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VTChip VTChip OP
Mar 02, 2026 at 09:46 AM ET
Give Auburn Softball Credit for Promotion Originality
After their game with USC Upstate yesterday, Auburn held a "Softballs from the Sky Event" where a helicopter hovered over the softball field and they set a "world record" for the most foam softballs dropped from a helicopter. They invited kids 4-15 to be on the field during the event. Video in the link. Can you imagine someone suggesting this idea to the VT Administration???

20 Replies

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ancient alien 2018
5mo
Sorry gang. WB said foam softballs cost way too much and what do you
folks expect? Box Seats? Covered stands? Season tickets? Get real, folks!!
IB4TECH IB4TECH
5mo
That's something that I would like to see. Those rotors pushing the balls
down.
HokieAllMyLife HokieAllMyLife
5mo
As God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly!
Link: WKRP
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GoFightingGobblers
5mo
Classic
HoakieBS HoakieBS
5mo
“Oh, the HUMANITY!!!” LN
laphroaig laphroaig
5mo
We could have people "sponsor" a ball for a minimum $ amount.
Have a player's number on each ball where the kids that "catch" them can get that players autograph. Minimum sponsor amount $25 with no maximum? Wonder what height the helicopter was hovering over the field?
TomTurkey TomTurkey
5mo
A record that will live in infamy
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KBXhokie
5mo
I hope those were not real softballs.
laphroaig laphroaig
5mo
Foam. Real Foam.
VTChip VTChip OP
5mo
No, they were foam
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squarerootofone
5mo
we could do that with turkeys. link:
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schubee
5mo
As God as my witness...
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js93
5mo
That's pretty cool!
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saret
5mo
Chip, I can imagine someone making such a suggestion,
I just can't imagine Whit and his Minions doing it. Their philosophy is "If we didn't think of it, it's a bad idea!"
TomTurkey TomTurkey
5mo
It'd take a $100K security fence
Any excuse when we don't want to do anything
vthhhi vthhhi
5mo
Whit--Why foam softballs, why not turkeys!
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ginnyhokie1
5mo
Because turkeys didn’t go well on WKRP in Cincinnati
TomTurkey TomTurkey
5mo
Foam turkeys taste terrible. Might as well be tofu.
laphroaig laphroaig
5mo
Maybe we could start calling you Toam Turkey
TomTurkey TomTurkey
5mo
Been called worse