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# | Hokies Wrestling: Class of 2026 and 2027 recruits tournament results 
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The internet and media started the angry before covid, covid just ignited the powder keg so to speak. If youre to busy being mad ad stupid shit like Justin Fuente you dont have time to be mad at what you actually should be mad about (like lack of state funding for higher education, a common talking point in other threads here)
Totally agree. I'm starting to have this theory that COVID directly or indirectly led to so much landslide change in everything just because people were cooped up and pissed off at the world. Don't want to get too far out of bounds here, but just looking at college athletics, how do we enter a global pandemic and come out on the other side with massive changes in NIL, revenue sharing, seismic conference realignment, etc... The TSL pod hinted at this a bit with CC saying people were mad with VT athletics in 2020 just given the losing record, state of the program, retaining Fu. But it was magnified 10x because everyone was already angry about everything.
Buffalo has drafted the most Hokies at 12.
Washington is second at 10.
Then there are three or four teams that have drafted 7 Hokies.
Chiefs picks of Hokies
Conner 2023 4th round
Dadi Nicolas 2016 6th round
Flowers 2008 2nd round
Willie Pile 2003 7th round
Rick Piland 1969 13th round
They drafted Chammari Conner in 2023 as well!
This mission has been lost as (a) the university started chasing national rankings and (b) their government funding got cut.
I thought it was the year after.
I think 2008
It was right after his last year at VT.
They drafted Brandon Flowers but I forget when
Hah! Like I said, not what you think. Kush is the host's last name. It's actually a herpetoculture podcast not horticulture.
I'd concur. Very poor communicator and, as others have said, his biggest flaw was the lack of accountability in the A.D. I can personally attest that the criticism of VT having a culture of promoting friends and family is 100% accurate.
He definitely upgraded our fundraising (which was very much needed, we were asleep at the wheel in Weaver's later years). But I don't why it took so long to bring the Hokie Club under their wings or why we hired two HC heads with no prior fundraising experience (that also had other major job responsibilities). Chris Coleman talks about this stuff all the time. There was just no effort to bring in any outside voices.
Structurally, I think he left VT better than he found it. But part of that was because the coach he hired bombed so bad that it forced the university leadership to take the reigns.
Kendall had knee injury going into draft which hurt him
After careful consideration and consultation with my wife and family, if offered, I would have to respectfully decline the position as President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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# | Whit Babcock Announces his retirement effective June 30, 2026 I'm on the search committee for the new president
put me in coach
at what position? seriously
Pfffftttt... figures
Was depressing but not surprising scrolling through the ESPN Best Available list. First Hokie is Kyron Drones, who is currently 269th on the list.
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# | Hokies Wrestling: Class of 2026 and 2027 recruits tournament results 🚨Just how good is U17 World Champion🥇Bo BASSETT (PA)??? There's no words to describe it.Bassett takes out NCAA Champion🥇Valencia, and then follows that up with scoring a 10-0 TF over NCAA Finalist🥈Beau BARTLETT (NYCRTC) 🤯🔥The HS senior is now 1 win away from making... pic.twitter.com/hzJppE2yUe— GlobalWrestOrder (@GlobalWresOrder) April 25, 2026
Bo techs Beau Bartlett 10-0 is into the us open finals. So is Caleb Henson
Abromavage 💥 💥
Walk off Homerun
Big dog Nora😤
Hokies win 4-0. Hell of a pitching performance. Game only lasted 2 hours 29 minutes
Going to bottom of 7th needing a run to tie.
BB putting on a show. This guy is for real!