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okiedokeyhokie OP
Sep 03, 2023 at 10:43 AM ET
Compared to last year…
Were we more disciplined? Yes (less penalties, better tackling) Were we more aggressive? Yes (sacks and turnovers & longer passing plays) Do we have some glaring weaknesses to fix? Hell Yes (Anything to do with the run game on O & D) Are we “ready” to compete for an ACC title? No Are we better than last year and showing improvement? Yes! I’m anxious to see what happens next week! Go Hokies!

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VTCARICO
Tackling was way better than it was under fu
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BEST2VT
Good post. Appreciate the recognition of headed in right direction.
We all have to be patient. It’s going to take time to get back to1999.
PhotoHokieNC PhotoHokieNC
Pry himself alluded postgame to improving needs.
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Hokie1992
Believe in the process!
We played better football than we did last year. Multiple players made plays. ODU definitely went eight men in the box and dared wells to beat them. Last year he couldn’t. We had one deep threat and he was a straight post guy. Now we have playmakers at receiver and wells is able to hit them. We have to keep improving everywhere
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NC Maroon
I'm half with you on the discipline.....
Less penalties and good tackling when we were in the right spot. I felt like we overran a lot of plays on defense and ODU got lots of yards from them. Some bad angles, some wrong gaps....but we do have a lot of youth on D. Hopefully film will help us grow each week. I am encouraged by the fact that we seemed to get better at the end of the game with two players ejected.
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jecvtmgr
Spot on
Observations on the defense
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EDGEMAN
One huge relief was eliminating the false start penalties.
I think we had one or two, but nothing like last year.
WestEndHokie39 WestEndHokie39
Zero false starts, one delay of game, I think
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crazylane
Looks like we pass block OK
F minus for run blocking. And also for the center snap.Once or twice I get it. But all night long? ** Edited by crazylane at 9/3/2023, 11:28:46 AM
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EDGEMAN
I think part of that was our running scheme
T-Bo did nothing to spread out the defense, so they could continue to stack the box.
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crazylane
Going forward
We're going to have to be a set up the run with the pass team. Hindsight is 20/20 but I was not a fan of the endless string of sideways or backwards passes we started the game with. Agree we have to stretch the field. The good thing is we have relievers to do it. And Tuten early on had some very impressive short runs when our line gave him nothing.