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Absolute choke job from the rest of the conference.
Wow 4 teams from Florida, 2 of them hosting and not one team made it.
I feel like was never really given the right tools to work with to even have a chance to succeed in training, scheme or personnel.
This is where I'm at.
I think designing an offending is different from developing a player/qb. I think Bowen was creative and good at working around a line that couldn't pass protect, finding creative ways to run the ball, creating confusion, etc. I think he was bad at developing a passing qb/game.
This is the most perfect say everything without saying anything post I have ever seen. This post should automatically confer you a J.D. Work of art.
Glover was never coming here. He always had some big out of state school as his top choices
Whitehead i believe we actually have a shot but a small one
I feel like was never really given the right tools to work with to even have a chance to succeed in training, scheme or personnel. Asking him to step up and do it in the pros after not getting what he should have in college is going to be a big hill for him to climb.
If he can make it work though, good for him. That would be a monumental achievement
My father probably hasn't seen a football game since a decade before I was born and he went to a rival school. That was 2 national championship game seasons and a 3rd season that was 7pts short of a title games. Also I have no sons to pass this onto either.
This was a great article and really brought back a lot of memories of Drones play at VT. This wasn't all VT either Baylor didn't fix some of the basic issues either.
Our high school drum line met up with the WVU drum line before a game (was VT in 97) so we could see the preparation they put in before a game, we watch their field show prep then went to law school hill where they tailgated and offered beer and their ids if we wanted to go into the game if we didn't have tickets (all students could go in with just an ID, no limit to students but you had to stay in the chain link fenced area of the stands). Some of our drum line were high school freshman and were 14.
Bowen hand-picked Drones was (nominally) QB Coach in '23 and '24 after Glenn left. In '23 Drones showed some promise, but clearly had mechanical issues and consistency that we assumed would be ironed out.
Welp...they weren't....like at all. Bowen and Brian Crist (who became QB Coach in '25) really either didn't teach even basic technique or didn't enforce it. Not patting the ball and avoiding the sliding into your plant are basic, basic teaching points that start at the Junior High level. Rather than demanding proper technique and reinforcing timing, Bowen went with smoke and mirrors.
Monty's offense was particularly poorly suited for Drones as the smoke and mirrors were largely gone. And Drones had neither the accuracy nor nearly enough protection to make a Deep Passing attack have any hope. But even if he had a rock-solid OL, his dismal mechanics would have limited his ability to be an efficient passer in most schemes.
Bowen called better plays for Drones to execute, but he didnt fix anything that would have led to Drones executing monty's plays
Beat writer from the Roanoke Times had it on Twitter. TSL and David Teel later said it was just a committee vote and that it will go to the full board tomorrow (Tuesday). It's expected to pass
Eltayeb took a prep school year at Sunrise Christian Academy, putting up 21.3 ppg, known for attacking the rim and shooting 43% from range.
100% Dabo hasnt done what needs to be done. But Wendy about their system helped basketball they had tons of donations on the past snd now can openly pay, is that just they have a coach using the money they got him or is it their system?
Texas tech has won like 8 conference titles this year alone. They were in the CFP, are playing right now to try to get to the softball world series final, and have been really good in a number of sports. Clemson was a middle of the road acc team in almost every sport
I thought Drones looked serviceable with Bowen?
It was the last year with Monty that he lost the ability to throw. Am I the only one that thought Bowen was actually pretty good?
Drones was probably never going to be an NFL QB, but having Tyler Bowen play make-believe "QB Coach" with zero experience was a total disservice to him.
Great effort, decent results. Thanks for sharing.
massive project
Pretty much as expected.
Where did you see that? The only reporting I've seen on the athletics meeting is from the Sons and they said that Hokie Ventures was not talked about in the open sessions outside of being mentioned by Danny White. They did mention the video board, lights, and a 3mil upgrade to hallways and the recruiting lobby in Merryman and Jamerson were getting done.
GT chokes. UNC only ACC team to advance
I put Football on Dabo being unwilling to effectively use the portal. He finally used it this offseason to bring in 10 players. Prior to that he had only brought in 6 players from 2018-2025. Put way too much of the NIL budget into HS players or retaining lesser players.
That said Clemson has ranked top three in Football NIL in the ACC for the last four years. Miami basically doubles or triples everyone. Clemson is usually second with around $18-$20M so between NIL and revenue share its a $33-$35M Football payment to players.
Basketball though Brownell the last 4 years went from winning 17 or 18 games to 23 to 27 games. Conference play prior to 21-22 they were +/- 1 game of .500. Last four seasons 14, 11, 18, 12 wins. Brownell has made some really solid moves signing talent, especially pulling starters from lesser ACC squads.
Basketball gets $4.5M-$6M in NIL so they trail Duke, UNC, and Miami typically.
Georgia Tech has a long way to go to get to some of their older football scores...haha
A friend of mine changed his name to Björn today.
He wasn't Björn yesterday