Showing posts with label Spring Practice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring Practice. Show all posts
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Kyle Tucker Blog Update
KT is back again, this time with an interview with Chris Drager, Marcus Davis, Ju-Ju Clayton, Rock, and Cris Hill. Enjoy.
Friday, April 24, 2009
2009 Spring Game Preview
The folks at Techsideline.com have a *free* update regarding the Spring Game, loaded with injury updates, who is starting for each side, and other tidbits.
Personally, I like the White Team to win, with a little more offense than we're used to seeing in April from the Hokies.
Personally, I like the White Team to win, with a little more offense than we're used to seeing in April from the Hokies.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Spring Game Depth Chart
Beamerball has the spring depth chart up. Gets me all giddy inside. Check it out.
Monday, April 20, 2009
More Spring Practice
More spring practice updates from our friends at Vt.fanfoc.us. Enjoy this tidbit:
BeamerBall.com: Also, in watching the BeamerVision clips, Jake Johnson looks much faster than I thought he would. He said he dropped some weight to become quicker. Do you think it's worked?
Frank Beamer: Jake ran a good 40 time for us. He looks quick when we watch tape of our practices. And, as he continues to learn the position, he'll only play faster. I can tell you that all of this is very important to Jake Johnson. He's serious about what he'd doing. I'm hoping he has a great spring and I think he's on his way right now.
BeamerBall.com: Also, in watching the BeamerVision clips, Jake Johnson looks much faster than I thought he would. He said he dropped some weight to become quicker. Do you think it's worked?
Frank Beamer: Jake ran a good 40 time for us. He looks quick when we watch tape of our practices. And, as he continues to learn the position, he'll only play faster. I can tell you that all of this is very important to Jake Johnson. He's serious about what he'd doing. I'm hoping he has a great spring and I think he's on his way right now.
More on the last Scrimmage
Our friends at Vt.fanfoc.us have a good recap of the second scrimmage from the coaches. Here is my favorite part:
Kevin Sherman - Receivers
"I thought the receivers were productive in the red zone. Dyrell Roberts had a nice touchdown catch. Plus, we continue to try to be physical on the perimeter in our blocking. Danny Coale is consistent and continues to get better. Xavier Boyce has come a long way since his knee injury and he's playing faster and getting in better shape and he can really help us in our vertical game down the field. Jarrett Boykin didn't scrimmage because of his ankle and hamstring, so, Boyce got some extra work and he took advantage of it. Roberts played faster in this scrimmage than he did in our last scrimmage. I still need to clean some things up in his route running.
Kevin Sherman - Receivers
"I thought the receivers were productive in the red zone. Dyrell Roberts had a nice touchdown catch. Plus, we continue to try to be physical on the perimeter in our blocking. Danny Coale is consistent and continues to get better. Xavier Boyce has come a long way since his knee injury and he's playing faster and getting in better shape and he can really help us in our vertical game down the field. Jarrett Boykin didn't scrimmage because of his ankle and hamstring, so, Boyce got some extra work and he took advantage of it. Roberts played faster in this scrimmage than he did in our last scrimmage. I still need to clean some things up in his route running.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Beamer's Youtube dilemma
Randy King from the Roanoke Times has an update on Beamer's thoughts and feelings on the Spring Game You-gate. Free speech anyone? Well, I know that Beamer is probably worried about Saban, but VT's never been the team to out-scheme anyone. We're more of the you-know-what's-coming-try-to-stop-it kind of offense, but hey, whatever.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
More on the 4/15 Scrimmage
From Vt.fanfoc.us again, this time with quotes from all of the assistants, sans Foster. Great post guys. Here is an exerpt from Coach Wiles:
Isaiah Hamlett took a step in the right direction. He has a lot of work to do, but he made some plays and he's getting better. Can Isaiah help us this fall? We'll see. Joe Jones, didn't get any camp because of shoulder surgery, and now he's trying to get it all figured out. He's improving, but he's still a redshirt freshman. Steven Friday hurt his elbow on the first play of the game. That's too bad because I really wanted to see him perform. Inside, Kwamaine Battle played well. Antoine Hopkins did some good things. He had one mental error compared to some of the other guys who had three mentals. I think Antoine is going to be a good player. I think he and Kwamaine can help us.
I feel like Graves will move back inside. That means we have to find another end who can help us. Somebody will have to give us 10-15 plays there. In the third group, Courtney Prince only got 8 plays, but he stood out. Justin Young, didn't take a step forward. Dwight Tucker did some nice things and he'll be able to help us down the road. Prince showed more power and turned his feet over. He runs well and makes plays and showed energy. I wish I would have given him more plays. He'll get more in our next scrimmage. A.B. Latif needs to take coaching and apply it on the field."
Isaiah Hamlett took a step in the right direction. He has a lot of work to do, but he made some plays and he's getting better. Can Isaiah help us this fall? We'll see. Joe Jones, didn't get any camp because of shoulder surgery, and now he's trying to get it all figured out. He's improving, but he's still a redshirt freshman. Steven Friday hurt his elbow on the first play of the game. That's too bad because I really wanted to see him perform. Inside, Kwamaine Battle played well. Antoine Hopkins did some good things. He had one mental error compared to some of the other guys who had three mentals. I think Antoine is going to be a good player. I think he and Kwamaine can help us.
I feel like Graves will move back inside. That means we have to find another end who can help us. Somebody will have to give us 10-15 plays there. In the third group, Courtney Prince only got 8 plays, but he stood out. Justin Young, didn't take a step forward. Dwight Tucker did some nice things and he'll be able to help us down the road. Prince showed more power and turned his feet over. He runs well and makes plays and showed energy. I wish I would have given him more plays. He'll get more in our next scrimmage. A.B. Latif needs to take coaching and apply it on the field."
Quarterbacks
More on the QB situation from Nathan Warters at the Lynchburg News-Advance. Nothing incredibly new, but some good soundbytes.
Yesterday's Scrimmage Review
Our friends at Vt.Fanfoc.us have a new update on the Scrimmage yesterday. It includes Beamer's thoughts on the video-tape (Youtube-gate? Beamer-gate? Justsaynotothefirstamendment-gate?), and some other coaches' perspective. Anyway, here's an exerpt from Newsome:
BeamerBall.com: On one hand you seem very excited about Nick Becton, then, you turn around and say he's making too many mistakes. Can you get him ready in time for fall?
Curt Newsome: Okay, he's a true freshman who hasn't been playing football that long. I think we can get him ready to help in the fall because he has a lot of tools. But, it's a hard place to play. It just is. We're putting in a lot of stuff, they're trying to learn the offense and we're throwing a lot at him. I really like what he's all about and I'm very positive about his future.
BeamerBall.com: With Greg Nosal and Vinston Painter at guard, and Michael Via at center, you guys are very tall across the middle. Do you talk about that being a problem for Tyrod Taylor (short QB). Do you talk about that as a staff?
Curt Newsome: We've adjusted some sets. We've changed some splits and done some other things because it was a bit of an issue. I don't think it's a big issue. We've talked about it as a staff. Sure, we talk about just about everything. We just have to be firm with our protection on the inside, set a firm pocket, and if those inside three set a firm pocket, we won't have a problem throwing the football. You have a problem throwing the football when somebody is in your face. And, that's a problem no matter how tall you are.
BeamerBall.com: On one hand you seem very excited about Nick Becton, then, you turn around and say he's making too many mistakes. Can you get him ready in time for fall?
Curt Newsome: Okay, he's a true freshman who hasn't been playing football that long. I think we can get him ready to help in the fall because he has a lot of tools. But, it's a hard place to play. It just is. We're putting in a lot of stuff, they're trying to learn the offense and we're throwing a lot at him. I really like what he's all about and I'm very positive about his future.
BeamerBall.com: With Greg Nosal and Vinston Painter at guard, and Michael Via at center, you guys are very tall across the middle. Do you talk about that being a problem for Tyrod Taylor (short QB). Do you talk about that as a staff?
Curt Newsome: We've adjusted some sets. We've changed some splits and done some other things because it was a bit of an issue. I don't think it's a big issue. We've talked about it as a staff. Sure, we talk about just about everything. We just have to be firm with our protection on the inside, set a firm pocket, and if those inside three set a firm pocket, we won't have a problem throwing the football. You have a problem throwing the football when somebody is in your face. And, that's a problem no matter how tall you are.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
More Friday Scrimmage Observations
More from our man Randy King! Since his call-out here at the Hokie Rant, King has been "on fire" with his updates, averaging nearly one per day... up from his average of one per month before the shot in the dark.
Anyway, here is my favorite part- Beamer has the time to go to Augusta this weekend. I barely have the time to keep up with Hokie News and info, and the man running the show has time for a weekend in GA. He must really trust his coordinators.
Whenever the head coach's position opens up at Tech, I hope that Weaver gives some serious consideration to my resume.
For all seriousness- here is an exerpt from King's Observations:
-- Tony Gregory, a freshman who entered Tech early in January, turned some heads at wide receiver. Gregory had two catches for 61 yards, including a 44-yard TD reception from Ju-Ju Clayton.
Gregory, who entered spring as the No. 5 flanker, played running back last fall at First Colonial High.
"For only five practices, his first at receiver, he's been doing well," Coale said. "He let it loose a little bit today."
Anyway, here is my favorite part- Beamer has the time to go to Augusta this weekend. I barely have the time to keep up with Hokie News and info, and the man running the show has time for a weekend in GA. He must really trust his coordinators.
Whenever the head coach's position opens up at Tech, I hope that Weaver gives some serious consideration to my resume.
For all seriousness- here is an exerpt from King's Observations:
-- Tony Gregory, a freshman who entered Tech early in January, turned some heads at wide receiver. Gregory had two catches for 61 yards, including a 44-yard TD reception from Ju-Ju Clayton.
Gregory, who entered spring as the No. 5 flanker, played running back last fall at First Colonial High.
"For only five practices, his first at receiver, he's been doing well," Coale said. "He let it loose a little bit today."
More on Friday's Scrimmage
From Planet Blacksburg, they include some great soundbytes and some good info. Enjoy and here is an exerpt (talking about Ju-Ju's performance):
Clayton was the first of the two vying for the backup role to take snaps. Unfortunately for him, it was against the first team defense.
"I need a lot more reps to be where I want to be. My first series was shaky but as the scrimmage went along, I got more comfortable." In Clayton's first series he was met in the backfield by defensive end John Graves on one play and threw an interception to Kam Chancellor on another. He did indeed settle down though and settled down nicely for the remainder of the scrimmage. Clayton completed five of twelve passes for 74 yards and a touchdown. He also displayed good pocket presence and a great patience in checking down his receivers as well.
Clayton was the first of the two vying for the backup role to take snaps. Unfortunately for him, it was against the first team defense.
"I need a lot more reps to be where I want to be. My first series was shaky but as the scrimmage went along, I got more comfortable." In Clayton's first series he was met in the backfield by defensive end John Graves on one play and threw an interception to Kam Chancellor on another. He did indeed settle down though and settled down nicely for the remainder of the scrimmage. Clayton completed five of twelve passes for 74 yards and a touchdown. He also displayed good pocket presence and a great patience in checking down his receivers as well.
Ryan Williams
Randy King has earned his paycheck again, this time with an excellent interview with RW. I'm even grinning just thinking about it. HA.
Here's a play-by-play of the scrimmage from Beamerball Blog.
Here's two recounts from Norm Wood at the Daily Press, notes on the scrimmage, plus an article.
Here's a play-by-play of the scrimmage from Beamerball Blog.
Here's two recounts from Norm Wood at the Daily Press, notes on the scrimmage, plus an article.
Friday, April 10, 2009
Scrimmage Today
As you know, there is a scrimmage today, open to the public. Beamerball Blog will have continual updates on the scrimmage if you can't make it.
Position Battles
Here is a look at the key Position Battles, along with some prognostication, from The Bleacher Report. They have had some decent updates, maybe not with incredibly new information, in the past few days so keep looking out for more.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Spring News
Because no news is sometimes worse than any news, here is an update from Planet Blacksburg on the spring practices. An exerpt:
Another major point of interest to be highlighted in the spring game is the battle at tailback between last year's starter Darren Evans and the highly touted Ryan Williams, who redshirted his first season.
"I bring a lot of versatility to the game," Williams said.
Williams said the redshirt season last year was great preparation for himself as a player.
"I feel like I'm a lot more prepared mentally and physically also. I was 196 coming in last year, now I weigh 213. I feel like, with all that being said, I'm ready," said Williams.
In response to the pressure of playing with such high expectations, Williams said he relishes it.
"Well I love it. I love it. I mean, I can't get enough of it just because there's people that put you up there and a lot of em' feel like your not gonna meet the expectations. I like being put there and going higher than the expectations."
Another major point of interest to be highlighted in the spring game is the battle at tailback between last year's starter Darren Evans and the highly touted Ryan Williams, who redshirted his first season.
"I bring a lot of versatility to the game," Williams said.
Williams said the redshirt season last year was great preparation for himself as a player.
"I feel like I'm a lot more prepared mentally and physically also. I was 196 coming in last year, now I weigh 213. I feel like, with all that being said, I'm ready," said Williams.
In response to the pressure of playing with such high expectations, Williams said he relishes it.
"Well I love it. I love it. I mean, I can't get enough of it just because there's people that put you up there and a lot of em' feel like your not gonna meet the expectations. I like being put there and going higher than the expectations."
News from the Scrimmage
I'm sure everyone's read about it, but here is a recap from HokieSports.com. Pretty good, I wish Ju-Ju hadn't thrown the INT, but Whitley is the man, so I can't blame him.
Here is the Hokie Haven recap for your enjoyment as well.
Here is the Hokie Haven recap for your enjoyment as well.
Another Spring Ball Article
Here is a spring ball article from The Bleacher Report. It takes a look at the position battles and other interesting aspects of springtime at VT.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Spring Practice Photos
Beamerball has released the initial photos from Spring Practice. The guys are looking good, especially Boone at QB - woah momma!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Spring Practice Report
More from Vt.fanfoc.us on Spring Ball. Check it out, and here's an exerpt:
"Vince (Vinston Painter), you getting this," asks Newsome, eyes wide open. "Via (Michael Via), you have to know what you're doing here," continues Newsome. "Becton (Nick Becton) you're on the backside, and yesterday you blew this, you guys have to know this stuff. Put it down in your notebook and get it right. We're putting in a lot of new stuff, and we're not slowing down. You have to speed it up and make sure you know what you're doing!"
One of the lighter moments came as Newsome was telling his linemen that one of the reasons they were able to install some of these new protections is because of the fact that as a group, the offensive line is very athletic. "The reason we're putting this in, is because everybody in this room can move their feet. We're an athletic, fast, tough group. We're not a bunch of fat a**es." Then, Newsome paused, and stared directly at Will Alvarez. "Hold it, that's not true, because we do have a couple fat a**es. Now, I'd never call anybody by name. That's not my style. I'm not here to embarrass anyone. So, let's just say, for the most part, we're not a bunch of fat a**es." With that, Newsome gave Alvarez a wink and a smile and continued on with his meeting.
"Vince (Vinston Painter), you getting this," asks Newsome, eyes wide open. "Via (Michael Via), you have to know what you're doing here," continues Newsome. "Becton (Nick Becton) you're on the backside, and yesterday you blew this, you guys have to know this stuff. Put it down in your notebook and get it right. We're putting in a lot of new stuff, and we're not slowing down. You have to speed it up and make sure you know what you're doing!"
One of the lighter moments came as Newsome was telling his linemen that one of the reasons they were able to install some of these new protections is because of the fact that as a group, the offensive line is very athletic. "The reason we're putting this in, is because everybody in this room can move their feet. We're an athletic, fast, tough group. We're not a bunch of fat a**es." Then, Newsome paused, and stared directly at Will Alvarez. "Hold it, that's not true, because we do have a couple fat a**es. Now, I'd never call anybody by name. That's not my style. I'm not here to embarrass anyone. So, let's just say, for the most part, we're not a bunch of fat a**es." With that, Newsome gave Alvarez a wink and a smile and continued on with his meeting.
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