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ACowne63's picture ACowne63 | 10 years 11 months # | 2 Hokie QB's in same NFL game?

Seems to me that Rex did us a favor. Mike won't start neither will Tyrod, that means they are likely going to be playing at the same time.

TechHokie13's picture TechHokie13 | 10 years 11 months # | Ohio State Wide Receiver Noah Brown Suffers Leg Injury

Seriously. It took all 11 guys around the line of scrimmage for us to even have a prayer of slowing down the OSU running game. How Oregon planned on doing that with 9 guys, I'll never know.

NerdMagic's picture NerdMagic | 10 years 11 months # | Media members saw monitor with fines listed at VT

I see what you're saying about the uniforms and equipment. Thanks for clearing that up. I think this will be a decently sized deal until it's discovered other schools do this as well.

Choppin wood by the JUGS's picture Choppin wood by the JUGS | 10 years 11 months # | Media members saw monitor with fines listed at VT

honestly to me its not a big deal.. but I guess that's because I work for an NCAA school and we have a similar discipline program.. and it makes sense once you put the reasons/facts down on the table.

HokieStone's picture HokieStone | 10 years 11 months # | Media members saw monitor with fines listed at VT

I thought the point was that this is not against NCAA rules for bowl games, as those are perks. However, it is not a good idea to keep doing it. It is however against NCAA rules with regard to COA as that is now a part of scholarship. That said, it hadn't been implemented yet. Both are now shut down, so it is a PR issue, not a legal issue. Is that right?

NerdMagic's picture NerdMagic | 10 years 11 months # | Media members saw monitor with fines listed at VT

I agree student athletes will likely make some money off the trips and stipends. I worry more about the numbers where you see $1600 for multiple uniform violations. I could definitely see the click bait "Virginia Tech Fines Players Thousands of Dollars" thrown out there as it is sensational.

MVhokie69's picture MVhokie69
| 10 years 11 months # | Media members saw monitor with fines listed at VT

To be fair we got a lot less for the smaller bowls. If you don't count the clothes and other small items we got, I only broke even on the Russel Athletic, lost money on the Sun Bowl, and only came out $20ish positive on the military bowl. That being said the experiences were priceless.

DBHT14's picture DBHT14 | 10 years 11 months # | Bitter blog - Babcock offers clarification on player fines, shuts down entire practice

The crazy part is that VT likely cant do it under the current P5 rules, since in January the P5 voted to redefine a full ride as inclusive of the COA stipend, and you have to offer a full scholarship to play football, thus you need to offer a full COA stipend to stay in the P5.

But it is completely option for the G5, so Cinci can offer as much or as little as they think they can "afford". So Cinci could get away with adjustments semester to semester for a player's COA stipend accomplishing the same thing as a fine.

Just another point of how much the COA/Scholarship shift by the P5 has turned it into the Wild West, without even going into the individual school's COA values.

NickVT10's picture NickVT10 | 10 years 11 months # | Ohio State Wide Receiver Noah Brown Suffers Leg Injury

It is never good to hear of an injury. Any time you lose a player, it impacts your team. He was above the other players for a reason. How far of a drop of in talent and production is to be seen but it will still be an impact.

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