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Got married to my wife
funny how that happens... :-)
Not claiming, merely posting the first slaw dog photo that looked legit in my google search, and it just happened to be Skeeters.
I worked there form '89-'92 while I was a student. (It changed names to BoJo's around 1990). The brand of dogs we used were Gwaltney.
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Josh. I grew up in Vinton, just outside of Roanoke, VA. Got my BS in Mechanical Engineering from VT. Took the 8 year plan with a stint in the Army in the middle. I was going to school to design robots and autonomous thingies but ended up getting into the water/wastewater consultant industry....somehow. That little curveball led me to get my masters from Johns Hopkins in Environmental Engineering. Doing mostly project and program management with business development mixed in. It does nothing for me.
Just moved back to the outskirts of Baltimore (Sykesville) after a 4 year stint in St Pete, FL. 2 kids under the age of 3. 1 more on the way. I'm pretty much a sports junky. Whatever sport...don't care. Golf and firing up the smoker make me happy. I wish i could fish more but the weekends aren't long enough. Apparently Liberty Reservoir is a nice smallmouth hotspot and I haven't had a chance to test it out.
Die hard Bills fan. In Tyrod I Trust, forever.
What the hell are you people talking about? I know you're speaking English but I don't know what you're saying
I'm Rod, I like to party.
That Sheetz was where I filled up before heading back home when I worked in Eden (I had to drive across the mountain that is Route 58 between Stuart and Hillsville. That's fun in the winter....) There were always tons of people at that Sheetz day or night for some reason. Now I know why. Apparently it's the thing to do in that part of town. Also, I'll make a point to swing by Ridgeway Drive In next time I find my self that way.
The aptly named white russian stout, Duderino, is AMAZING. I love COTU, and I always get a 32oz Chin Music at Squirrels games. I'm south of the river though, so my trips to the actual brewery in Ashland aren't as frequent as those to Scotts addition.
6. Coale
If your talking about off the field accomplishments, Coale is easily #1. Kid slayed.
I'm Philip. I live in Roswell, GA and I'm a nuclear fuel analyst. I grew up on the east side of Atlanta and attended Georgia State University. By the grace of God I was raised a Virginia Tech fan because the vast majority of my family went to school there/taught there. The first VT game I attended was against UVa in 1986...I was 3 at the time and we won -- big! I used to make it to about a game per year in Blacksburg, plus I never miss a close game to Atlanta (GT, the Dome, and/or Charlotte). But the wife and I have a 1-year old little Hokie fan on our hands now so it'll probably be a bit before I make it back up to Blacksburg to take in a game. But I can't wait to take her to her first game in Blacksburg and keep the tradition alive and well!
PS: I fucking love TKP. Living in the heart of SEC country provides few outlets to interact with Hokie fans, and I appreciate the fuck outta everyone who makes this the best VT blog on the planet. If you've read this far and haven't done so yet, please join the Player's Club. Seriously, do it. Like, now! Click that little orange key and throw some love Joe's way.
Can you expand on improvement in accuracy? I am assuming you may be referring to something more than just completion percentage. From your post I almost read it as the completion percentage late in the downs as compared to the 1st/2nd down passing. I believe, and someone can correct me if I am wrong, but Evans is top 20 in completion percentage nationally. Obviously, being behind down/distance allows teams to pin their ears back but not something I necessarily thought of looking at the stats overall. Any guess where those percentages "should" fall out (i.e., early passing downs vs 3rd downs) or where you would hope to see it?
Josh Morgan is definitely in the top 10 and ahead of Phillips right now. I'd say Harper and Clowney are slightly higher as well based on their ability more than total stats.
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# | VT announces plans for a massive $225m Business School complex Yeah, suddenly jumping that high is just not possible. When I graduated, there were about 6k grad students, so a target of 7,500-10,000 is probably more reasonable. The biggest issue is money. It's all well and good that the president/administration wants a bunch more grad students, but the faculty still have to fund them, primarily through grants, at least assuming most of the growth is in the traditional science and engineering disciplines that have the most grad students and bring in the most money.
You can't just dictate that the grad student population will triple, especially in light of the fact that federal grant success rates (which are the source of about 90% of university grant funding) are between 10-20% right now, and have been for years. Coupled with new requirements to pay postdocs more (who faculty prefer to hire with available money because they get more done, which means more papers, patents, and grants) and aiming for that many grad students is simply unsustainable.
Are you legit claiming Skeeters, right now?
Don't forget, that was also the year when we beat Miami for the first time in school history...and we did it right after that Cincy game and it seemed to spark the whole season. It's interesting how that was my most memorable season while I was in school and I was actually unable to attend the games. For most of the time while I was a student, I worked part-time for the Blacksburg Parks & Rec department. That mean doing things like dragging and lining the local baseball/softball fields to umpiring little league games to whatever. But it also meant that on the weekends, I spent my time managing the gym at Kipps Elementary when was open for public use. Friday night, all day Saturday and most of Sunday, you'd find me there handing out basketballs, taking care of injuries and all of the other duties that go along with that task. In the fall, I'd turn on a little 10" TV they had in the office and watch the game.
I think it's probably similar to building most other skill sets. I have heard it called scaffolding before. you build the skills to make pre-snap reads and then simple quick post-snap reads on one side of the field. When you master those skills it becomes easier to add in complexity. So for Lynch and Dalton who both spent a few years in that system, I'm quite sure they achieved mastery of the basic reads and were able to more easily develop more complex skills.
The flip side is asking QBs to master the whole complex set of skills from day one. I think we have seen the results of that approach as well....
The details of my life are quite inconsequential... very well, where do I begin? My father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. My childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds- pretty standard really. At the age of twelve I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum... it's breathtaking- I highly suggest you try it.
I am getting way too hungry now and really need the end of October to get here.
Because they are the only team you can use cheat codes with?
Was in Ridgeway for a Fantasy Football draft the day after the game against LU - we made a late night MTO run to that Sheetz. I know exactly what you mean, haha!
Its not that it is the thing to do, its that it is literally the only thing to do.