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This week, I spent most of my film review focused on the defensive line troubles that plagued the Hokies against Miami, but I did watch one live speed review of most of the offensive series. Using the themes we have discussed in the past, I will give my high level impressions of the Hokie offense this week.
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Editor's Note: Bumped to the front because this week we're having fun making a lot of stuff up.
Early this week I made the way up to Chestnut Hill to get a glimpse into the hearts and minds of Coach Spaziani along with a player or two. Some of the highlights are below:
Coach Spaz, may I call you Spaz? It just rolls easier off the tongue. Looking down the barrel of a 1-5 start where do you think your team has to go from here? What keys for success have you used to inspire your squad?
After the defensive line debacle versus Miami, I took the opportunity to examine how the depleted Hokie defensive line performed against Wake Forest. With the Hokies schedule including pro-style power I running teams like UNC and UVA, as well as a wishbone Georgia Tech team, developing backup defensive linemen who can not only fill in for injured guys now, but who can also play important snaps late in the season, is crucial for Virginia Tech to win the ACC this year.
1st Quarter:
1st defensive series:
1st and 10- bootleg, defensive line flows, the whip apparently has bootleg responsibilities. Good coverage by Exum.
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The season's first BCS rankings have been released, and I figure if TheKeyPlay.com has any chance to become a dominant force in the college football blogosphere it's about time for us to start talking about bowl games and who's going to square off in the BCS Championship Game. Let's face it: it's mid-October, we're halfway through the college football season, and the Hokies are bowl-eligible for their 19th straight year. We're late to the game! ESPN.com has had their bowl projections going since ... well, I think they've had them since January.
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Editor's Note: For all our lady readers. --Joe
h/t to @SeattleHokie for giving me the idea
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Editor's note: I'm still traveling and away from the computer dealing with the consequences of back-to-back open bars. There will be multiple posts analyzing our domination of Wake coming. Until then, how about them Hokies? And this below. Please chime in with your thoughts, especially if you went to the game. --Joe
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I haven't had a chance to write full a reaction to our win over Miami - mainly due to a busy work week, but partly because I'm working on a post on the upcoming BCS standings for TKP's readers on Sunday.
So, I'd like to at least follow-up last week's win over Miami by putting some of my thoughts down to paper.
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Virginia Tech starting outside linebacker Jeron Gouveia-Winslow suffered a Lisfranc sprain in his left foot in last Saturday's win over Miami. The sprain was confirmed Thursday after the MRI was read and the redshirt junior will miss the rest of the season. He will undergo surgery next week at Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg.
He will be replaced by Alonzo Tweedy in the starting lineup with Nick Dew backing Tweedy up.
Below is the full injury report for Saturday’s game at Wake Forest.
Out for the Season
Kwamaine Battle (knee)
Jeron Gouveia-Winslow (foot)
Antoine Hopkins (knee)
Dyrell Roberts (arm)
Out for the Game
James Gayle (ankle)
Eric Martin (shoulder)
David Wang (foot)
Full
Jaymes Brooks (ankle)
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