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I almost posted this article when I started reading it this morning and then Bar1990 posted in French's Tuten film review here about Tuten's PFF and confirmed that it would be a good discussion.

Rebuilding A Program https://t.co/UXtenNmNgd— Boundary Corner Podcast (@boundarycorner) May 24, 2023

A lot of the same kind of discussion we've seen popping up lately with the Tailgate Series and TKP's own interview. A few pretty interesting nuggets, especially regarding the roster changeover in the portal.

pic.twitter.com/vizktCxEFR— Lino Lupinetti (@lino_lupinetti) May 23, 2023

Saw that Tre Turner is with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and being the offseason figured it was a good thread to spark some conversation....

So where are they now?

#NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/wWCRCXZPwz— Tré Turner (@tre11turner) May 21, 2023

5/19 update: Since Pry was hired, 22 of our portal entrants have found new schools. The breakdown:10 - FCS or CC4 - MAC3 - P5/ND2 - MWC2 - AAC1 - Sun BeltI would guess that no P5 school has had more transfers to FCS than VT in the last 18 months, either by % or total.— Pete B. (@petebvt) May 19, 2023

Oof

I don't know how anyone could have expected any coach to come in and win right away in any P5 conference with a roster like this.

What an awful nickname for the group. That alone should relegate us to the ODAC. Regardless, really interesting tidbit here. Our GoR deal obviously sucks so good to see we are working with others to attempt to find a way out. Shoutout to the idiot, John Swofford.

Only omission I see is Duke in terms of what they bring to the table for basketball and some non-rev sports.

https://sports.yahoo.com/former-ohio-state-qb-cardale-202130161.html

This is not a post to poke fun at Bennett. It is more of a question of eligibility.

My perception is that most of Tech's athletes receive their degrees in 3 years. Mostly due to the fact they are attending classes in the fall/spring/summer. Anyone who had been around for 6 years I would expect to either have multiple undergraduate or a masters.

Are their shenanigans going down at Georgia?

For those who don't follow, Kelley Ford created KFord Power Rankings. I think I found him on r/cfbanalytics or in the moon crew discord a few years ago (don't recall). I'm not as familiar with his methodology as I am with Bill C/SP+, so I need to do a bit of research and circle back, but it's the offseason, and I don't feel like actually working, so I decided to share.

Preseason Projections

Welcome back, @Coach_JJ_Fball 👋James Johnson will return to Blacksburg as our Director of High School Relations!📝: https://t.co/cbSSWImCB0#ThisIsHome pic.twitter.com/AoK3bBW2WH— Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) May 9, 2023

At first I thought this was a Mike Young hire.

Any TKPers heading out to Hardywood in Richmond to hear Pry tonight? I will be heading out there shortly.

How about any of the other upcoming stops?

Source

Florida State Seminoles — 10
Clemson Tigers — 9.5
North Carolina Tar Heels — 8.5
Louisville Cardinals — 7.5
Miami Hurricanes — 7.5
North Carolina State Wolfpack — 6.5
Syracuse Orange — 6.5
Duke Blue Devils — 6.5
Pittsburgh Panthers — 6.5
Wake Forest Demon Deacons — 5.5
Boston College Eagles — 5.5
Virginia Tech Hokies — 4.5
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets — 4
Virginia Cavaliers — 3.5

@HokiesFB @CoachFerb pic.twitter.com/QFtBLefwrC— Antwaun Powell-Ryland (@TwaunPowell) May 4, 2023

from 757, 4* DE in class of '19 '20

https://247sports.com/Player/Antwaun-Powell-46057108/high-school-220052/

Two minute soundbite included in the tweet below, perhaps if you're a subscriber you can access the full conversation.

Strike one more player from the #Hokies roster: WR Christian Moss won't be back. Virginia Tech's sitting at 82 scholarships right now, with three to play with in the transfer portal.Will have more from a sitdown with Brent Pry in a little bit.— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) May 2, 2023

Figured I'd start a post highlighting who's going where as UDFA signees and rookie camp invitees. Here's what I've seen so far:

OL Silas Dzansi - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - UDFA
WR Jadan Blue - Chicago Bears - Camp Invite
TE Connor Blumrick - Kansas City Chiefs - Camp Invite
LB Dax Hollifield - Jacksonville Jaguars - Camp Invite

Not a name I thought would have gone in the portal. Figured he had a good shot of being in the two deep. The #Hokies do have a wave of young corners coming into the program, though. https://t.co/gzfGdh3ggg— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) May 1, 2023

Virginia Tech's Kyree Moyston and Jalen Hoyle are in the transfer portal@VTScoop247 @247SportsPortal— EvanGWatkins247 (@EvanGWatkins247) April 29, 2023

Pretty sure this puts us right at the 85 limit. Expect a couple more to make room for transfers.

Little bit surprised about Moyston... DE is definitely a position of need and where pt should be available. *shrug*

Chiefs just took Conner in 4th Round at pick 119.

Nice landing spot for Conner.

Little earlier than most projections who had him as 6th-7th Rounder.

Think Conner really turned some heads with a very solid Combine performance.
-40 yd Dash: 4.51
-Vertical: 40.5"
-Bench: 20 reps

Hope he balls out in the NFL and repersents VT well.

I thought something was up. I couldn't find them listed with the Spring Game stuff and their site was unreachable last week when I was looking for some new Tech Gear.