The 1-0 mantra finally matches up with my goals as a fan and we can all just get along and not mention it anymore this week. Let's enjoy how awesome a division title would have sounded 3 months ago.
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Did you notice his demeanor on the sideline the entire game? Total class act, as compared to Fedora who did a somewhat convincing impression of he-who-shall-not-be-named. Even when things weren't going well, he took it in stride and never looked upset-always projected an air of confidence. Duke hit a home run when they hired him.
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I hope the negative nancy's that said "we should've DESTROYED Duke. They have no business being competitive with us" are eating some crow; Duke is extremely well coached and their victory over UNC proves that they are better than their record.
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Without opening the "other games" thread I just got out of work and noticed it had 200+ comments. My first thought was "did a spontaneous hurricane hit NC?"
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Not a neg nancy, just annoyed andy and still maintain that we could (and should) have won by more. I'm elated UNCheat choked against Duke. But regardless of how "great" Cutcliff is, I expect at least a 2 TD victory. Heck, we were up by 2 TDs, you can't convince me otherwise. So, sorry, no crow. Plus, I hate Duke. So very much. May they disappear back into football irrelevance where they belong (bye Felicia). That is all.
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Jesus christ man just be glad we won the damn game. How many times have we lost close games like that in the past few years? Four of our six losses in 2015 were by seven points or less. Five of our six losses in 2014 were by seven points are less and three of five in 2013 were by seven points or less. We are winning games we haven't won in the past and that's a huge accomplishment to hang our hats on.
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Of course I'm glad. But in terms of the national perception of our team, it ain't nothing to write home about. In my view, the huge accomplishment to hang our hats on, the victory over anOSU at the shoe.
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That Duke win over UNC is great for us fans. We can breath a little easier. But I hope the team doesn't really look at it and instead just goes into every game like it never happened. Go out and take care of business.
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My favorite part of last night? Palmer saying Duke had ruined UNC's run for coastal champion. I thought "bitch please, that happened weeks ago when we beat them by 31"
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His strange bias in his broadcasting towards UNC and Mitch Trubisky in particular was unbearable last night. Made Trubisky out to be the next coming of Joe Montana.
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I'm not sure what to make of their obvious discounting of our ability to run the table in our remaining ACC games. I hate being disrespected, but am a huge proponent of ignoring the noise and earning it. It will come with continued victories. I love being the underdog anyhow, and somehow I feel that regardless of what happens on the field in the future, the retarded talking heads will always view VT as a second tier program. Fuck 'em.
Go Hokies!!!
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I'd say it has something to do with us getting any kind of national notoriety and/or momentum and then losing an easy game against fucking Syracuse (for example). But I'm with you, this team is better at being an underdog anyway, so keep it up Jesse Palms....keep it up, buddy.
TL;DR: YES, fuck them! Go Hokies!
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Oh I mean don't get me wrong, I've been bathing in the schadenfreude the last few weeks and last night was a perfect refill of the tub. Should be enough to get me through the offseason.
Sometimes, living in the heart of UNC country has its benefits....
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Went to the game but left in the third quarter. Defense was terrible. Offense was flat. Duke outplayed us. I guess our guys thought they would roll over at 14-0. Congrats to Duke. They deserved the win.
Annnnd that right there is one of the many reasons their program is garbage. Their fans are the type that will bail on a tight game against their rival school in the third quarter. That makes me appreciate being a Hokie that much more.
Edit: And to make things worse I just read this one...
I was there too and stayed to the bitter end. It will be the last one I go to for a long time.
Edit #2: Not done yet. Here's one more...
I went to bed after the third quarter, thought UNC would come back and win anyway, like 38-35.
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My philosophy in sports is go all in. I shit talk as much as I can while I have the chance, and fall hard when my team loses. I can dish it, but I can take it too.
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If Louisville wins out, and Washington loses, Louisville can make the playoff and the next best ACC team will be us right? Of course Michigan will have to beat Ohio State and Wisconsin in the B10 Championship
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I still have a hard time believing UofL gets in over a 1 or 2 loss ACC Champion. Just not going to happen. The committee heavily weighs winning your conference, and UofL wouldn't have even won their division. In all likelihood, if VT wins out from here, its either VT to the playoff or the ACC gets left out completely.
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Ahh, I see. So no Pac-12 champion or Big-12 champion in the playoff. Louisville makes it over non-champions of B1G and SEC.
I think UW is just one small piece of that puzzle, and would probably need to lose twice, which is a possibility with their schedule. If they lose to USC and Wazzu and don't make their championship, no UW in the playoffs becomes a really strong possibility.
Definitely would help to have UMich and Alabama to win out, knocking out OSU, Wisconsin, and Auburn.
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Um...
If the hokies win the ACC and get passed over for the playoffs, why would Louisville go? It would definitely be Clemson over Louisville (or it should be)
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Am I remembering right that you are a closet Auburn fan? Regardless... I will be rooting for each and every result that in any way helps our chances for the playoffs, and right now that includes Auburn losing to Georgia. Even though they'll likely lose to Bama in a couple weeks anyway.
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Apologies if that came off harsh and dickish that just tends to be my tone. 'War Eagle' is an Auburn chant/tradition thingy. I was just poking fun at the idea that he's in the closet about his Auburn fandom
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If you want to go to the Orange Bowl, you probably want Washington to win and Louisville to lose. If Washington loses, that improves our chances at a Playoff bid.
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Me: hey, guess what? UNC lost last night,so if my Hokies win one of their remaining two ACC games we're going to the ACC Championship game. First year under Coach Fuente.
Her: oh, yeah? *clearly not interested enough, I should divorce btw*
Me: yeah.
*her checking phone*
Her: no. Oh no. No no no.
Me: what?
Her: Your game would be on the same night as my squadrons holiday party.
Me: ...oh man, that really sucks.
Her: yeah, it does.
We then changed subjects. I'm not sure where we stand.
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Any time I hear the word "squadron", I can't help but think of that Simpson's episode where Apu was worried he'd be deported, so he laid the whole "Being American" thing on really thick to aid in staying in the U.S.
Oh yeah, he wanted out (VT) last year. Now with Trubusky likely leaving, he needs to move now. And not a lot of great top candidates, but maybe not a lot of big openings? We will see
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Herman to LSU still makes too much sense. Unless Texas opens up, then that's a tough call for Herman.
I could also see Frieze leaving Ole Miss for Texas (Ole Miss also graduating a senior QB). Texas is Ole Miss without the Bama Problem. If that's the case, Fedora makes a ton of sense for Ole Miss.
I agree, Chizik may be the logical hire for UNC if Fedora leaves.
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I agree, Chizik may be the logical hire for UNC if Fedora leaves.
That would be a fabulous way for UNC to go back to middling Coastal cannon fodder for VT on an annual basis. Chizik was brought in to fix that defense and despite the wins, the defense is still all different shades of bad. If they go down that path, you might as well write them off long term.
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Part of me hopes Fedora stays. UNC sucks at defense, and their defensive recruiting isn't going to help them down the line. Now the Trub is going pro (most likely scenario), they really don't have anyone behind him, and are going to have to rely on Hood to carry the load next year. Can he? Sure, but once he's gone, there isn't much left behind him, either.
This was their last best chance to crack the glass ceiling in the ACC, and they kind of blew it. They'll be a decent team, but their days of being a high powered force are probably behind them, mainly because it was built on recruiting momentum from before. They should have raked in talent the last couple years, and it didn't materialize.
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glass ceiling? I think you're misappropriating that phrase. It refers to a perceived barrier keeping women from reaching the level of their male peers... Nevermind, carry on.
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3 games left and we can clinch the division with a win? No one called that at the beginning of the season and all of us would have taken it before we got started. I'm loving this team and how they bring it even when they aren't at their best.
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Imagine Hokiegirl's hatred of UTenn on steroids. Really vulgar, disturbing, steroids that make him say the most horrible things about ND coaches' families, particularly (and most imaginatively) their ancestors.
He may just blow a valve through his heart if we lose to them.
So, for my friend, we need that win.
Although, if we lose, his meltdown would be epically entertaining.
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Outside of VT, Army, and Elon's stadium, this will be the next college football stadium I will be able to attend, but like you... this is a huge bucket list checkoff
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If anyone here thinks that we will "glide" to the division title then you have another thing coming. A couple busted plays and we're fighting like hell against GT and by the way, UVa beat Duke. Thankfully the zen master is coaching this team and none of us. Regardless, I'm not expecting a glide to the division and watch out for the Irish who are seething for respect.
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The 1-0 mantra finally matches up with my goals as a fan and we can all just get along and not mention it anymore this week. Let's enjoy how awesome a division title would have sounded 3 months ago.
1-0 = more implications than the usual 1-0
Let's destroy the wrong Tech
Win 1 more ACC game and we clinch the division.
Get 'em Hokies!
Couldn't be happier for coach David Cutcliffe.
Thank you sir!
Also, Fuck Pat Narduzzi!
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YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!
The bitching and screaming!
The shitfitting and headset breaking!
The post-game whining! The embarrassment to the program-ing!
THERE'S GOTTA BE A BETTER WAY!!
What if I say @Fuckduzzi!
Worst. sexual. position. Ever.
Is this the one where I complain a lot about how I think she keeps pushing me away and then I leave as a loser?
I believe that is the dirty-duzzi.
If one has an STD while doing it does it become an oozie-duzzi?
Nardouche! (Pronounced with a heavy French accent)
Does Puck Fat Narduzzi work too?
Did you notice his demeanor on the sideline the entire game? Total class act, as compared to Fedora who did a somewhat convincing impression of he-who-shall-not-be-named. Even when things weren't going well, he took it in stride and never looked upset-always projected an air of confidence. Duke hit a home run when they hired him.
this is amazing!!! Beat GT!!!
I hope the negative nancy's that said "we should've DESTROYED Duke. They have no business being competitive with us" are eating some crow; Duke is extremely well coached and their victory over UNC proves that they are better than their record.
I second this opinion. 3 point win beats a 1 point loss anyway!!!
I dunno about that. There was a hurricane down here in Raleigh, otherwise UNC wouldn't have played so bad.
Without opening the "other games" thread I just got out of work and noticed it had 200+ comments. My first thought was "did a spontaneous hurricane hit NC?"
Yes sir! It was one devil of a twister!
Hurricane David (Cutcliffe)
Word.
Not a neg nancy, just annoyed andy and still maintain that we could (and should) have won by more. I'm elated UNCheat choked against Duke. But regardless of how "great" Cutcliff is, I expect at least a 2 TD victory. Heck, we were up by 2 TDs, you can't convince me otherwise. So, sorry, no crow. Plus, I hate Duke. So very much. May they disappear back into football irrelevance where they belong (bye Felicia). That is all.
Jesus christ man just be glad we won the damn game. How many times have we lost close games like that in the past few years? Four of our six losses in 2015 were by seven points or less. Five of our six losses in 2014 were by seven points are less and three of five in 2013 were by seven points or less. We are winning games we haven't won in the past and that's a huge accomplishment to hang our hats on.
Of course I'm glad. But in terms of the national perception of our team, it ain't nothing to write home about. In my view, the huge accomplishment to hang our hats on, the victory over anOSU at the shoe.
That Duke win over UNC is great for us fans. We can breath a little easier. But I hope the team doesn't really look at it and instead just goes into every game like it never happened. Go out and take care of business.
1. Perfect weekend in Blacksburg for me with Friends and Family
2. VT Clinches Coastal
3. Devon Hunter Committs to VT
4. Lunch at El Rodeo
ARROZ CON POLLO AND A JUMBO TEXAS BABY!
It's the white gurl way
Jumbo Texas Baby: CHECK

Regular sized Texas baby

With a jumbo heart of a lion.
Switch lunch with margs and that's gonna be my perfect visit.
Is Hunter expected to commit this weekend?
Never had a margarita for lunch?
RIP El Guadalupes
El Guadalupes is dead. Long live Hong Kong Buffet...
Hong Kong Buffet is dead. Long live Lefty's.
RIP Mike's :(
What about the giving Maine the Buzzsaw tonight?
Also I always preferred El Mars to El Rods, am I the only one?
I prefer El TOTS.
I also started tailgating a day ealry.
The curse of #17 continues...
Not to take anything away from you, gadfly, but I recommend that we leave this post at +17. Out of respect for the spell.
I'm giving Leonard's post my proxy leg for gadfly.
gadfly, the latest victim of the 17....
My favorite part of last night? Palmer saying Duke had ruined UNC's run for coastal champion. I thought "bitch please, that happened weeks ago when we beat them by 31"
His strange bias in his broadcasting towards UNC and Mitch Trubisky in particular was unbearable last night. Made Trubisky out to be the next coming of Joe Montana.
He would have been that way with us and Jerod if we were playing. He is talking up the team he is broadcasting.
Holy crap did I just defend jesse Palmer? Disregard what I said like unc fans disregard hurricane games.
He loves the Hokies as well too though. The few times he casted us he drools over Evans and Ford and Hodges.
And even commented when we weren't fully utilizing them vs. Pitt.
Obviously unrequited man love.
I'm not sure what to make of their obvious discounting of our ability to run the table in our remaining ACC games. I hate being disrespected, but am a huge proponent of ignoring the noise and earning it. It will come with continued victories. I love being the underdog anyhow, and somehow I feel that regardless of what happens on the field in the future, the retarded talking heads will always view VT as a second tier program. Fuck 'em.
Go Hokies!!!
I'd say it has something to do with us getting any kind of national notoriety and/or momentum and then losing an easy game against fucking Syracuse (for example). But I'm with you, this team is better at being an underdog anyway, so keep it up Jesse Palms....keep it up, buddy.
TL;DR: YES, fuck them! Go Hokies!
not last night, but he also said hindsight is 50/50. Jesse Palmer says lots of stuff.
Canadians.....
When they're not talking hockey, they get their wires crossed occasionally
Great victory for Duke last night. It made making reservations for ACCCG much easier with a win over the wrong Tech. Go Hokies!! 1 - 0 again.
Can we start a LOLUNC thread
Lets win the division, first... then we can run their faces in the feces
Here's one they started themselves
If you disregard games where Fedora gets outcoached, UNC hasn't played many games
Also this zinger
Oh I mean don't get me wrong, I've been bathing in the schadenfreude the last few weeks and last night was a perfect refill of the tub. Should be enough to get me through the offseason.
Sometimes, living in the heart of UNC country has its benefits....
Don't forget that Now they're accusing Duke of stealing play call signals
lolwut
In particular this stood out to me...
Annnnd that right there is one of the many reasons their program is garbage. Their fans are the type that will bail on a tight game against their rival school in the third quarter. That makes me appreciate being a Hokie that much more.
Edit: And to make things worse I just read this one...
Edit #2: Not done yet. Here's one more...
RIP Billy Mays.
Billy Mays played football at West Virginia University...FYI
We shouldn't speak ill of the dead like that.
My philosophy in sports is go all in. I shit talk as much as I can while I have the chance, and fall hard when my team loses. I can dish it, but I can take it too.
Amazing how the team has done this season. It'd be sweet to wrap it
up tomorrow!
Dear UNC "fans":
Washington Losing is huge if Virginia Tech wants to get to the Orange Bowl
Or we beat GT, UVA, and Clemson.
Confused how Washington has relation to the Orange Bowl. Did you mean Louisville?
If Louisville wins out, and Washington loses, Louisville can make the playoff and the next best ACC team will be us right? Of course Michigan will have to beat Ohio State and Wisconsin in the B10 Championship
I still have a hard time believing UofL gets in over a 1 or 2 loss ACC Champion. Just not going to happen. The committee heavily weighs winning your conference, and UofL wouldn't have even won their division. In all likelihood, if VT wins out from here, its either VT to the playoff or the ACC gets left out completely.
Louisville can't get in over a champ with one loss, as they'd be insane to put them in over Clemson.
Ahh, I see. So no Pac-12 champion or Big-12 champion in the playoff. Louisville makes it over non-champions of B1G and SEC.
I think UW is just one small piece of that puzzle, and would probably need to lose twice, which is a possibility with their schedule. If they lose to USC and Wazzu and don't make their championship, no UW in the playoffs becomes a really strong possibility.
Definitely would help to have UMich and Alabama to win out, knocking out OSU, Wisconsin, and Auburn.
I believe the thinking is that Louisville would go to CFP and thus Hokies to Orange.
Washington loss means Louisville has a better chance to go the the playoffs and not take the hokies spot in the OB.
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Um...
If the hokies win the ACC and get passed over for the playoffs, why would Louisville go? It would definitely be Clemson over Louisville (or it should be)
His scenario has Clemson winning ACCCG, Louisville being next ranked ACC team, and VT being the third ranked ACC team.
clarified. Thank you
Teams to cheer for this weekend:
Obviously the Hokies
Kentucky to upset Tennessee because it's Tennessee (12 PM EST)
Baylor to upset #11 Oklahoma (12 PM EST)
Indiana to upset #10 Penn State (12 PM EST)
Illinois to upset #7 Wisconsin (3:30 PM EST)
Georgia to upset #9 Auburn (3:30 PM EST)
Maryland to upset #5 Ohio State (3:30 EST)
Texas Tech to upset #13 Oklahoma State (3:30 PM EST)
Ole Miss to upset #8 Texas A&M (7:30 PM EST)
#20 USC to upset #4 Washington (7:30 PM EST)
Arizona to upset #12 Colorado (10 PM EST)
Can't cheer for MD or USCw. Sorry, but the coach of Udub has earned my respect.
Coach of UDub is Peterson, the one who coached the Boise State team over us at FedEx....
Still liking him?
Yeah, and as pissed off as I was (still kinda am), he's legit.
So basically every team that remotely has a chance to make the playoff
y'all BEST not be rooting for the daggum bulldogs. Auburn is just fine winning this weekend, thanks.
Am I remembering right that you are a closet Auburn fan? Regardless... I will be rooting for each and every result that in any way helps our chances for the playoffs, and right now that includes Auburn losing to Georgia. Even though they'll likely lose to Bama in a couple weeks anyway.
Closet?
Apparently I wasn't remembering right... oops
Apologies if that came off harsh and dickish that just tends to be my tone. 'War Eagle' is an Auburn chant/tradition thingy. I was just poking fun at the idea that he's in the closet about his Auburn fandom
*facepalm*
I should've remembered that. I was thinking "War" was a reference to being in the Corps or the military. Fails on fails on fails...
auburn alum, doing grad work at Tech.
my my, that's a lot of upset people...
If you want to go to the Orange Bowl, you probably want Washington to win and Louisville to lose. If Washington loses, that improves our chances at a Playoff bid.
Fun conversation with the wife this morning.
Driving in the car
Me: hey, guess what? UNC lost last night,so if my Hokies win one of their remaining two ACC games we're going to the ACC Championship game. First year under Coach Fuente.
Her: oh, yeah? *clearly not interested enough, I should divorce btw*
Me: yeah.
*her checking phone*
Her: no. Oh no. No no no.
Me: what?
Her: Your game would be on the same night as my squadrons holiday party.
Me: ...oh man, that really sucks.
Her: yeah, it does.
We then changed subjects. I'm not sure where we stand.
Problem solved, looks like you're going to the game!
I'm pretty sure you'll be watching the game on your phone at the holiday party
I'll speak on behalf of all divorced men...do it!
Any time I hear the word "squadron", I can't help but think of that Simpson's episode where Apu was worried he'd be deported, so he laid the whole "Being American" thing on really thick to aid in staying in the U.S.
The ny Mets are my favorite squadron. by IsaiasMicah
Lmao, the "nye" mets
Sorry bro,
my wife loves Hokie football as much as me and my boys. I've got nothing for you.
You think UNC is saddzzz now, wait until Trubisky and Fedora leave this January.
You think the hat leaves after this year?
Oh yeah, he wanted out (VT) last year. Now with Trubusky likely leaving, he needs to move now. And not a lot of great top candidates, but maybe not a lot of big openings? We will see
Les Miles???
Not sure how I would feel about that. I prefer they hire a nobody. But I'd bet Chizik would be first in line for it.
Herman to LSU still makes too much sense. Unless Texas opens up, then that's a tough call for Herman.
I could also see Frieze leaving Ole Miss for Texas (Ole Miss also graduating a senior QB). Texas is Ole Miss without the Bama Problem. If that's the case, Fedora makes a ton of sense for Ole Miss.
I agree, Chizik may be the logical hire for UNC if Fedora leaves.
That would be a fabulous way for UNC to go back to middling Coastal cannon fodder for VT on an annual basis. Chizik was brought in to fix that defense and despite the wins, the defense is still all different shades of bad. If they go down that path, you might as well write them off long term.
Yeah, he's a terrible HC. But he know$ what recruit$ need.
Aren't they staring NCAA sanctions squarely in the face? That was sarcastic..../s
Did I do this right?
I could live with that.
Part of me hopes Fedora stays. UNC sucks at defense, and their defensive recruiting isn't going to help them down the line. Now the Trub is going pro (most likely scenario), they really don't have anyone behind him, and are going to have to rely on Hood to carry the load next year. Can he? Sure, but once he's gone, there isn't much left behind him, either.
This was their last best chance to crack the glass ceiling in the ACC, and they kind of blew it. They'll be a decent team, but their days of being a high powered force are probably behind them, mainly because it was built on recruiting momentum from before. They should have raked in talent the last couple years, and it didn't materialize.
glass ceiling? I think you're misappropriating that phrase. It refers to a perceived barrier keeping women from reaching the level of their male peers... Nevermind, carry on.
3 games left and we can clinch the division with a win? No one called that at the beginning of the season and all of us would have taken it before we got started. I'm loving this team and how they bring it even when they aren't at their best.
not to nit pick, but a loss to ND changes nothing in regards to the division, so really only 2 games left to win only one game to clinch division.
If we lose to ND, I may lose a friend.
Imagine Hokiegirl's hatred of UTenn on steroids. Really vulgar, disturbing, steroids that make him say the most horrible things about ND coaches' families, particularly (and most imaginatively) their ancestors.
He may just blow a valve through his heart if we lose to them.
So, for my friend, we need that win.
Although, if we lose, his meltdown would be epically entertaining.
I'll be up there for the game, so hopefully we win so freezing my ass off will be worth it
See you there. Only away game I am making this year is this week. Cross off the bucket list of see a game @ Notre Dame.
Outside of VT, Army, and Elon's stadium, this will be the next college football stadium I will be able to attend, but like you... this is a huge bucket list checkoff
If anyone here thinks that we will "glide" to the division title then you have another thing coming. A couple busted plays and we're fighting like hell against GT and by the way, UVa beat Duke. Thankfully the zen master is coaching this team and none of us. Regardless, I'm not expecting a glide to the division and watch out for the Irish who are seething for respect.
Corrected, 18 gazzillion.
Glide path? All I know is right now we are 0-0 and we need to go 1-0.