Comments on: Fork Union OL Jonathan McLaughlin ready to enroll in January; RB Drew Harris has to wait until June

By: NovaHokie

NovaHokie — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:33:18 +0000

Anyone have any details on how Drew Harris did at FUMA this past season? Stats?

By: Come On Man

Come On Man — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:08:22 +0000

Wake up bloggers…Barry can not possibly be a GT fan. I know the work of a Wahoo when I see it. Barry often harps on why he hates Virginia Tech and everything about it so much. Why would a Georgia Tech fan hate on Virginia Tech so much? Because the Yellow Jacket offense is so boring to watch that he hates on the Hokies? Really, Georgia Tech runs the spread option and it is dreadful to defend but only throwing 3 or 4 passes a game? You think fans like that? Do you think receivers and QB’s just line up to go to GT to get a chance to make it to the NFL? (other than Calvin Johnson, the guy is a machine and probably could have went to the NFL after high school). Barry is not a GT fan, but a UVA fan in disguise because although Georgia Tech had a fair chance at the ACC title this year, UVA did not. To honestly call himself a UVA fan here on the blog would allow all of us to poke fun at him for a decade of losses at the hands of “stupid” (quoting Barry) people at Virginia Tech.

By: Perch

Perch — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:05:35 +0000

UVA is a quality academic university, but there is a rot there that infects their football program. They get to UVA as touted recruits, have a lackluster to decent college career, then go pro and show why they were touted recruits in the first place. The reason? Heart. A recruit at VT sits on the bench until he has bought into the system, done the Gentry program in the weight room and then earned his way onto the field. At UVA, if you were highly touted, you start…period. We don’t get the best, year in and year out, but we do a heck of a lot with what we have, and in a game like college football, heart can trump talent on a given day. The difference between the top and the middle in college is often as little as a couple of inches, a few pounds, a few tenths of a second. These things can be mitigated by…you guessed it… HEART!!! Go Hokies!!!

By: Desert Hokie

Desert Hokie — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:56:10 +0000

I just hope the new coaches get the offense to block the guy in front of them. The rest will take care of itself. Glad Thomas is coming back. I’m sure he wasn’t happy with last season and would like to leave on a better note.

After watching Alabama run multiple offenses without an ‘identity crisis’, I come to the conclusion that having an OL that does its job will take care of a lot of ills. Really don’t care what or how many offenses the new guys run; just hit somebody. Coaches? I like who we got. New guys with different backgrounds, new blood. Experienced.

Spring practice will tell us what kind of team we will be. About 15 years ago UVA coach George Welsh was interviewed before the UVA game (The great comeback year that Tech beat UVA at UVA), and he said what made Tech tough to play was that they lined up and tried to knock you off the ball, every down. So I don’t care if we run the pistol, spread, or power I, just hit somebody.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:55:34 +0000

Barry from Ivy is best ignored. Eventually he will go away when people realize that he’s not a GT graduate/student…maybe HS but that’s may also be a stretch. May be a Jacket fan but gets a trill our of upsetting posters. He needs to go to the Atlanta paper and contribute his rambling on their sites. They have a GT and GA column where he can get credible info on recruiting, game info and even may learn why GT can’t handle GA. They would eat him alive…no facts just wasting time.

By: NovaHokie

NovaHokie — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:48:52 +0000

Glad to see that Drew Harris will be joining the Hokies in June. He looks like a stud. Like others, I am confused as to how the paperwork could get mishandled at VT. Isn’t there a basic checklist to be completed? Also, does anyone have details on how Drew performed at FUMA? Did he dominate?

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:37:50 +0000

Andy, what’s the hold up with the OC?

By: 540Hokie

540Hokie — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:21:50 +0000

Lighten up Bill.

By: Short coach

Short coach — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:14:10 +0000

Hey barry! What’s this “us” stuff? Look out you are getting soft… Welcome new Hokies,

To Pa based Hokie, tell us how drew looked in hs. Thanks
Jonathan needs to bulk up, and I am sure he will, drew just looks mean! We are in for a good year, everybody’s hungry.

Looking forward to the spring game, no thunderstorms please!
Still waiting for the coaching confirmations to complete the picture.

By: scott whitaker

scott whitaker — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:03:00 +0000

You know Barry I don’t think anyone here really minds that you troll here pulling for your team. By why trash another team while doing so? Maturity, or a lack thereof, has much to do with it I know. But all your doing is hurting your team’s rep here. I’ve never given GT much of a second thought, unlike say Miami (Thug U) or our rival UVa. Now thanks to you, I relish each win against the”bee stingers”, even in BB! So keep at it Barry, you’ve managed to turn a bunch of bloggers here against a team we never gave a second thought about. There’s even a poster now who calls himself “VT owns Gt”.