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I definitely saw it reported on here that his office was empty. I didn't know the credibility of those posts, but I definitely remember reading it.
I picked up the news about Ballein's retirement timeline months ago.. can't remember whether it was here on TKP or from TSL.
Yes, I am just comparing VT now to when I went snd had no insurance because none was available so I relied on VT medical, but now it is trivial for most kids to have insurance via thier parents while in college. So VT should have pivoted, hell doctors should have opened up near college campuses after the laws changed to support the changes and provide care. Think of the selling points that parents would eat up. Doctors specializing in to adult care. Walkable from campus, don't have to deal with the wait of VT medical etc.
I dont understand the medical industry, but per Guitarman there is a supply and demand issue and now there are valid payment methods to support this. And VT should support this monthly can give better medical care to those who can't be on their parents plans. I have a lot of reasons why VT wouldn't publicly support this but they should at best turn a blind eye to doctors advertising to new students.
She is on my insurance but, when I asked, I was not told to expect that there would be no response from VT medical, I was informed that I could rely on them.
My daughter has a primary care doctor in Roanoke but cannot travel there when ill. She has no car and so transportation is a significant limitation.
Teledoc us the correct answer in her case.
Thanks! Added to list. And you don't gotta tell me twice about Asian food in Seattle. Soon as we're in the city im beelining for DTF.
Mt Gay was an afterthought. Foursquare was the absolute number one thing on my list.
Thanks for the recs, and I'll hopefully use them eventually. Unfortunately, the Iran situation extended wife's pleasure cruise, so we had to cancel Barbados trip this year. Gonna try and do January/February next year if possible.
This is completely and totally unnecessary.
This year was the weakest bubble ever and the Transfer Portal will almost certainly keep it that way.
This is for 17-13 P4 teams that have one Quad 1 win on the year.
But what it's really for is more games to be put on TV and TV $$$.
We've let TV Executives ruin college sports and convince us that they're doing it to be altruistic to Athletes.
Truth is, fans are footing the bill on both ends--private money is paying the NIL bill and it's near-certainty that the NCAA will be just like the NBA and put some of the lower end games behind a subscription service paywall.
The brightside is that I will get to see an extra 50 adds for Gambling Apps....this is going great!!!
The state of College Sports right now is an absolute hellhole.
With the laws changed since I went and kids can be on their parents medical insurance, I would set my kid up with a doctor that was close to campus or a bus route. And I dont know if that is VTs stance but if it was then a lot of the burden can be removed and the students that can't use parents health care can get better care via the school.
We will still find a way to be on the wrong side of the bubble
Rum Distilleries were awesome make sure you're doing more than just Mt Gay....as imo it's the worst one.
Snorkeling is pretty great there. The fish fry in Ostins on Friday is a good time for sure
Guess we only need to be top 76 next year to make the tournament. NCAA announced expansion of both men's and women's tournaments.
We don't have SEC on our uniforms.
Those are some Aerospace Engineering numbers right there!
Way to go Michelle!
Yeah, let's not burn the outhouse down yet. There's plenty of time to get more guard depth. This dude is probably a $50k guy. Low risk, high reward for the role
Michelle Chatfield named the NFCA Player of the Week
She hit .583 with 4 homeruns, 11 RBIs and had a .667 on base percentage last week.
That's fine and understandable but, they need to set that expectation instead of having these kids arrive with them and their parents expecting support do that when they are just trying to figure out how to live without the direct support of their parents and having a little culture shock, they get the freshman crud a couple weeks after arriving to find out they do not have the medical support we expected.
As a parent it's frustrating as hell not being able to help them and deal with the shock when they discover they are 100% alone. I could have planned ahead and arranged for proper medical support ahead of time. Thank god it was just the freshman crud and not something serious.
i don't think they are counting on him for any minutes...current rules version of a walk-on
Had to update a couple of the poll rankings. Apparently I looked a half hour too early.
In the ESPN.com poll this week, Hokies are only team outside the top 10 with less than 10 losses.
11 Duke 38-13
12 Texas A&M 35-14
13 Oklahoma State 34-13
14 Georgia 34-16
15 Oregon 38-10
16 Mississippi State 36-15
17 Virginia Tech 41-9
18 Stanford 34-12
19 LSU 33-16
20 Arizona 34-13
SEC Bias is definitely a thing. Doesnt explain Stanford or Oklahoma State though. Only thing Stanford has going for them was the sweep of FSU earlier this season. They jumped us beating Cal (13-36) this weekend while we swept UNC (31-18). 7 less wins and 3 more losses.
When a team doesnt have 5 starters on the roster necessarily then its not a stretch to question this add even as a deep bench guy. He wasnt even a starter at a 4th tier D1 school. His defense at that level was atrocious so likely only gets worse with our schedule. He had a -3.1 BPM last season. A box score estimate of the points per 100 possessions a player contributed above/below a league-average player, translated to an average team.
Frankly if he is getting 10 minutes a game we are really in trouble. Pasha and Sincere Jones were only Hokies last season with equivalent or worse BPM than Hull.
Right now Hull is 3rd guard on the depth chart.
They would then win the tie breaker as the higher ranked team and would advance. It's difficult for a school like us that is not in a premier softball conference to understand. You'll get that on these big jobs.
We have won 7 more games than UGA and have lost 7 less. This includes us hammering them twice. They have lost a series to Arkansas, Texas A&M, Texas, and were just swept by Oklahoma. They are clearly the better team and should be ranked a few spots ahead of us.
So, if we end up facing Georgia again in the post-season and knock them out, what are the odds we are still ranked below them? That one is the one that is most annoying with the rankings. Hopefully it is bulletin board material that motivates.
That's interesting. Did she invite up some Roanoke Times reporters to take photos and write a story? That's what we threatened the Housing department with when we had bare concrete floors and electrical problems had half the circuits not working after an unfinished renovation.
They quickly changed their tune from, "There's nothing we can do until Winter break" to "We'll get the electric fixed ASAP."