Virginia Tech 28, Georgia Tech 21: This Looks Oddly Familiar
by furrer4heisman on Nov 7, 2010 1:10 PM EST
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PrintWatching Thursday night's game was like tuning in to watch your favorite TV show only to find that it's a rerun. We had been used to compelling plotlines and character development from Virginia Tech for the last month or so. Then, after a week off, the Hokies threw an old script at us.
They dug themselves a huge hole to start, Tyrod Taylor struggled in the middle and then at the end an Andre Smith red zone TD, a solid run game and a David Wilson kickoff return saved them. Everyone got to go home happy.
What the Hokies' win against Georgia Tech did was remind us that this team still has flaws. Their wins over Central Michigan, Wake Forest and Duke weren't complete smoke and mirrors, but were certainly aided by how absolutely horrible those teams are.
The Hokies (and Tyrod) still struggle with consistency and still need to find a way to stop the run and quit giving up big plays. Escaping with a win keeps Tech's margin for error in tact with regards to winning to Coastal, but also gives us a dose of reality. This team is good, but not above reverting to its previous self.
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Would you attribute that game to the coaching staff or the players? I know that Tyrod was rattled early on by that interception, but beyond that it seemed like the team came out flat yet again. In addition, the play calling was not at all unique or different from anything that we have seen this season. I was able to predict the play calls based on formation far too often than I should have been considering that I was in the stands. I’m sure Al Groh had a field day when he figured out that Stinespring was not going to do anything special.
I think it is up to the coaching staff from this point forward to have this team prepared for these games and the onus is definitely on Stinespring with regards to the play calling. If something isn’t working, he needs to do something that will as opposed to following that same old script, as you put it.
"[...] coordinator Bud Foster has never had problems filling holes."
That trip to Iowa was a Waste
Is it that our D is young, or that it just isn’t executing correctly? We caught a huge break with Nesbitt getting injuyred. UNC’s star HB, Johnny White is no out for the season with a broken collar bone. http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/18091/uncs-johnny-white-out-for-the-season This will hurt their offense, though Yates and Co. can’t be taken lightly. Oh well, a win’s a win.
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