Archive for May, 2009
Tyrod Taylor for Heisman
College football preview articles, blogs, and straw polls abound these days, and I’ve even started to read some of those early Heisman lists. Honestly, this is one of those years where the Heisman race might be boring, given there are clear front-runners coming back (Tebow, McCoy, Bradford). More interesting in regards to the 2009-10 Heisman [...]
Michael Vick and Virginia Tech
Michael Vick has been in the news this week. He is leaving prison to spend his final month of sentencing in home confinement. This unsurprisingly led to live minute-to-minute coverage by ESPN, and of course filled all the off-season NFL talk shows with plenty of discussion fodder concerning the probably of Vick’s return as player. [...]
Hokie Baseball Beats UVA (finally), Needs A Lot to Make ACC Tourney
Well, here we are again with another Virginia Tech bubble team down to the end of the season needing to beat conference rivals. The Hokies got a good start yesterday beating the Wahoos for the first time in 12 games. Austin Wates hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning to finally end a [...]
I Thought Thorns Could Play
As I’ve come to learn following Hokie Basketball, player transfers during the off season aren’t that uncommon. Once the season ends, you can pretty much start speculating on who it will be. We found out this week that Hank Thorns is leaving the program (also found out that Allan Chaney from Florida is transferring in).
Thorns had [...]
Hokie Football Recruiting News (and Thoughts on Stars)
During this dead zone many Virginia Tech football fans fill discretionary sports time with recruiting, and some good recruiting news has trickled in lately. Virginia Tech today got a commitment from defensive tackle Derrick Hopkins (younger brother of current r-FR Antoine Hopkins), and a commitment from a (badly needed) quarterback in Ricardo Young from Washington DC. Young is [...]
Buying Virginia Tech Merchandise During the Dead Zone
The spring game has passed, as has the analysis, recruiting news, and general media attention that immediate follows it. As a Hokie football fan, you’ve probably exhausted most of what’s out there. Things are about to get real dry in terms of Virginia Tech sports in the coming months. In fact, we are moving into [...]
