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with Robert Lockhart? Is he grey-shirting, or did he actually transfer?
i noticed during one series, david and STRAIGHT BURNER were tossing the ball on the sideline. when the first string offense came back in, LT3 handed the ball to david and he jogged west with the ball, eyeing the hell out of STRAIGHT BURNER who was going deep but very well covered. david had the ball in his hand like he was going to throw it. but when STRAIGHT BURNER was too well covered he tucked it and ran for like 5-6 yards. i really hope we see some interesting plays like that this year.
overall though i thought david looked lightning fast. he was breaking tackles like it was his job (or avoiding tackles altogether by being too damn fast). lt3 looked very inconsistent. some passes looked great, others were terribly inaccurate. i remember in the final scrimmage last year tyrod went like 16/17 for 200+ yards and 2 tds or something like that. i think lt3 will be able to pass better once he is allowed to scramble because right now the defense can blitz and lay a hand on him and the play is dead so he is rushing all of his passes. leal looked pretty good out there i thought. i'm not sure i'd be comfortable with him coming in on 3rd and 16, but i think he'll be a great game closer in our cupcake schedule.
defensively it was pretty obvious we lacked depth. while the first string looked like it had gelled, i thought the 2nd and 3rd had some difficulty wrapping up and finishing plays. that worries me when we play clemson and their fast tempo offense; we will need to get our guys some rest and the backups might give up some big plays. hopefully we can make some big strides in the backups by week 4.
special teams looked good. i know we'll somehow find a reliable kicker, justin myer will boot kickoffs over the south stands, and our punter will good enough. jayron/danny will have some highlight-worthy punt returns and we'll have some talent returning kicks as always (be it STRAIGHT BURNER, david, tony, jayron, or whoever). i'm not really worried there.
that's all i can think of right now. if i remember anything else i'll post it.
I got a chance to attend the scrimmage yesterday (Section 14, Row N) and had just finished up an engagement shoot with a couple, so I brought my camera into the game with me. I managed to snap this photo of David Wilson...wait for it...taking snaps.
What do you think the odds are that we see a little wild turkey this season, what with Logan Thomas being a little shaky off the starting block?
he took the dadgumit monkey off frank's back. he has my heart forever now.
To hear Bill Roth say "It's a miracle in Blacksburg, Tyrod did it Mikey, Tyrod did it!" still gives me the chills. His poise to lead us down the field to take that game was amazing.
That game really defined who he was, he was 90% of the reason that the game came down to the wire like it did. He had some ridiculous plays (including the one where he managed to avoid going down on one knee), and it really showed his leadership abilities.
It's also more challenging for the offense to get a rhythm with such a limited number of plays and personnel changing in and out. Our best offensive game last year was against FSU in the ACC Championship, and we ran 71 offensive plays. Of the 96 plays today he first team offense ran at most half.
I bet the new packages, plays and schemes go in during these final two weeks when no one is around to see it.
Great points as always Kevin, I saw the hate for the MVs too, I don't get it either.
thanks.
About what he's doing on the field NOW. He's not decisive enough NOW. The future? Who knows. We'll see. I'm just more comfortable with a guy like Gregory who's seen meaningful snaps and who DOES get upfield out there now, because a guy that does what Holmes is doing now is not likely to succeed (read Josh Oglesby early on, and now I'm a HUGE fan of him).
Well we aren't crucifying him, just saying his style might need to be tweaked. I trust our coaching staff too but just because you put on a Tech jersey doesn't mean I'm going be an unconditional apologist for you. You still have to earn it on the field. Not every recruit pans out (read: Hill, Chris).
But he wasn't coached by a renowned collegiate staff like we have here at VT. You have to give him a chance. He hasn't taken a meaningul snap and has only been practicing for a little over a week. Give the kid a little bit of a break here. I trust our coaching staff enough that I believe they seen enough of him that they have confidence in his play. They offered him a scholarship so thats enough for me.
I watched all of his high school tapes and I found that is typical of him. I'm not really high on his game after watching said tape, because he does way to many things before he hits the hole and gets north. That IS just his style. He's a bigger and slower version of Mike Imoh. Here's my analysis of him. He's #23 on my list.
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1. David Wilson breaks the first tackle nearly every time. I think there was one time in the entire scrimmage that he didn't create some yards after first contact. On his touchdown run, Wilson ran a sweep to the left, shook off one defender and bolted 40 yards down the sideline untouched for a TD. The kid has speed and he's starting to become more friendly with contact, easily breaking some tackles.
2. Logan Thomas didn't have his best stuff today. On the pick by Whitley, LT3 had Danny Coale open (as is always the case), but he under threw him and Whitley was able to swoop in and intercept the pass. I agree with Joe that a big part of his game will be designed runs, which you obviously can't do if all the defender has to do is 1-hand touch. There was one triple option-style play with Mark Leal that saw Leal keeping the ball before being touched.
3. The defense appears to be far ahead of the offense at this point. The first-team D looked pretty good for the opener in two weeks. Officially, there were 10 sacks, but again that's just 1-hand touch. Still, though, J.R. Collins and James Gayle were always around the backfield causing havoc.
4. On special teams, Journell had a 54-yard attempt blocked and then pushed a 45-yard try wayyyyy right. However, he did recover to make his final two kicks, of 40 and 25 yards respectively. Also, newcomer Michael Branthover was pretty stout at punter, booming multiple balls with a tight, high spiral. Probable starter Scott Demler didn't look bad, but Branthover had a pretty good day.
5. Thanks for the support of the MVs. I saw some of the negativity as well and was kind of shocked at it. As a member of the MV's, we were invited by Coach Beamer to come out and play at this scrimmage. I had heard mostly positive remarks except for a couple mentions on twitter. Even Beamer made a point to mention the band when red zone drills started in front of the North End Zone.
Aside from that, let's get this season rolling already! Less than 14 days!
seriously though the color guard is one of my absolute favorite things. they go to town on those hand motions.
They're probably hating on the trumpet section. I know about half of them personally and they can be pretty obnoxious...but in a good way :)
Why were people hating on the MVs? I saw some negativity on The Twitter about them which was off putting. They do a great job creating atmosphere and are thoroughly tuned into the game. Great job, band.
I'd like to make it to November undefeated.... (easy to say)
Looking at the the schedule of the teams ahead of us in the polls we could easily be top 5 if undefeated
HokieNation desperately needs some positive coverage in the national spotlight... Hopefully this can be our year to revamp our image
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CFB: If number 83 (intentionally not using his name) doesn't take off his helmet like the rest of you I will slap it.
I thought it was Tyrod's finest moment. He was flawless in the passing game, and did just enough on the ground to keep the 'Noles honest. He went from scrambling around like a chicken with its head caught off, avoiding Tigers in Death Valley, to the best player in the ACC, and one of the best quarterbacks Tech's had in four short years.
The '07 Clemson game, both Nebraska games, the '08 ACCCG (paid those blasted Eagles back), the '09 Miami game (oh noes it's a hurricane), the '09 bowl game (my sister is a Vol... hahahahahaha), this past year's NC State game, and the '10 ACCCG... I think that's most of the highlights...
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# | Rank the Schedule Least to Most-- Games You Want to Win. Oh god, yes, please, someone get on that
To see with their own eyes that LT3 has grown an additional 6" and is now taller than a normal man while taking a knee On cue, he is bathed in golden light creating a no-contact practice jersey illusion.
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you make an excellent point, sir.