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Ill always be watching my boys through thick and thin.

And away we go........

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LETS GO!!

Is coronavirus over yet?

HOKIES!

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

Just got home from outer banks, gonna get the demonspawn to bed and get drunk. May even turn the game on...

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction:
“I served in the United States Navy"

No matter what happens, we are all Hokies. We'll be together through thick and thin FAM

VB born, class of '14

My son Tyler would have been 25 today. Although i think its not gonna be pretty, A guy can wish for good karma can't he?

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

May he Rest in Peace

VT '10--US Citizen; (804) Virginian By Birth; (979) Texan By the Grace of God.

Rick Monday... You Made a Great Play...

I also root for: The Keydets, Army, TexAggies, NY Giants, NY Rangers, ATL Braves, and SA Brahmas

Thank you FAM.

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

Choked up when I read this one. You can wish for all the karma.

Thanks Joe...alas it wasnt meant to be but i felt like he was with me today nonetheless.

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

Question for everyone:

Would a win make a better statement about Fuente or a worse one?

Is coronavirus over yet?

Probably a worse one. Inconsistency, to me, is worse than incompetence or ineptitude.

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Agreed.

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"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

Man... our fan engagement is currently on par with UVA. That's not easy to come to terms with.

Yeah surprised to see no official game thread. The key play as already packed it in for the night. Go Hokies!

Sounds like Turner is going to be limited if seen at all, per Bitter's twitter

...This is suboptimal news

Look for backups all over the map on both sides of the ball it sounds like.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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Insane that Waller is still injured. Starting to understand French's frustration with our med. team.

Fire Whit.

This.....is not going to be fun

ESPN has been clowning on us all day, openly mocking any chance we have of even keeping it close

We are literally a punchline today. It's just sad how bad the state of the program is right now

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Well our defense is so bad I am not surprised. And this soft zone crap will play right into Clemson strength.

Here comes some more free football, watch for any good plays don't worry about the outcome and it's much more enjoyable.

Wet stuff on the red stuff.

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So glad I grabbed beer and took a nap after being on the water today. Power drinking will be needed.

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"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

The way I'm watching the game tonight:

1. I hope everyone stays healthy.

2. I'm always excited about any player in Maroon and Orange, so I'm looking for individual improvement across the board.

3. I'm hoping that Fuente can find some peace and success in his craft, even if he is on his way out. I hate seeing guys fail.

Is coronavirus over yet?

Mostly the same on point number 1, my only change being "healthy" to "alive"

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"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

Man I feel so bad for our guys

What the hell has happened

Chick Patty w/ Cheese

Hate-watching.

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

So much for the "virtual sellout" looked like less than 1000 of those cardboard cutouts.

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Lets Go?!

It's a good thing fans aren't allowed because I think Clemson fans would come close to outnumbering us in our own house tonight

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Good to see Metallica show up for kickoff

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

KH can hit 1000 with 76 yards tonight.

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

Lol they interrupted Enter Sandman for a Clemson promo

That's how irrelevant we are now

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Our intro got big dawged

Directions from Blacksburg to whoville, go north till you smell it then go east until you step in it

I understand VT is expected to get blown out tonight but the bias in this broadcast/presentation is absolutely unreal

This is a Clemson advertisement

We are just the hapless bait

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Gotta love a 6yd deep screen pass.

Actually NVM that was a better call than a QB keep for 3 and 20.

Well there's the first fumble.

“The Cup is Going Nowhere Mikey!!!!!”
“This is my School. This is Home.”

hope HH is ok

Good thing we immediately ran him after that.

lmao classic 3rd down - QB draw

Corny special

Is coronavirus over yet?

Well. We got a first down. That was cool.

Fire Whit.

3rd and 20... QB keeper. Who would have thunk it?

I seldom speak to loluva grads, but when I do, I tell them I want large fries.

He's making a list, checking it twice. Not gonna find out what the game situation is. Corn's play script is coming to Blacksburg

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over and under... 6 plays to tiger touchdown?

I seldom speak to loluva grads, but when I do, I tell them I want large fries.

We gave up a 4 play 99 yard drive already this year against a lesser offense.

They will score exactly as fast as they want to score

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

So, is it Hooker or the WRs that Corn has zero trust in? Cause a qb keep on 3rd and 20 tells me Corn doesn't believe in his guys.

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

Seriously, what do you have to lose against Clemson? Can we ever do something inventive?

Wish I could leg this more

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

To be fair the D is trying with that crazy sprinkler play.

WTF? Fu and Corny caused HH to drop a perfect snap for a big loss. Our coaches suck. I'm glad you guys are all big donors and are going to buy out the coaching staff AND cover our $60M shortfall!

well at least we get Maria Taylor on the sidelines for our game

Oh boy

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

Ashby finally touched a RB! That's something.

Holy shit a 4th down!

wow we held them to 3

My son, who is 20, attended his first game in Lane Stadium in 2006... Yes that wonderful 2006 Clemson game.

Is coronavirus over yet?

Burmeister?

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BB is in oh boy

Time for the QB run on 3rd and 5....

Rob Peterson
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Class of 1999

good call... 1st down

I seldom speak to loluva grads, but when I do, I tell them I want large fries.

First down

Let's go Braxton

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wow a 3rd QB run that worked, I guess statistically it has to work some time..................

So sad the announcers are saying our best 3rd down play is a QB draw.

“The Cup is Going Nowhere Mikey!!!!!”
“This is my School. This is Home.”

Love this slow tempo and snapping the ball with basically no time on the play clock. Gives them no time to adjust to anything. Best thing we can hope for in this game is a boring low scoring game

Robinson!!!

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

Burmeister lookin good

“The Cup is Going Nowhere Mikey!!!!!”
“This is my School. This is Home.”

Tre Turner's plantar fasciitis seems like it's never going to fully heal. I haven't seen him in the game

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holy shit what is happening, god damn it, I'm gonna get my hopes up

Let's Go!!!

“The Cup is Going Nowhere Mikey!!!!!”
“This is my School. This is Home.”

HOKIES!!!

I seldom speak to loluva grads, but when I do, I tell them I want large fries.

We are leading Clemson

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

No freaking way this is awesome!

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Wow something no one could have imagined

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

Nice throw by Burmeister on that drive. Caught Clemson sleeping

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Was that the longest pass of the season?

4th longest

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

Touchdown Hokies!

STOP THE COUNT 😂😂😂

Yes,that's the Hokie Bird riding a camel. Why'd you ask?

Yeah, as cool as this feeling is, I just dont have the faith in this coaching staff to keep this up.

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"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

close your eyes... take a deep breath... enjoy the moment. ahhhh

I seldom speak to loluva grads, but when I do, I tell them I want large fries.

Fucking hell.

I don't care how this game ends. I want a GIFtory of Dax in the sprinklers

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

Well the sprinkler defense didn't work, but we are apparently pulling out all the stops.

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Even the grounds crew is throwing a middle finger at the ACC and the haters!

No holding? Oh, Clemson....

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That's called a tackle/block... You tackle the players to make a block /s

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Yet if one of our guys did that, every single zebra would throw his flag. Whether they actually saw it or not.

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"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

Don't think anything can get uglier tonight than that sprinkler guy's butt crack

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Kirk is so good. He's a master of complimenting both teams.

We put the K in Kwality

If only all announcers could be that good...

2 time Longwood grad married to a Hokie.

And here. We. Go.

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"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

So I spent the day working on my holiday baking. I hope my offering of peanut butter balls, chocolate peanut butter Ritz, Butterfinger bites, and chocolate peppermint espresso cookies (plus my offering of white chocolate Ritz and pretzels yesterday) pleased the football gods. I will also be making an offering of red velvet cookies, white velvet cookies, cake batter cookies, and snickerdoodles in the coming days.

2 time Longwood grad married to a Hokie.

My wife and daughter started today on their 25 or so varieties of cookies. We give many gifts of cookie trays.

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

We do too.. What all do they make? I am always looking for new ideas... I am thinking about doing hot chocolate cookies too... I also have a recipe for Snickers cookies...

2 time Longwood grad married to a Hokie.

Ill write this years list up here at halftime.

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

Chocolate chip - several kinds
Chocolate crackles
Cream cheese snowflakes
Hermits (fruit cookies)
Glazed Lemon cookies
Oatmeal/Oatmeal raisin
Peanut butter kisses
Russian tea cakes
Spiced molasses cookies
Oh shit cookies (snickerdoodles)
Fudge - several kinds
Carmel pretzel bark
Oreo truffles
7 layer bars
B&W peppermint bark
Meringues
Chocolate cherry shortbread

Thats their working list so far. There are others that come and go from the yearly rotation.

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

Nice. Sounds yummy..... I thought about making hot chocolate cookies and white chocolate craisin oatmeal cookies and molasses cookies in addition to the 10ish things that I make. We'll see if anything gets added to the normal menu....I feel like I want to add something, but I don't know what....

2 time Longwood grad married to a Hokie.

Im a big fan of the lemon cookies, oreo truffles, and 7 layer bars.

My wife takes the kids and leaves the house while I watch my Hokie games.........nuff said

Pecan tassies! My mother always made these, They go by various names, but they're basically tiny pecan pies baked in a mini-muffin pan. Southern Living has a version in the December issue that calls for using a chocolate crust (yum!) - thinking of trying it myself!

"Tajh Boyd over the middle . . . and it's caught for an interception! Michael Cole, lying flat on his back, ARE YOU KIDDING???"

Every time we move the ball Clemson gets hurt. I expect the refs to start flagging us for unsportsmanlike conduct because Clemson ain't supposed to look bad against us.

Radio guys saying it seems pretty evident that Tre Turner is not going to play tonight

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He didn't take any pregame reps with the 1st or 2nd unit

It's very unlikely he gets in tonight

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Thought I saw him on both kick off returns?

We put the K in Kwality

Hey a Fuente sighting!

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Hoffman has seemed pretty undisciplined fairly often

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

Came here to post the same. Is he trying too hard?

I'm going to go ahead and say it - I've been pretty underwhelmed by Hoffman. Seems like more talk and dirty plays than actual good OL play.

I think his value as a leader and "toughness" guy has been a huge plus for this group. He certainly plays to the echo of the whistle, but you need a little bit of that nastiness for OL.

We put the K in Kwality

Wow that hoffman penalty an absolute killer

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We don't even try on 3rd and long...

Is coronavirus over yet?

Of course not. Why would Corny grow a pair now...?

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"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

When you don't have a true passing game, there's not much you can do on 3rd and 20+. Not defending the play calling....it's just frustrating that we don't have a passing attack that we trust.

Virginian by Birth, Hokie by Choice

Doesnt have to be a first down, but much like how Liberty beat us, go for that ten yard pop and get in potential FG range.

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

Yep. We should do something stupid like a long developing pass play when Venables is going to bring an all out blitz!

Also hoffman's eye black is dangerously close to people accusing him of blackface lol

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Another tally for why I don't like Hoffman. Should've been pulled out of the game after that penalty. That's so stupid and selfish and dirty. No other way to frame it really.

That penalty very likely changes it from a potentially tied game, to being down by 10 within a few minutes

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

Hoffman Penalty - Dont even try to get back in field goal range 3rd down call- fail to execute downing the punt = Clemson field/score position +

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

Holy shit, 3 & out (first of the game for either team, i believe?)

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

We made them punt in the first half. I consider that a moral victory. Let's call it a game.

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Our TE is our punt returner... I love it... Let's do this

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Just looking for anyone who can catch a punt.

Doesn't matter if it's cake or pie as long as it's chocolate.

Well, I lost on my "Clemson under 1 punt" bet. But hey, we forced Clemson to punt!!

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"Look at this... This is just spectacular.... These people are losing their minds"

Hoffman should be pissed this series... run it right up his tail. Let's see what he can do!

I seldom speak to loluva grads, but when I do, I tell them I want large fries.

That's how we need to be used Blackshear

We put the K in Kwality

Well...the little swing pass. Not the slow developing weird reverse thingy. I'd love to see he and KH lined up in the backfield fake a toss sweep to KH on one side and drag Blackshear across the middle. Best case he is wide open as everyone flows to KH. Worse case a LB covers him (and I like that match up)

We put the K in Kwality

Blackshear needs to be used like a slot receiver. Get him the ball on a slant in space.

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

Here is the classic corn cuteness... Why give to Blackshear there?

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But...the card said it was time to run that play...

We put the K in Kwality

Yep exactly

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If he follows Tenuta he picks up yardage. That's on him, not the play call.

Right... he doesn't have vision so why give him the ball?

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Had nothing to do with vision. He has to hit the hole with authority. If you never hand him the ball, it'll never get better.

Blackshear has demonstrated that he should never get a run. Put him in space sure. A true run - never. Not good. Indecisive and weak.

"I play real sports, not trying to be the best at exercising..." - KP

"hitting the hole with authority" doesn't seem like something that should need game reps against Clemson to get up to speed with. We have 1.5 games left and two better running backs.

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Cool. Do you.

...and our poor tackling suddenly comes back. Just like that.

We put the K in Kwality

/\ THIS /\ that last clemson drive was pure no tackling!

I seldom speak to loluva grads, but when I do, I tell them I want large fries.

Ashby again. Quit running AT the OL and getting swallowed up. You're a freaking LB!!!!

Competing game threads? Neat.

The official game thread started late. This the OG game thread

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

Now how stupid does Fuente look, so ridiculous.

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

Herbert 1000 yet.....??????? Cmon herb, where does he stand?????

The LewDew, Professional Golf Bum

14 to go

Never Forget #1 Overall Seed UVA 54, #64 UMBC 74

Not even trying... SMH @ this coaching staff

Is coronavirus over yet?

Omg the FUASSHOLE

Rob Peterson
VTCC
Charlie/Hotel Company
Class of 1999

What a lady!

We put the K in Kwality

And that play exemplifies 2020 Hokie football.

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

Good news is that this is not Fuente's worst clock management this year.

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Holy cow. Can't believe Blackshear nosed that catch. Just missed (Kirk said a half yard, but it was like one inch). Great effort. *tips cap*

We put the K in Kwality

Fuente is an assclown. 3 TOs in his pocket and 1 yard short....

Liked when we ran a play, ran 30 seconds off the clock and ran a play with :09 left.

Use your damn TOs. You don't get them in the second half. If we had saved that :30 we would have 2-3 plays to get that 6" Blackshear was short on the last play.

We put the K in Kwality

Yep, and WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO LOSE!

We're sitting at 4-5, against #3, as 22 point dogs...down 7, at the end of the half, nothing tonlose, and instead of trying to so anything, mother fucker just wants off the field.

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

On side kick to start the second half.

Should have done that when we had the lead!m

Of course Fu would've called a TO to ice Romo.

We put the K in Kwality

Great show for the D

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

🤣🤣🤣

Now finish up them taters; I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.

Here's a phrase that's never been said, "I wish we were Coastal Carolina".

We put the K in Kwality

Brock Hoffman comes here and suddenly we are playing like what people expect of CC and CC is playing like what people expect of us

"When I was growing up, Virginia Tech was a school that was kicking ass and taking names, and it's time we get back to that" - James Franklin

The Deablo is in the details

Why are we just discovering this now? We could have been saying this for years. Literally.

We put the K in Kwality

Tisdale needs to spend the off season eating a sandwich (gain 15 good pounds) and leaving to not overrun plays.

We put the K in Kwality

Can we score touchdowns in the 2nd half?

Hokies, Local Soccer, AFC Ajax, Ravens

Tisdale's play on the td is a coaching problem clearly exposed. Had he maintained the edge pursuit inside would have we hope tackled Lawrence.

Will

Oh look. Venables blew us up on a 3rd down blitz.

Should have run a QB draw.

We put the K in Kwality

There is plenty of time. We need to stick with the game plan. Instead we try to get 14 points on one throw (twice) and punt. Keep the methodical run/pass mix. Give your D a break and not put them back on the field after 2 minutes.

We put the K in Kwality

Thank you, Chris for ragging on the ACC official reviews. By far the worst, slowest.

...and they make the wrong call. Ball was released 1/2-1 yard ahead of the point it touched the ground.

We put the K in Kwality

Snap hits him right in the hands.

Put Knox in.

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...and here he is

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Unfreakingbelievable.

Miss Quincy yet?

We put the K in Kwality

Now you have to play the long pass game. Which either Hooker doesn't have or they don't trust him to run.

We put the K in Kwality

How is it that difficult to catch the snap? We already don't go under center and now can't catch shotgun snaps

Yes,that's the Hokie Bird riding a camel. Why'd you ask?

Apparently that's a graduate level course.

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Oy ve dios mio......

2 time Longwood grad married to a Hokie.

Is Hooker heaving?

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Quincy we love you pls

Danny Coale caught it

Why does the offense look better with KK running it?

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1k Herbert

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Btw-Hoyt in at center. Has been for a little while.

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Gotta throw that ball, little one.

We put the K in Kwality

Can't believe our D has actually played a good game. I'd say good enough to win. Meanwhile the O has put up 10 points.

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This D can easily beat UVA. Just afraid we can't score.

Of course in our typical inconsistent fashion we will score 45 points, but give up 400 yards rushing and lose by 10.

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Murray played that like he had deep help (when safeties were in the box). Never touched the WR and let him run right past him.

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It was after the louisville game that I was salty to have watched both gameday and cf final on ESPN not to have seen us even mentioned to have played a game that day. Now I hope we don't get mentioned at all...