High school football phenom signs with Virginia Tech, but not before

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Last edited Fri Mar 24, 2023, 07:38 AM - Edit history (1)

{edited} I briefly could not access the Twitter account. That was just a glitch. I'll add his pinned tweet.

I’m Home, 100% committed!
@HokiesFB

Link to tweet

having his picture taken for this unfortunate Christmas card. It's clear from the replies at DU that I'm the only one who thinks this is kind of wacky.

Merry Christmas from my family to yours. Hope everyone had a blessed day.

Link to tweet

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[FSogol]

1. What's wrong with that Christmas photo?

Also, the account isn't down. Why post about this guy?

[Effete Snob]

3. Glad I'm not the only one

studied the pic... googled... looked on twitter.... dunno what I'm supposed to see here.

Typical goofy family picture.

[underpants]

6. I'd guess it how he's holding his sisters leg.

???

[jmowreader]

10. I think it's the matching jammies and the three embarrassing sisters

I looked this guy up. It seems like half the universities in the country wanted him.

[malthaussen]

12. I think the one in the middle is his mother.

She looks young, but the hands say otherwise. And it looks like she has a wedding ring in the expected place.

Also, she's wearing a black top like the father. That could be intentional.

Awful card, but no more than many other family Christmas cards. I, too, fail to get the point of the OP.

-- Mal

[Effete Snob]

2. I guess I'm mssing something

Is there something unusual about the picture that is not obvious to me?

[thucythucy]

4. My guess is that it's a sarcastic comment on him "taking the knee."

What's "unfortunate" is that Right Wingers will sieze on this to call him "woke."

Am I warm here, dear Jeeves, or is there some other message I'm not receiving?

[House of Roberts]

5. The young woman to his right is flashing the 'Hook'em Horns' sign

with her left hand.

[TexLaProgressive]

7. Maybe she's a Texas fan.

I know a couple who are Texas alumni, none of their 4 children continued the traditions. One horrors of horrors attended TAMU, one to Georgetown and 2 to Stanford.

What does this young woman have to do with what school he's going to attend?

Just found this

https://on3static.com/cdn-cgi/image/height=417,width=795,quality=90,fit=cover,gravity=0.5x0.5/uploads/dev/assets/cms/2023/03/22155343/Davi-Va-Tech.HEIC-copy.jpg

And this, American Sign for love
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSlDxPZIblYN_1Sqr-gCz-44RyqFEw9VhU-yQ&s

[Wounded Bear]

8. Other than the matching pajamas creepiness factor, I guess that is OK...

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Not Getting It

There must be a backstory of which I'm not aware.

[flying rabbit]

11. The Brazilian flag

maybe?

[niyad]

13. Hokies???What sort of name is that?