From the monthly archives:

September 2009

FREE – Mike Barber’s Around the CAA

September 30, 2009

  Editor’s Note – Mike Barber, the assistant sports editor of the Daily News Record in Harrisonburg, will be offering a weekly look around the CAA to readers of Virginia Sports Now.   Keep up with Mike’s great work daily at the paper’s site - www.dnronline.com – and look for a notebook and James Madison University story here [...]

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Tech’s Williams off to a flying start

September 29, 2009

BLACKSBURG –  When Ricky Williams was at the University of Texas, the school produced a t-shirt that became very popular.  They took the Heisman Trophy and put dreadlocks on its head, a la Williams’ hairstyle. Williams won the Heisman in 1998. Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech’s redshirt freshman tailback, has [...]

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Beamer to Hokies: Don’t get on THIS list

September 29, 2009

BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer has always been an expert at making the Hokies’ next opponent sound like the defending Super Bowl champions.  With his 6th-ranked team heading to Duke for a noon game Saturday,  he’s been busy whipping up the praise for Duke. Blue Devils coach David Cutcliffe [...]

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FREE – Tribe, Wildcats to enjoy national exposure

September 29, 2009

Editor’s Note – This story was contributed by former Richmond Times-Dispatch colleague John Packett.  He will write regularly about William and Mary football along with other CAA topics throughout the season. BY JOHN PACKETT  Coaches in the Colonial Athletic Association have long known how good their league is compared [...]

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U.Va.’s offensive changes leave Brandon with hollow title

September 28, 2009

CHARLOTTESVILLE – Gregg Brandon joined the University of Virginia’s football coaching staff with every intention of installing the high-powered spread offense that had proven so successful during his tenure at Bowling Green. That experiment, it seems, lasted less than three games. With the offense sputtering and fans calling for [...]

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Ah CHOO – Beamer scratchy but Tech comes out of rain OK

September 28, 2009

 Health check – how many of you who sat in the rain at Lane Stadium on Saturday and got soaked while watching Virginia Tech whip Miami 31-7 went to school or work today with a case of the sniffles? Hokies coach Frank Beamer sounded scratchy this morning on his weekly teleconference with [...]

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