((HT: ACCDN))
For those of you who have watched Virginia Tech this year, Logan Thomas has been Logan Thomas... tremendous ability splattered on the canvas of inconsistency...
Tonight, the Hokies got Good Logan and blew out Miami 42-24...
The Hokies defense held the Canes running game to 28 yards on 24 carries, and the Canes proved just how much Duke Johnson is missed in the 18-point loss... to send the Coastal Division into full-blown hysterics...
There are four teams with two losses at present...
One weird play that made the grade for Thomas and the Hokies was where he found Willie Byrn on a pitch and catch.
Byrn goes 45 yards, but Ladarius Gunter rips the ball out.
Demitri Knowles jumps on the loose ball and gets the touchdown...
Here's the wacky play of the day...
In the Coastal, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Duke, and Miami all now have two losses and have to win out and hope tie-breakers will get them to play (probably) Florida State...
Unless, Dan Sileo has other ideas for bounties...
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Saturday, November 9, 2013
Friday, September 27, 2013
Virginia Tech's Hokie-Stone Helmets Work So To Speak In Stonewalling Georgia Tech
[HT: hokiesports.com]
Say what you want about Virginia Tech's Hokie-stone helmets worn Thursday night at Georgia Tech, you may see more of that headgear.
Virginia Tech got a confidence boosting win over Georgia Tech 17-10 at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Logan Thomas was suffering during the game with an abdominal injury but despite that had his best game of the 2013 season going 19 of 25 passing for 221 yards and the touchdown.
“I thought he was excellent,” Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer said. “I thought his leadership, his toughness, his being in control … I think he’s a quality, quality quarterback. He’s physically tough and mentally tough.”
"I think this will give us a lot of confidence going into the rest of the year," Thomas said. "We played hard, and we played tough."
"He pulled a little something in his stomach, but he fought through that. He was going to play in this game.”
The Virginia Tech defense had three days to prepare for Georgia Tech's option offense and was brilliant.
Hokie defenders seemed to be in every gap disrupting the Yellow Jackets timing on the option.
It's another example as the way Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster is arguably the best in the business.
“The coaches and players deserve a lot of credit on this one." Beamer said. "This was a special win.”
“The scheme is not any different then what most people play against us." Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson said. "The players are pretty good, but for whatever reason, it seems like we self-destruct."
Fumbles and penalties, you probably lost count as to how many false start penalties the Yellow Jackets committed, hurt Georgia Tech.
Virginia Tech's win Thursday night left a very positive impression with head coach Frank Beamer.
“I think we have a mentally tough football team, a physically tough football team." Beamer said. "What we’ve done over the last 12 days, three games, two of them away from Blacksburg, against three good teams … this team here tonight is really good … and to come in here on a short week and not much rest, the kids said we don’t want any excuses. We’re going to go down there and get it done, and that’s what they did."
Virginia Tech has 12 days off now before hosting North Carolina and it's a while before the Hokies hit the road again.
After the Tar Heels the Hokies have the next two at home too against Pittsburgh and Duke.
We might be hearing more from Beamer's Boys and seeing more of those Hokie-stone helmets.
Say what you want about Virginia Tech's Hokie-stone helmets worn Thursday night at Georgia Tech, you may see more of that headgear.
Virginia Tech got a confidence boosting win over Georgia Tech 17-10 at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
Logan Thomas was suffering during the game with an abdominal injury but despite that had his best game of the 2013 season going 19 of 25 passing for 221 yards and the touchdown.
“I thought he was excellent,” Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer said. “I thought his leadership, his toughness, his being in control … I think he’s a quality, quality quarterback. He’s physically tough and mentally tough.”
"I think this will give us a lot of confidence going into the rest of the year," Thomas said. "We played hard, and we played tough."
"He pulled a little something in his stomach, but he fought through that. He was going to play in this game.”
The Virginia Tech defense had three days to prepare for Georgia Tech's option offense and was brilliant.
Hokie defenders seemed to be in every gap disrupting the Yellow Jackets timing on the option.
It's another example as the way Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster is arguably the best in the business.
“The coaches and players deserve a lot of credit on this one." Beamer said. "This was a special win.”
“The scheme is not any different then what most people play against us." Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson said. "The players are pretty good, but for whatever reason, it seems like we self-destruct."
Fumbles and penalties, you probably lost count as to how many false start penalties the Yellow Jackets committed, hurt Georgia Tech.
Virginia Tech's win Thursday night left a very positive impression with head coach Frank Beamer.
“I think we have a mentally tough football team, a physically tough football team." Beamer said. "What we’ve done over the last 12 days, three games, two of them away from Blacksburg, against three good teams … this team here tonight is really good … and to come in here on a short week and not much rest, the kids said we don’t want any excuses. We’re going to go down there and get it done, and that’s what they did."
Virginia Tech has 12 days off now before hosting North Carolina and it's a while before the Hokies hit the road again.
After the Tar Heels the Hokies have the next two at home too against Pittsburgh and Duke.
We might be hearing more from Beamer's Boys and seeing more of those Hokie-stone helmets.
Monday, August 12, 2013
Hokies Determined To Prove 2012 Was A Fluke
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| Virginia Tech Head Coach Frank Beamer |
Virginia
Tech head coach Frank Beamer had not experienced a season like 2012 in 20
years. Beamer didn’t like it.
“Sitting
there at 4-6, that wasn’t good.” Beamer said.
That was
the reality of the situation; the Hokies were a loss away from missing their
first bowl game since 1992. With the
post-season on life support on a bitterly cold afternoon in Boston on November
17, 2012 it appeared Virginia Tech’s bowl chances were about to flat line.
“We were
down by 10 (13-3 at halftime) at Boston College, it looked kind of imminent
that we weren’t going to make a bowl.”
Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas said.
“We had
to dig pretty deep.” Virginia Tech
linebacker Jack Tyler said.
Whether
it was playing in panic mode or if it was “Hokie pride” Virginia Tech found the
resources to defeat the Eagles in overtime 30-23.
Then a
week later defeated in-state rival Virginia on Cody Journell’s 29 yard field
goal as time expired for Virginia Tech’s precious sixth win and kept the Hokie
bowl streak alive.
“A team
that had won at least ten games for eight straight years and now you’re are
sitting at 4-6.” Beamer said. “They
could have folded their tent, they could have started pointing fingers. Instead we kind of hung in there together.”
If the
intent of bowl games in college football is a reward for a good season well
consider Virginia Tech’s berth in the Russell Athletic Bowl, a 13-10 win over
Rutgers, as reward justly deserved.
“Reality
is the best teacher.” Beamer said. “The reality was we were 4-6 and we didn’t
hang our head. We kept fighting and won
three tough ball games.”
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| Virginia Tech QB Logan Thomas |
“It’s
not the season we are used to at Virginia Tech.” Thomas said. “We are used to 10 win seasons, ACC
Championships.”
That
might be hard to achieve in 2013. The
Hokies will have to fight off challenges from Miami, North Carolina and Georgia
Tech.
Only the
Tar Heels must endure “Enter Sandman” and feel the roar of the passionate Hokie
faithful.
Miami
and Georgia Tech avoid that trip. The
Hokies have a Thursday night date with the Yellow Jackets at Bobby Dodd Stadium
on September 26th and travel to Miami November 9th
In fact
Virginia Tech has two trips to Atlanta scheduled, the Hokies open the season
against Alabama, the two time BCS National Champion.
“They’ve
got people going to the NFL up and down that roster.” Thomas said.
“It’s a
great measuring stick for us.” Tyler said. “We get to see where we are at early
in the season.”
What counts is where you are at the end of the season and for Virginia Tech that means the top of the ACC Coastal Division.
That means ACC Championships, the Hokies have four since joining the conference in 2004.
A fifth and 2012 will all be forgotten.
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