Here is the final. If you are prone to seizures, don’t press play. Marcus Davis throws down the only legit dunk and ends up winning.

For those of you who didn’t hear, last Saturday afternoon there was a water main break behind the Merryman Center. A Bud Light van, usually responsible for flooding our brains with poor judgement, not the ground with water, hit a fire hydrant.

Picture courtesy of Patrick Stevens’ terrific D1SCOURSE blog.

The VT-MD roundball tipoff was rescheduled from 4:00 to 6:30pm. Among the Hokies I talked with the consensus on the situation was: positive, more time to get shit housed at the bar, negative no bathrooms to relieve yourself in once the seal is ready to burst. That’s a more than manageable trade off though, so no harm no foul. Right?

Wrong!

It has come to my attention the football practice field was a casualty of the accident, OH THE HUMANITY.

I hope that’s not poop water. You can swing on by the Beamer Blog to see more pictures of the damage.

To be honest, I’m surprised the field held the water that well. Looking at the big picture, spring practice starts on 3/31 and my guess is it will be all cleaned up by then, so crisis averted.

And now because everyone is thinking it…

Lou: That sounded like an explosion at the old Simpson place.
Chief Wiggum: Forget it. That’s two blocks away.
Lou: Looks like there’s beer coming out of the chimney.
Chief Wiggum: I am proceeding on foot. Call in a code 8.
Lou: [on the radio] We need pretzels. Repeat, pretzels.

Though Wilson might split time between outdoor track and field and spring football practices, football remains his favorite sport. The coming months present important choices for his career. He said he talked to his coaches about possibly redshirting, though no decision has been made. He knows Tech’s backfield is crowded. Last season’s leading rusher, Ryan Williams, is a rising sophomore. Darren Evans, the top back in 2008, will return as a junior after missing last season because of a knee injury.

Wilson already spent one season not contributing as much as he wanted. He carried 59 times and returned 17 kickoffs in 2009. Would another season of such limited action be worth it? The way Wilson sees it, Williams and Evans could leave for the NFL if they perform well enough this fall, which would mean more carries in 2011 for Wilson, possibly as a redshirt sophomore.

“If I feel like after the spring game or going into the first game that I’m still around the same stage, then I’ll probably redshirt,” he said.

That’s from Darryl Slater of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

For what it’s worth, as long as Williams, Evans and Josh Oglesby are healthy in 2010 then I think Wilson should redshirt. The Stinespring Screenfense can barely accommodate one dynamic playmaker in the backfield, let alone two or three. If Wilson doesn’t redshirt there will be no creative package designed for/around his speed, he’ll have limited carries and his major contribution will only be on special teams. Punt and kick return were held down by Jayron Hosley and Dyrell Roberts respectively. I don’t think it’s worth another year of eligibility to be the second threat on kickoff returns especially when it’s possible both Williams and Evans could be gone after 2010. Hopefully track and field can supplement some of the competition Wilson is missing from the gridiron and keep him uber hungry for 2011.

What do you guys think?

If you read this blog at all prior to 2009 you know I didn’t care much for Sean Glennon. He was a me first guy and, to put it mildly, was the worst quarterback the Hokies had after Michael Vick strapped our program to his angel wings and rose us to prominence. With that said, this is uncalled for and Chris Crocker has three words for you… Continue Reading “LEAVE GLENNON ALONE” »

According to hokiesports.com it looks like Virginia Tech has indeed rescheduled it’s September 4th  game against Central Michigan to October 9th.  The only plausible reason for such a move is to free up Labor Day to travel to FedEx to play Boise State. I expect an announcement confirming this soon.

Here are the positives and negatives from both the Bronco and Hokie perspective. I’ve been against this move for two reasons:

1. A lean non-conference schedule will give our young defense and late blooming offense a chance to gel.
2. I’d like to see Boise State play a blockbuster game during the middle of the season.

UPDATED 2/2/10

The other shoe has dropped via @JeffCren

FedExField, the home of the Washington Redskins, will be the site when Virginia Tech hosts Boise State University on Monday, Sept. 6. The kickoff time will be released at a later date.

Thoughts?

In response to my own argument in favor of making Ryan Williams the lone featured tailback in the 2010 offense, I give you the CGB supercomputer analysis of the Evans Williams 100 proof backfield. Please note that the Hokies’ simulation opponent was Boise State.

Oh no, oh no, who’s getting it… Is it Evans up the gut or Williams on the outside… Oh God, Oh God. SMASH!

The results are an infinite amount of points. TREMBLE IN FEAR!

*Thanks to VTBaZ for the help.
**Credit to the drunkards at The North End Zone for the Ryan Mother Fucking Williams (RMFW) nickname.

How Frank Beamer, Bryan Stinespring and Billy Hite re-incorporate Darren Evans into the Hokies’ backfield will be one of the most discussed topics heading into the 2010 season. The dominating argument on the message boards and blogs is a 50/50 split and Evans should be the grind it out back and Williams the home run threat. Meh.

Below and after the jump are typical rushing statistics for both Williams and Evans. I’ve also included my adjusted yards and adjusted yards per carry statistics. They’re nothing fancy. What I’ve done is eliminated Williams’ and Evans’ long rush for each game and recalculated total yards and yards per carry. So simply put, adjusted yards = yards – long and adjusted yards per carry = (yards – long) / (carries – 1).

Ryan Williams – 2009

Continue Reading “Evans-Williams Statistical Comparison” »

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