Hokieshibe's Recent Comments
$5 VT covers the spread against anOSU - Bud makes good offenses look pedestrian early in the year. I think we keep it close
$15 VT beats Pitt outright, because screw them. I feel like the Spinal Tap drummer "It can't happen EVERY time, right?"
$5 VT covers the spread against UNC. Even if we do lose here (which I admit is a toss-up at this point), I think it'll be closer than 10.
$10 VT beats the Canes. They don't scare me. Haven't in years. Sucks to be U
NFL stadiums aren't state-funded schools of higher education potentially selling alchohol directly to under-aged students. I think that's the difference.
You can cut people off if you're the one selling it. If people are not smuggling in as much as you can get it inside, then you can stop serving someone who is exceedingly intoxicated.
I'd be more oppossed to selling it in cans or bottles. I've seen drunks who somehow smuggled a case of beers into the stadium and proceeded to throw the empties into the crowd. No way we should be arming drunk assholes. As for drunks spilling drinks - it can happen now with bourbon mixed into the cups of coke, or some sort of lemonade cocktail. Can't really prevent that - $hit happens.
ID check purposes - you don't want to risk having the school selling beer to underage students. That's a potential PR nightmare.
/s/ Oh my god! You're right! And I just realized David Beckham should be on the English team too. What a glaring oversight. Thank goodness you are around to help make decisions like that. /s/
The longer this debate has gone on, the sillier you've looked. You really should stop before you're too far behind.
Touche
So was this the player Moorehead was specifically referencing with his "commitable" scholarship twitter speech?
1st - no. Nobody cares about the backup unless he contributes heavily.
2nd - Jets winning the superbowl with Geno Smith? Hahahahahahahahaha
and 3rd - I think he has already cemented his legacy. He was an amazing and dynamic player for over a decade.
You obviously haven't seen the bruises.
Winning the national championship requires a very good team, but also a lot of luck. The luck required is reduced due to the playoff, but you still need a practically undefeated season and no major injuries. We've been close a few times recently (2005, 2007 in particular), but just haven't sealed the deal.
It's going to take a smothering defense (which I think is quite attainable), and either a once-in-a-generation qb (Vick/Newton type guy who can just take over a game and make up for other shortcomings), or great talent across the board and a solid qb (more in the Bama model). I think the odds of the first option are better, just because it's easier to get one fluke recruit than consistently build depth.
Snyder isn't moving the team over this, because that wouldn't change a thing. And I get tired of NFL owners constantly saying "it's my team - this is a private business!" and then demanding public funds to build stadiums and tax exempt status.
It's not that a few people are offended - it's that the name, when viewed objectivley and without pre-concieved fandom is racist. It's literally about the color of the skin of a group of people (who I might add have a tragic history associated with the US).
I personally feel like the name ought to be changed. It really is a crappy name, when viewed objectively. Nobody in their right mind would try to name a team The Redskins today if the Washington Redskins were not a team. There's a reason for this - the name is objectively racist, and has a history of oppression associated with it. Why on Earth do we want our team to continue to be associated with the frankly tragic way the Native American population was treated by European settlers and then later by the US government? Why even go there? And just saying "It's cool, we're taking it back!" like the guy in Clerks 2 is rediculous. Furthermore, for a team with a checkered history with racism (ahem, last team to integrate), we don't exactly get the benefit of the doubt here.
Outside of "as a sports team" what context is the word Redskins used in anymore? If I called someone a Redskin, what would they think I meant? I feel like the connotation isn't exactly sterling. Why remain so persistent in keeping something that doesn't impact your product on the field at all, and is frankly a crappy name anyhow? Lets change it to something cool and be done with all this crap.
Exactly. That's what I meant by "nonconfrontational" - it doesn't bother anybody. But it's totally uncool/not menacing either. I understand why the bullets name needed to change, I'm just saying The Wizards was a bad choice.
I was thinking Werewolves might be badass too.
Ok, fair enough. But when you think of the word "wizard" do you think of that, or this:
And do you really want either to be the face of your basketball team? We just picked it because it was non-confrontational and alliterative.
But it's the same team. Who really cares what we call them? They're still ours. And frankly, it's not a great name - it was a name selected by an old racist dude when he bought the Boston Braves. This is our chance to make it something really cool, and I really don't understand why we are fighting it so much when it really isn't that important.
EDIT - I want to add that this is a losing fight - the name is getting changed eventually. Embrace it now and pick something badass to get it over with. I'm sure you won't care once the games start.
Bullets >> Wizards. Just so much cooler.
Bullets are fast, lethal and accurate. Wizards are old, arthritic, and their sleeves are nicknames for droopy vaginas.
Could also keep the R with the feathers logo...
So... if you're already a 5-star guy and pro bound regardless of where you go, LSU or Bama are fine, but we aren't really comparing apples-to-apples here. Those schools produce more because they get more 5-stars. They put more pros in at every postition, and some happen to be d-backs. I bet if you normalize the talent pools, VT dramatically outproduces everyone.
Exactly. And if a name change will end this issue, then fine. I have no problem as long as you don't make it something stupid. And if it does become something stupid, I'll probably get behind it anyway, because the name really isn't that important.
I know. I got it :)
Agreed. I think oftentimes VT fans aren't appreciative of how good we've had it for 2 decades now. When Frank eventually retires, it will be a very scary time - a lot of unknowns that we haven't had to deal with in my lifetime. Even if you think you're hiring a rock-solid coach, it often doesn't work out (see Michigan's Rich Rodriquez, Notre Dame's Charlie Weis, Washington's Ty Willingham, Colorado's Dan Mullen, etc). Coaching searches suck. Lets not rush it.