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Yo my man, what parts? I'm down in the 'bury and work in Cambridge.

Agree. No Kiffin in Hooville. He would stack the team with the greatest recruiting class ever, and win 4 games. But VT would be worse off for it.

Oklahoma State -10.5
Texas +13.5
Auburn -1.5
Stanford +3.5
Florida State -28.5
Michigan State +5.5

I don't know if this is sarcasm or serious, but consider a few things:

1. Stiney wasn't in charge of recruiting until this offseason when he was removed as OC and put in the role of recruiting coordinator. We're pulling in our best class in years, thanks in part to the efforts of the new coaches, but also Stiney.

2. The old offensive coaching staff, as a whole, was not good at recruiting. The D churned along (because they have always had a plan) and the O stagnated because guys like O'Cain and Newsome had no ability to plan and made (what seemed to be) little effort to get recruits from anywhere that wasn't convenient for them. They became apathetic and just figured they could offer anybody that was a decent enough athlete and that things would work out later. That became the mantra for the offense - put athletic guys on the field and stuff will happen. For a while, it worked fairly well, but it was a doomed approach.

3. The players, college coaches, and HS coaches rave about Stiney. They love him as a person, and you can't beat that type of praise. There's a lot of networking and politicking required to successfully recruit in college, and Stiney does know what he's doing there. He's likable and he gives a great sales pitch for VT.

Randy Shannon was the only person associated with Miami that I ever respected. Seemed like a good guy and solid position coach.

I've never understood why the Music City Bowl isn't higher up on the ACC's bowl list - Nashville would be a really fun destination and I'd love to see us play there, much more than the Sun Bowl in El Paso. Plus, with the SEC tie-in you could have some fun with that. Too bad they're lower on the pecking order... can you imagine how fun VT-Texas A&M in Nashville could be?

M.C. Esher comes to mind..

The world is a crazy place, full of crazies

Best of luck to Jim Grobe. He did good things despite some long odds.

What a senseless crime. Such a shame...all for a stupid football game.

Here is 2,000 for you sir.

Bud to successor.
Gray to DC/DBs.
Wiles on DL.
Bring in....
Randy Shannon to coach LBs