Game 4 - Virginia Tech at Marshall

[hokiecheme11]

Personally, I don't mind changing up the helmets. The players like seeing new things and that's fine with me. I actually like the orange pants look (I hope we wear them too).

Orange Pants in 2011? | The Key Play

 

[awaz]

Ehh idk, really never given it a whole lot of thought.

FWIW i wish we'd wear these for a game.

love the "fighting gobbler" on the side.

cant see the image at work, but i LOVE the fighting gobler logo, i wish they'd feature it more, especially over the TV logo which i dont really like

but i have a couple shirts w/ the fighting gobbler and a sticker on my car, i love that logo

 

[HokieGhost]

Marshall's having a very tough season....

Greg Cyrus, coach and broadcaster, dead at 62 - Sports - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports -

QUOTE:

Greg Cyrus, the longtime teacher, coach and radio commentator who carried a positive outlook and was quick with a joke, died Tuesday of a short illness, his family confirmed. He was 62.

Cyrus taught in the Kanawha Valley for more than three decades and coached nearly as long. He was head coach for 15 seasons at Sissonville, Nitro and St. Albans high schools, with a year hiatus as commissioner of the Mountain State Athletic Conference.

After he left coaching, he spent nine seasons as color commentator for the Thundering Herd Sports Network. He may have found that job as enjoyable as any, as he was a Marshall graduate and avid Herd fan - so avid he would show up at many of coach Bob Pruett's 6 a.m. spring practices, even if he had a full day ahead at work.

 

[Jhalf]

Anyone know what channel this game will be televised on?

 

[HokieGhost]

Game preview by CBS Sports....

Virginia Tech-Marshall Preview - Sep. 20, 2011 - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com

 

[HokieGhost]

Anyone know what channel this game will be televised on?

It's supposed to be on the CBS Sports Network...go to the link below and fill in your info in the boxes in the lower right....

FOOTBALL | CBS Sports Network

VTPhreak may be posting a link later in the week...I'll keep watching for it.

Also, Justin TV may be showing the game...I'll be checking that later this week, too.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Marshall's having a very tough season....

Greg Cyrus, coach and broadcaster, dead at 62 - Sports - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports -

QUOTE:

Greg Cyrus, the longtime teacher, coach and radio commentator who carried a positive outlook and was quick with a joke, died Tuesday of a short illness, his family confirmed. He was 62.

Cyrus taught in the Kanawha Valley for more than three decades and coached nearly as long. He was head coach for 15 seasons at Sissonville, Nitro and St. Albans high schools, with a year hiatus as commissioner of the Mountain State Athletic Conference.

After he left coaching, he spent nine seasons as color commentator for the Thundering Herd Sports Network. He may have found that job as enjoyable as any, as he was a Marshall graduate and avid Herd fan - so avid he would show up at many of coach Bob Pruett's 6 a.m. spring practices, even if he had a full day ahead at work.

That is too bad.... It is pretty interesting how attached we can become to the voices of the guys who call our games. I know, for one, that Redskins games will be tough to swallow without Sonny and Sam.

 

[HokieGhost]

Some interesting observations on the Marshall roster...

They have a total of 28 players from Florida, 14 from Virginia, and only 13 from West Virginia. Just like WVU, they have to recruit heavily out-of-state because they just don't have a very big pool of FBS level players in West Virginia.

Here's the list of Virginia players if anyone is interested:

2 Tron Martinez RB So. 1V 5-9/202 Hampton, VA (Hampton HS)
15 Blake Frohnapfel QB Fr. HS 6-6/229 Stafford, VA (Colonial Forge HS)
25 Devin Arrington SS Jr. 2V 6-2/209 Portsmouth, VA (Deep Creek HS)
32 T.J. Carper CB Sr. SQ 5-9/173 Bluefield, VA (Graham HS)
34 Zach Dunston SS So. 1V 6-1/199 Virginia Beach, VA (Green Run HS)
42 Essray Taliaferro RB So. 1V 5-8/180 Ashburn, VA (Briarwoods HS)
49 Cortez Carter LB Fr. HS 6-0/220 Bealeton, VA (Liberty HS)
70 Corey Tenney OL So. 1V 6-7/298 New Castle, VA (Craig County HS)
73 Ryan Tillman OL Sr. 3V 6-5/288 Centerville, VA (Centreville HS)
79 Josh Lovell OL Fr. RS 6-6/290 Christchurch, VA (Christchurch HS)
83 Eric Frohnapfel TE Fr. HS 6-6/223 Stafford, VA (Colonial Forge HS)
85 Trent Martin K Fr. HS 6-1/205 VIrginia Beach, VA (Kellam HS)
92 James Rouse DE So. 1V 6-5/250 Harrisonburg, VA (Harrisonburg HS)
96 Brandon SparrowDT So. 1V 6-4/280 Bedford, VA (Liberty HS)

 

[HokieGhost]

Good news!

VTPhreak4evr VTPhreak
Re-post: Yes, I do have the CBS College Sports Channel & yes, I will have it online.
12 minutes ago

He will post a link later in the week, but in the past he has used the following:

http://vtforlife.com/

 

[HokieGhost]

NCAA injury report...

NCAA College Football Injury Report

Marshall:
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[DB] 08/16/2011 - Donald Brown has been dismissed ( Dismissed )
[TE] 08/26/2011 - Jamie Hatten out indefinitely ( Back )
[DB] 08/26/2011 - Joe Johnson has been dismissed ( Dismissed )
[WR] 08/31/2011 - Troy Evans out indefinitely ( Suspension )

Virginia Tech:
---------------
[WR] 08/18/2011 - Xavier Boyce has transferred ( Legal problems )
[DL] 08/15/2011 - Kwamaine Battle out for season ( Knee )
[C] 09/18/2011 - Michael Via "?" Saturday vs. Marshall ( Knee )
[OL] 09/11/2011 - David Wang expected to miss 8-10 weeks ( Foot )

 

[Lumbee09]

With conference expansion rumors dying and recruiting being slow right now... there's less and less to talk about in between games. Saturday needs to come faster.

 

[HokieGhost]

Stats for both Marshall and Virginia Tech....

NCAA Football - MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD - Team Profile

NCAA Football - VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES - Team Profile

 

[HokieGhost]

Beamer_Ball Beamer Ball
Freshman WR #31 Demetri Knowles will dress for the first time against Marshall
35 minutes ago

Beamer_Ball Beamer Ball
Knowles will be one of 7 true freshmen to make the trip
19 minutes ago

 

[hokiehi21]

Should we really burn Knowles' redshirt?

 

[williamofthehills]

I have no problem with burning some reciever redshirts if it gets them some game experience. We are graduating a bunch of talanted recievers, and it would be good to have replacements that are game ready.

 

[HokieGhost]

Should we really burn Knowles' redshirt?

If he's good enough to play now...absolutely.

Knowles has blazing speed...I think we'll see him on the kick-return team with Wilson.

 

[HokieGhost]

If you're going to the game, here's some useful info....

kburkeVT Kevin Burke
#Hokies According to Marshall Ticket Office, tickets for Saturday are available, on-site parking is $5 and lots open at 10am.

 

[HokieGhost]

Time for another receiver to step up...

nwartersLNA Nathan Warters
Updated depth chart on @Beamer_Ball lists Jarrett Boykin as injured. Not sure when he got hurt. Injury report released later today.
2 minutes ago

 

[hunzworth]

Time for another receiver to step up...

nwartersLNA Nathan Warters
Updated depth chart on @Beamer_Ball lists Jarrett Boykin as injured. Not sure when he got hurt. Injury report released later today.
2 minutes ago

damn! our deepest group is getting kinda thin. wonder who is next in line, smiling???

 

[NickVT10]

Prolly why Knowles is dressing