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When I Heard he was looking it Oregon I knew we would lose out. There facilities are the best in the business and they have a much more exciting football program. Just the facts of the situation. Their facilities are like having a high end mansion in LA and we are the high end double wide in VA.
He reminds me of Lavar Arrington some, getting behind the LOS to make a play.
They went to WVU?
Let me just google that real quick...
Do you require translation services?
You mean the Duck Side.
the first 247 "Crystal Ball" to Oregon was in October.
NC was the long time favorite. VT got in the game relatively late and fans got their hopes up.
Interesting tidbit here:
"I honestly don't believe that it was any kind of slam dunk that Justin would've become the head coach at Virginia Tech if he couldn't have kept Bud," said Blankenship, who after getting fired at Tulsa in December 2014, accepted a role as an offensive analyst last season at Memphis under Fuente.
"His private discussions were that this was a real linchpin in this thing happening. I'm not saying it wouldn't have happened, but I'm saying Justin wasn't real interested in trying to rebuild a defense that had some notoriety."
Fuente got his wish. Foster stayed on board.
This is the kind of quote that makes me wish I could have been a fly on the wall during the process:
Whit: So whadda you say Justin, do you want the job?
Fuente: Being head coach at VT, playing at Bristol and South Bend are cool and all that, but I want Bud!
Whit: OK.......let me call you back in a few.
Whit: Hey, Coach Foster....um.....you know I love ya' right?
Bud: Hold on, Whit. (Bud puts down the 150lb dumbell he was curling, and the turkey leg.) What's up?
Whit: Well. We think we got our guy to replace Beamer.....and it's not you. But I've hit a snag. He won't come unless you stay as DC.........Bud?......are you still there?.........
Uhhhh huh
Wake me up when these 'rules' that are being 'broken' are effectively enforced. At a certain point we come off as pearl necklace clutchers while trying to cling onto the moral high ground as everyone else is kicking our ass in recruiting and on the field.
Related to LB recruiting, Tavante Beckett confirmed his commitment to VT, as reported by 24/7:
http://virginiatech.247sports.com/Bolt/Tavante-Becket-ready-to-get-back-...
Some assumptions here.
Not sure they came in and got him cause they could. For all we know, this kid does not want to stay close to home. I know plenty of college bound kids that want to go as far away as possible for college. Or who knows he may have been an Oregon fan for most his life and was waiting for interest.
There is so much going on with recruiting, I think it's really hard to say someone is a fail. Now there are some instances that are easy to see, i.e., no visits or contacts. But if bud visited him a bunch, hard to hold him accountable. If we even go back and look at Hand dropping us, we can now say his decision wasn't so crazy, considering he played in the NC and now has a ring.
Their cheerleading squad did recently come under fire for being too sexy. If you do a YouTube search you can find some of the news coverage.
We lived out there for a year or so after college. It is a pretty cool state to live in, as well.
I personally love that our trailer is covered in White's Truck Stop logos, but we should probably ditch those in the next version.
Charges are now first degree murder.
Yesterday morning was before any charges were filed. He is now effectively a former athlete; charged with a felony he has been suspended from the team and the university. He's no longer listed online. The university moved as swiftly as they could once the charges were filed.
I respectfully disagree.
Breaking the rules is cheating. That the governing body is ineffective at catching such rule breaking or properly applying sanctions to prohibit this in the future is irrelevant.
Cheating is cheating, effective governance or no.
He's not a former athlete, he is an active member of the cross country team who was on HokieSports as recently as yesterday morning.
This guy was in our pocket ask along according to most experts and Oregon came and just got him because they could. LB is our biggest area of need and out defensive coaches, the bulk of whom are staying from last year, miserably failed at addressing it this year.
I don't see how you can spin what happened this year as a positive. Our defensive staff failed to fix their biggest problem. That is not good.
Many think Chase Pine is better than Simms. We need to bring him home to Hokies!
Cheating doesn't exist because cheating implies there are consequences for doing so. As we have all learned, over the last 20 years the NCAA has become so toothless that you'll never see another institution legitimately punished again. Might as well throw away the rule book at this point.
Well first I have always thought Oregon has had some of the best cheerleaders. 
They always recruit well there.
On a serious note it would be nice to commit from a good LB. I mean I think, as mentioned above, that Hall and Adibi were the last notable LBs we had. I know there have been others that played good but those two were always talked about when VT's defense was on the field and were considered one of the best LB duo's in the country. I know we aren't going to win every LB but damn it's been a while. I hope Pine switches but other than that I don't know what we have at LB.
Although Moto played better as the year went on, there were still a lot of busted plays by him not getting to his position or just eating a block for whatever reason (as has been discussed almost after every game). Maybe he'll be better this year but still a win at the LB spot on the recruiting trail would be nice, and not from some guy whose only other offers were G5 or DII schools.
I mean look at this, I'm 32 and I'm awestruck by all this what is a 16/17 year old kid going to think?
Personally, I think Pine is a good prospect but I see him as a stand up DE or 3/4 OLB as well. I think we'll get Beckett, Belmar, and Carter. Ross is the other name possibly on the table...and per 247, rumblings of possibly moving Shegog to Backer.
I don't see any Fr's playing linebacker for Bud next year unless he simplifies the assignments. Offenses have found ways to consistently confuse those assignments the last few years as well as create numbers advantages. I think having Fu's O challenging Bud's D every day on the practice field, and vice-versa, will be to everyone's benefit.