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Streaking the Lawn has joined SB Nation. The site will cover the Wahoos, Zima, brie and failure. Head on over and let them know you hate them. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

It's back to the drawing board for Miami, which fired head coach Randy Shannon tonight after back-to-back losses to Virginia Tech and South Florida to close out the season. The Canes finished 7-5 overall and 5-3 in ACC play during the regular season, Shannon's fourth as head coach. Check the SBN mothership for more info as the story progresses.

Forward J.T. Thompson will miss the 2009-10 season with a torn ACL. Patrick Stevens of D1scourse looks at what Thompson's absence will mean for the Hokies.

Thanks for ruining our fun, LSU blog that copied Orson's blog title.

TKP is hearing rumors that rising junior LB Quillie Odom might be leaving Blacksburg. Odom is a guy that Bud Foster has been trying to push in recent years, though he's never been able to make it onto the field. He switched from backer to mike prior to this spring and is listed fifth on the depth chart at mike.

The Morning Sun in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., reports Virginia Tech's game with Central Michigan has been moved to Oct. 9 so the Hokies can play Boise State on Labor Day. Much more on this later. I really don't like this move. H/T: notavailableforcomment

The former Clemson star and current Chicago Bear passed away early Sunday morning. He was 26.

Virginia Tech's game against Duke on Oct. 3 will start at Noon EDT and be an Internet-only, ESPN360 broadcast.

The Hokies' game with the Miami Hurricanes on Sept. 26 will kick at 3:30 p.m. It will be show regionally on ABC and also on ESPN in another one of those reverse-mirror games. My guess is I'm going to have to buy GamePlan for this one.

"Just moments ago, Tech released its official injury report for Saturday's game against Marshall. Tight end Greg Boone is listed as doubtful with a sprained joint in the upper chest/shoulder area, and cornerback Stephan Virgil is doubtful with what was simply termed a knee injury." - Norm Wood