As he sits in his dugout and watches his team sprint onto English Field, fourth-year Virginia Tech baseball coach Pete Hughes knows he finally has something. He finally has the kind of team he envisioned when he first arrived in Blacksburg in 2007. And he finally has convinced others to believe what the 42-year-old Massachusetts native knew all along – that the Hokies could build a baseball program that could be a factor in the ACC and nationally. ... Read More
For the record, springtime has arrived in Blacksburg. ... Read More
I received a note from Chris Cassell of Richmond saying that his grandfather, Stuart, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on February 25. The family had hoped to honor the occasion with a big home-court basketball victory over Maryland, of course. And while the Hokies lost a heart-breaking 104-100 double-overtime game to the Terrapins, it was a day that showed us all again how special the Stuart K. Cassell Coliseum can be – as if we needed a reminder. ... Read More
Last spring, Virginia Tech quarterbacks coach Mike O’Cain had the unusually small – and somewhat alarming – grand total of two quarterbacks to work with for the Hokies’ spring drills. Returning starter Tyrod Taylor and green freshman Ju-Ju Clayton were the lone true quarterbacks in the program. ... Read More
Virginia Tech’s basketball team enters Saturday afternoon’s ACC home game against Boston College with a 14-3 mark, the Hokies’ best record since the 1995-96 team opened 19-2. That’s an impressive start to this season for Tech and marks just the 11th time in school history – in 101 seasons – that the Hokies have won at least 14 of their opening 17 games. ... Read More
When the final Associated Press college football poll is released, Virginia Tech figures to be ranked somewhere in the top 10. And when the 2010 preseason poll is released, the Hokies figure to be there as well. ... Read More
Virginia Tech’s basketball team is off to its best start in 13 years, and if you’ve seen the Hokies play this year, there are some solid reasons to get excited about this 2009-2010 team. ... Read More
As part of the current American nomenclature, we throw the word “great” around as the all-in-one adjective to describe anything we like. ... Read More
Thanksgiving week means great times with family and friends, lots of terrific food and rivalry football games like this Saturday’s match-up between Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia. ... Read More
This was the season when many Hokie fans had hoped it would happen again. ... Read More
For a basketball coach, the view is like standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon, peering out at a majestic panorama that is quite simply, spectacular. ... Read More
When Virginia Tech’s team plane touches down at Hartsfield Airport in Atlanta on Friday night, it will have been six weeks to the day since the Hokies took the same aircraft to the same city. ... Read More
After throwing three touchdown passes in Miami’s 21-20 win over Oklahoma on Saturday night, Hurricanes’ quarterback Jacory Harris told his teammates that they would no longer watch ESPN or any sports channels on the new TVs in the team’s locker rooms. ... Read More
Three weeks ago when Virginia Tech lost its season opener to Alabama, the Hokies plunged out of the top 10, dropping to No. 14 in the polls, and at least for a while, out of college football’s title chase. ... Read More
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