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I rewatched every int he had senior year, 1 I could other find because it was against like western Carolina. He threw 1 ball he shouldnt have, another I think 2 that were questionable and the other like 10 were on the receivers
edit: update autocorrect shouldn't back to shouldn't
J(ust) M(ake) F(ootball) F(un) ...... again
Yeah pass pro was miserable but we also ran block pretty well at times with a patchwork OL. I have belief that Moore could be a legit OL coach if we can get any sort of consistency with personnel (which is hilarious because I've been begging for consistency for a coach there for the past 5+ years)
Absent another large object entering the water.
And after watching their video, I'm okay with that.
Moore had a horrific first year in terms of personnel. The top 5 OL from the previous year left. Then 3 of the top 7 this year were injured, 2 for the season. He's had good OL in previous jobs. Kudos to JMFF for recognizing that and trying to see if the guy he already has is as good as he's shown to be in previous stops. Otherwise, we'd be on our 5th OL coach in 6 years.
Basic physics. After a big splash, every subsequent ripple is smaller than the previous.
I don't want to say that our fan base is being overly impatient, but we are. It is understandable as we are proud/hungry and the ACC is hot garbage.
We probably have a few years before ACC football is scattered to the 4 winds, so IMO our real goal should be to position ourselves at the top of said pile so that we get a premium seat at the future table. If things realigned right now, we would end up on the minor league side of the coin.
Toward this goal we really don't have any time to waste, and I think Whit and Sands recognize this. We have a finite amount of time to climb up to the top of the ACC. Any mis-steps can result in us not being *there* when the time comes.
If you buy my logic, imagine you were JMFF. Your goal is to build a once proud program back from apathy in short order with a steady (quick) climb. What would be your priorities?
If it were me I would want a known coaching staff that would hit the ground going in the right direction. With the right Jimmy's and Joe's it should be an easy climb. What we can't afford is setbacks. Sekrah seems to be well informed, and his opinion is that JMFF got burned by trying to make splashy hires.
A splash hire *may* result in immediate success, but even then the school suffers when then coach is poached. Should he listen to Hokie fans who are clamoring for splash, possibly at the expense of success? Give me steady climb.
We hope that JMFF has the same level of success he had at Penn State, and maybe he learned a few things that will make him/us even better. If we truly have several years (fingers crossed) then I believe JMFF can get us "there".
Not a mind-blowing hire, but I am willing to give at least 1 season of "wait and see" — I trust Franklin to see trouble if it arises and make personnel changes when/if they are needed, as a head coach should do. If he can't do that (like our previous two coaches couldn't) then he doesn't deserve to be our head coach. If he can do that, well then we will get a good OC eventually if we don't already have one.
Also I'm weird maybe but I'm excited to have Pry back in the fold in what has previously been his position of strength. If he and Franklin are cool with it, I'm cool with it.
Yep, you're right. I figured he was going to apply for some medical waiver for this season. But apparently not.
TSL video suggested moore staying is likely
Hokies!
Gotta upgrade in the secondary
I thought Allar's eligibility is done?
Laugh at this all you want given lawsuit mania these days but he doesn't have eligibility
I do think Franklin has mismanaged the QB position and failed to build competitive depth. He's repeated given deference to seniority by playing Sean Clifford for so long when he was not good enough (IMO). Then, in the portal era, he refused to bring someone in to challenge Allar.
I wonder if this signals we are going to try and bring in Allar as a transfer. Just hired his QB coach and co-OC...
Obviously this year was a disappointment, but if you look at his 2024 numbers, that's about on par with Jerod Evans' 2016 stats.
I feel like LT3 had what it took. Just had a much better supporting cast in 2011. David Wilson was flat out incredible. And seniors Boykin and Coale were great. The 2012 receiving corps had Dyrell roberts who wasn't the same after his big injury and Marcus davis. Then 2013 was even less with knowles and coles. hard to remember exactly but if LT had the talent of the 2011 team his entire tenure then he probably has an amazing career.
I really hope you're right. One thing that has never stood out to me from Penn State games recently has been their QB play though, and given that their QB recruiting has been far superior to what we've had since TT5, I'm very apprehensive about this.
Let's Go!
it should be but its been ruined. Divisions and conference title game made things way more fair when comparing teams. Now we have an ACC champ that didn't beat a single team it tied with. The conferences are too large to compare any of the teams.
I will point out that college basketball also has a lot of best teams getting a chance to win the title because of the at large bids to the tournament, its not just football. The pros have much more balanced scheduling so that records can be compared, none of that exists for college.
Trautwein is interviewing @ UF. He is a former Gator.
Looking less likely he will end up in Blacksburg.
Gotta make room for poindexter
The knowles hire was a bit weird to me as Franklin is a people person and Knowles is supposed not, at all. Like I could see a PSU staff cookout and everyone having fun and Knowles sitting any the corner asking Franklin when he can leave ever 10 minutes to which James says anytime and Knowles thinks its a trick to get hime fired.
OSU was happy he left and it hasnt hurt them one bit. He also takes a year to two to install his package which PSU was in a win now mode, they were pieces away not a rebuild.
The line got better as the year went on.
The line wasnt great as pass protection but we had a freshman center, was he calling protections? Would another year benefit him? Was Drones calling protections?