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Would love to know Bud's true honest feelings on Stinespring, Loeffler, Cornleson...
You can count on one hand the number of times we had a better offense than defense (tbh i can only think of one time - 2010). Bud was more than pulling his weight, and those guys often were not
Yea, I'm not an NFL fan, and NFL just doesn't bring my friends together like college ball does.
I agree re: traditions, but I can't convince my friends to all travel to Lane to watch 6 win VT team play a 3 win BC team. Taking 5 days in Ireland, one of which is to watch Hokies, is much more appealing to us.
Agree, I wouldn't want the Miami game there.
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2026 VT run game will be good. 2027 run game will be setting VT records!
VT has one of the hardest 2026 ACC schedules. Brutal road schedule that will use the entire $20M gift to pay for flights and hotels. They play 7 of the top 8 teams (based on 2025 results). Playing at Clemson, SMU, and Miami seems like 0-3, but I guess we'll what CJMFF can do with a single offseason.
My hope: VT will manage to get through a tough schedule in 2026, end up 8-4 or better and set themselves up for an easier 2027 schedule that leads to an ACCCG win and CFP appearance.
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# | Mansoor Delane First Team AP, Walter Camp and ON3 All American Seeing him mocked as a top 10 pick. Yeah I know it's early but that would make him "our" highest pick since DHall and 4th highest all time. Oof
UL, SMU, and Clemson should really like their schedule too. I think it was be harder to make the ACCCg with 8 games, so I would suggest that Miami, UL and SMU have the best shot based on schedule.
But honestly, no idea how any of these rosters will look next year. GT is losing a lot, including their entire offernsive coaching staff, QB, RB, etc., but their HS recruiting has been better the last few years. Who knows.
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Rio is great, went there for a wedding last December. The flight is expensive, but everything is so cheap there. The food is great, beaches gorgeous, and site seeing is spectacular. I traveled to a resort town Buzios via Uber for about $80 (over 2-hr drive) and all Ubers within Rio were between $1 and $10 (the airport trip to Copacabana was the moat expensive for distance). I ended up buying all my Xmas gifts and a new wardrobe because it was 50% cheaper there.
Rio and Brazil in general does have several negatives -- It is very similar to Mexico in the way the government runs and the disparity between the poor and the rich. So, stay away from favellas, drug transactions, etc. and you have to consistently ignore the dudes on the beach trying to scam and hassel you.
I'll also note that having Brasileiro friends helped a lot to navigate through the city and travel to Buzios. Most of the working class do not know English, but if you stick to tourist hotels, restaurants, etc, there are plenty of English speakers.
The biggest aggravation was that in most years Bud was churning out defenses that would've held their weight for national title teams, and Stinespring was churning out offense that would've suited most 8-4 teams just fine, and they were combining to go 10-2 in an era where 10-2 meant you had no shot at a national championship.
Missing the opportunity to host a game at lane, against any opponent, in favor of any other venue 👎
Missing the opportunity to play a game at BC, Pitt, or Syracuse in favor of any other venue 👍
Missing the opportunity to play on the road against any other ACC opponent on the road in favor of another venue 👎
Missing an opportunity to play any non-conference game on the road in favor of another venue 🤷🏻♂️
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"Welcome aboard the Plane Train. Please hold on. This train is departing. The next stop is Concourse B. B as in Burgers and Beverages."
edit: also this classic
I'd be more inclined to do this for an NFL game. My family went to Dublin for the Steelers game this year and everyone had a blast. IMO much of what makes college football fun is the unique traditions and special atmospheres, etc. Taking away a home game to play in a converted soccer stadium in front of a mixed crowd seems like a net loss.
However we play in the ACC where 50% of our games are in front of empty 40k person stadiums with teams we have no regional ties or rivalries with. So I guess it isn't that different. Would depend on what game got moved; Miami/VT big loss. VT/BC probably an improvement.
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All I can think of is "I'm Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens" and "Atlanta is in the eastern time zone."
I'm happy for Wiggins. He was a great position coach for us, and has been moving his way up the coaching ranks.
I think a lot of the people on this site were not old enough or were not VT fans back then to truly appreciate how aggravating it was to have to watch a Stinespring-led offense at VT.
What do you think, you're the fucking Rock?
I recognize the impact to local businesses. I don't have a good answer.
My wife and all her sisters/friends are GT grads. My FIL and BIL are both Naval Academy grads - both teams have had a combined 4 or 5 international games in the last decade. Each one they've made a vacation out of - the entire fanbase goes, and it's been an absolute blast. We had (literally) two dozen friends who made the trip to Ireland for the FSU/GT game last year. If we had a game in Ireland or Brazil or something, and had over a year's heads up, my Hokie friends/old roommates from East Coast, West Coast, and abroad would probably all make the trip and make a vacation out of it. It would be a blast.
The there's also the fact that Blacksburg is really hard to get to. I live 20 minutes north of Hartsfield Jackson, so it often is literally easier for me to fly cross country than drive across 3+ states. Then it's an arm and a leg to get lodging remotely close to downtown/Lane. You can stay further away, but Ubers are tough to get.
Finally, international games are typically scheduled years in advance. Home games are released in February. When I'm coordinating with friends and family who live all over the country, years of time makes it easier to plan than 7-8 months.
"Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes"
Agreed...
It really is profound how so many little things make the difference between a team being competitive and a team being really bad.
If we had 5 ACC games and 3 OOC game since could see moving one but thats moat likely a very weak OOC schedule if we have 3 teams willing to come to VT In a single year.
Have we actually hired a RB coach?