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# | Mens Basketball: Georgia Tech (11-12,2-9) at Virginia Tech (9-14, 1-9) 9PM 2/9 ESPNU/WatchESPN 
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# | Mens Basketball: Georgia Tech (11-12,2-9) at Virginia Tech (9-14, 1-9) 9PM 2/9 ESPNU/WatchESPN
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# | Mens Basketball: Georgia Tech (11-12,2-9) at Virginia Tech (9-14, 1-9) 9PM 2/9 ESPNU/WatchESPN Nice to see us finish well on drives in the lane.
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# | Mens Basketball: Georgia Tech (11-12,2-9) at Virginia Tech (9-14, 1-9) 9PM 2/9 ESPNU/WatchESPN The phantom announcers nailed it. As soon as GT settled into their offense, we were pretty much helpless.
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# | Mens Basketball: Georgia Tech (11-12,2-9) at Virginia Tech (9-14, 1-9) 9PM 2/9 ESPNU/WatchESPN I like that we came out aggressive. We're contesting every shot they're taking.
I'm in a position where I could be there, but to get there I'd have to be such a corporate whore I couldn't live with myself. I take being a non-douche with a comfortable lifestyle over being a Benz-driving tool any day of the week.
No, I'm comparing population to population. The population of the Tri-Cities CSA is approximately equivalent to the city of Washington. Not the DC Metro area, just the city. My point is, the Tri-Cities CSA is population-equivalent to a major city, and more than large enough to fill BMS with a large percentage of locals come the Battle at Bristol.
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# | Virginia Tech Football Recruiting: Defensive back Kareem Felder Commits to Hokies Cannot wait for series four.
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# | Bitter blog - Gray, Stinespring ranked as Hokies' top recruiters in 2015 class That's its own argument. Just pointing out, Tennessee would necessarily have to spend more than VT to field a comparable recruiting class by virtue of geography.
Also, the populations of the towns closer to Bristol than Blacksburg are quite small.
The Tri-Cities area has a population of about 500K people. That's roughly the population of Washington DC. Finding locals to go to the game won't be a problem.
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# | Bitter blog - Gray, Stinespring ranked as Hokies' top recruiters in 2015 class Brings up a great point. Some programs face more recruiting expenses by virtue of not being in a state that produces D1 talent. One of the big reasons Tennessee has always recruited nationally is because the state doesn't produce enough talent to build a program on. We're lucky Virginia produces a lot of good recruits. Not enough to be our sole territory, but a lot. That keeps costs down.
I have two young kids. I know that movie inside and out. But I don't remember this line...
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# | Bitter blog - Gray, Stinespring ranked as Hokies' top recruiters in 2015 class Yeah that's why I mentioned them. Those are the areas we are moving into.
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# | Bitter blog - Gray, Stinespring ranked as Hokies' top recruiters in 2015 class That's the question, though. How would additional resources help? If we're talking about turning the corner and getting the Da'shawn Hands and Josh Sweats to commit, then I don't think upping the budget will do anything. More money won't fix the problem that we can't land the top talent in-state. That's an issue of improving recruiting culture, not recruiting budget.
But if we're talking about expanding recruiting footprint, that requires travel, which means travel expenditures. If we are going to reassert in Florida and build in the Midwest and Jersey, then I don't think where we're at right now is going to cut it.
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# | Bitter blog - Gray, Stinespring ranked as Hokies' top recruiters in 2015 class Maybe percentage of targeted recruits that committed? No idea, but that would make sense.
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# | Bitter blog - Gray, Stinespring ranked as Hokies' top recruiters in 2015 class The article does a great job of illustrating that recruiting isn't something you can just throw money at. The biggest budgets don't correlate strongly with the highest levels of success. Look at the numbers. If we assume "middle of the pack" translates roughly to the median expenditure in the conference, we're into recruiting to the tune of slightly over $400K, which makes us competitive not only with the ACC but with all P5 conferences.If we're spending that money well, that's probably enough to get the job done.
Recruiting expenditures is NOT one area I want VT to be king of the mountain.
EDIT: I was on mobile when I first posted, and the mobile version doesn't have the detailed list.
$353K seems a bit low, but then I looked at Florida State vs Georgia Tech and UNC. Granted, GT is on a tear right now but I think Florida State is proof that you don't have to mortgage the farm to be successful in recruiting.
My point is, we should only increase recruiting budget if it becomes a hindrance to doing what we need to do, not just to thump our chests and say look how much we're spending.
I got the sense that he was speaking from a law enforcement perspective rather than a layman's.
As a show of solidarity, I suggest we all get drunk together in public. Let's say Labor Day.
By six.
I wonder how many PI charges Blacksburg PD handed out the night of the UVA game.
Probably more than five, I'm guessing.
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# | Virginia Tech Football: ODU's Zohn Burden Hired as Hokies Wide Receivers Coach Agreed, though I hope that one of the two (if not someone else) maintains the recruiting foothold AMo started to establish in my neck of the woods.
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# | Hokies Prepare for Junior Day, Even with National Signing Day Just in the Rearview Mirror Any verbals?
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# | Virginia Tech Football: ODU's Zohn Burden Hired as Hokies Wide Receivers Coach That actually gave me chills.
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# | Virginia Tech Football Recruiting: Defensive back Kareem Felder Commits to Hokies If you can't say anything nice... you're probably posting on an SEC forum.
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# | Virginia Tech Football Recruiting: Defensive back Kareem Felder Commits to Hokies That is amazing.
Holy shit we won.