Because we're all Sunday morning quarterbacks.
As compared to ESPN's other predictive system, SP+, FPI is a bit more bullish on the Hokies ahead of the season. Virginia Tech made a substantial jump in the early rankings.
Clemson (No. 1), North Carolina (No. 18) and Florida State (No. 23) are above Tech (No. 25). FPI has Penn State at No. 5.
The ACC released a statement on one-time transfer opportunity.
"During the league's annual winter meetings (February 12-14), the ACC discussed the transfer environment and unanimously concluded that as a matter of principle we support a one-time transfer opportunity for all student-athletes, regardless of sport. As a conference, we look forward to continuing the discussion nationally."
YOU get to choose the XFL Star of the Week.The four nominees from Sunday's action:— XFL (@xfl2020) February 17, 2020
Do our poll voting magic TKP.
Pieces of the Puzzle 🧩4 coaches, 4 backgrounds, 4 styles - all fitting together in Blacksburg! #Hokies 🦃 | #ThisIsHome pic.twitter.com/cQrArI3UKn— Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) February 14, 2020
HokieSports putting out an introduction to our new assistant Football coaches. Gets me hyped, what about others?
Both No. 17 North Carolina and No. 23 Miami rank ahead of Virginia Tech (No. 32) in the initial ranking. Right now SP+ would predict the Hokies as a slight favorite over Miami and about a touchdown underdog at the Tar Heels because of home field advantage.
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28687236/preseason-sp+-...
Vote below:
Pat Summerall
Dick Stockton
Dick Enberg
Don Criqui
Got the salary figures for the #Hokies' assistant coaches in 2020. pic.twitter.com/rXLMCMlgzy— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) February 12, 2020
3,460,000 if my math is right (it's likely not) for the assistants.
University of Delaware now has a new Associate Head Coach and Offensive Line Coach. Stinespring joins the Blue Hen coaching staff.
It's been a few years...but UD has played in a couple FCS championship games, winning the title in 2003, just before North Dakota State started their run of dominance.
As a Delaware resident and the father of a UD graduate....is this a blessing or curse for faithful Blue Hen fans?
The most informative conversation i've listened to on the state of Tech football recruiting and where the program as a whole is at today. John Iezzi is our head of recruiting and he does not hold back on any topic they bring up. I haven't always been a fan of this Pod, but this is a must listen.
The Hokies have a lot of pieces returning in 2020. Virginia Tech ranks sixth overall in returning production, and the only ACC team that has more production returning is Georgia Tech (No. 2). Bill C broke down his methodology and how it correlates positively to progression, and negatively to regression.
Now MSU is in a really bad spot. Four coaches have turned down interest in less than a week. https://t.co/mYC5J2FCpN— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) February 10, 2020
So not only did Dantino cost MSU millions extra by staying until late January but MSU can't find a replacement.
Good to see Rambo get a chance to show off for scouts.
https://247sports.com/Player/Buck-Coors-46099275/
On National Signing Day 2020, QB Buck Coors out of Loveland, Colorado, chose to further his athletic career in Laramie, Wyoming,
This is the greatest name for the quarterback of the Wyoming football team imaginable.
First Joe transcribed the relevant part everyone is talking about.
I transcribed the section of the press conference when Fuente was asked about the transfer portal. With context, it seems like a policy for these last transfers and he noted "We'll take all of 'em on a case-by-case basis, but we're moving forward." #Hokies pic.twitter.com/EaRnouDP9r— THE KEY PLAY (@thekeyplay) February 5, 2020
Welcome home, Eddie Whitley Jr.!Curt Cignetti announced the hiring of @EddieWhitley37 as JMU's new safeties coach for 2020.📰 https://t.co/qMMhJkTm1v#GoDukes pic.twitter.com/5pWY9fFnj2— JMU Football (@JMUFootball) February 4, 2020
Mark Dantonio is stepping down at Michigan State.— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) February 4, 2020
Great piece by Banner Society breaking down the 2020 class by state.
Interesting Factoids:
Athletes in only five sports are required to sit for a season when transferring: men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, hockey and football. In the NCAA's 20 other sports, athletes are allowed a one-time. The difference in the two transfer policies is getting harder to rationalize.
The NCAA continually says athletics should enhance the overall education experience. The experience for the average student includes the ability to transfer schools at will.
"We have five sports that are not allowed to transfer in this day and age. That is something we need to fix," Manuel said. "We need to give all young people flexibility to transfer once. If they transfer a second time, there is no waiver."
I have determined that there are exactly eight types of football coach. This is science. https://t.co/P1dFfvPVha pic.twitter.com/60jnCp41UU— BUM CHILLUPS (@edsbs) January 31, 2020
Where category does Justin Fuente fit in?
Stew Mandel had an interesting question in his mailbag on The Athletic this week (paraphrasing): How would you allocate a $10 million budget to hire a staff, including on-field coaches, performance staff, recruiting coordinators, etc.?
He responded saying that instead of working within a budget, he would provide his order of priority:
