Pry-ssr Spring Ball 2024
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O/U 7.5 Wins for VT Football in 2024
Fanduel recently posted futures lines at 7.5 for VT next season (source). Feels a little low given the hype train racing down the track.
What say you? O/U 7.5?
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Spring Football Updates
Since we just get random nuggets and few things are full thread-worthy, creating a spot for spring updates.
A quick #Hokies football note: Per VT, safety Nyke Johnson is no longer on the roster. He and the Virginia Tech staff are exploring a non-playing role for him with the program.Johnson was a 2021 signee who tore his Achilles in winter workouts last year.— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) March 18, 2024
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Football promotion for Fontel Mines
Fontel Mines promoted to assistant head coach per Twitter:
Let us reintroduce Coach Mines 😏Congratulations on the promotion to Assistant Head Coach! Well deserved 👏#ThisIsHome | @Coach_Mines pic.twitter.com/s3s823uFmd— Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) March 18, 2024
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Reports: Keli Lawson out for spring
Pry announced Tuesday morning that starting Will linebacker Keli Lawson, who had surgery for an undisclosed injury, will miss the 15 spring practices that begin Friday.
Star linebacker coach Shawn Quinn said on Feb. 20 that Lawson looked "great right now" during winter workouts and noted Lawson "was fresher" in the bowl win over Tulane.
Pry echoed that sentiment Tuesday.
"And Keli is really certainly a good athlete and had a great winter, let me say that," Pry said. "Low pad level, really looked ... he was working at a high level. Maybe the best I've seen him since I've been here, just knee bend and explosiveness and really had a good winter for us."
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OT: SZD on General Managers in College Football
I know I'm a huge SZD stan, but I found this episode so interesting that I had to share here. They went over a variety of topics:
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Coach Pry Pre-Spring Press Conference
#Hokies Football Head Coach Brent Pry's opening statement at the Pre-Spring Press Conference pic.twitter.com/Wrt2x5Vm20— Kolby Crawford (@kolby_crawford) March 12, 2024
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Hokies in NFL 2024
As the offseason moves forward thought it was time to turn over to 2024.
Looks as if Commanders are moving on from Joey Slye as they signed Brandon McManus to a one year deal.
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Football: Gunter Brewer as a Director of High School Relations
I know nothing more, but welcome home!
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Davon Morgan named head coach at Bluefield State
Morgan was a second team ALL ACC for the Hokies in 2010. He bounced around pro football with the Jets and Eagles in the NFL and then played for the Richmond Raiders, New Orleans Voodoos, and the Richmond Roughriders before moving into coaching. He was the secondary coach at Emory and Henry and then the Pass Game Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach at Florida A&M where the Rattlers won last year's HBCU Championship.
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ACC FB Spring Practice Start & Game Dates (as of 2/27)
Edited with start times. Little TV info found. (2/27)
Best schedule (with TV info) I've found FBSschedules.com spring-football-game-schedule
ACC Practices:
TBA Duke, NCSU, Stanford
2/27 SMU
2/28 Clemson
3/1 BC
3/4 Miami
3/7 Norte Dame
3/16 VT
3/18 Cal
3/19 FSU, Louisville, BooWhos, WF
3/21 Syracuse
ACC Games:
TBA Miami, SMU, Stanford
Sat 4/6
1pm Clemson
2pm NC State
Sat 4/13
BC
1pm GT
2pm Pitt
3pm VT
6pm Duke
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3 UNC football players charged after fatal wreck.
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Frank Beamer honored with the Nick Saban Legacy Award
Congratulations to Coach Beamer on receiving the Nick Saban Legacy Award for his contributions to college football! 👏🦃#ThisIsHome pic.twitter.com/xisep8Wn1K— Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) February 21, 2024
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2024 CFB Playoff announced (5+7 model)
5 highest-ranked conference champions, plus the next 7 highest-ranked teams,
as determined by the CFP Selection Committee.
No conference will qualify automatically.
No limit on the number of participants from a conference.
Seeds 1-4 4-highest-ranked conference champions receive a 1st-round bye.
Seeds 5-12 Play 1st round on the home field of the higher-ranked team.
#12 @ #5
#11 @ #6
#10 @ #7
#9 @ #8
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2024 Offers: Who's left, who chose the enemy, who flew away
By my calculations, VT has filled 83 of its 85 scholarships, and
11 players offered have not yet committed anywhere.
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New ACC QBs for 2024
2/18/2024 Added Recruited HS QBs, Rearranged Columns
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Is Nike really the best apparel option going forward?
I don't know how many of you are following what is going on with the MLB uniforms this year, but Nike (and Fanatics) is making an absolute mess of their on field uniforms to the point where the MLBPA is getting involved.
Basically, they've dramatically cut quality, they've eliminated the stitched on numbers and logos and going with heat pressed sublimated elements. All jerseys have the same nameplate template. They've basically cheaped out on the whole thing.
And the worst part is that while they've slashed the quality of the product, they've actually raised prices on the merchandise. And it's becoming a big black eye on baseball to start the season.
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Spring Roster Posted
Marcell Baylor is absent
Lamar Law has flipped sides of the ball.
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Washington NFL hiring Darryl Tapp as defensive line coach.
And another 49ers assistant coach is headed to Washington. San Francisco's assistant defensive line coach Darryl Tapp — who played defensive end and linebacker in Washington in 2013 during his 12 NFL seasons — is taking over as the Commanders defensive line coach, per sources. https://t.co/1dNCvMz44k— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 14, 2024
Still remember the day I listened to Darryl talking to Bud and asking him about any connections he had to break into the coaching world after retiring.
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ACC coaches unanimously approve in game video and in game player communication.
Football news from the ACC winter meetings. Coaches unanimously approved access to in-game video and access to coach-to-player communication devices. Still needs approval from NCAA Football Rules Committee. pic.twitter.com/lPmB7BmIOg— Damien Sordelett (@DamienSordelett) February 14, 2024
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