Virginia Tech Post-Portal Roster: The Offense

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   92Hokie14 January 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM

   What are guys like Coney, Mason, and Overton supposed to feel about this portal era? Three dudes I'm really looking forward to watching play, and with Tuten and Thomas out the door, they're next up (sans Overton who just enrolled, but was a top-10 in state recruit). Then we go and bring in three older guys in the portal. Is that just the nature of things now? Are one or more of those younger guys gonna head out the door? I can imagine they'd feel a bit frustrated thinking it's their time to prove their worth (which granted they can still do) but the coaches seem to rather bring in a one-year rental than invest in their progress with playing time in games.
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      MAHist87 January 22, 2025 at 3:33 PM

      Who needs young players that you have to tutor, develop, and educate? Just go to PortalMart and buy some disaffected Mountaineer expats who couldn't make it in Morgantown, or rent a few guys from Kentucky or neighboring Texas for 6 months. No need to worry about details like that pesky team building and cohesion stuff, we'll field 11 individuals like a golf team of harlequins. Screw those young naive highschoolers! If they can't wait 3 years to take the field, then they can hop the auction block and join the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs for a season or so.
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      eyetalianhokie January 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM

      I completely agree! I feel badly for the younger recruited guys who have put in the time and work while waiting patiently for their turn, and then they lose their spot to a "one year rental". It ain't right I'm telling you!
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   Hokie DKE January 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM

   Chris, What, if anything, have you heard re: TE Conner Ferguson. He’s been listed as a walk on TE but his stats as a multi sport ATH in high school in N.C. were significant. His parents tell a mutual friend that he’s shown tremendous growth and is really filling out his 6’4” frame. If he’s that good an athlete it seems he could contribute. What’s the buzz?
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   SanibelHokie January 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM

   Seems like a dumpster fire with a LOT of youth and injuries taking us into the season. No DC yet and a “run heavy” OC likely translates into a 5-7 season. Ouch.
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   brownsummithokie January 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM

   With Drones constantly injured and Pop undersized, who is QB3?
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   selhini January 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM

   "Can Moore get the most out of him?" Chris, I admire your restraint, I would have absolutely wrote, "Can Moore get more out of him?"
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   shaeelle January 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM

   Why has there been no updates in Defensive Coordinator; when a few weeks ago we were told they were far down the road?
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      VTLongball January 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM

      Is it possible that the candidate for DC is the Safeties Coach at OSU. He has DC experience is young. Throwing that out there. Close friend of mine is die hard buckeye and he has heard rumblings of him potentially looking elsewhere as a DC. Nothing specific to the Hokies just that he is young good and a hot commodity.
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   SettleSacks January 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM

   Chris is it fair to say that the only unit we improved in is TE and that’s only because we got older and stayed healthy?
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      HokieCrazy1994 January 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM

      As a unit, I think the RB room got better. Maybe not at the top, but certainly deeper.
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      ChesBayhokie January 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM

      You could say the same for qb