Wednesday: Rapid fire
THE COLONEL’S RECIPE: Former William Fleming standout Jamelle Hagins tallies 10 points and 16 rebounds to lead Delaware to a 59-53 victory over Virginia. “I’ve got a hit list of schools,” Hagins says, “and this was one of the big ones.”
INWARD GAZE: Logan Thomas assesses his season to date as “middle of the road,” adding “I’m not excited with how I’ve been playing or I’m not hating how I’ve been playing. Interceptions are up, but like I’ve said before, it’s because of a number of different things. They’re not all my fault. So people look at interceptions and say automatically I had a worse year. But you know, in some parts I think I’m a lot better than I was last year. Just being able to handle the entire offense, making checks, you know, being more of a part of the running game. There’s a lot of good things I’m doing well.”
DOESN’T SOUND GREAT: According to Andy’s blog, freshman cornerback Donaldven Manning was not at practice Tuesday and will meet with head coach Frank Beamer today to discuss his future with the program.
QUIET DOMINANCE: UVa linebacker Steve Greer ranks second nationally among active players (behind Manti Te’o) with 349 tackles. “People ask how fast Steve Greer is,” defensive coordinator Jim Reid says. “I tell you what. He’s as fast as he needs to be. Some of the guys he ran down last Saturday was pretty remarkable.”
JAYS AND FISH: Big trade between the Marlins and Jays, as Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle and John Johnson head to Toronto in exchange for young players. This binge-and-purge cycle by the Marlins is really getting old.
SETH SPEAKS: Seth Curry scores 23 points to lead No. 9 Duke over No. 3 Kentucky 75-68. Duke was a 4.5-point favorite in that game in Atlanta.
SPARTANS PREVAIL: Keith Appling hits two key shots late to help Michigan State upend No. 7 Kansas 67-64.
WHAT ABOUT BOB? A’s skipper Bob Melvin gets the nod over Buck Showalter in a tight AL Manager of the Year vote. Can’t argue with it; he was a magician. Bummer that Buck had to go up against that. Meanwhile, Davey Johnson takes the honors in the NL. Tonight, the Cy Young Awards will be unveiled at 6 p.m. on MLB Network.
ROCKY VS. DRAGO: OK, it’s missing the Cold War undertones, and any actual significance, but the U.S. men’s soccer team plays Russia in an exhibition at 9:50 a.m. on ESPN2. The game will be played in Krasnodar. Reporter: “Why Russia?” Rocky: “That’s what I was told.”
NAME THAT TUNE
Yesterday’s was “Pillar of Davidson” by Live. Tough, I know — HokieGal got the “Pillar of” part at least. Today’s is a lot easier I think.
As he came into the window
It was the sound of
A crescendo
He came into her apartment
He left the bloodstains
On the carpet
She ran underneath the table
He could see she
Was unable
So she ran into the bedroom
She was struck down
It was her doom
Annie are you OK?
Annie are you OK?
Are you OK, Annie?
November 14, 2012 - 6:50 AM
Boy, those song lyrics sound almost as cheerful as the Hokie football season. Logan Thomas seems to have been ‘coached up’ on his talking points for interviews. Too bad the staff didn’t ‘coach him up’ before and during the season. I’m sure it’s been a real challenge for him. I’ve thought all season that he pressured himself too much about being a perfect team leader and NFL prospect. Now I wonder if it’s just that he’s not ‘that’ good. Oh, he’s good in a college QB way, like Brian Randall was his senior season. But maybe Thomas is just not NFL 1st round good. There’s no shame in that, very few college QBs are that good. I do know this, he won’t get any better by hanging around VT for another season. If he can manage to get drafted, even 2nd or 3rd round, he’ll learn about 100X more as an NFL reserve than he would as the ‘star’ of the Hokie offense.
As for Manning? No comment.
Ah a little Smooth Criminal by MJ to get the day started.
I agree on the Marlins. That is nuts. The Astros have done a similar thing over the years except they have zip to show for it. At least the Marlins have a couple of World Series rings to go with the madness.
I’ll never forget Rocky’s famous line, “If I can change, and yous can change, everybody can change!”
“I must break you” – Drago
Aside from Miami fans & taxpayers, the biggest loser in the Marlins/Toronto trade has to be the Baltimore Orioles. They overachieve and become competitive, with the Yankees and Red Sox continuing to retool, only to have Toronto suddenly win the Florida lottery. The 2013 AL East race will be fascinating…
“If he dies, he dies.” – Drago
Frank Beamer has already established a precedent with “troubled” youth. Jimmy Turk is basically the athletics department lawyer and it seem he is on their speed dial.
As Forrest Gump once said, “And that’s all I have to say about that.”
AMc being such a baseball fan, how about some comments on the semi-annual talent dump by the Marlins? How long before the Angelos clan does the same? I give it this time next year, so Pete’s boys can maximize attendance, like their usual MO.
Glad Dell’s boy is doing well, just wish he was doing it in Blacksburg.
What the Marlins have done is (to quote Sylvester) despicable. I wish they could be indicted for misuse of public funds.
I think what Logan Thomas said was fine. I wouldn’t want him to downgrade himself too much. A QB needs some confidence. I still think one of the biggest differences between last year and this year is Boykin and Coale. The both ran better routes, had better hands, made tough catches and blocked on running plays.
Crooked Road is especially cheerful today. Gee Dude, get up on the wrong side of the bed?
If Beamer dumps a talented “bad egg” what is wrong with that? Some schools would nurse him far longer. If Beamer kept him for a while and the kid gets in trouble you’d jump the Beam for that. If the answer is “Don’t buy bad eggs”, well, sometimes eggs break on the ride home.
You have to be impressed with the Greer kid. He is absolutely all over the field, sideline to sideline. 349 tackles….is there anyone else on the Hoo’s defense making any tackles at all and how many games has he played in to make that many tackles?
Really wanted Kentucky to hand the Blue Devils their first setback of the season….I may have mentioned this before…I hate Coach K and Puke.
Glad that Baltimore had such a great season this year. But I remember all the standing room only games from the 90′s and having to pay scalpers just for the cheap seats. I hope they keep it going but they seem so intent on staying budget minded. I hope for the best because it used to be such an awesome place to go.
For what it’s worth, an excellent article on Grantland.com about the Genius of Jeffrey Loria:
http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/42760/theres-shrewd-theres-genius-then-theres-marlins-owner-jeffrey-loria
Thanks, RP. Outstanding article!
Hunters dad, glad to know I’m not the only one who hates the Pukes, but they beat Slick Cal, so I’ll let that one slide for now.
Greer reminds me of Jon Copper a little. Big news out of Pittsburgh on Big Ben. It seems like that rib injury is so serious he might be out for the season from that and not his shoulder. Very rare and life threatening. Hope he comes back soon.
Zman, as usual, your eagerness to stalk me mars your vision of what I actually post. Which part of what I posted about Manning did you not understand? Here is what I posted…
‘As for Manning? No comment.’
Yeah, in your eyes, that’s just another case of me attacking Hokie football. I’ll let you shrink in embarrassment, and others look at those words and try to decipher the insult you phonily pretended I made. Maybe some day you’ll get over the fact that I desire more from Frank Beamer than just erecting an empty trophy case and letting the dust pile up on it.
As I said on Bitter’s blog, I don’t care about Manning’s legal problems. My only interest is in the ‘false identity’ thing, and then only for humor. If Manning told the cops he was Bruce Smith, I’d love to know. If he said he was Marcus Vick, I’d worry for his sanity. Other than that jovial angle, I could not care less about Manning. So you can keep on ranting about everything I post that isn’t a typed kissing of Frank’s ring, and I’ll keep on laughing about it.
I agree with Huntersdad, the Greer kid playing for the Hoo’s is a delight to watch. I am a Hokie, but my father and sister went to U VA, so I am not a Hoo hater. I actually pull for the Hoo’s, except when they play the Hokies. I wish Frank Beamer would make the entire team watch the hustle and tenacity of the Greer kid and especially make M. Davis watch from a front row seat…he just might understand what is expected of him.
monkey in woodpile? gotta be kidding me….hokies are gonna powderize bc tablets and its dead man walking Spaz in this setting in front of a crowd that may not need a comma….frank always covers against this kind of woodchucks!frank wants no part of being featured on deadspin.com again after davis fiasco!