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Not canceled, it just got shifted back a few years.

I have never applied to the AHA National competition. I have thought about it, but I rarely plan my beers out to taste best during competition.
On top that, I rarely brew the same beer twice. And when I do, it is for things like the spring game (I make a citrus-hopped Saison with honey) or my parent's Oktoberfest party. In either case, all the beer is consumed rather quickly.
A lot of my beers rarely fit into a particular category, like that citrus hopped Saison. Right now I have a chocolate milk oatmeal stout in primary. I'll be adding bourbon soaked cacao nibs to the primary. These could be specialties, but that's such a mixed bag of a category.
I really want to get my hands on some Wyeast 3725 Biere de Garde yeast and let one age for a couple years. I know I have the malt profile and aging down for this beer - I've made dark and amber versions with the White Labs French Ale yeast before. Now, I just need to right yeast to make it.
Out of curiosity, what hops do you put in your IPA?

What does a win here mean in terms of our chances at a national title? I would think a win over two top 10 opponents in less than two weeks would have to push us up the rankings. I have been reading your posts and know that this is some Big10-heavy wannabe national title tourney, but in terms of the NCAA, would we only have the chance at individuals or could we challenge for team?

I bet VT applications from Michigan go up in the future.

.....with his lead tailback Drew Harris rushing for over 200 yards per game.

We're making up for never playing them before.

yeah except we hate MD and (I'm sure) they hate us. In fact, I think MD probably hates everyone.

Man can live and satisfy his wants only by ceaseless labor; by the ceaseless application of his faculties to natural resources. This process is the origin of property.

But it is also true that a man may live and satisfy his wants by seizing and consuming the products of the labor of others. This process is the origin of plunder.

Now since man is naturally inclined to avoid pain—and since labor is pain in itself—it follows that men will resort to plunder whenever plunder is easier than work. History shows this quite clearly. And under these conditions, neither religion nor morality can stop it.

When, then, does plunder stop? It stops when it becomes more painful and more dangerous than labor.
It is evident, then, that the proper purpose of law is to use the power of its collective force to stop this fatal tendency to plunder instead of to work. All the measures of the law should protect property and punish plunder.
But, generally, the law is made by one man or one class of men. And since law cannot operate without the sanction and support of a dominating force, this force must be entrusted to those who make the laws. (p. 10)
This fact, combined with the fatal tendency that exists in the heart of man to satisfy his wants with the least possible effort, explains the almost universal perversion of the law. Thus it is easy to understand how, law, instead of checking injustice, becomes the invincible weapon of injustice. It is easy to understand why the law is used by the legislator to destroy in varying degrees among the rest of the people, their personal independence by slavery, their liberty by oppression, and their property by plunder. This is done for the benefit of the person who makes the law, and in proportion to the power that he holds.

Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus, when plunder is organized by law for the profit of those who make the law, all the plundered classes try somehow to enter—by peaceful or revolutionary means—into making the laws. According to their degree of enlightenment, these plundered classes may propose one of two entirely different purposes when they attempt to attain political power: Either they may wish to stop lawful plunder, or they may wish to share in it. Woe to the nation when this latter purpose prevails. (p. 11)

"The Law" by Frederick Bastiat

Our recruiting has gone downhill quite a bit in Maryland since they left the ACC, scheduling games with them is a good thing from a recruiting standpoint and it doesn't prevent us from scheduling a bigger opponent in the Big10 like last year when we played OSU and Perdue, in 2024 for instance we play Wisconsin and Rutgers.

So we play ND 3 times in 4 years?

I'm aware, was just saying, bring me more of those matchups and less of the turtle.