Comments on: Back at it

By: Joe Hokie

Joe Hokie — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:01:25 +0000

Give it up Zman. While you make some good points, you are way off with your characterization of the “haters” as wanting a national championship or three. At this point, most Hokie fans just want consistency and the ability to win the games that count — like against top-10 teams or in major bowl games. The coaching staff has thrown away too many games (Kansas, Boise State, Michigan) with poor play calling, bad decisions, and no in-game adjustments to conservative and well-known plans. Perhaps if Beamer were to go back to his early years, when he was building up the program, and make special teams special again, to use a few more “trick” plays (whatever happened to the “wild turkey” that was used effectively?), and to put some passion back into his coaching, then VT football would be and could be an up-and-coming program again.

By: wayne goodman

wayne goodman — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:38:26 +0000

Last night’s Duke/Cincinnatti game typified ACC football this season. Only an ACC team could have the ball at the opponent’s five yard line with second down and 1:40 left in a tie game and end up losing by 14 points. Until ACC schools find out how to win games like that one, the
conference will continue to be irrelevant and an afterthought in the BCS

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:24:06 +0000

45-3 barry, are you serious? Maybe that’s the pounding USC plans to put on Georgia Tech in the lowly Sun bowl. What’s funny is that even though they now have only a freshman QB for the game, USC disrespects GT so completely that they blew off the Sun Bowl team dinner until GT finally got tired of waiting for them and left:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/21459957/usc-leaves-hosts-georgia-tech-hanging-at-sun-bowl-dinner

I now truly understand your inferiority complex and the need to bash the Hokies all of the time.

By: Mike3

Mike3 — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:09:05 +0000

If VT is going to announce any coaching changes after the Russell Bowl, it’s truely been a well kept secret. In todays information age and loose lipped society, still not knowing is astonishing by any and all pundits. If a change will be made , the decisions and key components have already been contacted.The other scenario is the song remains the same.Time to see the river card soon.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 02:09:34 +0000

Hokes don’t know that their Charlie Coffee was actually Charlie Coffey.

See http://www.google.com/search?q=charlie+coffey+virginia+tech&rlz=1C1RNNN_enUS355US361&aq=0&oq=charlie+coffey+virginia&sugexp=chrome,mod=16&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Roll Tide!

By: scott whitaker

scott whitaker — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:20:30 +0000

Barry if GT continues to improve maybe they’ll beat VT (which happens infrequently) and maybe they’ll get to actually win a conference championship and maybe they’ll get into a bowl without getting a special waiver and maybe they’ll get to keep their conference championship without the NCAA taking it away from them and maybe they won’t hire a terrible coach like Al Groh and maybe they’ll develop a passing game so their O is no longer a one trick pony and…

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:03:06 +0000

Zman, do you remember the year Tech got an unexpected NIT bid and Phil was down in Florida and had to hustle back for the game? I think he might have made a couple of foul shots to win the game. Present day for anybody-who would you rather have Green or Delaney.?

By: Zman

Zman — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:38:28 +0000

And I used to play pinball with Wansley in the Squires Center. I don’t know what kind of student he was. He was too tall and strong for pinball. If he touched the machine at all it would tilt. I could rattle them some and get away with it. Not him…

By: Zman

Zman — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:36:05 +0000

Gotta love Barry the optimist. I didn;t see Rutgers play this year and have no idea if they are any good.

I saw a picture of Phil in a Southwest Airlines magazine within the last couple years. At least I assume it was “our” guy.

I loved watching him play. He was undersized, worked his ass off on the court and made the occasional big shot. He also was very self-aware (according to my memory). He once said in an interview that he had no pro aspirations and that he fully expected to play rec league ball after college. I do believe he could have played abroad if he wanted but doubt he did.

By: Barry from Ivy

Barry from Ivy — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 21:21:16 +0000

Rutgers 45 – VT 3 The game will be further evidence of the decline of the ACC. If Georgia Tech continues to improve, that could save the conference.