Login | Sign Up
TechSideline

All Hokie, All the Time. Period. Presented by First Bank & Trust Company

Softball Board
◀ ▶
PokieHokie
Joined: 01/28/2017
Posts: 544
Likes: 1,072
PokieHokie

Amen to that! ACC teams, except FSU has to always travel to play the SEC

softball venues. Look at VT, we traveled to LSU and Alabama and Kentucky this season. The seasons before we traveled to Alabama and Auburn. The point being, they very rarely come to our place unless their teams are stacked, like Tennessee two seasons ago. We went to TN, and Kentucky, and Georgia, and only TN and KY visited Blacksburg to play us. It should be reciprocal, but until the ACC schools say no to always going there, the SEC will rule us like they do now. Not just us, but every conference in the country, even the Big 10, who is #2. The SEC is great at marketing their league. Like the motto they use, "It just means more". More than what? The Big 10, ACC, Big 12 and every other mom and pop conference, or as the legend Bill Walton would say, the "Truck Stop Conferences".
Posted: 05/12/2025 at 10:50 AM ET
(In response to this post by vatechcowpatty)

Thread Replies (43)

Full Thread →
It’s the SEC and everyone else 😳**
VTChip • 05/11/25 11:19 PM ET
You know.......
2hhoop3 • 05/12/25 09:49 AM ET
Politics run the world! Money talks, and BS walks! It's that way starting
PokieHokie • 05/12/25 10:41 AM ET
Always - and will continue with the new additions**
VT_AD • 05/12/25 09:14 AM ET
OU lost 7 times in SEC play, that says it all
HokiesACC2004 • 05/12/25 07:08 AM ET
It’s a joke
hokiepro • 05/11/25 11:21 PM ET
It just means more in the SEC**
AirborneHokie96 • 05/12/25 07:57 AM ET
Top to bottom it is **
HokiesACC2004 • 05/12/25 06:48 AM ET
If the SEC were forced to play road games out of conference, that number
vatechcowpatty • 05/12/25 07:20 AM ET
Amen to that! ACC teams, except FSU has to always travel to play the SEC ◄
PokieHokie • 05/12/25 10:50 AM ET
Yep. We were 2-3 vs SEC but ALL were road games **
hokiepro • 05/12/25 09:20 AM ET
We were smoked by LSU. Split with Bama
MrFantastic! • 05/12/25 06:05 AM ET
We lost 7-4 to LSU because of 2 dropped fly balls in 25mph winds
hokiepro • 05/12/25 07:03 AM ET
You are using excuses again. LSU had to play in wind.
MrFantastic! • 05/12/25 07:23 AM ET
No they didn't. Don't you know that the weather only affects the game when
VTBAMA • 05/12/25 08:40 AM ET
lol**
MrFantastic! • 05/12/25 08:42 AM ET
Sure we lost. Didn’t get smoked **
hokiepro • 05/12/25 08:39 AM ET
Right we SPLIT with Bama on the road
hokiepro • 05/12/25 06:30 AM ET
A fantastic catch won us the first game we got smoked the second **
HokiesACC2004 • 05/12/25 07:05 AM ET
Pro, we all have seen this many times before.
MrFantastic! • 05/12/25 06:35 AM ET
Of course we left it for the committee. That part esp. Pitt is our fault
hokiepro • 05/12/25 09:25 AM ET
They indeed control what they desire. I guess I am use to it.**
MrFantastic! • 05/12/25 10:31 AM ET
That Pitt series did us no favors **
HokiesACC2004 • 05/12/25 07:06 AM ET
WE did ourselves NO favors in the Pitt series, plus Clemson.
Atlee Hokie • 05/12/25 08:21 AM ET
Yeah. Just sweep Villanova and win 2/3 vs Pitt and we’re playing at TSP**
hokiepro • 05/12/25 10:35 AM ET
exactly**
MrFantastic! • 05/12/25 07:23 AM ET
Heck of a scoop by your sources on this one. Thanks for the info
VTMONEY94 • 05/12/25 06:20 AM ET
Scoop I did not like bringing to board.
MrFantastic! • 05/12/25 06:32 AM ET
All I know is when you see highlights, they have pitching and hitting
VAHokie89 • 05/12/25 12:17 AM ET
I think UCLA and Oregon were hurt by their new conference
VTsportscaster • 05/12/25 12:25 AM ET
UCLA softball was the biggest loser from the conference shake-up
MidloHokie • 05/12/25 06:58 AM ET
Oregon got to host ??? UCLA lost to teams that old UCLA would beat
VAHokie89 • 05/12/25 12:53 AM ET
3 simple letters: NIL!**
ancient alien 2018 • 05/12/25 12:19 AM ET
Yes.But barring recent transfers due to money
VAHokie89 • 05/12/25 12:21 AM ET
You are correct, it’s not all NIL
VTsportscaster • 05/12/25 12:31 AM ET
Lots of players besides Canady get NIL**
texashokie1 • 05/12/25 09:06 AM ET
And note the many teams from Florida who made the tournament
VAHokie89 • 05/12/25 12:42 AM ET
All? No. But you can bet the FSU's and SEC teams have at a minimum twice
ancient alien 2018 • 05/12/25 12:27 AM ET
With the PAC 12 gone, yes it’s that good.**
VTsportscaster • 05/11/25 11:33 PM ET
Yes it is very good.......
2hhoop3 • 05/12/25 09:18 AM ET
No consistent application of stats to pick the teams means there are
laphroaig • 05/12/25 11:26 AM ET
Do they use Venn diagrams? I like PivotTables.
TomTurkey • 05/12/25 01:15 PM ET
Anything used might as well be printed on toilet paper.**
laphroaig • 05/12/25 01:21 PM ET
Yes it is.**
MrFantastic! • 05/12/25 06:06 AM ET