Yep, that was the word that Frank Spaziani used to describe his team at halftime. I'm sorry Frank, but that is not actually a real word. If you meant that your team was discombobulated, then I would be inclined to agree. BC left their man-pants in Chestnut Hill and showed up in some pretty pink culottes. The much-celebrated Boston College offensive line, with their 5 returning starters, was absolutely abused by the Virginia Tech defensive line all afternoon long. Nekos Brown had his best game of the season and was all up in Dave Shinskie's mug for the better portion of 3 hours. Every time Shinskie dropped back to pass, it seemed like he had at least 2 Hokies bearing down on him. Maybe that's why the guy only completed 1 of 12 passes, but you probably can't blame him... he had zero time to throw the ball.
Tech looked frisky... like maybe if you dropped a rubber mouse full of catnip onto the field, it would have been picked off and returned for a touchdown by Rock Carmichael. Rock keeps showing us that he's ready for the full time responsibility of that boundary corner role, and he's keeping a soon-to-be-fully-healthy Stephan Virgil at bay. The two TDs that VT gave up were against our second string defense, so I'm cool with that. Well done VT D! You deserve a Kudos.
The real story of this game is how freaking sweet our offense looked. Tyrod Taylor was completing pass after pass after pass. Ryan Williams, Josh Oglesby, and David Wilson ran around the field like they were playing soccer. It's possible that BC didn't realize what sport they were playing that day as their defensive backs kept looking at our receivers like, "No fair, you just used your hands." My favorite touchdown pass of the day was the one to Jarret Boykin, where the defender nonchalantly jogged along beside Boykin as he was burned for a TD. I think that the defender was pondering whether he left the iron on at home or possibly looking for his parents in the stands.
It didn't end up hurting us today, but man did Jayron Hosely have a bad day returning the football! It seemed like he ran backwards every time he touched a punt. Beamer will be all over him about going north/south this week. I'd bet a shiny nickel on it. Matt Waldron also got a missed field goal out of his system at an opportune time. If you're going to miss them, Matt, then by all means do it in a game where we're killing the opposition.
Another note: one of the announcers on Raycom kept calling Boston College kicker Steve Aponavicius "Sid Vicious" during the game. It might have been an amusing little joke if he'd done it once, but we're talking about 5 or 6 times, which leads me to believe that he didn't know that Steve Aponavicius was the kid's real name. I could be wrong, but I really don't think I am. If I am wrong, then that announcer needs to understand that "Sid Vicious" is a cool nickname for a linebacker or a safety or something... it's not a cool nickname for a kicker. That would be like having a toy poodle named "Killer". (Yo, they killed Killer, B!)
I'm nervous about our game against Georgia Tech this weekend. It's the hardest game remaining on our schedule, and you know the Yellow Jackets are going to be gunning hard for the Coastal Division title. Foster's defenses are usually designed to stop gimmicky offenses like GT's (their quarterback is more of a running back who occassionally throws the ball in a triple-option type of offense), but Jake Johnson & company have shown that they aren't terribly adept at staying home in their assigned gaps. That's the key to beating an offense like Georgia Tech's... if you play your assignments, you win. If you have mental errors, then you see Jonathan Dwyer's well-toned ass leaving you in the dust and running into the endzone. Seeing as how I don't particularly care about dude's asses, go TECH! I am calling for a win, but not a blowout... should be high-scoring, but close like the Duke game.
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Something for you to think about: ever since the Miami game it seems like all of a sudden we have an offense. Now dont get me wrong Im not complaining at all. My question is did Stinespring really just all of a sudden "get it" how does he go from being consistenly terrible to really good (by VT standards) virtually over night? Here's my conspericy theory, Frank had enough with BS and had someone else step in and call the plays after a terrible offense start. I believe Bud Foster's identical twin brother Jud (think Bizarro Bud, really nice but awesome at being an O-cord) is secretly calling the plays. I dare you to prove me wrong.
James, I have no way to deny that this is true. So for now we'll just think of it as fact.
In the category of BS is improving, there's the quote of his that he changed Tyrod Taylor's "launching point" and that has helped drastically. I'm not sure if that's a real thing or not. Maybe it's where Tyrod sets up in the pocket, maybe it's the number of drop steps, i don't know. It all sounds fishy, yet makes a little sense because even as good as Ndamukong Suh is, no player should bat down 4 passes in a game.
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