TechHokie13
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The Lounge
2 w ago
I initially read that as Stu Holt.
I thought it was a little unfair to gripe about the public speaking abilities of the former special teams coordinator with such a specific comparison đ
A+ reading comprehension on my part right there.
The Lounge
2 w ago
I did a one-month caffeine reset a few years ago.
Absolutely horrible experience. I don't care that 300+ mg a day is "unhealthy" or "bad for my cardiac health." I don't care that it basically just makes me slightly less-tired, but now with heart palpitations.
Darn it all, give me my magic bean water, at full power, or give me death.
The Lounge
3 w ago
Sounds like the night I ended up in a Russian bar near DC with a buddy.
The vodka was excellent though.
Football Board
1 mo ago
Duke won the ACC and Indiana won the natty.
Clearly someone left the NCAA Dynasty sim for a couple of decades unattended.
** Edited by TechHokie13 at 6/20/2026, 1:20:24 PM
The Lounge
2 mo ago
Biggest challenge for me is remembering every day.
I just about cried when I broke a 100+ day streak by missing a day.
Softball Board
4 mo ago
All it takes is one bout of collective food poisoning before NcAAs....
and it's game on for the rest of us đ
Softball Board
4 mo ago
The men's basketball team
isn't nearly as successful with the "got 'em right where we want 'em" strategy đ
Men's Basketball Board
5 mo ago
Women's Basketball Board
5 mo ago
Asap.
Blew an excellent defensive showing so far with incredibly poor offense. So now we've held UNC to like 8 points in the past 12 minutes of basketball, and have only a 3-point lead to show for it.
Women's Basketball Board
6 mo ago
Same issue most other sports are having/will have.
WBB officiating pipeline is little more than a trickle. Men's bball and football are probably not more than 10 years behind.
Men's Basketball Board
6 mo ago
Men's Basketball Board
8 mo ago
Football Board
8 mo ago
You've described what we need from a coach.
We are nwhere near chasing national titles or deep playoff runs. We need to stabilize the ship and raise the floor of the program. Franklin has the best shot of doing that of anyone we could feasibly hire.
If we're here 5 years from now averaging 7-9 wins per year, with a couple 10-win seasons and a playoff appearance, I'd consider that a raging success.
We can cross the bridge of taking the next step when we get there. Gotta crawl before we walk, imo.
Men's Basketball Board
8 mo ago
And apparently VT offers discounts to state employees.
A public defender friend of mine stumbled upon that little nugget. There were allegedly weekend game tickets for like $15-20.
The Lounge
8 mo ago
Men's Basketball Board
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Men's Basketball Board
8 mo ago
As a football official,
I continue to believe that basketball officiating is black magic, tomfoolery, and guessing đ
** Edited by TechHokie13 at 11/8/2025, 6:29:00 PM
The Lounge
8 mo ago
A touching thought for the pilots of the UPS plane crash
Adam Kinzinger (if you recognize the name from anything non-aviation-related, ignore that) posted this, and man, did I shed a tear or two at the thought. Absolutely tragic situation.
Regardless of what happened leading up to the accident (and there will be plenty of questions, answers, and anger to come in the following weeks/months), these pilots gave it everything they had.
Even with an engine missing, the pilots kept the aircraft wings level, nose up. They were fighting like hell to get that plane under control and eventually down safely, or at least avoid as many ground casualties as possible. They never gave up until things were truly out of their control.
I'm no pilot, but that seems like exceptional airmanship to me, which their colleagues and families should certainly be proud of. RIP to these pilots and those killed on the ground.
** Edited by TechHokie13 at 11/8/2025, 9:19:09 PM
Football Board
10 mo ago
I actually came across this comment while writing up my officiating column.
It was #3 or 4 in the Google results for "Gary Patterson ACC," interestingly enough.
Football Board
11 mo ago
I had a catch and TD. Was shocked incomplete was even discussed.
I agree with Hokiepro - IMO, the "control through the ground" concept has been over-officiated in recent years.
I thought he had control, broke the plane of the goal line (or goal line extended, since he was contacting the ground in bounds as far as I could tell), and *then* started losing it as he stumbled down. But that shouldn't matter, as the play is over the instant he broke the GL plane.
Bit of a head-scrstcher there, which is very frustrating, as I thought the ACC had a solid officiating day/weekend overall.
Football Board
11 mo ago
Incredibly idiotic for a Stanford student.
Massive penalty in the red zone, plus a first down. All for a stupid dance. đđ
Kid, would you have danced like that if you gave up a 3 yard run on 2nd and 2? Because that's functionally what you just did.
Football Board
1 y ago
Every single coach in the country should reach out to his "agent."
And offer like, $2000 and a 2017 Corolla.
Softball Board
1 y ago
Having grown up a Stanford fan, this is extremely accurate.
A lot of the fan base is older and remembers the glory years of Elway and Rose Bowls, etc. etc. Now, it's just apathy, and the opponents are just kinda.... there. Nobody's really into the outcome enough to care much.
** Edited by TechHokie13 at 3/29/2025, 1:11:00 PM
Men's Basketball Board
1 y ago
In related news, I'm more than a bit surprised that Odom left VCU for UVA.
Schools without a football program definitely seem to have a distinct advantage in basketball NIL $$, as they don't have to deal with, "Hey, it's football transfer portal season, and we're about to lose our star player. Soooo.... y'know that $400k or so you had promised to *your* star player? Guess we need that now. Oops. Good luck!"
Men's Basketball Board
1 y ago
I have absolutely no idea who you are or what you've posted.
Lovely sentiment though đ
I guess I don't spend nearly as much time perusing football message boards as I used to.
** Edited by TechHokie13 at 3/26/2025, 7:26:24 AM
Baseball Board
1 y ago
Have I never paid attention,
or is there a *lot* of offense in college baseball this year? Seems I'm seeing more run-rule endings than typical. Recency bias, or is this year different?
Wrestling Board
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Men's Basketball Board
1 y ago
Caught a couple of his podcasts after this year's football game.
I enjoyed them, seemed like a reasonable guy who actually cared about the state of his team's football program (a rarity among UVA fans, of course).
Wrestling Board
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1 y ago
And they reverse the reversal!!
No clue how that works overturning the overturning of the original call.... screw it, Eddie's the champ!
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
Hard to finish an attack with your face on the floor, Jimmy.
Man, that was frustrating. Really felt like Mullen had the edge on his feet, just couldn't hit one of those throws, or finish on the legs.