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Jason Mackey from Fairbanks is first in line and about ready to go. My live stream is not doing well. Sigh.
Paige is set to leave 26th, so likely in an hour or so.
Edit: things really delayed. 2:11 and they still have not started.
Guy fouled Hammond three times bringing it up the floor
Well, I'm on the edge of my seat now!!!
ball dont lie
Karma BACON
thats bullshit
What a load of bullshit. Starling jumped into Hammond. That's supposed to be an offensive foul this year.
Surprisingly they only have 7 offensive rebounds
or get a offensive rebound every time they miss
height doesnt impact the play when they are alone on a roll
Getting bullied in the paint by their little guys too. Can't get back in a game if you let them score every time down
Cuse shooting 59% from the floor. Came in averaging 44% in ACC play.
they've got two 7-footer's that we don't have an answer for. they have us 28-14 on points in the paint.
they've also got us 7-0 on 2nd chance points.
Don't know the answer to that. Just what the announcer said.
our internal defense is god awful. just getting easy pick and roll points all day like qe havent been paying attention
If Lawal is out with an illness, why is he sitting on the bench with the team?
Was getting ready to start one. Thanks!
Yeah asleep at the wheel. Work has me swamped. In charge of a 700 person conference starting Monday
It's almost halftime, 4:31 remaining. Hokies down 28-35.
Lawal out with illness.
Fun little story and free video about it. Apparently, the finish line arch collapsed due to dry rot. Short video on making the new arch for this year.
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/03/01/its-race-get-new-iditarod-b...
Pre-race interview with Paige she was very matter of fact and not very talkative. First question was why it took so long for her to sign up. She just said she wanted to do something different this year. Honorary Hokie by marriage Cody Strathe ran the Copper Basin 300 in January and came in second. He asked Paige to run the team home, which was about 50 miles, and the dog team did well. They were not planning on doing Iditarod this year but Cody asked should they do any more races and, after the team had a great 50 miles back home, Paige said yeah, they want to keep going.
When asked if she is going to try and win, she kind of hesitated and said yeah, but not at all aggressively. Said the team is pretty good but does not like to gloat about her team. Said the biggest thing with the team is they don't tire. Running 50 miles after the 300 seemed like nothing to them. Apparently, there are rumors around that she has a really good team, but she would not say too much. When pressed would she push the team, she said the team does not need to be pushed. The weak link is her and she feels 100% this year. Felt that last year, she was less mentally into it than the dogs were. Remember last year how she said that the team was really focused and wanted to run the fast pace. She just let them and did not push them.
Asked about the course switch, she feels it will be an advantage. They are up north and are used to running on rivers and areas without trees, so that route from Fairbanks west is more in their wheelhouse than going over the mountains in the southern part of the state.
When on the trail, said she likes to listen to comedy podcasts. Mentioned SmartLess and Hardness.
As we count down to the ceremonial start, quick rundown on some of the mushers to keep an eye on. A lot of the big names are not running this year. Amazingly, there are 16 rookies in the field of 33. And with a smaller field, could easily see a first-time champion.
Travis Beals - 4 top 10 finishes with a high of 5th.
Jeff Deeter - only 1 top 10 finish, but was 4th last year.
VT's Paige Drobny - 3 top 10 finishes with her highest last year in 5th. More on her below.
Matt Failor - only 1 top 10, but was 8th in 2023 and 13th last year.
Matt Hall - 3 top 10 finishes and 2nd place last year. Says he is focused on the top spot. Has lost 20 pounds since last race and is one of the top contenders. He did mention in a pre-race interview that the switch to a flat trail from Fairbanks and not having to go over the Alaska Range is not great for his team as they were trained more for mountain terrain.
Jessie Holmes - 5 top 10 finishes, including 3rd in 2022 and last year. Won the Copper Basin 300 in January (Paige's husband Cody came in second) and is another top musher with a good shot at winning if he has a good race.
Nicholas Petit - 6 top 10 finishes, including 2nd in 2018 and 3rd in 2019.
Millie Porsild - 3 top 10 finishes in only 5 races. Someone who definitely has a shot. Said her team is competitive and they are used to training on flat land, including the Greenland ice cap. Feels the flat course this year should be an advantage to her team.
Ryan Reddington - 4 top 10 finishes and one of only two that have won the Iditarod before, 1st in 2023.
Mitch Seavey - 17 top 10 finishes and 3 wins (2004, 2013 and 2017), 3 2nd place finishes, including in 2020, but has only 1 race finish since 2020, which was 16th in 2022. He said "At 65 years of age, I'm running the Iditarod because it's hard." Have not seen the pre-race interview with him, so not sure if he is planning on pushing or just out to run the dogs again.
Carleigh is fiercely competitive. No way she let's that chick get away with the taunting.
She may have her moments, but she is one of the main reasons we've been better than expected this year. Nelson is also fiercely competitive and doesn't put up with any shit. I expect she would have done the same thing. I've watched her give plenty of shoves and body back at handsy, aggressive opponents.
This team in general provides plenty of head scratching moments, but we need to remember most of them are freshmen and sophomores that haven't had a starting role or played together. They've all shown moments of promise as well.
I hope we can keep the team mostly intact for Duffy to keep working with them.
The wife and daughter will be there today. One of wife's friends little sister plays for Penn St. so they want to go see her and what better way than to see them play VT. Then they'll head to Blacksburg and stay the night with my son at his apartment.
My other son has jv baseball practice and other baseball commitments throughout the day today so unfortunately I won't be able to make it down.
He woulda killed everyone in the ACC
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