New polls are out and Virginia Tech is not included. No surprise here. And quite frankly, we are deservedly unranked. It's times like this that remind me of that magical 2004 season. Dropped an early game, joined the bleakness of irrelevancy only to bounce back and win the conference. Granted, it will be considerably harder if we are to do that again.
On the heels of the loss, the (at least in my mind) expected un-redshirting of Tyrod Taylor was announced today. Though it provides another look for our struggling offense, the real problem I saw Saturday was defensive. Our tackling was atrocious. Not just running backs, but anybody. It seemed like it took two defenders to tackle anybody. After the first series, our defense became awful. I know we lost the game on the backs of a blocked punt but quite frankly, we shouldn't have even been in a position where a blocked punt would have mattered.
Offensively, I await the day when going deep is something you have to account for against the Hokies. But for that to happen, our supposedly improved offensive line has to make some strides. Furman should be a cakewalk but I'm not sure a cake walk is what we need. Georgia Tech the following week should provide a better barometer of where we are as a team -- a couple of games under our belt and with that some experience.
I do feel bad for Sean Glennon. Though his play wasn't horrible -- outside of the two picks -- his pocket presence seems to be lacking a little bit --particularly for a senior. I also have to wonder about our playbook as we didn't seem to be able to get anybody open either on a consistent basis. Frank Beamer said he hopes to Sean get a job in the NFL but I just don't think he has had the college career to get that far. At best, he'll have to 'walk-on' somewhere and prove himself as a backup.
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