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# | With Doak Campbell renovations nearing completion - FSU announces reduction of 12k seats in new capacity 
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Miami is 8-2 against VT in the last 10 games. We don't beat them anymore. They finally have coaches that know they can just out-talent us and not play into our strengths. We have beaten FSU 3 times since 1976. This team is not the team to beat those trends. 2 new coordinators and a net loss of talent in the portal. I don't see either happening. We've had actually really good teams lose to FSU.
I think Miami and FSU are the most likely of that bunch. Miami screws up all the time, last year they had at least three wins handed to them by refs. Not going to happen this year.
FSU is vulnerable. Coach could be fired by the time we play them.
Isn't Wisconsin suing both a player and Miami for player tampering and breach of contract? In this case the student had signed a contract for NIL and then is attempting to transfer.
Combine cake and pie and you still have people who hate pie.
"The talent acquisition model has changed dramatically since Pry was hired"- Not really. There are still a finite number of true 4 and 5 star players and they still go to the same fucking 6-7 schools. The portal is no different than HS recruiting. Mansoor Delane is better than some CB transfer from Temple. Thus he went to one of those 6-7 fucking same schools. By hook/Crook/ Portal/High School/Retention of his pro players- Pry needs to get more 4-5 star type talent in here if he wants to win. He has to kiss the same runners asses, he has to sell the same bullshit about facilities, etc that Beamer had to do. The players still pick you at this level- there is no draft, so its the same salespitch nonsense. Penn State still cleans our clock in the portal and HS recruiting. Nothing has changed. And in terms of 8 wins- that would mean he beats 2 of USCe, Miami, FSU, Louisville. Good luck.
Reminding me of when we beat Texass in the first Sugar Bowl and us beating those highly touted BMW backs.
I used to play music with a guy who was my wife's sister's husband's sister's husband.
I think he has to win 8 this season to insure his return.
There is no excuse for his in game management/tactical decisions...he has been beyond awful. His only hope there is to hand them to someone much better than he is...presumably his coordinators. If Pry insists on doing it, he's one screwup from gone.
However, I'm less skeptical on the roster than you are. I asked EGW how much the discussions with King, Arians, and Neander had on roster/budget decisions and he said "a lot". So we'll see how that pans out.
The talent acquisition model has changed dramatically since Pry was hired and if something other than the new coaches save his job, it will be this. Pry's HS recruiting has been abysmal, but his hit rate on portal acquisitions from '22-'24 has been pretty good. So incoming transfers (a whopping 30) outnumbering HS recruits 3:2 is probably a very good thing. How long will it take them to come together? That may determine what his job is in 2026.
Even written "contracts' don't seem enforceable given the portal and IDK scheduling games with Wisconsin ...
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# | With Doak Campbell renovations nearing completion - FSU announces reduction of 12k seats in new capacity Make it quick and easy for me to get a beverage
For at least water and soda, bring back the 'vendors' walking up and down the stands; I'm much more likely to purchase that way than to take 20 minutes or more to leave my seat, walk to the concourse, and take time to wait in an interminable line. I've seen a VERY few in the last year or two but not as much as in years past. With "squares" etc easily available, this should be quite feasible but ONLPYP if they also update and improve the wireless network sufficiently(which is one of the other "must haves" we've mentioned)
The "optics" was every salary member of the athletics department that wasn't let go took an across the board salary cut that took years to get restored. The part timers were simply let go. You simply can't then pay somebody over 10 million to go away in that year.
Is he your brothers wife second cousins college roomate?
yeah agree. That's basically what I said. If he doesn't win at least 7 his seat is gonna be hot. If he has no statement wins in those seven its gonna hard to see him not be gone after the 26 season unless he has some miracle year.
BL he has this year and next to prove something.
Combine Greg Norman's driver in his prime with Tiger Woods healthy and the rest of the bag and that guy wins 45 majors.
In agreement that "getting into the south" sounds nice to fans but is definitely overselling what UVA is in reality and how much that would add value to the big 10.
Also definitely agree with that last part. Why would conferences make handshake deals for things to happen multiple years from now? Who does a handshake deal for something so far away? Look how much college sports have changed in the last few years. It just doesn't make sense to me how these schools would be on board with this "deal"
Combine Tyrod Taylor, Sean Glennon, and Ike Whitaker and you have the anagram Leaky Worn Tights? Holy Torn Ankler!
competent =/= component
might be useful for this challenge
I'm not certain about that - I think Whit needs his football coach to post a winning season and if Pry doesn't I think he's out. His leash isn't as long as Fuente's - I think Whit wanted to fire Fuente after 2020 but, "optics" - I don't think he's going to wait a couple more years just because Pry made some coaching changes - Win now or GTFO. Whit has to take that approach or risk losing his own job.
it's a fair point - but I think Whit is feeling pressure - I don't think he deserves to hire a 3rd coach but if Pry doesn't win more than 5 games this year I think Whit has to make a change or risk losing his job.
Spoiler - I don't think Pry is going to win more than 5 games.
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# | With Doak Campbell renovations nearing completion - FSU announces reduction of 12k seats in new capacity Yes, quick and easy should be the priority over comfort and glamour. Make it quick and easy for me to get a beverage, get through the gate, and get to the bathroom and back to my seat. Make the experience exciting with solid matchups, lighting, fireworks, traditions, etc. Nail those two things and leave the fancy stuff for the tailgate lot and a few expensive suites.
I'll fight you, because the name should have been Jones, Suggs, and Harmony if any of those poll voters would have been aware of popular music of the time.
Fizzled pretty bad in 2007 Clemson-VT game(VT win 41-23) ;
more like 'spark and static"-
also perfect example of Beamer Ball with 1 TD each from interception, punt return, and kickoff return
https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore/_/gameId/272790228
Clemson
Clemson Rushing CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
James Davis 6 9 1.5 0 5
C.J. Spiller 6 3 0.5 0 5
Cullen Harper 11 -4 -0.4 0 7
team 23 8 0.3 0 7
That's EIGHT yards rushing for Clemson's entire TEAM(even excluding sacks, it was only 12!)
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# | OT:Whatever Happened to the Family Restaurants We Grew Up With? Perhaps idiots finally realized that owning/running a restaurant is way more involved than just liking food and maybe having decent cooking ability. When I was in the restaurant industry in the early 90's, Richmond had about 1400 restaurants BUT every year 200 new ones opened and 200 existing ones closed. That's a hell of an annual turnover! Add in the rise of Doordash and Uber Eats and the addition of dozens of "ready to eat" options in supermarkets and a demise in many restaurants is unsurprising.
Also combine Zima and O'Douls and have yourself a uva tailgate
Its worth noting in this example that Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte where this bowl is played is now considered so woefully out of date that the team was floating on a stadium replacement before settling on a $800m renovation that will bring it up to modern standards, including the complete overhaul of the concourse and entrance experience
When we're saying Lane can't compete with that, we're saying Lane can't compete with a stadium that had fallen significantly behind modern standards.