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A Guide to Virginia Tech Football Media Coverage
Virginia Tech's location isn't the best in college football. Blacksburg's pretty close to the middle of nowhere, which is great if you're like me and want to be in the middle of nowhere away from traffic and people. Not so much if you prefer a cosmopolitan lifestyle. Where Tech's location becomes a...
What Are Your Expectations for Virginia Tech Football in 2011?
Virginia Tech's 2010 football season was bittersweet. The Hokies were 11-3, but each loss left a horrible taste in the mouths of everyone emotionally involved with the program. But sandwiched between and 0-2 start and a humbling bowl-game loss was a magical 11-game win streak that culminated with...
Virginia Tech 52, Florida State 51: Hokies Escape by Fractions of a Second
As improbable as the entire game between Virginia Tech and Florida State was Friday night in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament, in hindsight it couldn't have happened any other way for the Hokies. For the last four seasons now we've been used to this team not hitting the clutch shot or...
Can Virginia Tech's Defense Get Pressure on Boise State Quarterback Kellen Moore?
One of the biggest keys for Virginia Tech in its season opener against Boise State is whether or not its defense can get pressure on Broncos quarterback Kellen Moore. The Hokies have a strong secondary, but Moore is a great quarterback who will pick them apart if he's given time to sit in the...
Will 2010 be Bryan Stinespring's Salvation or His Last Stand?
[Lots of words ahead. You've been warned.] After three years of waging battle with his many critics, all is quiet on the Western front for Bryan Stinespring. Where before people spent the offseason wondering how he was going to screw up the Hokies' national championship aspirations, there is a new...
Hokies Look to Update Their Barrel-Making Technique in 2010
I adopted the "Barrel On, Tech!" mantra after the 2009 Orange Bowl when Dr Saturday wrote watching the Hokies is like watching a cooper make a barrel. Basically, their methods were a little archaic but, "at the end of the day, there's your barrel. It's never occurred to him there might be better or...
A College Baseball Hater Goes to Omaha
I like to think I have an open mind. I'm willing to have any and all preconceived notions I have demolished by actual experience. Last year, I went to Atlanta thinking the Crimson Tide faithful would be among the worst college football fans I'd ever have to deal with and I couldn't have been more...
SEC Fans Chime in on the Possibility of Virginia Tech Joining the Conference
As rumors of Virginia Tech possibly receiving an invitation to join the SEC continue to swirl, I wanted the opinions of fans from the SEC the issues of expansion and the Hokies joining the conference. I asked writers from several of SB Nation's SEC blogs the following questions: 1. Do you think the...
Virginia Tech Left Out of the 2010 NCAA Tournament
The Hokies were probably one of the first teams left out of the tournament when the bracket was unveiled this afternoon. The last at-large teams in were Utah State and UTEP, who were both given No. 12 seeds. In the end, the Hokies have no one to blame but themselves. They weren't screwed by the...
Signing Day 2010: Hokies' Recruiting Produces Results, Not Headlines
Wednesday is National Signing Day for college football. It's a day that has become almost as celebrated in college football circles as the first day of the NFL Draft is for pro football fans. ESPN will have all-day coverage on ESPNU with live decisions from some of the country's top recruits. What...
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