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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 [...]
Predicting The Next Ten Years of Virginia Tech Football
Virginia Tech entered this past decade patiently waiting the outcome of their tango with the Florida State Seminoles in the 2000 Sugar Bowl. The Hokies left the decade celebrating a monumental win over an over-matched SEC opponent in the Chick-Fil-A bowl.
A lot can change in ten years, just ask Bobby Bowden who came in as [...]
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.
Hand Ringing Over Pre-Season Ranking Can Start Now
I was reading a post about Penn State Football at PennStateCentral.com which pointed to SI.com and their oh so immediate gratification pre-season ranking of college football for 2010. You can start too early. As expected, the Hokies are ranked pretty high and likely will be that way in a lot of polls. Expectations will be [...]
Was the 2009 Season a Success?
Furrer4Heisman at GobblerCountry is posing end of year round table question to several bloggers concerning the 2009 Virginia Tech football season. Here are my answers to his questions.
1. Do you think the 2009 season was a successful one for Virginia Tech?
Success is relative, I don’t think it’s ‘yes / no’. Any given season [...]
Vote for Virginia Tech’s Top 10 Plays for 2009
If you can, check out the survey being conducted by ‘VTPhreak4evr’ over at http://hokiehighlights.net, who is letting Hokie fans help him determine the top 10 Virginia Tech football plays for 2009. He’s done a nice job of mashing up video clips of the plays organized by game (pretty neat re-living highlights from the season) and [...]
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 [...]
Virginia Tech Football: CHICK-FIL-A BOWL CHAMPS
Virginia Tech football and Frank Beamer got a lot of monkeys off their back last night in Atlanta. The streaks ended and accomplishments achieved by winning the Chick-Fil-A Bowl were so much discussed prior to the game that its almost tedious to go through them all again. Let’s just say beating Tennessee was a very [...]
Chick-Fil-A Bowl and Obsession With the SEC
I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays and some down time, maybe taking in some of the early bowl games, and gearing up for the big ones coming up this weekend. Starting Friday evening, I’ll be enjoying friends, frolic, and football straight through the weekend until life’s realities are back on Monday. But in the [...]
Virginia Tech Bowl Apathy Showing Up In Chick-Fil-A Ticket Sales?
So apparently Virginia Tech has not sold out its allotment of 17,500 Chick-Fil-A Bowl tickets against Tennessee yet. Of course this could change at any moment and come December 31st there’s no doubt the Georgia Dome will be filled to capacity anda lot of them will be Hokies. It just may take longer to fill [...]
