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Not sure this deserves a thread, but wanted to comment on the fact there is a camp today at ODU. 400-600 kids, college coaches from all over and not a word said on here. Just a few short years ago this weekend was the subject of much debate pro and con. Today? crickets.

Hope BW has a real model of the new stadium to show recruits. The first 2 commits for 2019 are underwhelming.
06-16-2018 10:42 AM
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(06-16-2018 10:42 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Not sure this deserves a thread, but wanted to comment on the fact there is a camp today at ODU. 400-600 kids, college coaches from all over and not a word said on here. Just a few short years ago this weekend was the subject of much debate pro and con. Today? crickets.

Hope BW has a real model of the new stadium to show recruits. The first 2 commits for 2019 are underwhelming.

Which tape have you watched of them?
06-16-2018 12:06 PM
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We do need to see a serious bump in recruiting. Hopefully the stadium does that. A bowl game this year would help a Lot too. Was looking at some pre season mags this week and they all rated our class next to last. That’s several years in a row in the bottom half. One would think with the sell out streak, Bahamas Bowl and a new stadium coming that we’d be near the top.
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(06-16-2018 12:06 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  
(06-16-2018 10:42 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Not sure this deserves a thread, but wanted to comment on the fact there is a camp today at ODU. 400-600 kids, college coaches from all over and not a word said on here. Just a few short years ago this weekend was the subject of much debate pro and con. Today? crickets.

Hope BW has a real model of the new stadium to show recruits. The first 2 commits for 2019 are underwhelming.

Which tape have you watched of them?

Film is one thing. Which programs recruit and offers them is another. Film can be deceptive based on competition. Players nowadays are evaluated pretty throughly. Bobby has gotten pretty much everything he has wanted and in some cases at the expense of other teams. It is time to deliver against decent programs.
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Just to further this thought. Not one word about this weekend in the sports page today.

Do I have the wrong weekend????
06-17-2018 07:22 AM
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(06-17-2018 07:22 AM)Old Dominion Wrote:  Just to further this thought. Not one word about this weekend in the sports page today.

Do I have the wrong weekend????

There are three exposure camp weekends. This is the 2nd.
http://www.wavy.com/sports/local-sports/...1230523820
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06-17-2018 07:52 AM
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The camps are great for ODU. Hundreds of potential recruits on campus is a good thing. The WAVY article mentioned that BW has established a friendly relationship with Jim Harbaugh. As an alum, I have a bias for Michigan, but I strongly believe that establishing relationships with Power team coaches is in ODU's interest. There are many recruits that will not fit in at Michigan and other large schools, but might be perfect for our program. A suggestion to a recruit to take a look at ODU might go a long way.
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Was the camp open to the public? The paper, I believe, has done something on this in the past. They're under no obligation to do something every year. Given the present state of the region's two papers, and where they seem to be headed, I'm not surprised. And here's a story dated May 2018, courtesy VP:

https://pilotonline.com/sports/college/o...61a55.html
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The new car smell doesn’t hang around forever, it’s up to the driver of this car to make it worth riding in years after it’s no longer new
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(07-09-2018 04:00 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Speaking of changing times:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spor...4e213d7d4b

Wonder if Rex Tillerson will be in next year's draft
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(07-09-2018 04:00 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  Speaking of changing times:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spor...4e213d7d4b

I saw a tweet reporting we actually have 2 ODU alums playing in that league.
07-09-2018 07:07 PM
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Esports industry is growing and investors see it. Some colleges are now offering scholarships for esports.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/esports-col...e-players/

I have played around with the idea to see if ODU would be interested in starting up a League of Legends team that I could coach and/or help establish, but I would probably have to quit my day job and I'm not THAT good. One can dream.
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So...….can I make a living playing Tecmo Bowl or not?
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(07-10-2018 02:50 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  So...….can I make a living playing Tecmo Bowl or not?

The reason esports allows for people to make a career of it, these young kids want to watch it. They don't wanna watch you destroy with Bo Jackson and Christian Okoye.
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(07-10-2018 02:50 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  So...….can I make a living playing Tecmo Bowl or not?

The reason esports allows for people to make a career of it, these young kids want to watch it. They don't wanna watch you destroy with Bo Jackson and Christian Okoye.

How about if I can kick ass with the Dolphins?
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(07-10-2018 03:03 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 02:56 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 02:50 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  So...….can I make a living playing Tecmo Bowl or not?

The reason esports allows for people to make a career of it, these young kids want to watch it. They don't wanna watch you destroy with Bo Jackson and Christian Okoye.

How about if I can kick ass with the Dolphins?

Only if you can stop Bo Jackson or Christian Okoye.
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(07-10-2018 03:06 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 03:03 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 02:56 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 02:50 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  So...….can I make a living playing Tecmo Bowl or not?

The reason esports allows for people to make a career of it, these young kids want to watch it. They don't wanna watch you destroy with Bo Jackson and Christian Okoye.

How about if I can kick ass with the Dolphins?

Only if you can stop Bo Jackson or Christian Okoye.

I think I’ve done a complete lap around the field before running it in with Bo Jackson in that game. Nobody can catch him.
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(07-10-2018 07:21 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 03:06 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 03:03 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 02:56 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 02:50 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  So...….can I make a living playing Tecmo Bowl or not?

The reason esports allows for people to make a career of it, these young kids want to watch it. They don't wanna watch you destroy with Bo Jackson and Christian Okoye.

How about if I can kick ass with the Dolphins?

Only if you can stop Bo Jackson or Christian Okoye.

I think I’ve done a complete lap around the field before running it in with Bo Jackson in that game. Nobody can catch him.

There is (was?) a YouTube video where Bo Jackson took the first snap of the game and ran around the field for the entire quarter before finally scoring.
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(07-11-2018 08:43 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 07:21 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 03:06 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 03:03 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  
(07-10-2018 02:56 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  The reason esports allows for people to make a career of it, these young kids want to watch it. They don't wanna watch you destroy with Bo Jackson and Christian Okoye.

How about if I can kick ass with the Dolphins?

Only if you can stop Bo Jackson or Christian Okoye.

I think I’ve done a complete lap around the field before running it in with Bo Jackson in that game. Nobody can catch him.

There is (was?) a YouTube video where Bo Jackson took the first snap of the game and ran around the field for the entire quarter before finally scoring.

I drove my kid brother crazy with Bo!! Here is the vid of Bo running around the whole quarter.

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