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They showed the different views of the rendering and this thing is going to be top of the line and still incorporate a lot of Virginia Tech into it. It is going to be multipurpose as well so I think that should help bring in some donors.

He was given 60% of his contract for the rest of his contract to "go away." Call it what you want.

I never said he was bought out, I know what a buy out is. I said he was "given an incentive to retire early." This is exactly what happened.

I was going to upvote this but I can't get over the "VaTech." Please edit for upvote

1) It's $460k according to sources.
2) If he's still employed by the school but in a different capacity and is still being paid for '14 and '15 -- the last two years of his contract -- he hasn't been bought out. A buyout means "here's your money, now enjoy free agency/unemployment."

Painted endzones? On the practice fields?

And to be quite honest, they aren't the only sports with that potential for the future of athletics. At this point, I'd put baseball up there, especially in the ACC. No reason ACC baseball shouldn't be viewed along the same lines as single-A or double-A minor leagues. We should be able to charge admission and we should be able to make some revenue back from it. Even if you charged $5 a ticket, thats still money that will help offset costs to run the program.

And long-term, thinking big picture, if we could eventually develop a varsity hockey team, thats even more potential revenue for the school that would help offset costs, and potentially turn a profit.

So to summarize, its not just football. We need to be doing what we can to maximize revenue to have additional money to spend to further maximize revenue in the future. Build on ourselves, and we'll flourish in the future.

Andy, thanks for all the stats.
A couple observations:
1. Branthover vs Ludwig average distance, # of TBs, and opposing team average start indicates that Ludwig kicks it higher with about the same distance, giving the coverage team more time to get down field (a large 8 yd difference). He gets some kicks with the wind with altitude accounting for the 10 more TBs.
2. AJ Hughes improvement of 3.5 yards and his 22 punts > 50 yds is just incredible from Freshman to Sophomore years . This guys is a true asset (we already knew this from the Miami game last year, right). Andy, if you could include our opposition punt return average vs national rankings we'd understand if punt coverage is an issue or if it improved also over last 2 years, helping contribute to Hughes #s.
3. Punt return average of 5.3 yds seems very pedestrian. Where were we nationally? That has to improve.
4. Did we return any punts or kickoffs for TDs last year? No stats there, so I assume no (can't remember). If no, is that the first year in how long we have that unfortunate stat?

As Andy states, this 1/3rd of our game has to improve in a lot of places. I can see we could have been the ACC Coastal Champion if we had only improved on Special Teams last year. That's a huge impact to our season result and end of season Mojo.

I think Santamaria will bring the foot in the fall to compete for the Field Goal kicker position. He'll need ice in his veins - which may be too much to ask of a freshman.

free pizza..

ZIMA...It'll get after ya (but only if you play for UVa)

Yessir - of course going through Value Engineering still, got to match the cost with the funds right now. Lets keep the new donations going!

OT: Little known fact - George C. Scott was born in Wise, VA.