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I'm assuming he's talking Indiana based on his twitter page pic.
For a knee injury a meniscus tear is about as minor as it gets
This is traditionally how we have had success. Coach up good players (3* mostly, some 4*) and leverage the on-field success to get a few game-breaker 5* players. Of course, we have more teams in our backyard these days, taking some of that premiere 757 talent, but we can put ourselves in a good position. There's no longer uncertainty about the coaching staff's future, so that element of negative recruiting is gone. If we can return to being a Coastal contender, we will get a few of those top guys that can push us towards national relevance. It's a good recipe. As long as Fuente can sell a vision of success at VT, promote our facilities, academics, and the fact that we still have a family-first atmosphere, he will do fine.
In regards to Adam Rowe and Duke's 24/7 reports:
Seen reports putting IU in Pinstripe Bowl. Per IU, nothing is official yet.
It sounds like said reports are premature, but ... (1/2) #iufb— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) December 6, 2015
(2/2) ... things are trending toward IU spending the holidays in New York. #iufb— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) December 6, 2015
But again, IU says nothing is official, and from what I'm hearing, that is indeed the case. #iufb— Zach Osterman (@ZachOsterman) December 6, 2015
Yeah winning is number 1 I think.
For all the hoopla around Fuente's recruiting, I honestly don't think he'll set the world on fire out on the recruiting trail. I'm hoping that his assistants will be very good at recruiting, because my impression of him is that he is a pretty down-to-earth, no nonsense guy, and my impression of a good recruiter is that of a consummate salesman. I don't think he's the sales type.
Don't get me wrong, I think he'll do fine, I just don't think we're going to start pulling in multiple 5-star guys every cycle (not that anyone is outwardly claiming this).
Coaches and their reps will never let that happen.
Real name is Marc Clay Mendenhall.
'Clay Mendenhall' seems more hooish; seems to fit more than Bronco.
I wish they did this every week. My favorite is Cutcliffe ranking UNC 7th. The guy is too nice.
Thanks Joe always good to see what coaches voted where especially for fellow conference teams.
Everything uniform related should be finalized, I'd think. Consider they order uniforms in November for the next season, I would think they'd be ordered.
Fair enough. I certainly agree, this would be odd.
This is what I was referring to.
Not sure what is going to happen with Belk. Feel confident UNC to Russell Athletic, Miami to Sun, Duke to Pinstripe, UL to Music City.— Andrea Adelson (@aadelsonESPN) December 6, 2015
And Duke's 24/7 site is reporting Duke to the Pinstripe is done. But they also claim this, so it could be a joke.
With over 49,000 tickets to sell, Duke's large alumni base in New York City as well as a fanbase that's shown willing to travel to bowl games basically anywhere on the east coast.
Not sure which is worse, the grammar in the sentence above or the actual statement.
Well, she did say "if," so it's certainly not a lock, but I just wonder why that's even a plausible scenario. Sure, anything is possible, but Duke fans are not going to travel to NY for a bowl game. I just don't see it.
I am in 100% agreement with this. Not sure why anyone thinks Duke to the Pinstripe is a lock.
If they do it'll have to be in the back of the OOC. With the moves in the Coastal, still think UVa is going to be having a rough time
Which makes it an even better chance for Nashville to get the final say. Also, that's why I used the "" - not a pecking order but Nashville got a damn good ND team (in regards to other choices and fan travel) and shouldn't be allowed to get a team over the Belk if it comes down to it.
Last I heard from one of VT's licensing attorneys a couple weeks ago was that it was still in the fledging stages. There's been a couple of concepts tossed around but nothing finalized yet. But we should have new uniforms, fonts, etc. come week 1 of the 2016 season.
Not sure Duke has the traveling fan base to make a trip to Pinstripe profitable for them. Pitt to Pinstripe makes better geographical sense, which means Belk could take VT over Duke.
It's not supposed to be picks anymore, it's supposed to be a tier process acting all together, both the bowl games and the ACC working together.
If Russell wants UNC; Sun wants Miami; Pinstripe wants Duke; Music City wants UL, leaves Belk to Pitt. But this is only 1 scenario.— Andrea Adelson (@aadelsonESPN) December 6, 2015
Bit more clarity on ACC bowl process. If ND+FSU go to NY6, only way for VT to make Belk is for Sun/Pinstripe/Music City to take UM + Pitt.— Andrea Adelson (@aadelsonESPN) December 6, 2015
Not looking good. But Nashville got ND last year (pretty much the first pick in tier 1) so I am thinking they will be forced to have the last "pick" and take Pitt.
Nope. I didn't want to crush his hopes and dreams this early on though. They may get there eventually but I see 2018 at the earliest
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Stop.
Recruiting class ratings have been shown multiple times of being very strong predictors of on field success. Even under Beamer when the narrative was we were "coaching up" under rated players, we were statistically playing similarly to our recruiting class rating most of the time. Trust me, we want more 4 and 5 start recruits.
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# | BUZZKETBALL CENTRAL: Arkansas Pine-Bluff Golden Lions (2-6) at Virginia Tech Hokies (4-3) 3PM ESPN3 Radford actually has a decent team and will be one of the more formidable teams we've played all year. They beat Georgetown and Penn State on the road, and Georgetown just beat 15th ranked Syracuse.
What's the word on him? Has his grades improved?
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