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First of all, all of VT's football helmets are screened/selected in coordination with the work of Stefan Duma in the school of of Biomedical Engineering at Tech, and have been for quite some time now (I think we'er approaching a decade?). I don't think many schools are in a position to make better safety-oriented decisions on on football helmets than Tech, given our collection and use of data on the field AND in the lab. You cannot wear an unsafe/poorly rated helmet at Tech (or at most schools, thanks to Tech/WF's star-rating system). In this respect college football is WAY ahead of those ostriches at the NFL, who seem content to buy their way out of every ethical dilemma they are unwillingly forced to confront... they have yet to take action beyond a "suggested chart" of helmets for their players. F*cking criminal.
Those studies, by the way, are a product of the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (SBES), a product of ACC collaboration, which have been cited publicly in innumerable press coverage, academic papers, lawsuits, and even commercials for Toyota. I'd like to see proponents of "VT to the SEC" come up with similarly-prestigious research partnerships in a conference that is such a bastion of academic prowess as the SEC...
They were totally bashing these helmets on ESPN tonight because they didn't get it. They are automatically assuming the helmets are just blank like the picture. It made me upset. I hate ESPN.
mama giraffe .... /dead
I'll believe that when Bitter writes about it so I can put it in my blog.
Thanks, i do appreciate it. I do this as much for me as anyone, so why not let other have fun at it too.
Yeah, most of the big games aren't ones you'd want to bet, but playing along for free to see what would happen, if you did ...
Furthermore...
Gobble Gobble Bitches
Dawgs
Domers
Hotty Toddy
The other dogs
Buckeyes
VA TECH because they're on my upset watch
LSU because they share two letters with "FSU", who's really back y'all
ND because #GoACC
OLE MISS because did you see Bama in that Va Tech game earlier this year? They're terrible.
WASHINGTON because they beat Boise, and Boise is really good
WISCONSIN because [insert Russell Wilson reference here]
Perfect week last week! Here's to keeping that going, but I'm going to start with the unpopular pick...
GT - I'm really not feeling good about us this week
LSU - For the points, win, and correctly spelled mascot
ND - unsure on this one but they have been ok all year
Bama - another pick I hate, but think they've got a fire under their butts after us and aTm #BEATBAMA
Washington - I have no idea again (you pick hard games). So I'm going with you on this
OSU - easily. Wisconsin misses Bielema
I'll also take this opportunity to say thanks for a few things:
1. For keeping track of the whole contest (must be time-consuming)
2. For making me learn how to interpret betting lines (never cared about it before, but now that there's a competition for no money I'm all about it)
3. For yet more lighthearted posts and excellent beer picks
Someone should tell Brandon Facyson on his instagram page to check this thread out! Haha.
Foster doesn't have a restaurant there. The restaurant Foster's was named after him but he owned none of it and it closed after something like only 14 months there.
VT wins and covers
LSU
Oklahoma
Bama wins, Ole Miss gets the points
Huskies all the way
OSU
just busting balls
While Wang has played better than I thought he would, I'd prefer to see Miller move to center, Benedict at right guard, and Gibson at right tackle. Nothing I have seen on film suggests otherwise.
VPI +6.5
UGA -3.5
OU -3.5
bama -16.5
uW -8.5
tOSU -7.5
VPI - can never pick against us
LSU
OU
Ole Miss
UDub
Wiscy
No way, Marshall is worse than Wake Forest. Count on it.
okay well i'm 5 weeks late but I'll give it a shot
VT gets points and wins
UGA covers
ND gets points..not picking a winner
Bama covers (I think we pissed off Saban and now he's out to prove that they can score in bunches on O)
Arizona gets points but loses
tOSU covers
Nah, I get that. I was just saying, throw them in the ACC and they are bound to be a middle of the road team, as is.
I thought about a maroon shirt with the hokiebird sillouette. However, I want it to have the dreadful feel of our opponent when they hear the song and feel the boom and see the fans jumping at Lane. So I went with the dark shirt. But hey, I'm no professional like the Legen- wait for it - dary Billdozer! I've been a great fan of yours on youtube for quite a while.
ESPN won't let me interview him, something about "minimizing workplace hazards"
Shhhh...they heard it from SOURCES that DOCUMENTS with information regarding our helmets have shown that those are our exact helmets. Must be true.