Wait, now Brandon Washington and Olivier Vernon are goin pro too? What the? Peeps are jumpin off like this is the Titanic. Ray Ray Armstrong is like the dude playin the violin (I’m just waitin for him to say ‘F it’ and toss the violin and declare for the draft too). First Forston and Streeter, then Lamar, now this. 5 underclassmen? On top of our best defensive player and starting quarterback? You would think this team fared a little better than 6-6.
I’m not normally the ‘glass is half full’ kind of guy, but I see a couple long term benefits from this. For one, it gets the younger guys some much needed playing time so that by the time they are upperclassmen (provided they stick around) they’ll be seasoned vets. It also allows Golden to mold HIS team. Don’t underestimate this. Year after year, Miami dominates Virginia Tech in recruiting. Yet year after year, when all is said and done, Tech ends up with more wins. What is the one thing they have had the past decade that
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