Because we're all Sunday morning quarterbacks.
Hokie Alum Galante is headed to Marshall to be their Special Teams Coordinator Per FootballScoop
He Spent last year at Alabama as an Analyst, congrats to Jonathan.
Spyre CEO James Clawson told The Athletic's David Ubben this week that current Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker has been presented a "substantial" NIL deal.
Clawson then said that a quarterback at Tennessee (presumably the starting quarterback) should be making at least seven figures a year (over a million bucks).
If you haven't kept up with this whirlwind let me try to get you there.
ODU, Marshall, and Southern Miss all announced they would leave the conference early and not be involved in 2022.
Story on that here
C-USA tweets today a full schedule with those teams included and releases a statement that it will exhaust all legal avenues to have the games.
Players to be compensated for jersey sales; fans able to buy jerseys this fall
Hokie Nation and Virginia Tech Football will be able to conduct new business this fall. In collaboration with Learfield, a new partnership between Fanatics and OneTeam will allow fans to purchase customized jerseys, while student-athletes will be able to be compensated for each sale.
Posted without opinion.
Most players invited to NFL Scouting Combine:Georgia 14Alabama, Oklahoma 11LSU, Texas A&M 9Arizona St, Cincinnati, Michigan, Ole Miss, Penn St 8Baylor, Kentucky, Ohio St 7Iowa St, Oregon, San Diego St, Virginia Tech 6Arkansas, UNC, Notre Dame, UCLA, USC 5β Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) February 9, 2022
Mike Niziolek is putting out some solid pieces this week. This one on new special teams and RB coach Stu Holt.
Cole described Holt as a detail-oriented assistant who took his time throughout the offseason to patiently walk each player through their assignments. It wasn't until the season started when Holt's intensity ramped up.
"He's very loud," Cole said. "He don't miss anything. Early on, he takes it kind of easy, then once you learn it he expects you to do your job."
Great article on providing insight into Coach Jones and the Cheetah Mentality
"Cheetah, man, that's his obsession," Fields said. "Once he started calling our group that, I went and got me a cat. I couldn't get a cheetah, but I could get a cat. It reminds you to always attack your prey. Cheetah come in a gang basically, that's the DB group. I like that terminology."
Saw on Reddit (link) there was a topic about Alabama and Georgia having more top 100 players than 100 FBS teams. Someone in the comments compiled a list and thought it was interesting enough to share.
THE 107 TEAMS
https://twitter.com/footballpapi/status/1489363874491121667?s=21
"Also spoke with Virginia Tech wide receiver Tre Turner. "Big Play Tre", as he's known in Blacksburg, said he was excited to go against this level of competition and said he's worked on route running to polish the tree, as it wasn't a focus in Tech's offense."
I know I shouldn't dwell on it, but how hard is it to emphasize a sharp cut on a slant route? Ugh.
Virginia Tech running back Tahj Gary in the transfer portal, first time the Hokies have less than 10 scholarship running backs in two-plus years, that drops team to 92 projected scholarship playersβ michaelniziolek (@michaelniziolek) February 3, 2022
With the change of the defense from a 4-2-5 to a 4-3, there will be some position changes and Pry and Co. move guys to fit their scheme. Offense may have some moves as well so we can keep track here.
I'm happy to see Lino, JGW, and Kysheon on the staff!
I thought it was worth a separate discussion topic to highlight the B1G's current conversations about potentially eliminating divisions and going back to an 8 game conference schedule.
Every @ACCFootball Spring Game will air live on ACCN πΊπ pic.twitter.com/c4NVq8P3Ceβ ACC Network (@accnetwork) February 1, 2022
Everybody liked that dot gif, fam
Virginia Tech released its 2022 football schedule.
Tom Brady is retiring from football after 22 extraordinary seasons, multiple sources tell @JeffDarlington and me. More coming on https://t.co/rDZaVFhcDQ. pic.twitter.com/6CHWmMlyXgβ Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 29, 2022
Undoubtedly, the most accomplished career in all of NFL history. He played in 10 super bowls over 22 years, or 1 every other year. Won 7 of them. Insane.
Fresh off the Hokie Sports website! Click the link below for more info as well as photos, plus check out the YouTube video below as well for a glimpse.
Virginia Tech Football unveils reimagined Sanghani Player Lounge
I guess since we hired one of ODU's former TE coaches they had to go get a former player of ours. Regardless, it is good to see Justin Harper see success.
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I was onna phone with my dad maaann.... somebody shot my dad man please pray for my familyβ β π©πππ β (@jb5__) January 25, 2022
A quick roster note: A VT spokesman confirmed with Brent Pry that CB Nadir Thompson is coming back. Long snapper Oscar Shadley has graduated and moved on. Those were the last two senior day participants who hadn't announced anything yet. #Hokiesβ Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) January 25, 2022
One more body in the cornerback room.
