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Man this is awesome! I'm going to enter but there is no way I can win but it's worth a shot! Congrats to whoever gets the chance to run out of that tunnel w the hokies. It's always been my dream to carry the American flag out w the team!
I think they only have 15 schollies available for this class
I kept my Hokie Passport for 3 reasons
1) To get into football games with a student ticket
2) T0 take the BT around Blacksburg for free
3) To get the discount at the River Course. I love that place!
1. Don't get into a relationship, just have relations.
2. Become friends with the people in your dorm and do activities with them - they could be your new best friends.
3. Beware of the D2 dash, although D2 is a great dining hall.
4. Practice looking down at the ground and being a turtle for the cold, windy winter months.
5. Do not and I mean DO NOT leave a football game early.
6. Don't be a fratty douche who drives around campus and yells shit at people.
7. Take advantage of the student discount at the River Course - best deal ever.
Please teach me your ways! I've been trying to figure this out since I left.
Openly up vote this.
I had a friend (a petite girl, no less) that seemed to eat nothing but salads from the dining halls... and she had to reload her Flex plan constantly. Those salads weigh a ton.
My issue with the Michigan game was the fact that the rule book had no rules specifically on completion, going to ground, etc. Therefore, the catch was completely interpretable and 100% debatable. With this in mind, the only correct call was Ruling on the field stands! There was absolutely no basis to overturn the call.
Also, my angst at the time grew from the fact that the NFL had already created the completion to the ground rule. By the NFL's definition, Danny's catch was indeed a catch. Thus, it annoyed me that the NCAA was behind the times.
They're ninjas, I tell ya.
Are the fines still $30 or have they inflated those too?
This is a good point.
amazing
If you are starting your freshman year at VT, you have already made one of your better life decisions. There is no better all-around university in the state of Virginia. Besides the obvious study hard/keep the gpa up & go to all the football games advice, this is what I would suggest...
1. Step outside of your comfort zone. Try to make a habit of trying atleast one new thing a day - whether it's going to an out of class event or meeting someone new. It will make the whole college experience richer.
2. Join an organization that has nothing to do with your major or any friends that you know from high school. It's a great way to meet upperclassmen and experience everything the University has to offer. This will open up a whole new Blacksburg/VT world that you wouldn't know exists.
3. The big three - Work, party, sleep. There's only enough hours in the day for two. Pick the right two. (Catch up on sleep during the breaks and over the summer. 6-7 hours a night is plenty)
4. Avoid the temptation of video games & mindlessly surfing the internet. If you find yourself doing this more than 1 hr a day, you are doing something wrong.
5. Once you move out of the dorms, find an apartment within walking distance to campus/downtown. You still get all the advantages of living on campus (walking to class/dining halls/social activities) with the benefits of living off campus.
6. STUDY ABROAD! I recommend an entire semester. If this is not possible, do one of the summer abroad options - they are not as long, but it's better than not going at all. There are plenty of excuses not to go (Don't want to miss football season, money/want to graduate on time, will miss the GF/BF back home) If any of these excuses is holding you back, you need to have your head examined. You will never have another opportunity to do something like this again. No matter what you think, you will not have 20 non-married friends who have the time/money to do a 3 month group trip to Europe after you graduate. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity.
If you're interested, pasted from the rule book:
2012-2013:
Catch, Interception, Recovery
ARTICLE 3. a. To catch a ball means that a player:
1. Gains possession (Rule 2-4-1) of a live ball in flight; or
2. Leaves his feet and firmly grasps a live ball in flight, the ball first touching
the ground inbounds while still in his firm grasp; or
3. Leaves his feet, firmly grasps a live ball in flight and either first returns to
the ground inbounds with any part of his body or is so held that the dead-ball
provisions of Rule 4-1-3-p apply (A.R. 2-4-3-I-IV and A.R. 7-3-6-III).
If one foot first lands inbounds and the receiver has possession and firm control
of the ball, it is a catch or interception even though a subsequent step or fall takes
the receiver out of bounds (A.R. 7-3-6-XV).
A player who satisfies any of these three conditions is said to have completed a
catch.
b. An interception is a catch of an opponents pass or fumble.
c. A catch by any kneeling or prone inbounds player is a completion or interception (Rules 7-3-6 and 7).
d. A player recovers a ball if he fulfills any of the three criteria for catching a ball
that is still alive after hitting the ground.
e. Loss of ball simultaneous to returning to the ground is not a catch, interception
or recovery.
f. When in question, the catch, recovery or interception is not completed.
2013-2014 Rulebook:
ARTICLE 3. a. To catch a ball means that a player:
1. Secures control of a live ball in flight with his hands or arms before
the ball touches the ground, and
2. Touches the ground in bounds with any part of his body, and then
3. Maintains control of the ball long enough to enable him to perform
an act common to the game, i.e., long enough to pitch or hand the ball,
advance it, avoid or ward off an opponent, etc., and
4. Satisfies paragraphs b, c, and d below.
b. If a player goes to the ground in the act of catching a pass (with or without
contact by an opponent) he must maintain complete and continuous control
of the ball throughout the process of contacting the ground, whether in the
field of play or in the end zone. This is also required for a player attempting
to make a catch at the sideline and going to the ground out of bounds. If
he loses control of the ball which then touches the ground before he regains
control, it is not a catch. If he regains control inbounds prior to the ball
touching the ground it is a catch.
c. If the player loses control of the ball while simultaneously touching the
ground with any part of his body, or if there is doubt that the acts were
simultaneous, it is not a catch. If a player has control of the ball, a slight
movement of the ball, even if it touches the ground, will not be considered
loss of possession; he must lose control of the ball in order for there to be
a loss of possession.
d. If the ball touches the ground after the player secures control and continues
to maintain control, and the elements above are satisfied, it is a catch.
e.An interception is a catch of an opponents pass or fumble.
f.A catch by any kneeling or prone inbounds player is a completion or
interception (Rules 7-3-6 and 7).
g.A player recovers a ball if he fulfills the criteria in paragraphs a, b, c, and d
for catching a ball that is still alive after hitting the ground.
h.When in question, the catch, recovery or interception is not completed.
Believe me, I am living the dream right now. I grew up wanting to be a football coach and at Tech especially. I now have a coaching position and I haven't even gotten out of college yet. Life is good. I also coach the DBs and all these same things can be said for defensive backs. Every day I have them doing drills for attacking the football.
Good list. I have done all 10.
-No 8ams. If this is not possible try the next option which is loading your classes on Tues/Thurs or Mon/Wed/Fri. Its hard but possible. Some semesters I had no classes on Tues/Thurs which then 8ams were ok to me. Other semesters i was able to somehow manage no classes on friday. Which ment i was out every thursday night!
-No relationships. I was single my 5 years in college and boy was that the best decision of my life.
-Try to leave your dorm door open as much as possible.
-Lose your voice not only at the big football home games but also the directional schools
-Budget your dinning dollars early on. They go fast.
-Even if your teacher posts lectures online DON'T skip class (and especially if your an engineer) or you wont last too long.
-Take World Regions and Wine Class with Boyer. Easiest As ever. I cannot beleive some people get less then an A in those things
-Go to other sporting events that aren't football or basketball. Normally they give out free shirts. Easy way to save money on laundry
-Speaking of laundry. Dont leave your clothes unattended in the laundry room in the dorms. The second your clothes are done and your not around they are on the floor and all wrinkled up and dirty again (even if your gone like 2 secs). Stay down in the laundry room and take advantage of that time to study.
-Make sure to go to all the career fairs and try to network and lock up a summer internship. (this is important very hard to get a job out of college without an internship)
-Finally never leave! the real world blows!
When I moved into the dorms my freshman year, my RA put up a bulletin board titled "Ten Things To Do Before You Graduate":
1. Run/Bike the Huckleberry Trail
2. See a movie at The Lyric
3. Eat a burger at Mikes
4. Hike the Cascades
5. Stand on the edge of McAfees Knob
6. Eat at Home Place
7. Jump for Enter Sandman
8. Eat breakfast at Gillies
9. Tube the New River
10. Touch the Hokie Stone before running onto Worsham Field
At the time, I didn't know what half of the things were. But looking back, it was one helluva list, and I had a blast crossing every one of them off.
Slightly off topic, but my advice, spend the first five years after college working wherever you need to in order to gain the experience you need to come back, find a job in Blacksburg, and spend the rest of your days enjoying the greatest place on earth.
man, you are doing the job I would have loved to do had I not gone into design. I am fanatical about WR's actually catching balls.
I posted this in another thread, but my coach had 1 rule. Catch the ball. If you can touch the ball, even with the tip of one finger, you can catch the ball. If you didn't then you just didn't try hard enough. Jump higher, run faster... do whatever it takes.
If we dropped a pass in a game we had suicides waiting for us Monday equal to the number of yards we just cost the team. If we dropped a touchdown pass we were replaced by next guy immediately and could expect to be running all week.
HAHAHAHA These are INCREDIBLE!!!!
I'm impressed with this kid. Unselfish in every sense of the word and called out those that were too selfish to stick out. Hope French is write and he becomes the best tackle we've ever had... With an attitude like that I hope he gets everything that he wants!
All very good points. And I hear ya on that last bit. I'm kinda bummed I've only got a few days before I head back to blacksburg (I'm home for the week). Coaching football is pretty fun.
I am a WR coach at my old high school and I was going to say the exact same 2 things. Soft hands and attack the ball. I see my guys all the time beat their man on the route but the ball gets intercepted or knocked down because they don't come to the football. It makes a tremendous difference in the passing game if your receivers go to the football rather than sit and wait.
Drillfield Drive is a ONE-WAY road. Try to keep it that way.