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Hearing Coach Loeffler say, "We don't know why these penalties are occurring" is very frustrating to hear. I believe him when he says that things are gonna take off as soon as we start becoming more consistent. Obviously the coaches do this for a living, but it seems to me that shuffling the oline is not suddenly going to fix the problem. I don't think these penalties are happening because of lack of effort. Maybe it's a technical issue with the cadence (although Loeffler said he had simplified it as much as he ever had). I don't think it's a youth thing either! It seems underclassmen and upperclassmen alike are twiching, jumping, moving on that Oline! This one can't be blamed on youth!

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Week 8 Results

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Other games set by the ACC today...

Thursday, Oct. 30
Florida State at Louisville, ESPN, 7:30 p.m. (previously announced)

Saturday, Nov. 1
Duke at Pitt, ESPNU, Noon
Boston College at Virginia Tech, ACC Network, 12:30 p.m. (split network)
North Carolina at Miami, ACC Network, 12:30 p.m. (split network)
NC State at Syracuse, RSN, 3 p.m. [Affiliates will be here by EOD on Wednesday, Oct 22]
Virginia at Georgia Tech, ESPNU, 3:30 p.m.

I know - I'll see myself to a drink.

Well...I'm not sure what happened. I didn't think we did a great job of hatin' on CPC...alas perhaps we did. It is too easy to hate on Da'U, so we should hold ourselves back a little...or go wild!

This week's target, Mr. Tie & Sweat-stained Shirt: Al Golden

Fun facts:

Al is from Colts Neck, NJ

What is it with ACC coaches using 2 fingers?

Affiliate list: http://www.theacc.com/#!/news-detail/acc-network-affiliates-for-october-...

DC and Virginia is the same as last week.

DC - My20 (WDCA)
Blacksburg - CBS 7 (WDBJ)
Richmond - Fox 35 (WRLH)
Tidewater - CW 27 (WGNT)
Hooville - NBC 29 (WVIR)
Harrisonburg - My4

This game isn't as vital to our position in the division as the Duke/UVA matchup, but any UVA loss makes us feel better, so I guess I'm rooting for the Visor over TimeCop.

Not so much the act of making predictions...that's what ESPN and others do.

But I'm pretty sure I saw an ESPN bracket this weekend that included Miss St, Ole Miss, FSU, and Notre Dame.

It's all well and good if you think those are the four best teams at the moment. But when the person made that bracket, they knew good and well that two of those teams would end up losing by season's end.

Basically, I think if you're going to make a bracket, you can't have both Mississippi schools in it. If both of them are in it, they can't be #1 and #2.

Meanwhile, ESPN's falling over themselves with four SEC teams in the top 5. Why? You know that they will all play each other, so it's not going to last.

Megatrons injury has gotten Corey some more meaningful snaps in Detroit and he caught his first NFL TD yesterday! And despite a hip stinger yesterday Kyle looks poised to capture NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year at the rate he is going. Mama Fuller has done a great job, heres to generations of Fullers coming to Tech for years to come!

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Ok I am ready to move on from this past week as im sure 99.9% of TKP and Hokie Nation is.

I have heard some things about a TKP tailgate? Is this going to be a thing??--- my mind immediately goes towards this

New England played New York Jets Thursday night and Vick did not make an appearance therefore, Jets lost. Suck It.

Game of Birds makes an appearance this week.

Falcons vs Ravens at the Babes hometown, Sunday 1:00 PM Fox
Falcons Blow

Baltimore Ravens
#2 Taylor, Tyrod QB ACT 6'1" 208lb 4

Vikings vs Bills at Buffalo, Sunday 1:00 PM Fox

Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota has decided to join the ranks of the living.
#32 Exum, Antone CB ACT 6'0" 219lb Rookie
According to the unofficial depth chart from the Vikings site, he is listed at #2 SS.

Not much of a surprise, but the cousins are celebrating their win over Baylor in classic West Virginia fashion.

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Watching this Florida State vs Notre Dame game tonight I just can't help but to note just how different the offensive game planning is between these two top 5 teams who have each played in a title game the past couple years. They are built for quick hitting passing plays where the run is there to simply keep a defense honest and to pound the ball on the goal line when the opponent wears down. And it made me think...

With Duke beating UVA and UNC beating GT, we're back to being in reasonably good shape in the coastal.

Before I continue, the obvious issue is we need to play better down the stretch or else none of this matters. But still, this weekend worked out great for us:

UVA has 1 loss, and we'll have the opportunity to give them their 2nd and own the tie breaker. They also play at FSU so probably another loss.
Duke has 1 loss, and we'll have the opportunity to give them their 2nd and own the tie breaker
UNC has 2 losses, and we already own the tie breaker
Miami has 2 losses, and we'll have a chance to give them their 3rd. They also play FSU so probably another loss.

GT just lost to North carolina, still has to play Clemson too. they're giving us chances. We need to win out tho. I trust CFB will right the ship. I'll be there Thursday night (i mean what home game am i not at...?) hopefully we fans can show out in force. Go Hokies!

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OK, this is a couple days old but I didn't see any mention of this on the tracker. I thought is was a great piece about Arians, and my favorite quote by him was, "Everybody do your job and I'll decide whether we go for it on fourth down." What a great delegator, hat's off to Coach Arians for his success.
My apologies if this has already been posted.

What are the chances Bud Foster becomes Head Coach whenever Beamer decides to retire? I've always wanted Bud Foster to become the head coach of the Hokies. Do you see this happening or do you think Whit decides to go a different direction? And if Whit goes a different direction does Bud leave?

It looked like we have some success in the running game when we run the power stuff. Pulling Wyatt Teller is a pretty scary sight, and it seems like our running backs were getting 3-4 yrds a pop when we lead with a guard. It looked like we were close to breaking a few longer runs but Joel Caleb / JC couldn't didn't run through tackles, and Sam Rogers, as awesome of a football player he is, is not the smoothest of runners.

French or others - what are your thoughts on why we get away from this? Are we more successfull running the base outside zone / stretch stuff? Power running + play-action has got to be better than what we're doing right now....right?

I was thinking last night after the game. There were so many times after plays and certain calls where I just face palmed and said to myself, "What the hell?" Thinking about it some more, that's happened a lot to me over the course of the season. I know our guys are trying their hardest, but you can't help but wonder what the heck is going on out there sometimes. I'm absolutely sure I'm not alone in this and I was wondering what everyone else's top WTF moments from last night's Pitt game were. Mine was definitely Kyshoen's Magellan-esque route he took towards Boyd on his long TD play. I was so sure he was going to have a big game considering his comments throughout the week. Thoughts?