Former Virginia Tech DEATHBACKER Cody Grimm will join the Hokies a defensive graduate assistant this season. Grimm was Tech's DEATHBACKER (the title for a supernatural whip linebacker coined affectionately by @furrer4heisman) from 2006-09.
BeamerBall.com announced the news and spoke with Grimm about his new appointment which begins summer session I. In that conversation, Grimm reminisced about his playing days at Tech and some of the fun he and teammates had with rover Dorian Porch.
BeamerBall.com: You really had a great relationship with your position coach, Jim Cavanaugh.
Cody Grimm: Cav was a good coach, and he lasted a long time, but I don't think I'll be as cranky as Cav. I loved playing for him. I make sure to stay in touch with him even today. I used to mess with him pretty good. But I made sure to do it only when we were winning. We'd pick at him and mess with his stuff, and we'd always blame everything on Dorian Porch. Poor Dorian, he took all the heat. I remember we always tried to mess with his Diet Coke. The guy was always drinking Diet Coke. One time, we slid about five electrolyte tablets in his Diet Coke can and it set him off. He's mad and screaming "What the ----?" We were all laughing. He's red in the face, wanting to know which one of us messed with his precious Diet Coke, and everybody in the room, all at the same time, just pointed at Dorian Porch. Good times. I wonder what Dorian is up to these days. We had a lot of fun with Cav.
BeamerBall.com: Are you going to incorporate any of his sayings into your coaching repertoire?
Cody Grimm: Not right out of the gate. I'll probably wait until I'm old and grumpy like him. He was always screaming the same things at us, "Pull your head out of your ---!" He was always screaming that we were going to kill him. He's get so worked up that we actually would worry that he was going to have a heart attack. We told Dorian that if Cav goes down, Dorian was going to have to give him mouth to mouth! It freaked Dorian out.
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I loved Cody in his playing days, this news is awesome!
He was my favorite player on the team back then!
And there was much rejoicing...
"Yaaaaay"
Leg, finally! Was wondering if this reply would ever come.
Anybody see that and immediately think of this?
Seeing Brick Tamland as well as remembering Ron Burgandy's well known habit of reading what's on the teleprompter without paying attention to what it said reminded me of this SNL skit:
"reading what's on the teleprompter without paying attention"
None do it better than Sir Charles tho
This is awesome news, other than Vince Hall no one had more instinct as a defensive player during his time on the team. Hopefully he can rub off on some of the younger linebackers we currently have.
Nick Sorenson also comes to mind. Just always around the ball...always. Not spectacular, just always around the ball.
Edit: No offense to Nick with the "not spectacular" comment. His NFL career was sort of an extension of his college career. Dependable, incredibly versatile, (even played QB for us in a pinch, as I recall), and he did have good hair.
Jack Tyler deserves to be in this conversation as well IMHO
Jack and Cody both played for the same high school as well. Must be something in the water at Oakton High School.
Ben Taylor. Anybody have video of him against Temple and those back to back hits?
#1 Tech Defense of All Time confirmed for 2015 season.
God I wish we would bring back those pro combats...
My favorite! I always wondered what a Maroon version of this jersey would look like...
Dammit VTim you cant do that to me! Now the longing is even worse haha
That 2009 NC State game where he forced 3 fumbles, 2 in the first 3 NC State snaps.
Good times... Very good times.
Man do I miss Tyrod.
and Lil' Sweetness
Every day of every year
The sad thing is, I remember thinking how much greater the team could have been if Boykin didn't have so many drops in his tenure.
Wait wait wait! You can't score on offense when your defense gives you the ball on your opponents side of the field! Everyone knows that's not allowed
That's a classic blunder, the most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia".
But only slightly less well-known is this: Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!
Or against a Hokie when the game is on the line.
ECU and GT games last year say differently :(.
Why you gotta bring up old shit? Just couldn't let a man make a funny and leave it be. Smdh.
Hahaha +1.
what do u think loeffler could have done with this offense (and offensive line)?
5 - 2 conference...that means the UVA game was the following week. Who won that one?
And tied for longest streak of 8-win seasons (was at 14 before 2012 happened).
I want to show this game to everyone of my friends that roll their eyes at me when I tell them that Tyrod could be doing exactly what R.Wilson is doing in the NFL and more!
Wilson probably should've just handed it off there, instead of trying to throw it (too soon?) I wonder what ever happened to that guy.
Yessssssssssssssss!
!!! All aboard the hype train, destination best D ever. ;.)
I guess that answers my question from a post about a month ago as to if Grimm was still playing in the league or not. This is great news, I always thought he would be a good coach. Guy made the most out of being smart rather than the biggest, fastest, most athletic player.
Hes a gym rat. Real scrappy player
Ya but I'm not sure if he's a real class act
You should be. Grimm being a class act and a great player is pretty much Hokies 101.
Its a quote from The League guys. No need to down vote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GxJmB-bdwI
Terrible video quality but there you go
I didn't downvote, I just really wanted to make that pun.
My bad, I did downvote, something I seldom do, but I didn't take the reference. I just reset and corrected my ignorance.
haha ya sorry just a quote from the league, Grimm is one of my all time favorite hokies
I didn't get the reference.
Leg for my ignorance.
The best D in the country. Just. Got. Better.
The guys sense of humor fits his approach to football and life. Love that. Legs for all!
My all time favorite Tech linebackers:
1) Vince Hall and Xavier Adibi (like Rum and Coke, my brain can't comprehend them apart)
2) Cody Grimm
makes me miss the 2007 defense
And, as a perk, he's had true NFL experience.
Why he gotta mess with Porch?
Is that Jacory "pick 6" Harris? I miss that guy.
That would be him
He won a Heisman after learning from all those tough years and brought "back" da U.
He won the unofficial interception Heisman...man did that guy love to throw to our defense
Must be the '09 rain game. Man, I was cold and wet that day. Hearing 'Jacory' also makes me remember the rematch 2 years later. "It's one of the greatest games I ever saw"... Can I be a student again, but not have to do the work?
Students have to do work?
The rain game was amazing. I was freshly single... Ahh the memories. Watching us absolutely crush Miami, I didn't know if it would be topped. Then 2011 happened. God I miss those moments.
Im so f#&$ing pumped for this year already, now having more experience on hand..
Mike Patrick is a great announcer.
Head up and driving through the ball fumbler, perfect form!
That glorious image on the left was my boss' background on his computer for a week after that game. He's a Miami fan and lost the bet. Always makes me smile when I see it.
Ah Snap!!! That's freakin awesome welcome back to Blacksburg Coach Grimm.
Welcome home Cody. Coach with the same attitude that you played.
Best news ever.
Can we sneak a jersey on him from time to time?
Welcome back, Grimm Reaper!
As a side note "Coach Grimm" is an awesome name.
wait, didn't French just say... haha jk
Love seeing Cody back at VT. Hope he has positive impact on the Whip position quickly.
I remember chugging when announcers would mention Cody Grimm was son of Russ Grimm.
Speaking of chugging, let's not forget Cody's celebration from one of our many wins over LOLUVA
This can only be bad news for the rest of the ACC, party up!