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Hmm, that doesn't have the simplicity and straightforwardness of this document:
Same. What the hell is up with that?
The ACC "places" teams, so they may not want to duplicate an early season 2016 matchup.
I don't think Tennessee gets to the Belk, one of the Florida bowls (Citrus or Outback) make more sense for them.
I'm calling VT vs. UGA in Charlotte.
Whit, I give you an A+.
I'm a graduating senior this year, so in the four years I've been here I've seen a huge change in leadership. The university president, athletic director, head football coach, and head basketball coach have all been changed since I got here in fall 2012. I think all four hires have been amazing for this university. Dr. Sands and Whit really know how to engage the students and the fanbase, and the two head coaching hires have been slam dunks. I think Virginia Tech is in a fantastic position to make huge strides forward both academically and athletically.
Where have you heard this? I only ask because it makes zero sense (to me) to not take VT if they could select Tennessee.
The only people that might be upset would be BMS. The bowl game would sell out in minutes, and I doubt the Belk Bowl has ever done that.
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WTF.
If you think we believe in Whit now, wait until we upgrade, re-seat and put students courtside in Cassell.
I fully expect the university to address Whit's compensation in the near future. I'd imagine out of necessity.
Sands, Whit, Landsen, Reed-Francois, Morris, KJ, Fuente, Buzz not to mention members of the staff that were previously in place. Pretty remarkable few years in Blacksburg.
Wow, the fact we only had 2 defensive players (by my count, correct me if wrong) speaks volumes to the work Bud did this year. Yeah our defense dipped by our standards but it's still a top 30 defensive unit and he did it with a pretty green group of kids. This list, and more so the absence of a lot of Hokies on the list, just accentuates that.
Well then you should be happy...because it is NOT a word. And I agree....our language is not "evolving" but instead devolving as Americans grow more lazy and uneducated.
Jerry Palm, Mark Schlabach, & Brett McMurphy all have the Belk Bowl taking VT.
A poster above mentioned Tennessee - all of three of them also have UT in the Outback Bowl.
I just have one more request for you Whit, when will you take ECU off of our damn schedule?
Will Bud have to make any dramatic changes to the way he conditions and prepares his defense, assuming of course, Fuente carries over his up-tempo style of offense? If so, what might those be? Naturally, the offense outscoring the opponent, eliminates most worries...
Im actually a little suprised Maddy made 1st team.
I'm a little surprised Facyson didn't make the cut, he had a pretty solid year.
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# | Report: Memphis Assistants Holman Wiggins and James Shibest to Join Justin Fuente at Virginia Tech Scott was promoted this year to DC due to Odom leaving. While, if hired at VT, it would technically be a demotion, he probably will have no offers to be a DC this upcoming year (Memphis D dropped significantly after Odom left). So, I don't know if a demotion would be a major factor. If he came to VT, he will probably get paid the same ($220K at Memphis), at a P5 school, under one of the best coaches in the game, and continue to work with Fuente. Not saying it will happen, but I could easily see it happening and may already be in effect (speculation from Cornell Brown tweets).
I don't think there is a better Athletic Director in college athletics right now.
And Dr. Timothy Sands knows it. He said as much himself. We're in great hands! :D
I like this. He talked about recruiting kids that fit the schemes he wants to run, but clearly he's not going to recruit people and try to cram them into his scheme whether it works or not. It hits in my mind the perfect balance between a schizophrenic offense that can't figure it wants to be (what we've had in the past) and a place where they run their thing whether its getting the desired results or not (Georgia Tech and Auburn in certain years come to mind). I like this.
I'm curious, where have we ever seen our current coaches talk about recruiting to their "system" on offense? Seems like that's been a much bigger issue defensively. All the talk this year was about how Loeffler could use his TEs, and how he would move things around to create matchups for them. For the most part, that's what we've seen.
Keep in mind, a lot of the depth issues we had this year are still there, although with the redshirts and hopefully a couple skill guys that might come to provide talented depth, we're in a much better spot than we were at any point in the past 4 seasons. I'm cautiously optimistic we'll see immediate offensive results, but I hope we don't get too caught up in offensive rankings at TCU or Memphis and think Fuente will immediately turn ours into a top-10 unit.
Shane Beamer to Memphis!!
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE.
Frank's first win was against Navy. Would be kind of cool to see that be his last one too.
He was also a SI 'Face in the Crowd' in high school
you are correct. 'apart' would mean separate from. 'a part' is, well, exactly what it looks like.
He intercepted all the ballots with his name on them.