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Yes, he was ugly and his football was boring...with a .632 winning %
and if you are queasy over his infractions.... you may not want to know what it's going to take to recruit the type of athletes we are going to need.
I don't want to be a Dooley apologist but his departure was due to his deficit spending as AD more than the overblown impermissible benefits, (the SEC would laugh our our ineptitude at cheating).
Like it or not Dooley brought VT into the realm of modern football.
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Tech has regressed 50 years.
-- virginian
Sep 04, 2022 at 02:26 PM ET
virginian
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09/04/22 02:26 PM ET
Same with me. Football at Virginia Tech is terrible.**
-- william floyd
Sep 04, 2022 at 03:10 PM ET
william floyd
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09/04/22 03:10 PM ET
Did you miss the Coffey or Dooley years?**
-- fordham
Sep 04, 2022 at 02:48 PM ET
fordham
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09/04/22 02:48 PM ET
Cyrus Lawrence, Rosco Coles, Rick Razzano, Tom Beasley, Mickey Fitzgerald..
-- OldRetiredHokie
Sep 04, 2022 at 05:15 PM ET
OldRetiredHokie
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09/04/22 05:15 PM ET
George DelRicco. It had to be said.**
-- TomTurkey
Sep 04, 2022 at 06:12 PM ET
TomTurkey
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09/04/22 06:12 PM ET
Don Strock... this could keep going**
-- OldRetiredHokie
Sep 04, 2022 at 06:45 PM ET
OldRetiredHokie
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09/04/22 06:45 PM ET
Don't hang this turd on Dooley...Jimmy Sharpe maybe, but leave
-- hok1eboy
Sep 04, 2022 at 02:55 PM ET
hok1eboy
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09/04/22 02:55 PM ET
Sharpe did have an 8 - 3 one year, and shoulda/coulda gone to a bowl game. **
-- likehokies
Sep 04, 2022 at 05:39 PM ET
likehokies
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09/04/22 05:39 PM ET
Beat Auburn down there as I recall**
-- OldRetiredHokie
Sep 04, 2022 at 05:51 PM ET
OldRetiredHokie
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09/04/22 05:51 PM ET
LMAO he is the one who got us in the mess Beams was stuck with
-- UberHOKIE
Sep 04, 2022 at 04:06 PM ET
UberHOKIE
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09/04/22 04:06 PM ET
Yes, he was ugly and his football was boring...with a .632 winning %
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-- hok1eboy
Sep 04, 2022 at 04:33 PM ET
hok1eboy
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09/04/22 04:33 PM ET
Screw that pompous bastard and the NCAA penalties he left us with.**
-- VT72
Sep 04, 2022 at 03:47 PM ET
VT72
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09/04/22 03:47 PM ET
Bruce wasn't responsible. Neither was anyone else on the team but
-- UberHOKIE
Sep 04, 2022 at 04:29 PM ET
UberHOKIE
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09/04/22 04:29 PM ET
Bruce did nothing wrong...NCAA justice is unjust...but like many, you lack
-- hok1eboy
Sep 04, 2022 at 04:39 PM ET
hok1eboy
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09/04/22 04:39 PM ET
2hhoops3's recollection is dead on accurate...
-- AshburnFarmHokie
Sep 05, 2022 at 09:22 AM ET
AshburnFarmHokie
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09/05/22 09:22 AM ET
1992 was only 30 years ago.**
-- BG Hokie
Sep 04, 2022 at 02:45 PM ET
BG Hokie
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09/04/22 02:45 PM ET
folks dont know math do they??**
-- Mercury
Sep 04, 2022 at 10:37 PM ET
Mercury
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09/04/22 10:37 PM ET