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ODUalum11 wrote:Did you guys miss me?

93henfan wrote:

ODUalum11 wrote:Did you guys miss me?

Not really.

Good luck in C-USA.

ODUalum11 wrote:

93henfan wrote:
Not really.

Good luck in C-USA.

Feeling is mutual 93. I look forward to the ODU-UDel rematch on October 27th at foreman field. ...Can't wait!

CAA Flagship wrote:

ODUalum11 wrote:
Feeling is mutual 93. I look forward to the ODU-UDel rematch on October 27th at foreman field. ...Can't wait!

What was the reason for the complete disappearance on just about all message boards?

Staying on campus over the summer isn't easy. You lose time with your loved ones, the chance to be with friends and the chance to just chill at home. But it was an especially difficult choice for Heinicke, a sophomore and ODU's returning starter.

"I wanted to be with family in the worst say," Heinicke said Monday, ODU's first day of preseason practice. "But I knew I needed to be here. This is a big season for us."

Heinicke was preparing to fly home for Christmas vacation in December when his mother called. His father, Brett Heinicke, had died of a heart attack...

...Heinicke said the last time he saw his father was Dec. 3,when the Monarchs lost at Georgia Southern in the FCS playoffs...

..Heinicke said his dad was emotional as they said goodbye that evening.

"He told me he was very proud of me," he said. "I'll never forget that."

Heinicke wasn't the only player who sacrificed this summer. It was the fifth straight summer redshirt senior tackle Chris Burnette spent in Norfolk.

"The first year I was here, maybe 20 guys stayed over the summer," he said. "Now, nearly everyone does."

Because ODU is transitioning to the Football Bowl Subdivision, this is the last year the Monarchs can advance to postseason play until 2015.

"The players here won't be able to compete for a championship" the next two years, he said. "We want to compete for an NCAA championship. We worked so hard in part because this is our one chance..."

∞∞∞ wrote:Great feature piece on QB Taylor Heinicke and his father's passing:

Staying on campus over the summer isn't easy. You lose time with your loved ones, the chance to be with friends and the chance to just chill at home. But it was an especially difficult choice for Heinicke, a sophomore and ODU's returning starter.

"I wanted to be with family in the worst say," Heinicke said Monday, ODU's first day of preseason practice. "But I knew I needed to be here. This is a big season for us."

Heinicke was preparing to fly home for Christmas vacation in December when his mother called. His father, Brett Heinicke, had died of a heart attack...

...Heinicke said the last time he saw his father was Dec. 3,when the Monarchs lost at Georgia Southern in the FCS playoffs...

..Heinicke said his dad was emotional as they said goodbye that evening.

"He told me he was very proud of me," he said. "I'll never forget that."

Heinicke wasn't the only player who sacrificed this summer. It was the fifth straight summer redshirt senior tackle Chris Burnette spent in Norfolk.

"The first year I was here, maybe 20 guys stayed over the summer," he said. "Now, nearly everyone does."

Because ODU is transitioning to the Football Bowl Subdivision, this is the last year the Monarchs can advance to postseason play until 2015.

"The players here won't be able to compete for a championship" the next two years, he said. "We want to compete for an NCAA championship. We worked so hard in part because this is our one chance..."

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I’ve seen a lot of college football teams practice through the years, from Virginia Tech to Norfolk State, James Madison, VMI and the University of Virginia.

But nothing quite prepared me for the pace of football practice I saw this week at Old Dominion University. ODU’s offense is high-octane, and so are coach Bobby Wilder’s preseason workouts...

“...We try to practice at game speed every day,” he said. “It’s hard to do, but if we can come as close to that as possible, it’s a more natural transition for our players.

”Think fast, play fast,” Wilder said. “That’s a phrase the kids hear from me a lot.”

Especially when the team scrimmages. At some schools, the offensive and defensive coordinators know before practice what plays they will run. Many head coaches put the sequence of plays on a planning sheet.

But all that ODU offensive coordinator Brian Scott and defensive coordinator Bill Dee see before practice is a blank sheet. The players are also clueless as to what plays they will run.

“They don’t know what kind of position I’m going to put them in, what we’re going to ask them to do,” Wilder said. “They’ve got to be ready. Coach Scott has to be ready to call an offensive play. Coach Dee has got be able to call a defensive play. I do that on purpose."

“That’s the way it is in a game. The sheet is blank in a game.”

∞∞∞ wrote:Looks like ODU will again have one of the best offenses in the FCS:

AZGrizFan wrote:ODU goes 4-7 this year.

Virginia Tech officials say they are eager to play Old Dominion University’s football team and would like to begin a series against the Monarchs in 2017, the first year they have an open date on their schedule.

“I’ve always said, if we have an opportunity to play schools within the state, we’re going to do that,” Beamer said. “That program has great potential. Old Dominion is located in a good market and the high school football there is outstanding. They’ve got a chance to recruit very good players there. We should be playing them.”

∞∞∞ wrote:Not FCS news, but ODU and VT will probably start a series in 2017:

Virginia Tech officials say they are eager to play Old Dominion University’s football team and would like to begin a series against the Monarchs in 2017, the first year they have an open date on their schedule.

“I’ve always said, if we have an opportunity to play schools within the state, we’re going to do that,” Beamer said. “That program has great potential. Old Dominion is located in a good market and the high school football there is outstanding. They’ve got a chance to recruit very good players there. We should be playing them.”

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edit: also season tix came in today and they came with playoff parking passes.

bluehenbillk wrote:UD sent out parking passes for THREE playoff games with season tickets this year.

JayBilasBitesPillows wrote:

bluehenbillk wrote:UD sent out parking passes for THREE playoff games with season tickets this year.

Why would Delaware provide parking passes to playoff games in which they are not playing? Did you work a deal with Towson or Lehigh? Pretty nice of your AD to give your season ticket holders a taste of what playoff football is like.

JayBilasBitesPillows wrote:

bluehenbillk wrote:UD sent out parking passes for THREE playoff games with season tickets this year.

Why would Delaware provide parking passes to playoff games in which they are not playing? Did you work a deal with Towson or Lehigh? Pretty nice of your AD to give your season ticket holders a taste of what playoff football is like.

bluehenbillk wrote:

JayBilasBitesPillows wrote:
Why would Delaware provide parking passes to playoff games in which they are not playing? Did you work a deal with Towson or Lehigh? Pretty nice of your AD to give your season ticket holders a taste of what playoff football is like.

Wow, your one whole home playoff game you've had is so intimidating.

When you can finally come within single digits of Delaware wake me up.....

Spoiler: show

CAA Flagship wrote:Yup. Got my season tix and parking pass. Same tailgate spot as the last three years and if is freaking prime (I can throw a rock and hit the stadium ). Bring on Duquesne!!!!!!

Spoiler: show

Bring on West Chester, Delaware State and Bucknell!!!

93henfan wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote:Yup. Got my season tix and parking pass. Same tailgate spot as the last three years and if is freaking prime (I can throw a rock and hit the stadium ). Bring on Duquesne!!!!!!

Everything sounded exciting until the last sentence.

Spoiler: show

Bring on West Chester, Delaware State and Bucknell!!!

CAA Flagship wrote:

93henfan wrote:
Everything sounded exciting until the last sentence.

Spoiler: show

Bring on West Chester, Delaware State and Bucknell!!!

Power conference football means first three games are warmups, or in the case of the money grabbers, a couple of warmups and a beatdown. We have Duquesne, Hampton, and Campbell.

Spoiler: show

UNI opens @Wisky, D2, @Iowa, @YSU, NDSU, SIU in consecutive weeks.