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+1 and well said. Ever since I saw the piece on HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about how rediculous the NFL owner can basically hold the host city economically hostage; I've personally soured on the professional league. I'll watch a game if there are any Hokies on the squad if I can, but I'm not going out of my way to do so.
All kidding aside, that is creepy.
first we will spend the night and then we will spend the next four years.
And for a kicker no less...
Yeah...because nothing tells a teenage boy that it's safe to come spend 4 years away from his parents like when a middle aged man offers to spend the night on his bedroom floor.
Nothing creepy there...
j/k- Not suggesting that there's anything wrong with Harbaugh, I just don't think I would allow that if I were the parent.
Awesome, creepy and unfortunately likely to be a trend setter
Virginia Tech's 1999 team led the nation in both scoring offense (41 points) and scoring defense (10), and beat four ranked teams by a combined score of 174-31. Vick carried us in the title game, but that team was not a one man show. He had little to do with having the best defense in the country.
All-Americans Engleberger, Corey Moore, and Jamel Smith, plus other future pros Anthony Midget, Ike Charlton, and Cory Bird did. We were loaded.
Hey french, you obviously know your stuff what's the nearest airport I could fly into. Those prices will essentially decide my availability. Girlfriend and friends think it would be a great chance for us to get together but if the trip is pushing a grand I don't think I could do it
VT also field 2 more sports than Clemson currently. AT least I think the math adds up, is Lacrosse at Tech an actual team now?
And while the Men's swim team doesnt add a ton of cost Clemson has opted for the cheapest options on the Women's side. They dont for instance have a softball team, so no stadium, no extra batting facility or practice fields, and they have a Rowing team, which outside of a few sculls, and a chase/coach boat, is a damn cheap sport for the school and one of the reasons its the go to to Title IX balance from the football team for many places.
So VT is also spreading the TV, and ACC money further than Clemson is.
Not inherently good or bad, just something that should be acknowledged.
There is one major difference in SD and LA - 10 million more people in LA. Even if the level of apathy is the same, the sheer number of people should fill up the stadium for the Rams. However, I think the Chargers are doomed to fail in LA.
Ford is looking as reliable as Boykin, Coale, Wilford and Freeman. This past season if I saw Ford running a route and the QB saw him I felt confident something good was going to happen. It's easy to see why Brewer has so much confidence in him.
Not a fan. Live four miles from the stadium site in Inglewood. LA is not a football town. Fear it's gonna be similar to situation in SD. 40k plus visitor fans.
And I have a six pack of Crystal Pepsi in my fridge right now. It really is the 90s all over again.
This guy.
I like this guy.
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# | AD Whit Babcock Promises Uniform, Fundraising, Facilities Changes Coming in 2016 Saturday gives an extra travel day and is the normal day students return to campus anyways so it does help. Campus does not normally open on Friday.
He's a little dirty, a little nasty. If he wasn't committed to VT I'd probably hate him.
I like it.
Regulators in the whip
My sense from reading the Post-Dispatch and talking to people was that the city of STL was generally balking at the idea of providing public money for a new stadium. It was going to be super expensive, we obviously have other problems that need to be addressed, and the dome is a sufficient venue for football.
Then the letter Kroenke wrote to other owners and league executives came out, and the gloves were off. He criticized the support the team receives from the area, he used arbitrary economic data against us, and he made the case that it was bad business to have a team in St. Louis. This is in addition to already extorting the city of St. Louis and surrounding areas out of hundreds of millions of dollars by using LA as leverage while never showing any vested interest in the team's residency in St. Louis, or the city of St. Louis itself. He never took the time to engage in the community or be a part of the Rams' footprint here, despite being born and raised in Missouri. Then he bemoans the position of the Rams among the other STL sports, even going as far as saying that the city could not support three professional sports teams. Also all along, he and the COO Kevin Demoff conducted one or two interviews giving absolute "NOs" to any question of making this move. This letter was really the final nail in the coffin, and this past week, the city has completely turned on Kroenke and his team business.
Tonight I get the general sense that people are disappointed that they are leaving; not because they wanted the Rams to stay on the conditions that Kroenke dictated, but because we were in such an inferior and vulnerable position to be dictated to in the first place. The people of St. Louis had practically no say in the Rams staying or leaving despite being the ones to pay for tickets and jerseys and parking for the past 20 years. The Rams were loved here, despite 9 straight seasons under .500. St. Louis and its residents were the collateral Kroenke put up when he began the process of moving to LA; we are the ones to take on all the negatives of such a move.
In the end I think STL will be better for not having to sit underneath that huge debt for a new stadium. I also think "LA Rams" is a historically great entity, and I hope Kroenke's sliminess doesn't screw it up. The residual resentment toward Kroenke in this city though is well earned. I just hope we can move on sooner rather than later.
It's all about coaching really. The balls to call the play knowing the need for momentum was so needed and the coaching to see the poor player layout.
the kick was great but look at the orange jerseys vs white jerseys
How do you really judge/rank special teams
For the full year Alabama took only 2 Onside kicks and had only one kickoff returned for a touchdown
Duke leads the country with 4 Touchdown returns while Memphis is #2 in Touchback percentage.
Alabama is tied for 2nd in blocked kicks/punts while VT is tied for 2nd to last
Wow, I haven't seen you, Smirkley, since the old ESPN ACCylum days.
"As well as Clemson played, a little ST magic could've made the difference."
A little ST magic would have made the difference for us in our title game with FSU, too. I got a big, jarring dose of reality in that game, when it was quite evident that we had not cornered "ST magic" market. FSU handed us our ST asses that night.
Championship teams seemingly only use ST plays when the need to - it isn't an integral part of their business plan.
Watching Alabama execute that onside kick made me wonder if they had that gimmick in the warehouse for years, but never had the need to trot it out. It was awe-inspiring, really - I hate the way Bama is so far ahead of the pack - but that game showcased an organization that was ready to deal with any contingency, with cool efficiency. In my mind, it wasn't much different than how I see the US military - just superior in every way. They have the best resources, the best personnel, the best leadership... training...experience... history...on and on...
Getting to that level just does not seem possible.
That's because that's been the Beamer Way and what worked before isn't always the best going forward
Clemson has ~30% of recruiting from in state.. They Recruit Heavily in Ga and FL and we recruit lightly in GA and lighter in FL. We recruited Heavy in VA ~60%
Top 15 so far isn't going to win a National Championship. Top 10 or really good Offense system
I have been homesick for two weeks
Blackbird Bakery. You're welcome.
There's nothing unusual about that. In the 90 years since naming a national champion was popularized, there have probably been at least 300 claimed championships. Michigan and Notre Dame both claim 11, but only one and two respectively were outright.
I want to believe he was joking, but being that this is Jim Harbaugh I wouldn't doubt he was totally serious. That man might be the most intense person on the planet.