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Hokies up 31-24 at half
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# | Hokies Wrestling: Class of 2026 and 2027 recruits tournament results Why did they have to win to advance to 3rd? Typically the losers in Semifinals are the 3rd/4th. Consolation best usually is the 5th/6th
Rojas with a 1-0 decision to advance too the third place match
Duffy needs to go to a zone to clog up the paint. Radford between dribble penetration and getting a big in ISO are killing the Hokies inside
Coluccio with a pin to advance too the 3rd place match
Radford shooting 28% or Hokies would be in a big hole here. Wenzel and Nelson continue their trend of being offensive black holes. 0-8 combined
Radford coach could be Buzz Williams brother.
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# | Hokies Wrestling: Class of 2026 and 2027 recruits tournament results Robie won 4-2 in Consolation and 17-1.
Has locked in a top 8 finish
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# | Hokies Wrestling: Class of 2026 and 2027 recruits tournament results McMullen in Consolation
Won 2-0
Won 16-0
Won 16-0
Lost in SV to #9
This is the answer. Joe has explained in the past that the format is based on screen orientation. There isn't separate desktop and mobile versions of the site.
If the screen is vertical like a phone you get "buttons" on the bottom. If it's horizontal you get the "desktop" formatting.
The difference is the NFL is set up to attempt to level the field with equally resourced teams competing. Yeah I get it there are some years it doesn't work correctly but by and large it works fairly well.
This playoff system of including G5 schools will likely (imo) give the same result every year. I do not ever expect a Cinderella story coming out of this system with the current extreme disadvantages that G5 schools have.
He is into the finals
Miller with a 18-3 Tech fall
Agreed. My criticism is against the current playoff structure.
Well, this doesn't look like the game Wenzel plays better. She's already 0-3 with a bad pass turnover in 5 minutes.
I could not agree more with your solution. And I totally agree with putting conferences regionally and making conferences championships matter.
My statement and opinion (that is all it is) is based upon the current structure. My statement is that JMU and Tulane simply are not 2 of the best 12 football teams in the country. Now there are so many reasons why that is the case, however the reality is that they are not.
I'm on this side.
To paraphrase someone from years past:
'Imagine you go to Boise State spring practice before 2006 season. And you say to the team-"ive got some good news: y'all will go 13-0 this season!.... bad news: you won't even get near a shot to play for the National championship. "
There's something, to me just un-American about not rewarding excellence. Flawed, yes, but
If you win your conference, you get a shot. If you don't, you shouldn't.
Yes, some are not competitive, but we know because they played yesterday and not because of sportstalk debate. Im ok with that.
Of course, my sec wife thinks it's a travesty to have 'bad conferences' (ie all but sec and maybe big10) get a shot, because...sec.
I like your correction. My statement was idealistic, your correction is realistic.
Bo gives up the first takedown of the match. But wins by tech fall in the second period 26-10. He is into the finals
Going to Lake Norman to the in-laws over Christmas. Hoping I can cast out far enough towards the middle to grab something off the bottom.
Rojas loses 5-2 to the 2 seed
Basketball also has the advantage of rarely being impacted by weather, games can be stacked at a single location much more easily and played with more frequency. The logistics of football discount being able to shift that direction.
Boston College and Stanford still define your intent.
In any other sport, playoffs are the mechanism employed to sort through great teams to determine the best team.
There are plenty of instances in the NFL where division winners really have no business being in the playoffs when there are better teams in crowded divisions. But winning your division gets you a spot.
NCAA bball tourney is a better example of proper "sorting out the best teams." However, it has the flaw that there are wayyy too many teams to be able to definitively say "these are the 68 best teams this season." At least it makes for some great stories when you have Cinderella runs and major upsets. If it always sifted out to 2 of the #1 seeds playing for the championship every year, it wouldn't be as much fun to watch.
I'm in this boat. And I hate myself for it. I hate that college football has found a structure where I find myself hating other conferences more than my second most hated rival.
If it was UVA I'd be rooting for them to get blown out though. Fuck UVA.