Illinois Hokie's Recent Comments

As far as chains go, I prefer Smashburger to Five Guys.

If you're ever in Kingsport, TN, stop by the Purple Cow on Stone Drive. Try a cheeseburger with a side of fried green tomatoes. Before eating, put one or two of the tomatoes on the burger. Their milkshakes are on par with Pal's, as is their tea. Their menu is a mile long and includes a full ribeye steak dinner. The locals swear by the place, and they refuse to franchise.

Yeah, a similar setup at BMS. But the RV crowd is a relatively small percentage of the total attendance at the race. You couldn't depend on using that method to house a big number of people in town for the game, either.

There's a lot of hotel spillover into Kingsport, Johnson City and Abingdon for the race. And they're talking about a higher attendance for the game than the races. So I think getting that same strong local showing is critical for this to be a success. I think that only happens if you get both of the local teams involved in the game. Bringing in an outlier will reduce local interest and cause more logistical headaches.

Looking beyond the inherent obstacles of the venue and dealing strictly with ticketing, the benchmark to use is other marquee rivalries that occur at neutral sites. Do Texas and Oklahoma include the Red River Rivalry in their season tickets? Or Florida and Georgia with the Game Formerly Known As the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party? Those games capture the flair of if the Battle at Bristol were to become a thing way better than the ECU Charlotte game.

I think the article is a terrific read which doesn't dismiss our win as a fluke so much as view it as an aberration. There is some chest thumping and hyperbole, but by and large I think it reads like a comments section on TKP. Got a particular chuckle out of the comments claiming no such game against VT ever took place. Felt good to be on the other side of that equation for once.

What Idaho is doing is fantastic. Hats off to them.

As for what Bobby did to Colburn, I think the NCAA should address that. I think there should be a deadline after which committable offers cannot be rescinded except for cases of legal issues or health issues that would prevent a recruit from being able to play. Eleventh hour changes shouldn't be allowed.

And I know he's probably a grayshirt three years away from seeing the field, but that same disposition to block until the whistle is evident in Hoyt's film as well. Stacy Searels is bringing a Jake Grove attitude back to the line, through both coaching and recruiting.

This is the one I've been looking forward to reading the most. I'm glad Austin enrolled early, because if Searels can get his footwork issues solved in the spring I think Clark has a shot to win the job.

If it became an annual event, VT, Tennessee and BMS could come to and agreement to include the game in season ticket packages for both schools and the Sprint Cup series. That alone would account for the vast majority of tickets.

Damn it anyway. Leg for the correction sir.

We have enough QBs to get them confused!!! Yay progress!

...why has hunterhokie's girlfriend been texting you all night?

What about a coach that tells two kids, "You'll both get an honest shot to win the starting job." You don't have to be duplicitous to sign multiple QBs in a class.