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When we lived in Roanoke we would hit this place about once a month. Nothing better than hearing the surly guy over the intercom "O'Neill, table for 5 with a HIGH CHAIR"
I don't see how you read his statement and think that he doesn't see a problem that needs fixing. Now whether or not he's the guy to fix it is another question.
My parents moved to Catawba off of Blacksburg Rd 6 years ago. I've made a little sad face every time I pass the location on my way to visit. I was so hyped when my parents shared that they changed ownership (supposedly the previous owners were burned out and younger generation didn't want to take it on). Glad to see it's officially opening!
Lets Go
...and Kayla King back in Cassell is always a plus. She is a GA for Clemson.
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# | Hokies Wrestling: App State (5-4) vs #7 Virginia Tech (5-2) 7pm ACCNX If Seidel continues to blast guys, I will consider it well spent.
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# | OT: Charles Bediako, Gets TRO against NCAA to play for Alabama Basketball It's not reasonable separate the scenarios and pick out which ones you like and you don't.
It absolutely is lol. It's not like there's no place in between complete/total player empowerment and getting a free bagel/cream cheese is deserving of an NCAA penalty. I can support having a transfer portal, but also thinking that it should be open for just one week during the summer.
For those that are in the "go get your bag" camp, they also have to accept that this is part of what they support too.
No it's not. Is this a byproduct? Sure; I get that established professionals would never attempt to return to school if it didn't pay somewhat competitively. But that's not a reason to say that the players should never have the opportunity to earn/accept money outside of a scholarship.
which irritates me. Snow is fun. You can play in the snow. It's pretty. It's quiet. You can drive in the snow.
Ice...no fun. Destructive. Guaranteed power outages. Can't drive in it. It's "stuck inside all day" weather and I hate that. I truly do. I wish I had a fireplace. Because I know I'm losing power this weekend. Stupid ice storm X(
A win's a win. Just taking TUMS the last 4 minutes of every game is the way. FAM
Basketball made the NCAA tournament and Wrestling was also great that year. Solid all around for Hokies Sports.
Hiking downhill from McAfee Knob, knowing that The Homeplace is open again.
Best news of the year so far
This is the best news I've heard in a while. I have many good memories from being at the Homeplace: Being there and running around as a kid in the freezing cold waiting for our name to be called, graduation party from high school there, and my then gf and now wife met my parents for the first time there.
Yes!!!!
aside from our football being decent in 2016 I remember 2016 being a not very good year so....no thanks?
But part of the plot here is that decisions like the Pavia one or the Tez Walker eligbility decion (where he argued that to maintain his mental health he had to play Football, but only for UNC) and similar have all played into this scenario.
Guys see that the NCAA has no real authority and arguments that are (at best) of very limited merit and even less rationale have won. And high-level legal authorities like Darren Heitner all perfectly willing to get involved. Add in an obviously not impartial judge and you have the recipe for a Bullshit Burger like this.
It's not reasonable separate the scenarios and pick out which ones you like and you don't. For those that are in the "go get your bag" camp, they also have to accept that this is part of what they support too.
Sub Station II and Homeplace back in the same year? Maybe this 2026 is the new 2016 trend is for real.
There's a strong rumor that Dillon Campbell is out for the rest of the season. And Seidel is getting his redshirt burned
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# | OT: Charles Bediako, Gets TRO against NCAA to play for Alabama Basketball The one piece of this I would love to see is what does his G League contract specify? Does Alabama have to buy him out of that contract by cutting the Pistons a check?
Ice-mageddon seems more and more likely now.
Just.....can't....really like Mike Young but if he doesn't think there is a problem that needs immediate adjustment then he doesn't have the aptitude or the attention to detail to coach at this level.
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# | OT: Charles Bediako, Gets TRO against NCAA to play for Alabama Basketball Comical at best. Might as well start letting high school kids play in the LLWS. Let men compete in women's sports. Let horses run in the dog races. Anything, as long as nothing stands in the way of someone making a buck.
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# | OT: Charles Bediako, Gets TRO against NCAA to play for Alabama Basketball The eligibility stuff is stupid. I'm here for players to get as much money as they can. I don't love the way the portal is being used, but I get it.
Even the Pavia stuff... I don't love it, but it doesn't bother me that much. There's not going to be many JUCO/D2 guys who can make that type of impact. I'd prefer for him to not get the extra year, but it doesn't bother me.
Pros going (back) to college is dumb. Michael Zheng (columbia) just won a first round match at the Australian Open, earning $140k. Now, he could still turn it down and return to college... but why? My dude, why are you going back to college? You need a scholarship to finish your degree? You're a top 100 player in the world; if columbia won't pay for you to finish your degree, you can surely pay for it yourself. Also, you're getting a psych degree, it's not that impressive.
He sued the NCAA this month and was granted a TRO that allows him to play immediately for Alabama.
My understanding (I think Ross Delinger explained this on the yahoo pod) is that judges will default to a TRO if there's very little time between the lawsuit and the season. But lawsuits that are filed now for football are not getting TROs because there is actually time to litigate the case.
While I hate this result and I think bama coaches are complete assholes for pushing this, it's probably the correct interpretation of the law (though, I am very much not a lawyer, just a podcast listener and message board reader, so I would love for one of our in-house TKP counsel to correct me).
Haven't watched yet. Went to bed early as I got up at o-dark thirty to go goose hunting today.
My son watched it. He said it was the same "Neo End Game" BS.
Didnt realize we were up by 9. We may have played dumb, but from my viewpoint we won by 5. The 3 pt win cans from a long range 3 that didn't matter.
Thats makes me feel a little bit better. I record all Hokie games. Will watch over the weekend during the Snow-mageddon we are supposed to receive.
And....FAM....for the love of God, FAM.
Proud of them??
How many times has Neo had crippling turnovers late in games and he still is being left in?
At some point, continuing to put the same players in the same position to do "dumbest daggone things" again and again becomes irresponsible.
If Lawal doesn't grab that last rebound, we lose that game...making 3/4 last games blowing a late lead. Not excusable, sorry