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Well, if that happens, we might be looking at a regime change
I feel like I post this on some platform or another every April 16, so forgive me if you've read this before...
I was in my second or maybe 3rd senior year, but I was finally finishing up this time! The week prior to 4/16 was wrapping up just like any other week had for me, Friday, 4/13, I finished up with classes, went over to a buddies place to do a power hour to get ready for a night DT with some friends...few minutes after we finish the power hour, my roommate calls me, tells me my mom is at our townhouse. This would be particularly odd for her to show up unannounced, as my parents live about 5 hours away from Blacksburg,
My mom drove up because early that morning, my grandmother died. My grandmother had a huge part in raising me, as she lived with me and my parents and watched me after school while my parents worked. We were very close. My mother got in the car and drove all that way so she could tell me the news in person, and be the shoulder she knew I was going to need to cry on.
After she was confident that I was going to be okay for the night, she found a hotel room, then the next morning, I followed her back to Chesapeake. We had the viewing and small service for my grandmother on Sunday. It was an excruciating day. Then Monday morning, I got up and started loading my truck to make the long quiet trek back to Blacksburg alone. As I finished loading up was when news started to break. Between this happening and just having said my final goodbyes to my grandmother, I felt like the world I knew was crumbling in a way, nothing would ever be the same.
After staring at the TV in shock for longer than I should have, and despite my parents begging me to stay home for a few more days, I decided I needed to get back. My friends and Hokie family were hurting and I needed to be there with them. I wouldn't have been anywhere near Norris that morning, but I knew people who were, and I needed to make sure they were okay. Most of them were. Two of them weren't.
My mom likes to say that my grandmother was watching out for me, even in her death, by keeping me away from VT that morning. I just think of this as the 14th anniversary of the worst 4 days of my life.
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# | AP: Immediately eligible: NCAA on verge of transfer rule change Was talking to my cousin's ex who is the PA guy for JMU, there is definite concern that FCS level play is going to suffer from this
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# | BC splits its apparel deal, inks with New Balance for all but football, which will be with Adidas I live in the outer banks, that's not my photo, lol
Ur definitely right though, looks like a Williamsburg or maybe Chesapeake subdivision
Will the Roanoke Times try to fight him for his twitter followers too?
drat
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# | BC splits its apparel deal, inks with New Balance for all but football, which will be with Adidas How you tell the incoming freshman from the upperclassman, freshman haven't cut enough grass in theirs yet
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# | Fuente Sees a Need for 'Drastic Improvement' on Depth as the Hokies Move Through Spring Practice Yep, he won 10 and 9 with mostly Beamer's players...then 6 wins in 2018, 8 wins in 2019, and 5 in 2020. So far, he has given little reason to have confidence to expect anything better than 6-8 wins.
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# | Fuente Sees a Need for 'Drastic Improvement' on Depth as the Hokies Move Through Spring Practice I don't really care how emotionally invested he is in the program if he continually puts out a subpar product on the field.
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# | Fuente Sees a Need for 'Drastic Improvement' on Depth as the Hokies Move Through Spring Practice I really think 7-8 wins is the absolute high-water mark for this year
I'm starting to feel like 7-8 wins is the absolute high-water mark for any given year with Fuente as the head man.
Keonta Jenkins is the presumed starter at free safety, where Rodgers worked as a backup. Jalen Stroman has played there too. J.R. Walker has dabbled at both boundary and free. #Hokiesβ Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) April 8, 2021
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# | Keve Aluma to enter the NBA Draft (while maintaining eligibility) Not to mention being able to say "look, we took a kid who didn't start playing ball til High School, who no colleges wanted, and turned him into an All ACC player, who is now looking to get drafted"
Given the latest developments with Watson, I do believe Tyrod was brought in to be the starter for the year (or at least beginning of the year, hope he gets an honest shot)
Valid, but we don't need to have the next great one to not have back to back sub .500 seasons, so, we better (hopefully)
By the end of next season we will be better.
1) .500 or above is a better finish than this past year
2) I don't see Fuente surviving another sub .500 season, if that happens -> he gone = we better
His beard game is strong.
Have to assume he understood his place on the team this year with Bede running point, guessing he thought he would step into the role next year, then the Storm Murphy pickup left him in the same role as he had this year
Virginia Tech transfer Jalen Cone's final seven: Oklahoma State, Indiana, Penn State, Northern Arizona, Nebraska, Buffalo, Iowa State.β Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) April 2, 2021
Well, at least we won't have to face him in the ACC
https://247sports.com/Article/Roy-Williams-retirement-Walker-Kessler-tra...
Someone who knows Roy just told me there had been no definitive plan to retire now but that he has been increasingly fed up with the direction of college basketball and the Walker Kessler transfer was the "nail in the coffin."β Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 1, 2021
What's not to get?
He said once teams see the imaging of his back, it should alleviate their concerns.Originally had surgery after injuring back doing a deadlift with the #Hokies. His recent back procedure was something different that stemmed from that same original injury.β Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) March 26, 2021
Aside from the info on the surgery, you gotta love Farley's confidence
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# | Virginia Tech NFL pro day ( combine for 2 guys)Friday March 26th That sounds less than ideal
But at least we won't be microchipped!
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