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Jordan Lynch hit two homers and Mazzarone pitched 5 shutout innings
Already up 3-0 in 1st. Almost made it 6-0 on deep drive caught at wall to end first.
Tell me where you have heard this before....
A team gave up 8+ runs and lost
Deja Season for the Hokies
Lost 9-7 to Stanford today
Not sure if we will get a broadcast for game 2 yet since schedule change happened today
Let this sink in.
Neo had 10 ACC games he scored less than 10 points.
He had double digit scoring in only three ACC wins.
UVA, Wake and BC.
He shot
38% from floor
31% from 3p
45% from 2
67% FT
Averaged 2.5 TO per game
Will he eventually have a successful NBA career? Yes
Might it take two more years to put him on that path? Yes
Wish him well but there are better current portal options
Missed the game time change. Thanks.
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# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" I wouldn't call it hypocrisy - he doesn't want to play the game but he doesn't really have a choice not to.
I guess weather is expected in Boston on Sunday so Game 2 is now 530pm today. Might be closer to 6pm since Game 1 just ended.
Ladies win 11-0 with a game ending double play.
Ladies already up 11-0 on BC in the Top of the 5th. Headed to an early ending today.
On the other hand I fully expect him to look like a lottery pick next year playing for someone else.
🦃 LEG KING 🦃
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3 months 2 weeks
# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" Also, it's bold move to do this right after we hired the guy who is going to push us to spend more than we ever have before... I'm not saying Sands is wrong for pointing this out, but there is a tad bit of hypocrisy here.
The hypocrisy was not lost on the talking heads and he's getting lambasted on socials by the national blowhards
The production value on this episode is insanely good. Feels like the AV team is getting better and better.
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3 months 2 weeks
# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" I tried to win that 2 billion dollar powerball, I did not succeed.
Absolutely! That would mean we are making the tournament most years, which is an improvement over where we are now.
BEARDS > PEOPLE
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3 months 2 weeks
# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" To be clear, I would need to have, like...T. Boone Pickens money for that. Which I do not have
I am honestly not sure after a year of tape showing him in the ACC would help him secure a second round pick. If anything he showed he is more of a project than thought.
Interesting. Did not know that. I don't really watch NFL unless I'm at someone's house and they have it on.
If the numbers VT claims they are investing into the athletic department are accurate (I'm skeptical) where we have something like a top 20 to top 30 AD budget nationwide
I think top 25 football budget, top 35 in Athletic Department budget is more realistic.
There's 32 P2 teams, ND, Clemson, FSU, TTU, then privates like TCU, SMU, Miami... Also, you have to remember that fund goals targets were proposed in August 2025. At that point, the only numbers widely available were from FY24, which went from July 2023 - June 2024 (meaning that if numbers announced in August 2025 made us a top 20 athletic department in 2023/24, we're probably top 35-40 in 2026).
We've been good at football before and the trickle down effect didn't matter.
Eh, Softball, Men's and Women's Basketball, baseball, and wrestling all peaked while being in the ACC. Those aren't ACC programs without football. If VT was never great at football, we're not landing Buzz and reaching the sweet 16 and we're not reaching a final 4 in WBB.
Another way to phrase this question - If VT accepted the rumored bid to the SEC in 2010/11, how much better off would our entire athletic department be right now? Would VT even be rumored for the SEC if not for 15+ of sustained football success?
That said, I largely agree with your point. We need to strike the right balance between funding football and funding other sports. 100% football funding is not reasonable. But how much spreading the pie is too much?
He has good measurables and the raw talent is there. I'd expect heavy P4 interest. I actually wouldn't be shocked if he doesn't go the NBA route. Only reason he came to VT was because he couldn't get a guaranteed draft slot. Not necessarily a 1st round pick, but say if the Magic (pick any team) told him "Yeah, we'll take you in the 2nd round 34th overall", he would have went. But he didn't have a guarantee and only graded out as 2nd rounder to undrafted (50s or undrafted). So he and his team chose college in hopes of boosting him up to a 1st rounder. Obviously that didn't happen, but most everything I've heard and read has him being drafted in the 2nd round so he at least boosted his stock there. If he can get a guarantee or likes the teams in the general projected range, he might go with the draft.
But next year's class is weaker than this year's (a damn good draft class, best in years depth wise). If he does go to a P4 and shows out, that likely would boost him into the 1st round a year from now. It's going to come down to how bad does he want to be a pro and if the money is worth it (what he makes in college is enough to offset delaying future pro earnings on how soon you can get to your 2nd contract)
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3 months 2 weeks
# | Tim Sands: "Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable" In my best Mr. Burns impersonation, "If I had that kind of money I sure as can be would not waste it like that"
He and Lane Kiffin would be the perfect reality show couple.
Not as devastated by the Neo news as I would've been after the first month of the season. I'm more worried about finding a better player to replace him than the impact of him elsewhere. His game was disappointing in the ACC portion of the schedule and his attitude was not what I thought it would be, seemed to shrink and get frustrated too easily. If he couldn't handle the ACC I'll be curious as to his next step.
Walk the walk or talk the talk?
Hoping we can follow through on all of the rhetoric. Should be better at coach/staff, qb, and seem to be a bigger team.
Terrible start on defense
Bases loaded no outs with 4 pitch walk, ground ball to third but pitcher blocked the throw to first, followed by two outfielders overrunning a pop up