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# | Virginia Tech 8/18 Offensive Media Session: Notes, Quotes and Observations It seems much more important that the first team offensive line develop its cohesion before worrying about the backups. Teller is the best offensive lineman on the team. Him repping with the twos doesn't seem like anything more than a piddly, inane slap on the wrist.
Hope he doesn't bring that ugly ass WVU guitar...
you're completely out of touch. Calling me Independent would not bother me. I don't think you should be bothered by me calling a Fraternity a "frat".
Calling me a "God Damn Independent" does bother me. I would fully expect you to be offended by me saying you're part of a "God Damn Frat"
I think Motuapuaka will play well this year. I know there is a lot of apprehension about the guy, but:
- It is his 3rd year in the program so he has gained experience
- He got some playing time last year
- There is plenty of film for him to study
- He has a hell of a DL in front of him
- Bud Foster is his coach
In the miami clip it almost seems like matuapuaka still has in his eyes in the backfield watching the QB for whatever reason while he carries out his fake. If he was more confident that it was in fact a run he would be more aggressive downhill.
Having more experience should help him play faster, and the faster he makes those reads the quicker he can get to crushing some RBs in the backfield!
I have nothing against fratboys or sorority girls. I'm marrying a sorority girl and some of my best friends were members of frats. I do not have an issue with greek-life personally. I'm just making the point that when you categorize non-greek students as "God Damn Independents" that is a show of arrogance and entitlement which completely undermines that argument that Fratboys aren't douchebags. I have never once said that I don't like what Frats stand for. I'm merely pointing out that the wind is taken out of the sails of the argument when you toss out arrogant, derisive terms to identify a group of people with whom you do not identify. You're not helping the case by trying to turn it back on me. I have not once posted anything bad about frats or sororities. I would love for everyone to just get along and be able to live with each other without judgement but I won't stand for being grouped into a group with the title 'God Damn..(whatever)..'
if you're having trouble understanding why calling non-greek students "God Damn Independents" is a problem try saying something like "those God Damn Indians want to change the Redskins mascot" and then try to convince Native Americans that you're not racist. It won't work.
As a GDI myself, this categorization of non-greek students offends me.
1. I was greek and I've never heard of "GDI".
2. I don't know if living in the Fraternity house is like living with non-greek roommates. I was in a fraternity and never lived with any of my fraternity brothers. I won't claim its the same or different. But there's no sense of entitlement (the real definition) that I know of
3. There are greeks who are the nicest people you'll ever meet (many I met outside my own fraternity), and there are some who are douches (some inside my own fraternity). And guess what? The same occurs outside the greek system too (amazing, right? /s)
this argument does nothing but give me resentment towards greek-life
If you had a bad experience with a greek organization, I'm sorry to hear that. If individuals wearing greek letters act like a-holes towards people who are outside of the greek community, shame on them. It is YOUR CHOICE to extrapolate that experience to the rest of the greek organizations. Your resentment of "the greek system" as a whole is your own fabrication and wholly unjustified.
We are all hokies, and the people I was friends with in the greek community never acted towards people outside that community any differently (except to spare they conversation about greek oriented stuff that they don't care about)
What happens if a guy goes down and the 2nd guy doesn't have any of the same trust, communication or cohesiveness with the other starting 4?
Arrogant and classist? So are you offended by WTF too like some OSU fans?
It's no different than calling it a "frat."
GDIs = "God Damn Independents;" someone who wasn't a member of a fraternity/sorority
If true....that sentiment undermines the whole argument...when you cast 'non-greek' people as "God Damn Independents" while you're trying to defend the sanctity of frats and sororities, all it really does is create an even sharper divide between fratboys/sorority sisters and non-fratboys/sorority sisters. As a "GDI" myself, this categorization of non-greek students offends me. In so doing, instead of convincing me that Frats and Sororities are just like living with normal roommates, it indicates to me that Frat boys and Sorority girls are arrogant and they believe they're above lowly GDIs
this argument does nothing but foster my resentment towards greek-life
The absolute worse case scenario is that Teller is our backup guard. For a team that had zero OL depth coming out of Spring, I'll take that every single day.
Country Concert
Good Thing: Lots of Girls in tight shorts and cowboy boots.
Bad Thing: Most are underage.
Seriously? The way you present this argument, the only difference is the side of the fence you are on. Reading both entries, you both are saying the same exact thing: the other side is arrogant and entitled and you don't like what they stand for. (Read whatever you want into it, read it however you want. You know your mind is already made up whether you like Greek members or not. I really don't care. But this has devolved into something completely simple and childish and should just stop now.)
Everyone grow up. You're out of college now, so act like it.
I disagree...referring to a group of people who differ from you in that they are not a member of a frat/sorority as "God Damn"-anything is exactly what entitlement looks like. It's arrogant and classist. The message sent when you say something like that is that "people who are not a part of an organization like me don't deserve to be treated with the respect that I deserve because I'm a member of such an organization."
Entitlement is defined as "the belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment"
But when they find out you're media...
He's a country guy, and to me, they all sound the same. I don't know any of his songs either, but I think I'm still going for some reason. It's all about the atmosphere for me that weekend
Also, I don't know if Mato missed the bubble on that second clip, so much as the entire OL disappeared to the right.
I have no idea who this person is and can't name a single song he sings.
Well, wasn't expecting a "what are our options" analysis for this position. This concerns me that we have to ask the question (rover I understand, for example), but I suppose even though we've got experience returning, we really don't know what we've got until a full offseason of being "the guy" is in the books.
That's a huge stretch there....
good to know there are folks here who know what i'm talking about!
-He has a hell of a secondary behind him