Wait, why do we hate Notre Dame again? I "hate" Notre Dame as much as the next person, but I was thinking about it yesterday and don't know why I would waste any more of my energy hating them. They've played their way to irrelevancy recently, and isn't that what we all wanted?
As far as that goes, I do wonder where VT football would be today if that 1993 season hadn't panned out well. Many Hokies forget just how close VT was to canning him after the 1992 campaign...
I know it. This article is also interesting because it shows the thought process as to why they even asked Beamer to coach in the first place. So many variables, lucky breaks, etc. to get where we are today.
No, you DID try to start an argument, and you succeeded. This is a thread about Beamer and his 25th year as head coach. Take your schedule comments elsewhere.
Do not like VT at all, but always thought that Coach Beamer was a class guy.
Nicely done. You actually said something pertinent to the topic of this thread. And I agree. Beamer is a class guy.
He's gonna have to beef up that schedule though.
As for this, just shut up. We've been through it all in excruciating detail. Do us a favor and put this statement in one of the hundreds of threads we've already created about VT's strength of schedule.
Well Philly lost tonight... but so did we. Naturally. I don't believe in jinxes or anything like that, but if we go on more than a 5 game losing streak now, I'm gonna quit posting in this thread. I'll take one for the team.
Nice little 6 game win streak going on right now, including 8 wins in our last 10 games. Heyward also hit a grand slam last night to put us up 5-0. Good thing because we ended up winning 5-4. It's been a solid stretch for us. Let's see if we can keep it up.
Well, the Braves are rolling now. Took 3 of 4 from the Giants then swept the D'Backs this weekend. Seems like it's been coming together recently. Hope we can carry this momentum to Chicago tomorrow.
I do feel a morsel of pity for Al Golden and Jim Larranaga. Apparently Miami knew Shapiro was talking and still hired each of these guys within the last nine months without letting them know. Bastard move on the part of Miami higher-ups.
not really that big of a deal...lots of people do that run at the pitch thing and try to just lay the bat out there and punch it in to the outfield....and the lick thing, the ball probably left some leather on the bat so he just licked it and wiped it off...probably has pine tar on his hands i would guess...so...kinda odd, but he didn't step out of the batters box and make a big deal out of it or anything? didn't look like he did it just to get attention.
He licks his bat after a foul ball... It's just what he does.
Haha, I love how defensive you two are about it.
It's quirky and deserves a laugh. That's all I was trying to get with the post above.
First, he takes a running start at a pitch. Then he fouls off a pitch... and licks his bat. It's one of the funniest/most bizarre at bats I've seen in a while.
Not that I care particularly much about the Big 12, but have there been any rumors circulating about possible additions to the conference? I would think that schools like BYU, Boise State, Houston, etc. would be viable options to fill the spots left open. Or how about we forget about that whole "TCU to the Big East" thing and just let them fill the spot A&M is leaving open?
Mark Gottfried from ESPN says he hears it's going to be A&M and FSU....
Sucks. I mean I like the fact we would get to play FSU every year but I really wanted Tech. That would have been a huge game around here. I don't understand how any tech fan wouldn't want to join the SEC. Doesn't make sense to me. I mean if you want to keep paying your hard earned money for the home schedule you have. I guess that is fine. But I would at least like to see a couple decent games a year. Grow a pair. Come play with the big boys. Seems like every tech fan I have spoken to doesn't want it...... Come on you bunch of Hokies......
Who said we didn't want to join the SEC? I would love the opportunity. It's not our decision though. We have to get an offer, then we have to get through Virginia politics.
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Welcome to the conversation, Nancy. We were hoping you'd get in on it when you were the majority leader, but now that you matter even less than you did before, this little piece is just annoying.
Honestly, and don't tell GMan I said this, the last couple years I've been *whispers* pullin for UVA on weeks they don't play VT.
I really want the rivalry to matter again. Of course it matters in recruiting and probably amongst a good portion of the players that played together/against each other in high school. But it doesn't have that same feel as it used to, so all the best to UVA. Matter again soon.
A lot of optimism about Logan Thomas and David Wilson this year, for sure. And our line is supposed to be the best its been in a long while. Concerns include the defensive front, the whip linebacker, and our defensive secondary depth. But, in Bud we trust I guess.
Our schedule sets up well like it did in 1999. But, its so weak, I foresee a lot of haterade splashes toward the end of the year if we somehow come out unscathed. And I don't blame them, the schedule is a little too weak for my taste but perhaps the best way to break in a new QB? We shall see.
Definitely an exciting year. Logan Thomas should be great, David Wilson as well.
Hey, remember that time this thread was about Butch Davis being fired? Can we take a second to laugh at UNC again?
Also, this is one of my favorite parts about sports. Heated discussions (borderline arguments) about something that we have absolutely no control over.
1. Won 10 games per season from 2004-2010 in one of the two-worst major conferences in the nation.
2. Failed to reach a major bowl game in 50% of those seasons (4 of 10).
3. Went 1-3 in major bowl games.
4. Beat the 2nd-worst automatic BCS qualifier ever to win the one Orange Bowl they did win.
5. Is 1-26 against Top 5 teams.
That's not a "national presence". I'm sure anyone from Oklahoma, Miami, Florida State, Ohio State, Florida, Texas, LSU, Alabama, USC, Auburn, West Virginia, and Tennessee would be glad to steer you in the right direction. Just so you're wondering, those are teams from the last 15 years that have either (a) won championships and/or (b) attended and won more than 1 major bowl game, something that would give them a more impressive status than Vippie Sue (WVU fans, rejoice). Also, just so you're wondering, that's 10% of major college football. This does not include schools that are on relatively equal footing with you now, such as Notre Dame (several 8+ win seasons, multiple BCS appearances, storied tradition), Oregon (national title game appearance this year, a few 10-win seasons), and I could go on.
A "reasonable", "sane" person would look at this and see that the first group of teams CLEARLY holds a higher prestige than the second group. VT is clearly in that second group, having no national championship and 1 BCS win in its history. That last fact ties you with Kansas on the all-time list, BTW, a football program that's had something like 80 losing seasons.
I love how you say that I'm "simply, utterly wrong" on a SUBJECTIVE point. That's the equivalent of me saying that "you're wrong" when you tell me that you like soccer. Not only this, you up the ante by declaring that nothing I say will be good enough to controvert your points. Not satisfied with this, you say that you're done with the discussion. I appreciate you allowing me to have the last word, friend, but it doesn't make you right. It makes you appear irritated that someone had the gall, the nerve, the tenacity to call your program out with well-reasoned, informed arguments.
Besides, what I've said here is fuzzy tame compared to what the schools with tradition are actually saying...
So essentially what you are doing here is arbitrarily setting parameters to define "national presence". And wouldya lookey there! Virginia Tech just happens to fall outside of those parameters! Tough not to question your objectivity here, Observer.
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Wait, why do we hate Notre Dame again? I "hate" Notre Dame as much as the next person, but I was thinking about it yesterday and don't know why I would waste any more of my energy hating them. They've played their way to irrelevancy recently, and isn't that what we all wanted?