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Initial Thoughts

Pop is the real deal. Future of QB is bright and I hope he travels with the team and is able to play in 4 games this year so we can keep the redshirt.

I'm sure French will break this down further, but all the backs look better this year, especially Chance Black. Coney is a pleasant surprise as well.

Very good to have more depth in the WR room.

Not sure how to feel about the defense yet. It looks like the DBs have better hands because they are actually catching interceptions now. Mose Phillips just might work his way into the rotation this year.

• Pry opens his thoughts of the game stating what I think most of us saw. The dropoff, especially with OL, made splitting the teams up evenly difficult.
• The roster is not where it needs to be yet, but the game shows we have more play makers.
• "Got some old heads at D tackle" lol love it

Really sad to see this today, but hopefully he can get the healing he needs! Thanks for everything, Kaleb.

Wow. WR Kaleb Smith, who transferred from the #Hokies to Notre Dame in the winter, is medically retiring from football. He had 1,143 yards and 7 TDs at Virignia Tech, where he began as a walk-on and quickly earned a scholarship. https://t.co/CvDIbw8gTC— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) April 15, 2023

https://vt.triumphnil.com/discover

This is probably the simplest way to broadly contribute to VT NIL.

Multiple tiered packages start at $10/mo and increase up to $6000/yr

The NCAA lifted the official visit restriction of Five Schools for Football. Official visits may now be done to an unlimited number of schools. One visit per school unless a coaching change has occurred between visits.

I think this is a great option for the athletes but will make it a tad harder on recruiting staff's as this likely increases significantly the athletes coming to all campuses.

Nothing wild, but:

• It's easier with Bowen being the QB coach
• Drones is a good presence in the QB room
• Improvements at skill positions
• Ali Jennings is good
• Pry is exactly the same on the camera and off the camera
• Pry likes competition
• Wells wants Morgan Freeman to play him in a movie
• Wells is getting married in May

Solid Verbal dropped a new episode with Andy Bitter, full devoted to reviewing VT's 2022 Season. Nothing ground breaking (especially for people here) but I like seeing/sharing any time 'national media' does a deep dive on VT. Also, Andy Bitter 'walked out' to eight-bit Enter Sandman, so that was cool.

All in all, I think they hit the nail on the head. Here's some solid quotes they used to set the table:

I've gone to Spring game page and searched high and low. Does anyone know if we need tickets this year?

They snuck this one in late last night. I thought Pry offered some good insight into Spring Ball and the roster, definitely worth a full listen IMO.

Injury updates:

• Jennings came in with minor injury and is now 100%
• Wright at 3/4 speed
• Lofton not quite 100%
• Findlayter had minor shoulder surgery and is out for Spring
• Payne is on schedule

Everything else:

Short video that doesn't add a whole lot we haven't already heard, but it does highlight Wells with some very brief practice clips. Pry also talks about Delane and how having more depth at secondary will allow him to stay fresh.

Worth the watch:

Heavy emphasis on this being not official and coming from sources, but there are apparently TWO inbound bids of $6B ea. Normally I wouldn't care about the sale of a franchise but 1) Snyder needs to be shown the door, and 2) Washington deserves better. Every franchise deserves better than what Snyder has done. It makes me sick that he's going to profit, but I'm happy that this might actually happen and he'll be gone.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35980868/source-harris-rales-group-s...

TSL's David Cunningham reported out the following pseudo-depth chart from practice this AM.

Offensive ones: OL - Xavier Chaplin, Braelin Moore, Kaden Moore, Jesse Hanson and Parket Clements; QB - Grant Wells; RB - Bhayshul Tuten; TE - Nick Gallo— David Cunningham (@therealdcunna) March 21, 2023

#Hokies have Pro Day this morning. 11 guys are participating, including Chamarri Conner, who was at the NFL combine.The current team is here, too. DT Josh Fuga is carrying the Lunch Pail."It's going to stay in the d-line room or it's going to stay in my hand [this season]."— David Cunningham (@therealdcunna) March 20, 2023

Link to article

Glowing reviews of the wide receivers room:

• Ali Jennings "was assertive on the field today with the firmness of his routes, and soft hands on various contested catches. He will greatly aid in the development of younger guys in the WR room."
• "The receiving corps a lot twitchier, faster," Said (LB Coach) Quinn
• Lots of praise for Tucker Halloway as well

Also this nugget:

Virginia Tech RB Kenji Christian no longer listed on the official roster

During his time in Blacksburg, Christian did not record any game reps.

Had a feeling this was coming, although I thought it would be Chance Black leaving before Kenji

We did it! We made it to Spring Ball! I'm going to post the embeds here and I'll update my takeaways from the coordinates this evening when I get a chance to look over their portions of the press conference. For now here's what the head whistle had to say about the staff changes, new faces, and beginning of spring.

Maine getting paid!!

Breaking: The Bears are giving former Bills LB Tremaine Edmunds a 4-year, $72 million deal that includes $50M guaranteed, a source tells @AdamSchefter. pic.twitter.com/k9m8oNPpvj— ESPN (@espn) March 13, 2023

HC: Brent Pry
OC/QB: Tyler Bowen
RB: Elijah Brooks
WR: Fontel Mines
TE: Stu Holt
OL: Ron Crook

DL: J.C. Price
DC/ILB: Chris Marve
OLB/NB: Shawn Quinn
CB: Derek Jones
S: Pierson Prioleau

Personally, I think that having the OC being the QB coach is the best situation for success, as there should be a more efficient understanding of what the offense will be trying to do.

Feels like a good hire. Lunch pail type of guy. Knows the area well. https://t.co/wu7Ayw9B6O— FootballScoop (@FootballScoop) March 13, 2023

This basically confirms Bowen to QB coach.