[Sly Fox]

Last scheduled home game of the year has the Keydets making the trip down 501 ...


Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Virginia

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Sparky Woods
3rd Season as VMI Head Coach

[jcmanson]

I feel sorry for VMI.

[kdinva]

If I were Coach Rocco, I'd play 7 in the box all game (even when VMI shows a 3 wide set), and dare them to throw. And rush all 11 on punts, don't worry about fielding them, they'll only travel 31 yards anyway......it can't get any worse for VMI as it was the past 6 quarters.

[bigsmooth]

ouch KD....i feel for you and the keydets. i do feel like LU is going to come out and play like they did against CSU and GWU.

[R i]

Attendance should be back around 16-17 thousand.

[vastrightwinger]

I will be there with the wife and my little guy (This will be my son's first LU football game), my brother-in-law and their Cousin and Aunt.

[Kolzilla41]

My family will be there, celebrating my son and I's birthday. Can't believe he is 1 year old already. Quickest year of my life.

[LUconn]

I just want to reiterate in this thread, since it's the preview thread, that this game has zero meaning and I'll be very disappointed if we aren't preparing for Stony Brook. Of course I guess I won't because I'll never know if they are or not. But they should be.

[BiggAl57]

what will our unifom look like for VMI?

feeling a patriotic look for the game

white helmet, red jersey with blue pants or white helmet, blue jersey with red pants

[Sly Fox]

The pace only gets quicker, FlamerBob.

I'll be doing my best to watch online around my family's incredibly busy schedule on Saturdays in the fall.

As for the Keydets, I have a hard time picking key players. But here are the ones that stand out:


#14 Eric Kordenbrock
6' 3" 220 lbs Sophomore Quarterback
Thru 8 Games: 107-of-230 (46.5%) for 1104 Yards with 4 TDs & 8 INTs




#23 Chaz Jones
5' 11" 225 lbs Senior Running Back
Thru 8 Games: 138 Carries for 571 Yards (4.1 YPC) with 8 TDs + 13 Catches for 100 Yards




#4 Tracy Hairston
6' 1" 190 lbs Senior Receiver
Thru 8 Games: 27 Catches for 302 Yards with 1 TD + Averages 24.1 Yards on Kick Returns




#7 A.J. Gross
5' 11" 220 lbs Senior Linebacker
Thru 8 Games: 54 Tackles including 3.5 for Loss + 1 sack + 1 Fumble Recovery




#99 Emilio Calvin
6' 3" 260 lbs Senior Linebacker
Thru 8 Games: 46 Tackles including 7 for Loss + 1 Sack + 1 Forced Fumble

[Sly Fox]

what will our unifom look like for VMI?

feeling a patriotic look for the game

white helmet, red jersey with blue pants or white helmet, blue jersey with red pants

Good call ... I'd love to see that look. Then again, I'd love to bring back the navy helmets.

[jcmanson]

I just want to reiterate in this thread, since it's the preview thread, that this game has zero meaning and I'll be very disappointed if we aren't preparing for Stony Brook. Of course I guess I won't because I'll never know if they are or not. But they should be.

I disagree with you, but we don't really have a say since we're not the coaches. I think 2 weeks is plenty of time to prepare for SBU. No need to underhype a game and no need to overhype SBU where we could come out "too" pumped up and make mistakes.

[LCA&LU Mom]

I understand the VMI RATS will be in attendance this Saturday, so if VMI scores we'll get to see their pushups.

[Kolzilla41]

I understand the VMI RATS will be in attendance this Saturday, so if VMI scores we'll get to see their pushups.

This will just add to the atmosphere. I love ragging the Keydets.

[Cider Jim]

Hoping the rats can storm the endzone for a 3-pushup field goal score.

Are they marching over from Lexington?

[BJWilliams]

VMI has scored 21 points twice (1-1), 14 points twice (0-2), 13 points once (0-1), 19 points once (0-1), 10 points once (0-1) and 7 points once (0-1).

[R i]

VMI has scored 21 points twice (1-1), 14 points twice (0-2), 13 points once (0-1), 19 points once (0-1), 10 points once (0-1) and 7 points once (0-1).

(lame stat)

[Schfourteenteen]

VMI has scored 21 points twice (1-1), 14 points twice (0-2), 13 points once (0-1), 19 points once (0-1), 10 points once (0-1) and 7 points once (0-1).

I'm not sure whether I should be impressed that you used parentheses in a meaningful fashion or disappointed that you used them in a meaningless statement.

[Cider Jim]

Who knows what goes on in BJ's mind, but maybe he was implying that VMI would score at least a touchdown against us, if this season's history means anything.

[BJWilliams]

VMI cant score pretty much. THey have not shown this year that with their offense they can hang in a shootout. If they score more than 28 and we dont have more than 40 points, I'll be surprised

[jbock13]

Dont see any place to put it, but we're up to 22 in the TSN poll. Sounds about right.

[prototype]

I just want to reiterate in this thread, since it's the preview thread, that this game has zero meaning and I'll be very disappointed if we aren't preparing for Stony Brook. Of course I guess I won't because I'll never know if they are or not. But they should be.

There's a bye week in-between? And what happens if SB loses before we play them?

[Sly Fox]

SBU has to lose twice before we play them while we beat VMI for the final game to have no meaning. Otherwise one team or the other would have just one loss and in the event of a tie, head-to-head determines the auto bid.

[prototype]

SBU has to lose twice before we play them while we beat VMI for the final game to have no meaning. Otherwise one team or the other would have just one loss and in the event of a tie, head-to-head determines the auto bid.

Gotcha - but what is SB loses both. I just never think it's a good idea to not play to win. Have you ever seen Survivor?

[Sly Fox]

I agree wholeheartedly. SBU has to lose both games so we would have 2-game lead heading into the finale for it to not matter on Long Island.

All the games count in my mind and I want to get our offense back on track this week so we head to Stony Brook with some confidence.