| 10 September 2008
Furman. Well that was fun... kind of.
Apparently the coaches took our advice and started with no game plan whatsoever. 3 - 0 at half? Are you serious? Blacksburg High could have scored a touchdown in the first half with no game plan.
But who cares. We won. It was by more than 7. We're happy.
There's not too much one can take from Saturday, other than the fact that Tyrod is clearly going to be the guy now. Glennon is now your freshman roommate. Sure you guys hung out freshman year, and maybe a little the next year. But over time, it was less and less. Now you probably can't even remember his name.
You can't help but feel bad for the kid. On second thought, maybe not so much. This is Division I football. And we've all not made teams before (it just wasn't noted in ESPN when you were cut from freshman volleyball... Barry).
You know what happens when you make decisions like this with your heart? You become Maryland. And nobody wants that.
One last note: if you haven't picked up your Virgil jersey yet, you hate America.
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Anyways, on to this week.
What a freaking game we have here. By far the best home match-up of the year. AND a 3:30 start? This is why you're a Hokie.(Granted, one of us won't be there. Freaking JMU people...)
Gah-Tech is good. Well, not good as in ranked good. But good as in ACC good. From the preliminary results, it appears there will be a Hokie/Yellow Jacket race for the Coastal Division.
Remember The Beast from The Sandlot?
This game is that big.
A win puts us in prime starting position for another run to the ACC Championship. (Yes, we are thinking that far ahead. That's how important this game is.)
A loss means that Gah-Tech will have to lose two conference games for us to sniff the championship. Oh, and we'd have to go undefeated in-conference as well.
The words "must win" never meant so much in week 3.
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Gah-Tech gets it done on the ground. Their running back Jonathan Dwyer is averaging 7.6 yards per carry. It doesn't matter who you played. That's impressive.
As a team, rushing yards more than double passing yards. Hell, starting quarterback Josh Nesbitt has only thrown 11 completions in 2 games.
And with our stellar run defense (ha!), it could be a long afternoon.
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Defensive lineman Darryl Richard was a beast against Boston College last week. Five tackles, three for losses, a forced fumble and a batted pass earned him ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week. Granted, in this conference, that's like being the smartest kid on the short bus. But expect him to be all up in our grill Saturday.
The Eagles were able to control the clock, and out gained Gah-Tech. They still lost because they are terrible, but let's go ahead and assume that 16 points is not going to get it done on Saturday.
The way we see it, the name of the game will be balance. Clearly, we want to run the ball. And if we are consistently picking up 4 yards a carry, we plan on pulling out the torches and pitchforks if Stinespring changes things up.
But we do need to throw some passes. First year starter Chris Crane for BC put up 142 yards passing. A solid "meh". But what we are calling for is simply a few passing play calls which turn into Tyrod runs. Let the kid do what he does, and look for multiple runs over 10 yards.
And for God-sakes, get Greg Boooooooooooone the ball! The guy is turning into that Dreamcast you dropped $200 on.
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Since there is no doubt as to the importance of this game, there is no doubt who we are going with as our leader.
He is THE leader.
Our leader.
You guess it.
Sig Hansen.
As The Bull put it so eloquently, we might need the Captain for every game this year.
GO HOKIES!!!!!
Gah-Tech gets it done on the ground. Their running back Jonathan Dwyer is averaging 7.6 yards per carry. It doesn't matter who you played. That's impressive.
As a team, rushing yards more than double passing yards. Hell, starting quarterback Josh Nesbitt has only thrown 11 completions in 2 games.
And with our stellar run defense (ha!), it could be a long afternoon.
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Defensive lineman Darryl Richard was a beast against Boston College last week. Five tackles, three for losses, a forced fumble and a batted pass earned him ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week. Granted, in this conference, that's like being the smartest kid on the short bus. But expect him to be all up in our grill Saturday.
The Eagles were able to control the clock, and out gained Gah-Tech. They still lost because they are terrible, but let's go ahead and assume that 16 points is not going to get it done on Saturday.
The way we see it, the name of the game will be balance. Clearly, we want to run the ball. And if we are consistently picking up 4 yards a carry, we plan on pulling out the torches and pitchforks if Stinespring changes things up.
But we do need to throw some passes. First year starter Chris Crane for BC put up 142 yards passing. A solid "meh". But what we are calling for is simply a few passing play calls which turn into Tyrod runs. Let the kid do what he does, and look for multiple runs over 10 yards.
And for God-sakes, get Greg Boooooooooooone the ball! The guy is turning into that Dreamcast you dropped $200 on.
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Since there is no doubt as to the importance of this game, there is no doubt who we are going with as our leader.
He is THE leader.
Our leader.
You guess it.
Sig Hansen.
As The Bull put it so eloquently, we might need the Captain for every game this year.
GO HOKIES!!!!!
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