{"id":46181,"date":"2018-09-04T22:32:50","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T02:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46181"},"modified":"2020-08-08T22:32:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T02:32:59","slug":"positive-way-to-start-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=46181","title":{"rendered":"Positive way to start the season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There\u2019s not really much more to say about this game than this perfect image brought to us by ESPN.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Usually when commentators always talk about how great of a defensive coordinator Bud Foster is, are games in which Tech ends up giving up like 28 points and losing. But in this game, it was like the entire Hokie defense had the power pill from Pit Fighter<\/a> the way they absolutely manhandled the FSU line and repeatedly dropped them for losses.\u00a0 Seriously, FSU probably should have had around 17-21 points based on how many times they had been in scoring position but then either fumbled or simply weren\u2019t smart enough to bother challenging the one sure touchdown they had.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever though, I\u2019m very pleased with the result of this game.\u00a0 As is often the norm, Tech tends to beat the teams they need to, but then lose to anyone ranked higher than they are.\u00a0 Sure, it was a #20 vs. #19, but Tech was the lower rank, and I\u2019d have bet money that they would\u2019ve lost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In spite of the win, the offense was still very suspect; full of some boneheaded penalties or bad snapping, and if FSU should\u2019ve had 17-21 points, Tech really should have had closer to 40.\u00a0 Killed drives, penalties and a 4th<\/sup> and goal failure all resulted in points left on the board that won\u2019t cut it against teams like Notre Dame and Miami later this season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Regardless, it\u2019s great to have the college football season back.\u00a0 Although my hopes for Tech weren\u2019t particularly high prior to the season, a big win against FSU and Miami already shitting the bed renews some reckless hope that maybe this\u2019ll be a fun year overall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch, with me admitting to that, Tech will lose five games and be right on track for another year of like, the Independence or Military toilet bowl games.\u00a0 But at least we got this shit started on a good note.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s not really much more to say about this game than this perfect image brought to us by ESPN.\u00a0 Usually when commentators always talk about how great of a defensive coordinator Bud Foster is, are games in which Tech ends up giving up like 28 points and losing. But in this game, it was like … Continue reading Positive way to start the season<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[106,155,52,69],"class_list":["post-46181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-football","tag-hokies","tag-owned","tag-television"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46183,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46181\/revisions\/46183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}