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Sounds like another part of this push is to convince people to stop financially supporting the schools in certain states. No idea if that will do much, but I understand the idea. If you can reduce how much people donate to clemson as a way of protesting actions in SC, you can reduce clemson's bag size and therefore lower the quality of their team

Lots to like about VT's chances in the opener Friday, namely that we've a tougher schedule and should be battle tested. Cal Poly had 10 games against ranked teams - USC, Oregon State, and UC Santa Barbara - and lost all of them. Both teams are relatively the same in terms of the last 20 games played with VT at 14-6 and Cal Poly at 15-5, 4 of which just came in the conference tourney. One area of concern I see is with Cal's closer Bonn who has 15 saves on the year. But, Cal Poly is 6-5 in 1-run games, and Bonn has had a couple bad outings. So... kinda feels like the theme to this one is exactly how the rest of the season has played out. If we avoid the bullpen collapse we should cruise.

Bracket for those interested.
https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/baseball/d1/2026

When you want to throw rocks but have only sand, you throw sand.

Franklin continues storming down the recruiting trail. I might be a minority, but if I could have a starting lineup consisting entirely of 4 Star talent, but no 5 stars, I would take it.

Methinks better... Reminds me of a professor I had my freshman year for freshman economics... after the mid-terms he would go through the overall class statistics and highlight the lower-end of the scores and some of the abysmal results. He would then add that he also had a head of cabbage take the exam, and the head of cabbage performed better.

Let's call this exactly what it is - a group advocating for a boycott which is one of the few ways individuals/consumers in a capitalist society try to rein in behavior they don't like from powerful entities.

As such, it's likely to have next to zero effect.

OH the horse crip walking cuz. On the set. (nsfw language)

Has to be the best dressage clip ever on the internet

Great pull, man. I love that this was how they chose to make fun of Twin Peaks.

Yeah, there are few enough "premiere" spots that I think you'll still have kids lining up to make "best for me and my family"-decision. You might see some recruits at a different school than they would have been otherwise, but leaving that kind of money on the table to perhaps not go at all or to take a lot less is a big ask.

Part of me thinks the extra defenders are a) cover for Richards if he can't go and b) I look at Arfsten + Scally combined as two halves of a wingback. Arfsten is a defensive liability but can go forward, Scally is a rock defensively on the wing but offers nothing going forward. They're situational wingbacks if you're chasing a goal or defending a lead.

I'd still have dropped Miles for another CDM like Aiden Morris or Tessman (we'll hopefully find out today if his injury was really that bad).

James Franklin has always said on the recruiting trail that he wants to be the first black coach to win a CFB natty. I hope he uses this as leverage to sway kids towards VT. I feel sure he will.