Game Week is Here Y'all!
- Brumfield played against Pavia and confirms what you see on film. Pavia is a tough football player and an ultimate competitor.
- Gallo still about 50/50. Recovering well, but needs more reps. Benji starting and Pry notes he is one of 3-4 guys that really had a tremendous camp.
- Ghannam and Moore Bros are the best interior combo. Not about any individual players. The unit is also more sound with quality depth in Schick and Meadows.
- Phillips starting at safety. Outplayed everyone at boundary and has really improved his execution and communication.
- Pry toed the line when asked about a position group he doesn't have to worry about, but eventually said that he loves the depth and experience at DL.
- Happy that we came out of Summer healthy, bigger, and faster. That, along with so much returning production allowed us to have an increase in volume in 16 of our 18 practices. The team is showing good intensity in practice, a good sign they aren't complacent.
- Reddish is the only freshman in the 2 deep
- Heath can help us on special teams and at WR if he stays healthy. Sounds like most WRs can play multiple receiving positions, but to me it was unclear if Heath was doing this yet.
- iPads should help with in game adjustments, which will be especially important in the first few games with so much change in rosters year over year in CFB nowadays.
- The week 0 ACC games help reinforce what the staff's message has been in the off-season: we need to stay hungry and not listen to the hype.
For those of y'all that follow all of these Pry-ssr posts, I believe we made it through camp without Pry mentioning football 101 at all. Pretty excited about that, maybe we will actually hit the ground running this season.
I am traveling the rest of the week and then to BBurg for Marshall next week. After that we will be "nesting" before kiddo comes along, so this is going to be my last Pry-ssr post for a while. Someone/anyone can keep them going and I will gladly share some pointers if you want. I really haven't had the time to make quality ones this year anyway, so I think this is as good a time as any to take a step back.
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Thanks for the summary! And good luck with the newborn!
Congratulations on the upcoming kid! My wife and I are due in November so we're hitting up Nashville for the Vandy game and then are back home for the foreseeable future. Moved the guest bed out a couple weeks back and just laid the first coat of paint on Sunday... nesting has officially begun.
Thank you and congrats to you guys as well. Hopefully your room renovation goes smoother than mine. I think I bit off more than I could chew with my project.
Every good project creates 3 more.
The most expensive words in any renovation "While we're at it"... "
I am soooo bad about this one. I miss good for great a little too much.
FTFY!
Lol, I totally forgot about that.
Thanks for the summaries! There's going to be a void until you catch up on sleep in 3-5 years.
Congrats! This is my first but my son turned 7 months today and this is my favorite phase so far. He is just the happiest kid and learning so much every day. Really cannot wait for Saturday to sit down and watch a tech game with him
That is definitely a fun time. They're getting to be little people, but can't move too fast yet and are still napping.
That's the saying- you spend the first two years teaching them to walk and talk and the next 16(or more) years telling them to sit down and shut p, lol.
That sweet spot where they're sleeping through the night but barely (if at all) mobile is absolutely fantastic.
I'm convinced that time is a myth. Mine started crawling with gusto at 5 months and didn't start sleeping through the night until 7 months. Now we are at 10 months with two speeds: full send and asleep. He loves people and food though so he should enjoy the tailgate and game next week.
Brings back memories - my boys are in their 20's now, but I remember them being all go until they were all stop.
Mine always had tons of mobility, and have issues sleeping through the night. /s
Plus-apologies to those who only have one, but imho you aren't truly fully experiencing parenthood til you have 2 or more. Sibling rivalry, "not me"; not sleeping at same time...and I was 6th of 7 kids-God bless my mom who bore the brunt of that especially all the times my dad was TDY and the year he spent in Vietnam.
(side note- their good family friends -dad's first sergeant at one point and his wife-promised if anything happened to both my parents that they would take all the kids; as they told me later-NEVER have two people been prayed for more than for their safety! LOL)
Idk man, we're on our third and I maintain that 0->1 is the most difficult transition by a wide margin. Parenting one kid is a tremendous feat.
I've got 4, but it's like defense:
Going 0>1 is completely life changing. But as parents you're 2 on 1, so excellent coverage.
1>2, gotta switch to man coverage.
2>2+ and it's zone from there on....
This might be the best post I've read all off season.
I've always said 0->1 is an extensional crisis. After that, it's just a logistical challenge that increases in complexity with each kid.
Add in childhood trauma to the sibling rivalries. And there is the normal basic stupid facts where of course the older one got the front seat the younger one wasn't old enough... turns out logic doesn't matter
yep- who gets the window ssat? "I'm not touching you"; my parents actually had barrier/cage like thing for a bit for my older siblings to keep them from each other in the station wagon(SUVs and minivans didn't exist yet- ten passenger Ford station wagon-2 bench seats-front and middle; twin seats facing each other in the way back/tailgate area. Pic of the back below but ours was all white-no wood grain finish)
Found a pic of OUR actual car from my childhood!
Okay, who else remembers lying on the deck(flat area) behind the back seat under the window on long trips growing up? Or lying on the floor of the van to watch a black and white TV (6" screen) or read? Seat belts? Those were optional.
"Seat belts? Those were optional."
I remember when some of the cars did not even have seat belts.
I remember helping Dad install them in one of the cars and that was just a lap belt.
Yep! My parents got the "optional" seatbelts(lap belts just like the ones airliners still have). None of this "no kids in the front seat" either; I sat in the middle seat of front row bench. "Car seats? What are those?"
TV? We only had one TV in the whole house(not color). In the car, we either read comic books, did the "Yes and Know" type activity books(or word search, crosswords, etc.), played license plate bingo, or sang as a family(alternated from old folks stuff like "I've been working on the railroad", etc. and USAF drinking songs)
Side note- as my mom was in ICU the week she died, we were all in the ICU by her bed singing Christmas carols and those same drinking songs; sure the staff and anyone passing nearby probably thought we were crazy but we didn't care)
My parents threw an insulated cap on a pickup truck and we built some padded benches for each side (no seat belts and the benches weren't even fastened down). They stuffed us kids in the back. Was great for them on cross-country vacations as the window between the back and front latched on their side!
Did a trip once as a kid with an uninsulated cap on the back of a pickup and I sat in a beach chair hunched over. Richmond to Philadelphia. I think I was about 7 years old.
So this was my car when I was in college. This isn't a picture of my car, but mine was a 1969 Kingswood station wagon, in light metallic blue. I kept that car until I moved to Charlottesville in 1985. Guys in the dorm used to joke about painting a line down the middle of the car just to see if planes would land on it. Had the rear seat, but the glass in the tailgate wouldn't work, which had to happen if you wanted to drop the tailgate, so using the rear seat was virtually impossible. Thing had a 350 V8 w/300 horsepower, and would fly. At least to the next gas station. I loved that car.
KD was also available for the Media:
I think the most notable quote from KD was that Benji Gosnell is a big target that catches everything. Sounds like Benji will have a big role this year and will be a key redzone target.
Look at that grin.
This guy likes what is happening right now.
I am seeing much of this kind of mood with the players. This is what is giving me confidence. These guys have it.
Made the same comment on X. Last year he seems pretty reserved and tight during media availability now he looks relaxed and comfortable and like he's having fun. Hokies by a billion.
Ali Jennings having his best practices since being in Blacksburg 👀