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# | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD 
Ask me again if this list matters after the entrance against Miami on Thursday night is televised nationally. 66,233 insane people dressed in #ALLMAROONEVERYTHING (that better happen that night this year) rocking Lane, broadcast to a captive audience? I'll take that any day of the week, and I suspect any legitimate fan of college football would, too.
Maybe he's just trying to get back to a "bowl game." I'm not sure he's clear on what that actually is...
this is exciting...won't argue with more offensive players to choose from
Honestly, who the hell started that anyway? There's not another Ohio State University that's talked about all the time and no one abbreviates OK State to OSU (case in point). Let's make TKP a "t"-free zone.
If he (or she *shudder*) even gets through middle school. My wife's a speech therapist in a middle school and comes home with horrific stories.
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# | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD Maybe Searles encouraged him to check out uva(lol) during the trip to make VT look that much better by comparison. It's actually brilliant salesmanship.
a lot of SEC schools are also against an SEC 9 game schedule. i'm guessing many of them would rather take their chances against the ACC than the SEC. and Kentucky, Georgia, USC-e, and Florida would probably all be happy NOT to have another game scheduled for them as well...
I'm proud to say that I will be furthering my education and football career at Virginia Tech!! Go Hokies!! #HOKIENATION— CJ Carroll (@CCswag22) February 7, 2014
Here is his Rivals Profile and his hudl highlights. Seems like a good player coming from a powerhouse program. Should be a solid walkon for the number 1 walkon team in the country. Welcome to Hokie Nation CJ!
GET FULLY DIPPED.
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# | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD Mook Reynolds and CJ Freeman from Greensboro, NC (Northern Guilford) are coming.
Finna be on this road to VT with the boys @snapbackcam @m_reyn6 #Hokies— CJ Freeman (@WhoThat_CJ) February 8, 2014
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# | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD Stonebridge DT Aaron Crawford is coming.
Gotta wake up in 3 hours to go to VT.....— Aaron Crawford (@ACraw57) February 8, 2014
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# | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD Derek Brown from Katy, Texas will be there.
This Texas kid is leaving tomorrow morning to the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech. I know both campuses will be beautiful.— Derek Brown (@DEREK_BROWN98) February 7, 2014
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# | I'm new here and love this site, just wish I had known about it earlier. Great job! Thank you! Lots of posters made me feel welcome on the busiest day of the year probably, so I was impressed. I basically was tired of how posters talked to each other on another site, so I just did a google search on Virginia Tech Message Board Web Sites and it brought up more web sites than I even knew existed for VT sports. I had already looked at the bir recruiting service's boards and one excited me, but I guess I don't see the real value of their costs. Maybe, I'm missing it but until I have better health to where I have more time, I just can't justify those sites. I've been over at TSL in past years.
But after the search, I just looked at the free sites and went to a couple, with yours being near the bottom of the search results page, I almost ddidn't check it out. Something grabbed my eye, so I checked it out, loved a couple articles already written, then moved to the Message Board. I just liked the overall tone of the board, so I decided to then make my post. I tried to register, but the funny part or sad part, is that I had already joined months ago and just didn't remember. Why I registered earlier and then didnt come back is probably because i found your site while I was sick or in the hospital, then simply forgot. Under pain meds and in the hospital can be dangerous on a laptop under the influence, you tend to forget things. :) Anyway, after finally posting, I got some welcomes and a lot of funny posts, so for now this is where I go to check out news and people posting. I'm not a big poster, but when I do post my opinion or thoughts, I don't want to be called some smart arse name, even if I'm wrong. I don't want to be jumped on about my spelling, when it actually was a typo, as my typing skills are bad. On top of that, I have vision problems associated with years fighting a tough chronic disease. So when I make a typo, my vision may not catch Iit and then to be attacked by a fellow Hokie fan is "Hoo-ish" and immature. I see lots of it, not really on me as I don't post much as I mentioned earlier, but to watch supposedly fellow Hokies going after it over stuff that is a turn off to me. In my short time looking on here, I just haven't noticed that kind of behavior. So short story, made long, that is how I got here! Not sure how Google sorts their searches, but I wish yours was up near the top, that would probably generate more traffic. One surprise has been that TSL, Techsideline.com, now VirginiaTechSportswar.com shows some of your site's stories as well as others I didn't know existed, so I think that will be a surprising help to both sites, mainly yours.
Again thank you for all the nice welcomes.
I also loved the fun, people who evidently have been here a long time, were having as well. :)
Best of Health to all!
Sincere Regards!
First off. if this is Brian's dad. You rock for being on TKP.
Second, and while I am no expert here, I like to think I know what your father is saying here Brian. And that is:
forreal the difference between the two is the euro updates almost hourly, so I find much easier to trust because it adapts itself as time goes on and if its showing a trend over a few days that means it doesn't require itself to favor something meaning its trending a certain direction.
Ive been relying a lot on the euro the past few months and against it hasn't let me down to much thus far it even predicted on the "massive snow storm" this weekend missing about a week ahead of time, so Ive got to give it credit where credit is due. I don't always understand the math behind it but as much as I hate to admit it if I was matched up against it in a forecasting challenge I think it would beat me more times than not
the human judgement however comes in when models start disagreeing like the GFS is at this point....however I think in spite of the GFS being a pain in my ass, its going to still be a major event at this point. The gfs is making it a little more difficult to be drunken and confident at it at the same time, either way.....im going to be bashful coooooooooooooooooomon snow! don't make me look like an ass again
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# | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD DuWayne Johnson?
Close enough!
I realize that most SEC programs don't have much concern in this regard but I'm gonna say: Recruiting.
The ACC and SEC are in direct competition with each other regarding recruits. And now that the ACC has toppled the giant before any other conference could that competition could start to get a lot more intense.
Could be wrong but I think it's enough reasoning.
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# | Read and React: "National Signing Day: Cavs' Mike London looks beyond high school coaches to cultivate Virginia Beach pipeline" Your understanding of the situation is what is shocking.
I get that the conversation has been hijacked into a MNC cheating focused thing.
It was never hijacked. The article which this entire thread is about concerns the suspect nature of LOLUVA's connection with these 7v7 coaches.
Parents hire the coaches for their kids and for that reason alone these coaches deserve respect.
Respect is earned not given. And any coach (high school, 7v7 or otherwise) that goes out of their way to publicly shame any program, VT or otherwise, with shithead tweets like "Fuck Tech" and all the dumbass interviews he gives does not deserve respect. No matter his wittle feewings got hurt because a coach did something that made him mad. He should be of better character and know that his foremost job is to get the kid to reach his goals, and not try to direct kids away from one program because he feels he was insulted. That's the definition of someone who is thinking only about himself. What if a kid fits perfectly for VT's scheme, could start immediately and had a chance to play for a championship ring yet he sends him to LOLUVA which runs a scheme they don't fit into well, is a constant loser and doesn't play for championships. Is he doing that kid any favor? That's the dumbest argument I've heard.
because a parent hires a coach there is no reason to think there is something illegal or morally wrong going on.
Not illegal. A violation of NCAA rules. You can avoid it and say just because it happens in basketball and NCAA is stupid that nothing will happen. I don't disagree with your AAU basketball or NCAA stupid points, but that doesn't mean what is happening isn't a violation. High school coaches are part of a governed body of people that fall withing NCAA rules. 7v7 coaches are not, but in a case such as this (read specifically this one and do not overgeneralize to all 7v7 coaches) there is a strong possibility that these coaches can be considered a booster to LOLUVA. Again there are hundreds of cases in the history of NCAA where a kid has been "directed" to a program by someone who can be considered a booster and have gotten in trouble for it. That is not BS as you say. That is fact.
Meanwhile Frank Beamer writes a book saying he doesn't like the role they are playing in modern recruiting. I'm SHOCKED that they don't appreciate the sentiment.
Oh no, someone got their feeling hurt because a coach said he prefers to deal with parents directly. Oh for shame. Give me a break. Seriously, how immature can you be? Frank and any coach have the right to decide what's best for their program. Hell, VT football would still be in the Big Least without him and VT would definitely not have it's name national recognized. If you think that Frank wasn't the instrument of change at VT for football, athletics and the school in general then you are delusional. This is a man that deserves your respect. I have my gripes about him as well, and think he had serious decision making issues during the O'Cainspring era but at the same time I respect the hell out of the man for what he has done. A university coach that took a team from nothing to the national championship with never getting any major violations is something to be revered, not disrespected. A 7v7 coach that has been coaching for just a few years and publicly has an agenda against any program with such wonderful role model worthy tweets as "Fuck Tech" is someone to discredit and look down upon. To say anything else isn't just ignorant, it's stupid.
Beamer is insulated, taking poor decisions, and evidently writing books that just create more trouble.
Insulated? I don't think you know what that word means. Beamer is in the public eye more so than any 7v7 coach. If he sent tweets like these coaches or gave interviews like them there would be serious repercussions. He didn't write anything in his book that is slanderous or insulting, only his opinion which like everyone in the USA he is entitled to. As you say you haven't read it. Perhaps you should read something before commenting on it.
any coach who comes in and says something about their integrity or role in the industry is STUPID. Plain flat out STUPID. If my kids are faced with a choice between the STUPID coach and the coach that just deals with these coaches (even if he doesn't like them), its a no brainer. It will be that way as long as VT continues to try and taint the 7v7 industry.
This is the stupidest comment you've made. See you wrote stupid all over the place.
If you honestly believe that you don't want to send your kids to VT because Beamer and his staff insulted a 7v7 coach then don't, send them to LOLUVA. If you think that this 7v7 coach is the one that is going to get your kids to reach their goal and not the coach that has the best active win record, then don't send them to LOLUVA. If you think that someone who tweets "Fuck Tech" and gives interviews like a loser because his feelings are hurt is going to make the right decision for your kid and not the coach that had the integrity to keep his promise to sit Michael Vick for a year then don't have them be a Hokie, and send them to LOLUVA. Seriously, who the hell cares. if you don't want your kids to be coached by Beamer then don't. I, as a fan, want kids that want to be a Hokie, so I can do without yours.
You seem to think that you, your kids and 7v7 coaches are entitled to college coaches bending over backwards for you. Kissing your ass and saying "YOU!" to you 420 times a month. You really believe this is the best lesson your kids can learn from this issue? Maybe they should go to LOLUVA because you seem to want them coddled their whole life. College football is a business and college football coaches can choose to play to your ego or try to tell you their principles. Has Beamer not made mistakes? Of course not. He's made loads. Would I personally choose Beamer over London to educate, coach and help shape my son into a man. Yes, I would without hesitation. That's not being a biased homer. That's because I respect someone who says honestly what his opinions are and not the man who says shit like "technically what we are doing is allowed under current NCAA regulations" as London did in the article. That's not someone I trust with my son's future. And I as a parent would never trust a coach who lets their personal feeling guide the decision making process they use to shape my son's future. That's idiotic.
You as a parent are the one that should ultimately help your child decide what is best. Not a high school coach, nor a 7v7 coach or anyone else. They are there to be an adviser only. When parents that have such difficult obligations need to rely on these coaches like a lot of kid's parents in the 757 do, then I would hope that the coach advising them has the modesty to accept that they should look out for the kid first and not their own ego.
Before you keep commenting on this topic you read Beamer's book and learn more about the situation. Stop assuming you know everything and talking as if you personally know Beamer disrespected anyone and how he did it. You don't.
I think he's waiting to see where Isaiah McKenzie transfers so he can follow him.
Cannot be expressed better.
The amount of negative hyperbole on this site since the end of the season is getting out of hand. Not every article needs to be put on the forum. Not mentioning the Hokies or VT is not an insult.
If you are going to write about this article then you should title it like this:
"Hokies not mentioned in College Football traditions. Which tradition is your favorite?"
Then at least everyone here will be able to contribute something. I get your trying to add to the conversation but take a chill pill and make a conversation out of it at least.
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# | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD God bless you Aaron Moorehead....chop that wood!!
"We're not expected to win any games." -Coach London
Considering how every time we're televised they bring it up, and Lane is in all those top ten toughest places to play lists, and rece davis, etc...I can understand the frustration.
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# | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD Moorehead is probably our best recruiter already. We probably need to pay him up or he'll go to a bigger school
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# | First Junior Day for the Class of 2015 in Blacksburg UPDATES AND OPEN THREAD He'll make a GREAT tight end!
I assume a Searles connection? Why in the world would he go visit UVA too? Do people in TX even know that they have a football team?