Collegiate Times

You. Just. Suck.

+1 Awesome comment.

Wow. What a great, well thought out piece. Stick to your blog.

I have literally never heard this complaint before, and I haven't been out of school all that long. Is this what's happened to our school spirit? It makes me sad that you don't love Thursday night games, and even more sad that there may be more students who agree with you. I'm not sure how our school let you down in this way, that you don't love Hokie football and tailgating any day of the week, but I am truly sorry. I guess we had obligations, too, but since it usually only happens at home once a season, maybe twice, it was worth rearranging. Try to enjoy the next one - you'll miss them when you're gone.

Is this woman for real? No wonder the opinions columnists suck so bad... This is their leader...

As someone who does not like football or care at all whether there is a Thursday Night football game, you have made a huge mistake by posting this.

You in a few hours: http://24.media.tumblr.com/bd445fc76c0c3e7fb80f83ba9802a3f9/tumblr_mg18nauJbY1r1wdslo1_500.gif

"I know, I know, real Hokies live for night games. Whatever. Bring on the anonymous comments."

Tell us how you really feel in single-sentence paragraphs.

FOOTBALL IS FOR FUNTS!!

this is a joke, right?

HAHAHAHAHA. I bet you the author of this BS is a girl who doesnt fully understand football, probably of oriental descent being that they dont have american football. She probably is in poly sci or engineering. Worried about the busses slowing down????? Kids on VT confessions are NOT submitting that horse poo because it isnt happening. GTFO. Holy hell. Go to UVA child.

You are not a hokie

I dont particularly enjoy football of any kind but the Thursday night game is a tradition and it only happens once a year, its not a weekly inconvenience for you all season long. You could say the same thing about relay for life or the Victoria's Secret party we had it does make the traffic and stuff kinda suck but its fun and really keeps the community together. The Thursday night game is an institution here, and shouldn't be changed.

I love football. I love Tech. But at the end of the day I work in Blacksburg and live in Christiansburg, my kids were getting half days in school for Thursday Night Games. It is ridiculous that their day of learning gets cut short. Classes get canceled on campus because of parking arrangement. It's excessive. The logistics of Thursday night games is not worth it in my opinion. The students are not the only residents in the county. These games create traffic that slows down life in the area. Eat Local, Shop Local. Have a little consideration for locals. Thanks.

You obviously have a very low football I.Q. for one. Games are not played on Friday or Sunday night due to high school and NFL. We won't play on Saturday night this year at home due to our weak home schedule and the fact Jim "dream" Weaver likes noon kick offs. You should probably stick to watching the games on tv until you're ready to fully commit yourself to being a fan.

I feel like this article was a joke that I didn't get?

You can't argue eat local shop local and say you don't want a Thursday night game. As an employee of a small business in the Blacksburg area, Thursday night games are some of the biggest business we receive.

Please tell me this article is an early April fools joke, come a month early.

I respectfully disagree with your terrible opinion. Also, it's "stationery." That is, unless you actually enjoy "getting stationary" for Christmas about 68 percent...

Word to the wise: you're in college and you don't have anything that crucial to do. Enjoy it while it lasts.

I don't get the "local" argument. Don't all the people coming in for the game contribute to the LOCAL economy?

@S.

I love football. I love Tech. But at the end of the day I work in Blacksburg and live in Christiansburg, my kids were getting half days in school for Thursday Night Games. It is ridiculous that their day of learning gets cut short. Classes get canceled on campus because of parking arrangement. It's excessive. The logistics of Thursday night games is not worth it in my opinion. The students are not the only residents in the county. These games create traffic that slows down life in the area. Eat Local, Shop Local. Have a little consideration for locals. Thanks

This is one of 13 half days and a number of teacher workdays. It adds up. Thanks for your analysis though.

So you would like year round schooling? Would you like school to start before Labor Day?

Also, there are plenty of kids from SWVA that attend VT.
VT is not all NOVA or out of state residents / students as you liked to put it.

Nice try

NOTHING HAPPENS ON SUNDAY NIGHT!? ... thats when we're all rushing to get our work done we neglected to do over the weekend. NERD

Glad no one overreacted after reading this.

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This is just part of the bigger problem. Students that expect a winning program without doing their part to support the team and create an atmosphere---a Thursday night atmosphere that the Hokies have always been praised for. I weep for the future of our football fans if this editorial represents the feelings of other students on campus today. Buck up. Prioritize.

It pains me that someone does not have a passion for the university that they attend.

I understand that once a year, you are inconvenienced by the opportunity to showcase our passion and pride for Virginia Tech. Once a year, the nation is able to tune in to a single college football game on ESPN. That once a year, on a Thursday night, we are able to fill Lane Stadium and show the country what the pride and spirit that we have has Hokies.

The complaints you logged about students and cadets, having an internal dilemna to attend or be ill-prepared for class or other obligations seems to be a personal mismanagement of their own time. It is March 1st. The football schedule beginning in at the end of August has already been published. If you are unable to account for an event that is scheduled at least 7 months in advance, it seems to me that you have lost your right to complain about your workload and the "unneccesary burden" that these games have placed on you.

We have an athletic director that makes decisions based on how much money can be made for the athletic department. Taking a game out of Blacksburg to play in Atlanta surely isn't making any money for the town, but is drawing a pretty penny for the athletic department.

As an editor, it is your responsibility to do due research in preparing your writing. Trying to suggest that nothing happens on Sunday is not true. Nothing may happen in your world on Sunday, but every Sunday during the football season, the NFL happens. TV and money dictate the schedule, and the NCAA and the NFL have an agreement that Saturday's belong to college and Sunday's belong to the NFL.

One day. One Tradition. One passionate fan base. You have 364 days to yourself. Sorry if this one doesn't fit your schedule.

That Escalated Quickly

As a 2x grad of VT I am deeply saddened by this article and the sorry excuses offered by a few respondents. I live a few hours outside of B'Burg but I come back for all home football games and a few basketball and baseball games. To think that students are upset over a bus delay or residents are up in arms over crowded shopping areas...I am speechless. Go look up what VT looked like before the Vick era and before the Thursday night games began. Those were different times for our school and the community. Stick it in, Stick it in, Stick it in!!!

@ Q + Q Part 2 10:42-10:43

Oh really?

I did not know that there was a prerequisite for attending Virginia Tech that required people to like VT football and attend the games.

Can someone please point this out to me on the college application?

Please get off your high horse about 'school spirit' and being passionate.


Honestly the success of the football program (or lack there of ) has gotten to people heads.

I understand that it is a popular sport but in seriousness get over it.

Dear Collegiate Times,

If you want to keep any credibility in the area of sports, please don't ever let this girl write another piece. College football on a Sunday night? Seriously, she obviously doesn't know enough about football in general to write a piece about HOKIES FOOTBALL. I'm personally offended. Seriously though CT, don't let people that don't know about football write stories about football. Think things through next time.

Sincerely,
Adrian Buchanan

You, madam, are a world-class dunce.

There is a direct correlation to the success of the football program at VT to the number of applications to the university and the average SAT and GPA of those applicants. VT football has had a large role in the improvements to our school. Perhaps you should get over yourself.

So why aren't you complaining to the school district about the other 13 half days? If you believe that football is truly cutting into your child's education, surely you've sent letters to the school board regarding all the other half-day occurences?

VT_Grad

Since you decided to open a can of worms

Do you attribute the number college applications to Vick and the early 2000's?

Does VT not have a great engineering program?

Is VT not a top research university?

If you would like to cite the statistics that is fine

However, just a warning looking at VT breakdown of demographic groups and student enrollment, a certain segment of the student population (undergraduate and graduate) has declined since the early 2000's
while other segment(s) are growing and are constant

Do you want a hint?

YOU'RE NOT A HOKIE QUIT COMPLAINING AND GET OUT

I am very disappointed to see this article in the Collegiate Times. What has the school come to since I was a student there?? We loved the happy, holiday atmosphere of a Thursday night game!

Did the author just transfer from UVA, or is she attempting to transfer to UVA?

Stick it in. Stick it in. Stick it in.

@ 2centz 11:30 AM

I do not believe in God but Thank You

Well. Where exactly should I begin?

You argue about delayed bus routes, yet do you know that graduation can cause just as much of a hassle? If you have problems with the BT transit system, you can walk. Blacksburg is small enough to get anywhere by foot.

College football is meant to be played on Saturdays. I can agree with you there. However; due to a number of factors outside of control, if we're playing on Saturdays, it's going to be a game that most likely starts at noon due to the level of our competition, success of the team, etc. You'd rather have a noon game over a night game? If so, you're definitely in the minority.

I understand that many folks may not be as passionate about football as the rest of us, but if you're complaining about a game being "tiring," I BEG YOU to PLEASE give your ticket to someone else who cares more. Individuals such as yourself that most likely see games as social events rather than defining Hokie moments are also the reason that the Virginia Tech home field advantage has truly become a joke over the past few years. If it takes time out of your schedule, so much that you bother writing an article about it, don't go. Give your ticket to someone that will actually add to the Stadium atmosphere, rather than just enjoy the atmosphere created by others.

Let's get something straight. I'm a cadet and Thursday night football games are my favorite. Just to clarify I am also an engineer. The TNF game is the only one I have no concerns about possibly dying of hest exhaustion because I'm wearing a 100% eool uniform in the blazing sun. Get your facts right Michelle.

"Why not a Friday night game? Or a Saturday night? Even a Sunday night would be better because nothing happens on Sundays."

Friday night is when high school football plays. Given that one of our goals is to increase visibility to high school football players, this is counterproductive. Not to mention that traveling fans would still have to spend a work day traveling, so this does nothing to address the travel challenges for out of town fans, thus is an awful idea.

We would all love a Saturday night game. Unfortunately, VT cannot request this time slot; this is prime time slot, and TV networks will put the most attractive game of the weekend here. Unless we are that game, it won't happen.

On Sunday night, our team would have to compete with the $9 billion/year entity known as the NFL. I'm sure our visibility would skyrocket if we played then (hopefully everyone could catch my sarcasm there).

While I understand that Thursday night games can be a hassle, please do your research before posting such an ignorant editorial. You failed to recognize both the tradition behind Thursday night games, and the contractual obligation between universities and TV networks.

Anonymous comments are for people that don't believe you are not a real Hokie. Go back to college up on the hill where they think they are better than a state school because it costs more money to attend.

You aren't afraid to get negative feedback about your thoughts. All the power to you. You don't like Thursday night football games. Fine. However, your belief that something so Hokie as a Thursday night football game is a "drag" points out indisputably that you should not have come to Virginia Tech. Your thoughts would be better wasted at a liberal arts school. I hear that U of R is still accepting transfers.

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What is a Hokie?

Someone who blindly follows the cult mentality of Virginia Tech

Most of the people are rich white kids from New Jersey or Northern virginia

Do you understand how much a football game fuels the local economy? Do you realize that with many fans staying 4 days instead of 2, that local businesses and restaurants bring in far more money.

If you can't manage your time when you know it will be busy, then you probably are doing something wrong.

If a student prepping for lab can't find parking then they should have taken a bus/bike/walked.

Personal time management and ability to overcome obstacles will be a great skill for you to learn, more important than classes actually.

Say you work in Chicago and the G8 summit shuts down your normal route once a year? Do you panic and fail at all normal work?

Is she for real? I want to believe she's a plant from uva. Stop running down school traditions!

Nothing to see hear just a brunch of spoiled brats.

Brunch of young college aged students who think they are entitled to everything.

This is absolutely ridiculous. I've been to all of the Thursday night games regardless of the situation, whether it be that I had a lab late afternoon or an exam Friday morning. Your arguments about buses and out of towners could be applied to games on the weekends, so you're basically hating on all football games, not just Thursday night. Any football fan would understand the excitement of a Thursday night game. Clearly you are not a football fan. You probably don't care about missing enter sandman, sit down at games from tickets you won from the lottery, and then leave early.

Who allowed this article to happen and why isn't there an article on this topic from someone who is a vt football fan?

@ Anonymous 12:11 PM

I am white just like you.

I could not agree more with the author. There is nothing more awful in this world than having to wait for a bus to make its turn at a stop light. What's next, just skipping the games altogether? I respect your right to an opinion, but your opinion on this matter is as awful as a VT student who doesn't love Thursday night games in Lane Stadium...oh wait. You might as well just transfer to UVA now, they seem more likely to agree with you, I wish you luck, Keep Calm and Zima On.

Anonymous @ 1:10 PM

Aww have I made you upset? How are your Jimmys?

Damn it, Weaver. No Thursday night games? No annual national spotlight.

We get more money tied to football, and less buildings named after the AARP goons who donate. Stop bending over for them.

@ 06 Alum 1:15


You stupid students really think Blacksburg is completely subserivant to VT?

The same VT that refuses to pay local sales & meals taxes and lodging

So VT is the largest employer for the area so what?

The Town of Blacksburg has other sources of revenue

In the 1960 's there were a few thousand students

Now it is +28,000

Congrats

Now would you be quiet because too often students whine about not having the luxuries of a major city and then say Blacksburg is a middle of nowhere college town with absolutely nothing to do.

There are a few bars and that's it.

Most NoVa and Jersey kids say this


Sincerely

Pissed off Townie

@1:21 PM & @ 1:26 PM Anonymous


You are surprised that Virginia Tech has ignorant people like Nemo?

You should not be coming from a majority white, majority male college

Especially in The South & Commonwealth of Virginia

Let's go C(hokies)

emptytrophycase.blogspot.com

Can you please tell me what a "brunch" of students is? Nothing to see "here"

In all actuality, Thursday night games are a hassle. Try driving on I-81 coming back from an out-of-town meeting: the return trip just got 2 hours longer. Yay! I loved the games as a student. Sure, some bozos would come to class half or completely lit, especially afternoon classes after 2pm, but they were few and far between. The biggest problem is traffic. Too many people trying to leave campus, just as hoards of football fans are arriving...not to mention all the local residents running their normal routines.

That said, I lament the loss of the game though, as inconvenient as it is...because we lose out on the best national TV exposure the football program can get. Let's face it, outside of Alabama this year, we have no real opportunity for a national broadcast with the remainder of our schedule. Yippee, we host UNC and Pitt. Hello Raycom regional. We travel to the U, and all 47 of their fans will be in the stands.

If we were replacing the Thursday game with a sure-fire primetime Saturday night nationally-televised game? Sure! That's a solid trade. But, as it is, at least a third of the games this year won't be televised other than on a delay, and the remainder will be local/regional ACC broadcasts, at best, unless someone on our schedule suddenly becomes better and ranked...along with us.

Regardless, VT has to win games this year. Last year was painful to watch...Let's Go Hokies!

I've had a lot of extended and immediate family attend VT, and I myself have been here for 4 years. I can't believe this article is coming from a "fan". What passes for a "fan" these days when they take offense to being inconvenienced one or two Thursdays during the fall? How about you plan ahead and try to enjoy yourself? Go Hokies.

This really should come as no surprise. As an alumnus who is sickened hearing accounts of current students leaving early, selling tickets, being stupid at games, etc, I wish I could say this shocks me, but it doesn't. And that in itself is sad.

You, Michelle Sutherland, are a pathetic excuse for a Hokie. Why don't you just go to UVA? I'm sure you'd fit in much better over there, since they don't care about their football program either.

Lol. Everyone attacking Michelle, in my opinion, makes the pathetic excuse for a Hokie. You all are attacking someone's opinion you don't agree with and are resorting to name-calling and immaturity. Not everyone that attends Tech is a football fanatic- and she even admitted that she enjoys games at Lane.

Seriously, think twice about what you guys are saying here. A logical discussion is one thing, name-calling is another. Hokies respect, anyone?

Reply @ Spell Check 2:15

I was referencing how the hungover students come stumbling in to D2 Brunch on Sundays or just roll out of bed and come to Owens.

Nice try with pointing out my grammar mistakes but it is the internet

Try sending out a text message or a tweet grammar free

Oh wait you brats can't manage to do that

Ludicrous just ludicrous. Go to UVA

@ Aubree 4:04 PM

You are so naive

www .vt .edu/about/facts_figures_2012.pdf


www .vt. edu/about/facts_and_figures_2010-11.pdf

www .ir.vt.
edu/work_we_do/demo_enroll/demographics/studentDemographics.html



www .ir.vt .edu

Please tell me again how VT is?

With +70 percentage of whites

Just transfer to UVa, you'll fit in better there. I would think that the editor in chief of the university's paper would have a bit more school spirit than this. Seriously though, you are a disgrace to Hokie Nation.

Dear Virginia Tech Alumni

Please check your privilege elsewhere

Stop trying to throw your weight around

I am really getting tired of people saying things about
'school spirit' and being a real Hokie.

Can you all just stop? It is different for other people.

We are all different and unique.

So what if some people don't like football or the hassle that comes with a Thursday night game?

Does it really matter if people choose to attend Virginia Tech
and they do not like football or any of our sports teams?

For a school of higher education with the stature of VT incompassing rigorous academic programs such as engineering and which prides itself with 'The Principals of Community' it seems some people will always force their viewpoints or beliefs down the throats of those who disagree.

Accept people that are different and have different beliefs and opinions.

Do not worry about Michelle and others that do not like football or other 'traditions' .


Worry about yourself


Just my two cents but hey since I said do not like VT Football

none of you probably DGAF or care.

Totally agree - except that all football games suck - if you are not a member of the team trying to win the game, then why do you care who is winning. "Fans" have done absolutely nothing to support a win/loss. Get over it already - its a university - we are here to study and work and not to watch other people play games. Get out and play yourself

Totally agree - except that all football games suck - if you are not a member of the team trying to win the game, then why do you care who is winning. "Fans" have done absolutely nothing to support a win/loss. Get over it already - its a university - we are here to study and work and not to watch other people play games. Get out and play yourself

^^^ Michelle that you?

A guy who actually likes football @ 8:44 PM & Anonymous @ 8:48 PM

You have just proven why people can't be themselves.

Demeaning someone does not advance your agrument esp. @ 8:48

I really hope you keep all this hate and vitorol with you and see how far you get in life.

You may just get away with it here; at VT and at the workplace in 'the real world'


Again what might be "fun" for you may not be "fun" for everyone.

Please stop

A guy who actually likes football

That is nice and all but are you really comparing VT football to the NFL?


Remember when the Detroit Lions were 0-16?

Yeah I am pretty sure that they could have beaten this Virginia Tech team especially this year


VT does not and is not nationally promient

When you lose to Alabama for your first game

Get back at me

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People have still not answered my question
Where on the college application to Virginia Tech does it say people have to like football?
Where on the application does it say that I have to agree with everyone and conform to a certain lifestyle because my current lifestyle is not 'popular'?
Should I completely change who I am just to please a certain group of people?
I thought college was part of growing up and discovering who you are (along with adolescence/ puberty)
As a young adult we are to learn from our mistakes.
I go out almost every weekend and bar crawl (DT)
However, I don't make fun of those that don't partake in my lifestyle by belittling them.
Maturity goes a long way into getting people to respect you.
I really hope that this is just limited case to VT but I am afraid not as some people commenting on this article will clearly never grow up.
You maybe 'grown up' in a sense (biologically) that you have fully developed breasts, pubic & body hair, increased penile size, increased sex drive, increased height, etc.
However, you level of maturity is that of a child that has to reduce someone by calling them names.

The only reason this article was written was because the CT is suffering as a paper financially. They needed an article to get people to their site and to get people talking about this so they will start reading the paper. The opinion itself is sad and pathetic, but understand it was all money driven because the CT doesn't have any.

Male Machismo Chauvinistic Misogynistic Sexist behavior

Nice try Nemo but you are back peddling.

"1) Never said girls dont understand sports. Hence why I mentioned that she probably was from somewhere that doesnt have American football. If she was then would she really suggest playing college games on Sunday? Any person who even remotely knows anything football related knows that Sunday is NFL. So yes, please tell me how I am segmenting out the whole female sex.
2) I am BEYOND glad that you understand how respectful I am of hokie traditions. Because I really was showing disrespect for some good ole traditions with that post. Lets see, I disrespectedddd which ones? Exactly"

"Also, the "worst" name I called her was child. OH NO. SO HARSH OF ME. I AM SO RUDE"

"a girl who doesnt fully understand football, probably of oriental descent"

Bravo on you attempt to hide your bigotry

This is split up between 7 groups. The CT relies on their advertising money and it is way down. Why do you think in the past few years they stand outside and hand people their papers? Desperation. And, you walk around on campus on Sunday and see their boxes still full from the paper on Friday. Also you get a green sign in online asking for money. They're hurting, just ask Kelly Wolff.

trust me the vast majority of the student section does not agree with this, its a shame that some of our students are so unenthusiastic about our school and i know a vast majority of students that ive talked to are kind of upset with jim weaver, that said i have also heard that its only a one year thing soooooo see you all next year on thursday night?

this is why (some) women cannot do sports. VT should expel her. I cried reading this

I CANNOT BELEIVE ANY HOKIE WOULD EVER SAY THIS! This person should be denied football tickets for the rest of her life. Thursday night games are some of the most exciting and best memories of my 6 years at VT. They are great for Blacksburg ($$$) and the school (nationally televised game). If there's a lot of traffic or full busses, just walk. Blacksburg is not that big. Just about every professor I had would make accomodations for the games. These are just sad, selfish excuses to hate Thursday games and get lots of comments on your article.

Life is a long journey. One Thursday night game out of 365 days/nights in a year should not break anyone...young or old...local or student...I'm an alum, I grew up in Blacksburg since 3rd grade, and I have a career and a family with kids of various school age now so I see this from many angles...plan ahead, lighten up, and appreciate what an event like a Thursday night national game does for VT publicity across the country. Enjoy a little Thursday night football fun and the camaraderie it fosters within the Hokie nation.

It would be nice if Frank Beamer commented on this...I'm still trying understand Weaver's logic...curious to know if Beamer supports it or not...and if he does support it, why? I think Coach Beamer owes it to the Hokie Nation to give a comment on this.

Moot point after we lose the first 3 games and attendance drops by 30%.

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