What is it with Syracuse football that they are so infatuated with Virginia Tech football? Let's examine the evidence, shall we?
It started with Michael Vick. Syracuse saw how much VT was interested in the QB and tried their best to flip him. Of course, Vick was either too smart to spend his Winters in Upstate New York (choosing instead to Winter in the
much warmer Shenandoah Mountains), or he couldn't find a good place to keep his dogs in Rochester... I'm not sure.
Next, the conference: Syracuse didn't want to leave the Big East for the ACC at first, but once they saw how much fun Virginia Tech was having (winning football conference championships and stuff), then they wanted in. Followers!
Fast-forward to Oct. 15th, 2016: Virginia Tech at Syracuse. In a season in which the Orange went 4-8, clearly their "Superbowl" was the day the Hokies came to town. Geeked out of their minds to face the team they all had dreamed of playing for someday, the Orange defeated the Hokies in one of the biggest upsets of the season, if not the century.
Now, it's the 2017 Spring Game: of all the dates the Orange could've scheduled their Spring Game, they chose the same day as the Hokies! Again, followers.
Therefore, on behalf of Hokie Nation, I'd like to make a request to Oranges everywhere: Please, stop stalking us! It's getting a little creepy...
...and that's just the stuff that you know about!
That mascot is kinda weird, a big orange ball. What's really hiding inside that Orange mascot? Could it be... a Hokie?!
(02-11-2017 06:29 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote: [ -> ]That mascot is kinda weird, a big orange ball. What's really hiding inside that Orange mascot? Could it be... a Hokie?!
Because when you think of oranges, you think of upstate NY.
(02-11-2017 06:40 PM)ChrisLords Wrote: [ -> ] (02-11-2017 06:29 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote: [ -> ]That mascot is kinda weird, a big orange ball. What's really hiding inside that Orange mascot? Could it be... a Hokie?!
Because when you think of oranges, you think of upstate NY.
True. They should have gotten Mogen David to sponsor the team. Could've called them the Mad Dogs.
VT isn't in the Shenendoah
But you guys don't have an I-81
At the risk of sounding like I am defending Syracuse....
Average annual low temp in Blacksburg is 40F (source:
US Climate Data). Average annual low temp in Syracuse is (drum roll) 40.1F!
Surprisingly Syracuse is in Syracuse, not in Rochester. Equally confusing, Wake Forest is not in Wake Forest but is, in fact, in Winston-Salem.
Syracuse was actually set to come to the ACC before VT. Then VT's big brother (aka UVA) came to their rescue. UVA threatened to go West Virginia (i.e. nuclear) if the ACC didn't take in their little brother.
VT, Syracuse and 17 other schools have their spring game scheduled for 4/22. It's not clear if you all are following Marshall or UNC-Charlotte?? I do find Syracuse's 10:00 am start time odd though.
For those who didn't catch on, my post was a humorous satire. That said...
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]Average annual low temp in Blacksburg is 40F (source:US Climate Data). Average annual low temp in Syracuse is (drum roll) 40.1F!
Hence,
much warmer is in italics.
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]Surprisingly Syracuse is in Syracuse, not in Rochester. Equally confusing, Wake Forest is not in Wake Forest but is, in fact, in Winston-Salem.
More indication of the tongue-in-cheek nature of my post: the geographic inaccuracies (Syracuse not in Rochester, Blacksburg not in Shenandoah)
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]Syracuse was actually set to come to the ACC before VT. Then VT's big brother (aka UVA) came to their rescue. UVA threatened to go West Virginia (i.e. nuclear) if the ACC didn't take in their little brother.
I was referring to Syracuse being approached back when FSU was added.
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]VT, Syracuse and 17 other schools have their spring game scheduled for 4/22. It's not clear if you all are following Marshall or UNC-Charlotte?? I do find Syracuse's 10:00 am start time odd though.
Doesn't change the fact that VT announced it's date WAY before Syracuse, or that they are
obviously jealous and envious of what VT has achieved in football.
The small and inconvenient fact that Syracuse has a national championship trophy while the Hokies' trophy case remains empty is totally irrelevant to this discussion, so I would appreciate it if you guys do NOT bring it up...
Thank you.
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]At the risk of sounding like I am defending Syracuse....
Average annual low temp in Blacksburg is 40F (source:US Climate Data). Average annual low temp in Syracuse is (drum roll) 40.1F!
Surprisingly Syracuse is in Syracuse, not in Rochester. Equally confusing, Wake Forest is not in Wake Forest but is, in fact, in Winston-Salem.
Syracuse was actually set to come to the ACC before VT. Then VT's big brother (aka UVA) came to their rescue. UVA threatened to go West Virginia (i.e. nuclear) if the ACC didn't take in their little brother.
VT, Syracuse and 17 other schools have their spring game scheduled for 4/22. It's not clear if you all are following Marshall or UNC-Charlotte?? I do find Syracuse's 10:00 am start time odd though.
there is a home lacrosse game following the spring game
(02-12-2017 10:21 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote: [ -> ]For those who didn't catch on, my post was a humorous satire. That said...
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]Average annual low temp in Blacksburg is 40F (source:US Climate Data). Average annual low temp in Syracuse is (drum roll) 40.1F!
Hence, much warmer is in italics.
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]Surprisingly Syracuse is in Syracuse, not in Rochester. Equally confusing, Wake Forest is not in Wake Forest but is, in fact, in Winston-Salem.
More indication of the tongue-in-cheek nature of my post: the geographic inaccuracies (Syracuse not in Rochester, Blacksburg not in Shenandoah)
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]Syracuse was actually set to come to the ACC before VT. Then VT's big brother (aka UVA) came to their rescue. UVA threatened to go West Virginia (i.e. nuclear) if the ACC didn't take in their little brother.
I was referring to Syracuse being approached back when FSU was added.
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]VT, Syracuse and 17 other schools have their spring game scheduled for 4/22. It's not clear if you all are following Marshall or UNC-Charlotte?? I do find Syracuse's 10:00 am start time odd though.
Doesn't change the fact that VT announced it's date WAY before Syracuse, or that they are obviously jealous and envious of what VT has achieved in football.
The small and inconvenient fact that Syracuse has a national championship trophy while the Hokies' trophy case remains empty is totally irrelevant to this discussion, so I would appreciate it if you guys do NOT bring it up...
Thank you.
I guess my satire doesn't translate very well either.
Edit: Doesn't matter if you use bold, italics, oblique or a fancy font. Average temperature in Syracuse is warmer than Blacksburg.
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]At the risk of sounding like I am defending Syracuse....
Average annual low temp in Blacksburg is 40F (source:US Climate Data). Average annual low temp in Syracuse is (drum roll) 40.1F!
That stat is amazing and unbelievable to me!
(02-12-2017 10:21 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote: [ -> ]For those who didn't catch on, my post was a humorous satire. That said...
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]Average annual low temp in Blacksburg is 40F (source:US Climate Data). Average annual low temp in Syracuse is (drum roll) 40.1F!
Hence, much warmer is in italics.
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]Surprisingly Syracuse is in Syracuse, not in Rochester. Equally confusing, Wake Forest is not in Wake Forest but is, in fact, in Winston-Salem.
More indication of the tongue-in-cheek nature of my post: the geographic inaccuracies (Syracuse not in Rochester, Blacksburg not in Shenandoah)
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]Syracuse was actually set to come to the ACC before VT. Then VT's big brother (aka UVA) came to their rescue. UVA threatened to go West Virginia (i.e. nuclear) if the ACC didn't take in their little brother.
I was referring to Syracuse being approached back when FSU was added.
(02-12-2017 09:28 AM)Wolfman Wrote: [ -> ]VT, Syracuse and 17 other schools have their spring game scheduled for 4/22. It's not clear if you all are following Marshall or UNC-Charlotte?? I do find Syracuse's 10:00 am start time odd though.
Doesn't change the fact that VT announced it's date WAY before Syracuse, or that they are obviously jealous and envious of what VT has achieved in football.
The small and inconvenient fact that Syracuse has a national championship trophy while the Hokies' trophy case remains empty is totally irrelevant to this discussion, so I would appreciate it if you guys do NOT bring it up...
Thank you.
For the record, I thought that your post was funny.
Let me guess, willing to bet the date of the Spring Games are either 4/15 or 4/22.
How'd I do?
You know, the same dates as pretty much every other school in the country.
Guess everyone jocks some VT!
(02-13-2017 10:07 AM)TopperCard Wrote: [ -> ]Let me guess, willing to bet the date of the Spring Games are either 4/15 or 4/22.
How'd I do?
You know, the same dates as pretty much every other school in the country.
Guess everyone jocks some VT!
Don't inflate the Hokies head by letting them in on the secret that everyone in the country wants to be like them, NC trophy or not.
(02-13-2017 10:24 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote: [ -> ] (02-13-2017 10:07 AM)TopperCard Wrote: [ -> ]Let me guess, willing to bet the date of the Spring Games are either 4/15 or 4/22.
How'd I do?
You know, the same dates as pretty much every other school in the country.
Guess everyone jocks some VT!
Don't inflate the Hokies head by letting them in on the secret that everyone in the country wants to be like them, NC trophy or not.
Cardinals are little bird who WISH they were Hokies!
(02-13-2017 12:27 PM)Hokie Mark Wrote: [ -> ] (02-13-2017 10:24 AM)Lenvillecards Wrote: [ -> ] (02-13-2017 10:07 AM)TopperCard Wrote: [ -> ]Let me guess, willing to bet the date of the Spring Games are either 4/15 or 4/22.
How'd I do?
You know, the same dates as pretty much every other school in the country.
Guess everyone jocks some VT!
Don't inflate the Hokies head by letting them in on the secret that everyone in the country wants to be like them, NC trophy or not.
Cardinals are little bird who WISH they were Hokies!
Hokies are large Turkeys who wish they had a pair.
