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F that game! I still have dreams about that UNC punk wearing the sweater vest that yelled "TJ, One, Three" in our ears. Except in the dream, I don't ask him to fight and watch him run away, I just punch him in the mouth...
12. Marshall - I feel bad that they used to have good players. And still feel somewhat bad that I drunkingly walked through their team as they got off the bus before the game in '02.
11. Duke - little fellas are getting better but have a few years before I feel bad for whipping them
10. Wake - Unlike many ACC schools, I don't hate their coach
9. App. St. - would be higher if I could somehow paint JMU across their jerseys.
8. Ark. St. - they have a good QB so pounding them may be harder than in the past. We need to destroy them to make us feel better heading towards a tougher stretch and keep the wicked witch of the west, Heather Dinich, from pissing me off for two weeks.
7. ECU - 2008. I hold grudges..
6. Boston College - 2007. See above. And, I'm still drying out from that awful game.
5. Clemson - keep out recruiting us, we'll keep winning.
4. Miami - God I hope this is a night game! Lots of beers and easy material will make for a rowdy evening!
3. UNC - Thursday night, October 29, 2009. REVENGE!!!!
2. Ga. Tech - CPJ can lick it. No one says they "out-schemed" Beamer and more specifically Bud Foster. Last year we broke their QBs arm. Hopefully this year, Foster breaks CPJs.
1. UVA - speaks for itself but as of last week, I want Mario Nixon crying over his mistake as he leaves another voicemail begging for his scholarship offer back!
12. Marshall - Because they are the closest we can come to beating WVU right now, it somewhat counts.
11. Arkansas State - We can't lose to a team that has changed their mascot in the last three years.
10. Duke - Because we will have more fans at the game than they will.
9. Wake Forest - To continue to show their 2006 ACC championship was the biggest fluke in college football.
8. East Carolina - We shouldn't be traveling to play them.
7. Boston College - Just because (and its at home).
6. Miami - By the time we play them, suspensions should be dealt out. I don't want to lose to a Shapiro-less Miami team. Without the bounties I suspect they won't be playing that hard anyways...
5. Georgia Tech - I hate Paul Johnson's offense, I think using the option that much is gimmicky and Foster needs to personally bite a piece of Johnson's arm off to show him who's boss.
4. Appalachian State - I agree with Joe, the fodder would be too much if we lost.
3. Clemson - We need to continue our dominance against them.
2. North Carolina - That loss at home two years ago on Thursday night might have been the worst night of my life.... HokieGuy81 can attest to that.
1. Virginia - Mike London needs to be put in his place. I say we get the game televised on every channel in the 757 area code that day so all future recruiting targets will be forced to watch.
As you see from my screenname, I have to live with these wahoos....If we are (heaven and Bud Foster forbid) 1-11, the one win HAS to be against the hoos!
It is the result of burns and skin grafts when he was a teenager.
Can we talk about the angle of CFB's face/jaw?
It's kind of hard to imagine Jimbo being the second best coach in the league, and London the second worst, after one season. I'd have Dabo 11th as he's failed spectacularly with tons of talent at his disposal. Cutcliffe and Grobe need to be higher as they're doing more with less. Golden and Edsall need to be a bit lower, too much stock for what they did against lesser competition.
Thanks for keeping me honest.
This is definitely an old pic from an Orange Bowl practice. Chris Drager is wearing a maroon jersey for the defense, while Michael Via is wearing a white jersey. If this were 2011, they would be wearing the same color jersey. Also, you can see Kenny Younger (#31) in the background, who has since graduated.
SEC is on top now, winning the last 5 BCS titles, but I don't think it will last forever. Between 1980 and 2005 they won only 5 titles, hardly dominant. Maybe the current BCS format suits them or they have an unfair advantage in the way the system operates.
http://www.hokiesports.com/football/recaps/20110419aaa.html
So I would assume they are new.
Could we just be using last year's never repainted helmets for.practice?
Anything that keeps the embarrassment of the second half of last year's Orange Bowl fresh in their minds during camp is a good thing. Perhaps the JMU combo should be worn in the lead up to App State?
I'll be there on Thurs night against Carolina, and the players' heads is the one place that I would NOT like to see that much orange.
Hopefully we can keep those on the practice field and don't see them on gameday.
F$U or other Florida schools could benefit with a loss of U scholarships. If it gives F$U an edge that might hurt VT.
Not sure of the impact to the ACC. I don't think da U has been helping against non-conference opponents. Almost every conference has some teams with issues. Every conference has traditional powerhouses. Admittedly the SEC has more, but having two strong teams is better than having one for national respect.
This means VT needs to win the NC to gain overdue respect and salvage the ACC's reputation!
Prior to Miami’s 1995 NCAA sanctions, Virginia Tech was 0-12 against the Hurricanes. Since, the Hokies are 11-5.
What does Golden have to lose by waiting? It wasn't under his watch taht all of this happened. If he sits them out and loses, it is far more critical to his reputation. My guess is he waits until either the university pressures him or the NCAA makes him sit the guys. If the university does, expect some fireworks. I would be willing to bet Golden wiggles his way out of this contract on the basis of the university not informing him of what they knew. This could just continue to get ugly!!
OK maybe that's a bit much...
This question wields a sharp double-edged sword. Based on what we know right now, and going forward it looks like the ACC will be home to two top 25 teams, FSU and VT. I would say Clemson, and NC State are programs on the rise, whereas Georgia Tech and North Carolina are all slipping. Paul Johnson is a great coach, but he's only won with Chan Gailey's players. This season will tell a lot about their future. North Carolina will get slapped around by the NCAA, and a school obsessed with talking about integrity and academics may have had their fill of big-boy football. Do we want a better shot of winning more ACC Championships against a diluted ACC or have the ACC be more relevant nationally at the cost of a tougher road to championships.
Also consider Miami being irrelevant would leave a big two in Florida, that's not good. There's almost enough talent in Florida for three elite schools, leaving "The State of Miami" open to Florida, and as is more relevant to us, could see their roster as talented as during the elite Bowden years.
To answer your question, a Miami that's getting their fair share of recruits, wins a respectable amount of games, but is the third best team in the ACC is probably the best thing for the conference and Tech.
Has anyone heard a timeframe on when the NCAA will decide Miami's penalty(s)? With the season fast approaching I would be shocked if it was done before then but I don't think it would be fair to their competition for this to linger into the season without current implicated players being suspended. Golden says right now he is waiting before he decides any punishment....
I heard a couple analysts say the same. But this penalty has to be worse than USC's and even worse than Miami's last time with issues. They have to endure a serious penalty and probation and scholarships losses just don't seem like enough. The NCAA has been trying to flex their muscles lately and I expect serious action. ALthough they were already on probation, SMU essentially got the death penalty for $60K and in the range of 20 players. That looks to be monopoly money, even with inflation, compared to Miami and far less players were involved. Also, people keep putting out there that the NCAA wouldn't do it to such a storied program, but SMU was a very solid program when they were handed their punishment. They played in Rose and Cotton Bowls, had a heisman winner and produced legends like Eric Dickerson and chumps like Craig James. Not to mention they were 11 time Southwest Conference champions over teams like Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Arkansas and TCU!
This should get interesting over the next several months.
This "elite" title they give themselves has been absent since '01. I want these fairweather tools to keep tying in the 80's for another decade or two.
Miami Fans think theyre all clear because some UM blogger is repeatedly saying all these players are cleared. they tout the 4 year statute and how RS stiffarmed this guy completely. A coach they called incompetent btw. If GT got chopped for $312 I see no way in Hell they think they'll get a slap on the wrist.
I heard analysts say that NCAA probably thinks death penalty is too harsh for any program due to the economic impacts on the entire school and the surrounding community.
Would you rather have a weak U or no U?
Who: The Good Luck Fairy or Us
Plausability: 8/10
Rationale: Failure/success is in the eyes of the beholders. If the team does not live up to our hopes, dreams, and expectations we would define it as failure. How could the team be better or perform better? We have a good set up for this year but there are no guarantees. Anything can happen so we need to have some luck on our side
Verdict: Don't believe the hype and be glad we are not Duke, UVa, UNC, Miami....
12. Arkansas State
11. Marshall
10. Duke - I just feel sorry for them. Sucks to have more of the away team in your stadium than your own fans...
9. Wake Forest - Has been interesting at times... and by "at times" I mean for about 5 minutes
8. East Carolina - Still hate ECU fans from when we lost in Charlotte. They were total asses about it...
7. Appalachian State - Personally, I'd like to see a tight first half, and then blow them away in the second half. That's probably just me though
6. Boston College - As much as I hate BC, they're still ranked lower than most of the Coastal in my book
5. North Carolina - Please not another '09, please not another '09
4. Georgia Tech - Chop blockin' bitches... Plus it's in ATL, so it should be interesting
3. Miami - *Eye twitch* *Aneurysm*
2. UVA - Since I've been a Hokie, we've never lost to UVA. (Class of '08) It sure as shit better not happen now.
1. Clemson - I grew up 30 minutes away from Clem(p)son. And don't you dare forget that imaginary p in the name or they'll rip you a new one. I hate Tigers fans so bad, you have no idea (the home-grown hatred trumps the in-state smackdown any day). The '07 game in Death Valley was amazing... though I'm really surprised I didn't get lynched walking out of there in maroon