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2 weeks 6 hours
# | VT AD search: Coastal Carolina athletic Director chance miller in the running Going for the large bird mascot trifecta
The past... IYKYK!
if there's a hill I'll die on, it's that they screwed up the playoff from the very start by not requiring a conference championship as a prerequisite for making it into the tournament field. By not doing so, they devalued the regular season. Now the only thing that matters is your brand name. If the committee thinks you deserve to be in, then you're in. Texas. Michigan. Ohio State. Alabama. Georgia. Notre Dame. Doesn't matter what they do on the field.
Pathetic slate, I wouldn't pay for season tickets for that garbage if that was VTs home schedule. Play good games. Throw the fans a bone for god sake.
Would you trade playing that schedule for a Natty? Years ago I would have said hell yes, now a days I would really have to think about it. For me college football has lost a bit of its luster and i long for the days of weekly anticipation of a big match. But alas, the regular season has been diluted down to where losing a couple "tough" game doesn't matter in the post season as long as your BRAND is big enough.
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USMNT obvi #1. Outside of that Spain and Portugal because I'm effectively 25% each by blood (my Portuguese lineage is all through Funchal, Ronaldo's birthplace).
And I absolutely LOVE to hate on England given they invented the sport and come up short every year. The "its coming home" memes bring me so much joy.
Western Kentucky and North Texas occasionally have pulses, but most of them are limp fish. Some three day old limp fish.
indeed. Still, it was 7-0 until the 90th min consolation goal by Oscar.
The Cellar is one of my favorite spots in town and I visit on almost every trip to the 'burg, but usually get the pizza.
I tried a burger there for the first time this past fall and was pretty disappointed. Maybe it was an off day, but decided then that I wouldn't order again.
True dat!!!! (that was in the knockouts (semis). ;-))
May I present the University of Indiana?
2025
Aug. 30 - Old Dominion
Sept. 6 - Kennesaw State
Sept. 12 - Indiana State2026
Sept. 5 – North Texas
Sept. 12 – Howard
Sept. 19 – Western Kentucky2027
Sept. 4 – Kennesaw State
Sept. 11 – Indiana State
Sept. 18 – UMass2028
Sept. 2 – Austin Peay
Sept. 9 – Eastern Michigan
Sept. 16 – Miami (Ohio)2029
Sept. 1 – Ball State
Sept. 8 – Eastern Illinois
Sept. 15 – Western Kentucky2030
Aug. 31 – at Notre Dame
Sept. 6 – vs. Indiana State
Sept. 14 – vs. Delaware
that's fair. Though, I personally very much enjoyed Germany's 7-1 drubbing of Brazil in 2014
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2 weeks 7 hours
# | USA's Alex Freeman, Son of Hokie Legend Antonio Freeman, Scores His First World Cup Goal Those VT soccer jersey are sick
I'll only add that a 7-nil game isn't very entertaining...
MEH. 😕
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2 weeks 7 hours
# | USA's Alex Freeman, Son of Hokie Legend Antonio Freeman, Scores His First World Cup Goal My older brother has a friend that was doing peace corps work in Kenya sometime in 2000, ended up distributing a few VT 1999 National Champions shirts. I was so jealous of those kids!
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2 weeks 8 hours
# | USA's Alex Freeman, Son of Hokie Legend Antonio Freeman, Scores His First World Cup Goal My wife and I served in the Peace Corps in Uganda from 2017-2019. While there, we took a trip to Kigali, Rwanda where we randomly ran into some grad students from VT who just happened to know some of the same people my wife knew from when she was in grad school. Small world.
Yeah sure but as a fan I want to watch good games every week. Not watch us beat cupcakes and then get gobsmacked in the playoffs e.g. Notre Dame the last 25 years.
Also, if ND beat Miami, they'd have been in the playoffs.
They do indeed, Monday nights.
it's clear to me we're never going to agree on the tie-breaker issue, and that is okay. It seems evident that you put more value on "sporting merit" than you do on "entertainment" (which, again, is perfectly okay).
I'm the opposite. I think the World Cup, first and foremost, is an event meant to entertain the fans. There's pageantry, pride, sharing of cultures and customs, wholesome experiences had by foreign fans in the host country(ies), stories about teams, players, coaches, etc. It's a month-long entertainment marathon.
In a purely merit based system, h2h is the most sensible tie-breaker in a round-robin style sporting competition. But for entertainment purposes, it falls short because it is too good of a tie-breaker. It's too cut and dry. It's too cold and calculated. It's 100% the best way to determine which team is objectively better than another. But it allows no wiggle room. There's no space for magic or mysticism. It takes away from the dreams of the teams that have no real shot. It puts an end to the journey before the journey actually ends. Teams need to have something more than pride to play for in their last game. There should be a sliver of a chance to advance, no matter how slim, on the last day of group stage. That's how it's meant to be.
Objectively, I concede that h2h is the most robust tie-breaker. But as a fan who wishes to be entertained by an event I believe is meant to entertain, h2h misses the mark.
At the end of the day, you and I are just fans with different perspectives. We both want to enjoy the tournament in our own ways and I'm sure we both will. I have teams that I'm rooting for. I'm certain you do as well. They're likely not the same and that's also okay. I still hope you enjoy the tournament. I know I will.
Do they still have half priced Hindy night?
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2 weeks 8 hours
# | USA's Alex Freeman, Son of Hokie Legend Antonio Freeman, Scores His First World Cup Goal I once got off a chairlift while skiing on the south island of New Zealand and was promptly greeted by a fellow Hokie.
hard disagree. I love soccer and I love hockey and both sports are perfect in their own ways. They don't need to borrow anything from one-another.
at the world cup, every team does eventually lose, at some point. Except the Champion. Although, in the last two tournaments at least (and likely others, I don't have time to look now) the eventual winner did lose a group stage match. Draws add a dimension to the sport that I think is interesting. Psychologically, a draw can be a win or a loss, depending on your perspective. Take the Cabo Verde draw vs Spain. For Spain and their fans, that felt like a loss. For Cabo Verde, that was a massive win. Ultimately, each team gets a point from it. For Cabo Verde, that's a point they were very unlikely to ever get. For Spain, that's two dropped points they feel they should have had. And now, it's set up a very important match between Spain and Uruguay in the final group stage game. Spain have to win or draw Uruguay to win the group. If they lose, Uruguay will pass them on points. Funny enough, if Cabo Verde manages to win against Saudi Arabia AND Uruguay manages to beat Spain, that could drop Spain down to 3rd in their group. That sort of drama can't exist without the feature of the draw. It's beautiful.
CVI would need to win by a larger margin than Uruguay. They are currently behind on yellow cards.