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This place is new. Haven't had a chance to go home and try it yet.
True, but they did lose to Alabama, 38-0.
As stated, Ridgewood is incredible!! Lines out the door every day its open.
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# | Great Bitter article on if Virginia Tech can win a national title Something's off in his table of recruiting rankings. He's got our 14-year average as 45, noting we're well behind Clemson, but I calculate it to be 28, only a little bit behind. Or am I missing something?
EDIT: looks like his table just copies and pastes the 2002 cell for Nebraska and VT.
Yeah I'm aware of what is around, looking for someone's experience at some of them to give a recommendation.
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# | Great Bitter article on if Virginia Tech can win a national title I can't put into words how awesome it was to experience the 1999 game...wait maybe I just did!
The game I remember most from that year is the BC game and the feeling immediately after...being on the field grabbing large chunks of turf, the sound the goal post made being uprooted, and on and on and on!
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# | Great Bitter article on if Virginia Tech can win a national title Depth is definitely an issue. At one point in the second half last night, the commentators noted that (after a Clemson 3-and-out), Bama had their 2nd team in. I don't know if we could do a wholesale sub of even our entire line at this point and compete at an elite level, let alone any subs at LB and DB. We have some good top-line talent, but until the 2nd string is as good as (or close to) those guys, it's really hard to compete at an elite level.
It was homerific
Also, Johnson City Brewing Company is owned by a Hokie
http://johnsoncitybrewing.com/
you want to be the best, you gotta beat the best. Glad he's coming back. Gonna make for a better game.
Oklahoma's center was impressed:
This dude is a savage. Best LB we played https://t.co/crz7zLNgAJ— Ty Darlington (@TyDarlington56) January 12, 2016
Some pretty good breweries are popping up in the area if you want to check out some local beers.
I have only been to Wolf Hills in Abingdon so far (http://wolfhillsbrewing.com)
But have heard good things about:
Bristol Brewery: http://www.bristolbrew.com/#!home/mainPage
Holston River Brewing Company: http://hrbrewing.weebly.com/home.html
Damascus Brewery: http://m.thedamascusbrewery.com/OUR-BEER.html#default.html
Check the hours because they aren't always open
If you rent an RV, it will/should come with anything you'd need to hook up in a full service campground. You will have a decent sized fresh water tank, a reasonable hot water tank, and propane to run them. Most campgrounds these days have electric and water, the ones who cater to RV's will likely have sewage hook ups as well. Your RV will have a holding tank for sewage and gray water. Depending on usage, you may be ok with that even if you don't have a sewage hook up, most campgrounds having a sewage dump station on site. Even without water hook ups, you can usually find good water to put in jugs and transfer to your RV's fresh water tank. Some RVs will do just fine without any hookups for a little while, but batteries do run down and not all things can be run on propane or battery, AC being the most notable.
I have recently returned from 33 straight days camping, and found that while there will be exceptions, most campground fees are reasonable for the location, and to our way of life, more comfortable and fun than motels.
Many private campgrounds offer cable hook ups as well, and RVs often come equipped with plug ins.
That's about all I got. Hope it helps.
without him I'm sure they Maybin more worried about next season. His return Reeves little doubt that they'll be confident and stout defensively.
most RVs you can rent will come with on board water and sewer tanks. Bristol may still have some lots with water and sewer hook ups but they'll be on the expensive side. I'm not sure about electric hook-ups at Bristol but you can always rent a generator with your RV to solve that problem. Biggest consideration you'll probably need to make is gas money for an RV. The closer you can rent it to Bristol the better off you'll be.
Yes to Bella's! Great pizza
RV or Hotel? I feel like the true Bristol move is to RV it, but I've never rented an RV before - what things must I consider as far as water, electricity, sewage, etc?
Making the playoffs is tough, no doubt. I'm not sold we have the recruits to do it, but that may be true.
Having the depth of talent to actually win a championship? That's another thing entirely.
Unless you are incredibly lucky, your team is going to suffer attrition to the first team. Good depth allows you to sub your big boys in and out with little drop off in production.
Lack of depth is what killed us in 99 & 2k, IMO. Key injuries cost us games, where with Alabama, they just cost you a series or two, but rarely a game and almost never the season results.
This last two years has displayed that all too clearly.
Is it really a big surprise? It has been 4 years since we were relevant
Michigan State's classes were worse than ours
Last summer at Army Basic Training, was there with a bunch of 18 yr olds. Many of them didn't know who VT was, I was shocked. And yes, they very well could have been living under a rock but still, they're out there.
So I am 100% in agreement that it could be us someday, and I am liable to writing this then getting called out in the near future, BUT I don't think our talent is there at the current moment. I believe it is getting there and hell, Clemson had a ton of first year starters on their roster this playoff drive. What I think needs to happen is:
1) We consistently make the ACCCG.
2) We bring in at least a 5* recruit per year (I can dream)
3) We have an "it" factor the year we make our run. It could be a Mike Vick, a Tyrod Taylor, a Kevin Jones, an entire team of Fullers, but we need that catalyst on our team.
I love setting high expectations but that should be a 5 or 10 year plan. In the immediate future I would love to get back to winning our side of the conference and beating the hell out of LOLUVA, GT, and Miami. I really think the infrastructure, coaching, and administration is all there. We just can't make excuses for another mediocre or substandard year. To get on that level excellence must be the standard.
Frank has no clue how to root for anyone but the Hokies. Sorry Shane