Was it too much ACC speed for our defense?

[jed]

GT will make some teams that are much better than they are look stupid. Nature of the offense they run. It didn't help that when we played them Ryan Williams had the flu and was on IVs. There were a lot of other factors that don't have to do with overall talent that went GTs way that night. The end result is having a bunch of annoying GT fans who think that Paul Johnson is God.

After that we lost to UNC, but that was your classic hangover game for the team and fans. The team looked uninspired and the fans were even worse. Apart from those two games we also lost to the best team in the country.

Good win last night, congratulations.

 

[jed]

it was 3rd and 24....

Those were very strange calls (along with the lateral passes). I guess he felt it was not doable and just wanted to gain a few yards and punt (play defense). As far as the lateral, we kept going back to the lateral even when it was obvious VT was way too fast for it to work. He must have seen a matchup he liked and thought it would eventually work (not really sure). I wish I could get into a coaches head and see whats going on, that would be interesting.

 

[IV_Hokie12]

Thank you. It felt good to get the SEC and Georgia Dome monkeys off our backs at the same time.

 

[kptvol]

For starters I would have like to seen more downfield passing since we had them north and south and couldn't outrun them east/west on the screen dumps.

We tried that. It resulted in an INT and 6 sacks.

 

[kptvol]

Those were very strange calls (along with the lateral passes). I guess he felt it was not doable and just wanted to gain a few yards and punt (play defense). As far as the lateral, we kept going back to the lateral even when it was obvious VT was way too fast for it to work. He must have seen a matchup he liked and thought it would eventually work (not really sure). I wish I could get into a coaches head and see whats going on, that would be interesting.

It worked multiple times. No one wants to remember that.

 

[TENNFOLD1974]

3rd and 19 running plays are awesome...at midfield.

So I guess you could've dialed up something for 3rd and 24...most coaches don't have plays designed for that type of distance...Kiffin called a running play due to the fact that V.T. was keying in on the pass....and he was playing field position. I love how people think they have X's and O's down pat when their obviously clueless.

 

[voldoc82]

Chips don't fall our way? No. It wasn't a case of the "bad lucks" it was a case of terrible execution, terrible focus.... allowing a WR to get behind our Secondary at the Half and the dropped pass are almost inexcusable. That's a difference of 10 points. Good teams don't let those 2 things happen. How many dropped balls did VT have?

We're all sitting here with no one in a position to be comparable to a NCAA coach (especially not a playcaller) but I felt the plays that were called (run on 3rd down and 12) and then a punt which resulted in a net change of 17 yards difference was pretty weak. We were in it with the #11 team in the country... way to tell your QB you have no faith in him.



Honestly, I don't know if a Fumbler coached team would have done any better/worse. This is the only game this year you can say that.

There is so much idiocy in this post that I don't know where to start. The two plays you reference were caused by two of the most consistent players on the team and two that had otherwise good nights. I guess we should hire someone like yourself to oversee football operations since you obviously have a gift. Maybe you're in something much more financially lucrative than college football coaching.

 

[voldoc82]

So I guess you could've dialed up something for 3rd and 24...most coaches don't have plays designed for that type of distance...Kiffin called a running play due to the fact that V.T. was keying in on the pass....and he was playing field position. I love how people think they have X's and O's down pat when their obviously clueless.

Anyone with legit football X's and O's is not posting on this or any other site.