Hi Hokie Nation 🦃 #committed pic.twitter.com/hc9mZ8xNOH— Ben Hammond (@theb3nhammond) May 6, 2024
Ben Hammond
Class of 24
PG 5'11 165 lbs
Paul VI, Fairfax, VA
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#25 PG in Class
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This kid can play. Have been fortunate to watch him in person about a half dozen times. He is smart with the ball and is a menace on defense. His ranking has alternated at high 3/low 4 stars. He originally signed with Rhode Island but had Tennessee and Hokies as his finalists. Only concern on him is size being able to handle the ACC grind. Hope he can add 15 lbs as a freshman conditioning
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HOKIES!!!
You got me by 2 seconds......
thanks for the refreshment!
Eyes on Target!
This GIF is where I am mentally on a Monday afternoon.
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"Hope he can add 15 lbs as a freshman conditioning"
Should be easy enough. I mean, many add the freshman 15 without even trying.
Hope he adds the right 15 lbs because we all know how dangerous the dining halls can be
I ate Cinnabon 3x per week and got there *quick*.
RIP the Cinnabon/Carvel in HoGrill, I think I was one of the few people that preferred it over Dunkin.
Same
It's a Dunkin now?!
Au Bon Pain's three locations on campus closing now too.
My freshman year we started with an A&W in squires (or maybe they had just started demoing it) and ended with ABP
Dang. What about Sbarro?
Sbarro went away in Squires in 2014 for a burger place I believe.
https://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/virginia_tech/sbarro-to-be-replaced...
Sbarro was the best.
Student managed HoGrill and I frequented the Polynesian women in Cinnabon a lot for free cinnabons and lessons on their native language. Was fun times eating that and watching the Price is Right.
I remember having a class in Squires auditorium at 10:00 one semester and the number of people just posted up around the TV's watching the Price is Right right after class was hilarious (I was one of them of course). At that time I think the Burger King was still in there, there were a couple on campus late 90's. I think it switched to the A&W around 1999.
Yup, can confirm it was a Burger King
We had two dining halls. Oh, and Hillcrest had something there for the football team, I think. You youngsters had stuff we couldn't have dreamed of, or also in my case, couldn't have afforded anyway.
Wasn't it three? Schultz, Owens and Dietrick? (or was Dietrick added between your time there (?) and mine (1983-88-yes I was on the five year plan due to changing majors- and to never taking more than 15 hours/quarter lol-gotta leave time for the rest of the college experience outside the classroom!)
When I got to VT in 1989- that was the list yes. With Cochraine for athletes only. Owens re-opened up my junior year after massive renovations and we thought a "food court"- not brand names then, mind you was the greatest thing ever. as late as 93, the only brand named fast food near campus were the McD's/BK/Substation behind shultz.
Yup, when I lived on Campus in 93, breakfast was in Schultz (Shitz), and all other meals were over at Owens in the food court.
The grilled cheese at the Owens Food Court. Those definitely contributed to my freshman 15 in 95.
My weakness were those delicious spicy chicken sandwiches at Owens and Blue Ridge BBQ over at Hokie Grill.
general tso's at Owens for me. Not because it was the tastiest option (cheese steaks won that distinction), but because the line moved the fastest and certain employees would be really generous with the helpings.
Plus one on the cheesteaks in owens= quality
You just named my two most common meals at Owens.
Owen's Chicken Parm!
Cheesesteaks were good but had a line, Tso was good too, but the reuben for lunch was my go to. Also the blue plate was good for a dinner meal.
Yeah, coulda been. In '68, I was a rat and Owens was it, squaring our meals and repeating useless freshman knowledge to irritable upperclassmen. Never ate anywhere else on campus, and was gone for a while after first quarter '69 to return in '72 living off campus when I did eat at Squires. I gained no weight and have no memories of anything worth remembering from the cuisine. Lot I don't remember from that long ago, but the rare chili dog and bag of smoke rings at the corner drug store was the highlight of my freshman food memories. Comfort food to me, nobody yelling at me and cheap enough to afford occasionally.
Then as now, I live(d) on Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter! Peanut butter sandwiches never got old for me; easy; relatively cheap, and lots of protein1 Not a diet I espouse for everyone else, but it works for me!
The dining halls I only used because it was at the time part of the room ad board- you couldn't be in the dorms and not pay for the meal plan. Was on campus first two years, then out to Stonegate for a year (ahhhh fun memories!) and Terrace View for last two years.
I think we can trust the source of this story.
We were compelled to eat at the dining hall my freshman year, don't remember how it was the one quarter of sophomore year I attended. Like I said, long time ago.
Dining hall food in 1980 was God awful. I grew up on a farm and ate everything fresh. The food in the dining halls was barely food. I never crapped so much in my life. Powdered eggs may have been the most egregious thing I had ever eaten.
When I went home for holidays, I always brought back duck, geese, deer, and anything we had on farm and would take it to a friend's that had a house . We would go there and cook meals. I really don't know where they got that food from. It was not edible
In '87 had a friend work in Owens. Beef was USDA graded "Fit for human consumption". So I guess it became edible shortly after you left.
I worked in Dietrick in the late 70's. I would walk through the kitchen before going to work and the pork chops looked really good. Then when I went through the line, I swear they were not the same pork chops. I don't know how they cooked them, but damn they were bad.
Ever seen the episode of MASH where they get corn on the cob. Then Igor makes creamed corn out of it?
I can assure you, it was someone at the level of Igor.
I was told the same thing around the same time (86-91) by my buddy who worked in Deitrich. I also remember fucking baked scrod on the menu like every other day. Nasty.
No such thing as freshman 15 if Schultz was the main food source. Cold milk was the only good item in 1978.
I lost 10-15 lbs. my Freshman year (75-76) eating at Owens. Remember once/quarter there was 'Steak Night'? You could only get one steak, and it was deemed so valuable it had to be checked off on your Student ID by cafeteria staff...same as a game ticket. And, they were terrible, like an overcooked, skinny ass pork chop.
yup; and we scarfed it down anyway
From now on when considering commitment announcements, I am simply replacing "committed" with *mostly interested*
Hammond did in fact previously commit and even signed a NLI with Rhode Island. He requested release and they granted it.
PVI 2 VPI
What is truly funny - and made me do a double take - is that my daughter goes to Paul the VI. Paul VI in southern NJ, but still "PVI" here.
Well, I am taking her to see VT's campus on the way back home from vacation by Great Smoky Mountain NP this summer. Will hit the Cascades and tubing on the New River too.
I will choose to be happy about this news
The good news fairy came today!
Is this what VT NIL can afford? ... Oh NO!!
If and when Ben becomes a Hokie and decides to get a TKPC account, he's going to search for his commitment thread.
No Hokie athlete will be more informed on the history of VT dining halls than this guy right here. May his newfound knowledge bless others in perpetuity.