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Hokies’ Williams is ACC rookie of the year

December 1, 2009

In what should come as no surprise, Virginia Tech tailback Ryan Williams is the ACC’s rookie of the year.   Release courtesy of the ACC, Williams quote courtesy of the Virginia Tech sports information office: Record-setting Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams is the Atlantic Coast Conference’s Rookie of the Year. [...]

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Hokies, Cavs on All-ACC team

November 30, 2009

Virginia Tech placed four players and Virginia one on the 2009 All-ACC football team.  Voting was conducted among membership in the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association. Virginia Tech had five on the second team, Virginia one.   Players and coaches of the year will be announced later in the [...]

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Hokies showcase receivers against Maryland

November 14, 2009

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – For all their recent football success, one thing stands out as a little bit odd about the Virginia Tech Hokies. Only one player has ever caught has many as 50 passes in a season.  Ernest Wilford had 51 in 2002 and 55 in 2003.  Heck, they usually don’t [...]

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FREE – Derby Bill’s weekend preview

November 12, 2009

William “Derby Bill” Watson continues on a good run, though he probably didn’t have the filly in last weekend’s Breeders Cup Classic.   He’s 29-21 the past five weeks and has a 6-3 record on his NFL Play of the Week (for amusement only). Let’s see if he can continue that roll this week. [...]

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Loss to Duke deflates Cavaliers

October 31, 2009

CHARLOTTESVILLE – The “Wow Factor” is usually talked about in terms of a breathtaking, magnificent, beautiful or other positive sort of happening. In some cases, it works the opposite way.  The University of Virginia’s 28-17 loss at home to Duke yesterday was definitely a “Wow Factor” game, though not in any way [...]

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Heels leave a mark on Hokies

October 30, 2009

BLACKSBURG – OK, so that didn’t go quite the way Virginia Tech football fans expected. Almost five years to the day after his brother Connor Barth kicked a last-second field goal to beat Miami, North Carolina’s Casey Barth kicked a 21-yarder on the game’s final play to stun the Hokies 20-17 at [...]

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