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Never had a monster maul, just a regular splitting maul, and the more frozen the wood, the easier it was to split, as long as it wasn't knots or Y pieces. Don't know why you had that experience compared with mine, but over 40 years of splitting wood gave me plenty to go on.
As for the women out west splitting wood and the internet, I must agree, something for everyone. One of my clients had a kid in college who was making money on the internet selling his well worn and unwashed underpants. Maybe the internet shouldn't have everything?
I liked a lot of what he had to say and getting a peak behind the curtain of the BoV, but I didn't like "Utah just did something amazing" in response to an athletic dept to model VT after.
I recommend the listen. There's a lot of comments where I was like "OH y'all never actually said that out loud"
Specifically the comments about 'Whit was asking for this for a while, but we were waiting until the board turned over before bringing this to the board'
He says that when they hired Franklin, the interest and the donations started rolling in.
Pearson goes on tech sideline.
If its part of the revenue share of the school, it is pay for play. All comes down to how they manage their revenue share.
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I just tried splitting some with my monster maul a few days ago when it was cold as shit. The wood was frozen and those rounds would not split. Went back today, well above freezing and while they are tough rounds, I eventually split 'em. What a great workout and way to burn off some steam when I'm as wound up as I get at the dock lady, only this time it was at the Shitty of Richmond.
A buddy of mine has been sending me videos of some girls out west who make Instagram and Tiktok videos of themselves splitting firewood. Shockingly, they are attractive and have lots of followers... There's something out there on the internet for everyone.
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If I remember correctly, it was less about being turnover prone and more about him only being good at deep balls. When throwing short or mid range it was like he was aiming for receivers that were 9ft tall sometimes.
I'm gonna ignore any more from him (assuming they are similarly inflammatory), but I get the feeling those might be the only two comments we actually hear from that account.
Chepkevich also points out that many of the deals teams are looking to sign with midseason additions would be 16-to-18-month contracts that lock the player in for 2026–27 as well, with the added bonus that a two-year deal may allow the school to get creative and backload a deal to make up for not having much money left for this season to pay the player now.
So how is this not pay for play or the player is an employee? Can we just send the farse of student athlete?
^^This^^
Franklin appears to be leaning in on what helped make him successful in the first place - going back to what is familiar. And I'll keep saying it... This is the easiest path back to really good VT football. He has a massive rebuild on his hands and having a familiar staff, where cohesiveness shouldn't be an issue, is a massive weight that he wont have to bear as the rebuild takes place.
That also assumes that the ACC is going to be fair in how they dole out opponents over a stretch in time.
Also....this is the third or fourth time they've overhauled the schedule in five years? First they eliminate divisions, then they have to add three new schools while also realizing that they screwed up some rivalries, and now we have to add extra games. Seriously, how many versions of a 2026 conference schedule have we seen?
At least this time, they didn't bother to give us the next seven years of schedules. I'd say it's because they learned their lesson, but in reality it's because they haven't figured it all out yet.
Regardless of how good/bad we are at any given time I would love to have UT and WVU on our schedule every year. That would be the tits for me.
Ah the classic "I knew from the beginning this guy was not going to be good" take. Classic. Let's face it. No you didn't. And guess what, nobody knows how's Franklin will do.
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I threw DV's at both comments because accusing Pry, Babcock and Franklin of professional malfeasance bordering on corruption is beyond the pale. Pry and Babcock have consistently demonstrated a deep love for Virginia Tech and the athletics department in their time at VT and have undoubtedly made countless sacrifices to improve the programs they oversee. Franklin has demonstrated professionalism and leadership in his career with a high level of success in an uber-competitive industry. I highly doubt BFA can provide any credentials to back up his flaming indictment of the integrity and dedication that these three men have demonstrated over decades of professional work. Let the man cook.
But he's certainly not showing a lot of introspection on what went wrong at Penn State, or adjusting to his new job. Only hire I've been impressed with so far is the VMI guy
I think it absolutely is showing introspection. Franklin was successful until he deviated from people he was familiar with. That's the lesson he believes he learned, and he's is going back to what (who) he knows.
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Daddy chill
You don't take that as odd? He comes in HOT, and these are his only two comments? Pretty sure he created an account just for this. Let him have the downvotes.
Edit: who creates an account just to start off negative, when a LOT of people have excitement about Franklin and the recruiting class he just brought in. Something stinks, BAD, about this account and these comments.
You have all of two comments, this one and the one before complaining about hiring Pry. It's almost as if you created this account JUST to bitch about that. You clearly didn't read through the thread to see why some people don't consider it a bad hire, or you did ACTUALLY create this account just to bitch about this. Is this really Sam Siefkes? DC Wilson? Rayo?
Hell, you insulted Pry, Franklin, and Babcock. Maybe I get Babcock, but as far as any of us know, he had next to nothing to do with this hire - there was a whole search committee (that he was not on), and most everyone on here likes the Franklin hire. And, given the way you're bitching about Babcock, it seems like you're unaware of the process of how Franklin was hired.
So I don't know what exactly your deal is, but I'm guessing not an actual Tech fan and someone who created this account just to bitch about Pry. I hope nobody else on here gives you the time of day.
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