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Hey now, their steak & cheese is pretty damn good too. Hard to forget that.

Yeah, the wait is due to the fact that everything is cooked to order. No hot lamps on the fries. Burgers come out of the fridge when the order is put back. Best way to get it fast is to order everything as soon as you sit down. Calzones are bomb there as well. It's over half pound of cheese per calzone.

They're trying to make a choice that affects their entire future based on a promise from the school that isn't really a promise.

This, this, a thousand times this! I have no problem with anyone "de-committing" because there are no real promises.

Its really not a commitment by either side until Signing day so its a poor choice of wording.

He likes how they treat recruits on official visits?

Even though we lost, Cassell was rocking last night. I was snowed in over the weekend so I was unable to make it to the UNC game, but I can't remember ever hearing Cassell that loud. Personally the coolest thing I witnessed were a number of football players sitting in our section including Lawson, Settle, Ford, and Stroman just to name a few. On a Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at night in freezing temps while there is still lots of snow on the ground and plenty of excuses not to go, the student body is showing up strong. Buzz is finally getting people excited to watch Hokie basketball again, and that in itself is a beautiful thing for our program.

I think this is more than encouraging. Although until he signs I'll reserve my excitement

The other thing we have to remember is that we have other kickers on the team. Long wasn't guaranteed a starting spot. Junior and former kicker Mitchell Ludwig wants a starting spot, as well as any of the other kickers not named Joey Slye. Personally I really wanted Long to be a Hokie because I work with a guy who is a family friend, but we just gotta let Shibest shibest the best he can.

This could just be me but does anyone else feel like Seth Allen forces to many shots? He seems to have the green light to shoot whenever he wants with no consequences. When we need a basket in the worst kind of way I see him repeatedly rush a shot or force a drive.

I do think he is our best overall scoring threat but I find myself getting frustrated with him at points.

We are playing good ball. The Louisville team last night played like I've seen them play when they knock off the top seeds in the tourney in the past. When you can get a high percent of low percentage shots to fall you win. They did, they earned it, but not in a sustainable way. We are looking way better than I thought we would, despite a few youth/consistency issues, and needing one more athletic guy underneath (Clark?)

I agree with these feelings. In years prior we couldn't even watch VT basketball because it was just too painful to watch a team you want to root for not come close to the potential. Now I think Buzz is able to get the players to play to their potential and then some. It truly is enjoyable to watch the team come so close even though its a loss.

I don't mind spending a scholarship on a punter, in fact, I would expect our punter to be on scholarship. But what I didn't like about the Marshall Long offer was that it seems difficult to determine who the best punter in the country is (his All American status) based on high school football. Just too many variables, how often a team punts, how good the snapper is, how much pressure he gets.

Long looked like a good punter on his video, but I can't say he looked appreciably better than another 20 or so guys we could get. If Shibest is worth his exorbitant salary, he should be able to get any number of kickers to become quality punters with proper coaching. I would rather we recruit like 5 kickers, make 2 or 3 of them punters and give a scholarship to the best of the bunch.

So we just lost out on a scholarship kicker - the heir to Beamerball - to the special team's coach for UGA, who happens to be an actual Beamer?