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Wrestling Board
4 mo ago
Football Board
4 mo ago
Hokie Wrestlers just clinched the ACC tourney title!
Amazing job in what was supposed be a "down" year (redshirting National Champ Caleb Henson).
Future is insanely bright with returners and Bo Bassett, etc. coming next year.
Wrestling Board
4 mo ago
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
Gus never AA’d did he? Devin was a 3x AA…several errors there.
I’m reminded of the quote “Everything on the internet is true, Abe Lincoln said so!”
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
Should he AA again next year, EV replaces Dance, imo
Dance was consistently good his whole career and "only" AA'd twice.
EV had a tough freshman year before going off at NCAAs.
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
IMO, any All-time great VT wrestlers list w/out Pete Yates is lacking! haha
One of my favorites - dude was MEAN on the mat!
Wrestling Board
1 y ago
Well, consider all the ingredients;
Compared to most other boards and sports, the wrestling community is pretty tight knit and given the individual nature of the sport, it IS a little more personal. You’ve got parents, fans, coaches, (and probably some of the wrestlers) viewing and chiming in.
On a somewhat related note, my HS coaches one year put on the team shirt, “No place to hide”. So very true.
You’ve got passionate fans who want our guys to succeed. Coaches that are largely, very successful and accessible to us VT wrestling fans. Combine all of that with one of “our” talented boys entering the portal looking to leave and it makes for some drama. Kind of like an awkward Thanksgiving meal but the conversation is open for all to see/read.
With all of that said…Love you guys!
Go Hokies!
Wrestling Board
2 y ago
Wrestling Board
2 y ago
Wrestling Board
2 y ago
Wrestling Board
2 y ago
One of you fellow Hokies please start sharing video links, TIA!!!
Twitter, YouTube, give me all of it please!
Congrats Caleb!!!!!
Wrestling Board
2 y ago
I believe an injured Mekhi took 4th last yr(?) get 3rd this year & 1,2,3,4!
No shame in that at all...!
Wrestling Board
2 y ago
Thanks for doing this...Mercy - on paper - NC State is going to smoke us
On paper!!!
I plan on attending in Raleigh on the 23rd - hoping Bryce will be back!
Pitt first - Go Hokies!
Football Board
2 y ago
Football Board
2 y ago
Football Board
2 y ago
A fit, really? I sadly sort of expected Kelce to play. Just disappointed
Reid didn't do what (I feel) should've been done.
Football Board
2 y ago
Agreed on your last point...would you please share your "line" for
Player - Coach? What would Kelce have to have done to Andy Reid to warrant, in your opinion, a 2nd half benching?
Football Board
2 y ago
Football Board
2 y ago
Football Board
2 y ago
Please respond with your opinion on where your "line" is.
Would Kelce had to have pushed him to the ground to warrant a 2nd half benching?
...punching him?
Where's your line?
Football Board
2 y ago
Not quite...we're talking the 2006 Gator Bowl vs the Superbowl and on-field
incident vs. shoving Frank Beamer.
It would've been a statement, just not comparable to the one AR didn't make last night.
Football Board
2 y ago
So, in hindsight, you're implying that letting Vick play the 2nd half was
the incorrect decision?
What are your thoughts RJHokie on Reid not benching Kelce for the 2nd half last night?
...and like I've asked others in this thread, where's your "line" between player and coach that would've justified benching Kelce in the 2nd half (shove to ground? punch?, etc.)
Football Board
2 y ago
If that's what' happened, and I suspect you're right, it does slightly
damage Frank's status, imo - slightly.
He was known to be fairly soft on discipline issues.
That's one I certainly feel he made the wrong call (assuming he did see it, in game).
Football Board
2 y ago
Maybe so....that doesn't change the fact that he could've made
a legendary statement that a line was crossed by player to a coach.
Now, you may draw a line in a different place than I, but you do have a line and I'm sure AR does, too.
Regardless, a world-will-never-forget statement opportunity was missed, imo.
Again, I won't remember who won the 2024 Superbowl without looking it up 5 years from now.
Football Board
2 y ago
Misplaced, obviously. ...and you make an interesting point.
Supposedly Frank didn't see it...not sure how much I believe that.
That brings up an interesting point...do you remember that Gator bowl more for the victory or the somewhat scummy way "we" won it. Vick's shenanigans and that inaction by Beamer definitely soured some of the victory for me, honestly.
I'll also never forget our D-line ABUSING Hunter Cantwell, haha
Football Board
2 y ago
I agree they'll both brush it off. Thanks for responding with your "line".
It appears we simply disagree with where the line is. Thanks again for responding.
Football Board
2 y ago
I get it, I do..but again, just imagine the message that would've been sent
...especially IF they would've won without him.
Football Board
2 y ago
Football Board
2 y ago
I know he does, I get it. Kelce crossed the line, imo. Where is your line?
Serious question.
Where would you draw the line to have benched Kelce in the 2nd half? A shove to the ground? A punch? Where's your line that would justify Kelce's benching?
Football Board
2 y ago
Of course I'm serious. So where would you draw the line?
If Kelce had pushed him to the ground would you then have been okay with benching?
If Kelce had punched him...?
We all have a line, where's yours? Serious question.
Football Board
2 y ago
Well, consider me "soft" then. Reid had a chance to make a LEGENDARY
statement. He already had Superbowl trophies and 5 years from now I won't remember ANY specifics about this game other than the opportunity Andy Reid didn't take.
Had he benched Kelce for the 2nd half (as he should've/could've), I would've respected him for LIFE. Think about the teaching moment and opportunity he had on the world's biggest stage (TSwift adding to that). Yelling and being frustrated with a coach is one thing. Chest bumping him while you're throwing a hissy-fit - completely unacceptable.
Man...what a missed opportunity that could've potentially had an impact on youth sports leagues for a generation and beyond.
Football Board
2 y ago
Football Board
2 y ago
Well, that depends on NIL payment structure.
Are they paid up front, all at once? Monthly? By game? I don’t know.
Seems to me if a collective “signs” a player for say $48K then you would pro-rate that on a per game basis and have bonus $$ potential for conf. championship and/or bowl game.
Football Board
2 y ago
Football Board
2 y ago
Worth sharing re: uNC - Another reason to despise them and their hypocrisy
I sure hope every opposing coach in the nation is aware - talk about a negative recruiting tool!
Wrestling Board
3 y ago
Football Board
3 y ago
Error in scheduling article? FSU "lead[s] the all-time series 23-1-13."
I know I'm getting old but I remember watching 3 victories vs. FSU in the last 16 years (2007, 2010 title game, 2018).
Am I misreading that part of the article?
Boy that 2010 FSU title game victory was SWEET!!
** Edited by VTraised at 1/31/2023, 6:59:51 AM
Wrestling Board
3 y ago
Wrestling Board
3 y ago
Wrestling Board
3 y ago
"What are Mekhi's accomplishments in wrestling?" Starocci- "Losing to me"
"Being on the mat with me."
Wow.
Football Board
3 y ago
Football Board
3 y ago
Football Board
3 y ago
Football Board
3 y ago
If you haven't watched the "day in the life" of Dax on Hokiesports - Do So!
My goodness - I was very very rarely ever one to ever criticize a VT athlete's performance. They try their best and it's up to the coaches to play the best and put them in positions to succeed. After watching that, I hope to never do it again. The amount of TIME and EFFORT these guys put in during the "off" season, wow. I'm exhausted watching that.
We won't win 'em all, but I have more of an appreciation of what it took just to earn the right to suit up and step onto Worsham field.
Let's Gooooo!
Wrestling Board
3 y ago
I unfortunately missed the call with Coach Robie yesterday.
Any tidbits those that were able to be on with him want to (can) share?
Wrestling Board
4 y ago
Was thinking of that exact thing a few days ago (Signed poster of 3 AAs)
Would need someone sort of close to the program to step up and organize.