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The current average RPI of our OOC slate is 207.77
The current average RPI of the ACC is 74.38

The level of competition game in and game out is astronomically better. The ACC slate has them playing 4 games against the top 20 RPI. OOC had 1 game 20-30 in Tennessee, while ACC has 2 games against Miami. The worst RPI in the ACC is Clemson at 251. The majority of the back half all rate about the 120 area with Wake at 113, VT at 117, BC at 119, Pitt at 120, UNC at 124.

The OOC slate had 2 games against teams over 300 and 6 games 200-300 with Radford just escaping at 196 and George Mason at 183.

As to what changed, some of that is touched on above. Panoussis came off the tracks in a big way and with her went a ton of key baskets compared to early on in the season. She is down 3.5 points and 1.8 assists per game from OOC to ACC play. This team is much like the mens team in that Panoussis is their version of Seth Allen, so as she goes so goes the team usually. In their three conference wins, she had 10, 19 and zero points against UVA. In their 11 losses she has only broken double digits three times. In OOC slate she scored in double figures in eight of their 13 games.

Hannah Young has come on as of late with double digit scoring in her last five games but she was dreadful early on in the ACC slate. She scored 5 or less points in six of their first nine ACC games.

Cook has been the most steady, scoring somewhere in the eight to nine point range for most of the ACC slate until her recent ramp up to the high double figures the last few games.

You do have to remember that this team was just as dreadful last season as the men's and hasnt necessarily seen the talent influx that that team has gotten, albeit there are still some gems especially in Chanette Hicks. She has been in double figures 10 games as a freshmen which is fairly impressive for a point guard, especially for someone that has consistently averaged around five assists per game this year, high of 8 and 3 or more in all games but 3 this season.

The other drop off has been from Redshirt Freshmen Regan Magarity. I am not sure if its lingering issues with her injury from last season or something else but she has missed five games of the ACC slate and three of the OOC slate, and for someone that averaged over 14 points a game as a freshmen before getting injured, she has only managed 7.7 points this year so the Hokies arent getting the production they imagined from her so far this season.

Magarity and Panoussis are who I am sure Coach Wolff imagined running most of his offense through this season so having to get creative and find other options against one of the toughest conference schedules is pretty difficult. While I agree that I would like to see a bit more fire from Wolff on the sideline it may just not be his thing or he may realize that it doesnt work well with the team he has assembled. I do agree however that to lose four of your first six ACC games all by double digits, and several in absolute blowout fashion, really put a dent in the momentum the team built up early in the season. It also doesnt help that Wolff is limited by his bench quite a bit like Buzz has been. Of a 15 Lady squad, he has only been able to play 7 consistently and an 8th occassionally. Way too many DNP's across the roster. Other than the last five games of the ACC schedule, this team was not really competitive. It was either blowout wins by 25 over BC and 30 over Clemson or blowout losses like 39 to Notre Dame or 21 to Syracuse. Even being competitive though has only gotten them the win over UVA. They did take Miami to overtime in their last game but then proceeded to fold in the extra session and lose by 11. Tough team to watch however you look at it.

I've got the one from the 2010 ACC Championship Game. As jspenge said, mine also has a small number sticker of the player.

well that settles it. Durkin is staying at TE. He said 4 scholarship guys and a walk on are the 5 QBs competing this spring. (Motley, Lawson, Evans, Jackson, Click?)

Have you done any research to back up the notion that VT football is an outlier with regard to knee injuries?

Personally, I would be extremely surprised if we didn't have a different woman's bball coach next year. From what I have heard many past high ranking people with the ad office in the past are against him.

I think the decline is on Wolf. Remember when the men got blown and Buzz had a long meeting after the game and irritated all the sports writers. He did what was necessary for the good of the team and they responded. Wolf does not seem to be able to keep the ladies motivated.

Can we get a highlight of the terrible terrible joke/references from the one announcer? His Christmas tree reference for the BC player with the name Garland was good, but the Passion of the Christ(ian) reference at halftime was so bad, I was embarrassed for listening to it. Did anyone else catch any others?

I think one fumble-recovery-for-six each game is already enough to expect from Settle.

No, he's stalking and running down buffalo.
And eating them whole.
Raw.
Without sauce.

Two things I have no patience for:

1. People who think they know better than bureaucrats when they actually don't
2. Bureaucrats who can't give you a straight answer to a straight question