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Also Major Williams, Femoyer, Cowgill, and Derring. I think that's all of them...
The comments on that article are freaking atrocious.
yup, it will happen.
Ugh...Randolph.
That is truly awesome. God wants him to be a Hokie!
Love it.
gotta go with the clemson game. My first son was born at 4 that morning, and his first thing to watch on tv was the VT vs. Clemson game while my wife slept off the birth ordeal. A great day!
First the team needs to be improved, then Cassel.
Also Randolph (where I am now), Whittemore, Litton Reaves, Wallace and the GLC are all difference colors of brick.
Yeah Ricky not 300 lbs yet but I am more concerned about guys strength than size. He is 280lbs many D1 DT play at that weight and am sure he will gain as soon as he hits the burg. Hope they all are hitting those weights.
Explosion is a great desrciption.
I think next season there is a good chance Emelogu may find it harder to get on the court than it is this season
This is about the only thing I disagree with here. Ben is about the purest athlete we have at guard and the only reason he even is in Blacksburg, is because of knee injury wiped out his entire senior season. With a full offseason to develop and get healthy, he will be even better next year. I don't really agree with him being captain, but I do see him starting next year. Smith is better off the bench and with the way Wilson is playing this year, I'm sure he'll be the starter against at point. I think Mueller being able to come in for him will help Wilson get rest and the team won't miss at much since he is a natural point guard.
If I had to name a captain based on game performance and watching practices, I'd say either JVZ or Will Johnston. They are the main ones being vocal in practice and both have busted their butts off to improve this year.
No comments about today's developments?
Russia is OUTSKIE
There are only so many reps slots at the ones and twos. There is no prior camp to decide who lines up first. As I said they would both get an opportunity but there has to be a pecking order to decide who gets the first reps. I would assume that if BRown came or even NNadi they would have gotten reps before Ricky at the start of camp. SS may overtake him eventually but I still believe the higher rated kids get first shot at Tech and anywhere else in the country.
Agreed. We also don't have the local population to regularly fill a larger stadium. I'm fine with a place where every seat has a decent view of the action. Cassell just needs some modern touches.
It was just an explosion of noise. I watched the tape of the game after I got back and almost none of the noise translated to the TV broadcast. But it was there.
I would start with...
- Moving the students to one side of the court
- improving the interior lighting
There, the atmosphere is already better.
I think we should put a basketball team in Cassell before getting rid of it personally.
The place can explode even in years we are terrible.
One of the wildest nights I've ever experienced in Cassell was the 2003 UVa game. Even while UVa was unranked, we beat em by 18 in Cassell and the place was nuts throughout. One of the most nutty moments I experienced at Tech was the Coleman Collins tip in at the buzzer in the 2004 game against Rutgers to send us to MSG for the Big East Tourney. Those were seasons we were truly bad, but the team showed some promise and the fans responded. Those moments were every bit as wild as the 2007 game against #1 UNC when we absolutely pantsed them before Seth called off the dogs.
Cassell will fill up. Just give the fans a reason. Nobody is going to show up to watch a program that has stagnated or is truly awful with little signs of hope. We don't have to fill up a 14k seat arena every night right away, but give the fans hope, and they will show up. We'll fill a 14k arena for the big games if there is a buzz about the program, and if you haven't noticed, its becoming pretty standard to have big name opponents in Cassell twice a month in the ACC. No, we're not going to be UNC, but really, if you think big picture, settling for an arena of 8k-10k might actually be a bit short sighted.
Thanks for finding that. +1!!
Great Write-Up. Learned a bunch. Thanks for that.
These analysis articles on our recruits by French and the Intense Night game memories by the Dozer are making Spring a lot more tolerable. Keep 'em coming!!
I was wondering when he would actually start utilizing this. They actually moved the stats guys to our bench side of the scoring table this offseason so they could do some in game statistical analysis.
Meanwhile the US is cruising, and Canada is having some problems, eh?