Virginia Tech-Bowling Green in-game blog
Game program for today.
I wrote about the running game for tomorrow. I’ll post a link when it’s online. (Update: here’s the link).
We’re really no closer to knowing who the primary back will be than we were last week. If anything, it’s more muddled than ever. But my column was on the commitment to the running game that we saw today, which I argue is more important than who’s toting the ball.
Here’s a take from offensive tackle Vinston Painter on each of the backs:
“One thing that they all do: they’re all pretty explosive. Those guys run hard, and when they get a chance to run, they run with a purpose. I would say Tony Gregory and J.C. [Coleman] are more speed guys – when they hit the hole and find open space, they’ve got a nice little burst to ‘em and accelerate. Michael Holmes, he’s more of a shifty-type guy, side to side, but he has that game speed where he can break away from guys and break tackles. Martin Scales? Power. Pure power. He has enough speed to break away from guys, but he will run them over when given the opportunity.”
I’ll post links on all our stuff once it’s online (update: Andy’s story, my column, game notes, report card). See you next week from FedEx Field, when the Hokies take on Cincy. As always, thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts.
—-
Final: Hokies 37, Bowling Green 0. Back with more later.
FINAL SCORING SUMMARY
SECOND QUARTER
VT—Coleman 10 pass from Thomas (Journell kick), 9:25. Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards, 6:46. Key play: Gregory 17 run to BG 42. Virginia Tech 7, Bowling Green 0.
VT—Roberts 42 pass from Thomas (Journell kick), 6:42. Drive: Four plays, 56 yards, 1:37. Key play: Holmes 15 punt return to VT 44. Virginia Tech 14, Bowling Green 0.
VT—Thomas 1 run (Journell kick), 1:10. Drive: Nine plays, 62 yards, 3:21. Key play: . Coleman 17 run to BG 41. Virginia Tech 21, Bowling Green.
THIRD QUARTER
VT—Holmes 2 run (kick failed), 8:58. Drive: Seven plays, 61 yards, 3:06. Key play: Holmes 40 run to BG 5. Virginia Tech 27, Bowling Green 0.
FOURTH QUARTER
VT—FG Journell 35, 13:30. Drive: Six plays, 53 yards, 1:51. Key play: Thomas 26 run to BG 22. Virginia Tech 30, Bowling Green 0.
VT—Scales 4 run (Journell kick), 9:22. Drive: Five plays, 55 yards, 2:26. Key play: Coleman 17 run to BG 7. Virginia Tech 37, Bowling Green 0.
DEFENSE
SOLO/ASSISTS/SACKS
Bowling Green, Hunter 6-2-0, Swan 2-4-0, Ward 0-6-0, Walker 2-3-0, Jones 1-4-1, Pettus 4-0-0, Woods 1-3-0, Martin 3-0-0, Barimah 2-1-0, Colvin 2-0-0, Foster 2-0-0, McKor 2-0-0, Royster 1-1-0, Ouellet 1-1-1, Truss 1-1-0, Sutton 0-2-0, Gates 1-0-0, Lynch 1-0-0, Bayer 1-0-0, Johnson 1-0-0, Thomas 0-1-0, Goble 0-1-0, Totals 34-30-2.
Virginia Tech, Tyler 5-2-0, Jarrett 5-1-0, Taylor 4-2-0, Cole 3-3-0, Exum 2-2-0, Wilson 3-0-1, Maddy 1-2-0, Vandyke 2-0-0, Williams 0-2-0, Bonner 0-2-0, Nicolas 0-2-0, Abbott 1-0-0, Roth 1-0-1, Trimble 1-0-0, Fuller 1-0-0, A. Hopkins 1-0-0, Frye 0-1-0, Tweedy 0-1-0, Riley 0-1-0, Edwards 0-1-0, Gayle 0-1-0, Collins 0-1-0, Marshall 0-1-0, D. Hopkins 0-1-0.
THIRD QUARTER
Hokies lead 27-0 and we get ready to watch 15 minutes of playing out the string. A good chunk of the crowd has gone home. If I’m Tech. I wouldn’t put it in the air the rest of the game. Just treat it like a scrimmage. Work on run blocking. Try to exert your will; you’ll need that later in the year.
HALFTIME
The Hokies head to the locker room with a nice ovation from the crowd and a 21-0 lead. That quarter featured pretty much everything the Hokies wanted to see coming into this one: the ability to run the ball at will, solid defense and a confident and accurate Logan Thomas pitching it around.
Thomas has thrown two touchdown passes and run for a score, but I think it all starts with the running game – something we’ve seen zippo of before today.
Nice job of the Tech coaches diagnosing the Bowling Green weakness – perimeter run stopping – and attacking that with an assertive attitude. The option pitches to Tony Gregory were well blocked. Thomas had a nice 15-yard run off right tackle where it looked like the BG defense thought the ball was heading the other direction.
I know what some are thinking: Don’t you dare anoint this team something special because it had one good quarter against Bowling Green. I hear you, and I won’t, but I will say that Tech started to look a lot more like Tech over the last 15 minutes.
Kyle Fuller – out most of last week with a shoulder injury – made a very nice play on a deep ball that looked like it had a chance to be something. Other than that, the Falcons didn’t threaten much.
Hokies have outgained Bowling Green 227-71. Thomas is 9 for 17 passing for 127 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Hokies have more than a five-minute edge in time of possession.
Bowling Green will get the ball to start the second half.
FIRST QUARTER
We’ve heard some boos already from the Lane Stadium crowd, which watched the Hokies put up 43 total yards in the first quarter. The period ends in a scoreless tie. BG has had some decent field position but managed only 40 yards on three possessions, so the Tech defense has done its part thus far.
Tech did get a break on a blown coverage where BG quarterback Matt Schilz overthrew his wide-open receiver in the end zone.
Logan Thomas has been erratic again thus far. He’s also been pressured a lot. No holes being opened in the running game.
Nonconference tickets are easier to get; for many of those here, this will be the only Hokies game they see this year. They want action, and so far, they aren’t getting it. Some are letting the coaches know how they feel about it.
—-
Kickoff is noon on ESPNU. Hokies are favored by 17 with the over-under set at 47.5. Typical plan today: Thoughts on the first three quarters, then a wrap-up after the print stuff’s done. As always, if you’ve got something you want to say, chime on in.
You can also follow me on Twitter here.
September 22, 2012 - 9:16 AM
VT by 7. 17-10, VT. Yes it’s gonna be ugly. That should be the theme this year.
Still going with 20-17 VT; this will be a dogfight. Tech is going to come out better focused and with the defensive adrenaline flowing but watch for turnovers, this will be the key to the game. Don’t look for VT offfense to be clicking much better, BG has probably reviewed much game film and will be ready. Windy, that favors BG. If VT cannot run the football, they will be on the other side of 20-17.
I see a police officer was fired for pulling over Dabo Sweeny for speeding. The question for the day; how many speeding tickets has Frank Beamer had torn up?
Aw shucks, Frank would never do that. If you don’t believe me, just ask Marcus Vick, if you can find him. Seriously, that is the culture we live in today, it is not right but it is where society has regressed to. Hopefully another Great Awakening is just around the corner, it needs to get worse before it gets better. We all love football but it has become the number one idol of worship. Do all things moderately.
Those Virginia State Troopers… that’s a good crowd over there, they’ll get after ya!
Middle of the first qtr. about a 20 yard punt. We are watching JMU II.
Start of the second quarter and the running game is nonexistent, receivers can’t get open and LT is lofting, not throwing the ball when they are. Gregory is starting to find a gap or two though….leave him in the game!
I swear that Stiney took over the play calling. The first 3 times thy couldn’t do dilly squat. Then all the sudden they started attacking, attacking, and attacking. Gregory has been the man. Coleman looked brilliant on the edge.
Davis was very fortunate he didn cost the turnover. Defense has held down the fort very well. Three breaks went the Hokies way- a missed field goal, overthrown TD pass, and a close deep ball. Those were huge.
Captain Obvious says: J.C. Coleman is fast.
They are back!!!!! Bowling Green were studs!!
About 8 min left and I guess we decided to go into a prevent so they can score.
Despite the numbers I think our offense is terrible. There is no real link between Thomas and Davis. I thought this would be fixed by now.
Zman, remember that crooked road and I were fairly critical of Marcus Davis. Today showed that he is still not the #1 flanker or split end.
As I stated…..BLOWOUT!!!!!!……I was off on the score a small bit. This is the start of a longgggggggggggg winning streak. Bombs away baby! GO HOKIES!
Marcus Davis is a workout warrior. He looks great in the weight room and with combine numbers. He does NOT focus for an entire game, EVER. Even after last week’s debacle, he couldn’t focus while on the field for this game. That’s my complaint about him. He’s a senior, he will NEVER change, even when he gets multiple shots in the NFL because of his workout numbers.
He doesn’t disappoint me any longer, because I never expect anything from him.
On a better note, it’s good to see Bud have his troops motivated, and earn the shutout.
Blow out against a D2 team.
Chalk one up for Beamer Best Time, right on the money. Question: Will VT break back into the top 25 or will the pollsters wait to see how they fare against Cincy?
In the 4th Qtr of Clemson-FSU. Clemson looks worn out. Have to say that I have to believe that FSU is the real deal. LSu is exposed by Auburn but it won’t make them drop.
We have allot of work to do before we face either of those teams.
Right now I think Cincy takes us.
No way they are a top 25 team. They don’t play anybody and are like leaches when they are in top 25. They move up when other good teams play each other and one loses. Bragging about beating BOWLING GREEN? COME-ON MAN!1
If you think that Fla St or Clemson is that good why do those defenses give up all those points?……You haters and you know who you are can go and pull for your Hoos and Mountaineers. Boy they look impressive!
#17 Barry, you must lead a very sad existence. Your pastime is anonymously, publicly denigrating a local, very popular sports team. You revel in its shortcomings, delight in its losses, rationalize its victories, prophesize its impending downfall all to belittle its fans. You do this all while lacking the courage, actually that’s not the right word, say common courtesy, employed by most all sports bloggers of identifying your team, the team you identify with, the team that gets you excited. You never engage in the face to face give and take that most sports fans enjoy. Yours is more of the under the cover of night drive by sniping that puts you in the class of the twit in the back of the classroom who egged on his classmates to get them in trouble. The guy who got an ego boost from another’s misfortune but ultimately himself had no friends. So I challenge you Barry to step to the front of the class, tell us who it is that makes your sports guy in you get excited, what team is it that makes your blood rush. Because if you don’t you’ll just be another annoying (you identify with that word don’t you?) twit in the back of the class.
Now VT’s schedule begins…Other than GT which was game they won and were just plain lucky in winning…..The schedule will be tougher and the competition will not be a ton of cupcakes. I see them losing to Clemson, Florida State, and even Miami now since they beat down GT so bad. Cincy will not be a push over, but I think Tech will have the edge there.It will be interesting to say the least.
Eagle……read em and wheep………VA Tech #25……top 15…ACC CHAMPS baby!
Cincy is not Bowling Green but VT should be able to win but barely, only if Thomas can run the ball. I see VT beating Duke and UVA but not too promising beyond that, their goal should be to win 6 game this year. Many times the game come down to how teams match up and VT matches up better with Cincy, Duke and UVA, they always have. The other teams might end up mauling the Hokies. How about that FSU team????
Interesting scenario developing in the Coastal as Miami actually is now in the driver’s seat and controls their own destiny, with a big game at home against the Hokies in a few weeks. As Beamer says … a W is a W so Miami is definitely adding some excitement in the race with their W’s as of late. There were several analysts who picked the Hurricanes to win the Coastal and they were laughed off of the set. I am beginning to wonder if they were right. Now for the Cincy game, this will also be interesting. As I have taken another look at this upcoming matchup, this is really about Big East vs. ACC and just like Pitt, the Bearcats will be pumped for this game to stick it to the Hokies for leaving the Big East. It appears the Hokies may be looking at their second loss at the hands of the Big East.
Actually, the Hokies’ schedule doesn’t ‘begin’ until the UNC game. The Cincinnati game does not matter, just as the Bowling Green game did not matter.
Hokies 31-7 over the Bearcats. I predicted 42-7 over Bowling Green originally, then backed it down – because of the incessant wailing about how good Bowling Green was – to a Hokie 35-10 win. Thankfully, Bud’s boys were awake this time.
Should say ‘begin again’…
Tech will lose the Cincy game because, in essence, it is an away game in the North. VT never wins north of the Mason Dixon line. The Hokies definitely looked better against BG but Cincy is much faster and explosive. Bud Foster will have to come back down to earth for this game and that means lots of holes in the secondary and the opponent’s running game going crazy. Cincy 28 – VT 13.
the police officer wasnt firrd for giving dabo swerny a speeding ticket. he was fired for posting the video from the cruiser camera on a clemson tiger blog site.
Barry, I am not trying to burst your bubble, but the Mason-Dixon line separates Maryland and Pennsylvania not Maryland and Virginia. Might be a good time to hit those books again.
“VT never wins north of the Mason Dixon Line”. Barry, you’re not only a twit but you’re incredibly ill informed…or stupid.