Thursday Nite in LANE!

I am sorry for the late posting of the blog but frankly there is not much positive to write about and I am just coming out of my funk enough to be able to face the remainder of the season.  We have won one and lost two since the last post meaning that we need to win two of the next three to even be eligible for the Military Bowl in Washington D.C.!  Speaking of that I received my bowl order forms which must have been printed before the season because it wants to know how many tickets I want for the ACC Championship and the Orange Bowl!

There is not much on earth better than Thursday night football in Blacksburg, VA, probably because I am not working on Friday!!  Even with a indisputable down year it is great to take a breath of the cool fall air in through your nostrils before the stench coming from the offense overwhelms you and you look up on the scoreboard to realize we have beat ourselves again.  I do not think that the ACC has all of a sudden caught up with Virginia Tech, I believe we have given the games away with our mistakes, lack of focus and simple lack of enthusiasm of the players and lack of motivation from the coaching staff.

I have only noticed two times this season where the VT sideline has looked like they were engaged in the game and enthusiastic about playing the game going on in front of them.  Nobody seems to be a leader on the sidelines or the field and without a leader they all seem to just go through the motions and then hurry off the field.  The defense has improved over the past several games and has provided an opportunity for the offense to score some points but they can not stand that so they go 3 and out allowing the defense to again show what they are made of.  If I was Bud Foster I would walk up to Logan Thomas and whisper in his ear, KEEP IT UP AND I WILL PERSONALLY PUNCH YOU IN THE MOUTH!!!

The Duke game was exciting as the day was beautiful.  We had a good crowd at the tailgate and a couple of my Duke friends were entertained by our pregame rituals.  The Hokies spotted Duke 20 points before the offense decided that losing to Duke would be hitting rock bottom.  41 points later I did not have to go back to North Carolina and take same crap from the Blue Devils that I am taking from the Tarholes on a daily basis.  Yes Blue Devils I realize Basketball season starts this weekend but we accepted the fact that we are a football school a long time ago.  We left the parking lot knowing we would not meet again in October but were excited about a couple of road games we though we could win.

Go Ahead, hit her with that stick

Marcus Davis gets the scoring started

 

Finally pressure on the Quarterback

 

 



The next two games against those other teams who wear orange were supposed to be against suspect defenses.  Their defenses are still suspect but the offense found new ways to give up the ball.   Numerous interceptions and punt blocks in both games.  Looks like the BeamerBall gig is up!  We left South Carolina and Florida without a win and in serious jeopardy of a losing season for the first time in 19 years not to mention all the other notable records that will end this season.  Has anyone else noticed that we are not selling out the home games this year??  If the Hokies keep it up Lane. Stadium will look like Sun Life Stadium on a Thursday night in South Florida.

 

The only highlight I could remember

 

 



 

Too much of this

 

 



 

...and this

 



 

 

Please don't hurt me Coach Foster.

 

 

Seems to be the standard play

 

 

I could swear I had 29 seconds left.

 



We are going to try out this catering thing on Thursday and if it works out well possibly do it again for a couple of games next year.  Feel free to leave me some feedback on how it worked out and if you would like to try it again next year.   I will have my own comments next week after the game.  I am traveling to South Bend, Indiana next week to see the Fightin Irish against my hometown Demon Deacons.   Looking forward to the trip but not the weather.

Dinner will be served starting at approximately 5:30pm until 7:00pm when we will toast to the Ol' Hokie Cheer.   Catch me when you get there and I have wrist bands for all who have RSVP'd.  If you get this blog and have not let me know you are in for dinner please call ASAP 336.407.3847 so I can try to contact Custom Catering.  The menu is BBQ Chicken Breast, Mashed potatoes, Seasoned green beans, Fruit, Pasta, Banana pudding, cookies, Iced tea, Lemonade.  Of course the bar will be open as soon as I set up around 3:30pm if I can get into the lot.

The game time is 7:30 with fireworks planned before the game and if we score.  The weather should be nice but cold when the sun goes down.  The low temp will be 29 degrees.  Bring your coats and Hot Hands.  Hope to see everyone there around 4:30 and maybe, just maybe the Criminoles will have an acute bout of food poisoning which will disable them and the offense will find a way to score.  A man can HOPE for CHANGE and move FORWARD can't he??

Stopped by to see Alonzo.  Must be at lunch.

Next up is the other school in Virginia who just laid a smack down on NC State, probably costing Tom O'Brien his job.  The Hoos would love to keep us from bowl contention but it is yet to be seen if that is even a possibility until we win one of these next two games.  No time yet as ESPN is trying to figure out what to do with this dog.

Travel safe and remember to send your pictures (SUSAN!!!) and comments so I can post them for all to enjoy.  Also if you can't make the game the HokieMobile is a great place to crash!   See below.

GO HOKIES!!!  BEAT THE NOLES!!!