Talk about this vision and this version of Ethan Gronkemeyer because when a coach brings his QB from the previous stop, it counts for something.

I think you saw the upside there with how he was able to throw it.

It kind of came to the sauce.

Which former Penn State quarterback is James Franklin going to try to bring with him to Virginia Tech? Bo Pribula, who ended up going to UVA, was an option as well.

And they went with Grunkemeyer and, you know, a bit more eligibility, which is one of the reasons.

But I also think higher passing profile, higher passing potential from him.

And you're seeing that with Pabula now at UVA, can't really throw the ball well.

Tell me what you think is possible for James Franklin in year one because suddenly saying they're bowl eligible doesn't seem like enough.

What would, what was your response to that?

Well, yes, I write for a fan site, but I'm still an old school journalist in that sense.

You know, the old school journalism jobs are disappearing.

So this is where the fans are to reach them.

This is where you have to go is to write for a fan site like this.

But I, you know, when Will hired me there, it was to be a journalist and continue doing what I had done my entire career.

And that's cover things dispassionately.

Have you ever covered someone with the personality quite like James Franklin?

And you're right, like the run game, there were some Saturdays where it was like, "All right, snap it to Kyron, he'll do something." Um, what's your idea about the offensive line now, about two and a half weeks into, to August?

Well, they added a couple guys.

You know, Justin Perry from Ohio State, uh, Logan Howland from Oklahoma.

I think they'll factor into the starting rotation somewhere.

Uh, perhaps it's your two starting tackles.

Um, you know, a lot of it, uh, they get some guys back health-wise.

You know, Brody Meadows, Montavius Cunningham were banged up last year.

But has that been much of a conversation? "Hey, man, look at the schedule."

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Yeah, Mike Vick, Tyler Thigpen.

But even, even beyond those guys, they developed a lot of really good guys.

Like, everybody today knows Kam Chancellor as, uh, you know, the hard-hitting safety for the Seahawks, like this huge, uh, archetype, uh, you know, safety in the NFL.

He was a two-star quarterback when he got to Virginia Tech, and they turned him into, uh, you know, the hard-hitting safety that, that went on to have an incredible NFL career.

You know, Dwayne Brown played for 20 years in the NFL.

He was a tight end when he got here.

Like, what, what's the latest you've heard on, on teams in the ACC being happy with the status quo? [laughs] Have, have those things kind of died down the last couple years?

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Yeah, Mike Vick, Tyrod Taylor.

But even, even beyond those guys, they developed a lot of really good guys.

Like everybody today knows Kam Chancellor as, uh, you know, the hard-hitting safety for the Seahawks, like this huge, uh, archetype, uh, you know, safety in the NFL.

He was a two-star quarterback when he got to Virginia Tech, and they turned him into, uh, you know, the hard-hitting safety that, that went on to have an incredible NFL career.

You know, Dwayne Brown played for 20 years in the NFL.

He was a tight end when he got here.

Like, what, what's the latest you've heard on, on teams in the ACC being happy with the status quo? Have, have those things kind of died down in the last couple years?