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I want to see if its 5-4 or 1-0. How many can Mbappe and Haaland score apiece.
Yeah the relaxing is going to be in short supply.
Just got a clarified itinerary and we have to be on bus at 8am all but one day.
Only three of the hotels have complimentary breakfast which complicates it more. I also asked my sister where she had figured in lunch each day and it was clear she hadn't so that will be another shitshow to contend with trying to feed 18
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# | Virginia Tech Officially Announces Brian White as the New VP and AD The use of Ai to translate B Street was genius and saves the headaches.
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# | Virginia Tech Officially Announces Brian White as the New VP and AD Fix Hokie Club so it actually connects with Alumni. There are only a couple chapters thst really appear to be active. Offer things/opportunities to the majority that cant routinely get back to Blacksburg.
Also do a better job connecting it to students while they are there much like IGTAY at Clemson.
Didn't the trophy case get installed after the loss to FSU? I know we didn't get back to the big game after that, but I don't think it was crazy to suggest that we could at the time.
Putting the trophy case there in the first place without the ability to back up the aspiration was also a mistake.
"Balls ball the same" - unknown
well, yes, that, and also two scoring superstars in Haaland and Mbappe. There's a fair amount of intrigue in that match and it could be a preview of the Final match (though, unless Norway win, I don't think anyone thinks they'd make it that far). I didn't mean to downplay it. A lot of people will want to watch it and for good reason. It's just not that much of a high-stakes match since both teams are guaranteed a spot in the r32.
I do think France has what it takes to make a deep run. Norway is the question mark, IMO. If they play France tight and that game ends 1-0 or 2-1 either way then I think Norway's side of the bracket should be worried about them. Everyone is already worried about France, so I don't think anything changes there. It's certainly an interesting game but I don't think it's the most compelling of the day. That was all I was saying.
Depending on the day, B-Street. Do I want to give myself a headache trying to figure out his post or not?
He is getting paid $5 million a year by us...
The interest in France/Norway will be on trying to figure out if they are that good due to being undefeated or was their bracket that weak. Does France/Norway have what it takes to make a deep run towards the Cup?
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# | Virginia Tech Officially Announces Brian White as the New VP and AD The 4 above might have just made the list haha!
SEC schools don't chase bargains in 2026. Even UK is paying $5.5m/year with over $2m in incentives.
There's no way he gets an SEC HC job after getting blown out by ODU at home.
Okay, now tell us 4 members you ignore every word of.
I upvoted your post then and I upvoted this one too.
Yep. He confirmed the mackerel thing and yeah, that was a GT.
Looking ahead, I think tomorrow's games in groups G and H are going to be even better. Everyone will want to watch France and Norway but that's not actually a very high stakes game. The winner tops the group and the other comes second. Both advance regardless. Ho-hum. The other side of that group is playing for 3rd, so that'll be kind of fun as both teams need to win. A win is the only path forward, and even then, it's not guaranteed to get them a spot in the knockouts.
But G and H have all kinds of possibilities. The group leaders only have 4 points. The second and third place teams in both groups have 2 each, and the last place teams are sitting on 1 point each. In each group, the group leaders are playing the group runners up. In both groups, the current group leaders could fall as far as 3rd and the current group losers could rise as far as second. There's a ton of possible outcomes including potentially having third place teams finishing on 3 points, which I think is in that zone of uncertainty. You could just as easily see 3rd place teams finish on 4, which I think will be good enough to advance. I think those two groups might have the best run of day 3 matches out of all 12 groups.
Australia Paraguay could be interesting as well. The 2/3 matches are fascinating to me with the wrinkle that some 3rd place teams will also advance. In previous tournaments, if each team has a shot at the 2nd spot they each fight tooth and nail to get that win. In this tournament, some teams have the luxury of feeling comfortable advancing in 3rd and that could change the dynamics of the game. I'm not sure yet if that's a good thing or not. I expect most teams will play hard for 2nd but the stakes are different. The risk of losing isn't quite as high. But does the lower risk encourage more open play? Or does the desire to get a point and get through at 3rd encourage teams to sit back and ping the ball around at midfield? I guess we'll see.
It could take a couple tournaments in this format to get an idea of how teams will approach their last match when they have 3 points going in, as is the case for several teams (Korea, Scotland, Australia, Paraguay, Cote d'Ivoire, Sweden, Austria, Algeria, Croatia all have/had 3 points after two matches). I think Korea was pretty gutted with the loss last night. But they still have 3 points and a decent shot at advancing, depending on how other groups play out. But, they might also be going home. There are currently 5 3rd place teams on 2 points or less in the remaining groups. If they all lose, then all the teams with 3 points or more will advance. If half of them win or draw, then you'll have more than 8 teams with 3+ points and someone with 3 points is going home. I think it'll make for some good drama over the next couple days as we find out where other groups land. We'll see. I know Korea and Scotland are on the edge of their seats, hoping for the favorites to win the rest of the way. They could both get through, or they could both go home. Or Scotland might be going home while Korea advance. Nobody knows!!! Yet.
Yeah, the NFL lawyers ain't playing school Pawl...
Yeah, I was thinking the battles for 2nd/3rd are the more interesting battles today. Japan Sweden should be GOOD same as Curaco and Cote
I can theoretically buy him getting an offer. But I imagine it would have been chump change and relying on our buyout for most of his salary. It also would have been a stopgap for whatever school while they spent little money and looked for a better coach. If Pry flipped things around I can see them being happy at getting a "bargain".
That said, same money but not having to move? Stay in Blacksburg especially when Tech wasn't running him out of town on a rail. It just hadn't worked.
GT... second fish spanish mackeral (the south pacific version the size of a kings here?)
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You memory is correct, and at the time it seemed reasonable. The problem is that we did nothing more to back it. Frank continued to win for the most part, but we didn't continue to make the investments in the program. Maybe you can point to merrymen as the big investment, but the real need was in the recruiting and the assistants. We didn't figure any of that out until about 8 months ago.