Bitter blog - Virginia Tech or Pittsburgh: Who has the edge?
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Because we're all Sunday morning quarterbacks.
Radio questions for me & Joe
Our own Joseph T.K.P. Lanza will be on ESPN Blacksburg today with me at 4:15 to help preview the Pitt game. If you have any questions (about Tech/Pitt, just Tech or really anything else) post them here and I'll try my hardest to get them all on air.
If you're in the area you can listen in on FM 94.1/AM 1430, or if you're abroad you can tune in here
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Six Pick: Week Eight
The words for week 8 are:
parity:
the state or condition of being equal
great:
remarkable; exceptionally outstanding
In sports having the former means not having the latter. Parity also leads to picking whether it's straight up or ATS to being a tirefire. It makes for great drama, but there's something to be said to looking at something and being awed. Close games between flawed good teams, while fun, don't awe me. I want a great team. Yes, you can #getoffmylawn any time you please.
Parity isn't going to make it easy for these people ... that's actually great.
Week 8 Games
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25 Non-Fullers On SI & CBS Sports Mid-Season All-American Team
Kendall was named to Sports Illustrated's Mid-Season All-American team after he was unjustly excluded from ESPN's. There were also 25 other players on the first team list, but none of them are a Fuller and Kendall could only be named to one spot. He's steadily working his way towards a Thorpe award in his career.
http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/10/15/college-football-midseason...
He was also listed on the CBS Sports Mid-Season All-American team. Again, the only Fuller, but this time there are 26 other non-Fullers.
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weekly weather report...them
Ugh....Pitt....where do I even begin? As a student, Pitt was the beginning of quite the downward slide for us in football. The beginning of the end of a ten win streak that bested every other team in the country. When I watched that game I was utterly baffled that a team of our caliber, coming into the game ranked in the top 15 could be absolutely CRUSHED by a Pitt team that had lost to Youngstown state a few weeks prior. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?!?!?! Upon further research I discovered this wasn't a fluke, no this was the norm. Pitt is our beloved hokies kryptonite, and as I watch lightning cackle and thunder boom outside of my window, I wonder if this isn't an ominous sign for more of the same.
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Get Your Mind Right: Pitt Edition
Dear friends,
I find that after a BYE week, it takes a little extra for me to get myself ready for game day. This week especially since it is a Thursday night game and many of us have work/class tomorrow. Just this morning I woke up and thought "hot damn, there is football tomorrow and I am not ready." Here is a collection of awesomeness that I gathered from last years game. Let's all take a minute and get fired up for tomorrows game against Pitt!
Love,
Dozer
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Bitter blog - An Ekanem story and five questions with a Pitt beat writer
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OT: Young Kids at Lane Stadium
Morning Everyone, I have a question for those of you with younger kids: How old were they when you first brought them to Lane? My oldest is 4 and I really want to take him to a home game this fall but my wife is afraid the noise will be too much for him and I am trying to convince her otherwise. What has worked for those that took their kids? Noise Canceling Headphones? Earplugs? Any tips or advice (other than tell him to MTFU ;) ) would be appreciated.
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Battle of Bristol hype video
A year after a contract was signed for the largest football game ever, the Battle of Bristol now has a hype video. Sadly, it wasn't made by Billdozer, but it's still pretty exciting. Enjoy!
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Places in Dayton to watch Pitt game
I'm in Dayton for work this week and was wondering if anybody knew any pro-Hokie places to watch the game on Thursday. Thanks.
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Pitt Injury Report
Per ACC guidelines, Virginia Tech has released its "Thursday" injury report for its game against Pitt in Pittsburgh.
Out for Season
Desmond Frye (shoulder)
Sean Huelskamp (knee)
Shai McKenzie (knee)
Colt Pettit (shoulder)
Braxton Pfaff (shoulder)
Mark Shuman (knee)
Out
Kalvin Cline (knee)
Trey Edmunds (clavicle)
Brandon Facyson (shin)
Luther Maddy (knee)
Dahman McKinnon (knee)
Marshawn Williams (ankle)
Doubtful
Carlis Parker (hamstring)
Probable
Woody Baron (ankle)
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Alabama Player Drug Bust
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Bitter blog - Live Virginia Tech football chat at 12:30 p.m.
By: Andy Bitter
on October 14, 2014, 10:25 AM
Day change because of the Thursday night game ...
http://www.roanoke.com/sports/columns_and_blogs/blogs/andy_bitter_virgin...
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Another Jameis Winston investigation
Winston is one busy QB. Not only does he have an hearing in front of a former judge as part of FSU internal investigation in his alleged sexual assault , the sophomore QB is now being investigated for the authenticity of more than 340 autograph signings. Knowing how FSU played without him in the lineup, I doubt anything will come out of those investigations.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11697064/florida-state-se...
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Isaiah Ford still playing basketball?
Does anybody know if he's still going to play for Buzz this winter?
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OT: #LOLUVA Alum Ronde Barber Uses Poor Choice of Words
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OT: "You'll shoot your eye out, kid."
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Six Pick Results: Week 7
Week 7 results are in courtesy of Brooks ...
strong work going 5-1:
99Hokies03
fernleyhokie
Hokie11_DBU
HortHokie15
InEnemyTerritory
Kville Hokies
ltrepeter2000
qchokie
VTimHokie85
And carrying the bottom and going 0-6:
kburkeVT
Week 7 Results
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Bitter blog - Take 5: Maddy's out for Pitt, Marshawn's 'very doubtful,' Stanford's back on scout team
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OT: Steve Addazio and his dudes
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