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Just got my mini pass season tickets!
I send an office email out if I have spare or extra tickets for a game listing the seats and just requesting cover value. They are generally gone in under 10 minutes.
Come on. They also go to class, where guys fantasize about them fighting each over giant Tootsie rolls.
The term "purchasing friends" is a little hyperbolic...I prefer to think of it like the sorting hat in Harry Potter.
I think you can't do this without looking at the Greek system in general.
The whole concept is based on an aura of exclusivity, depending on which fraternity/sorority. Some more than others. A big part of the sale is that you're lucky to be a member.
Now that people hook up on tinder, the fraternity party may not be strictly necessary.
As I pointed out, the entire sorority system at UA has a very low number of minorities. It's entirely plausible that they actually only have white sisters, and didn't intentionally exclude minorities from the video.
From what I heard, this sorority is also doing a service project to promote public awareness of the plight of Ghetto Kroger, so I guess they're ok.
Hotties fighting each other with giant Tootsie rolls.
just sayin'.
They're just to meant to group together similar people so they develop stronger friendships while in college..
Are you admitting that sororities/frats are just a method to purchase friends? I always thought there was more meaning/purpose to them... /s
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What about that Black football player that appears in several scenes? He must be an honorary member.
The magnitude of the difference is the thing. In the VT bowl era, Tyrod is the clear 2nd best qb. Brewer is on the Clark/Noel/Glennon end of the spectrum.
Same for Rock/Virgil. They were nice CBs and at most other schools, might even be somewhat revered. At VT, they were solid and unspectacular. Fuller and Facyson may be the best pair we have ever had.
they want to show themselves having fun, looking friendly, and being attractive.
And white. Very white
As someone who was in a fraternity in college and spent a little bit of time in my early 20's on sites like TFM.com...I think this is completely blown out of proportion. There are literally dozens of sorority recruitment videos like this on the internet. I think the only reasons why this is a big deal is: 1) It's Alabama and it's easy to take cheap shots at Alabama when it comes to racism and 2) They had that whole ordeal of the a black freshman girl who didn't get into any sorority when apparently she was the "perfect candidate".
Sororities aren't meant to be a utopia of the collegiate experience. They're just to meant to group together similar people so they develop stronger friendships while in college and they have something to connect to when they graduate. If you want to join, great. If you don't, who the fuck cares. I don't see the point in bashing them.
K - Pace vs. Slye - Slye because (1) the leg and (2) NC State.
To extrapolate:
Head Coach: wash
RB's: Billy Hite vs Shane Beamer. Love Shane, but even he would give the nod to Coach Hite.
Offensive Coach: B. Stinespring vs S. Loeffler. Love loyal Hokie Stinespring, but I would LIKE to think Lefty has a higher ceiling...we'll soon find out.
QB's: OCain vs Loeffler. Loeffler, so says LT3.
OLine: New some vs Searels. Hmmmmm. Hard to say. /S
WR's: Sherman vs Burden. I'm gonna go with the unproven Burden, but I could be mistaken.
Defense: duh. Bud rules.
Secondary: duh. Torrian rules.
D-line: duh. Wiles rules.
LB's: Cavanaugh vs. Cornell. I love me some Coach Brown, but gotta go with Cav.
I like our staff now...much higher upside in my opinion, but ask me after the season.
You also have to look at this in the context of the Greek system at Alabama, specifically that they have been criticized for their lack of diversity.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/09/19/all-these-girls-ar...
A) It's crap like this that gives sororities a bad name
B) Way to pick a terrible version of that song for your video...
I think the commentary surround this fails to put it in context. It was put out by the girls themselves to be viewed by potential pledges, as a sort of advertising. So of course they want to show themselves having fun, looking friendly, and being attractive. Because the potential pledges are likely looking for a fun and welcoming sorority where they can be hot by association. Yes, it highlights stereotypes. But they're selling a social sorority. Not a service or professional sorority. So they focus on the social aspects. Yes, most of the girls shown are white girls with blonde hair. But that's pretty standard across all of Alabama's sororities. The number of minorities is very low across the board. But imagine if they had gone out of their way to feature some diversity. It would come of as shallow and insincere. It would seem like they were using minorities as mascots. Overall, I'd say this is getting waaaaay more negative attention than it deserves.
I think I'm beyond analysis at this point. These teams need to play.
The following applies to both fanbases: pre-season optimism is a wonderful thing, yet full of inflated expectations, and a first game against a quality opponent will generally bring everyone's head back to reality - part of which will be ugly (compared to the parallel reality of the pre-season optimism).
In my experience, when the last second ticks off, and the score is final, we usually say, "I should have seen that coming. The evidence was there. I just refused to see it" - which is the problem with the fairies dancing around in our heads in the pre-season. The crash back to reality is painful - but can be eased by a minimum of a 12 pack. :)
Should this coaching staff be concerned about the 2019 QB?
Welcome HokieJeep...sure do miss mine. :)
I think I saw a couple of 9's in there, so they're trying to diversify from just having 10's.
I would echo this. I used them at last years UVA game and had no issue, but that was last years UVA game. I'm sure the handful of uber drivers out there will have the inflated rates.