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Does Va Tech have more talent than us?

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There D Lined owned our O Line all night on both run and pass plays. Our defense is young and depleted with injuries. So to answer your question Yes!
 
Nope. I'm nicer on Richt than most people are but that was an absolute corching job.
 
Not sure why people think we have all this talent. We have 1 ELITE player and maybe 12-15 good players the rest are fill ins or jags.
 
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They may not have more talent, but right now they have better players.

Look at the depth charts. Va Tech is not starting a bunch of Freshman, and a lot of their starters are redshirts. There is no way a bunch of 18-19 yo kids can match up physically to 20-21 yo players that have had 3 years in a college strength and conditioning program, even if they are "more talented".
 
They have a better QB and a much better OL. You usually don't win when those things are going against you. Common theme in all our losses.
 
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I'd trade straight up for their QB and running backs that play right now. They've got a stud at TE, but ours are as good.

The rest is all a push right now. They're more physical and at least this last game better coached right now. We have a good corner, they have one. They have a good WR, we have one and so on.
 
They suck. They have better. Coaching though.

Their defense is undersized as ****..yet Pastor Richt refused to run power and control the game. We've ran on them at will like the last 4 years
 
gogeta4 said:
They suck. They have better. Coaching though.

Their defense is undersized as ****..yet Pastor Richt refused to run power and control the game. We've ran on them at will like the last 4 years
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Did we even use our fullback once last night?

Anyhow, VT has never been physically imposing defensively. What they have always done well with is finding quick players who aren't ideal size, but have a good understanding of the game. That's what has made Bud Foster one of the best at his craft IMO. He's **** good at finding players who others often overlook th at fit what he wants to do.
 
From TOS----

"BLACKSBURG, Va. - In a span of 12 days, everything has fallen apart for the Miami Hurricanes."
They have become a bad team.

They have become undisciplined enough that they commit too many back-breaking penalties that they are not good enough to overcome.

They have become inept enough on the offensive line to the point where they can't consistently run the ball anymore, leaving the offense in repeated bad situations that lead to Brad Kaaya sacks or failed third downs. Kaaya was sacked eight times by Virginia Tech. Miami was three for 15 on third down Thursday after going eight for 28 the previous two games.

The defense is beaten up from a series of physical games and a lack of depth has been badly exposed.

And Miami's pro-style offense is looking obsolete in a conference where other teams are more dynamic and scoring a lot more points without a distinct advantage in talent. It makes you wonder what that means for the future as Miami keeps repeatedly losing to ACC teams with this approach, under different coaching staffs.

There is no question that what happened here Thursday night with Virginia Tech recording a 37-16 victory seemed more pronounced than your typical loss.

One way or the other, I think it's going to be program altering.

Mark Richt is a coach who has lost three straight games just once before in his 16 years as a head coach. Thursday night he publicly took all the blame for the failure of his team. That was the right thing to do. But I feel pretty confident in predicting that should not be misconstrued for an acceptance that future seasons will be mired in this kind of failure.

Quite simply, Richt has some tough decisions to make. It's clear this is not going to be a quick fix.

offensive line is not suddenly going to get drastically better. It will probably take 2-3 recruiting classes to solve that problem. And Kaaya is not suddenly going to become more mobile. Richt called a running play for him Thursday that netted two yards to keep Virginia Tech honest. But it turned out to be a wasted down.

The problem with pro style offense in today's college football world is that you have to have far superior talent to succeed. Stanford is struggling, so is Georgia. Miami is not alone. But it's really difficult to put together that kind of team and it certainly doesn't happen overnight[]

Unless he can craft a miracle in the five remaining games, Richt will have to decide if Miami should stick with this struggling pro style offense through next season to accommodate Kaaya even if it potentially means another year of struggle and bad losses.

Because of the progressively worsening failures of the offense, It's quickly becoming the elephant in the room with potential star of the future N'Kosi Perry, an athletic quarterback, committed to join the team next summer.

..Alabama, the top team in the country, recruited America's top drop-back quarterback two years in a row in David Cornwell and Blake Barnett. But both pro style passers were passed up by true freshman Jalen Hurts who brings a run-pass dimension. Barnett has transferred and Cromwell could be the next quarterback to flee Tuscaloosa.

If it can happen to Cornwell and Barnett, it can happen to Kaaya. All Mark Richt has to go by in his ongoing evaluation of the team is what he is seeing and dealing with right now. Richt is not used to losing like this and I feel pretty certain he has no intention of becoming acclimated. The college game has simply changed and the ACC has had an influx the past few years of some very good coaches. Richt has some brutally tough decisions ahead.

It's all very harsh, but that is the painful truth that has been bestowed upon this team in such a rapid fire barrage of bad games.
Miami is 4-3 now after this three-game losing streak and must regroup to go to Notre Dame where the only remaining goal with five games left is simple bowl eligibility. Miami has to win two more games between Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Virginia, North Carolina State and Duke to accomplish that.

probable, but all that will secure is Christmas in Detroit or El Paso. Miami will finish this season without beating a particularly good team. It's a loud statement on the state of the program and enough spots can't be freed up for recruiting. Recruiting opportunity is Richt's chance to avoid the pattern that engulfed Al Golden and Randy Shannon before him. Miami has been running in circles for 11 years now and Thursday night it became downright dizzy.

The Hurricanes got off to another horrible start. Mark Walton was stuffed for a two-yard loss on a sweep left and then Kaaya was sacked on second down.

Tech drove 35 yards in eight plays for a field goal to take a 3-0 lead.

Miami tried to answer, but Kaaya was sacked again on third down and Miami had to punt.

One of the issues in the Carolina game was that Miami's offense fell into a pattern of being too station to station. Miami didn't challenge down the field at all and was always in third down.

Richt seemed to adjust at times, going for more on first down. Kaaya found David Njoku with a 48-yard pass on first down on Miami's third possession and Njoku would have had a touchdown if he didn't fall down.

A false start by Tyree St. Louis killed the momentum and the Hurricanes had to settle for a field goal that tied the game.

Kaaya had a really bad series as Miami got the ball at the beginning of the second quarter. He threw wild on first down and on third down was intercepted as he threw deep into double coverage down the middle of the field and missed a pair of open receivers. Now the question was whether Richt would stick with the aggressive approach despite the uneven play he was getting from his quarterback and offensive line.

The next time Miami got the ball, Nick Linder was called for holding and Walton missed another blitz pickup that resulted in another Kaaya sack. To make matters worse, Justin Vogel booted his worst punt of the season, a 33-yarder that gave Tech the ball at the Miami 45. The defense held the Hokies to a field goal, but the erratic play on offense was keeping Miami from seizing control.

The problems continued on the next possession as Miami lost eight yards on runs on first and second down and had to quickly punt again.
The pattern was very clear. When Miami was aggressive on early downs it had success. When it tried basic run plays, it left itself in third down and long situations too often and the offense was helpless.

After going 8 for 28 on third down in the FSU and Carolina games, the Hurricanes started out zero for five on Thursday night.
Perhaps concerned with the amount of time the defense was spending on the field, coaches made wholesale substitutions on defense in the middle of the second quarter.

Courtel Jenkins didn't make the most of his rep. He had a horrendous roughing the quarterback penalty on the first play. Then nobody covered Sam Rogers on 52-yard pass play that set up a seven-yard touchdown pass from Jerod Evans to Bucky Hodges that put Tech ahead 13-3 with 5:51 left in the second quarter.

The season really was at a crossroads. Miami was playing dumb and poorly. The Hurricanes were either going to get their act together quickly or further go into a tailspin.

A failed Walton run on third and two forced another punt. Tech took advantage of good field position again and kicked another field goal to go up 16-3.

Miami had 1:28 to make something happen.

Kaaya hit Richards for 39 yards up the left sideline. Then Coley made a great catch with a man on his back along the right sideline on third down for Miami's first third down conversion. Then Kaaya found Braxton Berrios open down the left sideline for 25 yards and a touchdown.

Michael Badgley badly hooked the extra point, so Miami went into halftime down by just a touchdown. But you can't understate what that score potentially meant to the overall psyche of the Hurricane team.
 
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Miami has (or at least had it, near the start of the season) more talent on its roster; vt had more talent on the field: Miami didn't field it as a result of --among other things-- injuries, attrition and youth.
 
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