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"May 25, 2013 - Visited his grandmom" hahaha
Yeah JoMo does great things too, pretty sure he won some kind of charity award or something for the skins.
This is why I was kind of surprised when people were displeased with freshman gaining the opportunity to buy student tickets this year. I think whatever student ticket system we use should give precedence to students who are passionate about it and really want to be there, and the lottery definitely did not accomplish this.
In my opinion, the lottery was the genesis of this apathy in the student section. When I was a freshman we still camped out to get tickets. You had to WANT to want to go to the game in order to get tickets. A couple years later the student season tickets came out, which was fine since then you had to actually pay to make sure you got your tickets. Now you have some e-lottery where you need to put no effort in so the casual, selfie taking, paper airplane folding, snot nosed kid, fan has an equal shot to get a ticket over someone who may be more dedicated and "rabid" for it. With the lottery you effectively removed the barriers that kept Lane filled with a rowdy crowd. Its hard to pass down tradition when you have a growing campus with diverse interests and the "it" thing to do is go to the game even if you could care less about it. The value of the game is greatly reduced because it is so damn easy for them to get the ticket that leaving after a quarter is fine to them. When you camped out and thought about getting that ticket all week you wouldn't THINK about leaving early because you had already invested so much.
...and now I will step off my soap box.
My first year for the first game a few upperclassmen in our dorm (West Egg) rounded us up and asked who wanted to go to the game with painted chests. About 5 guys rounded up 10 or 12 freshman and we all painted Go Hokies! and something else. We slammed beers, purchased by said upperclassmen, and hid wild turkey in plastic bags on our bodies to go in our drinks. I don't remember sitting once that whole game. And have barely sat for any game after that. I'm sure that's not the norm but those guys taught some damn fine lessons.
Oh whoops, I looked at his instagram... nvm
Having never been a student at VPI, is there like an orientation briefing on gameday etiquette? Is it an unwriiten rule that upperclassmen pass down to underclassmen how to act? Do players get involved and tell fellow students to get involved. I know most students probably grew up watching/going to games but it should be a tradition that never falters.
Don't know where you're seeing that because I'm still seeing it up there.
yea its deleted
Agree 100% that blaming the refs is not a good look for a fan base. Adibi getting hurt against USC (and Bush all of a sudden looking like a Heisman candidate as a result), and the decision to fake punt against Michigan were much more damning in each of those excruciating losses, in my opinion anyway.
Having said all that, though, it is very natural - and not totally wrong - to feel slighted by what have to be two of the more atrocious officiating decisions in the last decade plus. They may not have changed either outcome by themselves, but it's impossible as a fan to not wonder 'what-if'...
i.e. Real Coaching
I am just glad I can use the TKP as a gif gold mine for later use...
I prefer to remember their old coach and the best picture I may have ever seen on the internet:
Nah, all you gotta do is cut out the middle 58 minutes of regulation, and you're made in the shade.
I typically text friends/family every time there is a reviewable play, injury, etc. I also like to check scores/stats/box scores for our game and others during timeouts or other play stoppages. The weak internet/phone signal is annoying, but I would never leave a game because of it.
Don't forget about Josh Morgan's long list of charitable work
GT, meh. Our offense will be rolling and keep theirs off the field.
If it doesn't it should. I know there is a gobbler call app.
Those look like small hands to be D-1 Athlete...
I've wondered if the stadium game atmosphere has suffered a bit partly due to the team's on-going success. So many Alumni getting tickets, a lot less student tickets, etc. My time ('93-97) was basically the whole East Stands was all very drunk students that made an incredible ruckus during the games. Then it got so there weren't so many student tickets allotted for each game, Alumni don't get as wasted as students (in general, I know there are exceptions!), and the stadium got a bit tamer just because the crowd got a little older.
So, the students today really don't experience the heart pounding vibe that used to exist for even games against the sister's of the poor teams with a noon kick off. Hence, they never get indoctrinated to just how awesome it is to be freaking out of your mind crazy for the game. I swear there were games against big opponents in Lane that the crowd's craziness literally pumped up our team and demoralized the other team, and it turned games around. We were a real 12th man.
The last game I attended (2011 vs. Miami)...and the few before that, the crowd wasn't the same. The end of that Miami game got crazy, but I remember entire seasons of acting like that. It's a shame in a way. Today's students don't know what they're missing!
I agree big time...my sophomore year at the Thursday night UNC game, I was sitting in the East student section and I just remember looking down and behind me several times and seeing half the crowd turned around talking/taking pictures and not even watching the game. And I remember we had complete control of the game, so everyone kind of stopped yelling and being crazy (doing the things that make Lane Lane), then all the sudden UNC started to get things going. Fortunately we avoided disaster, but coincidence? No, the players feed of the crowd's energy. Up to us to help keep them going.
Per diem is also based upon the amount of meals they are given too. I'm certain that they get swipes for D2 or other places so that $46 goes down. Besides, as long as they are in Blacksburg, I believe money is distributed by deposit on their Hokie Passport. It's when they travel that they get it in cash for their meals.
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# | Bitter blog - Ranking the Hokies’ opponents from easiest to toughest With 9 returning defensive starters who have seen GT before (short week or not), I'm not any more worried than I normally am. They always play us close, so it's important to respect that, but short week or not, our guys will be prepared.
Anybody else really, REALLY worried about GT? We usually have a bye week beforehand to plot and scheme, but this year, we get 4 days to completely change our defensive mindset for the Jacket's wishspreadoptionfense. Oh yeah, GT is really good when playing teams that play them on a short week. Shit.
I know plenty of students who get season tickets who are not passionate about it. They use it so they can secure seats for Homecoming to wear the wrong colors and scream and cry regardless of whether their representative wins or not and then leave afterward.