JC Price is the unsung hero of this cycle. With the HC position vacant, programs poaching, & his own future with the
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in question, he tirelessly hit the trail to keep this class in tact. His genuine love for VT resonated with a group of kids who easily could’ve jumped ship
If you put your phone in your pocket at exactly 11:59:00 on New Years Eve, you can ring in 2018 fully focused on the moment and embracing the people that you love, rather than staring at a screen filming a 10 second snap story that nobody is gonna remember.
There is something special about curb stomping your rival, on their home turf, after their quarterback called you out, to clinch bowl eligibility.
This really doesn’t happen every day. So enjoy it. Cheers!
Some Blacksburg residents are mad about students staying. Some have nowhere else to go. Some realize that they’d rather quarintine with their healthy young roommates than their middle-aged parents. They pay rent & support buisness.
If they follow the rules, what’s the issue?
Virginia Tech fans have known since day one that Devine Deablo has the physicality, the talent, and the drive to carve himself out a long NFL career.
The rest of the country is just now catching on.
Quincy Patterson will go down as perhaps the biggest "what if" of the Justin Fuente era. This fanbase has been enamored by him ever since that Elite 11 performance prior to his Senior Year of HS. A super talented athlete, and by all accounts, a great person. Best of luck to him.
Virginia Tech, who for decades would make the big dance once every ten years, now owns the 9th longest active tournament appearance streak in the nation.
How far we’ve come since consecutive 2 win ACC campaigns in ‘14 & ‘15.
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To those frustrated that the
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may need to win 3+ ACCT games to go dancing:
Bubble teams have no grounds to complain. You aren’t an undefeated team getting left out of the CFB playoff. If you wanted to land safely in the tourney, you shouldn’t have lost to BC and NC State
What an absolutely inspired effort by
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Softball over the course of the last 36 hours. Combination of superior talent and “never say die” adrenaline.
Those girls just spent basically every waking hour of the weekend playing softball on the brink of elimination.
Respect!
Transfer QB from Incarnate Word in TX. Not recruited out of HS because he played in the Wing T in the middle of nowhere. Jerry Rice Award winner from the Spring season. Add 4,648 yards and 47 TDs in the fall.
If the
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can land him, he’s the best QB since at least Jerod
Just heard from a friend who is pretty upset. Virginia Tech is scheduling finals during the UVA game. So now he, a senior who didn't get to attend games in his final year, won't even be able to watch the last game with friends.
The students deserve better, especially this year.
Duke beat Clemson, covered a double digit spread against a Big 10 team, and is currently winning 24-0 against a team that made a bowl game last season.
Elko, who is 12-4 at one of the hardest programs to win at, was a final round candidate for the VT job.
Things could be better
Gotta respect Whit Babcock’s ability to prevent leaks during a coaching search. Hiring process is dicey, and when negative information gets out, it creates a perception of chaos and incompetence within an athletic department. UVA is learning the hard way: Loose lips sink ships!
No role for him in Mike Young's system, transfers to home to Wake just to see his minutes drop, before landing at Longwood - and leads them to first ever March Madness.
A lot of complaints about the portal, but Wilkins is exemplary of how it can benefit the player and the game.
From a fan viewership perspective, few things are as brutal as:
1.) Opposing team score two touchdowns as if it was against air.
2.) Keep it moderately close enough to never check out.
3.) Miraculously create a situation where you should win.
4.) Lose anyway.
Ran into
@CoachMKYoung
when I was walking down Main Street earlier today. One of the friendliest guys you’ll ever meet. A Beamer-esque demeanor — and that’s high praise around here! A true Hokie!
I truly cannot get over how much fun the Military Bowl was. To everyone that came out to the tailgate, it was a blast and a pleasure to meet you.
The football is great, but the COMMUNITY is what makes it special.
Days like yesterday are why I love Hokie football so damn much.
I know that football will always be king here, but if you started Virginia Tech in 2014 or later, your lived experience is having attended a school with a successful ACC basketball program and a lively football culture with mostly disappointing results.
Let's not allow the running game to overshadow the fact that James Mitchell's development has been as advertised.
- He has caught a TD in all 3 games (from a different QB each time)
- Against UNC, he passed the 100 yard mark for the first time.
- Leading the team in rec yards.
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baseball coach John Szefc is your ACC Coach of the Year.
Between the cancelled season in ‘20 and the late season collapse in ‘21, his vision for where this program could be was delayed.
But it was not denied.
About as well deserved as it gets.
Virginia Athletics sent out a release reiterating that a food and beverage ban at UVA-sanctioned events will apply to media. None available and can't bring your own in.
So people who are there working games for hours won't be able to take a drink of water? Really?
Per
@FieldYates
, Darryl Tapp is officially heading to the San Francisco 49ers. A promising young coach — that was probably the most popular on staff amongst the
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fanbase — is leaving Blacksburg.
I’ve seen this fanbase go to a dark place this season — myself included.
Watching this team play with this sense of urgency is admirable. Alot of people gave up on them, they clearly never gave up on themselves.
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top 2020 commit Alec Bryant (
@ABXCII
) will be playing in the Texas 5A State Championship today. It will be his final high school game.
Good luck, Alec! Hokie Nation is rooting for you. Get that ring and bring that championship mentality to Blacksburg this fall!
The players aren’t bad. Clearly there is enough talent to hang with some of the better teams in the country. But Virginia Tech will be 4-6 after tonight. Who’s that on? You guessed it! Coaching.
Mason Rudolph has been in the news recently, so I thought I’d share some hard facts from his final college game:
QBR:
@Chase_Mummau7
100.0
Rudolph 87.3
Cmp %:
Mummau 100%
Rudolph 65.6%
Y/A:
Mummau 22
Rudolph 11
The NFL needs to stop running scared.
Sign Mummau!
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I know Joe Lunardi’s opinion isn’t the Word of God, but how the hell is the primary update to the bracket he made UVa passing the
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?
VT almost blew it against Clemson (winners of 5 in a row) but UVa only beat Louisville by one. Has he seen Louisville play recently?
Mike Young currently holds the highest winning percentage in the history of Virginia Tech Basketball.
Landers Nolley currently has the most PPG in the history of Virginia Tech basketball.
Cheers to a hell of a night,
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!
Logan Thomas:
- Starred as the
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QB.
- Bounced around practice squads before making the switch to TE.
- Multiple years as a backup developing his craft.
- Now, at 29, he’s having a career year.
Hardworking people that are willing to make adjustments reap the rewards.
Virginia Tech needs a golden goose to keep up with the pack in the age of NIL. Why not Amazon?
With VT building it’s Innovation Campus on Amazon’s HQ2, it makes sense to have
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athletes represent them. Capitalize on a partnership with one of America’s richest companies.
There's a strong feeling around college football that a significant NIL deal proved the driver to push top recruit Travis Hunter to Jackson State over FSU. This could be remembered as a seminal moment in recruiting, the first seismic commitment shift we've seen from NIL.
Last summer, I got a call from
@EvanGWatkins247
asking if I wanted to join the
@VTScoop247
team as a podcast host. Well, I’ve enjoyed it so much that I’m ready to expand upon that role. Excited to announce that I’m now part of VT Scoop’s prestigious team of writers.
For those of you screaming that the portal is “ruining college basketball”: That same portal gave you Aluma, Mutts, LeDay, Seth Allen & now Storm Murphy. Didn’t hear you complaining then. The reality is student athletes have freedom now, play the game or get left behind.
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