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RVAHokie05
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Yep - the premier OOC tournaments like Clearwater do us no favors by

1. Not inviting us - Obviously not having highly ranked opponents hurts our SOS. 2. Inviting some of the same "blue blood" programs every year - some of the same teams get the benefit of a consistent invite which increases their SOS and makes it hard to compete against them for hosting spots when it's tourney time. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy that schools like FSU benefit from while schools like VT don't have that built-in advantage. That's without even mentioning the geographic advantage FSU has by being in the Deep South and being able to easily fill out a schedule against quality opponents. ** Edited by RVAHokie05 at 5/4/2026, 12:06:39 PM
Posted: 05/04/2026 at 12:05 PM ET
(In response to this post by VTChip)

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Early season scheduling review
VTChip • 05/04/26 11:07 AM ET
Great points. I have no problem with the scheduling this year. What hurts
nkhooch • 05/04/26 02:45 PM ET
And within the conference schedule, who we play
VAHokie89 • 05/04/26 04:37 PM ET
There should be more ACC series. **
laphroaig • 05/05/26 04:41 AM ET
I agree. I think baseball plays 30 conference games. Why can't we
nkhooch • 05/04/26 06:14 PM ET
Baseball season time frame is about two weeks longer than softball. **
RJHokie • 05/04/26 07:02 PM ET
Right. I guess they do that so they can stagger the NCAA
nkhooch • 05/04/26 07:14 PM ET
I think you are 100% correct.
VTChip • 05/04/26 02:53 PM ET
also a problem seems to be you cant play every game on the road
Vippie1 • 05/04/26 05:12 PM ET
Have 3 teams in an ACC series. Three games for three teams on the field
laphroaig • 05/05/26 04:47 AM ET
And also it happened week 2; MSU was coming off a solid opening week with W
hokiepro • 05/04/26 03:09 PM ET
Sadly, the highlight of their season was the VT win.
VTChip • 05/04/26 03:25 PM ET
Yep MSU has sucked for years. No reason the think this season would be . .
MidloHokie • 05/04/26 05:51 PM ET
Well, when we win the ACC tournament, they can’t keep us from hosting!
PokieHokie • 05/04/26 05:03 PM ET
Yes. Some teams aren’t resilient & spiral
hokiepro • 05/04/26 03:30 PM ET
Yep. This why you have to do the politics to get to . . .
MidloHokie • 05/04/26 12:34 PM ET
Yep - the premier OOC tournaments like Clearwater do us no favors by ◄
RVAHokie05 • 05/04/26 12:05 PM ET
The Clearwater tourney for VT softball looks to be an every 3 year invite.
Techdady • 05/04/26 01:22 PM ET
I think the issue is that those tournaments only have the host and then VT
VAHokie89 • 05/04/26 04:38 PM ET
We went in 2022 and 2023. So, year 3 would have been this year.
nkhooch • 05/04/26 04:00 PM ET
We went to Leesburg Fla in ‘22 not Clearwater but you are right about
Techdady • 05/04/26 04:13 PM ET
Great points. The Nutter is a real financial drain with travel costs
VTChip • 05/04/26 02:55 PM ET
Now that SMU, Cal, and Stanford are members of the ACC, could reconsider
VTHokie2000 • 05/04/26 03:53 PM ET
SMU, WF, and Miami don’t have ACC softball 🥎 teams unfortunately!
PokieHokie • 05/04/26 05:19 PM ET
I wasn't sure if SMU had a softball team or not. Even though they don't
VTHokie2000 • 05/04/26 07:10 PM ET
VT played out west two years ago.
RJHokie • 05/04/26 03:59 PM ET
It probably doesn't make cents for VT to schedule games out west unless
VTHokie2000 • 05/04/26 04:17 PM ET
Did we avoid an RPI hit with the canceled games?**
TomTurkey • 05/04/26 11:31 AM ET
Good question and I would like to know what RPI would be minus those games
laphroaig • 05/04/26 12:02 PM ET
Rabbit!**
TomTurkey • 05/04/26 12:35 PM ET
Any scenario that allows a team to boost its rating by having a tough sched
RVAHokie05 • 05/04/26 12:09 PM ET
Most definitely
VTChip • 05/04/26 12:02 PM ET
Those saying Pete needs to schedule better early in the season need to
laphroaig • 05/04/26 11:24 AM ET
^^^Tournaments invite the teams, not Pete.
TomTurkey • 05/04/26 11:28 AM ET
Honestly. At the start of the season I thought there were several
GBOHokie • 05/04/26 11:22 AM ET
In a really early Petecast, he specifically stated he wanted a challenging
TomTurkey • 05/04/26 11:52 AM ET
Thanks, Chip! If I come across a crystal ball, I'll let you know.
GoFightingGobblers • 05/04/26 11:20 AM ET
We all know RPI sucks. **
laphroaig • 05/04/26 11:28 AM ET