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My comments about the announcer were kinda outlandish. Sorry. But if you think this game is being fairly called ha! Like all ACC games its not. VT got away with some traveling and some body checking etc. And maybe the announcers arent out to be biased but sometimes it sure seems that way.

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My comments about the announcer were kinda outlandish. Sorry. But if you think this game is being fairly called ha! Like all ACC games its not. VT got away with some traveling and some body checking etc. And maybe the announcers arent out to be biased but sometimes it sure seems that way.

I'm sorry, but come on 500 posts!

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