Recent Comments

I've not yet had a frontal lobotomy so, it's tough to really know.
But, I think I understand what you are getting at.

Have to go there to beat the pulp out of them and get the Black Diamond back.

I understand that. I know it's not just grass on turf. But it's a temporary field. Proper soccer stadiums have permanent grass surfaces. A temporary surface is never going to match the quality of a permanent grass field.

Kind of with you there. They knew they were into the second round why bother with risking additional yellow or red cards. Rest the starters and plan for the next match.

I'll bet it has something to do with the fact they had to build a grass field on top of turf. FIFA mandates that all playing surfaces are real grass. To win bids, stadiums had to agree to building real grass surfaces on top of their turf fields and that is 1)not sustainable and 2)means the subsurface is probably not settled. America has done most of the things hosts need to do very well. But the stadiums just aren't designed for big time soccer and it shows.

Norway is apparently mailing in the game against France. They sat their best player at least.

That ref did 2 games in the 2022 World Cup, and this was his second game in 2026. The other was Haiti-Scotland, which was also a rough game with limited cards for the action...

Getting into the ACC and winning it Year 1 put the program on autopilot in many regards. I think the admin and staff felt we had "arrived" as a football brand and that being at the top of the ACC at the time was enough where recruits would just flock to VT. It certainly lasted for a generation, but we never put in the effort to keep up with where the sport was going. Everyone around us was getting better, and we felt if it ain't broke don't fix it. We slowly got stagnant from there as a program and a brand until we had taken on too much water, and it was too little too late for Beamer to turn it around in his later years. Finally shaking up his offensive staff in 2013 and at least attempting modern recruiting approaches was rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic by that point.

CFL ruled Sorsby will not be allowed to play in that league at this time either...

CFL Teams Not Permitted to Sign Sorsby

Ballein Malaise

My concern from last night was why nobody could stay on their feet.

Did it rain? Did they over water? Too many slips and falls which I think attributed to some of the misplays making us look sloppy. It was to the point I was concerned with contact less injuries.

Also, I don't think the officiating was very good. I think they understood it was a meaningless match and let players get away with manslaughter.

I know nothing about ones and zeros, but thank you for all of your hard work, Joe.