So,
I was reading the ACC Blog article about Isaiah Ford that SCHokie211 posted and continued to scroll down to discover this interesting tidbit.
"There will be no numbers on the jerseys in the spring," Mendenhall said, according to the The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress' Andrew Ramspacher. "Nothing on the helmets, other than their names on the front."
Is there a football version of this:
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And for the first time in recorded history, a student at LOLUVa is actually being requested to earn something and not have it given to them.
The student body is still trying to figure out how to handle this news.
They'll just Photoshop them in.
"LOLUVA - Invent the Roster"
LOLUVa -- "Photoshop the Wins"
So my primary take away from that article was in the comments. The first comment reads...
A LOLUVA fan then responds with the following statement...
Boo Frickety.....didn't he play DB for the hoos back in the early 80's?
Think it is because they can't count?
Wasn't there a quote last season about a player saying his number was L5?...a shoot, I mean 27
I thought we stole all their numbers during 38-0, hence the final score.
Bro!
We didn't steal them, we earned it. Again and again and again and again. .....
... X 12
The past couple years I've actually had to look it up a few times. Or ask myself, "Was I in elementary school or middle school?"
One day our great great grandchildren will hear tales about the time the Wahoos beat the Hokies near the beginning of the 21st century
If they beat VT, each player earns their uniform number and their own planet
And a special pair of underpants?
Just throw it to the open guy.
Plays? Who need 'em?
Give me a post and an out on the right side and a slant with a go on the left. Throw the go route every time.
Looks like Jerod Evans will wear #4.... Check hokiesports for other notable jersey # changes Gaines gonna wear #11
I didn't have enough turkey legs to post that they changed the football roster.. I don't think they updated weights or heights though
Damn straight
I bought a football jersey when Eddie Royal was #4. If Evans is as good as we hope he will be, just another entry in a long line of excellent #4s.
BM handing out numbers in his office.....
Biff Mendenhall
Why don't you make like a tree, and get out of here
Still more numbers than fans at their spring game.
"Coach, this isn't working. We look totally lost without numbers."
*crickets*
If nobody is gonna watch, there's no need to tell them apart.
This headline is only slightly misleading. It's not that there will be no numbers as a rule. instead, any player who has participated in a victory over Tech gets to wear a number...
I started playing football in the 3rd grade. We had numbers. The end.
I may have figured out why LOLUVA is so bad at football.
....but....I don't understand.
Because they are using a basketball and basketball hoop at football practice.
I understand why you posted it. I don't understand why they are doing that.
My bad.
No big deal. Have a leg.
They have to get excited over something during football practice.
(it says #HoopsImportantNow)
I would assume they are translating the jumping for a rebound with catching the football at the high point.
High Point would still win the game.
Broncoball, it's like Calvinball, but it makes less sense.
Ok so the ESPN blog just posted another very interesting article on Bronco's methodology toward this year's Spring Practice. The full article can be found right here.
And after that, convince fans to actually attend said game. Well, can't say the guy doesn't reach for the stars. He is at LOLUVa, so he should get used to disappointment. Maybe there's a clock somewhere for that one.
I think he means Schnap!
After seeing that, I feel a very strong need to wipe my face.
The feel sorry for their players. If I were them I would rather have my number and no name, pretty embarrassing for people to know you play for UVA.
They all had a chance to go elsewhere.
Well, at least not having a number during practive gives the coaches a chance to continue using this phrase
We're sure going to miss that imagination.
Or lack thereof.