football recruiting
Hokies Land First Commit of 2011 Class
Just a few weeks after Signing Day, the Virginia Tech coaching staff was back to work trying to secure another highly touted class. Saturday was Virginia Tech’s Junior Day and needless to say the event went off with only one hitch caused by a Bud Lite truck running over a fire hydrant. Some of the [...]
Looking at Football Recruiting in the Rear View Mirror
There is an interesting article on SI.com as pointed out on this Penn State Football blog post that looks back at the performance of 2007 recruiting classes based on their on-field performance. While this is still subjective, there’s no doubt is much more solid of an evaluation than the Rivals and Scout rankings that come [...]
Signing Day Report: A Look At The Hokies 2010 Recruiting Class (Part 4)
In part four of this article we will analyze the final five members of the 2010 Virginia Tech recruiting class (here’s the link to Virginia Tech 2010 Recruiting Class part 3, Virginia Tech 2010 Recruiting Class part 2, and Virginia Tech 2010 Recruiting Class Part 1 ). Those included in this edition are Mark Shuman, [...]
Signing Day Report: A Look at the Hokies 2010 Recruiting Class (Part 3)
In part three of this article we will analyze the next six members of the 2010 Virginia Tech recruiting class (here’s the link to Virginia Tech 2010 Recruiting Class part 2 and Virginia Tech 2010 Recruiting Class Part 1 ). Those included in this edition are Jerome Lewis, Zack McCray, Theron Norman, Dominique Patterson, Tahrick [...]
VT vs Boise St at FedEx; National Signing Day
The worst kept secret in college football scheduling was revealed today at Redskins.com, and that is the movement of the 2010 Virginia Tech vs Boise State football game at FedEx Field in Landover, MD from what was October 2nd to Labor Day (September 6th). This is no surprise to me, as ESPN seems to each [...]
Signing Day Report: A Look at the Hokies 2010 Recruiting Class (Part Two)
In part two of this article we will analyze the next five members of the 2010 Virginia Tech recruiting class (here’s the link to the Virginia Tech Recruiting Report Part 1). Those included in this edition are Kyle Fuller, Laurence Gibson, Derrick Hopkins, Brian Laiti, Mark Leal.
So without further adieu, let’s dive into the analysis.
Signing Day Report: A Look At The Hokies 2010 Recruiting Class
The first Wednesday in the month of February has become a national holiday for college football fans as that is the day all 120 division one programs sit by their fax machines and patiently receive LOI’s (Letters of Intent) signed by their verbal commits. As each one rolls in, that player is officially locked in [...]
Junior World Football Championships Evidence Hokie RB Pipeline is Strong
If you didn’t know that there was something going on called the Junior World Football Championshipsthe last few weeks, you are not alone. Despite Americans love of football and anything with the red, white, and blue on it, this inaugural 8 nation tournament of American football held in Caton, Ohio the last 2 weeks didn’t [...]
Virginia Tech Recruiting the Way Zach McCray and Most Hokies See It
Virginia Tech had a high school football camp recently and if you follow Virginia Tech recruiting, these are important events to follow as lots of news about what happens or doesn’t happen tends to come out of them. The news was pretty good from this one in that the Hokies got a very big commitment [...]
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 [...]
