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I love self-deprecating humor.
I love sticking it to Hoo's whenever we can (which is fortunately for us, like, always).
So I really love this comment. Kudos.
Both players have already been taken off the roster page on hokiesports.com, dunno if that constitutes some official dismissal or if they are just removed if suspended temporarily.
Marcus Vick has more mugshots than UVa had fans at their spring game.
...going bald?
And twice the responsibilities for Jimmy Turk.
Marcus Vick made headlines again on roanoke.com facing more possible jail time. Two great stories on Virginia Tech athletes..
Outside of Tweedy he was our top special teams ace. Like tweedy he had a knack for finding the returner.
Wisconsin, Stanford, KSU, FSU, and Louisville all get auto-bids. Florida and Oregon get bids because they are in the top 4 and guaranteed spots. NIU gets one because it is the the champion of a non-AQ league, ranked in the top 16, and above the champion of an AQ league (Louisville and Wisconsin). Fun BCS "rules"
Sigh. Stupid, but college kids, I've been there and did dumb stuff too. I wonder if we will get more details.
Joshua Taylor Trimble, 20, and Brian Frederick Rody, 19, were charged with manufacturing and detonating an explosive device. Trimble and Rody are members of the Virginia Tech football team
No one was injured in the incident, according to the release. Taylor said he could not comment on the type of the device or the reason it was detonated.
I'm curious as to what constitues an explosive device, obviously it's not something as innocent as Mentos in Coke, but could it be blowing up some gun powder or something?
According to Norm Wood, they were charged with felonies, so they are suspended until this is resolved.
On the field, I thought Trimble had some upside. I was impressed with him after watching August practices.
I'm still confused as to why Oklahoma got left out, since KSU is the only Big XII team to be in one of the bowls.
The AAU kicked them out of the club in 2011, pretty much as soon as they were officially in the B1G.
First off, you are dead on with that video. Those are the moments that make college football as great as it is.
Second thing: you said the BCS is about money. Any college football fan knows this, but man how said is it that money is what drives a sport in which the players don't even get paid. It's a fact of life and there's not way of getting over that, but man it does suck that it has to be that way.
I think the first year teams will be complaining that there should be an 6 team playoff, then 8. It will never end.
It's b/c the #1 and #2 at large bids always go to bowls who lose a team to the National Championship. Even if the Orange Bowl gets the first at large bid, bowls with tie-ins get to pick first if their tie-in goes to the NC. The Orange Bowl has one tie-in (ACC), so, the ACC representative will never play any representative higher than the #3 choice for an at large bid.
I agree with your premise, NIU did not play their way into a BCS Bowl. They didn't dominate the MAC, lost to Iowa, snuck by Army and Kent State. The ACC always seems to be on the losing end of the at-large selection pool. They always are stuck with the Big East champ or a non-AQ, qualifier. It is what it is I guess.
The rule preventing no more than two (or in an extreme scenario three) teams from the same conference is what kills the matchups. Yes, LSU and Georgia are more deserving that NIU, Louisville, and Wisconsin, but it's about money not matchups. The rules are there so one league can't take home the entire pie.
It'll get a little bit better with the playoff, because the top-4 teams will automatically go, but the contract bowls the conferences have negotiated leave room for "less deserving" teams to sneak in.
With all that said, moments like this are what college football is about to me and I'm happy they made it.
Thanks Joe- that "rant," as it was called, makes a lot of sense on all fronts. When UMD AD stated "no comment" concerning the UMD's move to the B1G, every media outlet blew up and wet themselves. That being said, I assume that you're right and these schools are "pre-approved" and that's what Kevin Jones' source is reporting to him.
that make stuff like this happen!
for not turning his back on our univerisity and our team esp when things were not looking great for us way back before the season started. He stuck by his team and he is playing lights out. I hope he can carry us into the tourney this year, he def deserves it!
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# | London Fires Coaches, Grants Rocco's Release, Still Refuses to Call Timeouts A two QB system does not work and is not healthy for a program. That's what he's saying, I wonder if London's light bulb will click on now or if he will still try to play multiple QBs.
Stiney was supposed to get canned and we were gonna be one step closer to the SEC.
Well at least UVA hasn't canned London yet......
I AM READY FOR THE BIG NEWS
and I get why Florida is in and the other teams are out in the cold. I'm more than anything just pointing out how insane this system is.
The fact of the matter is, NIU and Louisville would not stand a chance against any of those SEC teams left out. But again, it's not NIU or Louisville's fault that they are in, they did all they had to do by the rules laid out to get a BCS bid, and good for them for that.
And like @RealDiehl said, FSU should win, and it's a BCS victory for the ACC in the books, but everyone knows that's a poor matchup, and the only reason anyone will watch to to see if FSU soils themselves on that stage. If FSU is up by 2 or more TDs at halftime, half the people turn that game off.
All FSU can do is win that game, and I guess that's all that matters.
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# | London Fires Coaches, Grants Rocco's Release, Still Refuses to Call Timeouts 
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# | London Fires Coaches, Grants Rocco's Release, Still Refuses to Call Timeouts He's a bit of an odd fit right now. I'd like to see him at DL Coach, but Wiles is so effective. We really don't use the Whips as an isolated position as much as we used to, so I wonder if we need a specific coach for them.
Then, there is always the chance that we lose a coach we don't want to. If you're UVA, why not offer Wiles the DC job? Gray could go to a lot of other schools, especially in the SEC where he has recruiting ties.
But, Cornell hasn't quite lived up to what we were hoping for. Maybe it's the position he's coaching. I do like his energy.
and this year all 4 "at-large" teams were determined by the rules: ND for being #1, Florida for being #3, Oregon for being #4, and NIU for being a non-AQ conference champion in the top 16 and ranked ahead of an AQ conference champion, in this case both Louisville (Big Least) and Wisconsin (B1G).