Yes, the game has already begun. No, nothing of substance, besides the fact that San Diego's defense has limited the Patriots on their first two offensive possessions has taken place thus far. However, that occurrence is indicative of the fact that the Chargers' defense matches up with the Patriots defense better than any other team in the NFL. With the ability to generate pressure with their front four, a talented group in the secondary, and a group of linebackers that can work up to pressure the passer and cover weapons like Watson and Faulk, the Chargers are well equipped to limit the Patriots on offense, particularly if adopting some of the game plan elements the Jaguars employed last week, limiting the deep ball, filling the underneath zone with personnel, and attempting to generate pressure with the front four.
The Chargers would normally present a similar matchup when going up against the Patriots defense, but, with several stars likely to spend a significant amount of time on the sidelines, the Chargers do not possess the same potency on offense. The Chargers must extend drives and give their defense the opportunity to rest, as the pressure the Patriots generate on offense can wear a team down.
Yes, the Patriots are 17-0. However, it is far from a foregone conclusion that the Patriots will complete their quest. With the Chargers this week and, presumably, the Packers in the Super Bowl, the Patriots face their two greatest challenges of the season and I personally believe that they will fail to scale one of these obstacles.
20 January 2008
06 January 2008
Sunday Hits...
* In several of his latest blog posts, Peter Gammons has continually utilized the term "rat" to describe Brian McNamee as well as other generic informers in the Mitchell investigation. While players through MLB should receive a lion's share of the blame for not seeking to bring this issue to the forefront instead of watching their collective reputations flushed down the toilet, is it a wonder that so few would step forward when one of the most respected baseball journalists is tossing unseemly terms like "rat" around? Yes, McNamee only began releasing names when faced with criminal indictment and long prison sentences, but the motivation does not lessen the veracity of his statements.
* Hoping for an entertaining BCS championship game tomorrow night. But, with a team that has had a month off to recover from injuries sustained during their bruising run through the SEC, it's hard to see Ohio State keep up. If the Buckeyes can establish the run and pound away with Beanie Wells, they could make a game of it. But, I don't see the Buckeyes keeping Glenn Dorsey and Co. from getting penetration and halting the running game. Of course, if it is a tight, close game, I'll likely have to watch the end on my DVR since I have a flag football game. God, my team sucks. Nice guys, bad hands.
* The Giants are impressing in a rout of the Buccaneers. Their offensive and defensive lines are playing some physical football. Ahmad Bradshaw continues to contribute in the change of pace role for the offense, which was an important addition after they lost the productive Dedric Ward earlier this season.
* I understand that people oftentimes vote for candidates who best represent their own personal beliefs. In the case of Mike Huckabee, evangelicals boosted him to a larger than expected winning margin in Iowa. But, isn't a concern that, in a time when a president with a grasp of the foreign policy issues that surround the United States is vital to the nation's interests, Huckabee has repeatedly demonstrated an incomplete and inaccurate knowledge of world affairs?
* Hoping for an entertaining BCS championship game tomorrow night. But, with a team that has had a month off to recover from injuries sustained during their bruising run through the SEC, it's hard to see Ohio State keep up. If the Buckeyes can establish the run and pound away with Beanie Wells, they could make a game of it. But, I don't see the Buckeyes keeping Glenn Dorsey and Co. from getting penetration and halting the running game. Of course, if it is a tight, close game, I'll likely have to watch the end on my DVR since I have a flag football game. God, my team sucks. Nice guys, bad hands.
* The Giants are impressing in a rout of the Buccaneers. Their offensive and defensive lines are playing some physical football. Ahmad Bradshaw continues to contribute in the change of pace role for the offense, which was an important addition after they lost the productive Dedric Ward earlier this season.
* I understand that people oftentimes vote for candidates who best represent their own personal beliefs. In the case of Mike Huckabee, evangelicals boosted him to a larger than expected winning margin in Iowa. But, isn't a concern that, in a time when a president with a grasp of the foreign policy issues that surround the United States is vital to the nation's interests, Huckabee has repeatedly demonstrated an incomplete and inaccurate knowledge of world affairs?
End of the Run...
The Redskins seemed to let one get away in Seattle yesterday. The game left me frustrated and pissed off, with dropped passes, missed field goals, and a struggling offensive line rattling throughout my head.
On reflection, it's amazing that this season, rife with missed opportunities, injuries, tragedy, and second half collapses, culminated in a game in which the Redskins could have reasonably advanced to an emotionally charged divisional round game against the Cowboys, with talk of NFC Championships and Super Bowl appearances. While the talk proved to be premature, it is indicative of the perseverance and leadership demonstrated by Joe Gibbs and his staff, something that was not evident throughout the early part of the season.
The Redskins head into the offseason needing small adjustments instead of the wholesale changes that have marked so many offseasons. The fabric of this team seems to be as close knit as any in the NFL and bodes well for the prospects of next season. After so much frustration, the Redskins inspired, once again making them a team worth cheering.
On reflection, it's amazing that this season, rife with missed opportunities, injuries, tragedy, and second half collapses, culminated in a game in which the Redskins could have reasonably advanced to an emotionally charged divisional round game against the Cowboys, with talk of NFC Championships and Super Bowl appearances. While the talk proved to be premature, it is indicative of the perseverance and leadership demonstrated by Joe Gibbs and his staff, something that was not evident throughout the early part of the season.
The Redskins head into the offseason needing small adjustments instead of the wholesale changes that have marked so many offseasons. The fabric of this team seems to be as close knit as any in the NFL and bodes well for the prospects of next season. After so much frustration, the Redskins inspired, once again making them a team worth cheering.
Continued Journalistic Stumbling...
The Sean Taylor murder precipitated a great deal of controversy due to the rush to judgment and insensitivity displayed by several writers. Weeks after the initial stumbling, another writer has demonstrated a failed grasp of the issue. This time, the issue is the continued inspiration the players and staff of the Redskins drew from Taylor's passing. John McGrath of the Tacoma News Tribune offers a commentary on his fatigue at the projection of the loss of Taylor onto multiple aspects of the Redskins streak of four wins to end the season, specifically the importance several players placed on the 21 point margin of victory over the Cowboys in the final week of the regular season, along with their continued inclusion of Taylor as a starter on their official depth chart. A columnist residing on the opposite coast, with no direct relationship with any member of the Redskins organization, likely has little perspective on the relationships between the Redskins and Sean Taylor nor on the profound impact Taylor's death had on the locker room. Several writers for the Washington Post, who reside on the Redskins beat, had offered comments on the fact that the Redskins, particularly those who were close to Taylor, truly believed that Taylor impacted and affected their performance.
While McGrath is offering an opinion in his article, it seems to be a simple manifestation of his own personal fatigue over the issue rather than a researched column that has any basis in fact demonstrating the use of Taylor as a martyr by the Redskins organization, which is what McGrath seems to imply with a lack of sensitivity that is reminiscent of the early days after Taylor's murder.
While McGrath is offering an opinion in his article, it seems to be a simple manifestation of his own personal fatigue over the issue rather than a researched column that has any basis in fact demonstrating the use of Taylor as a martyr by the Redskins organization, which is what McGrath seems to imply with a lack of sensitivity that is reminiscent of the early days after Taylor's murder.
16 December 2007
Skins-Giants...
* Wow, it looks cold in New York. I'm cold in my living room in Huntington Beach. Never mind being in the middle of a bunch of Giant blowhards in the swamps of Jersey.
* If the ball rolls off the tee and is blown across the field by the wind, odds are it won't remain on the tee the second time. So, why wait to have someone hold the damn thing? Even Madden points this out. If Madden has a grasp of the obvious that exceeds your own, there is trouble to be had.
* Reed Doughty stands out like a sore thumb when the lineups introduce themselves. Still painful.
* If Smoot weren't a 'Skin, I would despise him. Burress goes by you like you're a traffic cone, has you beat by ten yards but, because brother of Peyton underthrows the ball by 10 yards, you're able to get back in the play and interfere with Burress before the ball gets there. This was not something to celebrate.
* Holy shit, that was a terrible punt. Frost just about lodged that in the upback's ass. This game might not match the classic that was Browns 8, Bills 0, but there might not be much more scoring than that.
* I don't know how good I'm feeling if, because of the wind, Eli is reduced to handing the ball off and this game is decided by whose offensive and defensive lines are better.
* Madden observes that Eli and Burress look pretty good going through the passing tree in pre-game warmups. Then again, when there's no one on the field and there's no one trying to rip the QB's head off, I look pretty good throwing the ball to my dog. Aaaaaannnnndddd, right on cue, Eli fumbles the ball away. Eli Manning, x-factor.
* Three straight three and outs for the Skins. But, they have turned the field position around. So, that's progress, right?
* I thought there was no way you kick the 50 yarder in the swirling winds. Shazam is a slight improvement on John Hall, isn't he?
* Shades of Thurman Thomas for Randle-El, losing track of his helmet. Thomas' blunder came in the Super Bowl, so maybe a slight degree of difference there.
* One of the Hogs is in the crowd! You know, I bet the muumuu is nice on a cold and windy night like tonight.
* Collins completes a deep ball! And, here comes the double point, muscle flex from Moss. So many variations. First down!
* Collins to Yoder! Between last week and this, they've become the most productive Skins connection. Who knew?
* And the dreaded Red Zone Affliction continues to manifest itself. Here comes Shazam...and plays the wind to perfection. That kick looked like it was headed for the corner of the stands, not the middle of the uprights.
* Drops and bad throws for Eli and the Jints offense. It would be awesome if the fans, fed up with Eli, start pelting their own QB with snowballs. Please let this happen.
* I've tried licking my fingers before gripping a football. Just makes it slippery. Do I have some type of genetically inferior saliva that ensured I would never be an NFL quarterback? My wife is horrified when she sees players licking their fingers or picking their mouthpieces off the ground and putting them right back into their mouths. I guess I see her point...but, we're men baby!
* The wind just blew the ball from the 19 to the 4 yard line on Frost's punt. Perhaps God has forsaken Jon Kitna and can now fully get behind Gibbs and the Skins.
Digression Numero Uno:
Michigan hires Rich Rodriguez, ending the run of rejection in Ann Arbor. The heir apparent at QB in Michigan is Ryan Mallett, a big, rocket armed statue of a QB. Not exactly a fit for the spread option attack Rodriguez favors. What happens there?
A painful loss for WVU. Rodriguez, a Mountaineer alum, leaves for greener pastures. Had they not shit the bed against Pitt, I doubt Rodriguez is on his way to Michigan right now. So, the pain of that loss just increased exponentially.
* Great hit by Landry on Burress to separate the ball and prevent the big play. Then, in standard 2007 Skins style, he taunts Burress and gets the unsportsmanlike penalty. Pure stupidity. Gibbs, courtesy of lip reading the replay, "What a dumb play." Come on Joe...go over and tell Laron how un-Christian that was. He'll never do it again.
* Smoot just got knocked the fuck out by Brandon Jacobs. Small winged houseboats full of strippers were circling his head. No celebrating that hit. Ow.
* With a Gibbs offense getting the ball inside of 2 minutes, you have to know the clock killing runs are coming, right? Portis busts the draw for a long gain and the refs tack on a questionable 15 yard face mask. Beauty.
* Here comes the Gibbs school of clock management. They run to Portis again, don't take a time out, take their sweet ass time getting to the line, run it again, and now take a timeout. Good grief. Maybe Gibbs doesn't know that you can't take your three timeouts into the second half with you?
* And the RZA strikes again. Wu-Tang lives on. Shazam converts another sidewinder of a field goal and the Giants fans boo the team off the field. Don't be discouraged Giants fans! This is the Gibbs II Redskins....no lead too big, no advantage too secure. This team has increased my pessimism ten fold.
* I have to focus my energies on the second half. After all, my encouragement and focus impacts the outcome of this game.
*
* If the ball rolls off the tee and is blown across the field by the wind, odds are it won't remain on the tee the second time. So, why wait to have someone hold the damn thing? Even Madden points this out. If Madden has a grasp of the obvious that exceeds your own, there is trouble to be had.
* Reed Doughty stands out like a sore thumb when the lineups introduce themselves. Still painful.
* If Smoot weren't a 'Skin, I would despise him. Burress goes by you like you're a traffic cone, has you beat by ten yards but, because brother of Peyton underthrows the ball by 10 yards, you're able to get back in the play and interfere with Burress before the ball gets there. This was not something to celebrate.
* Holy shit, that was a terrible punt. Frost just about lodged that in the upback's ass. This game might not match the classic that was Browns 8, Bills 0, but there might not be much more scoring than that.
* I don't know how good I'm feeling if, because of the wind, Eli is reduced to handing the ball off and this game is decided by whose offensive and defensive lines are better.
* Madden observes that Eli and Burress look pretty good going through the passing tree in pre-game warmups. Then again, when there's no one on the field and there's no one trying to rip the QB's head off, I look pretty good throwing the ball to my dog. Aaaaaannnnndddd, right on cue, Eli fumbles the ball away. Eli Manning, x-factor.
* Three straight three and outs for the Skins. But, they have turned the field position around. So, that's progress, right?
* I thought there was no way you kick the 50 yarder in the swirling winds. Shazam is a slight improvement on John Hall, isn't he?
* Shades of Thurman Thomas for Randle-El, losing track of his helmet. Thomas' blunder came in the Super Bowl, so maybe a slight degree of difference there.
* One of the Hogs is in the crowd! You know, I bet the muumuu is nice on a cold and windy night like tonight.
* Collins completes a deep ball! And, here comes the double point, muscle flex from Moss. So many variations. First down!
* Collins to Yoder! Between last week and this, they've become the most productive Skins connection. Who knew?
* And the dreaded Red Zone Affliction continues to manifest itself. Here comes Shazam...and plays the wind to perfection. That kick looked like it was headed for the corner of the stands, not the middle of the uprights.
* Drops and bad throws for Eli and the Jints offense. It would be awesome if the fans, fed up with Eli, start pelting their own QB with snowballs. Please let this happen.
* I've tried licking my fingers before gripping a football. Just makes it slippery. Do I have some type of genetically inferior saliva that ensured I would never be an NFL quarterback? My wife is horrified when she sees players licking their fingers or picking their mouthpieces off the ground and putting them right back into their mouths. I guess I see her point...but, we're men baby!
* The wind just blew the ball from the 19 to the 4 yard line on Frost's punt. Perhaps God has forsaken Jon Kitna and can now fully get behind Gibbs and the Skins.
Digression Numero Uno:
Michigan hires Rich Rodriguez, ending the run of rejection in Ann Arbor. The heir apparent at QB in Michigan is Ryan Mallett, a big, rocket armed statue of a QB. Not exactly a fit for the spread option attack Rodriguez favors. What happens there?
A painful loss for WVU. Rodriguez, a Mountaineer alum, leaves for greener pastures. Had they not shit the bed against Pitt, I doubt Rodriguez is on his way to Michigan right now. So, the pain of that loss just increased exponentially.
* Great hit by Landry on Burress to separate the ball and prevent the big play. Then, in standard 2007 Skins style, he taunts Burress and gets the unsportsmanlike penalty. Pure stupidity. Gibbs, courtesy of lip reading the replay, "What a dumb play." Come on Joe...go over and tell Laron how un-Christian that was. He'll never do it again.
* Smoot just got knocked the fuck out by Brandon Jacobs. Small winged houseboats full of strippers were circling his head. No celebrating that hit. Ow.
* With a Gibbs offense getting the ball inside of 2 minutes, you have to know the clock killing runs are coming, right? Portis busts the draw for a long gain and the refs tack on a questionable 15 yard face mask. Beauty.
* Here comes the Gibbs school of clock management. They run to Portis again, don't take a time out, take their sweet ass time getting to the line, run it again, and now take a timeout. Good grief. Maybe Gibbs doesn't know that you can't take your three timeouts into the second half with you?
* And the RZA strikes again. Wu-Tang lives on. Shazam converts another sidewinder of a field goal and the Giants fans boo the team off the field. Don't be discouraged Giants fans! This is the Gibbs II Redskins....no lead too big, no advantage too secure. This team has increased my pessimism ten fold.
* I have to focus my energies on the second half. After all, my encouragement and focus impacts the outcome of this game.
*
01 December 2007
What Happens Now???
In a fitting conclusion to the college football regular season, #1 Missouri and #2 West Virginia both lose, throwing the BCS into utter and complete chaos. Already, the talking heads are dissecting the various situations, trying to determine who will be going to the national championship game. One of the solutions posited is:
* Blow up last week's ballot and have the pollsters start over, ranking the teams based on who they believe to be the top teams.
If this is the case, can you insert Ohio State into the top spot, as so many are assuming? Ohio State's one loss this season came at home to 3 loss Illinois. Their final appearance of the season came in an uninspiring win against a disappointing Michigan. It almost seems as if people are begrudgingly placing Ohio State into the national championship game while casting a skeptical eye at their disappearance in last year's BCS championship.
Further, how do you then decide how to rank the remaining teams? People keep stating that USC and Georgia are hottest teams.
USC, since losing to Oregon, has played 4 games. They handled Oregon State. They struggled to top a Cal team that has absolutely gone in the tank. They dominated Arizona State on Thanksgiving, giving the impression that most people seem to be carrying with them right now. USC largely struggled against an injury decimated UCLA team today, doing little to cement the reputation that many seem to hold.
Georgia, as many have documented, did not play in today's SEC championship game due to their two losses earlier this season. One was at home to a South Carolina team that has lost it's final five games of the season. The other was a blowout loss at Tennessee. Georgia wrapped their season by putting up a rather unimpressive win that was not wrapped until the late moments of the game at Georgia Tech. So, I'm unsure where the assertion that they are one of the hottest teams in the land comes from. It would seem that they are riding on the wide ranging belief that the SEC is head and shoulders the toughest conference in the land and that wins over Florida, Auburn, and Kentucky to end their SEC slate is enough to elevate them.
In both cases, I'm not sure that either team is as hot as people seem to believe. At the very least, they are not unquestionably the two top teams based on their current level of play.
* It would seem that, based on the fact that most seem to assume that Ohio State is a given for #1, that the contenders for the #2 slot are Georgia, Kansas, Virginia Tech, LSU, Oklahoma, USC, and West Virginia. Yes, West Virginia just lost to unranked Pittsburgh. But, if you exclude West Virginia for that reason, you would think that Oklahoma, LSU, and USC would have to also be excluded for their losses to unranked Colorado, Arkansas, and Stanford, respectively. The only reason West Virginia isn't in the argument is because their loss took place today. I understand the recency argument and I would personally remove them but, based on a review of the TOTAL record, they're either in or removing a lot of teams along with them.
Since it seems that most have removed West Virginia from the argument, you have to also remove Oklahoma, LSU, and USC from the debate. That would leave Georgia, Kansas and Virginia Tech. Georgia didn't reach their conference championship game. Neither did Kansas.
Does this leave Virginia Tech standing alone? (I'm such a homer.) The argument against the Hokies is that they were shellacked by LSU and could not be in the national championship game ahead of LSU. It's a valid argument. But, consider that VT's two losses were to teams that were, at the time, ranked #2 in the country. The makeup of the football team is drastically different from the team that lost at LSU, with a two QB system, a reconstituted offensive line, and a defense that has rebounded to again finish in the top 10 in the nation. They avenged their second loss by defeating BC in the ACC Championship game.
How do you weigh the damage of the respective losses of each team? I could attempt to analyze this but I'm not sure I'd get any sleep tonight. Plus, I'm not paid to do this. Yet another argument for a comprehensive playoff system. Not a plus one though. Good gracious, there would be as much confusion trying to determine the top 4 this season as there is the top 2. A playoff would be oustanding, allowing so many of these issues to be settled on the field, creating a hallmark event for college football and putting money is everyone's pockets (since the decision to go to a playoff will eventually be the result of a comprehensive economic breakdown of the profit the event would generate. Sounds like a job for Ben Bernanke and the Fed.).
I obviously would love to see the Hokies in the national championship. Had they been able shut down Matt Ryan on that fateful rainy night, they'd be making reservations for New Orleans. Since they were unable, they are now part of the BCS morass. And unlikely to overcome their loss to LSU, who has already squandered two appearences in the top two yet is the likeliest candidate for selection to face Ohio State.
* Blow up last week's ballot and have the pollsters start over, ranking the teams based on who they believe to be the top teams.
If this is the case, can you insert Ohio State into the top spot, as so many are assuming? Ohio State's one loss this season came at home to 3 loss Illinois. Their final appearance of the season came in an uninspiring win against a disappointing Michigan. It almost seems as if people are begrudgingly placing Ohio State into the national championship game while casting a skeptical eye at their disappearance in last year's BCS championship.
Further, how do you then decide how to rank the remaining teams? People keep stating that USC and Georgia are hottest teams.
USC, since losing to Oregon, has played 4 games. They handled Oregon State. They struggled to top a Cal team that has absolutely gone in the tank. They dominated Arizona State on Thanksgiving, giving the impression that most people seem to be carrying with them right now. USC largely struggled against an injury decimated UCLA team today, doing little to cement the reputation that many seem to hold.
Georgia, as many have documented, did not play in today's SEC championship game due to their two losses earlier this season. One was at home to a South Carolina team that has lost it's final five games of the season. The other was a blowout loss at Tennessee. Georgia wrapped their season by putting up a rather unimpressive win that was not wrapped until the late moments of the game at Georgia Tech. So, I'm unsure where the assertion that they are one of the hottest teams in the land comes from. It would seem that they are riding on the wide ranging belief that the SEC is head and shoulders the toughest conference in the land and that wins over Florida, Auburn, and Kentucky to end their SEC slate is enough to elevate them.
In both cases, I'm not sure that either team is as hot as people seem to believe. At the very least, they are not unquestionably the two top teams based on their current level of play.
* It would seem that, based on the fact that most seem to assume that Ohio State is a given for #1, that the contenders for the #2 slot are Georgia, Kansas, Virginia Tech, LSU, Oklahoma, USC, and West Virginia. Yes, West Virginia just lost to unranked Pittsburgh. But, if you exclude West Virginia for that reason, you would think that Oklahoma, LSU, and USC would have to also be excluded for their losses to unranked Colorado, Arkansas, and Stanford, respectively. The only reason West Virginia isn't in the argument is because their loss took place today. I understand the recency argument and I would personally remove them but, based on a review of the TOTAL record, they're either in or removing a lot of teams along with them.
Since it seems that most have removed West Virginia from the argument, you have to also remove Oklahoma, LSU, and USC from the debate. That would leave Georgia, Kansas and Virginia Tech. Georgia didn't reach their conference championship game. Neither did Kansas.
Does this leave Virginia Tech standing alone? (I'm such a homer.) The argument against the Hokies is that they were shellacked by LSU and could not be in the national championship game ahead of LSU. It's a valid argument. But, consider that VT's two losses were to teams that were, at the time, ranked #2 in the country. The makeup of the football team is drastically different from the team that lost at LSU, with a two QB system, a reconstituted offensive line, and a defense that has rebounded to again finish in the top 10 in the nation. They avenged their second loss by defeating BC in the ACC Championship game.
How do you weigh the damage of the respective losses of each team? I could attempt to analyze this but I'm not sure I'd get any sleep tonight. Plus, I'm not paid to do this. Yet another argument for a comprehensive playoff system. Not a plus one though. Good gracious, there would be as much confusion trying to determine the top 4 this season as there is the top 2. A playoff would be oustanding, allowing so many of these issues to be settled on the field, creating a hallmark event for college football and putting money is everyone's pockets (since the decision to go to a playoff will eventually be the result of a comprehensive economic breakdown of the profit the event would generate. Sounds like a job for Ben Bernanke and the Fed.).
I obviously would love to see the Hokies in the national championship. Had they been able shut down Matt Ryan on that fateful rainy night, they'd be making reservations for New Orleans. Since they were unable, they are now part of the BCS morass. And unlikely to overcome their loss to LSU, who has already squandered two appearences in the top two yet is the likeliest candidate for selection to face Ohio State.
Hokies-Eagles...
The Hokies came out awfully flat at the beginning of this game. They were consistently unable to generate any pressure on Matt Ryan, whether with a 4 man rush or by bringing a blitz, which was in direct contrast to their meeting earlier this season when the defensive line treated the Eagles offensive line like a bunch of amusement park turnstiles. However, the Eagles lack of athletes on the perimeter allowed the Hokies to keep the opposition in front of them, preventing the slants and swing passes from causing greater damage. While the Eagles racked up yards and dominated time of possession, they were only able to generate 9 offensive points in the game. The defense kept up the bend but don't break philosophy in the first half and then turned up the heat in the second half, limiting the length of the Eagles' drives and doing an excellent job of stuffing the running game.
On the offensive side of the ball, the Hokies continued with their two QB shuffle. Taylor was largely ineffective today, appearing to suffer some lingering effects from a high ankle sprain he suffered earlier in the season, with the exception of one long gain on a draw play in the 4th quarter. Glennon had a very efficient day, making decisive decisions and throwing the ball with a high degree of accuracy. With the running game struggling all day, the Hokies leaned on Glennon and their senior receiving corps to move the ball.
Overall, a solid and workmanlike effort by the Hokies. Near the end of the broadcast, ABC's Bob Griese played the "what might have been" card, regarding the Hokies' heartbreaking loss earlier in the season to the Eagles. Ouch...
On the offensive side of the ball, the Hokies continued with their two QB shuffle. Taylor was largely ineffective today, appearing to suffer some lingering effects from a high ankle sprain he suffered earlier in the season, with the exception of one long gain on a draw play in the 4th quarter. Glennon had a very efficient day, making decisive decisions and throwing the ball with a high degree of accuracy. With the running game struggling all day, the Hokies leaned on Glennon and their senior receiving corps to move the ball.
Overall, a solid and workmanlike effort by the Hokies. Near the end of the broadcast, ABC's Bob Griese played the "what might have been" card, regarding the Hokies' heartbreaking loss earlier in the season to the Eagles. Ouch...
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