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# | Hokies Working to Develop "Pups" on the Offensive Line, Build Depth 
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It's difficult for the uninitiated to follow right-of-way weapons.
The abridged version is you gain the right-of-way, or right to score, by moving your arm forward first. At that point you may score, but you lose the right-of-way to the other fencer if you stop or get parried. At that point the other fencer may score. Who touches first doesn't matter at all in foil or saber.
In epee it's just "touch the other guy before they touch you".
I give up trying to guess who scored and am just waiting for the commentators to tell me. It makes no sense, the American hits him first and doesn't get the point.
Florida kid, probably end up being true.
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# | Hokies Open Fall Camp, Giving Spring Holdouts Chance to Get Back to "Full Speed" Yeah just call it the McBig. Follows the way they name everything else. McNuggets, McFlurry, McChicken, etc.
He was a track star too, I will always wonder what could have been if he had just said I want to contribute in some way if not QB then either WR or CB.
It is apparent that Ashby has never heard of arm or shoulder day. Dude looks like the Hulk and just needs to go around saying "Ashby smash".
Believe he's starting to lean towards FSU.
Offense chanting "DBlock who". That's great.
Pretty sure he camped at UVA first and picked Tech because he appreciated VT offering first and not playing games with him
He probably also wanted to win
No word of Njiman. I hope he can be a difference maker.
There is a small window of time once one fencer touches within which the other fencer can touch, after that time expires the scoring box locks out the other fencer. In foil the window is 300 milliseconds.
Edit: For the other nuances of how right-of-way works in foil and saber fencing see this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_(fencing)
http://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/bms-police-gearing-up-for-security-...
The game, which is sold out, starts at 8 p.m. Parking lots will open at 7 a.m. on game day and all vehicles will be required to display parking passes.
Fans will also be required to wear BMS-provided lanyards displaying their game tickets and credentials.
Tailgating guidelines have also been established and will be permitted in front of or behind vehicles. No open fires are permitted and soliciting or distributing of any kind is prohibited in parking, camping and tailgating areas.
Caldwell also announced that several park and ride locations will be available on game day. Those locations include Sugar Hollow Park in Bristol, Virginia, Lot No. 9 at East Tennessee State University, Sullivan North High School in Kingsport, and Sullivan Central High School in Blountville.
The cost is $20 per round trip and reservations can be made online on the BMS website, www.bristolmotorspeedway.com/parkandride.
Several times it looked as though Kruse got a hit and the lights didn't go, or both lights went and Kruse' came on first (but Massiales got the point). Is there some nuance to how the hits are counted?
I thought I saw on Twitter somewhere that a Lady Hokie had committed recently, but I couldn't find it again. Women's BB Twitter account hasn't said anything.
You'll have to ask a Bama fan
American men's foilist Alex Massialas will be fencing in the semi-finals and medal rounds starting at 3:30 on MSNBC.
Edit: Massialas is through to the gold medal bout at 4:45 on MSNBC!
I'm so confused by this sword fighting.
Why does it appear Kruse is landing shots but Massialus is getting points?
You don't think the Chargers will wait to see if the promised stadium etc really take place before they decide?
One hasn't been seen in Blacksburg in almost a decade
The Rams will probably have zero to do with it. The residents of SD, like myself, will have some say in November, but I doubt that the stadium initiative will get the 2/3 necessary. Spanos will have the next say whether to take the NFL up on the 1 year offer to move in with the Rams. Unclear how he'll decide, but I doubt the results of the Rams will matter one iota.
Amazing how far Conte has come to now be a veteran leader of the OL. Not just all the different OL coaches, but how late he earned a schollie as an unranked (eventual 2-star?) that we offered after missing on a bunch of targets.
IIRC, UVA offered him within 24hours after we did and it seemed like they just did it to hopefully screw VT at the last minute. Pretty sure he camped at UVA first and picked Tech because he appreciated VT offering first and not playing games with him
Yeah, but then my Hokie brother went and married one. Wattaya do? You can slough off your friends, but family?
What's interesting is that people have a tendency to notice attractive women, and it's this tendency that makes (almost) every university seem to have their fair share.
Still, friends don't let friends date Wahoos.
Nijman seems like the first kid off the bench at this moment. This is what Teller said about Nijman and Parker a few days ago:
"They've looked great. Yos, just look at him. He's a phenom and he's a great guy, too. Parker, that guy's huge. He can move anybody. Those guys are working their tails off to do it and I really hope the best for both of them."