The Center fo Attention
"THE CENTER O I ATTENTION’ Our center, Jim Pyne is a great football player and a tremendous athlete.
American Teams and was rated the top center in the nation by Football Digest. Jim is a rising Senior who has started at center for Virginia Tech for the past three years. He actually started as a true freshman. Jim is one player who his lived up to his High School hype.
As a true freshman Jim Benched 400 pounds legitimately with no bridging or assistance, at a body weight of 245 pounds. At this point, | knew that someone special was coming into put program.
Perhaps the biggest reason for Jim's football success is his family.
He definitely comes from a football family. two older brothers who have played college football, his father, George Pyne Ill, played for the Boston Patriots, and his grandfather, George Pyne Jr., played for the Providence Steamrollers, which later became the Chicago Bears. Jim has made steady consistent progress in our strength and conditioning program. this year. Jim's hang clean, of 401, is a Virginia Tech football record exceeding Eugene Chung's There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Jim will have a great senior season and will play professional football. Jim understands how to set and reach goals.
Mike Gentry,Strength and Conditioning Coach Virginia Tech Ore of the most amazing statistics I’ve ever heard of is the performance of Jim Pyne at offensive center. He’s an All-American from Virginia Tech who’s played a total of 1879 snaps without allowing a quarterback sack. Jim snapped the ball 412 times as a freshman, 736 as a sophomore and another 731 thing. horrible if| ever allowed a sack.
1991 season. dream football. I love football.
I’m obsessed with it to a point.” famous alumni like Howie Long. leading his team to a 7-3 season. ful.” the leading scorer averaging 16 Jim has a unique football "Jim Parallel Squats a Rock Solid 655 Pounds famous people like John F.
Championship. me told me Tech was the one,”
School.” out.” points and 11 rebounds per game. were still prevalent. Jim narrowed his choices tains, 2,100 feet above sea level. population.
Bench. me to my limits. The thing is when I do well, Coach Gentry is the happiest.” hear about that. years of operation and will play its first round-robin schedule this fall. (Big East:
Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Rutgers, Temple, West Virginia and Virginia Tech) How will the Hokies compete against such formidable odds? In Jim’s own words, “The one thing at Tech is that we have a phe- Italians, Irish and Puerto Ricans. far as missing workouts? | don’t.
I'd feel horrible ifI were to miss. certainly no drugs. they'd be afraid of Coach Gentry.”
Great Squat Variation ence in football which has gained so we try to do the right thing. glad I chose my life style.” programs in America. as a team. religion is number one in my life. that’s important.” time. Even the night before, I visualize what I want to do. just you against the bar. Coach Mike Gentry, our strength coach, builds character and discipline among the players. On game day, he’s right there giving a speech. Coach Gentry has really pushed during his playing days, is now a graduate assistant for Coach
From BFS Magazine — Fall 1993. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).
