Hatin' On- Ruffin McNeill

This week's hate fest continues with our ACC divisional rival, ECU's Ruffin McNeill.

Ruffin Horne McNeill Jr. (seriously..."Jr"...why?) has been the HC for Da' Pirates since 12/2009 amassing an overall record of 38-29.

Fun fact, RHMj was a defensive back for ECU...I'll just leave you with this:


There were a lot of pictures of his weight loss...but just too funny not to post.

Also came across this image...proof that you can never delete anything from the internet:

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Posers! #Getyerown #TakeyourBeamerballandgohome
#Itsamarinade

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

When Ruffin McNeil played DB, he played boundary corner..... and field corner......... at the same time!

All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding, dang my dang a long ling long....

When he would hang around the gym...he literally was AROUND the gym.

We put the K in Kwality

Before he lost the weight, he had his assistant coaches orbiting around his waist.

We put the K in Kwality

"What are you going to do, stab me? - Quote from Man Stabbed

and in two different zip codes simultaneously!

I've done some of my best work with smoke, mirrors, and a muleta!

Ruffin McNeill has swampass.

"What are you going to do, stab me? - Quote from Man Stabbed

dat swampass doe

His favorite flag is a little something he likes to call "Ruffin' the buffet".

Ruffin McNeil talks on his cell phone while in the bathroom stall.

Ruffin McNeill's great great great grandmother Nessie MacNeill was a witch of lasting infamy back in Scotland. She had a quarrel with a local seamstress over work she had the poor young lass do on her best dress. She claimed the tartan now made her look fat, and placed a curse on her entire profession to forever suffer bad decisions.

Unfortunately for us, Nessie spoke the curse while eating a particularly large haggis. Being preoccupied, instead of seamstress, she used the Gaelic word for weaver.

We Hokies now suffer the burden of this curse. But at least we will never be mistaken for a large sea serpent after chasing dinner into a loch.

Ruffin McNeill cared about Drake and Meek's Twitter beef... because he thought he could eat it.

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

Ruffin McNeill Jr would really rather be called "Indy"

HOKIE HOKIE HOKIE HI
'14 grad

We named the dog Ruffin.

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-What we do is, if we need that extra push, you know what we do? -Put it up to fully dipped? -Fully dipped. Exactly. It's dork magic.

Ruffin gives Ron Cherry "the business".

Ruffin has a line of pastries hitting store shelves soon. They're called "Ruffin's Muffins" and if you buy them once, you're forced to buy them once a year for the next 2 decades.

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

I LOVE this one. Ruffin is a hard guy to hate on, but that second one is perfecto.

Whenever McNeill plays flag football, he demands to be all time QB and yells "RUFFIN THE PASSER" every time he throws

HOKIE HOKIE HOKIE HI
'14 grad

Whenever he goes camping, he likes loudly exclaiming "WE'RE REALLY RUFFIN IT OUT HERE HUH"

HOKIE HOKIE HOKIE HI
'14 grad

When asked how RHM would like anything at a restaurant, he likes winking and saying "RUFF 'N HORNY"

HOKIE HOKIE HOKIE HI
'14 grad

Ruffin buys Mc Donalds stock even when it is at its all time high.

Even when you get skunked; fishing never lets you down. 🎣

Ruffin eats East Carolina's Lunch Pail Defense when he cheats on Nutrisystem so don't expect to see one Saturday!!!

I've done some of my best work with smoke, mirrors, and a muleta!

When ECU hired him as coach one of his new players was quoted as saying, "I guess we'll be Ruffin it from here on out."

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. " Rocky B.

Ruffin McNeill believes this is the real Colonel Sanders

Onward and upward

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken"

"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K

Ruffin McNeill is committed to weight loss as a lifelong journey. Just like playing Virginia Tech.

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Ruffin McNeill had improper relations with Nick Saban's daughter

I might know how that came about. While at a coaching clinic with families along in Florida Saban was relating a story to Muffin and said, "now take my daughter, please." Muffin smiled cooly and replied, "sure." See chick in red leotards in another thread for daughter's pic.

"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. " Rocky B.

This is proven with photos of random blondes that look nothing like Saban's daughter.

Ruffin McNeill thinks pirates are way cooler than ninjas and vikings (they aren't).

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

You have to admit, though, that they are cooler than buckeyes, paladins, and boilermakers.

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and cavaliers and bumble bees and blue devils(whatever they are?) and tarheels and eagles and panthers and hurricanes....I think wolves are pretty cool myself so I'd say that probably the wolfpack is our coolest mascot opponent this year

Onward and upward

Ruffin Horne McNeill insists it's pronounced Hor-nay, not Hor-nee.

Ruffin McNeill double dips at the company happy hours.

He's no good to me dead.

and also gets his partially licked fingers in the dip

Ruffin McNeill is on #teamcake

Ruffin McNeill is on #team.....

All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding, dang my dang a long ling long....

and #teampie

He's no good to me dead.

Ruffin McNeill thinks Darrell Hazell is awesome for all the double letters in his name. And he thinks Hazell folds the brim of his hat really cool. He really looks up to Darrell Hazell in an odd sort of way. He often says, "You know, I used to be fat, but Darrell, he's still phat. With a 'ph,' you know." The he just laughs and laughs.

I'm glad someone else noticed that. That's not how you wear a hat!

Ruffin McNeill thinks that Lane Kiffin is a really good guy and can't believe the awful rumors about him.

Let's GO!!!!!!!...

Ruffin and Lane got catfished and their new lovechild is named: Ruffin Kiffin.

...but they pronounce it "Kevin"

"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior" Stephen M.R. Covey

β€œWhen life knocks you down plan to land on your back, because if you can look up, you can get up, if you fall flat on your face it can kill your spirit” David Wilson

Boom!

We put the K in Kwality

Ruffin McNeill thinks the series with VT isn't long enough.

Ruffin McNeill thought Terrible Terry could gain some weight.

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

Ruffin McNeil replaced Scooby Doo.

Ruffin McNeil ACTUALLY LIKES Greenville

"Stick it in, stick it in, stick it in!" - William Addison Caldwell, 1872

Soooo.... this ^^
Hahahaha.

Leonard. Duh.

Ruffin Mcneill thinks #teamcake #teampie #teamcookies are all trash.. he is #teammuffin ..

Dude, that's harsh. What kind of human being is #teammuffin!?!?

Only those named Ruffin are on #teammuffin.

To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
@VTnerf on insta, @BuryHokie on twitter, #ThanksFrank

^^^ Leg for a "know your lyrics" moment.

All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world
So there was only one thing that I could do
Was ding a ding, dang my dang a long ling long....

Ruffin McNeill thinks Charlotte, NC and Shallotte, NC are the same place.

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Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Shallotte > Charlotte b/c OIB.

VTCC '86 Delta Co., Peru Hokie, Former Naval Aviator, Former FBISA, Forever married to my VT87 girl. Go VT!

RHMj is the kind of guy who logs into football blogs to let everyone know it's his birthday.

...btw it's my birthday.

We put the K in Kwality

Happy Birthday, Ruffin.

Leonard. Duh.

"Exit light..."

Ruffin McNeill is the kind of guy who doesn't wish you a happy birthday after you tell him it's your birthday.

2026 Season Challenge: TBD
Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Ruffin McNeill is the kind of guy who does the Nae Nae at a pep rally.....oh wait.

This is kind of awesome lol. I hope Beamer does the Nae Nae if we beat them this year...

Onward and upward

Ruffin McNeill once gave me the last bottle of aloe vera at Kroger after a game when he saw how sunburnt I was. It's really hard to say anything bad about him after that.

Ruffin McNeill steals aloe vera from orphans and gives it out at grocery stores so people think he's a good guy.

"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior" Stephen M.R. Covey

β€œWhen life knocks you down plan to land on your back, because if you can look up, you can get up, if you fall flat on your face it can kill your spirit” David Wilson

Ruffin McNeil likes loluva

Ruffin McNeil thinks Mike London needs just six more seasons to turn it around at loluva.

Let's GO!!!!!!!...

Hey, however long it takes.

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-What we do is, if we need that extra push, you know what we do? -Put it up to fully dipped? -Fully dipped. Exactly. It's dork magic.

RHMj has a better record against VT than Mike London.

Maybe he'll get the Michigan job when Harboner goes to Indy.

We put the K in Kwality

Oh my god. He does have a better record against us.

It's not like it's difficult to pull that off. Cutcliffe at Duke, the guy at Wake Forest (can't remember his name, but he was London's predecessor at Richmond), Al Golden, Urban Meyer, Jim Mora, Nick Saban. And that's just going back a couple years.

Ruffin McNeil thinks bud fosters defense is over rated...

Too soon ???

Ruffin McNeill thinks we all need a good hug.

2026 Season Challenge: TBD
Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Motion to move to "Lovin' On"

HOKIE HOKIE HOKIE HI
'14 grad

Seconded. We need to break some bad juju.

"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior" Stephen M.R. Covey

β€œWhen life knocks you down plan to land on your back, because if you can look up, you can get up, if you fall flat on your face it can kill your spirit” David Wilson

What if we only hate on them because we love them?

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Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Maybe we just switch ECU up to a Lovin' On. Given it's Pitt week, we need to keep Hatin' On going.

"We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior" Stephen M.R. Covey

β€œWhen life knocks you down plan to land on your back, because if you can look up, you can get up, if you fall flat on your face it can kill your spirit” David Wilson

I was always tought that hatin' on my father was against the rules.