Spring Practice

[hokiegrad]

spring schedule, with open sessions in bold:

Wednesday, March 27 — 5:30 p.m., No Contact, Closed to Public
Friday, March 29 — 4:30 p.m., No Contact, Closed to Public
Saturday, March 30 — 10:45 a.m., Full Pads Tackle to Ground, Closed to Public
Monday, April 1 — 5:30 p.m., Full Pads, No Tackle to Ground, Closed to Public
Wednesday, April 3 — 5:30 p.m., Full Pads, Tackle to Ground, Closed to Public
Friday, April 5 — 4:30 p.m., Full Pads, No Tackle to Ground, Closed to Public
Saturday, April 6 — 2:45 p.m., Scrimmage Open to the Public, Lane Stadium
Monday, April 8 — 5:30 p.m., Full Pads, No Tackle to Ground, Closed to Public
Wednesday, April 10 — 5:30 p.m., Full Pads, Tackle to Ground, Closed to Public
Friday, April 12 — 4:30 p.m. , Full Pads, No Tackle to Ground, Closed to Public
Saturday, April 13 — 10:45 a.m., Full Scrimmage, Closed to Public
Monday, April 15 — 5:30 p.m., Full Pads, Tackle to Ground, Closed to Public
Wednesday, April 17 — 5:30 p.m., Full Pads, Tackle to Ground, Closed to Public
Thursday, April 18 — 5:30 p.m., No Contact, Closed to Public
Saturday, April 20 — 3:00 p.m., 2013 Spring Game, Lane Stadium, Free and Open to the Public

 

[MattB4VT]

Chris h... We need to have an eating competition. And did u talk to my stepdad? Haha

 

[Chrish1023]

Chris h... We need to have an eating competition. And did u talk to my stepdad? Haha

Haha you'd definitely have me beat. You used to swim here so I can only imagine you had to down a lot of food to keep from dying at practice. And yeah I did actually. There was a career fair social and we were talking about football and stuff. Really good guy. Parker came by at the end I guess to grab whatever food was left. Man he is huge.

 

[hokiehi21]

spring game will be on ESPN3 for those that cant make it

 

[HoHumHokie]

spring game will be on ESPN3 for those that cant make it

Nice!!

Looks UVA agreed to air there spring game too....for the 10's of fans who can't make it to their game this year.


Nine Spring Football Games of 2013 ACC Teams To Be Available on ESPN3 - The Official Athletic Site of the Atlantic Coast Conference

 

[hokiegrad]

Love this: /WUVT-FM 90.7/ - Football Notes & Audio - 03/27

Edit: ok, I didn't mean the news that Coles and Miller may be limited throughout the spring, which I realize is the first thing that page says... The rest of it.

 

[757Hokie83]

"Meanwhile, according to runningbacks coach Shane Beamer, numerous members of the Hokies squad are probably suffering from sore stomachs and burning esophagi due to vomiting on the practice field. With that image in mind, it is a good segway into our first note of the night."

lol, i'd read somewhere else that a lot of players "left their lunch on the practice field"

 

[sparko]

Spring College Football: Games Involving Teams from the ACC, Big 12 and SEC « ESPN MediaZone

Spring game is being televised on ESPN3 at 3pm

 

[MattB4VT]

Haha you'd definitely have me beat. You used to swim here so I can only imagine you had to down a lot of food to keep from dying at practice. And yeah I did actually. There was a career fair social and we were talking about football and stuff. Really good guy. Parker came by at the end I guess to grab whatever food was left. Man he is huge.

Yea he told me about that. Kinda crazy haha. SportsHoopla networking.
And yea Parker is massive!! Gonna be a stud I feel. Huge size obviously, but also pretty athletic as well. Just needs work on technique. Didnt really have much good coaching with his high school program. Grimes is perfect for him.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

(Thanks for the kind words, guys, as well.

I have to get her well enough to get back down for a game. She is the biggest football fan you will ever know, ha ha.)


I saw some pictures of Lu. He is just terrifying. All the extra weight seems to have been added between his shoulders and wrists and he looks like a beast! I think we are going to see a monster year out of him.

 

[hokiegrad]

Beamer has opened up another scrimmage to the public:

 

[HoHumHokie]

Beamer has opened up another scrimmage to the public:

Only makes sense to let the fans pour in for such a big recruiting weekend.

 

[hokiegrad]

Just realized that this must be the same Dan Garwood on the wrestling team. The tweet has him 40 pounds lighter, but same hometown/highschool
hokiesports.com :: Wrestling :: Dan Garwood

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

The boys played bull in the ring yesterday at practice. No more softie practices and reports are that it got intense and the players loved it!

 

[HoHumHokie]

Sounds like Conte is blowing people up in practice. Lets hope he can get the plays down...I have a feeling he'll be a starter in the very near future.

 

[rockhead44]

The boys played bull in the ring yesterday at practice. No more softie practices and reports are that it got intense and the players loved it!

Nice to hear that. As an old friend commented to me while we were in a dead Lane Stadium during the 1st half of last year's UVA game: "We used to be nasty and teams used to fear coming in here to play. We lost our edge. We need to bring the nasty back." He was correct. Hopefully this new blood helps do that. The home schedule doesn't help the fans get back into it but maybe that will improve (SEC anyone?)

 

[Camfantasy]

Wow...according to Bitter, McLaughlin has been working with the 1s at LT and is currently there on the depth chart.

That late scholarship offer is looking better and better.

 

[HoHumHokie]

Andy Bitter ‏@AndyBitterVT
David Wang (ankle), Nick Acree (knee) shut down for rest of spring, per Beamer's website. Acree may be done for good b/c of knee issues.

:frown:

 

[wildturkey]

Wang might as well be done too. He's always looked terrible imo and now he seems to be getting hurt quite a bit. As for Acree, some guys just never pan out. It's that simple.

 

[VTscores]

It sounds like Grimes is shaking things up anyway.