This week we put a bow on the Wofford victory and assess what we did well and what could have been better in the Hokies FCS tune-up. Then we shift gears to West Virginia and the Black Diamond Rivalry. The Hokies look to reclaim the coveted Black Diamond trophy in what could be the last meeting of the series for a long while.
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Welcome back, corner podcast.
My name is Curtis Wilson, I'm
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Brian seagull buddy, we're back
on a Tuesday, its West, Virginia
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hate week.
Hey let's get heyo and man.
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Hey hey tweek part 1 of the
Season West Virginia weak man.
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And man, we got a lot to uncover
tonight but God, it's it did in
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two nights.
It's Thursday night in Lane
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Stadium, Thursday night,
Thursday night, the place where
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Thursday Night Football
originated and people knew it
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could be something big.
And I think it's the 26th
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anniversary, something like
that.
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This year of, actually playing
West Virginia, on the Thursday
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night, I know where it like 20,
where year 22 from One of the
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nastiest games ever in the
series.
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When Andre Davis wants to fuck
off for three touchdowns and way
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Ward killed, a kid on that punt
return.
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It's still in probably every
single person watching tonight
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or listening has seen that play
but if you're not you hokey fan
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or a young hokey fan, go to stop
pop, press pause or step away
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from the live stream.
Go to YouTube Type in Wing,
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Ward, Virginia Tech.
And let it do the search.
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Nothing but fire, buddy, you
doing I'm doing good man.
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I'm doing good.
It was a, it's been a good week,
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so far.
Been got some work done today.
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Got to do a little segment on on
a wad radio today, with Adam
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Epstein radio 910 here in the
r-va, the best Sports
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Programming in the RV, a, if you
did.
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Then catch my man.
Sigler out here 2 p.m. can check
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in for a quick hit.
There was awesome second hit
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there, right.
I went, I went through and I I
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was I was cleaning everything up
there.
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We had the, I think the J mu
beat writer was on there first
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and then we had the, the 24/7
writer for UVA was in the middle
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slot there.
So, Yeah, I kind of felt I kind
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of finish things off there for
that segment.
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Very nice.
Very nice.
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Well y'all like we've said at
the beginning, this is West
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Virginia, it is hate week but
before we get into know, the
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enemy of West Virginia.
We've got to recap, what
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happened?
Last weekend, lot of things went
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on before, and during that game,
the Hokies take a win over
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Wofford 6:33, Hokies go to two
and one slightly off our
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predictions slightly off, we're
about 20 points short, on each
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side.
But nonetheless, a win, is a win
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in this situation.
And before we get into the
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actual game itself, let's talk
about the injuries in game and
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before the game, you know, you
had three key starters, not even
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playing, and Keshawn King, Colin
garbett, and Josh fuga.
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And Brian, when you saw on
didn't see, or when you heard
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saw that, those guys weren't
playing, did it?
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Did it hurt your gutter?
Was it more of a We can win
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without them today.
Yeah.
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I mean I know we alluded to it a
little bit last week when we
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were doing the the preview
episode, I was going to be fine.
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If King and Caleb Smith, both
sat this one out.
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We need them more this week than
we needed them against against
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Wofford.
Obviously, Caleb Smith played,
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got a little banged up on a deep
ball kind of late in that second
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quarter, but we had quiche Shaun
King out.
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We had Taiwan garbage out, Josh
fuga, sat I'm okay with that.
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Like I said that, that's, that's
a setup where you're going to
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need those guys.
For this stretch, we've got
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coming up, so not just West
Virginia, but the entire October
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stretch, which is probably the
most difficult section of this
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schedule this year, having those
guys as fresh as we can have
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them for that for that push.
I think it's going to be more
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important than whatever they
could have given us against
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Wofford.
So after it moved by the
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coaching staff and unfortunately
As I said, Smith got banged up
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mid game seems to be.
All right.
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As has been practicing so far
this week.
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Same story with Silas Zante went
down but apparently could have
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went back in but precautionary
just kept him out again.
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It was Wofford game was in hand.
Yeah, I need to push it.
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Anyone that got nicked mid game
with where that's for, was when
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it was basically, they weren't
able to do anything offensive ly
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other than get a little first
down and then essentially You
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either get a sack or tackle for
loss.
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Nobody was going back in the
game as far as king garbett and
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food go.
You already hit the nail on the
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head, you don't play them this
game.
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Now could that score had been
potentially uglier with King in
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the game?
Yeah.
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And does the offense?
Maybe need confidence.
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Maybe.
Yeah.
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But on the other hand, he's Sean
King.
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Is the game breaker on that
offensive for he and Caleb Smith
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and like you said, even without
you would have been found Caleb
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not playing, which I think was
still resulted in a Hokies win.
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Caleb.
Slightly Nick than the
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immediately pull them.
Is it one of those you could win
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back in probably but it's one of
those weeks to wear if you're
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hearing about these guys
injuries and West Virginia was
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last Saturday I think every
single one of them would have
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been on the field.
I think Caleb would have came
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back.
I think Silas would came back.
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I think it's showing roster
management that sometimes a
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little Nick you don't need a guy
to go back in games in hand,
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let's move on.
Yeah, with Caleb it seems like
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it's like a rib issue, which
those things can linger.
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We know that.
That's pain tolerance.
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Oh, right, let laying out for
that, that, uh, that, that deep
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ball I think is what kind of
probably triggered that for him
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and it's pain tolerance, but at
the same time, if it's one of
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those lingering things and you
feel like you can take care of
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things without him sit him down.
He came out, he went back and
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when he came out in the second
half, he wasn't wearing any
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pads, he was just in the Jersey.
So he knew his they was over.
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We at that point, we were
handling them very much seem
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like Unless something
drastically changed in the the
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trajectory of the game that was
going to be in hand at halftime.
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You know, we came out, didn't
play as well in the second half
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as I was hoping.
But, you know, again, as you
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said, a wins a win.
Yeah, exactly.
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Exactly.
All right, let's kind of take a
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quick high level overview of
some things.
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You wanted to see last week,
Brian.
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I think we did see a few of
these things.
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The first is you said you wanted
to get away from the
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predictable, play calls the
predictable Run play calls.
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Early and drives.
And I think from what I saw
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watching the game and getting
in, we saw a lot more passes, a
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lot more quick plays on first
down in the ball, in the air,
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versus running the ball.
Yeah, they definitely were
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hitting more of those passes in
early Downs.
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That I think that helped get the
offense in a little bit more
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Rhythm.
We still didn't finish as many
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drives, as I would have wanted
to go against that defense.
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And I think that's Stills.
You know, that's where we're
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still a work in progress, with
the with finishing drives and
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closing out drives, we had the
you know, the Miss block on the
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on the 4th and 1 on the first
drive, after you had some
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productive plays before that,
that got us in a pretty good
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position there.
To get some points.
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Then you had a couple others
where, you know, one thing here,
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one thing they're killed killed
a drive when you cross the 50s
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so that means there were still
some points left on the field
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there that I feel like yeah.
If we can clean some things up
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you know that's going to be a
little bit better.
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Looking number than I think we
ended up with on Saturday.
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Yeah probably somewhere between
seven and ten more points
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probably somewhere closer to 40.
Like we thought it would be.
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But that that fourth and short
play Early eight.
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Okay, it's often off-tackle play
and I told you like if you're
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going to put Jalen Holston there
I absolutely hate that play call
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for him.
He does not have that sort of
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quick kick to get there if the
play isn't blocked perfectly and
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like I like you've been telling
me so many times.
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If certain plays aren't blocked
perfectly you will lose in that
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case it wasn't in that case we
lost and you know print fry who
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right there seemed very
aggressive similar to the PC
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game.
Did not pay off.
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Now comes back later.
We have a fourth and short.
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He tends to go a little more
passive and I think something me
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and you've talked about a couple
times not only on here, but just
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in passing conversation.
It seems like Brent ply.
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Is he looks at the data in the
statistical points of what you
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should and shouldn't do.
But then he consensually plays
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it by gut because there are
times where you're like, oh he's
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going to go for here.
He kicks the field goal.
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There are times like take the
points, he goes for it.
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So it's like to me it's a, he's
kind of finding his rhythm as a
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head coach of wendigo when to
push and when not to push and
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right now it's kind of been a
healthy balance thus far in the
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season.
Yeah.
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You wouldn't call them
aggressive, you wouldn't call
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him passive.
It's definitely situational and
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I think it's relative to game
Flow.
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I think it's relative to where
we are on the scoreboard.
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I think that's the big thing
that we're looking at.
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At this point is that he is,
Aggressive.
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I feel like when he needs to be
or when he feels like it's to
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his advantage and then plays it
more statistical when it's
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something that, you know, could
be advantageous to punt.
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Keep us keep the field position.
When the game is a little
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tighter, when things are a
little still in the balance.
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So I like the mix there so far.
Most of the times that he's roll
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the dice, I would have rolled
the dice, and most of the times
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when he's punted, I would have
punished.
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So, Have any big problems with
what I've seen on that front.
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I probably would have went I'd
probably would have been a
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little more aggressive not
necessarily this Saturday but
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overall then he's been so far.
But again that's why he's got
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the money and I don't armchair I
can be a lot more aggressive
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than he cans and because he's
the one that's got to go to the
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podium and answer for it.
Absolutely.
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Now the other thing I want to
get your take on this from, you
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know, playing at a Collegiate
level.
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Do you feel like that we played
down Saturday, or did it feel
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more like a controlled?
We're going to win this game?
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There's no need to press.
There's no need to go
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outrageous.
They aren't as good as us
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because I want to get your take
on that.
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Yeah, I think the big thing for
for that is that I wouldn't say
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we played down to the
competition.
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I think that there were times
where we were not as effective.
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As we want to be that some
execution wasn't there and that
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took points off the board.
I mean I you know, when you say
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play down I don't think there
was one of those things where we
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got pushed around where we look
like, it wasn't a Richmond game
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if we want to put it that way,
from a couple years back, you
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know, we didn't, we didn't feel
like we were almost out matched
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or evenly matched in that game.
We definitely could do the
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things that we wanted to do.
We just didn't always execute as
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Crisply as we could, or should
have against the level of
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Tolerance?
Absolutely.
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Well, that's kind of what I
wanted to hear.
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That's kind of, was my fault
with never felt like down, it
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never felt like the last couple
years where there were teams you
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feel really felt better than and
you felt nervous getting into
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the quarter.
You felt like, from Jump Street,
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we move the ball, we got
aggressive, we didn't take the
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points.
The next time we took the
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points, they the defense had
everything under control.
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So yeah.
Alright, let's take a look.
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Look at the offense just kind of
chitchat about a few things here
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and there.
And then we'll look at DNA
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before we before we jump in
there.
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We got a little question here
from Clark I what's your
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favorite piece of memorabilia
and your case behind y'all.
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All right so mine is not even
hung up at the moment.
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I have she rearranged the room
last week Clark I have a
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lithograph hand-drawn copy of
Lane stadium in the snow.
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I Clark hit me up on Twitter.
I can tell you exactly who did
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it.
Was someone that lives down in
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the Southwest?
Virginia area gave it to a
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friend of mine.
And and that friend gave it to
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me of my birthday present this
year.
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So soon, I'm hoping right about
there where you see the golf
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club and the guitar, right above
the VT blankie.
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That's where I'm going to try to
get it.
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I've got to find the brain
because it's an offered frame,
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but you see probably my favorite
is going to be the the pendant
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The Shield right behind me here
in the corners a little dark you
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can't see it but it's just
actually sorry over here right
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here.
Yes, it's yeah, that there is
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signed by Darryl Tapp himself so
that's probably the the one that
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I covet the most Darryl.
Tapp one of my favorite all-time
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Hokies probably easily in the
top three for me and got that.
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I'm trying to remember when it
was Determine what game it was
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that.
It was spring game.
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I want to say 2004.
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Okay, so while we were young
kids, while we were kids.
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Yeah.
Oh man.
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That one.
That one goes way, back.
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That one goes way back way back.
Absolutely.
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I hope to have this hung up
soon.
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I've also got here on my left.
I've had a couple times, you see
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it?
I've got the, the map of
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Virginia in a would cast with
all the counties outlined in the
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BT.
Crying the middle of it.
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That's probably number two
favorite as well as my plethora
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of hockey game cups.
So yeah, we've got quite a few
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things and actually I'm looking
over here, I've got both of the
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I've got both of the beer mugs
out from hardihood not now so
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it's pretty pretty sweet.
Oh, all righty.
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All right, so let's Now flip it.
All some question clock, we
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appreciate that.
We appreciate all you guys out
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there in the chat.
We see you tonight.
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Lowcountry Brian Cox Clark
Robbie.
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Matt appreciate you guys
listening and watching tonight.
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Let's talk about the offense for
on something.
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You said last week, we needed to
happen.
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Is we needed to see something go
on with the wide receiver
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running?
Man, did we see it from two guys
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this week?
Yeah.
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Jaden blue and Christian Moss
big big days for the Hokies blue
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getting in the end zone.
Making a couple NFL caliber
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catches especially that one kind
of down the seam between two
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Defenders, elevating making the
catch, bringing it down, moving
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the chains, there and Moss.
A lot of stick moving routes a
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lot of possessions Type type,
type things early on in the game
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to get him going, he was really
probably the standout player in
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the first quarter.
When we were kind of a little
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under unsteady as we kind of got
our footing, you heading into
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the second quarter.
They're absolutely.
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And for blew it couldn't happen
to a better individual
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everything he's went through to
not only have a good game but to
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catch a touchdown pass and to
just feel like kind of the
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weight because we've been here
and he's been nicked and then
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he's been trying to come.
Seen in play but we haven't seen
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it.
Develop on the field.
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Clearly developing on the field
last Saturday and then Chris
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Moss.
We heard his name several times
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in the fall camp and was it one
of those was it just noise at
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coaches are trying to talk
somebody up and get somebody
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moving and this game we saw it
and he had the one miss though,
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the Oneness on the comeback
which was if he catches the ball
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the guy fell down behind him.
He's probably dead to rights in
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the end zone so I'm sure they're
probably going to be working on
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some come back.
Drills this week, like secure
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the ball first, secure the ball.
First, somebody else, what about
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Gallo getting back to the game.
One type production.
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I mean he did very little
against BC and I mean to say we
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win that game with him to a
little production is kind of
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unbelievable and now getting him
back in and it's pretty awesome.
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And yeah we kind of talked about
it last week where it seemed
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like BC was big-time keying on
those short flat routes to the
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tight ends.
We We had it heavy in the
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rotation against ODU.
They were jumping on pretty
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quick.
I think just with some of the
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different Personnel.
We had some different play,
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caller different play calls this
week that got a little bit more
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spacing in that kind of second
level of the defense.
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I think that helped Gallo get
get open on a more regular
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basis.
And I think that'll that'll bode
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well.
We'll see it.
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We'll see if we can keep that up
against West Virginia this week.
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And then it returned a Jalen
Jones, man.
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I mean only one catch but that
was a pretty sweet catchy made
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and looks like he's starting to
get his Groove.
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I know it was later in the game
but again, just get him on the
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field.
Getting those reps.
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Obviously ran more than just the
one Rowdy caught but the wide
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receiver room with Caleb with
Gosnell, you know, with Lofton
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and now with blue and Moss, sort
of making an impact, it's the
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depth of slowly.
Building.
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It's taken three games to get
more than three deep and I'm
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missing somebody there because
Brian had the none of that was
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the six we talked about, right?
We talked about in the other
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six, we talked about earlier in
the season, so getting that
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there's really good.
And I know, God knows becoming a
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steady Eddie God knows catching
like three or four passes the
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game.
I think he's went one, two,
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three but every time it's like a
big first down catch and it's
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moving the ball down the field,
which is Really key.
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Yeah and when we got the depth
chart this week, for the West
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Virginia game, we were looking
at it.
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We were like okay well this
depth chart for the wide
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receivers finally looks like
what we thought it was going to
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look like in Fall Camp.
Right?
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We got you got blue and Smith on
the outside.
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You got Lofton in the slot and
then backing them up.
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You've got now, moss and Jones
outside with with Gosnell on the
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slot.
It's kind of what we thought
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this was going to look like from
Jump Street and you know,
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heading into a big game like
Like West Virginia, that's kind
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of, you know, a good a good
Comfort note to kind of feel
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like, you know, the wide
receiver room is finally
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starting to starting to take
some shape here and you know,
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talk about Jalen Jones.
Yeah.
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He got the catch what impressed
me was that, that yak that the
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yards after the catch.
And and how he runs with the
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ball in his hand, he kind of
runs with purpose.
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It reminds me a lot of it.
This is not a comparison in
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terms of ability with this is a
As in terms of what it reminded,
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me of just seemed on the field.
Anquan Boldin, right?
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Yeah.
Uh, okay.
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He like Angry resentful wide
receiver.
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Yeah.
Possessed.
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Like don't get in the man's way.
You are going to feel it.
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So yeah, again, that room is
slowly developing in.
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You wish it was quicker but, you
know, hopefully better now than
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ever.
And now talking about never,
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let's talk about the Well,
because we still saw some
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struggles.
Their first question, I want to
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ask for, we get into your grades
and dog house and a couple other
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things.
When you saw Gwen Moore went
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down early and you saw shit come
in.
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Did that shock?
You and then when Silas went
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down and he came back out, give
me some stuff on Bob shit
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because I mean I think they're
me and you're expecting.
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Okay, here's your chance to put
the other more brother in or
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potentially Chaplin.
Yeah, it was interesting seeing
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Bob, stick out there, but I
think we're probably at a point
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where, when we look at the the
other players that could go in.
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I wonder if more and chaplain
are deep enough in the Playbook,
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or comfortable enough with the
Playbook.
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We're Rudolph.
Feels like he can lean on them
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and extended periods.
Okay?
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Or periods.
Where we're not, you know, game
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game isn't fully in hand.
That's my that's my thought at
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this point.
As far as why they didn't get in
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but he talked about it a little
bit too is that that unit still
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trying to gel when you're trying
to jail you probably lean on the
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guy that's had Had the more work
the more experienced shit got in
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there, held up pretty good.
I've got no real major notes on
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on how he did there.
I think it was a solid outing
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for him, nothing super
impressive but you know
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sometimes at all an offensive
lineman has to do is be
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anonymous and good thing.
If you don't know the in sik and
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less, unless you were looking
for him sik, was mostly
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Anonymous.
So that's, that's about as good
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as he could do.
I think in that type of sub n
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Roll for First, big game that
might be the best.
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That's the quote of the day
right there.
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That if you're an offensive,
lineman remain anonymous and
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it's a thousand percent.
Correct.
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Because if you don't know the
name essentially, nobody's
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getting hit and nothing's
getting blown up and sometimes
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that's all you need to win
football games, right?
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I mean and you kind of mentioned
it in Lebron was alluding to was
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coach prize comment after the
game of, somebody asked him
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might have been any better like
you know why didn't the younger
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guys play?
And he's like, you know, Joe
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Rudolph.
Big thing is getting this first.
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Unit to gel together and it's
not happened yet.
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And the question is, let me ask
you, this is, does it come a
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point in time where if they
aren't gelling?
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Rudolph makes a move where it's
like, okay, I've got to figure
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out why we're not gelling and
I've got to move someone out.
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Yeah, I think he's going to get
to that point.
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I don't think he wants to.
I think he knows that in terms
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of ability, these are his best
five at the positions that
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they're Playing.
But at some point, if it's not
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working you got to, you got to
do some mix and match and I
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don't think we're at that point
yet.
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But okay, you know, I think
we're getting to a point where
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if we don't see some progress
the next couple weeks, then
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that's going to be probably
where he starts making some
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moves.
But I mean, the grade for this
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week is honestly a day,
communication is still a big
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problem for this unit.
I don't think they necessarily
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The Sara Lee impose, their will
against a team that has subpart
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talent and some of that was
because of missed assignments
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miscommunication with
assignments miscommunication
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with blitz pickups, you know, on
that fourth down.
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I don't know whose
responsibility was because I
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don't have the play call, but it
looked to me like Silas and
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Jesse blocked the same Defender
and there, and there wasn't that
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that's not a situation where
they're working to the next
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level.
Those are going to be cut off
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blocks.
It's a backside play.
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There's not going to be anything
too, intricate there.
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They should be blocking the same
down linemen and letting one go
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completely free into the
backfield.
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The only other option there is
maybe that was drinks guy, but
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Drake had a cut-off on a guy
that was the outside linebacker.
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So it looked like that was
probably some sort of
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miscommunication on the
offensive line part there and we
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saw that a lot throughout the
game.
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There was, there was some
sometimes stuff on the inside
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where I should have been working
to the next level and kind of
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just hung around on a combo
block.
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These are things that take plays
that could be, you know, five to
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six yard gainers, 8-yard gainers
and turn them into one or two.
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And that's the big problem we've
had is it still on those early
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Downs, were not productive
enough where we're giving the
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offense a chance to be in those
second and manageable and third
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and short situations
consistently enough even against
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a sub Park opponent like
Wofford.
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All right, and And Brawn, I
think we probably can.
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All guess who's in the dog house
this week but go ahead.
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Tell us who's in the dog house
this week.
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We're putting Parker Clements in
the in the dog house this week.
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Not a good day.
Overall run blocking and pass
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blocking.
I was looking at PFF grades
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somehow.
Grant Wells has a higher PFF
448
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:56,100
grade in pass Pro.
Then Parker Clements Not good.
449
00:25:56,100 --> 00:25:57,800
Not great.
Bob migrated.
450
00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:03,300
All right, let's move off the
offensive line and you know,
451
00:26:03,500 --> 00:26:06,800
hopefully that is improved this
week because I think it has to
452
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:11,000
be and let's talk about
quarterback, play in general and
453
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:15,200
let's talk about, you know,
Grant Wells obviously definitely
454
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,200
his best game is a hokey maybe
one of his better games as a
455
00:26:18,208 --> 00:26:23,900
college quarterback, you know,
over 300 314 in the air. 74
456
00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:26,700
percent complete.
Ian percentage two touchdowns no
457
00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:31,200
picks and kind of looking you
text.
458
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,100
What did you text me about what
you saw him doing?
459
00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:38,600
It was going through his
progressions.
460
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:39,800
Got better.
That's it.
461
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,800
Sorry, we pray for your good.
Yeah, he was going through
462
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,400
progressions, a lot better this
week in the.
463
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:50,100
Again some of that can be
chalked up to a step down in
464
00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:55,000
competition level, but it still
was his most consistent Day by
465
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,300
far.
I'll take seventy four percent
466
00:26:57,300 --> 00:27:02,800
completion, all day, every day,
especially since there's only a
467
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,700
couple out there that were truly
badly thrown Balls by him.
468
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,500
Yeah, and only one really bowl.
That was kind of put In Harm's
469
00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:15,200
Way the whole day.
So that was early with it, that
470
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,800
cover to ball.
He kind of tried to fit in.
471
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,200
I don't think it was caught but
it was it was one of those you
472
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,800
go.
Oh no.
473
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,200
Okay yep.
Yep.
474
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:31,800
He left it a little bit lower
than you wanted to little bit
475
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,100
lower.
Maybe put a little bit more air
476
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:34,800
on it.
Get it.
477
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,900
Get a little bit closer to the
sideline a little bit.
478
00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:37,900
Deeper.
Yep.
479
00:27:37,900 --> 00:27:42,000
Yeah, so it was close but that
was the really only close call
480
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:48,100
all day and I think you took
care of the football well and he
481
00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,400
saw the feel a little bit
better.
482
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,000
He still occasionally will stare
down, his primary route, kind of
483
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,500
out the gate of the snap and
that's something that I think he
484
00:27:55,500 --> 00:28:02,700
needs to work on but You know, I
give him a solid b-plus on the
485
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:08,400
day, you know, not a whole lot
of big critiques for him.
486
00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:11,500
I know a couple couple folks
were killing him on the timeline
487
00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:16,300
but I mean these are things that
we're going to have to kind of
488
00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:18,100
massage as we go throughout the
year.
489
00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:21,500
You have to live with it.
It's what it is.
490
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,200
You have to live with what he is
and I mean I know Jason Brown
491
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,400
did get some run near the end of
the game which to me is good.
492
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,700
Getting the backup quarterback
involved just in live game
493
00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:33,000
action.
Where you has rough sea?
494
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,000
Made a few throw pillows, it's
good to have on tape.
495
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,100
It's good to talk to.
So I was very glad to see that.
496
00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:42,700
Now one room that you know, I
don't know if you put this on
497
00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:45,000
the offensive line with the
running back, room did not have
498
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000
a good day.
Three point.
499
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,000
Three yards a carry.
We didn't have King, which me,
500
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,900
and you've already looted.
Tube that's fine.
501
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:56,700
David Halston had an okay day
chance flag.
502
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:58,500
Probably probably, maybe the
worst.
503
00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:02,800
He's looked this year.
Maybe trying to, maybe he was
504
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,500
one of the guys that was trying
to press to improve trust.
505
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:13,000
Press to impress, the coaching
staff and you know, but lo and
506
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:18,300
behold we think it's man, this
is what I running back room is
507
00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:21,300
you know, Christ you comes out
in the Can have and I know that
508
00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:24,400
that time game was in hand we
had warned them down a little
509
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,200
bit but you what was your take
on Bryce?
510
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,700
Do today Ryan, I mean I think
you had a good day.
511
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:36,900
We showed Some solid Vision,
good burst in the hole.
512
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,900
My thing was that he ran through
contact to finish the run.
513
00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:45,700
That that's a big thing for me.
So he showed that and then
514
00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,000
obviously you showed his ability
in the passing game with that
515
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,900
wheel route that he took for a
touchdown.
516
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,800
Wells, put it right right in the
basket there.
517
00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:58,100
And you know, made a big catch,
you know, not quite full
518
00:29:58,100 --> 00:30:02,900
extension but you know had his
arms out, cradled it in there,
519
00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:05,500
took it to the house, I like
that.
520
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:08,800
When we look at King being out,
we knew that there was going to
521
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,100
be probably be some sort of step
back in terms of production
522
00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:19,700
level from this room on the day.
And we got that And I think, you
523
00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:23,600
know Holston at this point I
mean, I know he's been banged up
524
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,900
but more or less, he is what he
is.
525
00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:29,300
And he's a guy that's going to
be able to get you some some
526
00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:32,800
hard running yards but he's not
going to break a bunch of big
527
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,900
plays.
He's just not that type of back
528
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,000
and I think you were right when
you talked about chance black
529
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,500
pressing a little bit.
I think there were times where
530
00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:45,000
you know, a little bit more
patience, maybe would have paid
531
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:50,300
off for him.
But I think he was trying to one
532
00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:55,100
of those were hit the home run
to early in the in the snap and
533
00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:59,100
you ended up blocks, didn't
develop things weren't there and
534
00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:02,600
now you're getting to one or two
yard gain instead of you know
535
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:03,800
what could potentially been a
modest.
536
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,900
But solid gain when you're
trying to hit the hole hard and
537
00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:09,500
break to the second level too
quick.
538
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,600
Absolutely, the one thing about
due to, I know you talked about
539
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,600
running through contact,
obviously showing his hands has
540
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:21,100
when he saw it, he went When he
saw the lane, he went there was
541
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,200
and that I know you talked about
the vision you've got to have
542
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,800
good Vision, but even there some
guys that have really good
543
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,500
Vision that essentially tend to
wait and they're trying to make
544
00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:32,600
the perfect whole happen in his
case.
545
00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:36,300
I know one was like a five yard
run and it was like going to the
546
00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:39,000
left side of the line and he saw
it and just cut it in and got
547
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,900
four.
And like you said, he ran
548
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:45,600
through the contact to me that
decision, making right to me as
549
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,800
a running back, having the great
vision but Guys who decide to
550
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,000
say, I'm cutting it right here,
I'm going to hit the hole and I
551
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,500
go back, and I think the Jalen
Holston run, we pointed out at
552
00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:59,400
BC, where that left side of line
had it sealed and he was kind of
553
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,400
waiting there.
The linebackers coming in the
554
00:32:02,408 --> 00:32:06,100
whole meet him because he
doesn't tackle you and you get
555
00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,200
through him.
There's a lot of green are in
556
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,300
front of units that
decision-making saying, I've got
557
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:15,700
to go now and again, when you
see a guy have it that that kind
558
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:18,600
of gets you pumped up.
All right, let's flip over to
559
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,500
defense for a couple minutes
here and let's just talk about
560
00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:25,600
it.
I mean they held offered under
561
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,200
200 yards but it seemed very
unspectacular.
562
00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:32,000
It wasn't like, you know, man.
Of amount of sex.
563
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:37,200
We had a significant amount of
tackles for losses, but I think
564
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:45,000
something we noticed is we saw
very heavy rotation of a lot of
565
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,000
different players throughout the
game.
566
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,100
Not just at the end when it was
primary, just younger guys.
567
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,500
All throughout the game.
There were times where Keyshawn
568
00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:57,200
artist played like three Series
in a row and we didn't see Dax
569
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,200
at all.
Yeah, there were long periods of
570
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,600
the, the second line being in
the game throughout throughout
571
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,400
the game.
It wasn't just, as you said,
572
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,100
sprinkled into the third or
fourth quarter.
573
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:13,100
When the game was in hand, we
saw a heavy rotation and that's
574
00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:16,000
taking to account that we had to
starting defensive lineman
575
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,600
already out.
So we were already a little bit
576
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:23,700
into the depth chart by default
there but we saw, you know, DJ
577
00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:26,200
Harvey get a lot of run this
week even more.
578
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:32,500
So than last week we saw A lot
more Bri on Murray on the field
579
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:37,200
than we saw the last week and we
saw those safeties.
580
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,700
And in Sam backers, get
irritated a lot more to.
581
00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:45,600
So we there was a heavy dose.
We saw, you know, Lawson got in
582
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,500
there, we saw a lot more Keller
this week.
583
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,200
It was a it was a really heavy
rotation across the board and,
584
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,400
you know, you say 200 yards
under 200, but it was very
585
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:02,200
unspectacular, there were first
down here, first down there,
586
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,700
then they punt.
First out there wasn't a ton of
587
00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:08,800
three announce it wasn't a ton
of like abject domination.
588
00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:12,300
Yeah, we're you know, pushing
them into it like several, you
589
00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:15,500
know, third and 15 in longer
situations.
590
00:34:16,699 --> 00:34:20,100
It was very much, a two yards,
three Yards.
591
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,300
No yards punt.
You know, first down three
592
00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:27,900
yards, three yards, no yards.
Like there were a lot of those
593
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:32,100
type of drives where they get a
get a first down here, get a few
594
00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:33,800
yards and they punt it back to
us.
595
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,400
So and I think some of that was
by Design, not necessarily just
596
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:43,800
because we had some of the
younger guys in or guys that are
597
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,699
less experienced.
But I think some of that had to
598
00:34:45,699 --> 00:34:50,300
do with how we were playing them
and Anjali, how we were playing
599
00:34:50,300 --> 00:34:53,199
them in preparation for what
we're about to see this week?
600
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,100
Yeah, I was going to ask you
that.
601
00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:56,699
Let's look at defensive back
room.
602
00:34:56,699 --> 00:34:59,500
Real quick.
We allowed 70% completions,
603
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,100
including DJ hard.
Let a big one.
604
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:05,100
Go downfield.
But when you looked at the tape,
605
00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:09,000
how are we playing?
Because it felt to me, we were
606
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,900
playing off a ton and we weren't
pressing any, it was a lot more
607
00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:15,500
read, react this week and a lot
less blitzing.
608
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:17,800
I mean, we talked about it last
week.
609
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:22,000
This is more of a West Coast
type spread very similar to what
610
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,200
they're going to be doing with
the air raid with with West
611
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,400
Virginia, which we're going to
preview here in a little bit.
612
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,000
I think they were kind of
getting them set up for that.
613
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:35,400
More of a read, react type,
secondary approach, you know,
614
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,900
there's not going to be a ton of
getting in these guys faces and
615
00:35:39,900 --> 00:35:41,500
pressing them at the line of
scrimmage.
616
00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:47,200
We look at West Virginia and I
think some of that was by Design
617
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:51,100
getting guys out there getting
them comfortable with those
618
00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:54,600
looks because it is a little bit
of a different approach that.
619
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,600
I think what we would like to do
against a more typical, you
620
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:03,700
know, spread offense got it now
but because of that I think we
621
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:07,000
saw it again and in every every
week we keep talking about it.
622
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,400
Brian do.
The tackle informed looked
623
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:14,200
better this week than it has all
year and it's been significantly
624
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,700
improved all year, but it seemed
like rapping and getting guys.
625
00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:21,300
Down quick.
There were no chances for them
626
00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:24,000
to go any further than where
ever, they caught the ball.
627
00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:27,200
Yeah, that's going to be key
with that read and react.
628
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,200
You've got to be able to come up
and make the tackle in the open
629
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,600
field, and we did that
consistently.
630
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,200
We didn't give them a ton of
extra yardage.
631
00:36:34,900 --> 00:36:38,900
You after they made the catch,
that's going to be key going
632
00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:40,400
forward.
And hopefully, we can keep that
633
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,100
type of play up heading into
West Virginia this week.
634
00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,400
Yeah.
Now let's talk about defensive
635
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:51,100
line because obviously we were
down a couple and when that
636
00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:55,100
happens, there are some guys who
stepped up in the two biggest or
637
00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:58,200
without towel on garbage, CJ,
McRae and Cole Nelson.
638
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:04,100
Really took a big step up into a
point where I think defensive
639
00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:07,300
line again, much like the wide
receiver room is slowly.
640
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:12,300
As we start playing more games
slowly, starting to make itself
641
00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:15,200
deep vs.
These are Still the only two
642
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,500
good guys to play.
Both guys had a sack.
643
00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:21,500
Both eyes were getting after the
quarterback and it's great to
644
00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:23,600
see that.
Yeah.
645
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,900
And you know, I'm going to
revise some of what I said at
646
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:27,900
the start of the season.
I was concerned about this
647
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:29,400
defensive line to start the
year.
648
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:31,800
Yeah.
From a deaf perspective
649
00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:35,200
especially d-tackle with really
only having three proving guys,
650
00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:37,800
you know, we talked last week
about Pinette coming in and
651
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,800
getting, you know, so many
efficient snaps and kind of
652
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,700
closing that distance between
his play last year versus what
653
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:46,800
he's doing this year.
You know, we've seen Cole
654
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,300
Nelson.
Now Step Up CJ McRae coming on
655
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:55,800
the scene is going to be huge.
He had some good plays against
656
00:37:56,100 --> 00:38:00,300
gets BC, we saw some more a lot
more this week with him, getting
657
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:05,600
kind of a steady rotation in
that in that defensive line
658
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:10,600
room.
So if we can continue to to make
659
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,300
these strides on the defense of
wine that's going to help us.
660
00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:18,200
Because as we were talking
about, you know, when you can't
661
00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:20,800
bring the pressure like you want
to get certain types of Defense
662
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,400
certain types of offensive
attacks.
663
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,900
Getting pressure with four is
going to be key.
664
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:27,400
Mario, Kendricks had a good
game, he was living in the
665
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,200
backfield.
So if we can get more of these
666
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,000
guys were, we can get pressure
with for more consistently.
667
00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:36,000
That's only going to be better
down the road and we won't have
668
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,400
to necessarily worry about
whether we're playing a certain
669
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,600
type of offense or not.
Absolutely.
670
00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:45,500
And then with those guys taking
those steps now that, you know,
671
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,200
Kendricks and Pinette of kind of
entrenched behind fuga and
672
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,500
Pollard, you got for their and
with McRae and Kendrick.
673
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,900
Along with garbett and Jalen
Griffin.
674
00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:59,000
He's not been spectacular, but
he's been very steady at the
675
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,200
other end position.
It's like, okay we are now we've
676
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,600
sort of got a little more depth
with where you feel comfortable
677
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,000
rotating guys in and out to say,
hey, this is your series, go out
678
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,200
there and do it.
And, you know, it's kind of
679
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,900
funny, there's something around
a lunch pail.
680
00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:17,100
It's like Casey Price.
He's getting his yard dogs
681
00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,400
ready.
And hopefully he can get them
682
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,800
Feast on Thursday night.
All right.
683
00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:25,600
One.
I'm scary play as of hokey fan
684
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,600
on Saturday and it was late in
the game.
685
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:32,200
We were punning, we had punted
deep there.
686
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,400
Guy attempts to make a return
and Shamari Connor is on special
687
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:40,500
teams as a gunner.
And he absolutely lays the wood
688
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:44,200
to that punt return.
And we're like, yeah, heck of a
689
00:39:44,207 --> 00:39:46,800
hit, you know, I'm, we're all
jacked up.
690
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,000
It feels like the old days and
you come back and you see the
691
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,300
ref with the headset on looking
at the damn video and you're
692
00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:56,500
like, oh no, you did that go
mother.
693
00:39:57,300 --> 00:40:01,400
Yeah, we were big-time concerned
especially with what we got, you
694
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,500
know, coming into Blacksburg on
Thursday.
695
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:06,900
You know, we don't want a guy
like Connor out for a for a
696
00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:09,300
half.
Because of some bullshit call
697
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:14,100
like that, thankfully targeting
was reviewed, no targeting.
698
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,000
I was definitely on the edge of
my seat.
699
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,900
That holds I was like, come on,
let's go.
700
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,400
We can't we can't lose this guy.
But I mean they were talking
701
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:28,600
about on the live broadcast you
know, that he did weeks, the
702
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,900
tweaks to the rules.
Yeah.
703
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:36,500
And you know now it's literally
top portion of the helmet.
704
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:41,300
This It's no longer just, you
know, anything above the
705
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:45,900
facemask, huh?
So I think that definitely
706
00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:47,900
played in our in our favor,
their thanks.
707
00:40:47,900 --> 00:40:51,600
So as much as the rule still
needs to be fixed some because
708
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,300
as much as they've overstepped
the boundaries for targeting,
709
00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:58,300
they started bringing it back in
because if you saw the hit and
710
00:40:58,300 --> 00:41:01,400
you put it up there, Matt Jones,
who was in The End Zone, saw it.
711
00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:04,700
He, it was shoulder and the
reason it got that look like it
712
00:41:04,700 --> 00:41:06,700
was a targeting those.
Because literally the way the
713
00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:10,200
guy moved once Jim.
All right, pop, It literally
714
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:14,400
didn't look like the head hit.
So, you know again, we held our
715
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:19,400
breaths, we got through it but
that they still need to make it
716
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,800
more.
You can't punish a guy I think
717
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,600
me and you I think you said a
couple times.
718
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:29,500
It's almost like the first ones
just to penalty 15 yards.
719
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,700
The next one's an ejection.
It's like it needs to be
720
00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:35,200
layered.
You can't just continue your out
721
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,700
a quarter for one you've made
12.
722
00:41:37,700 --> 00:41:40,500
Perfect hits today. 12.
Perfect kids.
723
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,500
Oh, this one's going to get you
done for the next half of the
724
00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:46,500
next games.
Well, my problem is that they
725
00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,700
don't take into account.
The aiming point of the
726
00:41:48,700 --> 00:41:52,300
defender, true true.
Because the aiming point was
727
00:41:52,300 --> 00:41:57,500
that the chest and then you see
the offensive player, the guy
728
00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:00,400
with the ball is reacting to the
hit coming and now all of a
729
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,200
sudden you got helmet-to-helmet
contact.
730
00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:04,700
The aiming Point needs to be
taken to account if you're
731
00:42:04,700 --> 00:42:07,600
launching and you're leading
with your head high from the
732
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:11,000
get-go.
Lutely call that a targeting.
733
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,800
We need to that type of play,
out of the game.
734
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,900
That's fine.
But if an Aiming point is that
735
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:19,700
the breastplate of the guy with
the ball are down.
736
00:42:19,700 --> 00:42:22,900
All the signs are there.
You know, he's ducking down and
737
00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:26,500
getting in defensive position to
take the hit and now all of a
738
00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:29,900
sudden, you know, it's a helmet
to helmet or something like that
739
00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:33,900
then, Yeah, I mean that has to
be taken to account.
740
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:36,800
That's the modification that I'd
like to see to that rule.
741
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,100
Abso-freaking-lutely?
All right, so let's put a bow on
742
00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:44,700
it, Wofford weeks over twenty,
seven, seven win.
743
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,600
And let's flip over to just take
a look at some, some using
744
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:52,700
college football notes Here in
the first one brine for me and
745
00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:57,500
you, and probably all the folks
in the chat and watching live a
746
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,800
relief, the national
championship will kick it. 7:30,
747
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:05,100
this Year versus 8:30, still a
Monday night, which sucks.
748
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:08,400
But at least we're getting the
bed by 11:00 then the stupidest
749
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:09,900
thing.
Let's kick it at 8:38.
750
00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:15,300
And I are you kidding me?
Why our apologies to Grayson
751
00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:18,700
wimbush out there?
The on the west coast, he can
752
00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:22,000
take the creation, can take a
half day and had, well, this
753
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,500
year, we actually can go to it.
Yeah.
754
00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:27,400
Because if the sub far this
year, so Grayson exactly by
755
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,100
taking whoever's in it and go
Heckle the fan bases there.
756
00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:34,300
So I love them.
It's for us that our fans that
757
00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:38,800
watch legitimately from Labor
Day weekend, Labor Day, Thursday
758
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,300
night, until the national
championship game regardless.
759
00:43:41,300 --> 00:43:46,200
Who's playing you just you just
rewarded us instead of punishing
760
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,200
us.
It's a huge day after the night.
761
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:53,200
It's a reward for 80% of the
college football watching
762
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:58,600
populist 85.
There's not that many out there.
763
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:04,100
All right, I'm including, I'm
including the Mountain Time Zone
764
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:10,100
in the Mountain Time Zone.
It's two hours. 5:30 that's
765
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:11,700
pushing it, man.
It's five.
766
00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:14,900
Thirty.
Thirty minutes early.
767
00:44:14,900 --> 00:44:17,000
Go grab your dinner.
That is the upside.
768
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,800
You get two happy hours, five
o'clock, somewhere, and get your
769
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:21,300
ass on the bar and watch the
game.
770
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,100
All right, the official move
acc's.
771
00:44:24,100 --> 00:44:29,800
Officially moving to Charlotte.
Like should have happened two
772
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,400
decades ago, probably not in
2022.
773
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:37,800
But finally done.
I mean seriously like
774
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:40,000
Charlotte's one of the biggest
growing hubs.
775
00:44:41,700 --> 00:44:46,600
So I mean sure Joe has been up
and coming for a while, it me is
776
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,100
one of the Premier East Coast
cities.
777
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:52,000
Now it is one of the biggest
banking institutions and
778
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,200
everything, so making the move
there made perfect sense.
779
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,100
It's where they do media day.
I mean we're going to do media
780
00:44:59,100 --> 00:45:03,100
day down here but we're located
up here and it's just like that
781
00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:07,300
makes zero sense.
So, you know, good for the
782
00:45:07,300 --> 00:45:09,500
conference.
Hopefully, it shows that they're
783
00:45:09,500 --> 00:45:12,300
trying to take some things
seriously and keep the
784
00:45:12,300 --> 00:45:16,200
conference alive.
Maybe third gives you better
785
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,500
than that.
Move moving alone is not going
786
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:21,300
to do it.
I'm just saying.
787
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,200
All right, third piece of news
here.
788
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:28,200
This is pretty cool for us,
especially Lee since you know,
789
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:32,300
me and you've known the family
pretty much since we were kids,
790
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:38,500
Mackenzie Lauder Hokies catcher
last year on the Super Regional,
791
00:45:38,500 --> 00:45:42,700
team has joined the BT softball
team as a student coach.
792
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:48,200
I know her her dad, and her mom
and her whole family or super
793
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,100
ecstatic for her to continue to
stay up there and do something
794
00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:54,400
she loves man.
Yeah, I mean that's going to
795
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,000
that's big for that family.
I mean, that's a, that's a
796
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,600
softball family.
That's a coach.
797
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:02,200
They are it just?
It goes hand-in-hand man.
798
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:12,000
Who had a deal with us in high
school and it's classes.
799
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:17,300
Yes, he did.
Hey, but hey, it was good.
800
00:46:17,300 --> 00:46:20,500
Algebra teacher for me, I got
like a b-plus and I was not good
801
00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:25,700
at math, at that point in time.
All right, bra before we get
802
00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:28,100
into Know, The Enemy West
Virginia.
803
00:46:28,700 --> 00:46:32,100
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All right, Brian well, let's get
813
00:46:57,300 --> 00:47:00,100
to it.
No, the enemy West Virginia and
814
00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:03,200
let's just start right out the
gate here, Braun, and let's
815
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,900
start with the quarterback
because he is the biggest name
816
00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:08,600
in this game and that is JT
Daniels.
817
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:14,600
The 6226 quarterback from
maitre, d, high school, I'm in
818
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:18,400
California in 2018.
He was a five star QB.
819
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,600
He was the number two QB in the
country.
820
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:24,400
A top-20 player.
He transferred from USC where he
821
00:47:24,408 --> 00:47:27,300
originally committed to Georgia
when he lost his job to Spencer.
822
00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:32,000
Spencer.
Last year, transferred again to
823
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:35,400
West Virginia.
Now this year, you know, a lot
824
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,200
of them written in knowing about
him but just kind of doing a
825
00:47:38,207 --> 00:47:41,300
quick view on him from the first
few games this year.
826
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:44,400
I mean, is it still?
Is it still there?
827
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:49,000
I mean he still saw the
quarterback, he gets the ball
828
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:52,800
out really quick especially on
early throwing Downs, accurate.
829
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:56,500
In the short intermediate game
probably could see improvements
830
00:47:56,500 --> 00:47:59,900
in his deep Ball, but he can
still make all the throws.
831
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,800
But his biggest thing is Poison
the pocket.
832
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,100
He doesn't really panic when
things don't look good, or when
833
00:48:05,100 --> 00:48:07,000
the pocket pocket collapses
around him.
834
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:10,500
He does a good job is still
getting the ball out but
835
00:48:10,500 --> 00:48:11,900
sometimes that's to his
detriment.
836
00:48:11,900 --> 00:48:15,100
He hangs on in the pocket there
when the pressures coming and
837
00:48:15,100 --> 00:48:18,600
dangerously.
So He had a couple balls when we
838
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:24,200
were looking at the, the pit
game where, you know, guys are
839
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:29,100
hitting his arm as he's throwing
the ball, and he had 44 times,
840
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,200
that is his hand got hit as he
was throwing the ball.
841
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:36,900
None resulted in a turnover or
an interception or anything like
842
00:48:36,900 --> 00:48:38,700
that in two of them were
completions.
843
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:43,400
So, you know, does the Luck run
out for him in this case?
844
00:48:43,900 --> 00:48:46,200
You know, if we can get some
pressure on him will see. he,
845
00:48:46,207 --> 00:48:49,200
but he does do a good job of
hanging in there and delivering
846
00:48:51,100 --> 00:48:55,900
Yeah, absolutely.
I know he threw the pick six in
847
00:48:55,900 --> 00:48:59,800
the pit game, which was I mean,
he I remember watching that
848
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:04,400
game, he telegraphed that pass
and when pit the pit Corner saw,
849
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:06,300
he jumped that route and housed
in essentially.
850
00:49:06,300 --> 00:49:09,800
That was the game.
But you know, so far this year
851
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,000
and he's put up some pretty good
statistical data.
852
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,400
You know, complete 64 percent of
his passes.
853
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,500
He's got over 750 yards already
in three games 66.
854
00:49:20,100 --> 00:49:23,900
Touchdown only two
interceptions, never been a real
855
00:49:23,900 --> 00:49:28,500
threat to run at all and he's
not really that athletic of a
856
00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:34,100
guy but you know, overall he is
who he is, that 64%, he's at 63
857
00:49:34,100 --> 00:49:37,500
8 for his entire career, he's
got it close to 6,000, you know,
858
00:49:37,500 --> 00:49:43,400
over 5,500 is uni passing yards.
So he is a good player on this
859
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:48,100
team and I tell you what the
guy, he's throwing to primarily
860
00:49:48,100 --> 00:49:52,800
his favorite Target.
Price forward Whedon that wide
861
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:57,500
receiver 63 220 for also 2018
class.
862
00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:00,400
North Carolina got played down
in Holly Springs down in, Fuquay
863
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:04,200
Varina, probably a lot of folks
listening here tonight, probably
864
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:08,000
familiar with that area.
Look them up no offer from Tech
865
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:12,200
when he came out.
And you know, so far this year
866
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,800
he is been kind of tearing it
up.
867
00:50:14,900 --> 00:50:19,200
You know, almost 300 yards,
through three games for
868
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:21,200
touchdown.
Owns averaging.
869
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,300
Just a little over 12 yards per
catch.
870
00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:26,700
What's the tape tell you about
this big body guy?
871
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:30,200
Yeah, he's probably the best
all-around light out we've seen
872
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:35,100
so far this year, you know, I li
Jennings and they flowers did
873
00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:39,500
some some really good stuff but
this is more of a prototypical
874
00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:47,700
NFL level type receiver, great
blend of size and speed and he's
875
00:50:47,700 --> 00:50:49,900
a great route Runner.
He's got good hands.
876
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,000
High Point skills are off the
charts.
877
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:57,400
He'll he's really good at High
Point in the ball but he will
878
00:50:57,400 --> 00:50:58,800
you will have a drop every now
and again.
879
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:02,300
So there's some opportunity
there where, you know, key third
880
00:51:02,300 --> 00:51:05,700
down could potentially get, you
know, drop one that gives us the
881
00:51:05,700 --> 00:51:10,100
ball back and I have seen him
occasionally disappear for
882
00:51:10,100 --> 00:51:13,500
stretches in the game.
But when he's out when he's
883
00:51:13,500 --> 00:51:17,400
feeling it, when he's in the
zone, he's as good as as anyone
884
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:19,900
you can really watch on tape.
He's they use that NFL typed.
885
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,500
Talent.
Nice.
886
00:51:21,700 --> 00:51:24,300
Anybody else in the wide
receiver room, catch your eyes
887
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,000
that we need to kind of keep an
eye on this week.
888
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:29,500
Yeah, the guy opposite him.
Caden praise.
889
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:32,600
There's also someone, I would, I
would watch both of these guys
890
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:36,800
are big, body NFL type
receivers, you know, you talked
891
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:44,200
about, you know, Ford weed and
63 220 for appraisers, 64 211,
892
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,600
and both of these guys are quick
there.
893
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:51,700
These are not just stick mover
in Me a big, big body receivers.
894
00:51:51,700 --> 00:51:54,900
They have the quickness to beat
you deep.
895
00:51:54,900 --> 00:51:57,300
They had the quickness to move,
kind of underneath the coverage
896
00:51:57,300 --> 00:51:59,500
and get open and get some run
after the catch as well.
897
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:01,800
Yeah.
And you mentioned Prather, you
898
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:06,100
know, 64 210.
So again, you say, big body,
899
00:52:06,100 --> 00:52:10,800
definitely, big body.
Not quite the statistics that
900
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:16,200
Ford Whedon has, you know, right
at 200 yards, right out of 11
901
00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:19,900
per catch but still you see
those scores and numbers.
902
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,000
And it's like, he said, if he's
opposite, he's probably
903
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,100
definitely going to be getting
the looks this week.
904
00:52:25,300 --> 00:52:27,900
Now, we're gonna look at the
running back room next and, you
905
00:52:27,900 --> 00:52:31,200
know, as we were kind of decide
who to look at, you know, Tony
906
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:35,000
math is just had a big game
against Houston last week, but
907
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:38,400
the guy that's really called.
Our guy, our caught our eye is
908
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:42,500
CJ Donelson the halfback tight,
end, whatever you want to call
909
00:52:42,500 --> 00:52:46,700
them 62 240.
He's from Miami Florida, he is a
910
00:52:46,707 --> 00:52:49,800
true freshman.
He was a three star in the 2022.
911
00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:53,300
Yes.
And, you know so far this year,
912
00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:57,600
he's averaging almost nine and a
half yards per touch.
913
00:52:58,000 --> 00:52:59,900
What's the tape telling on him
run?
914
00:53:00,900 --> 00:53:03,300
Yeah, I mean, he's the guy
that's listed as a tight end but
915
00:53:03,300 --> 00:53:05,700
he primarily lines up in the
backfield.
916
00:53:05,700 --> 00:53:10,300
He's he's a tree running back.
He reminds me of kind of a
917
00:53:10,300 --> 00:53:12,600
trimmer quicker.
Brandon Jacobs.
918
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:17,600
Okay he runs the ball.
All right, you kind of kind of
919
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:23,000
upright running Style.
Isle big guy can can Barrel you
920
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:28,000
over, but he also is he's quick
enough at the second level where
921
00:53:28,300 --> 00:53:30,800
he can hit some big runs.
He had a couple big runs against
922
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,100
Pitt.
I think one, especially early on
923
00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:35,500
in that game that I think set up
their first score there.
924
00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:40,200
And, you know, you had a couple
Red Zone, touchdowns against
925
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:42,100
Kansas, and then another one
again, spits.
926
00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:45,100
Oh, he's really effective,
inside the red zone as well.
927
00:53:45,900 --> 00:53:49,100
So that's somebody that we need
to keep an eye on because they
928
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:54,100
don't run the Malt ball very
much so but when they do, it's
929
00:53:54,100 --> 00:53:57,400
usually usually pretty effective
and especially with with CJ
930
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:00,600
Donaldson here.
Yeah, and you mentioned a
931
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:03,200
touchdown, he's got six total
for the year already and we're
932
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:06,000
in game, three on.
Did you notice anything like
933
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,700
with past Pro?
Is that a another reason they
934
00:54:08,700 --> 00:54:11,800
are putting him back there.
See, a better pass protector for
935
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:14,700
when it's those are eight shot
times when they're going
936
00:54:14,700 --> 00:54:18,900
downfield.
He is showing the propensity to
937
00:54:18,900 --> 00:54:22,000
be a good blocker early, but
he's still, I think learning the
938
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,200
offense a little bit.
He's definitely, more of kind of
939
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:27,800
a package guy.
Used them pretty heavily against
940
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:34,200
Towson, but they used in more in
packages against Pitt in Kansas,
941
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,000
okay?
Got it.
942
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,800
And, you know, it's kind of
shows only two receptions for 10
943
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:43,200
yards this year as well.
So not exactly, you know,
944
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,500
lighting the world on fire as a
tight end but definitely doing a
945
00:54:46,500 --> 00:54:49,300
lot of damage.
Like I said, not and a half
946
00:54:49,300 --> 00:54:53,800
yards, a carry just under 300
yards for the season so
947
00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:57,400
definitely got, we've got to
keep an eye on now.
948
00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:03,100
Ryan, let's go ahead and talk
about the offensive line where a
949
00:55:03,100 --> 00:55:05,900
known face to just about
everyone and Hokie Nation a
950
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,900
Actually two very well-known,
guys, the former hokey Doug
951
00:55:08,900 --> 00:55:12,600
Nestor and the guy that
everybody felt like was coming
952
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:17,000
to Blacksburg as one of the top
prospects on the offensive line.
953
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:22,100
Why am I alone?
What has the offensive line
954
00:55:22,100 --> 00:55:25,400
looked like with sort of the
switch over to the air raid?
955
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,500
They look pretty good that
they're still not an elite off
956
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:31,600
of the line, but they look
pretty good.
957
00:55:32,100 --> 00:55:34,800
I would, let's talk about my
land first.
958
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:38,100
He's probably their best overall
lineman at this point.
959
00:55:38,500 --> 00:55:41,600
He's playing left tackle for
them, he's good in the Run game
960
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:46,900
in the past game, but he's also
a guy kind of similar to Brock
961
00:55:46,900 --> 00:55:49,000
Hoffman.
He's gonna, he's gonna get some
962
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:52,600
penalties, he had a couple
procedure penalties, against
963
00:55:52,700 --> 00:55:55,700
Pitt, had a personal foul call
against Pitt.
964
00:55:55,900 --> 00:56:00,800
It had a couple other penalties
since then so he gets penalized
965
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:05,400
pretty heavily more so than you
would think for an offensive,
966
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:09,500
lineman of his caliber of play.
So that's something.
967
00:56:09,500 --> 00:56:11,600
We might be able to take
advantage of as the game goes
968
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:14,600
along they move Nestor out to
right tackle.
969
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,100
Now he's probably their best
overall run blocker, but he
970
00:56:17,100 --> 00:56:21,300
still like he was when he was a
hokey kind of kind of mid and
971
00:56:21,300 --> 00:56:24,700
past Pro, right?
But but but when they like to
972
00:56:24,700 --> 00:56:25,800
run they like to run his
Direction.
973
00:56:25,900 --> 00:56:27,200
Action.
He does a good job in the Run
974
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:30,600
game and then you got your name.
You haven't mentioned Zach,
975
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:34,900
Fraser, the center number 54.
He's kind of the opposite of
976
00:56:34,900 --> 00:56:36,400
Nestor.
He's really good in the past
977
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:39,800
Pro, but he kind of gets pushed
back a little bit in the Run
978
00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:42,800
game.
All right, have you seen that?
979
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:47,400
I mean, I know it was a few
plays during the pit game that
980
00:56:47,700 --> 00:56:51,400
clearly the line broke down.
I mean, are they like a roller
981
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:53,300
coaster ride?
Where sometimes they're doing
982
00:56:53,300 --> 00:56:55,800
great.
And then, all of a sudden,
983
00:56:56,500 --> 00:56:57,900
three, four, five, six plays in
a row.
984
00:56:57,900 --> 00:57:02,200
They just look like dog crap.
Yeah me they never were able to
985
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:06,300
really assert themselves against
Pitt in the running game.
986
00:57:06,300 --> 00:57:10,200
They had again a couple big runs
and then they finished pretty
987
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:14,400
well in the Red Zone but they
didn't do a whole lot kind of
988
00:57:14,408 --> 00:57:19,200
between the 20s short of those
couple couple big runs by
989
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,300
Donaldson.
So if we can keep them behind
990
00:57:22,300 --> 00:57:24,200
the sticks, that's probably
going to be the most effective
991
00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:27,500
way to negate what they can do
there in the Run game.
992
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,000
All right, well, let's kind of
talk about this offense.
993
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:33,500
We've met And it four or five
times, this is clearly an Air
994
00:57:33,500 --> 00:57:37,000
Raid Offense, something that you
know how money back at Valdosta
995
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:41,100
State in the 90s came up with
and then Mike Leach brought to
996
00:57:41,100 --> 00:57:43,700
the Forefront of Texas Tech in
the early 2000's.
997
00:57:43,700 --> 00:57:46,600
In one of his very first
quarterbacks is their offensive
998
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:50,600
coordinator, which is Graham.
Harrell kind of give us a
999
00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:53,500
breakdown of some, of the stuff
we normally see narrate and they
1000
00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:55,200
do anything a little bit
different.
1001
00:57:57,700 --> 00:57:59,300
Yeah.
I mean it's a fairly
1002
00:57:59,700 --> 00:58:03,300
prototypical are a, but they do
have a little bit more of a run
1003
00:58:03,300 --> 00:58:06,400
emphasis than your traditional
air raid.
1004
00:58:07,300 --> 00:58:10,200
They like to employ Tempo,
especially when they connect on
1005
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:12,800
a good run or pass on some of
those early Downs, they'll get
1006
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:14,600
going back to the line of
scrimmage.
1007
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:17,900
They're hurrying up there trying
to get the next play out there.
1008
00:58:17,900 --> 00:58:20,800
Trying to keep you on your toes.
Keep you from being on the sub
1009
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:25,100
and then working those
mismatches you know contrary to
1010
00:58:25,100 --> 00:58:28,600
last year though they're not a
eight running team but they can
1011
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:30,400
be effective when they hit a
home run.
1012
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:35,600
You know we saw Donaldson hit a
couple long runs against Pitt.
1013
00:58:36,300 --> 00:58:39,100
We've seen math is get one or
two here there especially last
1014
00:58:39,100 --> 00:58:43,300
week against Towson so they can
still hit that, but there's no
1015
00:58:43,300 --> 00:58:46,700
Levi Brown out there this year,
so don't expect to get
1016
00:58:46,700 --> 00:58:50,500
completely gashed.
Like we did last year when we
1017
00:58:50,500 --> 00:58:55,000
played West Virginia in
Morgantown, The rush is kind of
1018
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:59,100
used as a drive starter not
really used as a drive started.
1019
00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:01,700
You know, sometimes it is,
sometimes, it's not, but it's
1020
00:59:01,700 --> 00:59:04,900
more used as a change of pace
from kind of that quick hitting
1021
00:59:04,900 --> 00:59:07,600
pass game that's, you know,
prevalent in the air raid.
1022
00:59:10,300 --> 00:59:16,500
Got it.
How much do they push it down
1023
00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:20,900
for you because you have so many
Air Raids where the push down
1024
00:59:20,900 --> 00:59:23,300
field is almost like an old
school.
1025
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:28,400
An old-school NFL philosophy
where it's we're only going to
1026
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:31,200
take about two or three shots in
a half.
1027
00:59:32,100 --> 00:59:35,700
And then you kind of when I say
that is because they're playing
1028
00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:37,600
primitive, all right?
You look at it tunnels and
1029
00:59:37,600 --> 00:59:39,900
Bubbles and quick outs.
Getting the ball out quick.
1030
00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:43,900
Do they have a tendency to go
deep alive or is it more of
1031
00:59:43,900 --> 00:59:47,200
they're trying to Papi Papi Papi
for a quarter and a half?
1032
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:49,900
And then all of a sudden once
you come up then over the top
1033
00:59:49,900 --> 00:59:52,700
they go.
Yeah they kind of suck you in
1034
00:59:52,700 --> 00:59:54,400
with that and they'll work some
double moves off.
1035
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:56,700
Off of that.
And they, the receivers they're
1036
00:59:56,700 --> 00:59:57,900
both.
Again, we talked about, they're
1037
00:59:57,900 --> 01:00:00,700
both big out there but they've
got, they've got wiggle, they've
1038
01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:04,700
got speed so that helps them
both in the short game.
1039
01:00:04,700 --> 01:00:07,300
And when they decide to go deep
though, so they have the ability
1040
01:00:07,300 --> 01:00:11,900
to do both but they usually stay
in that short to intermediate
1041
01:00:11,900 --> 01:00:15,600
Zone, most of the time, but they
will take a shot here and there.
1042
01:00:16,300 --> 01:00:20,400
All right, got it.
So, so sort of a balanced, not
1043
01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:23,300
your typical original Airaid,
where it was just a ton of
1044
01:00:23,300 --> 01:00:26,100
perimeters then down, Where
again, we've seen it, develop
1045
01:00:26,100 --> 01:00:28,800
where there are some teams in
area Concepts that are just
1046
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:33,600
attacking downfield, a ton.
So very good to know that you
1047
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:36,000
know they're not just trying to
stretch you vertically and
1048
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,400
horizontally they will stretch
you vertically as well.
1049
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:42,200
So yeah that's one of them to
keep an eye on but they're not
1050
01:00:42,200 --> 01:00:44,200
just taking shots downfield all
game either.
1051
01:00:45,500 --> 01:00:50,400
Absolutely.
Now Brian let's let's flip over
1052
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:52,800
to the defense here in just a
second but there's a comment.
1053
01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:57,800
I want you to throw up out there
from our coach Rob like Compton
1054
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:01,300
talking about that.
If you give the space if you
1055
01:01:01,300 --> 01:01:03,800
press they, burp goes back to
what we saw.
1056
01:01:03,900 --> 01:01:06,400
Right against Wofford why we
playing off.
1057
01:01:07,500 --> 01:01:10,600
There it is, right there.
All right.
1058
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:13,100
But now let's flip over to the
defense and let's talk about the
1059
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:15,200
guy who probably should be
playing in the NFL, right?
1060
01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:17,900
Right now, I'm still trying to
figure out why he came back for
1061
01:01:17,900 --> 01:01:21,400
more seasons at West, Virginia.
And that would be Dante Stills,
1062
01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:26,100
the 64 285 column strong side
defensive end.
1063
01:01:26,100 --> 01:01:30,500
Call them a three technique.
He is a damn good player, he was
1064
01:01:30,500 --> 01:01:33,500
a four-star.
When he came out in 2018, he was
1065
01:01:33,500 --> 01:01:38,300
a top D top player in West
Virginia that year.
1066
01:01:38,300 --> 01:01:41,700
He was a top-10 defensive
lineman, he was a top, 150
1067
01:01:41,700 --> 01:01:44,500
overall player.
He was a stud when he came out
1068
01:01:44,500 --> 01:01:49,600
and he's lived up to it every
single, basically, his entire
1069
01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:55,200
time at West Virginia, Yeah,
he's an absolute monster on that
1070
01:01:55,200 --> 01:02:00,300
three-man front playing.
That defensive tackle has a
1071
01:02:00,308 --> 01:02:05,100
Relentless motor really quick
off convert speed to strength.
1072
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:10,600
Really effectively they use them
a lot in stunts.
1073
01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:12,700
They'll bring them all the way
across the the line of
1074
01:02:12,700 --> 01:02:17,400
scrimmage.
And he's got a spin move that
1075
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:19,700
for a guy.
His size is as Elite as you can
1076
01:02:19,700 --> 01:02:22,500
imagine.
He's other moves are not as
1077
01:02:22,500 --> 01:02:25,400
effective.
Effective at the snap, but that
1078
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:27,300
motor is what really sets him
apart.
1079
01:02:27,300 --> 01:02:31,800
He keeps working keeps working.
So he's a guy that if you're not
1080
01:02:32,100 --> 01:02:35,400
staying on your block holding
your leverage, he's going to
1081
01:02:35,400 --> 01:02:36,800
eventually get to the
quarterback.
1082
01:02:37,900 --> 01:02:43,400
Yeah, I mean, he calls Havoc for
them last year and in this year
1083
01:02:43,500 --> 01:02:45,900
so far.
I mean he's already at eight
1084
01:02:45,900 --> 01:02:50,200
tackles 34 lost a couple of
sacks his career numbers, 120
1085
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:53,400
tackles it again.
This is as a plan to end on a
1086
01:02:53,400 --> 01:02:57,800
three-man front. 120.
Tackles forty seven tackles for
1087
01:02:57,800 --> 01:03:02,600
loss in over 20 sacks.
That's Ali.
1088
01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:05,400
Again I think I think what he
was projected like a second
1089
01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:08,700
round pick last year and he came
back which is just insane.
1090
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:12,400
Because usually you get a grade
that how you go especially
1091
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:14,300
defensive lineman you will be
taken.
1092
01:03:15,100 --> 01:03:18,400
All right, let's talk about
somebody who has to clean up
1093
01:03:18,700 --> 01:03:24,600
what he does and that would be
Lee and let me go Pogba KP o
1094
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:32,500
GBA, he is a Otis I try.
He is a six foot one or
1095
01:03:32,500 --> 01:03:37,500
230-pound linebacker
Winston-Salem.
1096
01:03:37,500 --> 01:03:41,300
North Carolina at Parkland.
High School came out in 2019 is
1097
01:03:41,300 --> 01:03:43,100
a three-star.
He originally committed to
1098
01:03:43,100 --> 01:03:45,600
Syracuse where he was for a
couple years.
1099
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:50,800
Then he went to Juco route in
2021 and then transferred as a
1100
01:03:50,800 --> 01:03:58,100
Juco to West Virginia and you
know so far this season 18
1101
01:03:58,100 --> 01:04:01,100
total.
Tackles and one fumble recovery.
1102
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:05,600
So some solid numbers up front.
What are you seeing on tape?
1103
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:09,600
Yeah, he's got, he's a great
athlete and has good speed for
1104
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:13,100
the mic position.
He's another kid with a great
1105
01:04:13,100 --> 01:04:15,100
motor never gives up on the
play.
1106
01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:21,500
They'll send him on blitzes he.
He's a guy that can kind of
1107
01:04:21,500 --> 01:04:25,000
disrupt the backfield in the Run
game and in the past game, but
1108
01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:28,700
he does struggle to sometimes
shed blocks in the Run game.
1109
01:04:29,700 --> 01:04:33,100
So he does struggle from at that
from time to time, so we can get
1110
01:04:33,100 --> 01:04:34,500
up to the next level.
On him.
1111
01:04:35,100 --> 01:04:36,600
We can neutralize him a little
bit.
1112
01:04:37,700 --> 01:04:40,900
All right, so there's some key,
some of those plays, we like
1113
01:04:40,900 --> 01:04:44,100
you've been mentioning before,
like he's going to be stagnant
1114
01:04:44,100 --> 01:04:45,800
instead of going up to the next
level.
1115
01:04:46,700 --> 01:04:48,500
Let's hope we can get in his
face.
1116
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:51,800
Alright, next, I want to talk
about here is Marcus.
1117
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:56,000
Floyd Marcus fluid is a
defensive back, he is 6 foot 194
1118
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:59,400
pounds Louisville.
Kentucky is where he is from
1119
01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:03,800
completely, unrelated out of
high school on any service.
1120
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:08,100
When he came out in 2018, he
started by going to An in-state
1121
01:05:08,100 --> 01:05:11,100
Murray State.
So in FCS program all hook, you
1122
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:15,000
should be very familiar with and
then decided to transfer to West
1123
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:20,700
Virginia in December of 2021.
Where is he lining up?
1124
01:05:20,700 --> 01:05:22,600
Brian?
What's he doing for the
1125
01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:25,800
Mountaineers?
Yes, he's a former Corner.
1126
01:05:25,800 --> 01:05:29,900
Most of the snaps he was playing
at his former stop.
1127
01:05:29,900 --> 01:05:33,400
He was playing corner but now
he's playing What's called the
1128
01:05:33,400 --> 01:05:39,400
the cat safety in this 33 stag
defense, similar to a Rover type
1129
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:43,700
of position, he's above average
and cover and coverage
1130
01:05:43,700 --> 01:05:47,200
especially when he can read to
react versus being in man and
1131
01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:49,700
he's a good tackler.
Use them.
1132
01:05:49,700 --> 01:05:53,200
Occasionally as a Blitzer.
He does.
1133
01:05:53,900 --> 01:05:57,200
Kind of similar to leak Pogba,
he can disappear when you put a
1134
01:05:57,200 --> 01:05:59,800
body on him.
So if he gets blocked he doesn't
1135
01:05:59,800 --> 01:06:02,100
do a good job of shedding and
getting and making the play.
1136
01:06:02,900 --> 01:06:07,300
He's at his best when he can
just fly up into the spill area
1137
01:06:07,300 --> 01:06:11,100
and make a play in The Run game.
And like I said, he's above
1138
01:06:11,100 --> 01:06:13,500
average in that that's own
coverage, that reading react
1139
01:06:13,500 --> 01:06:17,000
coverage.
Did you see any sort of plays
1140
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:20,600
where he was left on a man?
Like, if they went to some sort
1141
01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:24,000
of cover zero recover one, where
he was forced to cover a slot?
1142
01:06:25,700 --> 01:06:30,100
He did okay but he doesn't have
Elite level speed to keep up
1143
01:06:30,100 --> 01:06:35,500
with guys and his technique is
not that great.
1144
01:06:35,500 --> 01:06:38,800
I mean, it's just average.
So it's one of those things
1145
01:06:38,800 --> 01:06:42,200
where we potentially look for a
matchup, like a Dwayne Lofton or
1146
01:06:42,200 --> 01:06:46,200
Jaden blue in that slot.
If we get the right looks and
1147
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:49,200
maybe not going over the top,
but try and some of that quick
1148
01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:53,300
twitch type stuff where you feel
like there's his skill set is
1149
01:06:53,300 --> 01:06:58,100
not that I saw A few times and
he got matched up in man where
1150
01:06:58,100 --> 01:07:01,100
crossers were kind of plays that
we could take advantage of him,
1151
01:07:01,700 --> 01:07:03,300
okay?
All right.
1152
01:07:03,800 --> 01:07:06,300
Make a note of that right there.
All right about we take a look
1153
01:07:06,300 --> 01:07:09,800
at one more defensive player and
then before we get into the
1154
01:07:09,800 --> 01:07:14,300
defensive breakdown and that is
the defensive lineman Taj
1155
01:07:14,300 --> 01:07:18,800
Alston.
Six foot four 255 pounds,
1156
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:22,200
another North Carolina, kid from
Lumberton.
1157
01:07:22,200 --> 01:07:24,400
North Carolina down there near
Fayetteville.
1158
01:07:24,700 --> 01:07:27,300
He attended copia Lincoln
Community College out in
1159
01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:32,000
Nebraska and then he committed
to West Virginia as a three-star
1160
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:38,200
in 2019, so far this season as
an end, he's got a tackle for
1161
01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:42,100
loss couple forced fumbles,
which is very interesting to see
1162
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:45,500
what's the tape showing on him
in.
1163
01:07:46,500 --> 01:07:48,500
How does he do opposite of
steals?
1164
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,800
He does pretty good opposite
instills especially when the
1165
01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:56,000
quarterbacks dropping back.
He is more of a pure pass
1166
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:58,900
rusher.
He's more of the true defensive
1167
01:07:58,900 --> 01:08:04,300
end and this type of three-man
front whereas Stills is more of
1168
01:08:04,300 --> 01:08:07,900
the balance player.
But he has really good speed off
1169
01:08:07,900 --> 01:08:11,000
the edge, but he does struggle
to make plays in The Run game
1170
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:13,500
when you run directly at him,
when you put a big body on and
1171
01:08:13,500 --> 01:08:16,600
he can be blocked.
So I imagine we run away from
1172
01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:20,899
steals a little bit.
Run at Taj Alston and tried to
1173
01:08:20,899 --> 01:08:24,000
neutralize his pass rush as much
as we can, by chipping.
1174
01:08:24,700 --> 01:08:27,399
Yeah, and we definitely need to
do that because last year,
1175
01:08:27,399 --> 01:08:31,000
against the Hokies have four
total tackles including a sack
1176
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:35,000
and a half in the game last year
down.
1177
01:08:36,399 --> 01:08:39,100
In Morgantown.
So obviously, he's familiar with
1178
01:08:39,100 --> 01:08:42,300
the Hokies.
Obviously he's familiar with
1179
01:08:42,300 --> 01:08:44,700
some of these offensive line
we're gonna be playing now.
1180
01:08:44,700 --> 01:08:46,700
Brian, let's flip over.
Let's talk about the defense
1181
01:08:46,700 --> 01:08:48,300
itself.
You've mentioned a couple times
1182
01:08:48,300 --> 01:08:50,100
already.
This they have not changed it
1183
01:08:50,100 --> 01:08:51,899
yet.
They're still in the 33 stack.
1184
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:55,200
And what you've seen, especially
against Pitt and Kansas this
1185
01:08:55,200 --> 01:08:58,100
year and why those teams were
able to come out and get on top
1186
01:08:58,100 --> 01:08:59,800
of the West Virginia
Mountaineers.
1187
01:09:01,300 --> 01:09:03,000
Yeah.
So they're very average against
1188
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,600
the rush attack and that's the
big thing.
1189
01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:07,899
Pit was able to establish the
line of scrimmage pretty early
1190
01:09:07,899 --> 01:09:10,500
in that game.
And it kept going, you know,
1191
01:09:10,500 --> 01:09:12,300
throughout the game where they
were able to run pretty
1192
01:09:12,300 --> 01:09:16,600
consistently against that front
especially with Hammond.
1193
01:09:17,300 --> 01:09:21,899
He haven't had a lot of success
against that front there at
1194
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:26,000
attacking defense, as most three
threes are they do a good job of
1195
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:29,200
blitzing design.
It, you know, confusing
1196
01:09:29,200 --> 01:09:30,700
offensive lines, with how they
bring.
1197
01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:34,500
Pressure and where they're
bringing it from and they rely
1198
01:09:34,500 --> 01:09:38,700
on that pressure as they are at
best, a work in progress, on the
1199
01:09:38,700 --> 01:09:41,700
back end.
You know, when you look at that
1200
01:09:41,899 --> 01:09:46,200
that secondary, you know, you
got five key guys there and only
1201
01:09:46,200 --> 01:09:49,800
one of them was recruited by
West Virginia, out of high
1202
01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:53,300
school, everyone else is a
transfer and most of them are
1203
01:09:53,308 --> 01:09:56,700
transferring from FCS and G5
programs.
1204
01:09:57,900 --> 01:10:03,100
So it's really an interesting
interesting defense to face
1205
01:10:03,100 --> 01:10:07,200
because there's a lot of new
faces on the backend, pretty
1206
01:10:07,200 --> 01:10:10,100
much all new faces on the back
end, compared to what we saw
1207
01:10:10,100 --> 01:10:13,300
last year will guide in up
front.
1208
01:10:13,400 --> 01:10:16,300
You know, it's kind of the the
same old song and dance with
1209
01:10:16,300 --> 01:10:18,800
Stills.
You know, coming through there
1210
01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:24,000
and Alston so if we can hold up
in the offensive line category,
1211
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:27,400
which is probably where we're
struggling with the most overall
1212
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:28,700
on.
All fence right now.
1213
01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:30,800
Yeah.
If we if we can hold up the you
1214
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:34,600
know there's some opportunities
there but you know occasionally
1215
01:10:34,600 --> 01:10:36,600
you'll see them adjust to a
four-man line.
1216
01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:39,700
They did that in the second half
against Pitt when pit was
1217
01:10:39,900 --> 01:10:41,800
big-time gash in them in the
running game.
1218
01:10:42,500 --> 01:10:46,300
The Bandit position played by
Jarrett Bartlett, he ends up
1219
01:10:46,300 --> 01:10:51,000
lined it up opposite Alston with
with Stills we went down into a
1220
01:10:51,300 --> 01:10:57,100
more 433 technique.
Are you glad that we got that on
1221
01:10:57,100 --> 01:11:00,000
tape though?
Are you glad that they sort of
1222
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:03,500
had a show that hand early
against West Virginia about if
1223
01:11:03,500 --> 01:11:05,700
they couldn't when they, when
the three-man front is getting
1224
01:11:05,700 --> 01:11:08,700
gas there, they've got to show
the foreman and we're Partners
1225
01:11:08,700 --> 01:11:11,700
got to come down and you glad
that's on tape for our coaching
1226
01:11:11,700 --> 01:11:14,100
staff.
Yeah, we saw it some last year
1227
01:11:14,100 --> 01:11:16,300
so it's not something that we
haven't seen before.
1228
01:11:16,300 --> 01:11:20,200
But okay, it's good to see what
it looks like in this current
1229
01:11:21,100 --> 01:11:23,900
version of the defense with some
of those new faces on the back
1230
01:11:23,900 --> 01:11:28,700
end.
Got you, got you got you?
1231
01:11:28,700 --> 01:11:34,900
All right, so there is kind of a
overview of both the
1232
01:11:35,200 --> 01:11:39,300
Mountaineers offense and defense
and some of the key players will
1233
01:11:39,300 --> 01:11:43,700
be looking at to not have good
games alms Thursday night.
1234
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:48,800
Now, let's go to the Hokies for
this game and Prime as I was
1235
01:11:48,800 --> 01:11:52,800
looking at the data and Diving
and looking at one thing.
1236
01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:56,900
Then the other, something that
caught my eye is third.
1237
01:11:57,100 --> 01:12:00,800
Conversions in on both sides of
the ball because West Virginia
1238
01:12:00,800 --> 01:12:02,000
is one of the better than the
country.
1239
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:07,300
They are completing 54 percent
of their third Downs, which is a
1240
01:12:07,300 --> 01:12:11,500
unbelievable number.
I'd love to get 44%, but as I
1241
01:12:11,500 --> 01:12:15,700
was digging and is probably all
of us, heard Saturday, Virginia
1242
01:12:15,700 --> 01:12:20,100
Tech doesn't give up their downs
and it's not one of those were
1243
01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:24,700
in the top 20 to top 15.
We're number three in the
1244
01:12:24,700 --> 01:12:27,200
country.
And the Hokies are allowing Only
1245
01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:30,700
17% of third down conversions
defensively.
1246
01:12:31,100 --> 01:12:33,900
So in one of those games where
as the high-powered offense
1247
01:12:33,900 --> 01:12:39,700
against the, you know,
high-powered defense, That's got
1248
01:12:39,700 --> 01:12:42,000
a, it's got to break one way or
the other.
1249
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:43,900
And is there anything you
foresee?
1250
01:12:43,900 --> 01:12:50,900
That might assist the Hokies in
keeping that, you know, 17% as
1251
01:12:50,900 --> 01:12:55,200
the norm for Thursday night.
I mean I think one thing that's
1252
01:12:55,200 --> 01:12:59,700
helped us is that we got to
practice a little bit of what
1253
01:12:59,700 --> 01:13:01,900
we're going to get against West
Virginia.
1254
01:13:01,900 --> 01:13:07,700
Against Wofford, I think we've
kind of seen what we can do with
1255
01:13:07,700 --> 01:13:11,600
that style of offense and now
we've had a correction period,
1256
01:13:11,600 --> 01:13:14,600
right?
Yeah, they went out there, they
1257
01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:16,200
corrected some of those
mistakes.
1258
01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:19,700
We got some young guys to get
some reps against that, that
1259
01:13:19,700 --> 01:13:23,700
style defense.
So that's I think that's key but
1260
01:13:23,700 --> 01:13:26,200
the Key is going to be keeping
everything in front of you and
1261
01:13:26,200 --> 01:13:29,900
tackling.
Because if you don't tackle,
1262
01:13:29,900 --> 01:13:32,700
then that third down percentage
is going to go up this week.
1263
01:13:33,100 --> 01:13:35,800
Yeah we've got is we've got to
be in the right position and
1264
01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:39,600
then when we come up we got to
make the tackle and make sure
1265
01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:42,700
that they're not getting more
than a yard or two after the
1266
01:13:42,708 --> 01:13:48,100
catch in this in this offense.
Yeah, it said big piece.
1267
01:13:48,100 --> 01:13:51,900
Another key of ours, it's the
tackling in space and so much
1268
01:13:51,900 --> 01:13:55,300
with the are a concept is where
they catch the ball as where
1269
01:13:55,300 --> 01:13:59,700
they've got a fall.
If you can do that consistently,
1270
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:03,100
you it will frustrate an Air
Raid Offense.
1271
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:06,600
Consistently because instead of
getting the five or eight,
1272
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:11,000
they're getting the 224 and
putting them in unfavorable down
1273
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:15,600
in distances as you get deeper
into the into the place.
1274
01:14:15,900 --> 01:14:18,500
And then that Means we can get
into a little bit more of what
1275
01:14:18,500 --> 01:14:21,700
we like to do with, with dialing
up pressure on on those third
1276
01:14:21,700 --> 01:14:24,500
and long situations, 10 years
back and go.
1277
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:29,200
All right, so I said it was both
sides of the balls and, you
1278
01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:32,900
know, as bad as we are at
converting, we are 90th right
1279
01:14:32,900 --> 01:14:36,100
now in the country and that's a
thirty-six percent.
1280
01:14:36,100 --> 01:14:39,500
So basically, when I have every
three, third downs, we convert
1281
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:42,500
the are one of the worst
defensively.
1282
01:14:43,300 --> 01:14:48,500
They're 112 out of 131 teams and
they Roughly only stop team's 46
1283
01:14:48,500 --> 01:14:56,100
percent of the time.
I'm hoping that our number can
1284
01:14:56,100 --> 01:14:58,900
come up to their mean because if
you tell him he we convert close
1285
01:14:58,900 --> 01:15:03,600
to 50% of the time on Thursday
night, I will feel really good
1286
01:15:03,600 --> 01:15:07,900
about our chances at winning
this game because the less time
1287
01:15:07,900 --> 01:15:11,800
that offenses on the field.
It's the best thing for us.
1288
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:16,100
Yeah, the big key is going to be
getting them off.
1289
01:15:16,100 --> 01:15:18,200
The field on third down and
staying on the field.
1290
01:15:18,200 --> 01:15:22,600
On third down, lengthening this
game or sorry shortening this
1291
01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:24,900
game is going to be key for the
Hokies.
1292
01:15:24,900 --> 01:15:28,200
I think, possessing, the ball
and shortening, the game is
1293
01:15:28,200 --> 01:15:30,700
going to be key for the Hokies
in terms of pulling out of w,
1294
01:15:30,700 --> 01:15:33,400
because if they're going fast,
and they're running, a bunch of
1295
01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:35,400
plays and they're going up and
down the field, they're going to
1296
01:15:35,400 --> 01:15:37,400
get some points off those.
And eventually, those points are
1297
01:15:37,407 --> 01:15:41,300
going to not work in our favor
because I don't, I don't see us
1298
01:15:41,300 --> 01:15:43,600
as a quick straight.
We're not going to be able to go
1299
01:15:43,600 --> 01:15:46,800
out there and stack points and
match them score for score.
1300
01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:51,900
If it becomes that type of game,
abso-freakin'-lutely, Brian and
1301
01:15:51,900 --> 01:15:58,600
that's kind of where it's the
next kind of, And that we've
1302
01:15:58,600 --> 01:16:02,400
been talking about about our key
is, the Hokies Run game against
1303
01:16:02,400 --> 01:16:07,400
the West Virginia run defense.
The West Virginia is in, thanks
1304
01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:10,300
for putting that up, thanks low
country, living for that.
1305
01:16:10,300 --> 01:16:15,700
I had heard that I do think
Kings going regardless, I think
1306
01:16:15,700 --> 01:16:18,300
it's one of these.
He's at 35 percent on Thursday
1307
01:16:18,300 --> 01:16:22,200
he's going because him and 85%
is probably still better than
1308
01:16:22,200 --> 01:16:24,600
any running back.
We've got and for this running
1309
01:16:24,600 --> 01:16:28,200
game, you know, can we Open it
up.
1310
01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:32,300
They're giving up roughly about
120 a game.
1311
01:16:32,700 --> 01:16:34,300
It's roughly about middle of the
pack.
1312
01:16:34,300 --> 01:16:38,500
It's not Elite, it's not great,
but it's not god-awful, but the
1313
01:16:38,500 --> 01:16:41,400
whole thing is what kind of
Brian's been mentioned about
1314
01:16:41,400 --> 01:16:45,200
getting that going, if we're
converting third Downs to hold,
1315
01:16:45,200 --> 01:16:49,200
you back in and slowly, but
surely if we're gasps, shing
1316
01:16:49,200 --> 01:16:53,500
gasps, shing what has to happen
with that, back-end Brian.
1317
01:16:53,900 --> 01:16:56,800
If we're Gathering them for, for
27 yards, every play.
1318
01:16:58,500 --> 01:17:01,100
Babies are going to play up in
the Box a little bit more to
1319
01:17:01,200 --> 01:17:03,100
help stop the run, help support
the run.
1320
01:17:03,100 --> 01:17:05,900
And eventually that's going to
hopefully open up some stuff on
1321
01:17:05,900 --> 01:17:08,000
the back end.
We just have to be able to in a
1322
01:17:08,008 --> 01:17:09,900
position to take advantage of
that guy.
1323
01:17:09,900 --> 01:17:11,900
Take advantage of it.
But you've already mentioned, it
1324
01:17:11,900 --> 01:17:16,100
is a flawed back in and it kind
of shows, they do give up a lot
1325
01:17:16,100 --> 01:17:19,100
more passing yards, then rushing
yards.
1326
01:17:19,500 --> 01:17:22,600
So again, getting the Run game
going and getting them to have
1327
01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:25,000
to get into situations where
they're uncomfortable on the
1328
01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:26,600
back.
End is so cute.
1329
01:17:27,300 --> 01:17:29,900
Now our success on the back end
is predicated on getting
1330
01:17:29,900 --> 01:17:32,500
pressure on the quarterback.
They are not a great back-end
1331
01:17:32,500 --> 01:17:35,100
team.
So I think that's one of those
1332
01:17:35,100 --> 01:17:36,700
things where we talked about
Gala.
1333
01:17:37,100 --> 01:17:40,600
If you if we start getting Gallo
going and him a or Drake going
1334
01:17:40,600 --> 01:17:44,000
in the flats early and we're
picking up significant that
1335
01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:46,400
immediately is going to make the
safeties.
1336
01:17:47,200 --> 01:17:52,400
Both the probably the Bandit and
probably the the Rover got to
1337
01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:54,900
come up and if that's coming up
more and more, if they're trying
1338
01:17:54,900 --> 01:18:00,000
to come up to me, 50 the cat the
cat safety is calling her over
1339
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:04,800
for god sakes but if they're
coming up more and more than you
1340
01:18:04,800 --> 01:18:08,600
know, Guess what?
There's going to be Lanes to
1341
01:18:08,600 --> 01:18:11,200
throw down to those crossers.
We've been talking about some of
1342
01:18:11,200 --> 01:18:16,900
our better plays this year.
All right, last piece in this
1343
01:18:16,900 --> 01:18:21,900
this is just mind-blowing to me.
So West Virginia has given up
1344
01:18:21,900 --> 01:18:24,300
100 points this year in three
games.
1345
01:18:24,400 --> 01:18:27,200
So that means they're giving up
over 30 points a game.
1346
01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:33,400
The insane part is Brian.
They've given up 63 in Red Zone
1347
01:18:33,400 --> 01:18:38,000
trips.
They finished in the Red Zone 10
1348
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:42,400
times.
They've been scored on not times
1349
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:46,700
called by a touchdown.
I don't think that's good times.
1350
01:18:51,700 --> 01:18:54,400
Any of my Ferris Bueller fans
know the reference nine.
1351
01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:59,000
But seriously you know right now
work at we've been down there
1352
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:02,000
eight, we are converting 75% of
the time which you know, you
1353
01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:07,500
want more than that.
But to say that, you know, we
1354
01:19:07,500 --> 01:19:09,900
what was the thing, we just
talked about in The Walker game,
1355
01:19:09,900 --> 01:19:13,700
we didn't finish drives.
This is a team that just allows
1356
01:19:13,700 --> 01:19:15,800
teams to finish drive.
That seems at will if you get
1357
01:19:15,800 --> 01:19:22,100
inside the 20 yard line, Yeah,
it's one of those when we looked
1358
01:19:22,100 --> 01:19:27,000
at earlier with the the third
down, its kind of Unstoppable,
1359
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:28,500
Force against an immovable
object.
1360
01:19:28,500 --> 01:19:30,400
Now you've got the reverse of
that.
1361
01:19:30,700 --> 01:19:33,600
Exactly thing that's somewhat
struggling to finish drives
1362
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:36,600
against the team that does
nothing, but let teams finish
1363
01:19:36,600 --> 01:19:38,900
drives.
So, yeah, you got the, you've
1364
01:19:38,900 --> 01:19:42,200
got a team that does that
decides to trip up and fall down
1365
01:19:42,200 --> 01:19:44,200
in the team.
That does Au Lait and gets out
1366
01:19:44,200 --> 01:19:46,900
of the way you can go score that
touchdown.
1367
01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:52,000
So, they're kind of the keys to
what we're seeing with some of
1368
01:19:52,000 --> 01:19:56,900
the data, some of the players in
Brian, we have come, you know,
1369
01:19:56,900 --> 01:20:00,200
every week we've got to do this
and we met predictions beginning
1370
01:20:00,200 --> 01:20:02,800
of the season.
And now, it's time for this game
1371
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:06,000
prediction.
And since you left last week I
1372
01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:09,900
do get the honor this week sir.
And this one was tough me and
1373
01:20:09,900 --> 01:20:14,700
Brian we set about 30 minutes.
This afternoon had a phone call
1374
01:20:14,700 --> 01:20:16,800
just chatting a little bit of
everything about what we can go
1375
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:21,000
over tonight.
And all the data points.
1376
01:20:21,100 --> 01:20:27,000
Say it's going to be a good game
because of the contrarians of
1377
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:29,400
what's going on each side of the
team is going to be a good game
1378
01:20:29,400 --> 01:20:33,900
but it seems like everything
leans, West Virginia they've got
1379
01:20:33,900 --> 01:20:39,100
a okay defense versus where and
they got a really great offense
1380
01:20:39,100 --> 01:20:41,600
where we've got a great defense
statistical wise.
1381
01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:45,600
And I often say, it's not as bad
as last year y'all last year
1382
01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:47,500
were one of the three right now,
we're ranked.
1383
01:20:47,500 --> 01:20:50,000
A third.
So we've actually improved
1384
01:20:50,000 --> 01:20:54,600
offensively this year, whether
we know it or not But I kept
1385
01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:57,700
going back to thinking it's
Thursday night.
1386
01:20:58,300 --> 01:21:01,300
It's Lane, it's a sellout Justin
what's?
1387
01:21:01,300 --> 01:21:06,600
It's going to be in Okie colored
coveralls to get the chant
1388
01:21:06,600 --> 01:21:09,200
going?
And I think it's going to be one
1389
01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:12,700
or two big plays that completely
swing this game.
1390
01:21:13,900 --> 01:21:18,000
And for all those out there, if
you can take off Friday, if
1391
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:20,100
you're going to the game, you
better take off Friday because
1392
01:21:20,100 --> 01:21:22,600
you're not going to be any
condition to work if you are
1393
01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:25,800
working on Friday.
My condition is you need to call
1394
01:21:25,800 --> 01:21:28,500
somebody tomorrow and say you're
not working because I think this
1395
01:21:28,500 --> 01:21:31,500
is going to be a thriller to the
end in my prediction.
1396
01:21:32,500 --> 01:21:34,500
I'm going to stick with what I
had at the beginning of season.
1397
01:21:34,500 --> 01:21:37,300
I think the Hokies pull this one
out, I think it's a war and I
1398
01:21:37,308 --> 01:21:40,500
think the Hokies take it by
Point Thirty One Thirty.
1399
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:47,600
I like your optimism and we
actually have West Virginia
1400
01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:50,500
scoring the exact same amount of
points.
1401
01:21:51,700 --> 01:21:54,600
The problem is, I got the Hokies
only scoring 24 of them.
1402
01:21:56,400 --> 01:22:03,000
I've got this as a solid game
front to back.
1403
01:22:03,900 --> 01:22:07,000
We're in at the whole way.
We're slowing them down.
1404
01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:09,900
Just enough.
We give up three touchdowns.
1405
01:22:09,900 --> 01:22:15,600
We give up three field goals.
We still keep a good defensive
1406
01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:18,100
performance overall, but we
don't quite do enough and the
1407
01:22:18,108 --> 01:22:20,300
offense doesn't quite do enough
to get that W.
1408
01:22:21,100 --> 01:22:24,700
Bronze, basically, saying the
offense is not going to finish a
1409
01:22:24,708 --> 01:22:29,000
few times.
Yeah, I still I'm not fully
1410
01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:32,700
trusting this offensive line yet
and I think the communication
1411
01:22:32,700 --> 01:22:35,700
and the way that West Virginia
likes to the bring, the the
1412
01:22:35,700 --> 01:22:39,000
Blitz and the pressure from a
lot of different areas if that
1413
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:44,000
communication has not taken a
step since Wofford, Then that's
1414
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:46,500
going to be problematic.
And when you're trying to close
1415
01:22:46,500 --> 01:22:50,300
the game out, Anyway, you're
trying to come back.
1416
01:22:50,300 --> 01:22:53,000
You know, down one score trying
to finish out your going to be
1417
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:54,400
throwing the ball.
There's going to be that
1418
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:57,300
pressure and I'm just
questioning whether we can hold
1419
01:22:57,300 --> 01:23:00,400
up.
Alright, so there you go.
1420
01:23:00,500 --> 01:23:05,800
I got 3130 VT bronze.
Trying to be the realest of our
1421
01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:11,100
group saying, 3024 say I mean
it's weird Pig against each
1422
01:23:11,100 --> 01:23:12,900
other.
Sometimes it's what happens.
1423
01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:15,400
All right, Brian.
So let's flip it.
1424
01:23:15,400 --> 01:23:17,600
Let's look at our big screeners
this week.
1425
01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:20,500
What's going to be on your big
screen and some point in time
1426
01:23:20,500 --> 01:23:24,200
during the day?
Saturday, I've got Florida at
1427
01:23:24,200 --> 01:23:26,800
Tennessee, that's going to be my
big screener.
1428
01:23:28,900 --> 01:23:32,900
Tennis tendon.
Oh hey, man.
1429
01:23:32,900 --> 01:23:35,800
If we look at the, you know, the
guys that are showing out, I
1430
01:23:35,808 --> 01:23:39,300
mean, obviously, you know, we
got one starter we're playing
1431
01:23:39,300 --> 01:23:41,400
against this week that used to
be on the Hokies.
1432
01:23:41,400 --> 01:23:45,600
We've got another down in
Louisville started on that
1433
01:23:45,600 --> 01:23:47,700
offensive line.
We got Hendon tearing it up in
1434
01:23:47,700 --> 01:23:50,700
Tennessee that sees a Heisman
front-runner.
1435
01:23:50,700 --> 01:23:53,900
At this point tastes case
playing good over Kentucky.
1436
01:23:53,900 --> 01:23:57,100
Yeah.
It's a tough look, man.
1437
01:23:57,100 --> 01:24:02,100
It's a tough look.
But when when I look at that
1438
01:24:02,100 --> 01:24:06,400
one, Tennessee is actually a
10-point favorite here and
1439
01:24:06,400 --> 01:24:08,700
that's a little too rich for my
blood.
1440
01:24:09,500 --> 01:24:11,400
Okay.
So I'm going to take Florida in
1441
01:24:11,400 --> 01:24:17,100
the 10 but I think Tennessee
wins the game outright but I've
1442
01:24:17,100 --> 01:24:21,400
got Florida and that in the 10
points here that is a lot to
1443
01:24:21,400 --> 01:24:23,300
play.
Especially I mean Tennessee's
1444
01:24:23,300 --> 01:24:26,400
had very little success of the
floor over the last Decade heck
1445
01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:30,600
over the place full decade.
So that is a lot to lay in.
1446
01:24:30,900 --> 01:24:36,600
Again, they got up for Utah and
I think I think that's a sign
1447
01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:40,000
that now for me I'm going to
stay in the ACC.
1448
01:24:40,100 --> 01:24:44,800
It is probably the game that is
either going to in DJ ukeleles
1449
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:50,400
career or springboard him to
actually doing big things.
1450
01:24:50,600 --> 01:24:52,500
As Clemson.
Wake Forest is going to be a
1451
01:24:52,508 --> 01:24:54,200
high noon kick.
So I'm going to miss probably
1452
01:24:54,200 --> 01:24:57,700
about half of this game because
of Baseball, I'll come in, check
1453
01:24:57,700 --> 01:25:00,900
the second half, probably be
following on the phone while I'm
1454
01:25:00,900 --> 01:25:03,800
there.
I do think.
1455
01:25:03,800 --> 01:25:06,600
Clemson wins think Clemson's a
seven-and-a-half one favor.
1456
01:25:06,600 --> 01:25:09,200
I think Clemson wins out, right?
I'm not touching.
1457
01:25:09,200 --> 01:25:13,200
That spread that offense is that
offense is to anemic, in the
1458
01:25:13,200 --> 01:25:17,200
defense is too good.
I am going to say the under a 55
1459
01:25:17,200 --> 01:25:22,000
and a half, I think it's going
to be something like a 24:21
1460
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:25,300
game.
Maybe 2824, Clemson pulls it
1461
01:25:25,300 --> 01:25:28,800
out.
Not enough to cover but I think
1462
01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:30,300
that's going to be an
entertaining game.
1463
01:25:30,300 --> 01:25:32,700
There's actually a lot of
entertaining games.
1464
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:36,900
You know, I chose this one and
it was one more I think Saturday
1465
01:25:36,900 --> 01:25:40,700
night in Corvallis Oregon State
USC.
1466
01:25:41,100 --> 01:25:44,100
You said it to me, when we
talked earlier, this is a game,
1467
01:25:44,100 --> 01:25:48,400
we're going to know if Lincoln
Riley is for Real USC, in year 1
1468
01:25:48,900 --> 01:25:51,600
because that's a tough ass place
to play in Oregon, state has
1469
01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:56,800
been playing very good recently.
Yeah, I mean I think it's his
1470
01:25:56,800 --> 01:26:01,100
first big test.
I think we'll see if this is a
1471
01:26:01,108 --> 01:26:05,400
team that's ready to actually be
competitive and challenge for a
1472
01:26:05,400 --> 01:26:07,400
potential college football,
playoff spot.
1473
01:26:07,400 --> 01:26:10,800
Or if they're just a team that
has some talent, but it's still
1474
01:26:10,800 --> 01:26:13,900
a year or two away from making
that step.
1475
01:26:15,400 --> 01:26:17,600
When you look at that team,
though, they've got, they've got
1476
01:26:17,600 --> 01:26:20,900
the players.
Yeah, and you know, the question
1477
01:26:20,900 --> 01:26:26,600
is has Lincoln Riley, instilled,
that That winning culture enough
1478
01:26:26,900 --> 01:26:30,500
in such a short period of time
where things start to click when
1479
01:26:30,500 --> 01:26:34,000
it gets tough a little bit.
And so we think that there's
1480
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:35,500
going to be times where that
game.
1481
01:26:35,500 --> 01:26:37,500
It might be a might be tough for
a little bit.
1482
01:26:37,500 --> 01:26:39,700
We'll see how they react.
Yep.
1483
01:26:39,700 --> 01:26:44,000
Because because Oregon state
scored over 30 every game.
1484
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:47,800
This year they did have a would
present of State in which, you
1485
01:26:47,800 --> 01:26:50,200
know, everybody will say.
Well, if we look at the common
1486
01:26:50,200 --> 01:26:54,700
opponent, Fresno State.
USC won by 21.
1487
01:26:55,200 --> 01:27:00,200
I listen to a podcast San
Francisco, Niners podcast s in
1488
01:27:00,200 --> 01:27:02,500
one of the guys went to Fresno.
So he pays super attention to
1489
01:27:02,500 --> 01:27:06,200
them and like their best player.
Went down early, like early
1490
01:27:06,200 --> 01:27:10,700
first half, so we didn't really
get a reflection of Fresno State
1491
01:27:10,700 --> 01:27:13,900
vs USC.
So I'll probably be up till 1:00
1492
01:27:13,900 --> 01:27:15,300
in the morning.
Saturday, I'm just going to go
1493
01:27:15,300 --> 01:27:18,500
ahead and booked into 9:30.
Kick have a couple late
1494
01:27:18,500 --> 01:27:22,400
cocktails and some whatever's
left over in the fridge.
1495
01:27:23,700 --> 01:27:26,200
Remember to tell everybody
though, that the transitive
1496
01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:29,600
property does not exist in
college football, so you can
1497
01:27:29,600 --> 01:27:31,600
look common opponent.
All you want to with that
1498
01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:34,000
doesn't mean shit.
It don't mean shit.
1499
01:27:34,300 --> 01:27:38,100
It don't mean.
Shit in its wild in, I think the
1500
01:27:38,100 --> 01:27:40,500
last few weekends with some of
these games and some of the
1501
01:27:40,500 --> 01:27:47,300
finishes have just been Perfect.
It's why we love Sundays to
1502
01:27:47,300 --> 01:27:49,200
don't get us wrong.
We love Sundays.
1503
01:27:49,200 --> 01:27:52,700
We have our team's Brian is
currently wanted to go well
1504
01:27:52,700 --> 01:27:55,900
probably kill someone who wanted
to kill 15 years ago but I mean
1505
01:27:55,900 --> 01:28:02,600
when I can run but accurate
accurate but but Saturday's is
1506
01:28:02,600 --> 01:28:05,300
where we live.
It's it's I think when you're
1507
01:28:05,300 --> 01:28:09,100
when you grow up in the South
it's just it's just a little
1508
01:28:09,100 --> 01:28:12,100
different on Saturdays and, you
know, Brian, you went to us
1509
01:28:12,100 --> 01:28:13,800
successful deep.
Three school.
1510
01:28:13,800 --> 01:28:18,400
Where even though at 1,200
people on campus, Saturday's
1511
01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:22,400
were wild on Hampton cities
campus during a football game,
1512
01:28:22,800 --> 01:28:25,700
so it's a little different
Force.
1513
01:28:26,500 --> 01:28:29,700
Alright?
Alright, be quiet.
1514
01:28:29,700 --> 01:28:34,300
Robbie that, that was one time
after one too, many drinks.
1515
01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:46,400
No comment.
Never let anything breaking over
1516
01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:47,500
the last little while we've
been.
1517
01:28:47,500 --> 01:28:49,200
All right at 90 minutes,
brother.
1518
01:28:49,600 --> 01:28:51,700
I think we're good.
But all right.
1519
01:28:51,700 --> 01:28:54,200
Well, that's going to wrap up
this episode of The Boundary
1520
01:28:54,200 --> 01:28:56,200
Corner podcast.
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1521
01:28:56,700 --> 01:28:59,600
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01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:01,900
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1535
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1537
01:29:51,200 --> 01:29:53,900
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1538
01:29:53,900 --> 01:29:57,500
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1539
01:29:57,800 --> 01:30:00,300
Let's go okey.
00:00:45,300 --> 00:00:52,500
Welcome back, corner podcast.
My name is Curtis Wilson, I'm
2
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Brian seagull buddy, we're back
on a Tuesday, its West, Virginia
3
00:00:55,700 --> 00:00:59,200
hate week.
Hey let's get heyo and man.
4
00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:04,200
Hey hey tweek part 1 of the
Season West Virginia weak man.
5
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And man, we got a lot to uncover
tonight but God, it's it did in
6
00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,800
two nights.
It's Thursday night in Lane
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Stadium, Thursday night,
Thursday night, the place where
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Thursday Night Football
originated and people knew it
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could be something big.
And I think it's the 26th
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anniversary, something like
that.
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This year of, actually playing
West Virginia, on the Thursday
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night, I know where it like 20,
where year 22 from One of the
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nastiest games ever in the
series.
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When Andre Davis wants to fuck
off for three touchdowns and way
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Ward killed, a kid on that punt
return.
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It's still in probably every
single person watching tonight
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or listening has seen that play
but if you're not you hokey fan
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or a young hokey fan, go to stop
pop, press pause or step away
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from the live stream.
Go to YouTube Type in Wing,
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Ward, Virginia Tech.
And let it do the search.
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Nothing but fire, buddy, you
doing I'm doing good man.
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I'm doing good.
It was a, it's been a good week,
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so far.
Been got some work done today.
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Got to do a little segment on on
a wad radio today, with Adam
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Epstein radio 910 here in the
r-va, the best Sports
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Programming in the RV, a, if you
did.
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Then catch my man.
Sigler out here 2 p.m. can check
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in for a quick hit.
There was awesome second hit
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there, right.
I went, I went through and I I
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was I was cleaning everything up
there.
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We had the, I think the J mu
beat writer was on there first
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and then we had the, the 24/7
writer for UVA was in the middle
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slot there.
So, Yeah, I kind of felt I kind
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of finish things off there for
that segment.
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Very nice.
Very nice.
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Well y'all like we've said at
the beginning, this is West
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Virginia, it is hate week but
before we get into know, the
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enemy of West Virginia.
We've got to recap, what
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happened?
Last weekend, lot of things went
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on before, and during that game,
the Hokies take a win over
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Wofford 6:33, Hokies go to two
and one slightly off our
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predictions slightly off, we're
about 20 points short, on each
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side.
But nonetheless, a win, is a win
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in this situation.
And before we get into the
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actual game itself, let's talk
about the injuries in game and
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before the game, you know, you
had three key starters, not even
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playing, and Keshawn King, Colin
garbett, and Josh fuga.
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And Brian, when you saw on
didn't see, or when you heard
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saw that, those guys weren't
playing, did it?
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Did it hurt your gutter?
Was it more of a We can win
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without them today.
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I mean I know we alluded to it a
little bit last week when we
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were doing the the preview
episode, I was going to be fine.
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If King and Caleb Smith, both
sat this one out.
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We need them more this week than
we needed them against against
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Wofford.
Obviously, Caleb Smith played,
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got a little banged up on a deep
ball kind of late in that second
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quarter, but we had quiche Shaun
King out.
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We had Taiwan garbage out, Josh
fuga, sat I'm okay with that.
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Like I said that, that's, that's
a setup where you're going to
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need those guys.
For this stretch, we've got
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coming up, so not just West
Virginia, but the entire October
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stretch, which is probably the
most difficult section of this
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schedule this year, having those
guys as fresh as we can have
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them for that for that push.
I think it's going to be more
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important than whatever they
could have given us against
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Wofford.
So after it moved by the
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coaching staff and unfortunately
As I said, Smith got banged up
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mid game seems to be.
All right.
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As has been practicing so far
this week.
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Same story with Silas Zante went
down but apparently could have
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went back in but precautionary
just kept him out again.
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It was Wofford game was in hand.
Yeah, I need to push it.
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Anyone that got nicked mid game
with where that's for, was when
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it was basically, they weren't
able to do anything offensive ly
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other than get a little first
down and then essentially You
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either get a sack or tackle for
loss.
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Nobody was going back in the
game as far as king garbett and
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food go.
You already hit the nail on the
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head, you don't play them this
game.
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Now could that score had been
potentially uglier with King in
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the game?
Yeah.
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And does the offense?
Maybe need confidence.
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Maybe.
Yeah.
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But on the other hand, he's Sean
King.
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Is the game breaker on that
offensive for he and Caleb Smith
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and like you said, even without
you would have been found Caleb
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not playing, which I think was
still resulted in a Hokies win.
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Caleb.
Slightly Nick than the
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immediately pull them.
Is it one of those you could win
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back in probably but it's one of
those weeks to wear if you're
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hearing about these guys
injuries and West Virginia was
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last Saturday I think every
single one of them would have
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been on the field.
I think Caleb would have came
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back.
I think Silas would came back.
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I think it's showing roster
management that sometimes a
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little Nick you don't need a guy
to go back in games in hand,
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let's move on.
Yeah, with Caleb it seems like
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it's like a rib issue, which
those things can linger.
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We know that.
That's pain tolerance.
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Oh, right, let laying out for
that, that, uh, that, that deep
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ball I think is what kind of
probably triggered that for him
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and it's pain tolerance, but at
the same time, if it's one of
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those lingering things and you
feel like you can take care of
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things without him sit him down.
He came out, he went back and
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when he came out in the second
half, he wasn't wearing any
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pads, he was just in the Jersey.
So he knew his they was over.
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We at that point, we were
handling them very much seem
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like Unless something
drastically changed in the the
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trajectory of the game that was
going to be in hand at halftime.
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You know, we came out, didn't
play as well in the second half
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as I was hoping.
But, you know, again, as you
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said, a wins a win.
Yeah, exactly.
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Exactly.
All right, let's kind of take a
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quick high level overview of
some things.
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You wanted to see last week,
Brian.
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I think we did see a few of
these things.
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The first is you said you wanted
to get away from the
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predictable, play calls the
predictable Run play calls.
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Early and drives.
And I think from what I saw
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watching the game and getting
in, we saw a lot more passes, a
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lot more quick plays on first
down in the ball, in the air,
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versus running the ball.
Yeah, they definitely were
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hitting more of those passes in
early Downs.
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That I think that helped get the
offense in a little bit more
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Rhythm.
We still didn't finish as many
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drives, as I would have wanted
to go against that defense.
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And I think that's Stills.
You know, that's where we're
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still a work in progress, with
the with finishing drives and
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closing out drives, we had the
you know, the Miss block on the
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on the 4th and 1 on the first
drive, after you had some
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productive plays before that,
that got us in a pretty good
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position there.
To get some points.
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Then you had a couple others
where, you know, one thing here,
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one thing they're killed killed
a drive when you cross the 50s
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so that means there were still
some points left on the field
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there that I feel like yeah.
If we can clean some things up
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you know that's going to be a
little bit better.
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Looking number than I think we
ended up with on Saturday.
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Yeah probably somewhere between
seven and ten more points
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probably somewhere closer to 40.
Like we thought it would be.
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But that that fourth and short
play Early eight.
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Okay, it's often off-tackle play
and I told you like if you're
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going to put Jalen Holston there
I absolutely hate that play call
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for him.
He does not have that sort of
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quick kick to get there if the
play isn't blocked perfectly and
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like I like you've been telling
me so many times.
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If certain plays aren't blocked
perfectly you will lose in that
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case it wasn't in that case we
lost and you know print fry who
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right there seemed very
aggressive similar to the PC
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game.
Did not pay off.
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Now comes back later.
We have a fourth and short.
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He tends to go a little more
passive and I think something me
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and you've talked about a couple
times not only on here, but just
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in passing conversation.
It seems like Brent ply.
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Is he looks at the data in the
statistical points of what you
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should and shouldn't do.
But then he consensually plays
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it by gut because there are
times where you're like, oh he's
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going to go for here.
He kicks the field goal.
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There are times like take the
points, he goes for it.
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So it's like to me it's a, he's
kind of finding his rhythm as a
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head coach of wendigo when to
push and when not to push and
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right now it's kind of been a
healthy balance thus far in the
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season.
Yeah.
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You wouldn't call them
aggressive, you wouldn't call
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him passive.
It's definitely situational and
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I think it's relative to game
Flow.
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I think it's relative to where
we are on the scoreboard.
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I think that's the big thing
that we're looking at.
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At this point is that he is,
Aggressive.
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I feel like when he needs to be
or when he feels like it's to
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his advantage and then plays it
more statistical when it's
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something that, you know, could
be advantageous to punt.
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Keep us keep the field position.
When the game is a little
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tighter, when things are a
little still in the balance.
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So I like the mix there so far.
Most of the times that he's roll
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the dice, I would have rolled
the dice, and most of the times
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when he's punted, I would have
punished.
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So, Have any big problems with
what I've seen on that front.
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I probably would have went I'd
probably would have been a
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little more aggressive not
necessarily this Saturday but
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overall then he's been so far.
But again that's why he's got
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the money and I don't armchair I
can be a lot more aggressive
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than he cans and because he's
the one that's got to go to the
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podium and answer for it.
Absolutely.
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Now the other thing I want to
get your take on this from, you
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know, playing at a Collegiate
level.
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Do you feel like that we played
down Saturday, or did it feel
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more like a controlled?
We're going to win this game?
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There's no need to press.
There's no need to go
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outrageous.
They aren't as good as us
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because I want to get your take
on that.
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Yeah, I think the big thing for
for that is that I wouldn't say
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we played down to the
competition.
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I think that there were times
where we were not as effective.
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As we want to be that some
execution wasn't there and that
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took points off the board.
I mean I you know, when you say
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play down I don't think there
was one of those things where we
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got pushed around where we look
like, it wasn't a Richmond game
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if we want to put it that way,
from a couple years back, you
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know, we didn't, we didn't feel
like we were almost out matched
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or evenly matched in that game.
We definitely could do the
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things that we wanted to do.
We just didn't always execute as
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Crisply as we could, or should
have against the level of
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Tolerance?
Absolutely.
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Well, that's kind of what I
wanted to hear.
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That's kind of, was my fault
with never felt like down, it
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never felt like the last couple
years where there were teams you
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feel really felt better than and
you felt nervous getting into
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the quarter.
You felt like, from Jump Street,
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we move the ball, we got
aggressive, we didn't take the
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points.
The next time we took the
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points, they the defense had
everything under control.
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So yeah.
Alright, let's take a look.
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Look at the offense just kind of
chitchat about a few things here
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and there.
And then we'll look at DNA
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before we before we jump in
there.
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We got a little question here
from Clark I what's your
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favorite piece of memorabilia
and your case behind y'all.
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All right so mine is not even
hung up at the moment.
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I have she rearranged the room
last week Clark I have a
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lithograph hand-drawn copy of
Lane stadium in the snow.
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I Clark hit me up on Twitter.
I can tell you exactly who did
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it.
Was someone that lives down in
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the Southwest?
Virginia area gave it to a
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friend of mine.
And and that friend gave it to
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me of my birthday present this
year.
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So soon, I'm hoping right about
there where you see the golf
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club and the guitar, right above
the VT blankie.
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That's where I'm going to try to
get it.
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I've got to find the brain
because it's an offered frame,
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but you see probably my favorite
is going to be the the pendant
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The Shield right behind me here
in the corners a little dark you
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can't see it but it's just
actually sorry over here right
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here.
Yes, it's yeah, that there is
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signed by Darryl Tapp himself so
that's probably the the one that
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I covet the most Darryl.
Tapp one of my favorite all-time
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Hokies probably easily in the
top three for me and got that.
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I'm trying to remember when it
was Determine what game it was
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that.
It was spring game.
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I want to say 2004.
Okay.
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Okay, so while we were young
kids, while we were kids.
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Yeah.
Oh man.
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That one.
That one goes way, back.
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That one goes way back way back.
Absolutely.
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I hope to have this hung up
soon.
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I've also got here on my left.
I've had a couple times, you see
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it?
I've got the, the map of
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Virginia in a would cast with
all the counties outlined in the
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BT.
Crying the middle of it.
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That's probably number two
favorite as well as my plethora
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of hockey game cups.
So yeah, we've got quite a few
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things and actually I'm looking
over here, I've got both of the
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I've got both of the beer mugs
out from hardihood not now so
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it's pretty pretty sweet.
Oh, all righty.
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All right, so let's Now flip it.
All some question clock, we
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appreciate that.
We appreciate all you guys out
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there in the chat.
We see you tonight.
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Lowcountry Brian Cox Clark
Robbie.
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Matt appreciate you guys
listening and watching tonight.
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Let's talk about the offense for
on something.
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You said last week, we needed to
happen.
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Is we needed to see something go
on with the wide receiver
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running?
Man, did we see it from two guys
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this week?
Yeah.
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Jaden blue and Christian Moss
big big days for the Hokies blue
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getting in the end zone.
Making a couple NFL caliber
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catches especially that one kind
of down the seam between two
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Defenders, elevating making the
catch, bringing it down, moving
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the chains, there and Moss.
A lot of stick moving routes a
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lot of possessions Type type,
type things early on in the game
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to get him going, he was really
probably the standout player in
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the first quarter.
When we were kind of a little
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under unsteady as we kind of got
our footing, you heading into
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the second quarter.
They're absolutely.
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And for blew it couldn't happen
to a better individual
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everything he's went through to
not only have a good game but to
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catch a touchdown pass and to
just feel like kind of the
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weight because we've been here
and he's been nicked and then
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he's been trying to come.
Seen in play but we haven't seen
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it.
Develop on the field.
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Clearly developing on the field
last Saturday and then Chris
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Moss.
We heard his name several times
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in the fall camp and was it one
of those was it just noise at
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coaches are trying to talk
somebody up and get somebody
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moving and this game we saw it
and he had the one miss though,
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the Oneness on the comeback
which was if he catches the ball
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the guy fell down behind him.
He's probably dead to rights in
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the end zone so I'm sure they're
probably going to be working on
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some come back.
Drills this week, like secure
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the ball first, secure the ball.
First, somebody else, what about
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Gallo getting back to the game.
One type production.
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I mean he did very little
against BC and I mean to say we
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win that game with him to a
little production is kind of
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unbelievable and now getting him
back in and it's pretty awesome.
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And yeah we kind of talked about
it last week where it seemed
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like BC was big-time keying on
those short flat routes to the
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tight ends.
We We had it heavy in the
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rotation against ODU.
They were jumping on pretty
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quick.
I think just with some of the
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different Personnel.
We had some different play,
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caller different play calls this
week that got a little bit more
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spacing in that kind of second
level of the defense.
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I think that helped Gallo get
get open on a more regular
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basis.
And I think that'll that'll bode
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well.
We'll see it.
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We'll see if we can keep that up
against West Virginia this week.
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And then it returned a Jalen
Jones, man.
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I mean only one catch but that
was a pretty sweet catchy made
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and looks like he's starting to
get his Groove.
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I know it was later in the game
but again, just get him on the
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field.
Getting those reps.
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Obviously ran more than just the
one Rowdy caught but the wide
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receiver room with Caleb with
Gosnell, you know, with Lofton
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and now with blue and Moss, sort
of making an impact, it's the
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depth of slowly.
Building.
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It's taken three games to get
more than three deep and I'm
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missing somebody there because
Brian had the none of that was
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the six we talked about, right?
We talked about in the other
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six, we talked about earlier in
the season, so getting that
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there's really good.
And I know, God knows becoming a
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steady Eddie God knows catching
like three or four passes the
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game.
I think he's went one, two,
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three but every time it's like a
big first down catch and it's
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moving the ball down the field,
which is Really key.
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Yeah and when we got the depth
chart this week, for the West
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Virginia game, we were looking
at it.
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We were like okay well this
depth chart for the wide
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receivers finally looks like
what we thought it was going to
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look like in Fall Camp.
Right?
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We got you got blue and Smith on
the outside.
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You got Lofton in the slot and
then backing them up.
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You've got now, moss and Jones
outside with with Gosnell on the
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slot.
It's kind of what we thought
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this was going to look like from
Jump Street and you know,
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heading into a big game like
Like West Virginia, that's kind
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of, you know, a good a good
Comfort note to kind of feel
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like, you know, the wide
receiver room is finally
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starting to starting to take
some shape here and you know,
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talk about Jalen Jones.
Yeah.
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He got the catch what impressed
me was that, that yak that the
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yards after the catch.
And and how he runs with the
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ball in his hand, he kind of
runs with purpose.
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It reminds me a lot of it.
This is not a comparison in
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terms of ability with this is a
As in terms of what it reminded,
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me of just seemed on the field.
Anquan Boldin, right?
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Yeah.
Uh, okay.
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He like Angry resentful wide
receiver.
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Yeah.
Possessed.
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Like don't get in the man's way.
You are going to feel it.
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So yeah, again, that room is
slowly developing in.
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You wish it was quicker but, you
know, hopefully better now than
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ever.
And now talking about never,
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let's talk about the Well,
because we still saw some
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struggles.
Their first question, I want to
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ask for, we get into your grades
and dog house and a couple other
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things.
When you saw Gwen Moore went
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down early and you saw shit come
in.
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Did that shock?
You and then when Silas went
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down and he came back out, give
me some stuff on Bob shit
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because I mean I think they're
me and you're expecting.
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Okay, here's your chance to put
the other more brother in or
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potentially Chaplin.
Yeah, it was interesting seeing
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Bob, stick out there, but I
think we're probably at a point
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where, when we look at the the
other players that could go in.
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I wonder if more and chaplain
are deep enough in the Playbook,
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or comfortable enough with the
Playbook.
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We're Rudolph.
Feels like he can lean on them
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and extended periods.
Okay?
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Or periods.
Where we're not, you know, game
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game isn't fully in hand.
That's my that's my thought at
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this point.
As far as why they didn't get in
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but he talked about it a little
bit too is that that unit still
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trying to gel when you're trying
to jail you probably lean on the
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guy that's had Had the more work
the more experienced shit got in
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there, held up pretty good.
I've got no real major notes on
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on how he did there.
I think it was a solid outing
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for him, nothing super
impressive but you know
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sometimes at all an offensive
lineman has to do is be
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anonymous and good thing.
If you don't know the in sik and
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less, unless you were looking
for him sik, was mostly
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Anonymous.
So that's, that's about as good
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as he could do.
I think in that type of sub n
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Roll for First, big game that
might be the best.
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That's the quote of the day
right there.
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That if you're an offensive,
lineman remain anonymous and
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it's a thousand percent.
Correct.
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Because if you don't know the
name essentially, nobody's
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getting hit and nothing's
getting blown up and sometimes
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that's all you need to win
football games, right?
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I mean and you kind of mentioned
it in Lebron was alluding to was
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coach prize comment after the
game of, somebody asked him
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might have been any better like
you know why didn't the younger
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guys play?
And he's like, you know, Joe
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Rudolph.
Big thing is getting this first.
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Unit to gel together and it's
not happened yet.
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And the question is, let me ask
you, this is, does it come a
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point in time where if they
aren't gelling?
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Rudolph makes a move where it's
like, okay, I've got to figure
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out why we're not gelling and
I've got to move someone out.
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Yeah, I think he's going to get
to that point.
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I don't think he wants to.
I think he knows that in terms
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of ability, these are his best
five at the positions that
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they're Playing.
But at some point, if it's not
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working you got to, you got to
do some mix and match and I
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don't think we're at that point
yet.
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But okay, you know, I think
we're getting to a point where
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if we don't see some progress
the next couple weeks, then
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that's going to be probably
where he starts making some
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moves.
But I mean, the grade for this
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week is honestly a day,
communication is still a big
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problem for this unit.
I don't think they necessarily
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The Sara Lee impose, their will
against a team that has subpart
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talent and some of that was
because of missed assignments
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miscommunication with
assignments miscommunication
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with blitz pickups, you know, on
that fourth down.
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I don't know whose
responsibility was because I
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don't have the play call, but it
looked to me like Silas and
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Jesse blocked the same Defender
and there, and there wasn't that
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that's not a situation where
they're working to the next
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level.
Those are going to be cut off
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blocks.
It's a backside play.
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There's not going to be anything
too, intricate there.
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They should be blocking the same
down linemen and letting one go
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completely free into the
backfield.
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The only other option there is
maybe that was drinks guy, but
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Drake had a cut-off on a guy
that was the outside linebacker.
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So it looked like that was
probably some sort of
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miscommunication on the
offensive line part there and we
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saw that a lot throughout the
game.
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There was, there was some
sometimes stuff on the inside
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where I should have been working
to the next level and kind of
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just hung around on a combo
block.
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These are things that take plays
that could be, you know, five to
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six yard gainers, 8-yard gainers
and turn them into one or two.
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And that's the big problem we've
had is it still on those early
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Downs, were not productive
enough where we're giving the
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offense a chance to be in those
second and manageable and third
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and short situations
consistently enough even against
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a sub Park opponent like
Wofford.
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All right, and And Brawn, I
think we probably can.
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All guess who's in the dog house
this week but go ahead.
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Tell us who's in the dog house
this week.
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We're putting Parker Clements in
the in the dog house this week.
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Not a good day.
Overall run blocking and pass
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blocking.
I was looking at PFF grades
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somehow.
Grant Wells has a higher PFF
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grade in pass Pro.
Then Parker Clements Not good.
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Not great.
Bob migrated.
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All right, let's move off the
offensive line and you know,
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hopefully that is improved this
week because I think it has to
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be and let's talk about
quarterback, play in general and
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let's talk about, you know,
Grant Wells obviously definitely
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his best game is a hokey maybe
one of his better games as a
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college quarterback, you know,
over 300 314 in the air. 74
456
00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:26,700
percent complete.
Ian percentage two touchdowns no
457
00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:31,200
picks and kind of looking you
text.
458
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,100
What did you text me about what
you saw him doing?
459
00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:38,600
It was going through his
progressions.
460
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:39,800
Got better.
That's it.
461
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:43,800
Sorry, we pray for your good.
Yeah, he was going through
462
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,400
progressions, a lot better this
week in the.
463
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:50,100
Again some of that can be
chalked up to a step down in
464
00:26:50,100 --> 00:26:55,000
competition level, but it still
was his most consistent Day by
465
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,300
far.
I'll take seventy four percent
466
00:26:57,300 --> 00:27:02,800
completion, all day, every day,
especially since there's only a
467
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,700
couple out there that were truly
badly thrown Balls by him.
468
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:11,500
Yeah, and only one really bowl.
That was kind of put In Harm's
469
00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:15,200
Way the whole day.
So that was early with it, that
470
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,800
cover to ball.
He kind of tried to fit in.
471
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,200
I don't think it was caught but
it was it was one of those you
472
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:22,800
go.
Oh no.
473
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,200
Okay yep.
Yep.
474
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:31,800
He left it a little bit lower
than you wanted to little bit
475
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,100
lower.
Maybe put a little bit more air
476
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:34,800
on it.
Get it.
477
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,900
Get a little bit closer to the
sideline a little bit.
478
00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:37,900
Deeper.
Yep.
479
00:27:37,900 --> 00:27:42,000
Yeah, so it was close but that
was the really only close call
480
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:48,100
all day and I think you took
care of the football well and he
481
00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,400
saw the feel a little bit
better.
482
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:53,000
He still occasionally will stare
down, his primary route, kind of
483
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,500
out the gate of the snap and
that's something that I think he
484
00:27:55,500 --> 00:28:02,700
needs to work on but You know, I
give him a solid b-plus on the
485
00:28:02,700 --> 00:28:08,400
day, you know, not a whole lot
of big critiques for him.
486
00:28:08,900 --> 00:28:11,500
I know a couple couple folks
were killing him on the timeline
487
00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:16,300
but I mean these are things that
we're going to have to kind of
488
00:28:16,300 --> 00:28:18,100
massage as we go throughout the
year.
489
00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:21,500
You have to live with it.
It's what it is.
490
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:24,200
You have to live with what he is
and I mean I know Jason Brown
491
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,400
did get some run near the end of
the game which to me is good.
492
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,700
Getting the backup quarterback
involved just in live game
493
00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:33,000
action.
Where you has rough sea?
494
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,000
Made a few throw pillows, it's
good to have on tape.
495
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,100
It's good to talk to.
So I was very glad to see that.
496
00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:42,700
Now one room that you know, I
don't know if you put this on
497
00:28:42,700 --> 00:28:45,000
the offensive line with the
running back, room did not have
498
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000
a good day.
Three point.
499
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,000
Three yards a carry.
We didn't have King, which me,
500
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:51,900
and you've already looted.
Tube that's fine.
501
00:28:54,700 --> 00:28:56,700
David Halston had an okay day
chance flag.
502
00:28:56,700 --> 00:28:58,500
Probably probably, maybe the
worst.
503
00:28:58,500 --> 00:29:02,800
He's looked this year.
Maybe trying to, maybe he was
504
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:06,500
one of the guys that was trying
to press to improve trust.
505
00:29:06,500 --> 00:29:13,000
Press to impress, the coaching
staff and you know, but lo and
506
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:18,300
behold we think it's man, this
is what I running back room is
507
00:29:18,300 --> 00:29:21,300
you know, Christ you comes out
in the Can have and I know that
508
00:29:21,300 --> 00:29:24,400
that time game was in hand we
had warned them down a little
509
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,200
bit but you what was your take
on Bryce?
510
00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:32,700
Do today Ryan, I mean I think
you had a good day.
511
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:36,900
We showed Some solid Vision,
good burst in the hole.
512
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,900
My thing was that he ran through
contact to finish the run.
513
00:29:41,900 --> 00:29:45,700
That that's a big thing for me.
So he showed that and then
514
00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,000
obviously you showed his ability
in the passing game with that
515
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,900
wheel route that he took for a
touchdown.
516
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:52,800
Wells, put it right right in the
basket there.
517
00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:58,100
And you know, made a big catch,
you know, not quite full
518
00:29:58,100 --> 00:30:02,900
extension but you know had his
arms out, cradled it in there,
519
00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:05,500
took it to the house, I like
that.
520
00:30:06,500 --> 00:30:08,800
When we look at King being out,
we knew that there was going to
521
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,100
be probably be some sort of step
back in terms of production
522
00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:19,700
level from this room on the day.
And we got that And I think, you
523
00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:23,600
know Holston at this point I
mean, I know he's been banged up
524
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:25,900
but more or less, he is what he
is.
525
00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:29,300
And he's a guy that's going to
be able to get you some some
526
00:30:29,300 --> 00:30:32,800
hard running yards but he's not
going to break a bunch of big
527
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,900
plays.
He's just not that type of back
528
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,000
and I think you were right when
you talked about chance black
529
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:41,500
pressing a little bit.
I think there were times where
530
00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:45,000
you know, a little bit more
patience, maybe would have paid
531
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:50,300
off for him.
But I think he was trying to one
532
00:30:50,300 --> 00:30:55,100
of those were hit the home run
to early in the in the snap and
533
00:30:55,100 --> 00:30:59,100
you ended up blocks, didn't
develop things weren't there and
534
00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:02,600
now you're getting to one or two
yard gain instead of you know
535
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:03,800
what could potentially been a
modest.
536
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:07,900
But solid gain when you're
trying to hit the hole hard and
537
00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:09,500
break to the second level too
quick.
538
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,600
Absolutely, the one thing about
due to, I know you talked about
539
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:14,600
running through contact,
obviously showing his hands has
540
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:21,100
when he saw it, he went When he
saw the lane, he went there was
541
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,200
and that I know you talked about
the vision you've got to have
542
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,800
good Vision, but even there some
guys that have really good
543
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,500
Vision that essentially tend to
wait and they're trying to make
544
00:31:30,500 --> 00:31:32,600
the perfect whole happen in his
case.
545
00:31:33,300 --> 00:31:36,300
I know one was like a five yard
run and it was like going to the
546
00:31:36,300 --> 00:31:39,000
left side of the line and he saw
it and just cut it in and got
547
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,900
four.
And like you said, he ran
548
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:45,600
through the contact to me that
decision, making right to me as
549
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,800
a running back, having the great
vision but Guys who decide to
550
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,000
say, I'm cutting it right here,
I'm going to hit the hole and I
551
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:55,500
go back, and I think the Jalen
Holston run, we pointed out at
552
00:31:55,500 --> 00:31:59,400
BC, where that left side of line
had it sealed and he was kind of
553
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,400
waiting there.
The linebackers coming in the
554
00:32:02,408 --> 00:32:06,100
whole meet him because he
doesn't tackle you and you get
555
00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,200
through him.
There's a lot of green are in
556
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,300
front of units that
decision-making saying, I've got
557
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:15,700
to go now and again, when you
see a guy have it that that kind
558
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:18,600
of gets you pumped up.
All right, let's flip over to
559
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,500
defense for a couple minutes
here and let's just talk about
560
00:32:22,500 --> 00:32:25,600
it.
I mean they held offered under
561
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,200
200 yards but it seemed very
unspectacular.
562
00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:32,000
It wasn't like, you know, man.
Of amount of sex.
563
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:37,200
We had a significant amount of
tackles for losses, but I think
564
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:45,000
something we noticed is we saw
very heavy rotation of a lot of
565
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,000
different players throughout the
game.
566
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,100
Not just at the end when it was
primary, just younger guys.
567
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,500
All throughout the game.
There were times where Keyshawn
568
00:32:54,500 --> 00:32:57,200
artist played like three Series
in a row and we didn't see Dax
569
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,200
at all.
Yeah, there were long periods of
570
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,600
the, the second line being in
the game throughout throughout
571
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:06,400
the game.
It wasn't just, as you said,
572
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:08,100
sprinkled into the third or
fourth quarter.
573
00:33:08,100 --> 00:33:13,100
When the game was in hand, we
saw a heavy rotation and that's
574
00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:16,000
taking to account that we had to
starting defensive lineman
575
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:17,600
already out.
So we were already a little bit
576
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:23,700
into the depth chart by default
there but we saw, you know, DJ
577
00:33:23,700 --> 00:33:26,200
Harvey get a lot of run this
week even more.
578
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:32,500
So than last week we saw A lot
more Bri on Murray on the field
579
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:37,200
than we saw the last week and we
saw those safeties.
580
00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:41,700
And in Sam backers, get
irritated a lot more to.
581
00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:45,600
So we there was a heavy dose.
We saw, you know, Lawson got in
582
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,500
there, we saw a lot more Keller
this week.
583
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,200
It was a it was a really heavy
rotation across the board and,
584
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,400
you know, you say 200 yards
under 200, but it was very
585
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:02,200
unspectacular, there were first
down here, first down there,
586
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,700
then they punt.
First out there wasn't a ton of
587
00:34:04,700 --> 00:34:08,800
three announce it wasn't a ton
of like abject domination.
588
00:34:09,100 --> 00:34:12,300
Yeah, we're you know, pushing
them into it like several, you
589
00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:15,500
know, third and 15 in longer
situations.
590
00:34:16,699 --> 00:34:20,100
It was very much, a two yards,
three Yards.
591
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,300
No yards punt.
You know, first down three
592
00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:27,900
yards, three yards, no yards.
Like there were a lot of those
593
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:32,100
type of drives where they get a
get a first down here, get a few
594
00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:33,800
yards and they punt it back to
us.
595
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:38,400
So and I think some of that was
by Design, not necessarily just
596
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:43,800
because we had some of the
younger guys in or guys that are
597
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,699
less experienced.
But I think some of that had to
598
00:34:45,699 --> 00:34:50,300
do with how we were playing them
and Anjali, how we were playing
599
00:34:50,300 --> 00:34:53,199
them in preparation for what
we're about to see this week?
600
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,100
Yeah, I was going to ask you
that.
601
00:34:55,100 --> 00:34:56,699
Let's look at defensive back
room.
602
00:34:56,699 --> 00:34:59,500
Real quick.
We allowed 70% completions,
603
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,100
including DJ hard.
Let a big one.
604
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:05,100
Go downfield.
But when you looked at the tape,
605
00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:09,000
how are we playing?
Because it felt to me, we were
606
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,900
playing off a ton and we weren't
pressing any, it was a lot more
607
00:35:12,900 --> 00:35:15,500
read, react this week and a lot
less blitzing.
608
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:17,800
I mean, we talked about it last
week.
609
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:22,000
This is more of a West Coast
type spread very similar to what
610
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,200
they're going to be doing with
the air raid with with West
611
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,400
Virginia, which we're going to
preview here in a little bit.
612
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,000
I think they were kind of
getting them set up for that.
613
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:35,400
More of a read, react type,
secondary approach, you know,
614
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,900
there's not going to be a ton of
getting in these guys faces and
615
00:35:39,900 --> 00:35:41,500
pressing them at the line of
scrimmage.
616
00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:47,200
We look at West Virginia and I
think some of that was by Design
617
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:51,100
getting guys out there getting
them comfortable with those
618
00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:54,600
looks because it is a little bit
of a different approach that.
619
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:58,600
I think what we would like to do
against a more typical, you
620
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:03,700
know, spread offense got it now
but because of that I think we
621
00:36:03,700 --> 00:36:07,000
saw it again and in every every
week we keep talking about it.
622
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,400
Brian do.
The tackle informed looked
623
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:14,200
better this week than it has all
year and it's been significantly
624
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:18,700
improved all year, but it seemed
like rapping and getting guys.
625
00:36:18,900 --> 00:36:21,300
Down quick.
There were no chances for them
626
00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:24,000
to go any further than where
ever, they caught the ball.
627
00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:27,200
Yeah, that's going to be key
with that read and react.
628
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,200
You've got to be able to come up
and make the tackle in the open
629
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,600
field, and we did that
consistently.
630
00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:34,200
We didn't give them a ton of
extra yardage.
631
00:36:34,900 --> 00:36:38,900
You after they made the catch,
that's going to be key going
632
00:36:38,900 --> 00:36:40,400
forward.
And hopefully, we can keep that
633
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,100
type of play up heading into
West Virginia this week.
634
00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:46,400
Yeah.
Now let's talk about defensive
635
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:51,100
line because obviously we were
down a couple and when that
636
00:36:51,100 --> 00:36:55,100
happens, there are some guys who
stepped up in the two biggest or
637
00:36:55,100 --> 00:36:58,200
without towel on garbage, CJ,
McRae and Cole Nelson.
638
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:04,100
Really took a big step up into a
point where I think defensive
639
00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:07,300
line again, much like the wide
receiver room is slowly.
640
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:12,300
As we start playing more games
slowly, starting to make itself
641
00:37:12,300 --> 00:37:15,200
deep vs.
These are Still the only two
642
00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:18,500
good guys to play.
Both guys had a sack.
643
00:37:18,500 --> 00:37:21,500
Both eyes were getting after the
quarterback and it's great to
644
00:37:21,500 --> 00:37:23,600
see that.
Yeah.
645
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,900
And you know, I'm going to
revise some of what I said at
646
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:27,900
the start of the season.
I was concerned about this
647
00:37:27,900 --> 00:37:29,400
defensive line to start the
year.
648
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:31,800
Yeah.
From a deaf perspective
649
00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:35,200
especially d-tackle with really
only having three proving guys,
650
00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:37,800
you know, we talked last week
about Pinette coming in and
651
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,800
getting, you know, so many
efficient snaps and kind of
652
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,700
closing that distance between
his play last year versus what
653
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:46,800
he's doing this year.
You know, we've seen Cole
654
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,300
Nelson.
Now Step Up CJ McRae coming on
655
00:37:49,300 --> 00:37:55,800
the scene is going to be huge.
He had some good plays against
656
00:37:56,100 --> 00:38:00,300
gets BC, we saw some more a lot
more this week with him, getting
657
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:05,600
kind of a steady rotation in
that in that defensive line
658
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:10,600
room.
So if we can continue to to make
659
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:14,300
these strides on the defense of
wine that's going to help us.
660
00:38:14,300 --> 00:38:18,200
Because as we were talking
about, you know, when you can't
661
00:38:18,300 --> 00:38:20,800
bring the pressure like you want
to get certain types of Defense
662
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,400
certain types of offensive
attacks.
663
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,900
Getting pressure with four is
going to be key.
664
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:27,400
Mario, Kendricks had a good
game, he was living in the
665
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,200
backfield.
So if we can get more of these
666
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,000
guys were, we can get pressure
with for more consistently.
667
00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:36,000
That's only going to be better
down the road and we won't have
668
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:40,400
to necessarily worry about
whether we're playing a certain
669
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,600
type of offense or not.
Absolutely.
670
00:38:42,700 --> 00:38:45,500
And then with those guys taking
those steps now that, you know,
671
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,200
Kendricks and Pinette of kind of
entrenched behind fuga and
672
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,500
Pollard, you got for their and
with McRae and Kendrick.
673
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,900
Along with garbett and Jalen
Griffin.
674
00:38:56,300 --> 00:38:59,000
He's not been spectacular, but
he's been very steady at the
675
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:03,200
other end position.
It's like, okay we are now we've
676
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,600
sort of got a little more depth
with where you feel comfortable
677
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,000
rotating guys in and out to say,
hey, this is your series, go out
678
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:13,200
there and do it.
And, you know, it's kind of
679
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:14,900
funny, there's something around
a lunch pail.
680
00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:17,100
It's like Casey Price.
He's getting his yard dogs
681
00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,400
ready.
And hopefully he can get them
682
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,800
Feast on Thursday night.
All right.
683
00:39:22,100 --> 00:39:25,600
One.
I'm scary play as of hokey fan
684
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,600
on Saturday and it was late in
the game.
685
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:32,200
We were punning, we had punted
deep there.
686
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,400
Guy attempts to make a return
and Shamari Connor is on special
687
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:40,500
teams as a gunner.
And he absolutely lays the wood
688
00:39:40,500 --> 00:39:44,200
to that punt return.
And we're like, yeah, heck of a
689
00:39:44,207 --> 00:39:46,800
hit, you know, I'm, we're all
jacked up.
690
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,000
It feels like the old days and
you come back and you see the
691
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,300
ref with the headset on looking
at the damn video and you're
692
00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:56,500
like, oh no, you did that go
mother.
693
00:39:57,300 --> 00:40:01,400
Yeah, we were big-time concerned
especially with what we got, you
694
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:03,500
know, coming into Blacksburg on
Thursday.
695
00:40:04,100 --> 00:40:06,900
You know, we don't want a guy
like Connor out for a for a
696
00:40:06,900 --> 00:40:09,300
half.
Because of some bullshit call
697
00:40:09,300 --> 00:40:14,100
like that, thankfully targeting
was reviewed, no targeting.
698
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:18,000
I was definitely on the edge of
my seat.
699
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,900
That holds I was like, come on,
let's go.
700
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:24,400
We can't we can't lose this guy.
But I mean they were talking
701
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:28,600
about on the live broadcast you
know, that he did weeks, the
702
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,900
tweaks to the rules.
Yeah.
703
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:36,500
And you know now it's literally
top portion of the helmet.
704
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:41,300
This It's no longer just, you
know, anything above the
705
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:45,900
facemask, huh?
So I think that definitely
706
00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:47,900
played in our in our favor,
their thanks.
707
00:40:47,900 --> 00:40:51,600
So as much as the rule still
needs to be fixed some because
708
00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:54,300
as much as they've overstepped
the boundaries for targeting,
709
00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:58,300
they started bringing it back in
because if you saw the hit and
710
00:40:58,300 --> 00:41:01,400
you put it up there, Matt Jones,
who was in The End Zone, saw it.
711
00:41:01,500 --> 00:41:04,700
He, it was shoulder and the
reason it got that look like it
712
00:41:04,700 --> 00:41:06,700
was a targeting those.
Because literally the way the
713
00:41:06,700 --> 00:41:10,200
guy moved once Jim.
All right, pop, It literally
714
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:14,400
didn't look like the head hit.
So, you know again, we held our
715
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:19,400
breaths, we got through it but
that they still need to make it
716
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,800
more.
You can't punish a guy I think
717
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:24,600
me and you I think you said a
couple times.
718
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:29,500
It's almost like the first ones
just to penalty 15 yards.
719
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,700
The next one's an ejection.
It's like it needs to be
720
00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:35,200
layered.
You can't just continue your out
721
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,700
a quarter for one you've made
12.
722
00:41:37,700 --> 00:41:40,500
Perfect hits today. 12.
Perfect kids.
723
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,500
Oh, this one's going to get you
done for the next half of the
724
00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:46,500
next games.
Well, my problem is that they
725
00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:48,700
don't take into account.
The aiming point of the
726
00:41:48,700 --> 00:41:52,300
defender, true true.
Because the aiming point was
727
00:41:52,300 --> 00:41:57,500
that the chest and then you see
the offensive player, the guy
728
00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:00,400
with the ball is reacting to the
hit coming and now all of a
729
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,200
sudden you got helmet-to-helmet
contact.
730
00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:04,700
The aiming Point needs to be
taken to account if you're
731
00:42:04,700 --> 00:42:07,600
launching and you're leading
with your head high from the
732
00:42:07,600 --> 00:42:11,000
get-go.
Lutely call that a targeting.
733
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,800
We need to that type of play,
out of the game.
734
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:15,900
That's fine.
But if an Aiming point is that
735
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:19,700
the breastplate of the guy with
the ball are down.
736
00:42:19,700 --> 00:42:22,900
All the signs are there.
You know, he's ducking down and
737
00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:26,500
getting in defensive position to
take the hit and now all of a
738
00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:29,900
sudden, you know, it's a helmet
to helmet or something like that
739
00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:33,900
then, Yeah, I mean that has to
be taken to account.
740
00:42:33,900 --> 00:42:36,800
That's the modification that I'd
like to see to that rule.
741
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:40,100
Abso-freaking-lutely?
All right, so let's put a bow on
742
00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:44,700
it, Wofford weeks over twenty,
seven, seven win.
743
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,600
And let's flip over to just take
a look at some, some using
744
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:52,700
college football notes Here in
the first one brine for me and
745
00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:57,500
you, and probably all the folks
in the chat and watching live a
746
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,800
relief, the national
championship will kick it. 7:30,
747
00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:05,100
this Year versus 8:30, still a
Monday night, which sucks.
748
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:08,400
But at least we're getting the
bed by 11:00 then the stupidest
749
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:09,900
thing.
Let's kick it at 8:38.
750
00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:15,300
And I are you kidding me?
Why our apologies to Grayson
751
00:43:15,300 --> 00:43:18,700
wimbush out there?
The on the west coast, he can
752
00:43:18,700 --> 00:43:22,000
take the creation, can take a
half day and had, well, this
753
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,500
year, we actually can go to it.
Yeah.
754
00:43:24,500 --> 00:43:27,400
Because if the sub far this
year, so Grayson exactly by
755
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,100
taking whoever's in it and go
Heckle the fan bases there.
756
00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:34,300
So I love them.
It's for us that our fans that
757
00:43:34,900 --> 00:43:38,800
watch legitimately from Labor
Day weekend, Labor Day, Thursday
758
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,300
night, until the national
championship game regardless.
759
00:43:41,300 --> 00:43:46,200
Who's playing you just you just
rewarded us instead of punishing
760
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,200
us.
It's a huge day after the night.
761
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:53,200
It's a reward for 80% of the
college football watching
762
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:58,600
populist 85.
There's not that many out there.
763
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:04,100
All right, I'm including, I'm
including the Mountain Time Zone
764
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:10,100
in the Mountain Time Zone.
It's two hours. 5:30 that's
765
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:11,700
pushing it, man.
It's five.
766
00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:14,900
Thirty.
Thirty minutes early.
767
00:44:14,900 --> 00:44:17,000
Go grab your dinner.
That is the upside.
768
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:19,800
You get two happy hours, five
o'clock, somewhere, and get your
769
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:21,300
ass on the bar and watch the
game.
770
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:24,100
All right, the official move
acc's.
771
00:44:24,100 --> 00:44:29,800
Officially moving to Charlotte.
Like should have happened two
772
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:33,400
decades ago, probably not in
2022.
773
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:37,800
But finally done.
I mean seriously like
774
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:40,000
Charlotte's one of the biggest
growing hubs.
775
00:44:41,700 --> 00:44:46,600
So I mean sure Joe has been up
and coming for a while, it me is
776
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,100
one of the Premier East Coast
cities.
777
00:44:49,100 --> 00:44:52,000
Now it is one of the biggest
banking institutions and
778
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,200
everything, so making the move
there made perfect sense.
779
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:59,100
It's where they do media day.
I mean we're going to do media
780
00:44:59,100 --> 00:45:03,100
day down here but we're located
up here and it's just like that
781
00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:07,300
makes zero sense.
So, you know, good for the
782
00:45:07,300 --> 00:45:09,500
conference.
Hopefully, it shows that they're
783
00:45:09,500 --> 00:45:12,300
trying to take some things
seriously and keep the
784
00:45:12,300 --> 00:45:16,200
conference alive.
Maybe third gives you better
785
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:18,500
than that.
Move moving alone is not going
786
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:21,300
to do it.
I'm just saying.
787
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,200
All right, third piece of news
here.
788
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:28,200
This is pretty cool for us,
especially Lee since you know,
789
00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:32,300
me and you've known the family
pretty much since we were kids,
790
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:38,500
Mackenzie Lauder Hokies catcher
last year on the Super Regional,
791
00:45:38,500 --> 00:45:42,700
team has joined the BT softball
team as a student coach.
792
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:48,200
I know her her dad, and her mom
and her whole family or super
793
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:51,100
ecstatic for her to continue to
stay up there and do something
794
00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:54,400
she loves man.
Yeah, I mean that's going to
795
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,000
that's big for that family.
I mean, that's a, that's a
796
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,600
softball family.
That's a coach.
797
00:45:58,600 --> 00:46:02,200
They are it just?
It goes hand-in-hand man.
798
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:12,000
Who had a deal with us in high
school and it's classes.
799
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:17,300
Yes, he did.
Hey, but hey, it was good.
800
00:46:17,300 --> 00:46:20,500
Algebra teacher for me, I got
like a b-plus and I was not good
801
00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:25,700
at math, at that point in time.
All right, bra before we get
802
00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:28,100
into Know, The Enemy West
Virginia.
803
00:46:28,700 --> 00:46:32,100
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All right, Brian well, let's get
813
00:46:57,300 --> 00:47:00,100
to it.
No, the enemy West Virginia and
814
00:47:00,100 --> 00:47:03,200
let's just start right out the
gate here, Braun, and let's
815
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:05,900
start with the quarterback
because he is the biggest name
816
00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:08,600
in this game and that is JT
Daniels.
817
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:14,600
The 6226 quarterback from
maitre, d, high school, I'm in
818
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:18,400
California in 2018.
He was a five star QB.
819
00:47:18,400 --> 00:47:20,600
He was the number two QB in the
country.
820
00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:24,400
A top-20 player.
He transferred from USC where he
821
00:47:24,408 --> 00:47:27,300
originally committed to Georgia
when he lost his job to Spencer.
822
00:47:28,500 --> 00:47:32,000
Spencer.
Last year, transferred again to
823
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:35,400
West Virginia.
Now this year, you know, a lot
824
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,200
of them written in knowing about
him but just kind of doing a
825
00:47:38,207 --> 00:47:41,300
quick view on him from the first
few games this year.
826
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:44,400
I mean, is it still?
Is it still there?
827
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:49,000
I mean he still saw the
quarterback, he gets the ball
828
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:52,800
out really quick especially on
early throwing Downs, accurate.
829
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:56,500
In the short intermediate game
probably could see improvements
830
00:47:56,500 --> 00:47:59,900
in his deep Ball, but he can
still make all the throws.
831
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:02,800
But his biggest thing is Poison
the pocket.
832
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,100
He doesn't really panic when
things don't look good, or when
833
00:48:05,100 --> 00:48:07,000
the pocket pocket collapses
around him.
834
00:48:07,600 --> 00:48:10,500
He does a good job is still
getting the ball out but
835
00:48:10,500 --> 00:48:11,900
sometimes that's to his
detriment.
836
00:48:11,900 --> 00:48:15,100
He hangs on in the pocket there
when the pressures coming and
837
00:48:15,100 --> 00:48:18,600
dangerously.
So He had a couple balls when we
838
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:24,200
were looking at the, the pit
game where, you know, guys are
839
00:48:24,200 --> 00:48:29,100
hitting his arm as he's throwing
the ball, and he had 44 times,
840
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:32,200
that is his hand got hit as he
was throwing the ball.
841
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:36,900
None resulted in a turnover or
an interception or anything like
842
00:48:36,900 --> 00:48:38,700
that in two of them were
completions.
843
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:43,400
So, you know, does the Luck run
out for him in this case?
844
00:48:43,900 --> 00:48:46,200
You know, if we can get some
pressure on him will see. he,
845
00:48:46,207 --> 00:48:49,200
but he does do a good job of
hanging in there and delivering
846
00:48:51,100 --> 00:48:55,900
Yeah, absolutely.
I know he threw the pick six in
847
00:48:55,900 --> 00:48:59,800
the pit game, which was I mean,
he I remember watching that
848
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:04,400
game, he telegraphed that pass
and when pit the pit Corner saw,
849
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:06,300
he jumped that route and housed
in essentially.
850
00:49:06,300 --> 00:49:09,800
That was the game.
But you know, so far this year
851
00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,000
and he's put up some pretty good
statistical data.
852
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,400
You know, complete 64 percent of
his passes.
853
00:49:14,800 --> 00:49:18,500
He's got over 750 yards already
in three games 66.
854
00:49:20,100 --> 00:49:23,900
Touchdown only two
interceptions, never been a real
855
00:49:23,900 --> 00:49:28,500
threat to run at all and he's
not really that athletic of a
856
00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:34,100
guy but you know, overall he is
who he is, that 64%, he's at 63
857
00:49:34,100 --> 00:49:37,500
8 for his entire career, he's
got it close to 6,000, you know,
858
00:49:37,500 --> 00:49:43,400
over 5,500 is uni passing yards.
So he is a good player on this
859
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:48,100
team and I tell you what the
guy, he's throwing to primarily
860
00:49:48,100 --> 00:49:52,800
his favorite Target.
Price forward Whedon that wide
861
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:57,500
receiver 63 220 for also 2018
class.
862
00:49:57,500 --> 00:50:00,400
North Carolina got played down
in Holly Springs down in, Fuquay
863
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:04,200
Varina, probably a lot of folks
listening here tonight, probably
864
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:08,000
familiar with that area.
Look them up no offer from Tech
865
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:12,200
when he came out.
And you know, so far this year
866
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,800
he is been kind of tearing it
up.
867
00:50:14,900 --> 00:50:19,200
You know, almost 300 yards,
through three games for
868
00:50:19,200 --> 00:50:21,200
touchdown.
Owns averaging.
869
00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,300
Just a little over 12 yards per
catch.
870
00:50:24,500 --> 00:50:26,700
What's the tape tell you about
this big body guy?
871
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:30,200
Yeah, he's probably the best
all-around light out we've seen
872
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:35,100
so far this year, you know, I li
Jennings and they flowers did
873
00:50:35,100 --> 00:50:39,500
some some really good stuff but
this is more of a prototypical
874
00:50:39,500 --> 00:50:47,700
NFL level type receiver, great
blend of size and speed and he's
875
00:50:47,700 --> 00:50:49,900
a great route Runner.
He's got good hands.
876
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,000
High Point skills are off the
charts.
877
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:57,400
He'll he's really good at High
Point in the ball but he will
878
00:50:57,400 --> 00:50:58,800
you will have a drop every now
and again.
879
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:02,300
So there's some opportunity
there where, you know, key third
880
00:51:02,300 --> 00:51:05,700
down could potentially get, you
know, drop one that gives us the
881
00:51:05,700 --> 00:51:10,100
ball back and I have seen him
occasionally disappear for
882
00:51:10,100 --> 00:51:13,500
stretches in the game.
But when he's out when he's
883
00:51:13,500 --> 00:51:17,400
feeling it, when he's in the
zone, he's as good as as anyone
884
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:19,900
you can really watch on tape.
He's they use that NFL typed.
885
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,500
Talent.
Nice.
886
00:51:21,700 --> 00:51:24,300
Anybody else in the wide
receiver room, catch your eyes
887
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,000
that we need to kind of keep an
eye on this week.
888
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:29,500
Yeah, the guy opposite him.
Caden praise.
889
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:32,600
There's also someone, I would, I
would watch both of these guys
890
00:51:32,600 --> 00:51:36,800
are big, body NFL type
receivers, you know, you talked
891
00:51:36,800 --> 00:51:44,200
about, you know, Ford weed and
63 220 for appraisers, 64 211,
892
00:51:44,800 --> 00:51:47,600
and both of these guys are quick
there.
893
00:51:47,600 --> 00:51:51,700
These are not just stick mover
in Me a big, big body receivers.
894
00:51:51,700 --> 00:51:54,900
They have the quickness to beat
you deep.
895
00:51:54,900 --> 00:51:57,300
They had the quickness to move,
kind of underneath the coverage
896
00:51:57,300 --> 00:51:59,500
and get open and get some run
after the catch as well.
897
00:52:00,400 --> 00:52:01,800
Yeah.
And you mentioned Prather, you
898
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:06,100
know, 64 210.
So again, you say, big body,
899
00:52:06,100 --> 00:52:10,800
definitely, big body.
Not quite the statistics that
900
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:16,200
Ford Whedon has, you know, right
at 200 yards, right out of 11
901
00:52:16,400 --> 00:52:19,900
per catch but still you see
those scores and numbers.
902
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,000
And it's like, he said, if he's
opposite, he's probably
903
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,100
definitely going to be getting
the looks this week.
904
00:52:25,300 --> 00:52:27,900
Now, we're gonna look at the
running back room next and, you
905
00:52:27,900 --> 00:52:31,200
know, as we were kind of decide
who to look at, you know, Tony
906
00:52:31,200 --> 00:52:35,000
math is just had a big game
against Houston last week, but
907
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:38,400
the guy that's really called.
Our guy, our caught our eye is
908
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:42,500
CJ Donelson the halfback tight,
end, whatever you want to call
909
00:52:42,500 --> 00:52:46,700
them 62 240.
He's from Miami Florida, he is a
910
00:52:46,707 --> 00:52:49,800
true freshman.
He was a three star in the 2022.
911
00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:53,300
Yes.
And, you know so far this year,
912
00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:57,600
he's averaging almost nine and a
half yards per touch.
913
00:52:58,000 --> 00:52:59,900
What's the tape telling on him
run?
914
00:53:00,900 --> 00:53:03,300
Yeah, I mean, he's the guy
that's listed as a tight end but
915
00:53:03,300 --> 00:53:05,700
he primarily lines up in the
backfield.
916
00:53:05,700 --> 00:53:10,300
He's he's a tree running back.
He reminds me of kind of a
917
00:53:10,300 --> 00:53:12,600
trimmer quicker.
Brandon Jacobs.
918
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:17,600
Okay he runs the ball.
All right, you kind of kind of
919
00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:23,000
upright running Style.
Isle big guy can can Barrel you
920
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:28,000
over, but he also is he's quick
enough at the second level where
921
00:53:28,300 --> 00:53:30,800
he can hit some big runs.
He had a couple big runs against
922
00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:33,100
Pitt.
I think one, especially early on
923
00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:35,500
in that game that I think set up
their first score there.
924
00:53:36,300 --> 00:53:40,200
And, you know, you had a couple
Red Zone, touchdowns against
925
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:42,100
Kansas, and then another one
again, spits.
926
00:53:42,100 --> 00:53:45,100
Oh, he's really effective,
inside the red zone as well.
927
00:53:45,900 --> 00:53:49,100
So that's somebody that we need
to keep an eye on because they
928
00:53:49,100 --> 00:53:54,100
don't run the Malt ball very
much so but when they do, it's
929
00:53:54,100 --> 00:53:57,400
usually usually pretty effective
and especially with with CJ
930
00:53:57,400 --> 00:54:00,600
Donaldson here.
Yeah, and you mentioned a
931
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:03,200
touchdown, he's got six total
for the year already and we're
932
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:06,000
in game, three on.
Did you notice anything like
933
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:08,700
with past Pro?
Is that a another reason they
934
00:54:08,700 --> 00:54:11,800
are putting him back there.
See, a better pass protector for
935
00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:14,700
when it's those are eight shot
times when they're going
936
00:54:14,700 --> 00:54:18,900
downfield.
He is showing the propensity to
937
00:54:18,900 --> 00:54:22,000
be a good blocker early, but
he's still, I think learning the
938
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,200
offense a little bit.
He's definitely, more of kind of
939
00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:27,800
a package guy.
Used them pretty heavily against
940
00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:34,200
Towson, but they used in more in
packages against Pitt in Kansas,
941
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,000
okay?
Got it.
942
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,800
And, you know, it's kind of
shows only two receptions for 10
943
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:43,200
yards this year as well.
So not exactly, you know,
944
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:46,500
lighting the world on fire as a
tight end but definitely doing a
945
00:54:46,500 --> 00:54:49,300
lot of damage.
Like I said, not and a half
946
00:54:49,300 --> 00:54:53,800
yards, a carry just under 300
yards for the season so
947
00:54:54,700 --> 00:54:57,400
definitely got, we've got to
keep an eye on now.
948
00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:03,100
Ryan, let's go ahead and talk
about the offensive line where a
949
00:55:03,100 --> 00:55:05,900
known face to just about
everyone and Hokie Nation a
950
00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,900
Actually two very well-known,
guys, the former hokey Doug
951
00:55:08,900 --> 00:55:12,600
Nestor and the guy that
everybody felt like was coming
952
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:17,000
to Blacksburg as one of the top
prospects on the offensive line.
953
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:22,100
Why am I alone?
What has the offensive line
954
00:55:22,100 --> 00:55:25,400
looked like with sort of the
switch over to the air raid?
955
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,500
They look pretty good that
they're still not an elite off
956
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:31,600
of the line, but they look
pretty good.
957
00:55:32,100 --> 00:55:34,800
I would, let's talk about my
land first.
958
00:55:35,400 --> 00:55:38,100
He's probably their best overall
lineman at this point.
959
00:55:38,500 --> 00:55:41,600
He's playing left tackle for
them, he's good in the Run game
960
00:55:41,600 --> 00:55:46,900
in the past game, but he's also
a guy kind of similar to Brock
961
00:55:46,900 --> 00:55:49,000
Hoffman.
He's gonna, he's gonna get some
962
00:55:49,000 --> 00:55:52,600
penalties, he had a couple
procedure penalties, against
963
00:55:52,700 --> 00:55:55,700
Pitt, had a personal foul call
against Pitt.
964
00:55:55,900 --> 00:56:00,800
It had a couple other penalties
since then so he gets penalized
965
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:05,400
pretty heavily more so than you
would think for an offensive,
966
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:09,500
lineman of his caliber of play.
So that's something.
967
00:56:09,500 --> 00:56:11,600
We might be able to take
advantage of as the game goes
968
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:14,600
along they move Nestor out to
right tackle.
969
00:56:14,600 --> 00:56:17,100
Now he's probably their best
overall run blocker, but he
970
00:56:17,100 --> 00:56:21,300
still like he was when he was a
hokey kind of kind of mid and
971
00:56:21,300 --> 00:56:24,700
past Pro, right?
But but but when they like to
972
00:56:24,700 --> 00:56:25,800
run they like to run his
Direction.
973
00:56:25,900 --> 00:56:27,200
Action.
He does a good job in the Run
974
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:30,600
game and then you got your name.
You haven't mentioned Zach,
975
00:56:30,600 --> 00:56:34,900
Fraser, the center number 54.
He's kind of the opposite of
976
00:56:34,900 --> 00:56:36,400
Nestor.
He's really good in the past
977
00:56:36,400 --> 00:56:39,800
Pro, but he kind of gets pushed
back a little bit in the Run
978
00:56:39,800 --> 00:56:42,800
game.
All right, have you seen that?
979
00:56:42,800 --> 00:56:47,400
I mean, I know it was a few
plays during the pit game that
980
00:56:47,700 --> 00:56:51,400
clearly the line broke down.
I mean, are they like a roller
981
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:53,300
coaster ride?
Where sometimes they're doing
982
00:56:53,300 --> 00:56:55,800
great.
And then, all of a sudden,
983
00:56:56,500 --> 00:56:57,900
three, four, five, six plays in
a row.
984
00:56:57,900 --> 00:57:02,200
They just look like dog crap.
Yeah me they never were able to
985
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:06,300
really assert themselves against
Pitt in the running game.
986
00:57:06,300 --> 00:57:10,200
They had again a couple big runs
and then they finished pretty
987
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:14,400
well in the Red Zone but they
didn't do a whole lot kind of
988
00:57:14,408 --> 00:57:19,200
between the 20s short of those
couple couple big runs by
989
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:22,300
Donaldson.
So if we can keep them behind
990
00:57:22,300 --> 00:57:24,200
the sticks, that's probably
going to be the most effective
991
00:57:24,200 --> 00:57:27,500
way to negate what they can do
there in the Run game.
992
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:30,000
All right, well, let's kind of
talk about this offense.
993
00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:33,500
We've met And it four or five
times, this is clearly an Air
994
00:57:33,500 --> 00:57:37,000
Raid Offense, something that you
know how money back at Valdosta
995
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:41,100
State in the 90s came up with
and then Mike Leach brought to
996
00:57:41,100 --> 00:57:43,700
the Forefront of Texas Tech in
the early 2000's.
997
00:57:43,700 --> 00:57:46,600
In one of his very first
quarterbacks is their offensive
998
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:50,600
coordinator, which is Graham.
Harrell kind of give us a
999
00:57:50,600 --> 00:57:53,500
breakdown of some, of the stuff
we normally see narrate and they
1000
00:57:53,500 --> 00:57:55,200
do anything a little bit
different.
1001
00:57:57,700 --> 00:57:59,300
Yeah.
I mean it's a fairly
1002
00:57:59,700 --> 00:58:03,300
prototypical are a, but they do
have a little bit more of a run
1003
00:58:03,300 --> 00:58:06,400
emphasis than your traditional
air raid.
1004
00:58:07,300 --> 00:58:10,200
They like to employ Tempo,
especially when they connect on
1005
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:12,800
a good run or pass on some of
those early Downs, they'll get
1006
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:14,600
going back to the line of
scrimmage.
1007
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:17,900
They're hurrying up there trying
to get the next play out there.
1008
00:58:17,900 --> 00:58:20,800
Trying to keep you on your toes.
Keep you from being on the sub
1009
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:25,100
and then working those
mismatches you know contrary to
1010
00:58:25,100 --> 00:58:28,600
last year though they're not a
eight running team but they can
1011
00:58:28,600 --> 00:58:30,400
be effective when they hit a
home run.
1012
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:35,600
You know we saw Donaldson hit a
couple long runs against Pitt.
1013
00:58:36,300 --> 00:58:39,100
We've seen math is get one or
two here there especially last
1014
00:58:39,100 --> 00:58:43,300
week against Towson so they can
still hit that, but there's no
1015
00:58:43,300 --> 00:58:46,700
Levi Brown out there this year,
so don't expect to get
1016
00:58:46,700 --> 00:58:50,500
completely gashed.
Like we did last year when we
1017
00:58:50,500 --> 00:58:55,000
played West Virginia in
Morgantown, The rush is kind of
1018
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:59,100
used as a drive starter not
really used as a drive started.
1019
00:58:59,400 --> 00:59:01,700
You know, sometimes it is,
sometimes, it's not, but it's
1020
00:59:01,700 --> 00:59:04,900
more used as a change of pace
from kind of that quick hitting
1021
00:59:04,900 --> 00:59:07,600
pass game that's, you know,
prevalent in the air raid.
1022
00:59:10,300 --> 00:59:16,500
Got it.
How much do they push it down
1023
00:59:16,500 --> 00:59:20,900
for you because you have so many
Air Raids where the push down
1024
00:59:20,900 --> 00:59:23,300
field is almost like an old
school.
1025
00:59:24,800 --> 00:59:28,400
An old-school NFL philosophy
where it's we're only going to
1026
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:31,200
take about two or three shots in
a half.
1027
00:59:32,100 --> 00:59:35,700
And then you kind of when I say
that is because they're playing
1028
00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:37,600
primitive, all right?
You look at it tunnels and
1029
00:59:37,600 --> 00:59:39,900
Bubbles and quick outs.
Getting the ball out quick.
1030
00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:43,900
Do they have a tendency to go
deep alive or is it more of
1031
00:59:43,900 --> 00:59:47,200
they're trying to Papi Papi Papi
for a quarter and a half?
1032
00:59:47,200 --> 00:59:49,900
And then all of a sudden once
you come up then over the top
1033
00:59:49,900 --> 00:59:52,700
they go.
Yeah they kind of suck you in
1034
00:59:52,700 --> 00:59:54,400
with that and they'll work some
double moves off.
1035
00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:56,700
Off of that.
And they, the receivers they're
1036
00:59:56,700 --> 00:59:57,900
both.
Again, we talked about, they're
1037
00:59:57,900 --> 01:00:00,700
both big out there but they've
got, they've got wiggle, they've
1038
01:00:00,700 --> 01:00:04,700
got speed so that helps them
both in the short game.
1039
01:00:04,700 --> 01:00:07,300
And when they decide to go deep
though, so they have the ability
1040
01:00:07,300 --> 01:00:11,900
to do both but they usually stay
in that short to intermediate
1041
01:00:11,900 --> 01:00:15,600
Zone, most of the time, but they
will take a shot here and there.
1042
01:00:16,300 --> 01:00:20,400
All right, got it.
So, so sort of a balanced, not
1043
01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:23,300
your typical original Airaid,
where it was just a ton of
1044
01:00:23,300 --> 01:00:26,100
perimeters then down, Where
again, we've seen it, develop
1045
01:00:26,100 --> 01:00:28,800
where there are some teams in
area Concepts that are just
1046
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:33,600
attacking downfield, a ton.
So very good to know that you
1047
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:36,000
know they're not just trying to
stretch you vertically and
1048
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:38,400
horizontally they will stretch
you vertically as well.
1049
01:00:38,400 --> 01:00:42,200
So yeah that's one of them to
keep an eye on but they're not
1050
01:00:42,200 --> 01:00:44,200
just taking shots downfield all
game either.
1051
01:00:45,500 --> 01:00:50,400
Absolutely.
Now Brian let's let's flip over
1052
01:00:50,400 --> 01:00:52,800
to the defense here in just a
second but there's a comment.
1053
01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:57,800
I want you to throw up out there
from our coach Rob like Compton
1054
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:01,300
talking about that.
If you give the space if you
1055
01:01:01,300 --> 01:01:03,800
press they, burp goes back to
what we saw.
1056
01:01:03,900 --> 01:01:06,400
Right against Wofford why we
playing off.
1057
01:01:07,500 --> 01:01:10,600
There it is, right there.
All right.
1058
01:01:10,600 --> 01:01:13,100
But now let's flip over to the
defense and let's talk about the
1059
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:15,200
guy who probably should be
playing in the NFL, right?
1060
01:01:15,300 --> 01:01:17,900
Right now, I'm still trying to
figure out why he came back for
1061
01:01:17,900 --> 01:01:21,400
more seasons at West, Virginia.
And that would be Dante Stills,
1062
01:01:21,400 --> 01:01:26,100
the 64 285 column strong side
defensive end.
1063
01:01:26,100 --> 01:01:30,500
Call them a three technique.
He is a damn good player, he was
1064
01:01:30,500 --> 01:01:33,500
a four-star.
When he came out in 2018, he was
1065
01:01:33,500 --> 01:01:38,300
a top D top player in West
Virginia that year.
1066
01:01:38,300 --> 01:01:41,700
He was a top-10 defensive
lineman, he was a top, 150
1067
01:01:41,700 --> 01:01:44,500
overall player.
He was a stud when he came out
1068
01:01:44,500 --> 01:01:49,600
and he's lived up to it every
single, basically, his entire
1069
01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:55,200
time at West Virginia, Yeah,
he's an absolute monster on that
1070
01:01:55,200 --> 01:02:00,300
three-man front playing.
That defensive tackle has a
1071
01:02:00,308 --> 01:02:05,100
Relentless motor really quick
off convert speed to strength.
1072
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:10,600
Really effectively they use them
a lot in stunts.
1073
01:02:10,600 --> 01:02:12,700
They'll bring them all the way
across the the line of
1074
01:02:12,700 --> 01:02:17,400
scrimmage.
And he's got a spin move that
1075
01:02:17,400 --> 01:02:19,700
for a guy.
His size is as Elite as you can
1076
01:02:19,700 --> 01:02:22,500
imagine.
He's other moves are not as
1077
01:02:22,500 --> 01:02:25,400
effective.
Effective at the snap, but that
1078
01:02:25,400 --> 01:02:27,300
motor is what really sets him
apart.
1079
01:02:27,300 --> 01:02:31,800
He keeps working keeps working.
So he's a guy that if you're not
1080
01:02:32,100 --> 01:02:35,400
staying on your block holding
your leverage, he's going to
1081
01:02:35,400 --> 01:02:36,800
eventually get to the
quarterback.
1082
01:02:37,900 --> 01:02:43,400
Yeah, I mean, he calls Havoc for
them last year and in this year
1083
01:02:43,500 --> 01:02:45,900
so far.
I mean he's already at eight
1084
01:02:45,900 --> 01:02:50,200
tackles 34 lost a couple of
sacks his career numbers, 120
1085
01:02:50,200 --> 01:02:53,400
tackles it again.
This is as a plan to end on a
1086
01:02:53,400 --> 01:02:57,800
three-man front. 120.
Tackles forty seven tackles for
1087
01:02:57,800 --> 01:03:02,600
loss in over 20 sacks.
That's Ali.
1088
01:03:02,600 --> 01:03:05,400
Again I think I think what he
was projected like a second
1089
01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:08,700
round pick last year and he came
back which is just insane.
1090
01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:12,400
Because usually you get a grade
that how you go especially
1091
01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:14,300
defensive lineman you will be
taken.
1092
01:03:15,100 --> 01:03:18,400
All right, let's talk about
somebody who has to clean up
1093
01:03:18,700 --> 01:03:24,600
what he does and that would be
Lee and let me go Pogba KP o
1094
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:32,500
GBA, he is a Otis I try.
He is a six foot one or
1095
01:03:32,500 --> 01:03:37,500
230-pound linebacker
Winston-Salem.
1096
01:03:37,500 --> 01:03:41,300
North Carolina at Parkland.
High School came out in 2019 is
1097
01:03:41,300 --> 01:03:43,100
a three-star.
He originally committed to
1098
01:03:43,100 --> 01:03:45,600
Syracuse where he was for a
couple years.
1099
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:50,800
Then he went to Juco route in
2021 and then transferred as a
1100
01:03:50,800 --> 01:03:58,100
Juco to West Virginia and you
know so far this season 18
1101
01:03:58,100 --> 01:04:01,100
total.
Tackles and one fumble recovery.
1102
01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:05,600
So some solid numbers up front.
What are you seeing on tape?
1103
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:09,600
Yeah, he's got, he's a great
athlete and has good speed for
1104
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:13,100
the mic position.
He's another kid with a great
1105
01:04:13,100 --> 01:04:15,100
motor never gives up on the
play.
1106
01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:21,500
They'll send him on blitzes he.
He's a guy that can kind of
1107
01:04:21,500 --> 01:04:25,000
disrupt the backfield in the Run
game and in the past game, but
1108
01:04:25,000 --> 01:04:28,700
he does struggle to sometimes
shed blocks in the Run game.
1109
01:04:29,700 --> 01:04:33,100
So he does struggle from at that
from time to time, so we can get
1110
01:04:33,100 --> 01:04:34,500
up to the next level.
On him.
1111
01:04:35,100 --> 01:04:36,600
We can neutralize him a little
bit.
1112
01:04:37,700 --> 01:04:40,900
All right, so there's some key,
some of those plays, we like
1113
01:04:40,900 --> 01:04:44,100
you've been mentioning before,
like he's going to be stagnant
1114
01:04:44,100 --> 01:04:45,800
instead of going up to the next
level.
1115
01:04:46,700 --> 01:04:48,500
Let's hope we can get in his
face.
1116
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:51,800
Alright, next, I want to talk
about here is Marcus.
1117
01:04:51,800 --> 01:04:56,000
Floyd Marcus fluid is a
defensive back, he is 6 foot 194
1118
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:59,400
pounds Louisville.
Kentucky is where he is from
1119
01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:03,800
completely, unrelated out of
high school on any service.
1120
01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:08,100
When he came out in 2018, he
started by going to An in-state
1121
01:05:08,100 --> 01:05:11,100
Murray State.
So in FCS program all hook, you
1122
01:05:11,100 --> 01:05:15,000
should be very familiar with and
then decided to transfer to West
1123
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:20,700
Virginia in December of 2021.
Where is he lining up?
1124
01:05:20,700 --> 01:05:22,600
Brian?
What's he doing for the
1125
01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:25,800
Mountaineers?
Yes, he's a former Corner.
1126
01:05:25,800 --> 01:05:29,900
Most of the snaps he was playing
at his former stop.
1127
01:05:29,900 --> 01:05:33,400
He was playing corner but now
he's playing What's called the
1128
01:05:33,400 --> 01:05:39,400
the cat safety in this 33 stag
defense, similar to a Rover type
1129
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:43,700
of position, he's above average
and cover and coverage
1130
01:05:43,700 --> 01:05:47,200
especially when he can read to
react versus being in man and
1131
01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:49,700
he's a good tackler.
Use them.
1132
01:05:49,700 --> 01:05:53,200
Occasionally as a Blitzer.
He does.
1133
01:05:53,900 --> 01:05:57,200
Kind of similar to leak Pogba,
he can disappear when you put a
1134
01:05:57,200 --> 01:05:59,800
body on him.
So if he gets blocked he doesn't
1135
01:05:59,800 --> 01:06:02,100
do a good job of shedding and
getting and making the play.
1136
01:06:02,900 --> 01:06:07,300
He's at his best when he can
just fly up into the spill area
1137
01:06:07,300 --> 01:06:11,100
and make a play in The Run game.
And like I said, he's above
1138
01:06:11,100 --> 01:06:13,500
average in that that's own
coverage, that reading react
1139
01:06:13,500 --> 01:06:17,000
coverage.
Did you see any sort of plays
1140
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:20,600
where he was left on a man?
Like, if they went to some sort
1141
01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:24,000
of cover zero recover one, where
he was forced to cover a slot?
1142
01:06:25,700 --> 01:06:30,100
He did okay but he doesn't have
Elite level speed to keep up
1143
01:06:30,100 --> 01:06:35,500
with guys and his technique is
not that great.
1144
01:06:35,500 --> 01:06:38,800
I mean, it's just average.
So it's one of those things
1145
01:06:38,800 --> 01:06:42,200
where we potentially look for a
matchup, like a Dwayne Lofton or
1146
01:06:42,200 --> 01:06:46,200
Jaden blue in that slot.
If we get the right looks and
1147
01:06:46,400 --> 01:06:49,200
maybe not going over the top,
but try and some of that quick
1148
01:06:49,200 --> 01:06:53,300
twitch type stuff where you feel
like there's his skill set is
1149
01:06:53,300 --> 01:06:58,100
not that I saw A few times and
he got matched up in man where
1150
01:06:58,100 --> 01:07:01,100
crossers were kind of plays that
we could take advantage of him,
1151
01:07:01,700 --> 01:07:03,300
okay?
All right.
1152
01:07:03,800 --> 01:07:06,300
Make a note of that right there.
All right about we take a look
1153
01:07:06,300 --> 01:07:09,800
at one more defensive player and
then before we get into the
1154
01:07:09,800 --> 01:07:14,300
defensive breakdown and that is
the defensive lineman Taj
1155
01:07:14,300 --> 01:07:18,800
Alston.
Six foot four 255 pounds,
1156
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:22,200
another North Carolina, kid from
Lumberton.
1157
01:07:22,200 --> 01:07:24,400
North Carolina down there near
Fayetteville.
1158
01:07:24,700 --> 01:07:27,300
He attended copia Lincoln
Community College out in
1159
01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:32,000
Nebraska and then he committed
to West Virginia as a three-star
1160
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:38,200
in 2019, so far this season as
an end, he's got a tackle for
1161
01:07:38,200 --> 01:07:42,100
loss couple forced fumbles,
which is very interesting to see
1162
01:07:43,200 --> 01:07:45,500
what's the tape showing on him
in.
1163
01:07:46,500 --> 01:07:48,500
How does he do opposite of
steals?
1164
01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:52,800
He does pretty good opposite
instills especially when the
1165
01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:56,000
quarterbacks dropping back.
He is more of a pure pass
1166
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:58,900
rusher.
He's more of the true defensive
1167
01:07:58,900 --> 01:08:04,300
end and this type of three-man
front whereas Stills is more of
1168
01:08:04,300 --> 01:08:07,900
the balance player.
But he has really good speed off
1169
01:08:07,900 --> 01:08:11,000
the edge, but he does struggle
to make plays in The Run game
1170
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:13,500
when you run directly at him,
when you put a big body on and
1171
01:08:13,500 --> 01:08:16,600
he can be blocked.
So I imagine we run away from
1172
01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:20,899
steals a little bit.
Run at Taj Alston and tried to
1173
01:08:20,899 --> 01:08:24,000
neutralize his pass rush as much
as we can, by chipping.
1174
01:08:24,700 --> 01:08:27,399
Yeah, and we definitely need to
do that because last year,
1175
01:08:27,399 --> 01:08:31,000
against the Hokies have four
total tackles including a sack
1176
01:08:31,000 --> 01:08:35,000
and a half in the game last year
down.
1177
01:08:36,399 --> 01:08:39,100
In Morgantown.
So obviously, he's familiar with
1178
01:08:39,100 --> 01:08:42,300
the Hokies.
Obviously he's familiar with
1179
01:08:42,300 --> 01:08:44,700
some of these offensive line
we're gonna be playing now.
1180
01:08:44,700 --> 01:08:46,700
Brian, let's flip over.
Let's talk about the defense
1181
01:08:46,700 --> 01:08:48,300
itself.
You've mentioned a couple times
1182
01:08:48,300 --> 01:08:50,100
already.
This they have not changed it
1183
01:08:50,100 --> 01:08:51,899
yet.
They're still in the 33 stack.
1184
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:55,200
And what you've seen, especially
against Pitt and Kansas this
1185
01:08:55,200 --> 01:08:58,100
year and why those teams were
able to come out and get on top
1186
01:08:58,100 --> 01:08:59,800
of the West Virginia
Mountaineers.
1187
01:09:01,300 --> 01:09:03,000
Yeah.
So they're very average against
1188
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:05,600
the rush attack and that's the
big thing.
1189
01:09:05,600 --> 01:09:07,899
Pit was able to establish the
line of scrimmage pretty early
1190
01:09:07,899 --> 01:09:10,500
in that game.
And it kept going, you know,
1191
01:09:10,500 --> 01:09:12,300
throughout the game where they
were able to run pretty
1192
01:09:12,300 --> 01:09:16,600
consistently against that front
especially with Hammond.
1193
01:09:17,300 --> 01:09:21,899
He haven't had a lot of success
against that front there at
1194
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:26,000
attacking defense, as most three
threes are they do a good job of
1195
01:09:26,000 --> 01:09:29,200
blitzing design.
It, you know, confusing
1196
01:09:29,200 --> 01:09:30,700
offensive lines, with how they
bring.
1197
01:09:30,800 --> 01:09:34,500
Pressure and where they're
bringing it from and they rely
1198
01:09:34,500 --> 01:09:38,700
on that pressure as they are at
best, a work in progress, on the
1199
01:09:38,700 --> 01:09:41,700
back end.
You know, when you look at that
1200
01:09:41,899 --> 01:09:46,200
that secondary, you know, you
got five key guys there and only
1201
01:09:46,200 --> 01:09:49,800
one of them was recruited by
West Virginia, out of high
1202
01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:53,300
school, everyone else is a
transfer and most of them are
1203
01:09:53,308 --> 01:09:56,700
transferring from FCS and G5
programs.
1204
01:09:57,900 --> 01:10:03,100
So it's really an interesting
interesting defense to face
1205
01:10:03,100 --> 01:10:07,200
because there's a lot of new
faces on the backend, pretty
1206
01:10:07,200 --> 01:10:10,100
much all new faces on the back
end, compared to what we saw
1207
01:10:10,100 --> 01:10:13,300
last year will guide in up
front.
1208
01:10:13,400 --> 01:10:16,300
You know, it's kind of the the
same old song and dance with
1209
01:10:16,300 --> 01:10:18,800
Stills.
You know, coming through there
1210
01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:24,000
and Alston so if we can hold up
in the offensive line category,
1211
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:27,400
which is probably where we're
struggling with the most overall
1212
01:10:27,400 --> 01:10:28,700
on.
All fence right now.
1213
01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:30,800
Yeah.
If we if we can hold up the you
1214
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:34,600
know there's some opportunities
there but you know occasionally
1215
01:10:34,600 --> 01:10:36,600
you'll see them adjust to a
four-man line.
1216
01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:39,700
They did that in the second half
against Pitt when pit was
1217
01:10:39,900 --> 01:10:41,800
big-time gash in them in the
running game.
1218
01:10:42,500 --> 01:10:46,300
The Bandit position played by
Jarrett Bartlett, he ends up
1219
01:10:46,300 --> 01:10:51,000
lined it up opposite Alston with
with Stills we went down into a
1220
01:10:51,300 --> 01:10:57,100
more 433 technique.
Are you glad that we got that on
1221
01:10:57,100 --> 01:11:00,000
tape though?
Are you glad that they sort of
1222
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:03,500
had a show that hand early
against West Virginia about if
1223
01:11:03,500 --> 01:11:05,700
they couldn't when they, when
the three-man front is getting
1224
01:11:05,700 --> 01:11:08,700
gas there, they've got to show
the foreman and we're Partners
1225
01:11:08,700 --> 01:11:11,700
got to come down and you glad
that's on tape for our coaching
1226
01:11:11,700 --> 01:11:14,100
staff.
Yeah, we saw it some last year
1227
01:11:14,100 --> 01:11:16,300
so it's not something that we
haven't seen before.
1228
01:11:16,300 --> 01:11:20,200
But okay, it's good to see what
it looks like in this current
1229
01:11:21,100 --> 01:11:23,900
version of the defense with some
of those new faces on the back
1230
01:11:23,900 --> 01:11:28,700
end.
Got you, got you got you?
1231
01:11:28,700 --> 01:11:34,900
All right, so there is kind of a
overview of both the
1232
01:11:35,200 --> 01:11:39,300
Mountaineers offense and defense
and some of the key players will
1233
01:11:39,300 --> 01:11:43,700
be looking at to not have good
games alms Thursday night.
1234
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:48,800
Now, let's go to the Hokies for
this game and Prime as I was
1235
01:11:48,800 --> 01:11:52,800
looking at the data and Diving
and looking at one thing.
1236
01:11:52,800 --> 01:11:56,900
Then the other, something that
caught my eye is third.
1237
01:11:57,100 --> 01:12:00,800
Conversions in on both sides of
the ball because West Virginia
1238
01:12:00,800 --> 01:12:02,000
is one of the better than the
country.
1239
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:07,300
They are completing 54 percent
of their third Downs, which is a
1240
01:12:07,300 --> 01:12:11,500
unbelievable number.
I'd love to get 44%, but as I
1241
01:12:11,500 --> 01:12:15,700
was digging and is probably all
of us, heard Saturday, Virginia
1242
01:12:15,700 --> 01:12:20,100
Tech doesn't give up their downs
and it's not one of those were
1243
01:12:20,100 --> 01:12:24,700
in the top 20 to top 15.
We're number three in the
1244
01:12:24,700 --> 01:12:27,200
country.
And the Hokies are allowing Only
1245
01:12:27,200 --> 01:12:30,700
17% of third down conversions
defensively.
1246
01:12:31,100 --> 01:12:33,900
So in one of those games where
as the high-powered offense
1247
01:12:33,900 --> 01:12:39,700
against the, you know,
high-powered defense, That's got
1248
01:12:39,700 --> 01:12:42,000
a, it's got to break one way or
the other.
1249
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:43,900
And is there anything you
foresee?
1250
01:12:43,900 --> 01:12:50,900
That might assist the Hokies in
keeping that, you know, 17% as
1251
01:12:50,900 --> 01:12:55,200
the norm for Thursday night.
I mean I think one thing that's
1252
01:12:55,200 --> 01:12:59,700
helped us is that we got to
practice a little bit of what
1253
01:12:59,700 --> 01:13:01,900
we're going to get against West
Virginia.
1254
01:13:01,900 --> 01:13:07,700
Against Wofford, I think we've
kind of seen what we can do with
1255
01:13:07,700 --> 01:13:11,600
that style of offense and now
we've had a correction period,
1256
01:13:11,600 --> 01:13:14,600
right?
Yeah, they went out there, they
1257
01:13:14,600 --> 01:13:16,200
corrected some of those
mistakes.
1258
01:13:16,400 --> 01:13:19,700
We got some young guys to get
some reps against that, that
1259
01:13:19,700 --> 01:13:23,700
style defense.
So that's I think that's key but
1260
01:13:23,700 --> 01:13:26,200
the Key is going to be keeping
everything in front of you and
1261
01:13:26,200 --> 01:13:29,900
tackling.
Because if you don't tackle,
1262
01:13:29,900 --> 01:13:32,700
then that third down percentage
is going to go up this week.
1263
01:13:33,100 --> 01:13:35,800
Yeah we've got is we've got to
be in the right position and
1264
01:13:35,800 --> 01:13:39,600
then when we come up we got to
make the tackle and make sure
1265
01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:42,700
that they're not getting more
than a yard or two after the
1266
01:13:42,708 --> 01:13:48,100
catch in this in this offense.
Yeah, it said big piece.
1267
01:13:48,100 --> 01:13:51,900
Another key of ours, it's the
tackling in space and so much
1268
01:13:51,900 --> 01:13:55,300
with the are a concept is where
they catch the ball as where
1269
01:13:55,300 --> 01:13:59,700
they've got a fall.
If you can do that consistently,
1270
01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:03,100
you it will frustrate an Air
Raid Offense.
1271
01:14:03,200 --> 01:14:06,600
Consistently because instead of
getting the five or eight,
1272
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:11,000
they're getting the 224 and
putting them in unfavorable down
1273
01:14:11,000 --> 01:14:15,600
in distances as you get deeper
into the into the place.
1274
01:14:15,900 --> 01:14:18,500
And then that Means we can get
into a little bit more of what
1275
01:14:18,500 --> 01:14:21,700
we like to do with, with dialing
up pressure on on those third
1276
01:14:21,700 --> 01:14:24,500
and long situations, 10 years
back and go.
1277
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:29,200
All right, so I said it was both
sides of the balls and, you
1278
01:14:29,200 --> 01:14:32,900
know, as bad as we are at
converting, we are 90th right
1279
01:14:32,900 --> 01:14:36,100
now in the country and that's a
thirty-six percent.
1280
01:14:36,100 --> 01:14:39,500
So basically, when I have every
three, third downs, we convert
1281
01:14:40,000 --> 01:14:42,500
the are one of the worst
defensively.
1282
01:14:43,300 --> 01:14:48,500
They're 112 out of 131 teams and
they Roughly only stop team's 46
1283
01:14:48,500 --> 01:14:56,100
percent of the time.
I'm hoping that our number can
1284
01:14:56,100 --> 01:14:58,900
come up to their mean because if
you tell him he we convert close
1285
01:14:58,900 --> 01:15:03,600
to 50% of the time on Thursday
night, I will feel really good
1286
01:15:03,600 --> 01:15:07,900
about our chances at winning
this game because the less time
1287
01:15:07,900 --> 01:15:11,800
that offenses on the field.
It's the best thing for us.
1288
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:16,100
Yeah, the big key is going to be
getting them off.
1289
01:15:16,100 --> 01:15:18,200
The field on third down and
staying on the field.
1290
01:15:18,200 --> 01:15:22,600
On third down, lengthening this
game or sorry shortening this
1291
01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:24,900
game is going to be key for the
Hokies.
1292
01:15:24,900 --> 01:15:28,200
I think, possessing, the ball
and shortening, the game is
1293
01:15:28,200 --> 01:15:30,700
going to be key for the Hokies
in terms of pulling out of w,
1294
01:15:30,700 --> 01:15:33,400
because if they're going fast,
and they're running, a bunch of
1295
01:15:33,400 --> 01:15:35,400
plays and they're going up and
down the field, they're going to
1296
01:15:35,400 --> 01:15:37,400
get some points off those.
And eventually, those points are
1297
01:15:37,407 --> 01:15:41,300
going to not work in our favor
because I don't, I don't see us
1298
01:15:41,300 --> 01:15:43,600
as a quick straight.
We're not going to be able to go
1299
01:15:43,600 --> 01:15:46,800
out there and stack points and
match them score for score.
1300
01:15:46,800 --> 01:15:51,900
If it becomes that type of game,
abso-freakin'-lutely, Brian and
1301
01:15:51,900 --> 01:15:58,600
that's kind of where it's the
next kind of, And that we've
1302
01:15:58,600 --> 01:16:02,400
been talking about about our key
is, the Hokies Run game against
1303
01:16:02,400 --> 01:16:07,400
the West Virginia run defense.
The West Virginia is in, thanks
1304
01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:10,300
for putting that up, thanks low
country, living for that.
1305
01:16:10,300 --> 01:16:15,700
I had heard that I do think
Kings going regardless, I think
1306
01:16:15,700 --> 01:16:18,300
it's one of these.
He's at 35 percent on Thursday
1307
01:16:18,300 --> 01:16:22,200
he's going because him and 85%
is probably still better than
1308
01:16:22,200 --> 01:16:24,600
any running back.
We've got and for this running
1309
01:16:24,600 --> 01:16:28,200
game, you know, can we Open it
up.
1310
01:16:28,800 --> 01:16:32,300
They're giving up roughly about
120 a game.
1311
01:16:32,700 --> 01:16:34,300
It's roughly about middle of the
pack.
1312
01:16:34,300 --> 01:16:38,500
It's not Elite, it's not great,
but it's not god-awful, but the
1313
01:16:38,500 --> 01:16:41,400
whole thing is what kind of
Brian's been mentioned about
1314
01:16:41,400 --> 01:16:45,200
getting that going, if we're
converting third Downs to hold,
1315
01:16:45,200 --> 01:16:49,200
you back in and slowly, but
surely if we're gasps, shing
1316
01:16:49,200 --> 01:16:53,500
gasps, shing what has to happen
with that, back-end Brian.
1317
01:16:53,900 --> 01:16:56,800
If we're Gathering them for, for
27 yards, every play.
1318
01:16:58,500 --> 01:17:01,100
Babies are going to play up in
the Box a little bit more to
1319
01:17:01,200 --> 01:17:03,100
help stop the run, help support
the run.
1320
01:17:03,100 --> 01:17:05,900
And eventually that's going to
hopefully open up some stuff on
1321
01:17:05,900 --> 01:17:08,000
the back end.
We just have to be able to in a
1322
01:17:08,008 --> 01:17:09,900
position to take advantage of
that guy.
1323
01:17:09,900 --> 01:17:11,900
Take advantage of it.
But you've already mentioned, it
1324
01:17:11,900 --> 01:17:16,100
is a flawed back in and it kind
of shows, they do give up a lot
1325
01:17:16,100 --> 01:17:19,100
more passing yards, then rushing
yards.
1326
01:17:19,500 --> 01:17:22,600
So again, getting the Run game
going and getting them to have
1327
01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:25,000
to get into situations where
they're uncomfortable on the
1328
01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:26,600
back.
End is so cute.
1329
01:17:27,300 --> 01:17:29,900
Now our success on the back end
is predicated on getting
1330
01:17:29,900 --> 01:17:32,500
pressure on the quarterback.
They are not a great back-end
1331
01:17:32,500 --> 01:17:35,100
team.
So I think that's one of those
1332
01:17:35,100 --> 01:17:36,700
things where we talked about
Gala.
1333
01:17:37,100 --> 01:17:40,600
If you if we start getting Gallo
going and him a or Drake going
1334
01:17:40,600 --> 01:17:44,000
in the flats early and we're
picking up significant that
1335
01:17:44,000 --> 01:17:46,400
immediately is going to make the
safeties.
1336
01:17:47,200 --> 01:17:52,400
Both the probably the Bandit and
probably the the Rover got to
1337
01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:54,900
come up and if that's coming up
more and more, if they're trying
1338
01:17:54,900 --> 01:18:00,000
to come up to me, 50 the cat the
cat safety is calling her over
1339
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:04,800
for god sakes but if they're
coming up more and more than you
1340
01:18:04,800 --> 01:18:08,600
know, Guess what?
There's going to be Lanes to
1341
01:18:08,600 --> 01:18:11,200
throw down to those crossers.
We've been talking about some of
1342
01:18:11,200 --> 01:18:16,900
our better plays this year.
All right, last piece in this
1343
01:18:16,900 --> 01:18:21,900
this is just mind-blowing to me.
So West Virginia has given up
1344
01:18:21,900 --> 01:18:24,300
100 points this year in three
games.
1345
01:18:24,400 --> 01:18:27,200
So that means they're giving up
over 30 points a game.
1346
01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:33,400
The insane part is Brian.
They've given up 63 in Red Zone
1347
01:18:33,400 --> 01:18:38,000
trips.
They finished in the Red Zone 10
1348
01:18:38,000 --> 01:18:42,400
times.
They've been scored on not times
1349
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:46,700
called by a touchdown.
I don't think that's good times.
1350
01:18:51,700 --> 01:18:54,400
Any of my Ferris Bueller fans
know the reference nine.
1351
01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:59,000
But seriously you know right now
work at we've been down there
1352
01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:02,000
eight, we are converting 75% of
the time which you know, you
1353
01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:07,500
want more than that.
But to say that, you know, we
1354
01:19:07,500 --> 01:19:09,900
what was the thing, we just
talked about in The Walker game,
1355
01:19:09,900 --> 01:19:13,700
we didn't finish drives.
This is a team that just allows
1356
01:19:13,700 --> 01:19:15,800
teams to finish drive.
That seems at will if you get
1357
01:19:15,800 --> 01:19:22,100
inside the 20 yard line, Yeah,
it's one of those when we looked
1358
01:19:22,100 --> 01:19:27,000
at earlier with the the third
down, its kind of Unstoppable,
1359
01:19:27,000 --> 01:19:28,500
Force against an immovable
object.
1360
01:19:28,500 --> 01:19:30,400
Now you've got the reverse of
that.
1361
01:19:30,700 --> 01:19:33,600
Exactly thing that's somewhat
struggling to finish drives
1362
01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:36,600
against the team that does
nothing, but let teams finish
1363
01:19:36,600 --> 01:19:38,900
drives.
So, yeah, you got the, you've
1364
01:19:38,900 --> 01:19:42,200
got a team that does that
decides to trip up and fall down
1365
01:19:42,200 --> 01:19:44,200
in the team.
That does Au Lait and gets out
1366
01:19:44,200 --> 01:19:46,900
of the way you can go score that
touchdown.
1367
01:19:47,600 --> 01:19:52,000
So, they're kind of the keys to
what we're seeing with some of
1368
01:19:52,000 --> 01:19:56,900
the data, some of the players in
Brian, we have come, you know,
1369
01:19:56,900 --> 01:20:00,200
every week we've got to do this
and we met predictions beginning
1370
01:20:00,200 --> 01:20:02,800
of the season.
And now, it's time for this game
1371
01:20:02,800 --> 01:20:06,000
prediction.
And since you left last week I
1372
01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:09,900
do get the honor this week sir.
And this one was tough me and
1373
01:20:09,900 --> 01:20:14,700
Brian we set about 30 minutes.
This afternoon had a phone call
1374
01:20:14,700 --> 01:20:16,800
just chatting a little bit of
everything about what we can go
1375
01:20:16,800 --> 01:20:21,000
over tonight.
And all the data points.
1376
01:20:21,100 --> 01:20:27,000
Say it's going to be a good game
because of the contrarians of
1377
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:29,400
what's going on each side of the
team is going to be a good game
1378
01:20:29,400 --> 01:20:33,900
but it seems like everything
leans, West Virginia they've got
1379
01:20:33,900 --> 01:20:39,100
a okay defense versus where and
they got a really great offense
1380
01:20:39,100 --> 01:20:41,600
where we've got a great defense
statistical wise.
1381
01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:45,600
And I often say, it's not as bad
as last year y'all last year
1382
01:20:45,600 --> 01:20:47,500
were one of the three right now,
we're ranked.
1383
01:20:47,500 --> 01:20:50,000
A third.
So we've actually improved
1384
01:20:50,000 --> 01:20:54,600
offensively this year, whether
we know it or not But I kept
1385
01:20:54,600 --> 01:20:57,700
going back to thinking it's
Thursday night.
1386
01:20:58,300 --> 01:21:01,300
It's Lane, it's a sellout Justin
what's?
1387
01:21:01,300 --> 01:21:06,600
It's going to be in Okie colored
coveralls to get the chant
1388
01:21:06,600 --> 01:21:09,200
going?
And I think it's going to be one
1389
01:21:09,200 --> 01:21:12,700
or two big plays that completely
swing this game.
1390
01:21:13,900 --> 01:21:18,000
And for all those out there, if
you can take off Friday, if
1391
01:21:18,000 --> 01:21:20,100
you're going to the game, you
better take off Friday because
1392
01:21:20,100 --> 01:21:22,600
you're not going to be any
condition to work if you are
1393
01:21:22,600 --> 01:21:25,800
working on Friday.
My condition is you need to call
1394
01:21:25,800 --> 01:21:28,500
somebody tomorrow and say you're
not working because I think this
1395
01:21:28,500 --> 01:21:31,500
is going to be a thriller to the
end in my prediction.
1396
01:21:32,500 --> 01:21:34,500
I'm going to stick with what I
had at the beginning of season.
1397
01:21:34,500 --> 01:21:37,300
I think the Hokies pull this one
out, I think it's a war and I
1398
01:21:37,308 --> 01:21:40,500
think the Hokies take it by
Point Thirty One Thirty.
1399
01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:47,600
I like your optimism and we
actually have West Virginia
1400
01:21:47,600 --> 01:21:50,500
scoring the exact same amount of
points.
1401
01:21:51,700 --> 01:21:54,600
The problem is, I got the Hokies
only scoring 24 of them.
1402
01:21:56,400 --> 01:22:03,000
I've got this as a solid game
front to back.
1403
01:22:03,900 --> 01:22:07,000
We're in at the whole way.
We're slowing them down.
1404
01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:09,900
Just enough.
We give up three touchdowns.
1405
01:22:09,900 --> 01:22:15,600
We give up three field goals.
We still keep a good defensive
1406
01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:18,100
performance overall, but we
don't quite do enough and the
1407
01:22:18,108 --> 01:22:20,300
offense doesn't quite do enough
to get that W.
1408
01:22:21,100 --> 01:22:24,700
Bronze, basically, saying the
offense is not going to finish a
1409
01:22:24,708 --> 01:22:29,000
few times.
Yeah, I still I'm not fully
1410
01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:32,700
trusting this offensive line yet
and I think the communication
1411
01:22:32,700 --> 01:22:35,700
and the way that West Virginia
likes to the bring, the the
1412
01:22:35,700 --> 01:22:39,000
Blitz and the pressure from a
lot of different areas if that
1413
01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:44,000
communication has not taken a
step since Wofford, Then that's
1414
01:22:44,000 --> 01:22:46,500
going to be problematic.
And when you're trying to close
1415
01:22:46,500 --> 01:22:50,300
the game out, Anyway, you're
trying to come back.
1416
01:22:50,300 --> 01:22:53,000
You know, down one score trying
to finish out your going to be
1417
01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:54,400
throwing the ball.
There's going to be that
1418
01:22:54,400 --> 01:22:57,300
pressure and I'm just
questioning whether we can hold
1419
01:22:57,300 --> 01:23:00,400
up.
Alright, so there you go.
1420
01:23:00,500 --> 01:23:05,800
I got 3130 VT bronze.
Trying to be the realest of our
1421
01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:11,100
group saying, 3024 say I mean
it's weird Pig against each
1422
01:23:11,100 --> 01:23:12,900
other.
Sometimes it's what happens.
1423
01:23:13,400 --> 01:23:15,400
All right, Brian.
So let's flip it.
1424
01:23:15,400 --> 01:23:17,600
Let's look at our big screeners
this week.
1425
01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:20,500
What's going to be on your big
screen and some point in time
1426
01:23:20,500 --> 01:23:24,200
during the day?
Saturday, I've got Florida at
1427
01:23:24,200 --> 01:23:26,800
Tennessee, that's going to be my
big screener.
1428
01:23:28,900 --> 01:23:32,900
Tennis tendon.
Oh hey, man.
1429
01:23:32,900 --> 01:23:35,800
If we look at the, you know, the
guys that are showing out, I
1430
01:23:35,808 --> 01:23:39,300
mean, obviously, you know, we
got one starter we're playing
1431
01:23:39,300 --> 01:23:41,400
against this week that used to
be on the Hokies.
1432
01:23:41,400 --> 01:23:45,600
We've got another down in
Louisville started on that
1433
01:23:45,600 --> 01:23:47,700
offensive line.
We got Hendon tearing it up in
1434
01:23:47,700 --> 01:23:50,700
Tennessee that sees a Heisman
front-runner.
1435
01:23:50,700 --> 01:23:53,900
At this point tastes case
playing good over Kentucky.
1436
01:23:53,900 --> 01:23:57,100
Yeah.
It's a tough look, man.
1437
01:23:57,100 --> 01:24:02,100
It's a tough look.
But when when I look at that
1438
01:24:02,100 --> 01:24:06,400
one, Tennessee is actually a
10-point favorite here and
1439
01:24:06,400 --> 01:24:08,700
that's a little too rich for my
blood.
1440
01:24:09,500 --> 01:24:11,400
Okay.
So I'm going to take Florida in
1441
01:24:11,400 --> 01:24:17,100
the 10 but I think Tennessee
wins the game outright but I've
1442
01:24:17,100 --> 01:24:21,400
got Florida and that in the 10
points here that is a lot to
1443
01:24:21,400 --> 01:24:23,300
play.
Especially I mean Tennessee's
1444
01:24:23,300 --> 01:24:26,400
had very little success of the
floor over the last Decade heck
1445
01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:30,600
over the place full decade.
So that is a lot to lay in.
1446
01:24:30,900 --> 01:24:36,600
Again, they got up for Utah and
I think I think that's a sign
1447
01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:40,000
that now for me I'm going to
stay in the ACC.
1448
01:24:40,100 --> 01:24:44,800
It is probably the game that is
either going to in DJ ukeleles
1449
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:50,400
career or springboard him to
actually doing big things.
1450
01:24:50,600 --> 01:24:52,500
As Clemson.
Wake Forest is going to be a
1451
01:24:52,508 --> 01:24:54,200
high noon kick.
So I'm going to miss probably
1452
01:24:54,200 --> 01:24:57,700
about half of this game because
of Baseball, I'll come in, check
1453
01:24:57,700 --> 01:25:00,900
the second half, probably be
following on the phone while I'm
1454
01:25:00,900 --> 01:25:03,800
there.
I do think.
1455
01:25:03,800 --> 01:25:06,600
Clemson wins think Clemson's a
seven-and-a-half one favor.
1456
01:25:06,600 --> 01:25:09,200
I think Clemson wins out, right?
I'm not touching.
1457
01:25:09,200 --> 01:25:13,200
That spread that offense is that
offense is to anemic, in the
1458
01:25:13,200 --> 01:25:17,200
defense is too good.
I am going to say the under a 55
1459
01:25:17,200 --> 01:25:22,000
and a half, I think it's going
to be something like a 24:21
1460
01:25:22,000 --> 01:25:25,300
game.
Maybe 2824, Clemson pulls it
1461
01:25:25,300 --> 01:25:28,800
out.
Not enough to cover but I think
1462
01:25:28,800 --> 01:25:30,300
that's going to be an
entertaining game.
1463
01:25:30,300 --> 01:25:32,700
There's actually a lot of
entertaining games.
1464
01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:36,900
You know, I chose this one and
it was one more I think Saturday
1465
01:25:36,900 --> 01:25:40,700
night in Corvallis Oregon State
USC.
1466
01:25:41,100 --> 01:25:44,100
You said it to me, when we
talked earlier, this is a game,
1467
01:25:44,100 --> 01:25:48,400
we're going to know if Lincoln
Riley is for Real USC, in year 1
1468
01:25:48,900 --> 01:25:51,600
because that's a tough ass place
to play in Oregon, state has
1469
01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:56,800
been playing very good recently.
Yeah, I mean I think it's his
1470
01:25:56,800 --> 01:26:01,100
first big test.
I think we'll see if this is a
1471
01:26:01,108 --> 01:26:05,400
team that's ready to actually be
competitive and challenge for a
1472
01:26:05,400 --> 01:26:07,400
potential college football,
playoff spot.
1473
01:26:07,400 --> 01:26:10,800
Or if they're just a team that
has some talent, but it's still
1474
01:26:10,800 --> 01:26:13,900
a year or two away from making
that step.
1475
01:26:15,400 --> 01:26:17,600
When you look at that team,
though, they've got, they've got
1476
01:26:17,600 --> 01:26:20,900
the players.
Yeah, and you know, the question
1477
01:26:20,900 --> 01:26:26,600
is has Lincoln Riley, instilled,
that That winning culture enough
1478
01:26:26,900 --> 01:26:30,500
in such a short period of time
where things start to click when
1479
01:26:30,500 --> 01:26:34,000
it gets tough a little bit.
And so we think that there's
1480
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:35,500
going to be times where that
game.
1481
01:26:35,500 --> 01:26:37,500
It might be a might be tough for
a little bit.
1482
01:26:37,500 --> 01:26:39,700
We'll see how they react.
Yep.
1483
01:26:39,700 --> 01:26:44,000
Because because Oregon state
scored over 30 every game.
1484
01:26:44,000 --> 01:26:47,800
This year they did have a would
present of State in which, you
1485
01:26:47,800 --> 01:26:50,200
know, everybody will say.
Well, if we look at the common
1486
01:26:50,200 --> 01:26:54,700
opponent, Fresno State.
USC won by 21.
1487
01:26:55,200 --> 01:27:00,200
I listen to a podcast San
Francisco, Niners podcast s in
1488
01:27:00,200 --> 01:27:02,500
one of the guys went to Fresno.
So he pays super attention to
1489
01:27:02,500 --> 01:27:06,200
them and like their best player.
Went down early, like early
1490
01:27:06,200 --> 01:27:10,700
first half, so we didn't really
get a reflection of Fresno State
1491
01:27:10,700 --> 01:27:13,900
vs USC.
So I'll probably be up till 1:00
1492
01:27:13,900 --> 01:27:15,300
in the morning.
Saturday, I'm just going to go
1493
01:27:15,300 --> 01:27:18,500
ahead and booked into 9:30.
Kick have a couple late
1494
01:27:18,500 --> 01:27:22,400
cocktails and some whatever's
left over in the fridge.
1495
01:27:23,700 --> 01:27:26,200
Remember to tell everybody
though, that the transitive
1496
01:27:26,200 --> 01:27:29,600
property does not exist in
college football, so you can
1497
01:27:29,600 --> 01:27:31,600
look common opponent.
All you want to with that
1498
01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:34,000
doesn't mean shit.
It don't mean shit.
1499
01:27:34,300 --> 01:27:38,100
It don't mean.
Shit in its wild in, I think the
1500
01:27:38,100 --> 01:27:40,500
last few weekends with some of
these games and some of the
1501
01:27:40,500 --> 01:27:47,300
finishes have just been Perfect.
It's why we love Sundays to
1502
01:27:47,300 --> 01:27:49,200
don't get us wrong.
We love Sundays.
1503
01:27:49,200 --> 01:27:52,700
We have our team's Brian is
currently wanted to go well
1504
01:27:52,700 --> 01:27:55,900
probably kill someone who wanted
to kill 15 years ago but I mean
1505
01:27:55,900 --> 01:28:02,600
when I can run but accurate
accurate but but Saturday's is
1506
01:28:02,600 --> 01:28:05,300
where we live.
It's it's I think when you're
1507
01:28:05,300 --> 01:28:09,100
when you grow up in the South
it's just it's just a little
1508
01:28:09,100 --> 01:28:12,100
different on Saturdays and, you
know, Brian, you went to us
1509
01:28:12,100 --> 01:28:13,800
successful deep.
Three school.
1510
01:28:13,800 --> 01:28:18,400
Where even though at 1,200
people on campus, Saturday's
1511
01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:22,400
were wild on Hampton cities
campus during a football game,
1512
01:28:22,800 --> 01:28:25,700
so it's a little different
Force.
1513
01:28:26,500 --> 01:28:29,700
Alright?
Alright, be quiet.
1514
01:28:29,700 --> 01:28:34,300
Robbie that, that was one time
after one too, many drinks.
1515
01:28:41,000 --> 01:28:46,400
No comment.
Never let anything breaking over
1516
01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:47,500
the last little while we've
been.
1517
01:28:47,500 --> 01:28:49,200
All right at 90 minutes,
brother.
1518
01:28:49,600 --> 01:28:51,700
I think we're good.
But all right.
1519
01:28:51,700 --> 01:28:54,200
Well, that's going to wrap up
this episode of The Boundary
1520
01:28:54,200 --> 01:28:56,200
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1521
01:28:56,700 --> 01:28:59,600
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01:28:59,600 --> 01:29:01,900
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1532
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01:29:45,400 --> 01:29:51,200
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1537
01:29:51,200 --> 01:29:53,900
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1538
01:29:53,900 --> 01:29:57,500
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1539
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