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could be he just needed to get experience and work his way up. if Pry took a job at a small school first, learned what he obviously didnt know yet then he might have become a great HC. He was in over his skiis on his first outing and couldn't figure it out. I think he would do great at a UCONN or Marshall where he would have the time to learn and less pressure making mistakes.
way way way more optimistic than I am. Gotta remember that Franklin is inheriting 3 underwhelming years of recruiting and development. Things could actually get worse (record-wise) before it gets better. One really good recruiting class is still going to take a couple years before we realize results. Maybe with the right portal pickups can we improve slightly, but its not going to be an overnight turnaround. We're likely to be much closer to 2-10 than we are 10-2. Getting to .500 next year would be a small miracle.
I'd rather curb stomp a cupcake and keep momentum up with a W then schedule a quality opponent and possibly lose by 2 scores....
VT is sure to get eyeballs next season, I just don't want all eyes on VT first thing and then lay an egg and have everyone go back into self doubt mode.
I think VT fans would welcome a traditional 63-7 curb stomp of years past
I dont know how the GM role works for the steelers, but its not like they have provided Tomlin with a good qb since Roethlisberger. He has had Fields, washed up Russell Wilson, tiny hands, the Mason Rudolph experience X 2, and old man Rogers. Im probably forgetting one or two, but I think that makes the lack of losing seasons remarkably impressive.
i want nothing to do with whatever Brent Pry is developing.
Agree - I have to assume (hope?) this process is underway.
I just saw for real that Billy Napier is a legit candidate.
I can't see anyone hiring Brent Pry. Amazing human being. Great DC. Awesome with the fans and media. Objectively very bad head football coach.
The people who got in on Amway early did alright...
And, of course, we didn't have cell phones back then to send/receive notifications. It was radio and word of mouth.
Got to slow down McGill. MacKenzie Nelson will likely be her shadow. Both are smaller but faster. Hopefully Nelson stays out of foul trouble so McGill doesn't get a free run at the end.
My worry is are the donations going to be able to keep up with the spending.
All about the TV rotations to broadcast as many challenge games as possible
There are three 9pm starts.
LSU at Duke
Notre Dame at Ole Miss
Cal at Mizzou
This is objectively hilarious (because Penn State) but also total BS that one dude has this much power over the coaching carousel.
Just saw something about Napier being a guy to watch out for with the JMU opening
It really all depends on what the portal acquisitions look like IMO. Let's say he does equally as good as Pry did (Pry did pretty well through the portal)... And remember, Tony Elliot rebuilt his entire roster in the offseason and turned it into an ACCCG appearance, albeit with an incredibly weak schedule. All that to say, anything is possible these days. Here is my breakdown...
VMI - W (If they stay on the schedule)
ODU - W
@UMD - W/L
JMU - W
UVA - W (Because there's no way we lose two seasons in a row, right??)
GT - W/L
NCSU - W
Pitt - W/L
@Miami - L (Miami will be back... Then they won't be... It all depends on timing IMO)
@BC - W
@Cal - W
@Clemson - L (who knows what Clemson will look like next year and when we will actually get them on our schedule).
That is a minimum of 7 wins IMO. I actually think a completely different staff could have gotten 6-7 wins from our current roster with how bad the ACC was this year. I could also see 9/10 wins next year. The ACC is a garbage conference and I don't think the high side of these expectations would surprise me. Conversely if we saw 6-7 wins I wouldn't be disappointed either.
That poor kid from Pitt will never live it down. Missed two in a row with $1M on the line for himself and another $1M for local charities.
LOOOOOL IYKYK
I would like to see 7ish wins and look competent/disciplined in the losses. No more ridiculous pre snap penalties etc.
As a long-suffering Falcons fan...
I use the same terminology to describe myself.
https://thespun.com/college-football/super-agent-accused-of-messing-arou...
Todd McShay agrees
Appearing on The Bill Simmons Podcast, McShay suggested that Sexton is "messing around with Penn State" as payback for the school firing Franklin. He mused that Sexton might be diverting his clients away from Penn State and towards other schools.
"He's messing around with Penn State right now because Penn State let go one of his guys, James Franklin, in a manner that he didn't appreciate," McShay said. "And so now they're kinda sitting back and every time they go try to hire a coach or get serious with the coach, that coach who's represented by Sexton winds up with an extension or winds up going to maybe UCLA. So it's, it's fascinating to see."
If we're playing VMI in JMFF's first game as VT's head coach, then I'm going to be VERY disappointed. We need to buy that game out and replace it with a decent team STAT!
Cliff Keen Invitational is in Vegas. If you happen to be there tickets can be found here.
I think let's wait until we know who the coordinators/assistant coaches are, along with the portal entries, and then let's start prognosticating.
I would ask if Arkansas St is available, but we aren't quite the team we were in 2002.