pwkohler

All this talk about AD’s is reminding me of something I’ve always been curious about,. Football drives the bus, we all know that, but which of our other teams are revenue generators vs. those that need shoring up. I know that is going to vary year-by-year thing, depending on which teams are hot (e.g., softball). Success generally results in an attendance (and revenue) jump, so this question pertains to an average over time. Does anybody know that? That’s one question. Another is, where do we go from here? God only knows what will happen to athletics in the future, but personally, I see a future in which the NCAA evolves into a multi-tiered system. It will boil down to 2 giant conferences (you know who I mean) as Tier 1. Tier 2 will still be big enough to retain some relevance and would include VT and a heck of a lot of others (most of the ACC, the bottom thirds of the SEC and Big 10, etc.). These would have their years, to be sure, but success here simply turns them into serving as a minor league for the Alabama’s, LSU’s , and Michiga’s of this world. In the current climate, is there anyone who thinks VT could retain a Michael Vick for long? I think we reached our high-water mark a few years back and don’t see us ever reaching that level again. I can live with that. Things change. When my brothers and I were at Tech (50’s, early 60’s), we were in the Southern Conference and theoretically our rival was VMI, but we all knew better. If you had asked people who you want most to beat, the answer in order would be 1) WVa, 2) Va, and then and only then 3) VMI. Now? I think my older brother’s prediction of many years ago has reached fruition. He said, “I think colleges should be allowed to go out and hire the best team they can afford.” Well, we’re there. For myself, I could easily see us (and prefer us) going back to the days of competing with peer institutions where we actually stood a chance of being competitive, and not trying to keep up with the mega-bucks giants.

Whether or not you realize it, you are still comparing apples to oranges. Frank Beamer was coach from 1987 - 1915 Jim Weaver arrived in 1997, so he "inherited" a Hall-of-Fame coach. How often does that happen? Your analysis is subject to scrutiny.

We got 50% results. That's where Pry started from. Can we give him a chance, please?

While he's in the neighborhood, help him see the error of his ways and talk him into portating.

1. Wow. JMU has come a long way. Help me out here. When was the last time we hung 70 on UNC? 2. We are losing winnable games. What does this mean? Means we're getting closer - just not over the hump yet. 3. Drones seems to me to be a terrific young man. Really like him…..as a running back. As a QB…not so much. Last year, I winced as I saw him miss throws that in my heyday, I would have made. This season, he’s missing those same throws. I greatly fear he has hit his ceiling. Improvement from here on out will be incremental at best. Unfortunately, our second best is a portal on his last year. Not much reason to change. We have been unsuccessful in recruiting a great QB, and great teams start with a great QB. To paraphrase “The Bear”, I believe it was he who said of his championship teams, he had 8 players that would see to it that he didn’t lose. Then he had 3 more that would make sure he won, and they weren’t always the same 3. 4. Not a lot of hope for tonight, but hey, Go Hokies!

I don't like that picture......at all. Reminds me waaay too much of the old thug Miami teams. I'd much rather it were a certain upbeat smiling quarterback and captioned: "Scared money don't make money."

Did I see something recently that UVa has some kind of ticket sales policy whose intent is to limit the amount of orange and maroon they see in the stands?

I know you were watching, both this and last year's men, because there's somebody down there wouldn't allow you to miss it.

Fire Frank Beamer 1988.

For reasons I never understood, I was banned from your domain, so I hope some of you are over here and read this. You supported us back in the day and I hope you know, we are in support of you now. Another senseless tragedy that is greatly lamented by us all. Prayers.

Saturday's Roanoke reported some commitment news. Did anybody else notice that?

Theoretically, I should just respond to Burbonstreet, but I don't do Burbonstreet - so here is my take. A man died. Etute's fault, the man's fault, nobody's fault. Doesn't matter. That kind of thing will not be neither forgotten nor forgiven. If he stays in Blacksburg, like it or not, that's going to be rehashed every game and we don't need that press. We wish him the best, put it in our rear view mirror, and move on.

Growly in the foreground?