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I think you mean absurd alley oop by Matt Galloway!
If MNF steals a good college announcer it'd be really awesome if Roth started on TV.
Classic
Rankings are pure BS at this point in the game. We haven't done anything to prove we are good, and we're ranked above UVA so I'd say the rankings are as accurate as they can be.
Those polos have more interesting designs than our new football uniforms
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses Will we lose donors? Sure. But I hope we gain new ones to replace them.
You sound a little back and forth. Not a criticism. It's just that at multiple points you sound off that the current new course is absolute fail-proof in all facets, but then you sound not completely convinced that there will be new investors.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses "I want national championships! Just don't don't change my ticket prices! Also change the jerseys! Wait....F**** these jersey changes!!! Change everything!!! but I will probably hate the next thing you change! Also make sure we WIN!!! Just don't change my ticket prices." - Hokie Fan Base
If they are including the LBs in "up front" then yes I agree, but strictly DE and DT I am not seeing the same cause for concern. I think Wiles and Foster will find 8 guys that can be competitive in the two deep. The DBs are now a concern with injuries and potential suspensions.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses Unfortunately we didn't have Whit back then and I don't think Weaver was that aggressive on this front. Also, we didn't know that the cost of attendance scholarships were coming. This is the hand we have been dealt and we have to act according to the situation we are in.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses I'm not negating or disagreeing. But it's still a gamble. Personally, I feel like if they were gonna do something like this, they should've done it during the '05-'10/'11 seasons. Like I said, for the sake of the program, I hope this gamble works.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses http://www.dailypress.com/sports/virginia-tech/dp-spt-teel-column-vt-tic...
Clemson ended the 2006 football season on a 1-4 slide, plunging from No. 10 in the polls to unranked. Media pegged the Tigers for third place in the ACC's Atlantic Division the following year and questioned Coach Tommy Bowden's job security.
Not what you would call an ideal time to unveil what Clemson labeled a "seat equity plan." But scholarship costs were mounting, and the Tigers were the only football program among the top 20 in attendance that didn't require larger annual gifts from those occupying the best seats.
And for any initial irritation this may cause, understand that Tech's research shows that only about half of its football season-ticket holders will have to increase their annual fund gift to retain their current seat location(s).
Babcock believes the changes, which also affect seating for men's basketball, will generate a minimum of $3 million to $4 million annually. Not coincidentally, that approximates the current shortfall between Tech's scholarship fundraising of $9.8 million and costs of $14 million.
Clemson's model, which debuted in 2008, required annual per-seat gifts ranging from $700 to $70 — since increased to $750-$120. Approximately 50,000 of Memorial Stadium's 81,500 seats are included.
Most important: Donations increased 40 percent the first year, from $15 million to $21 million, and have since approached $25 million. Sure, there was resistance, and some opted out, but with upgraded facilities and a coaching transition to Dabo Swinney, the Tigers have returned to top-10 prominence
There is a lot of great info in this. If I didn't need to head to bed for my final in the morning at 8 I would point out some things I saw and then found on Clemson IPTAY site.
#42. I'll take the under (meaning a lower number, which is a higher ranking. Why is this so confusing?)
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses Thanks, phone typing gets me a lot.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses You dropped the 'l' off the end of your link.
http://www.dailypress.com/sports/virginia-tech/dp-spt-teel-column-vt-tic...
He apparently hates it in LA. He'll likely be back on the East coast soon, but he won't be working for VT.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses keep fighting the good fight sir...i'm giving you as many turkey legs as i can!
i understand change is hard to accept and the university is asking for more money at a time that seems inconvenient for many WITHOUT seeing any results in the (football) field.
i'm not gonna tell a person how to spend their money but i've already accepted this as the path that sets us straight. will we lose donors? sure. but i hope we gain new ones to replace them. these are exciting times with a progressive-minded AD and i'm happy with Babcock's moves.
if you really must know what sold me, it's that the model we were using was outdated and we're upgrading to one that's effectively used by schools that are doing better than us. that's all you had to tell me...
i'm tired of taking a backseat to the teams which have blown past...we were on a roll after the championship game and then we stagnated. the money gained from this will help right the ship to cover for the expenses needed to compete with the big boys...
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses I'm assuming an ACCCG appearance, but either way it really doesn't change that the best time to change things up is when interest in the program (and hopefully translate that into ticket sales and donations) is at a five-year high.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses Well, you could ask to not play WVU, but that's picking nits. :)
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses In the email I received yesterday, it mentioned they would be mailing the information out in the next 5-10 days. Will be on the lookout for that- it's been a lot of scrolling trying to flip back and forth between things the last 2 days!
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses Yes, I'm actually surprised they didn't put more of a premium on parking- it is MUCH harder to get good parking than the new guide seems to suggest. The lot I've tailgated in the last several years is marked as a Zone C lot, but my buddies who are mid-level Silver Hokies have not had high enough priority to get a pass in the lot since 2012.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses I hoping they send out these in hard copy.
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# | Virginia Tech Overhauls Hokie Club to Boost Donations, Meet Growing Scholarship Expenses found it. thanks.
They've also said this about eating meat in China. It's ridiculous that they're trying to force the athletes to not eat meat overseas although it may be what they know best in their diet, and can really harm their performance if their diets aren't adequate/normal. Sad that Duane got the hammer because he just ate burgers and steaks from Baja California and had to fight to get it overturned. Hope it doesn't happen to any other players, the fact that the NFL isn't being lenient about this just shows that they don't care as much about the players as people as they should. But glad to see Duane rightfully able to play again this season