Boston College Vent Thread
Why such hatred? We won!
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Boston College Gameday Injury Report
Corey Marshall is out. He re-aggrevated his hamstring injury on Friday.
Boston College is rolling with Troy Flutie: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/college/2015/10/struggling_eagles_off....
Boston College coach Steve Addazio announced early last night that redshirt freshman Troy Flutie will start at quarterback. Flutie will be under center in place of freshman Jeff Smith, who suffered a concussion with 2:55 to play in the third quarter at Louisville.
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Lunchpail......where have you gone??
I was just thinking about this earlier and I can't recall seeing or hearing about the Lunchpail at all this season. Perhaps fittingly as they have performed no where near their preseason potential and hype. Has anyone seen or heard who has it this year??
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Any DB who wants to be great should obviously pick VT...
A nice little write up on Kyshoen Jarrett and how knowing all the DB positions in college can pay off in the NFL.
http://was.247sports.com/Bolt/Redskins-draft-class-shows-talent-depth-40...
He is mentioned about halfway down but it will be obvious to Hokie fans he came from a Bud Foster defense!
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Happy Halloween TKP!
When we're down about the season, uncertain about the program, etc. it's moments like these that remind me why I love and support this program. Seeing the coaches' kids interacting with the players, having fun, and seeing our Hokies enjoying themselves playing with the kids just makes me happy. I hope it does the same for you. Enjoy the video and let's beat BC.
Happy Halloween!
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Week 9 College other football games
This week is starting out heavy with six games on Thursday night. WVU is getting
Beat easily by TCU, I think this season combined with last three could see WVU add themselves to the coaching search. UNC and Pitt playing for top spot in the Coastal and Oregon trying to turn things around.
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Terrible Officials
Warning: This is a conspiracy theory but....
It seems like every game I watch, the team that benefits from the officiating is always the team that will boost the conference whose officials are working that game. This is something that I think about all the time but I am interested in other people's opinion. I just watched a terrible PI call in the WVU TCU game that led to a TCU touchdown. I'll surely be eating crow if WVU wins this game but I'm willing to take the risk.
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ACC network delayed by ESPN
http://www.myajc.com/news/sports/college/acc-channel-launch-facing-delay...
The launch of an ACC network run in partnership with ESPN, which has been expected for 2017, will likely take longer than expected.
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Bizzaro World Statistical Anomaly
Our scoring offense (56) is ranked higher than our scoring defense (62).
There's still plenty of games left to affect the final rankings, but the last time scoring O outranked scoring D at the end of the season was 2010. (Scoring O 21, scoring D 26.)
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Tracking the Offense: Week 8
I procrastinated so long this week I almost lapped myself. Here we go.
2014: W&M, OSU, ECU, GT, W. Mich, UNC, Pitt, Miami
2015: OSU, Furman, Purdue, ECU, Pitt, NC State, Miami, Duke
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VT Football Announces Denmark, Taylor, and Jackson Officially Enrolling Early
VT Football tweeted out some very good news:
We have received signed grant-in-aids from Jackson, Denmark, and Taylor. Glad to officially welcome these guys to Virginia Tech! #Sandman16— BeamerBall (@Beamer_Ball) October 29, 2015
Welcome to the #VTFamily Jimmie Taylor
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ACC Network affiliates for VT at BC
So, we finally make it to the ACC Network. Looks like we're on all of the usual stations this week across Virginia.
Virginia viewing:
Blacksburg - WDBJ 7 (CBS)
DC/Nova - My20 WDCA
Richmond - Fox Richmond 35
Tidewater - CW 27
Hooville - NBC 29
Harrisonburg - WHSV-DV4 (MyNetwork)
(Outside of the Blacksburg market shifting over to 21/27 for a game or two, and Richmond getting it on the CW station while MLB played on Fox, there hasn't been any week to week changes.)
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Surprised to see VT favored at Boston College?
With the way VT has been playing and the way BC has been playing, I assumed it would be the standard "Home Team -3". I think both teams are pretty even (on a neutral field), maybe giving the slight edge to BC. But since Tech is favored by 2.5 points in Chestnut Hill, I guess the oddsmakers are willing to say we're a better team by some margin.
I was pretty surprised, are you?
EDIT: I did know BC's #1 QB went down for the season, but I didn't realize that their #2 QB got a concussion vs Louisville and is questionable for the VT game. That might have some effect.
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72% of the 129 current FBS coaches have been at their current school less than six years
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Matt Rhule - Coach to Watch
I think we can all agree that it's nearing the sunset of Frank Beamer's tenure and it's entertaining to speculate about who could be the next head coach. I'm in the belief that getting a young up and coming coach could breathe life into the program and I believe that Matt Rhule is a guy that would be a great candidate.
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2015 Six Pick - Week Nine
Guys, I don't think the wheels are going back on the BMW. It sucks, 3 decades is a long time, remember the whole! So that means I am now down to hate watching, new coach scouting, hate watching, jealous of well coached teams watching, hate watching, still laughing at uva, and some more hate watching.
No marquee games this week, but there are some solid ones and if last week proved, the meh weeks often provide the crazy endings. Plus it's Halloween weekend, so college coeds in skimpy outfits, and teams wearing their gaudiest uniform combos, because 20 year olds like tacky.
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SB Nation: Chip Kelly and Virginia Tech
Kind of a humorous article but it is interesting to see Chip Kelly linked to a potential VT opening again
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/10/27/9458907/chip-kelly-ncaa-football-eagles
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CBS Sports Bowl Prediction
Well I don't know how updated the bowl projections are by Jerry Palm at CBS sports but here is the link:
VT is projected to go to the Independence bowl against Texas State (who?)
Independence Bowl Dec. 26 Shreveport, La. SEC vs. ACC Texas State+ vs. Virginia Tech
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Paul Finebaum absolutely rips into the Miami vacancy
The transcript, as I could dictate:
I think Miami is just an absolutely terrible job. I think this program is bankrupt. I think it has a delusional fanbase thinking that this is the '80s and '90s and possibly even the early part of the new millennium. I don't get it. I don't know why any coach in their right mind would want this job.
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Hatin's Ass Spurrier: WITNESS ME!
I laughed, I Cried, I Laughed Again.
Lets get the painful one out way: Dragging things out too long without winning? Shoot, I didn't know you did coaching metaphors, Frank Beamer.
But we got some red hot ones too: Welp, at least Elian Gonzalez hasn't had the worst home experience in South Florida history anymore.
Don't feel bad, Jimbo. Lincoln wasn't prepared for the last play, either.\
Shocked that a coach relying on the "read" option would have trouble in Arizona. Just shocked.
Laugh at the Gators if you want, but at least Florida's paying Will Muschamp not to coach.
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