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Do you know what that big gray wall thing is just behind the center field fence?

My understanding was he had lingering issues from an injury late in his High School career and by the time he was past those he would have burned redshirt/medical redshirt to play.

Curious to see where he ends up.

I want more transparency. I want athlete salary as a line item on everyone's tuition bill. People should know that they are also employing ballers when they send their kids to VT. Also- there is a student debt crisis in the richest country in the world. That too. It's all totally logical.

Amore missed the bunny at the buzzer.

So I still don't know what I want to do when (if?) I grow up- and I just turned 60 two weeks ago(approximately). Grew up in Richmond metro graduating HS in 1983 My academics(grades/SATs/) were top of the line and could've gotten me into all or almost all schools . Parents both well educated AND smart( they are not always mutually inclusive lol) -Dad graduated from Duke-returning after failing out first year due to partying a bit too much); Mom graduated in 3 years from Syracuse (if you think VT student population grew quickly, Syracuse went from 8000 to 50,000 in ONE year due to influx of GI bill students). We were all highly motivated kids though only 4 ended up going to college and 3 graduated-life got in the way for the others.

I figured I would enroll in the major that was hardest to get into-Engineering-and if I didn't like it , I could transfer to something else. - I only applied to four schools total(and got into all of them):

1) USAF Academy- full ride/zero cost; dad was career Air Force; he and my mom (also Air Force) were enlisted and then met at OCS-mom got out when started having kids got a nomination from Congressman, passed flight physical, and fitness test- ultimately a 9 year commitment (4 yrs college, 1 yr flight school, 4 years min service after) was more than my 18 yo self was ready to do.

2) Duke -dad was alumnus- good engineering school, ROTC available to help pay along with academic scholarships-no problem getting accepted- just smaller than I wanted to go to

3) William and Mary-close but not in same city(Richmond-Williamsburg one hour; had lived in Newport News as a young kid; - good engineering school, ROTC available to help pay along with academic scholarships-no problem getting accepted- just smaller than I wanted to go to

4)Virginia Tech- two sisters already attending; college town atmosphere (university is the focus of the area-the 800 lb gorilla); great academic reputation (at that time
UVA waa known as hard to get into but easy to stay in vs VT easier to get in but harder to stay in if you f'#$d up academically); not interested in ROTC as it was full time(if I'd wanted that I'd have done the USAF Academy); and reasonably priced and offered me full 4 yr scholarship(subject to maintaining grades of course).- obviously I ended up in Blacksburg.

First year -scholarship paid for all -tuition, room and board, fees and books, but I had a 3-2 GPA -less than the 3.4 required to maintain) so lost it for following years. Also partook a little much in "college life'-(drinking age still 18 at that time)

Second year -continued engineering-paid for all with earnings from 2 summer jobs( total 70 hours a week) (didn't work at all during school year); decided at end of year that I wasn't interested enough to continue in Engineering; transferred to business school and again chose hardest to get into-Accounting- and could transfer out if didn't like it

3rd year- student loans covering costs above what my savings could pay for; did accounting for 1 quarter- got As but BORING AS HELL! No way i wanted to do that for rest of my life. So I looked for the business degree that required the least additional credits to graduate which turned out to be Management. 4th and 5th years also paid by loans- 4th by student loans; 5th by borrowing rent $ from parents(no way they were paying college costs for 7 kids).

So TOTAL costs averaged approx 4000-4500 per year for the 5 years I attended (never took over 15 hours/quarter). As I started post college work(restaurants-1st waiting tables then got into management) my parents allowed me to live at home for $100 a month room and board. , I had total of $3250 in outside loans which I paid off completely within the 6 month grace period before interest began accruing. I owed my mom bout $5000 and she asked me for $50/month; instead I paid her 300-350/month and paid her back in a year r and a half-basically I decided to forgo partying and splurging on anything else to get it done.

The $4500 /yr average(again for TOTAL costs would be equivalent to about if adjusted for REGULAR inflation costs) would equate to about $13154 today.(cumulative 195 % or so higher than the 1985 figure).
However as we all know, college costs FAR outpaced inflation of remainder of economy- hence the current total instate cost figures in the $38-40k range a whopping 766% increase.

Largely this is due to the explosion of federal student loan programs with no real attention paid to 'credit qualifications; nor any ROI for degrees which may broaden educational perspective but not translate into future income prospects. A major in Medieval History is fine and enriching academically , but the job prospects for finding a position directly related to that degree are likely slim.

The key value to a degree is as noted above to get your foot in the door, but also you need to 'learn to learn' and develop work ethics and habits. I told my own kids that to be honest - if you actually SHOW UP for work regularly (not calling out a ton of times) then you are already better than 50% of today's work force; if you perform the basic work that your position requires even ADEQUATELY, you are usually in the top 10-20%; if you excel and particularly if you seek out new knowledge and skills, you are in the top 5% of the workforce. I have been at the bank I work for nearly 32 years now. I started as a true clerical peon with ZERO experience in banking.
But I 'd watch the people around me and ask 'hey what are you doing?" then "how do you do that?" then "can I try?". I thus broadened my skillset and knowledge of the company and industry. Over the 32 years, I have worked in over a dozen increasingly complex and lucrative positions, and for EVERY position, I have worked in, I was specifically requested to by the manager (in large part to knowing they would gain a motivated worker who would go above and beyond the job duties and would incorporate knowledge of the big picture(the why this was important and how it impacted the entire company.

Anyway enough pontificating.

Or Rural Retreat.

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For the offensive goaltending it's been mainly on putback dunks that I've noticed it. Like the ball is clearly still in the cylinder but some dude just runs up and flushes it, and only the most obvious ones still get called. Saw one game this weekend where even the commentator was trying to say it should have been legal and the ball was clearly like 30% in the cylinder from the above-the-rim camera lol.

This has got to be playing time related not NIL

Probably. I am a VT fan. I'd like to see us win again in my lifetime. I give to the Hokie Scholarship fund, etc. So yeah we have to pay the football team in today's world. We also shouldn't have to ration it like a bread line with the hoops program- if we want to win of course.