Leal was throwing around the ball, he was hitting targets almost as well as LT. Great performance by the entire team honestly.
/woo
What about DW4 as a player to watch? He's been clear that he intends to break the single-game record this year, and there's no better chance. New QB, (potentially) wet field, and months of waiting lead me to believe that Mr. Pent Up Energy himself will have a big day.
Welcome! Go HOKIES!!
40 that picked the first game ... 4 got it right. solid.
was awful. I still vote Danny Coale for punter. A tired leg has to be better than that crap...
I thought LT looked about where I expected him to be. A couple of those passes were just picture perfect, and the drops were disappointing. Robert's catch behind the defender's head would have been an INT if the defender had been paying any attention at all. All in all, a little luck, a little skill... just have to be glad this wasn't a Boise or a Bama. Smart scheduling, for once.