No surprises on Virginia Tech’s injury report
The Hokies put out their usual injury report two days before the season opener against Georgia Tech. There were no surprises.
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Here’s the full report:
- Out For Season: Nick Acree (knee)
- Out: Tariq Edwards (knee)
- Doubtful: None
- Questionable: Ethan Keyserling (hip)
- Probable: None
Note: To be included on the weekly injury report, one must spend at least one day during game week in blue (limited) or green (no contact). If a player is not listed, he doesn’t meet the above criteria and practiced full all week, thus will play Monday night.
Edwards’ status has been known since early this week. Bruce Taylor will start in his place at backer, while Jack Tyler will start at mike. Keyserling wasn’t expected to play even if he was healthy.
The good news for the Hokies is that defensive end James Gayle (ankle), receivers D.J. Coles (knee) and Marcus Davis (hamstring) and tight end Ryan Malleck (finger) all appear to be fine heading into the opener.
September 1, 2012 - 6:57 PM
I’m sitting watching the 4th qtr of Clemson vs. Auburn. I see Clemson head coach Morris on the sideline with a headset on talking to the booth. He has a plays board covering his face and his other hand over his mouth. WHY ?? Simple, he is smart enough to know Auburn could have someone reading his lips and thus stealing his plays or defense. He knows it is done, and if he is guarding against it, then given the chance he will try it too if there is someone stupid enough to not guard against it. Guess who is stupid enough? THE HOKIES ! ! ! Like in the two Clemson games last season. And the result? They know when and where we are running. That is why Wilson could not get across the line of scrimmage when running. The Clemson defense, all 11 are there waiting for him. The linebackers start moving to the spot BEFORE the ball is snapped. Dumb, dumb Hokies !! Pitiful ! !
Clemson has set the tone with a big win over Auburn (without Sammy Watkins no less), time for the Hokies to step up.
Ferry- Morris is not the head coach, Dabo Swinney is. You should know what you’re talking about before you shoot your mouth off.
I hear whining from Peppers Ferry….relax dude.
Dan, I hear you on that. I was telling my father-in-law the other day that I picked Clemson over Auburn on the basis that Malzhan have stepped down to head at Arksansas State, and I couldn’t discount that. That game was absolutely entertaining. What impressed me the most was how heavy Clemson ran their offense out of the Pistol formation. They had a lot of success pounding the ball from the Pistol formation, and that is what I am hoping from Virginia Tech. I know some fans are scoffing at the installation of the Pistol, but I believe it will work.
The Pistol is a downhill, bruising, and physical ground attack that could cater to the strength of Virginia Tech’s offense. With the loaded backfield, an athletic offensive line, physical receivers, and a quarterback that relish making contact, I think Tech will have some success.
Another thing I have noticed is the rash of illegal substitution penalties being committed by teams. I mean, how hard is it to make sure to get the right number of players on the field? It seem to me the coaches and players aren’t communicating with each other very well. Even Alabama got slapped with one, rising Nick Saban’s blood pressure (I thought he was going to be breathing fire at Kirby Smart for that).
Minor correction: Chad Morris is the offensive coordinator. Clemson head coach is Dabo Swinney.
Food for thought…Just 3 years ago, Clemson OC, Chad Morris, was a Texas high school football coach. On the other side of the ball, Auburn’s DC, Brian VanGorder, was the DC for the Atlanta Falcons.
Clemson’s next game (Ball State) will be a sprint to the line of scrimmage. Clemson snapped the ball 87 times against Auburn. Ball State snapped it 96 times in their first game.
Two other observations from yesterday:
1) The kickoff return is a thing of the past. If the opponent has a
kicker worth a darn, then the ball will be flying into the
endzone on each kick. Clemson’s substitute return man (in for
Sammy Watkins) made 2 ill-advised returns…and was tackled at
the 15 yard line both times. Take a knee and get it at the 25!
2) With the new helmet rule, seems like the defense will be pulling
at the runner’s helmet on each play if there is a gang tackle,
in order to put the runner out for the next play. I understand
that the intent of the rule is for the safety of the player(s),
but, I think that the defense will start trying to “rip of heads”
now.
I meant “rip OFF heads”!
Trevor, I agree with you 100%. Let’s just hope the coaching staff arecommited to the offense and it doesn’t just revert back to the old “pitch left, pitch right, bubble screen, punt” rotation from recent years. @Bobby, that’s something I hadn’t considered, maybe that’s why Tajh was losing his helmet all night, it was getting “ripped”.
Did anybody noticed the other new rule? Any time a player lose his helmet, he is to sit out for the next play. I like this rule as it is ensure safety of all players. Tahj got beaten up pretty good. I think he got worn down near the end of the night. If they try to rip Logan’s helmet off, I would love for him to sit out for one play, stew, and come back and truck the defender who did that. That would make football a game of retaliation. *insert Joker maniacal laugh*
Regarding the covering of the mouth when sideline coaches are talking with the coaches in the booth. “The Old Ball Coach” Steve Spurrier was the first I noticed doing this a couple of years ago. I then and now wonder why a screen mesh, or privacy tinted “shield” is not routinely placed on the mike to prevent anyone from reading lips, and so coaches won’t have to be concerned about where the TV camera angles are coming from.
PF has a point though. There was a lot of suspicious defensive movement in both of the Clemson games last year. Their defense was sorry pretty much all year except against us. If you watch the games again, it does very much appear that they OFTEN knew exactly what play we were running beforehand. I understand this has been discussed by staff.. I’m not saying we would have beat them either game, nor that they cheated….just that it sure was strange and there are many who feel the same.
Look for mods to that helmet rule….it’s too easy for the defense to affect the outcome by ripping helmets off in critical situations.