A Sea Of Red

It is time to put the PC performance out of our minds and move our minds up 501 to our favorite military school ...


Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Virginia

VMI Football Official Site

Keydet Sports Talk Message Board






Sparky Woods
1st Season as VMI Head Coach



Foster Stadium
Built in 1962 - Seats 10,000




2008 Schedule/Results

• 09/06 Saint Francis (Pa.) ...................... W 49-0
  09/13 at William & Mary ......................... L 52-17
  09/20 Chowan ...................................... W 69-20
  09/27 at Ohio ........................................ L 51-31
  10/04 Richmond .................................... L 56-16
  10/11 Coastal Carolina .......................... W 47-20
  10/25 at Gardner-Webb ......................... L 34-27
  11/01 at Charleston Southern ................ L 31-21
  11/08 Liberty
  11/15 at Stony Brook
  11/22 Presbyterian

Key Players


#28 Tim Maypray
5' 8" 165 lb Junior Quarterback
Thru 8 Games: 141 Carries for 879 Yards (110 per game) and 7 TDs + 8-of-12 for 202 Yards and 4 TDs



#31 Howard Abegesah
6' 0" 220 lb Junior Running Back
Thru 6 Games: 68 Carries for 458 Yards and 5 TDs



#9 Michael Rainey-Wiles
5' 9" 170 lb Sophomore Slotback
Thru 8 Games: 6 Catches for 143 Yards and 4 TDs



#7 A.J. Gross
5' 10" 220 lb Redshirt Freshman Linebacker
Thru 8 Games: Team-Leading 32.5 Tackles including 11.5 for Loss + 3 Sacks

Weather report from Lexington: 58 degrees for the high and a 30% chance of a "few showers":
http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/U ... undeclared

Kick-off is 1:30

Losers in 4 of the last five...should be the medicine need to heal our weekend wounds.

VMI is a very feast or famine team if you look at their results this year. I think if we play like we did at Williams Stadium last year this game will not be close. If we play like we did last weekend...this could get out of hand VERY quickly

I'm not sure how much relevance the Presby debacle has to this Saturday's game. VMI presents a totally different defensive challenge; hopefully one we are better equipped to handle. We should score a lot of points, and if we play disciplined assignment football defensively, we can stop them enough times to win a high scoring game.

remember csu? i'm expecting something similar except vmi will score a couple times.
i'll be there to witness the event. who else is traveling

we'll be there (9 or 10 family & friends)

from the vmi msg board

An item to note for visitors--Vice President Cheney will be on hand to review the Corps at the Saturday morning parade before the Liberty game.

I will be there as well with 6 or 7. Hey LCA Mom, where are you sitting. Hopefully you will sit on the side right behind Liberty's Bench and hope to see you there.

I'll be there with one other LU fan... and quite possibly one or two VMI grads. My VMI buddy says that we can split time in our opposition's camp. I expect they will be gracious, as he consorts with some admin types there at the school.
Since I've never been to an LU away game, is there usually a Liberty get together/tailgate? I've heard that there has been at some other away games.

Hey LCA Mom, where are you sitting. Hopefully you will sit on the side right behind Liberty's Bench and hope to see you there.

i've never even been there b4, no idea where we'll sit. our tickets just say "general admission". we'll do our best to sit behind our guys. cya there!

rogers3 wrote:I'll be there with one other LU fan... and quite possibly one or two VMI grads. My VMI buddy says that we can split time in our opposition's camp. I expect they will be gracious, as he consorts with some admin types there at the school.
Since I've never been to an LU away game, is there usually a Liberty get together/tailgate? I've heard that there has been at some other away games.

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The flames club will be there and I think it is $10 to get food before the game. As far as the Keydets, the do not like Liberty people at all. Depends on where you sit though.

You'll sit behind our guys. Their stadium is a home side and a vistor's side. It's one of my favorite places to watch a game from.

I agree SJ. VMI is always a good place to see a football or basketball game.

After watching that PC game - unless we change something quick - we are going to struggle to win another game this year.

I know that seems unfair, but every team will exploit us now and VMI has one guy that scares the heck out of me - Maypray.

That PC game was frustrating - not the players fault - IMO - the Coordinators fault. You have a freshman QB - you put him under pressure the whole game. You bump the WR and blitz the heck out of them - we over matched them on the line and we played 8 yards off the receivers giving them any route they wanted. We did it one series at the end of the first half and they went 3 and out. Offensively - we played like we were down by 20 - having Brock throw up balls - Jennings and the other running backs were getting 5-7 yards every run and we got so desperate towards the end of the game.

JDUB wrote:remember csu? i'm expecting something similar except vmi will score a couple times.
i'll be there to witness the event. who else is traveling

I will be there with one wife and two kids.

SuperJon wrote:You'll sit behind our guys. Their stadium is a home side and a vistor's side. It's one of my favorite places to watch a game from.

So true.

It's hard to rival VMI's atmosphere. They produce more noise with about 1/3 of what we bring out to our stadium. The last game vs. VMI in the Vines last year was probably one of the most intense games I've seen since I've been involved with LU.

VMI general runs an option style offense with Maypray getting the bulk of the yards. Doesn't throw much, but I wouldn't be surprised to see them throw in a new wrinkle or two this week. My best bet would be for the triple option of fullback-pitchman-QB keep to get a pass option added. When the CB comes up on the pitch man the QB pulls up and tosses it to the flat. I really think he'll get the option to throw this week even though in past weeks VMI has been content to live and die by the option.

VMI already has 19 posts (to our 16) about the game on Saturday. Here's a link to their message board, which Sly & Mansion have already visited: http://vmisports.proboards57.com/index.cgi

I am trying to get on their message board but it won't send me an activation code.

does it count that four of their posts are about parking?

and one is from a presby fan wishing them luck.

They have a throwing QB named Kyle Hughes who has been battling injuries.

Those guys on the VMI board are good people who are passionate about their program. They are also quick to point out that bobcatturner is NOT an alum.

Parking suggestion from an : take a right just before you get to the basketball arena and drive up the hill and then park at the top of the hill at the elementary school. Sometimes Keydets in golf carts will even give you a ride down the hill.

does anyone know Zach Terrell's status for this Saturday?

Coach said he will play, but doesn't know how much yet.

We could have used ZT earlier but it will be great to have him back on the field.

It's going to be tough for opposing teams to defend both ZT and BJ Hayes coming out of the backfield. Should be fun to watch.