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gemrooty OP
May 11, 2026 at 12:25 PM ET
Cancelled Marshall Game
I guess we cancelled in order to save our pitching staff for the Clemson series...

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Curious Hokie
2mo
And NCAA announced they will dock people for canceling
We better sweep Clemson! CH
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1947Sunbowl
2mo
liked they made up rules on hotels for Softball
That rule for docking teams, were not in the criteria for this year and all of a sudden it is ? Himm looks like someone dont want VT and taking an SEC slot.
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RJHokie
2mo
Same rule applies for baseball.
Need even more rooms for them.
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RJHokie
2mo
The clown show continues…….
It should be interesting to see which teams get “docked”…..
VaTechHokiesACC VaTechHokiesACC
2mo
Do what you got to do
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RJHokie
2mo
Good.
Never should have scheduled it in that timeframe anyway. Glad to see someone got some sense knocked into them after such a woeful display of pitching this past weekend.
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HokieNL
2mo
Well, probably the biggest reason was to not take an R.P.I. hit
Even if we would win, to my understanding. There something wrong with that. Or were you being sarcastic, seeing as how that pitching staff gave up 27 runs this past weekend, in only two games? ** Edited by HokieNL at 5/11/2026, 12:31:51 PM
IB4TECH IB4TECH
2mo
That and get the pitching back on track.
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RVAHokie05
2mo
FWIW the NCAA doesn’t like this trend of canceling
To game the RPI metrics. Not saying that’s what they’re doing, but schools might want to be mindful of the appearance of such actions. ** Edited by RVAHokie05 at 5/11/2026, 6:13:23 PM ** Edited by RVAHokie05 at 5/11/2026, 6:14:34 PM
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EDGEMAN
2mo
Hasn't hurt the SEC teams...
Just saying...
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HokieNL
2mo
Our crushing loss to Marshall at home earlier, makes it look more suspect
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RJHokie
2mo
This isn’t something new.
It’s been going on for quite a while. Maybe if the NCAA had a better measurement method there wouldn’t be this problem. In VT’s case, it was bad scheduling.
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Vippie1
2mo
They should hate it and penalize it
Maybe not this year, but warn going forward. It aint right and we all know it.
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EDGEMAN
2mo
How about penalizing teams that play few games on the road...
...and have an extremely weak OOC schedule...like they did to exclude VT from the NCAAT when Seth was our head whistle?
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Vippie1
2mo
apples and oranges
its one thing to decide to play a weak schedule and the committee can weight that however that sees fts . its another thing to not honor the schedule you willingly made. Again , evidently this isnt just a VT thing. All the more reason the chiefs need to step in and stop it .
Walkin` Willie Walkin` Willie
2mo
I agree completely - not a good look for us or anyone else who does it.
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EDGEMAN
2mo
Doesn't appear they will penalize SEC teams for weak OOC schedules.
Just saying...
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gemrooty OP
2mo
Strategery
Actually, I wasn't intending to be sarcastic. We had a lot of pitchers throw a lot of pitches over the weekend. Wind at English Field aside, our staff certainly appears to be gassed.
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HokieNL
2mo
Yeah, a rest certainly can't hurt. I hope we take 2 or 3 from Clemson
But this weekend left things feeling pretty shaky.
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VT One
2mo
This weekend was a classic case of playing down to an opponent. Everything
was going great and we had these two “easy” games over the weekend. Time to refocus and win this Clemson series. Then on to the ACC tourney and beyond…
VaTechHokiesACC VaTechHokiesACC
2mo
If we can beat NC State, we can beat Clemson
Need the same effort.
AnotherTechW AnotherTechW
2mo
UncG had won 6 straight heading into Sunday’s finale - they were rolling