We Hokies love our football. But what may be more entertaining than the Virginia Tech football season is the offseason, when our fans run out of things to do. Check out this video, featuring Tyrod Taylor, as an example of what I am talking about.

PS…wicked job kpersn84

This is an amazing video, created by VTim85. Its not short, but it IS amazing. This video seems to have been taken down or is otherwise not functional. I changed the link from filefront to a youtube video.

This is why Tyrod Taylor is great. This is why Tyrod Taylor should be our starting quarterback. This is why I made a Tyrod Taylor fansite. The video speaks for itself: Tyrod Taylor Mixtape

Go Hokies, thanks for an awesome mixtape HokieFan011

The Hokies didn’t look polished. The first half Hokies looked downright bad. The offense couldn’t figure it out; Tyrod Taylor was completely ineffective. Somehow though, the team pulled together and decided to go for it even though they were down 17-0. They came back and made a game out of it but ultimately Kansas came to play.

Tyrod didn’t look good either. The Kansas pass rush was more than he could handle and he was shaken up several times. I haven’t looked up his stats yet (the game just ended) but clearly the decision was made to make Glennon the primary QB. It is hard to argue with when Glennon looks good and Taylor looks bad, but I will anyway.

What happened to the quick rotations between QBs? The last few games of the season, ACC Championship excluded, Beamer was rotating them every two plays. When they were both healthy it looked like they had almost even snaps and appeared efficient. Then comes the ACC Championship and Orange Bowl.

Tyrod Taylor is rarely used and can’t get into a rhythm. You can almost see Glennon’s mistakes before they happen, but the coaching staff won’t rotate the same way. In the ACC Championship the QBs were rotated more by drives than by snaps. While the Hokies came away with the win, it looked messy. Now in the Orange Bowl, Taylor gets only a handful of snaps with questionable play calls?

Our offense went from terrible to functional when the rotation was quick. The QBs were kept fresh; the defenses were kept off balance; the team seemed to get fired up. But no, we wouldn’t want to keep using a system that works. Lets let Glennon be our main quarterback again. Lets make sure that we burned Tyrod Taylor’s redshirt for no reason.

If Glennon was behind an O line like BC’s or USC’s then there is no question that he could be very good. However, our team just isn’t built for his style of play. He’s better now, no doubt, and I hate trashing on him over and over but we need Tyrod as our starter.

If Tyrod doesn’t get the first string call in the off season so we can build our unit around his style of play, I’m afraid next year will look even meeker. We’re already losing a pile of players and we definitely can’t have Glennon at the helm behind a once again terrible offensive line.

See Also: Jayski’s Rant on SpitzerTailgate

It’s dawn now and the fog is starting to lift. You’ve been driving all night with four friends crammed in your Civic. A small SUV passes with Hokie flags and magnets. You honk your horn and your four friends pump their fist in the air. The Hokies in the neighboring vehicle smile and wave. You see, you’re about to watch Tyrod Taylor and the Hokies dominate the Kansas MOhawks in the Orange Bowl.

Your heart starts pounding. There’s a growing tingling sensation in the back of your neck; your hair is standing on end. Then it starts…Enter Sandman.

Can you feel the anticipation building? Can you picture the Hokies streaking down the field rocking the JayHawks? They only ranked team they beat all year was Kansas State who was only ranked #24 at the time, is no longer ranked, and only went 5-7 on the season. The only ‘good’ team they played all year was Missouri and they lost.

Can you smell the Oranges?

ESPN Orange Bowl Article 

TechSideLine’s Game Preview 

We’ve been working diligently over the past several weeks to complete the transition of all the information from the old Tyrod Taylor site onto this one. We think we have most of it. This design tested to be more professional looking and eye catching than the last design. Here is our latest Tyrod Taylor Wallpaper to keep you occupied before the Orange Bowl.

After reading all the experts picked Kansas, I can’t help but feel like the Mohawks don’t have a chance. The Hokies are healthy and firing on all cyllinders. Meanwhile the Mohawks didn’t beat a ranked team all season.

In an exciting battle, the Virginia Tech Hokies led by both Sean Glennon and Tyrod Taylor were able to overcome Boston College in the ACC Championship game on December 1, 2007.  The story of the game was not Matt Ryan, as apparently the announcers were hoping for, but rather Virginia Tech’s special teams and defense.

The special teams unit blocked two kicks which allowed the Hokies to come back and take the lead after the half.  Then toward the end of the game, the defense stepped up with several critical turnovers holding Boston College scoreless in the second half.

Matt Ryan seems to be the real deal and will get a shot at the next level, but a one man team can’t win the ACC…perhaps the Big 12 or Little 11, but the ACC is all around too good of a conference.

ACC officials were worried that the conference would be embarrassed by the turnout in Jacksonville this year, with two of the more northern schools fighting for the title.  But the Hokies turned out in droves to show that we’ll go anywhere, even to places like God-forsaken Jacksonville.  To be honest though I think I saw more homeless people than BC fans outside the game.  There wasn’t a single Eagle that I came into contact with that had actually come from Boston.

To solve this turnout problem the ACC moved the games for the next to years to Tampa.  Yes, that’s right.  They moved it farther from 11/12 schools.  After the next two years of an empty stadium, the game is planned for Charlotte, NC.  It seems like it will be a nice central location for the conference and it makes wonder why they scrounged around in Florida for so long (bye bye retirees and dimpled chads).

Taylor didn’t have a spectacular game against the Eagles, but they were supposed to be the ACC’s best run defense (at least statistically).  The mere fact that Brandon Ore gained yards means that they were an overrated unit.

The Hokies tossed oranges into the stands and leapt into the student section after the game.  It’s now official; Virginia Tech heads to the Orange Bowl in Miami, FL on January third to face the God awful and overrated Kansas Mohawks.

You asked for controversial posts, so here it is. This is a post to show off my associates t-shirt store filled with every Hokies favorite types of apparent: Fire Jim Weaver T-shirts. This guy has been ruining Virginia Tech football for far too long and its about time we show our distaste. He wasn’t good enough for Florida, why is he good enough for us?

Taken from the T-shirt Store FireJim.Spreadshirt.com

Here are the ways in which Jim Weaver has tried to screw the students:

-Took down “Home of the Fighting Gobblers” for new construction
-Removed the “Hey Hey Hey Goodbye” Song
-Plays obnoxious Hokies Respect cartoons at games
-Removal of the “Suck it” chant (I don’t know the real name of this one)
-Attempted to Ban Booing - WTF?
-Noon Kickoffs (LSU has nightgames, why can’t we?)
-Canceling the Wisconsin Series
-Creating the Student Lottery instead of letting dedicated fans get tickets
-Turning Hokie football into a bland, vanilla, cookie cutter atmosphere
-Attempted to remove 1000 student seats in Lane, someone suggested it was actually closer to 3000?
-Removed good seating for students in Cassell
-Removal of Stick It In, this just puts it over the top

I just wanted to share something I found in my internet travels. While perhaps it is not directly Tyrod Taylor related, it is Virginia Tech related and all Hokie fans with an extra wall should drool over its prospects. I present to you the VT Fathead Helmet. For less than $100 you could have this officially licensed giant wall sticky of a football helmet staring down your Wahoo neighbor. Even better is that all of your Hokie buddies will come over daily to admire it. You never knew you had so many best friends.

Here is a video profile on Tyrod Taylor from Nike’s 4 Quarters with interviews with Tyrod himself and Mr. and Mrs. Taylor.

Before I had really seen Tyrod Taylor in action, I was very surprised how humble he is. Now that I am used to it I realize that his parents have had a big role in that. Tyrod knows he can go far if he stays out of trouble and keeps his mind on the game.