Steve in PA

November 1st, 2009 at 8:57 PM ^

I remember watching this game. Someone stole a bunch of VT equipment and they didn't know it until just before gametime. GaTech gave them some practice jerseys to get through the game.

It was funny, but also a good example of sportsmanship.

Magnus

November 1st, 2009 at 8:08 PM ^

I didn't turn on the game until a few minutes in, and when I saw a white #10 in there, I thought, "Oh, shit. Is that Van Slyke? Not only is Kovacs playing, but is Mike Williams hurt now, too?"

I actually thought Leach played a decent game. He screwed up a couple times, but he's a walk-on redshirt sophomore. I guess my expectations weren't too high in the first place, but he performed fairly well.

I have to believe there are going to be more defensive changes this week, too. Emilien has already burned his redshirt and, really, he can't be much worse than what's out there already. And even though Woolfolk is doing a pretty good job at corner, I might prefer to see him at safety with Floyd at CB than Kovacs and Williams back there. Kovacs is S-L-O-W and Williams goes 100 mph in the wrong direction.

Steve in PA

November 1st, 2009 at 9:01 PM ^

I thought he did well for a walk-on too. When they announced it, I wondered if it was also meant to motivate the scholarship LB's (Ezeh)? I'm not sure if it is a good thing that walk-ons are contributing or not. I think these kids are probably scholarship at a lesser school, but why are they getting PT ahead of scholarship kids?

Magnus

November 1st, 2009 at 8:34 PM ^

Putting Floyd at CB and Woolfolk back at S wouldn't really be a "new thing." It would be a thing that we did earlier in the season. And it's not a complete scheme change, like the 3-3-5 stack was against Purdue last year.

I guess I would rather see bad CB play than bad S play. When a corner gets beat, safeties can often help out. When a safety gets beat, it often turns into a TD.

I dunno...

Really, either way is just trying to plug the leaks rather than fix them. We only have a couple good defensive backs, and it probably doesn't matter a ton what position they play - the defense will still be bad.

jamiemac

November 1st, 2009 at 9:22 PM ^

I hear what you're saying about a decent game, but was not paying close enough attention. I was too bewildered with the whole thing.

So, does decent mean an upgrade from Ezeh?

I'd like to see some new players too who arent in danger of losing RSs, so I'm aboard with those changes.

What's the ideal secondary, given our personnel right now?

Magnus

November 1st, 2009 at 9:37 PM ^

Well, from what I saw, Leach stunk it up on a couple plays. One was the 70-yard TD by Leshoure, but that was a bad play by Kovacs, too.

(Incidentally, that play looked AN AWFUL LOT like Carlos Brown's long TD run in the spring game where Leach lost leverage and Vlad Emilien couldn't catch Brown from his safety spot.)

Our ideal secondary right now, in my opinion:

CB - Warren
CB - Floyd
FS - Kovacs
SS - Woolfolk

rdlwolverine

November 1st, 2009 at 11:09 PM ^

with 10 than he did wearing 52.

Kovacs may be slow, but he knows what he is doing. I don't know about Williams's speed but he has an ability to be in the wrong place at the right time. If both have to play, I would rather see Kovacs closer to the line of scrimmage and Williams deep. If only one has to play, I would go with Kovacs.