2006-07 Hokie Hotline Notes for 9/4/06

The Hokie Hotline (football and basketball season)

When: Every Monday from 7:00-9:00 during football season, 7:00-8:00 during basketball season.

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• The team practiced indoors on Monday. They watched the Northeastern game
  film and got the scouting report on UNC.
• Branden Ore played very well against Northeastern. He is a changed person
  who has grown up and matured. He broke seven tackles during the game, which
  is great. The fullbacks played very well also.
• All the things the Hokies did wrong during the game are very correctable.
• George Bell has worked very hard to come back from a disastrous knee
  injury. He needs to run straight ahead. He ran a little too sideways on
  Saturday.
• Elan Lewis has a chance to be a very special player if he can get down to
  around 218-220. He’s still a little overweight at 228.
• Hite said he feels good about putting the ball into the hands of Jesse
  Allen and Carlton Weatherford.
• Hite said the Hokies have never had a freshman come in that was as ready
  to play as Kam Chancellor. They wanted to keep him at quarterback, but he
  can play right away on defense.
• Nick Marshman really improved over the past six or seven practices before
  the Northeastern game. He has really good feet for a guy his size.
• UNC’s leading tacklers against Rutgers were their safeties. That’s
  never a good sign. They will be ready to go against the Hokies. They want to
  get back on track.

• Weaver said he is very disappointed in how long it took people to get into
  the stadium. The group they hired to do security and take tickets didn’t
  get the job done. It will be better for the next game.
• Per Weaver, the positive about hiring the group is that there was a lot of
  alcohol confiscated at the gates.
• Weaver said he thinks Tech will get UNC’s best shot on Saturday. UNC
  will be angry about losing the season opener against Rutgers.
• Weaver said he thinks Tech has to run the football to be successful
  against UNC. They have to control the line of scrimmage and eat the
  clock. The Hokies have to control the tempo.
• Tech had its highest graduation rate in the history of the athletic
  department this past year at 74%. Last spring semester was the best ever for
  the athletic department. The worst team GPA was 2.62.

• The overall effort was very good on Saturday. There were a lot of good
  things to take out of the game. There were some missed assignments, but
  everything is correctable.
• They are fitting Brandon Frye with a special brace and they are going to
  see how he can play with it this week in practice. It will probably take a
  couple of weeks, but you never know.
• There are a lot of unknowns at offensive tackle for the Hokies. With Frye’s
  injury, they don’t have a lot of depth. But at the same time, they didn’t
  think they had a lot of depth there in the Gator Bowl when Jimmy Martin got
  hurt, but Frye stepped in and played great.
• Beamer disagreed with the first personal foul penalty on Xavier Adibi.
  However, he will be punished for the second personal foul penalty. He’ll
  be out running with Coach Beamer on Wednesday morning, and he’ll forfeit
  $100 of his bowl per diem.
• The new clock rules can have a major effect on offenses. If you try to
  make a lot of substitutions or run a lot of players in motion, then it could
  have a major effect. You’ve got to be a lot more organized on the
  sideline.
• The new clock rules will be most important while running the two minute
  offense. The coaches have a sheet that they use to tell them what plays they
  can call, depending on the down and distance, and how much time is
  remaining.
• Sean Glennon got off to a great start. It was a confidence builder. He was
  in control and he never panicked. It’s important for him to be consistent.
  He graded out at 93%.
• Ike Whitaker played pretty well also. He gets a little better all the
  time, and that’s what you want from your backup quarterback.
• The staff will probably know on Tuesday whether or not Jahre Cheeseman and
  Cam Martin will be able to play against UNC on Saturday.
• UNC brings a lot of athletes to the table. Larry Edwards can really run,
  and they’ve got some really tall wide receivers. They are going to come
  out and play their very best. The Hokies have to be ready to play.
• Danny Pearman, former VT tight ends coach, is now coaching at North
  Carolina. The first thing the Hokies did is change their signals.
• Cordarrow Thompson and William Wall played well on the defensive line,
  especially in their first game action. Richard Graham did okay in his first
  game, with 13 pluses and four minuses.

Monday was Day 646 of Virginia Tech’s continuous possession of the Commonwealth Cup.