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Where would VT be ranked if we started the season 6-0?

A fun though exercise I stole from Reddit (no shame).

If VT started the season 6-0, where would they be ranked in the polls?

As a reminder, our schedule looks as follows

Home vs ODU
Home vs Purdue
Away at Rutgers
Away at Marshall
Home vs Pitt
Away at Florida State

Obviously, it depends on how well the rest of the teams on our schedule do, but I would estimate that 6-0 VT with a win at FSU would be in the top 15- maybe 13ish.

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CFB Helmets Re-Imagined by AI

Hokies are #33 in list. Can't say I like or get the design for us (supposed to be a Turkey head???), although the subtle feather pattern in the maroon base is slick. Jayhawks and Trojans are probably the best, Baylor not bad. GT the most interesting from the ACC. TCU Horned Frogs is kinda cooI, but don't think many of the raised designs would pass muster for wear or safety. What do y'all think?
College Football Helmets Re-Imagined by AI

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Tennessee Has Been Naughty

NCAA.com reporting that over the last 3 years, Tennessee has commited 18 Level I violations, encompassing over 200 individual infractions, involving recruiting rules violations and direct payments to prospects, current players, and families.

Additionally, there are four more level 1 unethical conduct violations involving former employees of impermissable inducements and benefits totaling about $60,000

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Brent Pry Tells All: Virginia Tech Rebuild, Year One Challenges & Transfer Portal Strategy

First time post, so bear with me if anything is messed up. This is an excellent interview with Adam Breneman where Coach Pry goes more in depth on everything he has been saying since he arrived. Might not learn anything new, but it adds a lot of context. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxj-geP2oFM

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UVA Jay Woolfolk leaves football team to focus on baseball.

https://dailyprogress.com/sports/jay-woolfolk-leaving-virginia-football-...

This shouldn't be a surprise after looking what his future is a better fit for. He has been very limited in spring and summer football. Has played well during UVA World Series run. Will likely be high draft pick if he stays with it. But this really hurts UVA football.

Was the front runner after last season to take over the starting job from Armstrong. Now it's transfer from Monmouth with backups of true freshmen and 2 redshirt freshmen

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UPDATE: HE GONE. Pat Fitzgerald and NWU Football Hazing allegations.

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2023/07/08/top-stories/former-nu-football-...

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/7/8/23788239/daily-northwestern-allege...

Aside from Fitzgerald's suspension, other measures included no more preseason practices off campus in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and a new locker room monitor who won't report to Fitzgerald or his staff.

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New York state just banned the NCAA from investigating school related NIL violations

The wild west is about to get even messier.

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Football Appears to Have Added 7 New Faces To Support Roles

  • Jan Johnson - Defensive Analyst, was on staff as a GA
  • Rob Branch - GA
  • Rachid Ibrahim - GA
  • Brandon McCombs - Special Teams Analyst
  • Caleb Selk - Director of Football Ops
  • Kelsey Vinson - Director of Sports Science (Much Needed IMO)
  • Camden Gresham - Recruiting Assistant (ABC)

Read up on these wonderful new Hokies:
Here

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LSU Vacating 37 wins, Les Miles now ineligible for HOF

Saw this on my news feed:

https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/lsu-football-vacates-all-wins-from-2012...

This might be the only instance in recent history that a coach actually gets a meaningful punishment. Due to a player's parents being given BS jobs with a local organization, LSU played 3 years with an ineligible player and thus vacated all wins from 2012-2015. Might have only been caught because the director of the organization was caught misusing $800k of organizational funds.

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UVA Has Done It Again

After the original classic 'Hard Things Together' was followed up by the formidable sequel 'Hoos on the Loo 23' I wondered if we would ever again be lucky enough to witness such comedy gold from their social media.

Well ladies and gentlemen, I'm happy announce that they've done it again.

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Transfer CB Derrick Canteen given 4* grade by 247

Thought this was noteworthy to contextualize the quality of the incoming transfer class given that thr '23 recruiting class was light on blue chip talent

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Hokies in NFL 2023

Unfortunately starting this thread with some bad news for Chuck Clark. It appears he suffered a serious knee injury (Suspected Torn ACL) while at an offseason workout with the Jets.

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AMA 15: MaroonX2

- Team Pie: Key Lime, Apple, and Pumpkin

- Played soccer in community college then transferred to Roanoke College (Class of '16)
a. Business Admin
b. I found TKP during marketing management my junior year. It helped me get through class.
c. Got my MBA at Midway University. Sounds like a halfway house...it isn't.

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Brent Pry at Roanoke Valley Hokie Club Dinner

The offseason will get after ya so....

.Wednesday evening at Hotel Roanoke. HUGE crowd, a nearly full ballroom, I'd say 3-4x number of people who attended last year at Salem Civic Center. Also attending were Whit, Mike Burnop, Ron Crook, Derek Jones and Brian Crist. Mike Vick was scheduled but was called to NY to film a Fox Sports segment.

Spoke to Ron Crook- an awesome dude. Super down-to-earth and friendly. Pry was working the cocktail hour talking to everyone.

Some Pry comments:

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