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I like that TerrorDome....it is cool and creepy and would make a good exposition, but needs a climax or drop.
NSFW (language)
Damn, if I was in town I would definitely go see that. Hope a lot of people go out for it!
they already do that
I'm with you on the Apple fanbase being a major deterrent. Most diehard Apple fans that I know tend to have questionable opinions in other areas as well. What kills me is when I ask them why they prefer Apple products I always end up having the same conversation:
Me: "Why do you prefer Apple products?"
Apple Fanboy: "They're superior products."
Me: "Why is that? What do you like about them? What makes them superior to other products?"
Apple Fanboy: "They're just better."
Me: "But, better how?"
Apple Fanboy: "They're just better."
It is okay to have an opinion and brand preference, but if you cannot articulate why, why should I listen to you? If you just told me you like the way they look, I would be fine with that. I just cannot stand, "They're just better" said with absolute certainty with a look that questions why I would be stupid enough to even ask.
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12 years 4 months
# | Bitter blog - Q&A: Bud Foster talks about a trip to Ole Miss, a disappointing Sun Bowl and QB scrambles 
I am really glad I had put my drink down before reading this. Soda through the nose would have been painful.
I tweeted him this thread about two hours ago.
@WhitBabcock http://t.co/KxqRdjSZwF Worth your read I hope. Let us know the best way to support you. #Hokies #Hokieproud— Robert Peterson (@REPETEinDC) March 11, 2014
I'm glad you joined the conversation. We talk a lot on here about some of the things we'd like to see done, and it's pretty rare to have someone bring inside information into the discussion.
Now we just need to get current insiders involved. Quick! Someone tweet Whit that he needs to join up and start some threads.
Don't know if they do this already, but maybe the athletic department could offer some sort of partial season ticket deal. Similar to what professional baseball teams offer. Five game passes where there are a list of games to choose from, weekend game passes so alumni from out of town can actually come, etc.
The Barista's first response wasn't "Holy shit, a talking horse on a treadmill!"?
Very happy you decided to contribute, insightful comments like this are what make the community here so great.
This is my total lack of surprise.
You're partially right, I don't need a beginner's UI, but I do appreciate the major step forward in their UI design. Hell, I have an Android with just about the same UI.
I think the Apple fanbase is a big part of it, too. I drove by the Verizon store on my way to work when the iPhone 5 came out and saw a big line. When I went into Starbucks I asked them what the line was for and they told me it was for the new iPhone. I almost yelled at them, "REALLY?! People are still lining up for that?!"
You are spot on with the costs:
I can remember coming back from a deployment in 2001 and was able to fly into Roanoke from Hilton Head, stay at a good hotel, go to the game and go out on the town as part of a solid weekend and my total expenses were about $450. $100 for the flight, $35 for the game ticket, $190 for the hotel for three nights, and $120 something for downtown/other food over two days.
You might spend that on the hotel alone for a three night stay down there now.
People like to deride Jim Weaver for blaming "the economy" during the late-Seth-era slide. I wonder whether either Weaver or those people considered looking around the corner to find out what was inhaling VT alumni's and fans' limited leisure dollars.
The price of football attendance has skyrocketed. Don't just look at home ticket face value and donations; look at the cost of gas and food for an alumni base centered 3-5 hours north and east, look at the number of "neutral site" or special event games, look at how many nearby road games VT alumni can travel to, look at ACCCGs, and look at travel costs for bowl games. All of these are significantly higher than they were in the Big East days. I'm not saying any of that's bad, I'm just saying that if you've got maybe $2K you can afford to drop on sports in a year, in 2002-03 that would've taken care of all the football you could handle plus a ton of basketball. In 2013 you're probably done after football season, maybe one ACC basketball home game.
I also think taking the post-ACC ticket sales bump as the new normal was perhaps a bad assumption.
All that said: the suggestions about improved gameday experience are good, but in the end hope and winning are what will improve VT basketball attendance. Nothing else.
Sorry to repeat if this was already mentioned. One thing for the family experience would be kids and adults playing on the court after the game. The baseball team allows kids to run the bases and a game of knockout with 2000 students would be awesome
There's only one answer to this problem: More RED PANDA
"Unfortunately Athletics was too concerned that shifting sections would upset the season ticket holders. As if the on-court product wasn't upsetting enough."
Funny, that didn't seem to be a concern in regards to football season ticket holders.
Those are bad but what scares me more: The potential for the iBuck
http://www.thestreet.com/story/11948602/1/could-apple-become-your-next-b...
I can help with the Apple one.
From Cracked: http://www.cracked.com/article_18377_5-reasons-you-should-be-scared-appl...
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12 years 4 months
# | Bitter blog - Q&A: Bud Foster talks about a trip to Ole Miss, a disappointing Sun Bowl and QB scrambles Where mobile QBs hurt us, were primarily in games where we didn't have Kyle Fuller in there. It helps having a smart and athletic ROV/SS like him, because he could read the QBs well. He forced them into crappy situations. Not having a player like that means the mobile QB has the advantage.
You can't tell me that Kyle didn't make QBs afraid, especially GT QBs that got destroyed by him most of the time.
The other side of that, is if the offense doesn't put up the points that force the QB into an unfavorable position of playing from behind, they're going to scramble and make plays.
🥁STICK IT IN🥁
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12 years 4 months
# | Bitter blog - Recruiting prompts Foster, Loeffler to join Twitter Welp, Bud Foster just broke twitter:
Jeez this was funny. Very NSFW, but funny. Reminds me of Cartman in the Elementary School Musical episode.