Will -freaking- Stew is right.

We did let up off the accelerator in the second-half.

Though it was interesting to see that Bud let up before Stiney did.

That said, this game was over early and it was over in an ugly way if your are a lingering Boston College guest. We beat B.C. from O&M pillar to post. We beat B.C. like a rented D-1aa Compass School. We gobbled B.C. up like a lower-mid-major Homecoming cupcake.

This game was close right up until it kicked off. Though we did get lucky on several serious looking second-half injuries. So lets digest the final 30 minutes together and then discuss what’s on tap with Gah.Tech.

3rd Quarter 14:25 remaining:
Check out the extra wide right side split by N.Brown as Bud Foster continues to channel his inner-2000 defensive self. Remind any of you of C.Moore? (big PIC link)

3rd Quarter 10:48 remaining:
Watch TT’s eyes read the B.C. defense and the coverage by looking right, then middle, then left. EPIC camera work by Raycom folks.

3rd Quarter 10:07 remaining:
A great Qb T-mobile hath become, a S.Render caliber lead-blocker he ain’t. Just watch on the reversing of the field run by R.Williams .

3rd Quarter 8:20 remaining:
#47 spikes T-mobile right in his right side-ribs and or hip. Might have been a lower riblete, might have been a hip-pointer. Either way, you can see for yourself that TT came up holding his right lower-side in the pic. (big PIC link)

3rd Quarter 8:06 remaining:
Poor Morg’ almost looses his right-knee again on this Blocking Below the Waist brutal foul by gutless #87. Poor Morg’ does come up holding his right knee and limping pretty badly in a frightful way. (big PIC link)

3rd Quarter 7:40 remaining:
On the very next dang snap …  “Taco’s” left shin gets speared by Harris helmet on the play and he is done for the duration. (big PIC link)

3rd Quarter 4:39 remaining:
Ju-Ju shows some mental alacrity on NOT throwing the Utah or Shovel-Pass to an accidentally covered David Wilson as the B.C. Defensive Tackle (Dt)  was knocked directly to the spot where the Utah-Pass was intended by B.Warren. Retracting the throw at the last sec’ cost Ju-Ju his grip and #64 made the all too easy strip. A smart though fluky play that will likley never show itself again.

3rd Quarter 3:07 remaining:
Interesting dart-pub like throwing motion outta Ju-Ju. He should give Ton-80 a try. His motion is even more compact (not much wind-up or much of a loop) than T-mobile’s remolded throwing motion currently is. Ju-Ju kinda puts the ball behind his helmet on his proverbial back-swing. The Lee Trevino of Tech if you will. That said; this does give Ju-Ju a very very quick-release.

4th Quarter 10:55 remaining:
Watch the extremely dreadful no-contact apparent injury on Hosely’s right knee as he lands awkwardly on it after trying to defense the throw to #10 along the VT sideline. Hosely must be one of those freaky guys both athletically and flexibility wise to survive this exceptionally gimpy looking inflection on his landing. This is squeamish looking indeed. (big PIC link)

4th Quarter 10:55 remaining:
D.Roberts still moving just a bit gingerly as he nurses his right-hammie back to health on this non-Kickoff return.

4th Quarter 7:09 remaining:
Watch big #75 Nosal stuff D.Wilson’s over the top attempted Walter Payton leap on this play. Coach Greenberg may ask you out to play Center Greg.

4th Quarter 6:08 remaining:
Watch C.Martin’s right-knee fold up like an accordion on our second dreaded no-contact injury of the day. (big PIC link)

4th Quarter 5:39 remaining:
Best pure form tackle of the day by none other than a local boy one #94 Mr. Mark Muncey of the Tazewell Virginia Bulldogs who fights off the ref’ to make the stop in the middle of the field. Too bad he is not even listed on the TSL.com depth-chart of all things. (big PIC link)

4th Quarter 4:29 remaining:
#38 Odom gets dumped like the girl at the senior prom who won’t put out by #69 of B.C. Odom has the look of an Adonis in cleats; though his mind has not yet caught up to his brickhouse body. However, as we see later on the Goaline stand, that Adonis like body is very physical and very gifted at the point of attack. Much more physical than either Jake or Gibby in fact.

4th Quarter 3:32 remaining:
Cody’s (and Cam’s) likely replacement at Whip one #43 Jean Gouveia-Winslow shows some nice lateral pursuit speed. Perhaps even more than Cody has. Though he sure looks thin downstairs to me with twigs for legs.

4th Quarter 2:28 remaining:
Very nice sideline stick by the less than plus-sized Matt Reidy #23 vs. #95 for B.C. who was 5“ taller and 49 lbs. heavier than Matt. If you must go to war; you want a Sargent Reidy to show you the way! Matt don’t rhyme with cat in my book.  (big PIC link)

4th Quarter 0:32 remaining:
FREE Jeff Beyer!!! As our scout-team running 5th year Qb; who is big enough to play at a lower level; finally gets a little VT P.T. Takes guys like Jeff and Matt and the like to keep a big-time D-1 program running smoothly behind the scenes with little or no praise for doing so. My hats off to all of you 3’s and 4’s who bust your hump every single day for good ole V.P.I. (big PIC link)

2nd half high lights:

• The Roc’ is rapidly becoming our next uber great lockdown coverage man. The B.C. Wideouts had precious little separation on him.
• Wilson did start to run better after some reps in the 4th Quarter and delivered a nice blow to #37 on the goaline. Wilson was hesitant at first; but started to wind out into at least 5th gear as the game wore one.
• M.Davis is a freak. Plain and simple. He has an N.F.L. body right now. He and Odom could both do work at clubs that only cater to wimminz.
• B.C. moved the ball late because of: 1) #16 their new Qb made some very tough throws. Look for more from him in the future. 2) Bud blitzed like mad up 41 points off the corners and gave away FREE-use real-estate on the edge. Why I have no idea? 3) the back-up 2’s and 3’s got very little front-4 pressure.
  

Time To Throw (T3):®
Virginia Tech Qb’s:
Sacked=4
Hurried=0
Pressured=5
Hit=7

Boston College Qb’s:
Sacked=3
Hurried=4 (with one tipped pass)
Pressured=8
Hit=10

T3 Analysis:
We/VT only threw a Service Academy like 12 times on Saturday vs. B.C. Which has a whole lot

to do with gaining 265 on the ground and controlling the game from the get go. However; we called 16 pass plays in the huddle and got sacked on 25% of them. We also only gave TT and or Ju-Ju quality Time To Throw on 43% of our passing plays. That is about average for us; though two of our Sacks were pretty random and TT threw extremely well despite feeling crowded in the pocket from time to time. You can see this in his Hit statistic. TT got hit 6 times on the day and produced 3 positive plays for it. 50% on contact if you will. I also charted what happened when TT took an unscripted side-step to buy passing time without running. There were five of these and 3 of ‘em were positive and one even punched B.C. right between the eyes  for a Touchdown. That is what a play-maker is all about folks! Such praised thus bestowed; Hokie run-blocking is noticeably superior to Hokie pass-blocking; which tells me we had better play with a lead or in a game clock situation where we can afford to run.

B.C. on the other hand called 31 total passes. They had good time to throw on 60% of their pass attempts. Some of that is skewed by the lack of pressure our back-up defenders brought in the final 20 minutes of play. Beyond a couple of Cornerback (Cb) blitzes it was not much. That said for the 3rd straight week, opposing Qb’s wilted under Virginia Tech contact as B.C. Qb’s were hit on a punishing 11 different plays. Oddly enough; two went for garbage time Touchdowns. However, the first 6 straight VT hits inflicted on a B.C. Qb produced negative plays for the Flying Eagles. That’s getting after it people; and the T3 vital is beginning to showcase a trend that actually hitting the other Qb pays more dividends than Pressures or Hurries do. You slap an opposing Qb around (unless he is a combo Qb freak like TT) and you stand a very good chance to eventually break the other sides will to win. In boxing we call this imposing ones will; and Bud Foster’s stop-unit has been rather stubbornly willful for the last 12 quarters of play. I really love this amount of O&M punishment being laid down on opposing Qb’s. Hitting Nesbitt early, often and hard will go a long way to eventually slowing down the Gah.Tech Flex Bone attack next week.

Gameballs:

• N.Brown hustled his ass off and had a sensational day harassing and living in the B.C. backfield all afternoon long. A
• TT was en fuego and clearly he has not yet reached his ceiling because his time is still limited as a thrower. A
• Morg’ was having his best day of the year before he got hurt. Looked like his knee was feeling real good and he was making plays all over the filed. B+
• Boykin is emerging as our best Wr overall as he is a slightly more precocious blocker than D.Coale. A-
• R.Will could be some version of an all-American if he is not careful. A+
• Big Wang had his best day of the year as well. Much more aggressive on the edge, and much better stunt or twist recognition in pass protection. A+++
• Both Bowden and Meyer kicked like they had borrowed Col. Steve Austin’s bionic leg. A++ for each.

The true number one key to beating Georgia Tech is... Assignment football on defense, pure and simple. Winning the Time of Possession and sitting the GT offense down. Playing with an early lead to force GT out of their vaunted Option. View Results  Loading ...

Up Next Gah.Tech on ESPN2 at 6pm:
Not an easy defensive assignment; pun intended; and this just in … rain is rumored to be wet. If you are Mrs. Foster you will see you hubby again in about 5 more days.

My concern is that this will devolve into a shoot-out; as I see us/VT scoring some points on the less than epic Wrambling Wreck stop-unit that has 2 starters out for our game along with 2 back-ups. The GT Pass Efficiency defense is only ranked 1o8th and they only have one guy up-front (a De) who really bothers me.

The GT offense nearly bothers me in its entirety. Their running attack is about twice as diverse as we last saw. GT has Dwyer averaging a very rock solid 6.5 on the Belly-Play and then they have Allen averaging a eye-popping 11.8 on the third leg of the Tripple-Option from his A-Back or Wingback spot. Nesbitt only trails Dwyer by 8 yards for the team lead in rushing and they have one Wideout who is only averaging 24 yards per catch. They have 2 or 3 all-star candidates on their oLine depending whom you ask.

In other words you make a mistake vs. this 2009 GT offense and they could damn well sting you for 6 points. Don’t take a bathroom break, don’t even blink. (early prediction: VT by about a full play)

“LETS GO!”

“HOKIES!”

b’street

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