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Steve Addazio knows what Aleppo is. There isn't another dog food on the market he'd rather feed to his pups.
They wouldn't be able to fill it. VT and Tennessee did because tha fan bases are right there.
Steve Addazio feels like we have very strong presidential candidates this election year, but is cautiously optimistic about voting Libertarian.
so, as a swing state, I wonder if it's more beneficial for NC to vote for someone who would likely relieve some of the federal pressure and let the state just have to worry about economic pressures or someone who would be willing to beat the state into submission which would then, presumably, relieve the economic pressure.
I'm sure it's a frustrating situation to be in down there, but it makes for some interesting study.
Another interesting dynamic is what's happening in the university system. The ability of UNC, etc. to receive federal funds depends, in part, on compliance with federal law. It also has to comply with state law. The two are currently at odds, so what does this mean for the ability of faculty to receive grants, and for the university itself to receive necessary funds for administration? Add to the fact that UNC is still under probation from its accrediting body from the whole AFAM/athletics scandal and you have a seriously precarious situation that affects faculty hiring/retention, student enrollment and tuition costs, etc.
I've been there at night with our kids. There is nothing about that area that is any better or worse than most large city venues.
I laugh when people talk about wanting to go to New Orleans. It doesn't get much worse in terms of safety.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol I don't know about you guys, but I've spent the last couple days waiting for French& Co to put out their writeups and validate the little hope we took from that debacle. On to BC!!!!
That's another dynamic that will be interesting to see. Who cares enough about the issue to move out of the state in protest? Who feels to tied to the state to move for whatever reason whether they have a strong opinion or not? Who is willing to look for more work in the state if their company leaves or will just pull up stakes and go where the work is?
fair enough but that probably was 10-12 years ago as the kid is now in college... any place can be a sketch place it takes 1 person with bad intentions to ruin it.
Like I said they really have cleaned that area up within the past 6-8 years and its honestly not as bad as it seems. Yeah it might not have the downtown feeling that Charlotte has but it's not the slums either.
The new Orlando City stadium will be right up the road from CWS as well so obviously isn't that bad of an area.
I've been to multiple games at that stadium over the past 20 years and never once did I not feel safe. However your wife didn't feel safe so you will not be going back which is 100% fine.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol I agree this seemed to happen but I thought Evans showed leadership by staying more calm than some of the other players.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol I thought he looked poised and calm as well. Even later in the game he seemed to rally like it was just something he did all the time. His play didn't seem to look panicky. I liked seeing that resilience. Makes me think that comebacks are possible should we go down a couple of scores in future games where as in the past going down by just 7 started to give me bad feelings.
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# | NCAA relocates all 16/17 championships from North Carolina You assume skilled workers will stay in NC. The current job/economic landscape is very mobile.
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# | NCAA relocates all 16/17 championships from North Carolina Moss Arts Center event has been a huge success for meets, I am sure they can handle the ACC tourney.
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Also, and this is not a slam on you by any means because I obviously feel the topic is poisoned from the intrinsic nature of the topic, so avoiding it I think is inevitable -- that quote turns the conversation political in 2 ways.
I may be in the minority, but I'm growing a little tired of hearing Teller is our best OL. I don't doubt it, but if he is the best then he should be on the field permanently. Whatever is holding him back from locking down the #1 spot, it's preventing him from being the best!
The economics of this fascinate me. Presumably, the cost of doing business will decrease in NC because of over supply of skilled workers, gov't subsidies, whatever that are driven by the need to fill the void left by boycotting companies. I mean, at what point does it become cheap enough to operate in NC that other companies move in or currently boycotting companies can't afford to continue?
Great write up as always. This is going to sound weird but IMO we're better than I thought we were going to be...even though I expected us to be 2-0 at this point. We're shooting ourselves in the face with an elephant gun with turnovers and penalties. Coaches and players need to fix this shit and let's go do the damn thing!
Thanks French.
It appeared at least that Motu is getting himself into position better this year by not seeming to actually seek blockers like he was last season. If he can get into a little better form on his tackles, we might just have something there.
Tremaine has all the physical tools, and hopefully will hone the mental ones as the season progresses.
Lack of Pass Pro is the concern I was writing about on my deep threat post -- UT made an adjustment that we should count on other teams doing until we can show the legitimate threat to toss the ball downfield.
Yes, Fuente's scheme can beat that, but until the athletes' form catches up with the scheme, it's a big ask to try to score consistently with double-digit play drives.
Teller needs to get his head right and he and Fuente need to come to terms. Teller was instrumental in the McMillian touchdown run, though on a lot of blocks, before even the PF calls, he seems to want to dive low, particularly on the smaller and weaker LBs when he doesn't need to.
Well, Steve was ok with "Hillary deleted my other sign" from gameday posted here so...
On that big chunk run (9th clip) Moto looked like he was trying to initiate a game of patty cake with the running back. Ugh.
Used to live there, and I agree but I think they would be willing to reform somewhere downtown, possibly U of R as mentioned above, if a NCAA Championship came calling.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol You really echo my feelings with this article. They went toe to toe
and kind of served up the game to UT. Really liked the way Evans played
with his power running style and he seemed to execute well.
The one positive thing I took from the game is the team is better than I
thought they were. Hopefully the mistakes can get cleaned up.
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# | Slept On It: Hokies Open Strong, Limp Home After Frustrating Battle at Bristol I'm gonna have to dig a little deeper, but I think completing 66.7% of his passes for 5 TDs and 0 INTs is a better start to a career at VT than any QB had under Frank Beamer.
The limited seating may be prohibitive for the Tournament meet but it has been an excellent venue for regular meets. I have had a great time every meet I have been at the Moss Arts Center.