The news to pull off Tyrod Taylor’s redshirt came today during Coach Beamer’s weekly press conference
“We plan to play both Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor this weekend,” Beamer said during the press conference.
“The No. 1 need for us is to be a good running football team. For several different reasons that needs to be our strength and I think by putting a guy in the backfield that makes plays, he’ll cause something to happen.”
Beamer added, “I think Tyrod Taylor is a much better player from a knowledge standpoint and reading coverages then a year ago. He’s farther along there. I also like his ability to throw the football.”
/post Jack
I am listening to SportsCenter, it is Virginia Tech not Va Tech you fuckheads
/end post jack
Tyrod coming back will open up the offense as much as possible with Stinespring calling the plays. His ability to turn a negative play into a positive will help us extend drives and therefore dictate the pace of the game. The biggest negative I see is that Glennon will still be taking snaps. This should be Tyrod’s team and we should allow him to develop a cohesion with the new receivers and help the seniors have a winning and memorable season. All in all I am happy with the move. However, I wish we weren’t blinded by loyalty at the beginning of the season. Regardless of seniority if we want to win as many games as possible we need to take a USC like approach to the depth chart: the best players will play.
1Jake on Sep 2, 2008 at 4:54 pm:
awesome…
It’s not going to fix all of the issues overnight, but it will make a difference, and Tyrod will only improve.
I agree. just give the whole show to Tyrod.
2cgb on Sep 2, 2008 at 8:48 pm:
Yeah I bet if Beamer could do it over (even with the loss) he would have rather have had Tyrod struggle and fix his mistakes against Furman. The biggest concerns I have now is (1) how long will it take to fully bench Glennon (2) can we actually get our shit together and beat Nebraska.
3Rob on Sep 3, 2008 at 2:05 pm:
This is just my speculation, but I think Tyrod is going to be one of those injury prone players.
In defense of the VT coaching staff Glennon looked better than Tyrod during the end of last season and he played a little better than Tyrod during the Spring game.
As much as Glennon sucked it up during the game, he did one thing that he has never done before, not under throw the long ball for once.
Also, VT receiving core is rather poor compared to last year. Last year it was rare to for them to drop a pass.