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VTHokienation VTHokienation OP
Dec 18, 2023 at 01:44 PM ET
I don’t like this.
I’m getting too excited. I’m feeling too much hope. The potential for disappointment is so huge for me right. I’m too young and naive to truly know the pain and struggles. If Drones fully announces the return a part of me will be expecting so much. I can’t help it. SOS

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WestyHokie WestyHokie
MNC 2025, baby!
UEMcGill UEMcGill
Don't get too excited. I'm not a big fan of this announcing you are coming
back stuff. It seems that this current generation of players likes to divert as a much attention to themselves as possible. I'm not just talking our guys, I'm talking the generation. It seems every one wants to create a lot of anticipation and build up, over nothing. Here's how I see it. The attention they garnered as a high school senior announcing, eliminating schools, teasing people on Twitter and Instagram, being the focus of 40-year-olds all over the country, it's gone, so let's come up with the way to turn the spotlight back on ourselves. And the threat of the transfer portal has done just that. Announcing you're coming back right now is hollow and meaningless anyway. There is another transfer portal window after spring practice. Are countless players going to re-announce? I'll concern myself about who's on the team in August. Again, not pointing fingers at our guys. I'm pointing fingers at whole "Look at Me" generation. ** Edited by UEMcGill at 12/18/2023, 3:59:19 PM
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Jethro Tull
Vick said he was coming back
but, getting $13M for his first autograph changed that tune completely.
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uber hokie
Nailed it. But I’m still happy they are ( coming back)
** Edited by uber hokie at 12/18/2023, 8:35:01 PM
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Hardcore_Hokie
This is a great post. Can you imagine leaving work on Friday…
…and announcing to the local newspaper that you intend to be back on Monday? 🙃 VT BABY!!!
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uber hokie
I blame Schwarzenegger - he started it !
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dj97223
The greater the media profile, the greater the likelihood of bigger NIL $$,
so it is not solely "generational." And, hey, if you want it to stop, then don't look LOL.
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IV_Hokie12
Drones already announced.
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Happy Dog
Drones can't go anywhere else until he graduates, so relax
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crazylane
Anybody, everybody
Help me out with this. I was told today that underclassmen could transfer as many times as they like without sitting out a year. Please tell me, not just for the sake of keeping Drones, that this isn't true. My source is very reliable.
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RJHokie
Yep….no sitting out for transfers completed in the current school year
as authorized by the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by a federal judge in WV. After that, who knows……NCAA will be in court to deal with the TRO. If it’s made permanent then the second transfer will not result in having to sit out a year.
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DMV Gobbler
Drones is coming back
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Synaesthesia
If VT wins the bowl game, the offseason hype will be sky high
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Truthahn
Miami and Clemson might be only games next year where we are not favored.
My fingers are crossed.