Virginia Tech 44, Duke 7: Postgame Stream of Consciousness
by furrer4heisman on Oct 24, 2010 1:11 AM EDT
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PrintBye week time! We made it to November at 4-0 in the ACC, now it's time for the home stretch that we've had circled since the schedule came out: Home vs. Georgia Tech and road games against North Carolina and Miami to decide the ACC Coastal. Should be an exciting month. Before we get into all that, the Devils:
- Good grief, Tyrod Taylor. He's playing at the highest level of his career and is making throws I didn't think he was going to make early in the season.
- In addition to Tyrod, another group that's peaking at the right time is the defensive line. John Graves had a nice game against the Blue Devils and the ends are getting pressure consistently.
- One group that still needs improvement is the linebackers. We didn't see any of the huge breakdowns like we saw against Wake Forest, but there are still things that can be cleaned up. Lyndell Gibson had a much better game, though.
- Ryan Williams returned and wasn't exactly sharp, but that's not nearly as important right now as the fact that he's back. He wasn't able to find room to run, but there wasn't a lot of room to run for any of the linebackers against the Blue Devils, who were content to force Tyrod to beat them. He obliged.
- We're on a five-game winning streak and the offense is clicking, but we've played some really, really bad defenses lately. That's allowed the offense to build its confidence, but I'll still be interested to see how we do against a defense that isn't completely horrible.
- I feel good about the way the team's playing, much better than I did going into last year's Georgia Tech game. Hopefully we can keep rolling.
- What are your thoughts on the Duke game, how the team is playing and the upcoming Coastal Division November of Doom?
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That’s my friend Catherine getting lifted up after RMFW’s touchdown. My hand is on the small of her back. I always manage to get into pictures lifting people at Tech games. Half of my face and my arm were on the front of RTD’s sports section after we beat Clemson in ‘06. Maybe if I wasn’t fat I’d actually make my way into a picture furreal. Oh well. Good win!
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Last Year's GT Nightmare
I can’t get the image out of my head of GT blasting us with the triple option last season. All I remember were the tons of pitches and how our guys were practically defenseless. They were tearing off runs of 7, 10, 15 yards. It was extremely frustrating to watch, kind of like when Kellen Moore was able to complete pass after pass in our first game this season. It will cathartic for me if we manage to beat them down this year. I will be nervous about that game.
Last year ... this year
Definitely agree. The second half was painful to watch.
This game for is the test I’ve been waiting for for this year’s defense. With their knack for giving up big plays, I’ll be real anxious to see if we can get past this game without getting burned by too many.
Hopefully I’m not being crazy for being cautiously optimistic about the GT game. But I get the sense that Bud’s been steamed about the 2009 GT game for the past year and is anxious to show Tech can handle them.
True true...
It’s probably my short term memory…
But thinking back to 2009, I get real nervous about the GT game because of how they just effortless ran for 10+ yards throughout the second half of the game.
Of course, also thinking back to 2009, I don’t get too concerned about Miami. Last year’s beatdown just gives me confidence that we’ll handle them without trouble again this year.
It’s going to be an interesting month.
Pressure on QB
I think our defense has been playing fairly well, except for the occasional big plays that really hurt. However, has anyone else noticed that while our defense has been bringing pressure well, we still are not getting to the QB often as we should? It might just be that my perception of the Duke game is off, but it felt like we lacked hits on the QB.
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