Found November 07, 2012 on The North End End Zone: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Guh. This **** is still going? It's already Thursday again?   ---------------- Non-Metallica Pump-Up Song of the Week [youtube]sRYNYb30nxU[/youtube] We believe... kind of. ---------------- There isn't really much left to say. We suck. Everything sucks. So let's concentrate our hate for this week. Let's concentrate on special teams. The importance of having good special teams cannot possibly be understated. A bad defense gives up 5 yards a play. A good special teams can give up an extra 15 yards every kickoff. Teams that block a kick in a game win that game 92% of the time. That stat is completely made up, but you gotta think it's close to accurate. A blocked kick can absolutely win you a game you would not have won otherwise. It's a complete game changer. This is a philosophy that built Virginia Tech football into what it was last season. Most of the times, that sentence ends with "...into what it is today." But that doesn't reall...
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