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I can't wait to see both lines throw the cavs around like ragdolls, once again!
Really, anything can happen before Signing Day. That being said, everything we've heard from D. Hand indicates VT is the perfect fit for him. One can only hope he'll be formally added to the program in February.
Ah yes. Haha. Don't know how I made that mistake.
PETE YATES TO THE SEMIS! Will wrestle Penn State's David Taylor tonight. Semifinals begin at 7 PM.
Just watched Yates in the quarterfinal. Had to go to a second overtime and video replay to get the win, but a win is a win and he becomes just the second All-American for Virginia Tech Wrestling. Taylor will be an absolute tough test tonight and if he wins it doesn't get any easier with Dake presumably in the final.
Its hard to tell who's coming because (and someone correct me if I'm wrong) they aren't official visits so nothing is announced per sey. Official visits aren't until fall I believe. I'll do some research though. I love not having classes on Friday.
Day 5 Shirts
(This is getting a little crazy since there were 64 shirts awarded today)
Defense:
Kyle Fuller (5 for 5)
Kyshoen Jarrett (5 for 5)
Derek Dinardo
Josh Eberly
Derrick Hopkins
Luther Maddy
Dewayne Alford
J.R. Collins
Corey Marshall
Matt Roth
Tyrel Wilson
Josh Trimble
Ronny VanDyke
Detrick Bonner
Nick Bush
Cris Caver
Derwoun Greene
Carl Jackson
Drew Burns
Deon Clark
Chase Williams
James Gayle
Dahman McKinnon
Davion Tookes
Alston Smith
Justin Taylor
Nigel Williams
Woody Baron
Seth Dooley
Ken Ekanum
Jarontay Jones
Brandon Facyson
Donavan Riley
TJ Shaw
Zack Snell
Offense:
Ryan Malleck
Zack McCray
J.C. Coleman
Daniel Dyer
Greg Gadell
Maurice Taylor
Kevin Asante
Willie Byrn
E.L. Smiling
Josh Stanford
Malcolm Westbrook
David Wang
Duan Perez-Means
Darius Redman
Quinton Taylor
Brent Benedict
Fuller Hoepner
Griffin Hite
Michael Holmes
Chris Mangus
Charley Myer
Trey Gresh
Special Teams:
A.J. Hughes
Hunter Windmuller
Brooks Abbott
Michael Branthover
Joe St. Germaine
This isn't praise or criticism or anything like that. Just wondered if anyone else is having the same problem:
I am really having trouble retraining myself not to scroll all the way back up to the top of the page to hit the 'tracker' button! I love that the header travels with you, and when I use my brain instead of my reflexes, it's so great to just quickly click back to the tracker. Its just... man, I guess we are creatures of habit. I scroll back up on most every post.
Anyway, just to reiterate much of what is said above, love the cleaned up site, and appreciate everyone's time and hard work on the look, layout, and content!
Sign 'em up!
Bracket be damned Go Great Danes
The picture above brings a tear to my eye. I miss that 07 team
I am thanking Harvard so much for winning right now, that has saved me! Luckiest pick ever.
But Marquette was so close to blowing it. And curse Ok. State
Ryan Izzo, TE from NJ now small RB from Mass. Teammate of another kid we are recruiting... Noah Brown.
I love this idea, but maybe, as it's been suggested, this should get split up between football and all other sports. I think most, if not all, of us on here have a strong bias towards football so those moments stand out higher to us. Personally what Tincher did to the US National Team might be one of the greatest moments in sports had it not been in women's softball. Sure it was an exhibition game but no hitting the most dominant team in the world is comparable to beating the Russians in Lake Placid.
That all being said, beyond being a great moment, had the Miracle in Morgantown not happened who knows if this program is what it is today.
Yates and Taylor is really going to be the marquee for the day. And Garnett has a long day ahead of him to salvage this tournament.
Damn you Harvard and your stupid brains!
Also, I thought the tie-breaker in our office pool was margin of victory in the final. Turns out it's actually total points in the final. Doubt it'll come to the tie-breaker, but it's very unlikely that the final score will be something like 4-3...
This is why I didn't go to Harvard.
Ryan Izzo played HS football in my county. I'm so happy to see NJ getting recruited more.
"Is VT in danger of losing Hand?"
Don't you actually have to possess something to be in danger of losing it?
The kid is wide open. VT has an excellent shot, but so do several other programs.
Looking at the score, the first reaction is to think that Vick was having a field day out there, but his numbers are quite middle of the road. 8-16 passing for 135 yds and 6 yds rushing on 12 attempts. It was a total team effort.
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores99/99289/99289406.htm
Also, if you want to watch the full game, hokietapes has it up on YouTube:
The fact that Ty Garland has more NCAA Tournament wins at La Salle than Erick Green is further proof that Greenberg was a terrible coach.
so yeah, the most march madness moment of day 1, the last 10 seconds of marquette/davidson. i was pulling for davidson since i grew up 20 minutes from their campus but sometimes you just gotta appreciate the madness.
When I was at the AAA Northwest Regional Wrestling tournament about a month ago, where Hand wrestled as a heavyweight, Hand's coach was showing everyone a picture of Nick Saban watching him practice. Saban is trying hard. I must also say, Da'Shawn Hand is a very large human being, and you don't see many high school juniors that well put together.
In order to protect personal e-mail addresses and stuff, could it be locked to only be viewed by users with an account? That way no lurker can come by, grab our e-mail address and spam it.
10/10 I love the Hokie Stone on the Borders. And the key shaped like the state is a nice touch!
