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VAHokie89
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VAHokie89

And within the conference schedule, who we play

Like we don't play FSU. If we don't play everyone, then.... I still think that we could sacrifice some of the "easier" early season games to play more conference games. How many? Don't know. I would not even be opposed to play some neutral site games like in Athens or Charlotte and play FSU or whomever if weather is a concern and we don't always want them to be hone games at southern ACC members. I know there is balance to the schedule betweem those southern tournaments, VA teams like Radford/Longwood/JMU/Liberty. Maybe the only real opportunity is that Salem weekend. Ultimately, never mind.... the point was that our ACC schedule was not the hardest either...No FSU, Stanford, Lousville... And even then you don't how truly good some program will be in a given year.
Posted: 05/04/2026 at 04:37 PM ET
(In response to this post by nkhooch)

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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