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          <title>Tech to play at FedEx Field again in 2012</title>
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It appears Virginia Tech&#8217;s football team won&#8217;t have to make a trip to Cincinnati in 2012 as earlier planned. The two teams, who met in last season&#8217;s Orange Bowl, will face off instead at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., according to a written release.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:40:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Hokies ride their pride to lopsided victory</title>
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. &#8212; Disappointment doesn&#8217;t linger long with Virginia Tech&#8217;s football team.           ]]></description>
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It can&#8217;t be a good omen when a new jersey combination is the No. 1 reason to get pumped for a game, can it?

As sure as rain is wet, Virginia Tech running back Ryan Williams said Tuesday that he&#8217;ll be excited to play ACC Atlantic Division cellar-dweller Maryland today at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Md., because of the all-white jerseys and white helmets the 20th-ranked Hokies will be wearing.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hokies&#8217; defense held its own against Pirates</title>
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GREENVILLE, N.C. &#8212; Though it was pushed to the brink a few times, Virginia Tech&#8217;s defense didn&#8217;t concede much in the Hokies&#8217; 16-3 win over East Carolina on Thursday night.


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GREENVILLE, N.C. &#8212; Virginia Tech got back to its winning ways Thursday night, style points be darned.

It wasn&#8217;t always pretty, but the 22nd-ranked Hokies did enough to wrestle away a 16-3 win from East Carolina in front of a revved up crowd of 43,569 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:57:50 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>ACC announces bowl destination changes for 2010</title>
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GREENVILLE, N.C. &#8212; The Atlantic Coast Conference announced a revamped bowl lineup for 2010 on Thursday. The changes? The Gator and Emerald bowls are out and the Sun and Independence bowls are in.

The Sun Bowl, which is played in El Paso, Texas, will take the Gator&#8217;s place in the ACC pecking order. It&#8217;ll get the ACC championship game loser, if available, or the third pick out of the conference after BCS selections in a matchup with a Pac-10 school.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:55:02 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Playing for pride, Tech out to avenge loss to ECU</title>
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Three weeks ago, Virginia Tech&#8217;s football team had so much to play for. It was still in the national title hunt and was the odds on favorite to win its third straight ACC championship.

After two losses and a precipitous fall in the rankings, the Hokies have had to dig deep for inspiration.

There&#8217;s still at least one major motivator on the line for the rest of the season.

&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely pride,&#8221; Hokies senior linebacker Cody Grimm said.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Tech&#8217;s Williams bounces back after fumble in loss to UNC</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Ryan Williams stayed up all night Thursday thinking about the fumble that led to the deciding points in North Carolina&#8217;s 20-17 upset win over then-No. 14 Virginia Tech.

His teammates tried to convince him that he wasn&#8217;t to blame for the Hokies&#8217; loss, but his fumble at the Tar Heels&#8217; 24-yard line with 2:02 left stayed with him. It haunted him. &#8220;It makes me sick to my stomach,&#8221; he told reporters Sunday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:42:17 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Ryan Williams sat dejected on Virginia Tech&#8217;s bench as North Carolina&#8217;s players celebrated wildly on the Lane Stadium field.

Williams, the 14th-ranked Hokies&#8217; star tailback, lost a fumble deep in Tech territory with two minutes left in the fourth quarter, and Casey Barth kicked a 21-yard field goal as time expired to give the Tar Heels a 20-17 upset win Thursday night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:19:33 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Tar Heels&#8217; defense plays up to Beamer&#8217;s hype</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer wasn&#8217;t kidding earlier this week when he said North Carolina&#8217;s defensive front was better than any the Hokies had seen this season.

The Tar Heels&#8217; front seven caused all kinds of problems for Tech in the first half of Thursday night&#8217;s nationally televised game at Lane Stadium.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:15:19 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Wild Turkey missing at Tech</title>
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BLACKSBURG - Eight games into last season, Virginia Tech&#8217;s offense needed a jolt as the Hokies prepared for their first Thursday night game of the year, against Maryland.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:47:31 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Ryan Williams heard the excitement from his dorm room. That&#8217;s where he was almost a year ago to the day when Virginia Tech running back Darren Evans broke the school single-game rushing record with 253 yards in the Hokies&#8217; 23-13 Thursday night win over Maryland.

Lane Stadium was just a short walk away, but Williams, who was redshirting at the time, chose to watch the game on television instead. He didn&#8217;t have to pay too close attention to the TV screen. He could tell what was going on with each roar of the crowd. 

&#8220;It was crazy loud,&#8221; said Williams, who has filled in nicely for the injured Evans as the 14th-ranked Hokies&#8217; starting tailback.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Beamer clears air with Johnson</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer tried to set the record straight during his Tuesday news conference.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Big plays hinder Hokies again</title>
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The Hokies, who seemed to turn a corner last week in allowing only a couple of big plays late in a blow-out victory over Boston College, opened the floodgates again Saturday for a Georgia Tech offense that thrives off of big gainers.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Render helps Hokies&#8217; backs rack up yardage</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Judging from Sergio Render&#8217;s 6-foot-3, 313-pound frame, he&#8217;s eaten his share of deer meat over the years.

By his estimation, the Virginia Tech senior left guard and avid outdoorsman has bagged more than 150 of the animals since picking up hunting as a youngster. That&#8217;s a lot of deer burgers, steaks and roasts.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hokies tweak practice routine for unique Jackets&#8217; attack</title>
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Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer was 15 minutes late to his weekly press conference Tuesday. He had good reason. &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;m running late,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a tough preparation. There&#8217;s a lot of stuff going on. If you look at that Georgia Tech crowd, you&#8217;d be late, too.&#8221;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:01:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Boston College QB has maturity edge on Hokies</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Maturity and poise aren&#8217;t words usually associated with freshman quarterbacks, but they are appropriate descriptors for Dave Shinskie.

He&#8217;s got something most freshman signal-callers don&#8217;t. Then again, he is 25 years old.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:15:58 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Underrated Boston College next up for Virginia Tech</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8211; So much for preseason rankings.

In July, Boston College was picked to finish sixth in the ACC&#8217;s six-team Atlantic Division. It appears its demise was strongly miscalculated. 

The Eagles (4-1, 2-1 ACC) &#8212; No. 5 Virginia Tech&#8217;s opponent Saturday at Lane Stadium &#8212; are in second place of their division, thanks to recent wins against Florida State, an overwhelming favorite to win the Atlantic in the preseason, and Wake Forest, another top contender.            ]]></description>
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Matt Reidy used to be one of No. 6 Virginia Tech&#8217;s unsung heroes. Now he&#8217;s getting the star treatment.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:44:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>3 Hokies earn ACC top honors</title>
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Virginia Tech redshirt freshman running back Ryan Williams (rookie of the week), sophomore right tackle Blake DeChristopher (offensive lineman of the week) and junior defensive end Jason Worilds (defensive lineman of the week) were all honored by the ACC for their outstanding play Saturday against Miami.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; It took a video game for Eddie Whitley to realize there was a rivalry between Virginia Tech and Miami. Of course, that was before he played in one of the real-life contests.

The sophomore Hokies defensive back gets it now.

&#8220;I didn&#8217;t even know it was a rivalry until I was playing video games, NCAA Football, and it came up when I was in high school. &#8230; Now we&#8217;re both at the top, so it&#8217;s going to be a heated battle,&#8221; said Whitley, who grew up following the Tobacco Road battles in North Carolina.

Tech and Miami established a bitter rivalry as mutual members of the Big East from 1992-2003, and it has carried over into the Atlantic Coast Conference.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Quarterback Tyrod Taylor made big-time passes. The offensive line gave him time to throw. The receivers got open and made some tough catches.

No. 11 Virginia Tech displayed all the components of a quick-strike offense during the one-minute, 23-second drive that gave it a dramatic 16-15 win over Nebraska last Saturday.

It&#8217;s hoping to carry that late-game success over to Saturday&#8217;s home game against No. 9 Miami.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Florida State linebacker Dekoda Watson dropped Miami quarterback Jacory Harris for an eight-yard loss in the second quarter of the Hurricanes&#8217; season-opening win over the Seminoles on Sept. 7. It was the first and last time someone sacked Harris this season.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Virginia Tech defense deserves credit in Nebraska win, too</title>
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Miscommunication and missed tackles by No. 13 Virginia Tech led to some big plays by No. 19 Nebraska&#8217;s offense, but the Hokies&#8217; defense deserves just as much credit as their offense for Saturday&#8217;s 16-15 win at Lane Stadium.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Hokies stun Nebraska, 16&#45;15</title>
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Tech 16, Nebraska 15 shocked even those who were around for the Hokies&#8217; last final-minute comeback victory, 10 years ago at West Virginia.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Once upon a time, Nebraska&#8217;s football team could walk into any football stadium in the country and expect to win.

That&#8217;s no longer the case.

The Cornhuskers have lost six of their last eight true road games and haven&#8217;t beaten a ranked foe on the road since Nov. 11, 2006. In fact, they&#8217;ve lost nine straight games, home and away, against teams ranked in the Associated Press poll.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; No. 13 Virginia Tech could face No. 19 Nebraska&#8217;s quick strike offense Saturday without its top cornerback, Stephan Virgil, who missed last week&#8217;s game against Marshall with a right knee sprain and was listed as questionable on the team&#8217;s injury report Thursday.

The Hokies could certainly use Virgil against a Cornhuskers offense that has rolled up 589 passing yards and scored six touchdowns through the air in its first two games.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Demetrius Taylor watched the mayhem of April 16, 2007, from the window of a nearby building.            ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; No. 14 Virginia Tech certainly answered its critics Saturday with its 605-yard offensive breakout in a 52-10 win over Marshall at Lane Stadium.
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; It&#8217;s hard to judge Virginia Tech&#8217;s offense against a defense like Alabama&#8217;s. Today&#8217;s home opener against Marshall should be a better litmus test.

The 14th-ranked Hokies (0-1) were held to 155 yards &#8212; their lowest output since 2007 against LSU (149) &#8212; by the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide last Saturday. They managed only 11 first downs, converted only two of 12 third downs and were on the field for only 22 minutes and 50 seconds.           ]]></description>
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From Virginia Tech to the Philadelphia Eagles - this Sunday, former Hokie standout Victor &#8220;Macho&#8221; Harris will make his NFL debut.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; There&#8217;s a difference between 40-yard dash speed and football speed. Virginia Tech sophomore kick returner Dyrell Roberts will attest to that. 

By his own estimation, Roberts runs the 40 in 4.4 seconds, which is very fast by most standards but slug-like compared to the likes of cornerback Rashad Carmichael (4.26) and tailback David Wilson (4.33).           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA &#8212; Quarterback Tyrod Taylor used the word &#8220;explosive&#8221; when describing No. 7 Virginia Tech&#8217;s offensive capabilities to reporters on Tuesday. After the Hokies&#8217; 34-24 loss to No. 5 Alabama in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff at the Georgia Dome on Saturday night, &#8220;punchless&#8221; might be the better term.            ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; One linebacker is talkative and driven by emotion. The other is quiet and calculating.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer has said many times this preseason that Saturday&#8217;s season opener against No. 5 Alabama at the Georgia Dome will not make or break his team&#8217;s season.           ]]></description>
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No. 7 Virginia Tech hasn&#8217;t made a decision yet on a starting tailback for Saturday&#8217;s game against No. 5 Alabama.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:47:55 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Virginia Tech running backs coach Billy Hite had a hunch he was dealing with a unique young man when he first met David Wilson.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:19:24 EST</pubDate>
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Virginia Tech&#8217;s 2009-10 men&#8217;s basketball schedule was released Tuesday. It includes some interesting non-conference matchups as well as a challenging ACC slate.

The Hokies play two Big Ten opponents on the road &#8212; Iowa in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Dec. 1 and Penn State on Dec. 12 &#8212; and also host SEC foe Georgia on Dec. 6.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:04:55 EST</pubDate>
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Virginia Tech freshman quarterback Logan Thomas informed his former high school coach Thursday that the Hokies plan to redshirt him this season.

&#8220;Coach just told me I&#8217;m getting redshirted unless they need me,&#8221; Thomas texted Brookville coach Jeff Woody before the Hokies&#8217; afternoon practice.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:34:24 EST</pubDate>
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Orange Bowl MVP Darren Evans got used to the sweet taste of success last season &#8211; running, cutting and daring defenses to take him down.           ]]></description>
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Virginia Tech&#8217;s deepest stable of running backs in years lost its top thoroughbred for the season Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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Last month, David Wilson and his fellow freshmen on Virginia Tech&#8217;s football team finished a grueling session of weight lifting and running. &#8220;Most of us were dead tired,&#8220; said quarterback Logan Thomas. Apparently not Wilson. He walked onto the practice field and back-flipped five times in a row.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG At 4 p.m. today, Virginia Tech&#8217;s football players and coaches will jog onto their practice field, in the shadow of Lane Stadium, and begin a season whose end everyone already is trying to forecast.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG - Most of Antone Exum&#8217;s friends are spending the summer going on vacation, working part-time jobs or saying their final goodbyes before heading off to college.           ]]></description>
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Hank Thorns is out. Allan Chaney is in. That was the news coming out of Virginia Tech&#8217;s basketball offices Monday.
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The NFL draft resumed Sunday at 10 a.m., about 12 hours after the second round had ended the night before. 

A run on cornerbacks followed. Corners from nine schools, including William &amp; Mary, Nicholls State and San Jose State, were selected in the third round, and four more were taken at that position in the fourth.

In the fifth, three more cornerbacks came off the board before Victor &#8220;Macho&#8221; Harris&#8217; name finally was called, some five hours into the final day of the seven-round draft.            ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Marcus Davis didn&#8217;t win Virginia Tech&#8217;s backup quarterback job, but he might be better off at his new position.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:03:12 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Ryan Williams saw the look on his mother&#8217;s face and knew he was back.            ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Versatility normally means job security in these tough economic times. It&#8217;s not a bad trait to have in major college football either.

Brian Saunders&#8217; many skills earned him an invitation to walk on at Virginia Tech in 2006, and they have afforded him the opportunity to dress for 34 straight games since his redshirt year.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:14:27 EST</pubDate>
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Virginia Tech&#8217;s spring game is fast approaching.           ]]></description>
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Virginia Tech stuck to its plan Monday and named a backup quarterback. Both Ju-Ju Clayton and Marcus Davis impressed the coaches this spring, but in the end Clayton was the more polished passer and received the nod.           ]]></description>
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Virginia Tech is out of the sweepstakes for standout quarterback recruit Phillip Sims. The Oscar Smith (Chesapeake) signal-caller orally committed to Alabama on Wednesday while visiting the school&#8217;s Tuscaloosa campus.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG - Rummaging through old videotapes at his parents&#8217; house in Hampton, Tyrod Taylor began the process of teaching himself how to properly throw a football again. Taylor had just quarterbacked Virginia Tech to an Orange Bowl win over Cincinnati, and now, in early January, he was back home, trying to fix a flaw in his throwing motion that surfaced soon after he arrived at Tech in 2007.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG - Seven and a half months later, Cris Hill still thinks about the play and wonders what might have been. It was a muggy, late-August Saturday in Charlotte, N.C., and Virginia Tech was playing East Carolina in last season&#8217;s opening game. Hill, a redshirt freshman backup cornerback, lined up for the Hokies in a cover-2 defense.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Josh Eadie is 6-foot-5 and weighs 230 pounds, and there doesn&#8217;t seem to be an athletic activity in which he couldn&#8217;t excel. In that regard, the Virginia Tech junior is the anti-Rudy Ruettiger, the 1974 Notre Dame walk-on who inspired a major motion picture.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:52:53 EST</pubDate>
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The spotlight is on Virginia Tech&#8217;s quarterbacks this spring practice. It&#8217;s time for starter Tyrod Taylor to establish himself as the clear-cut leader of the offense, and time for somebody to emerge as his backup.

The Hokies have been encouraged with the progress they&#8217;ve seen in both areas.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 00:12:22 EST</pubDate>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Competition for perhaps the most important backup job on Virginia Tech&#8217;s football team began Wednesday with a simple drill. Each of the Hokies&#8217; four quarterbacks stood behind a center, and one by one, they rehearsed the cadences they shout at the line of scrimmage.           ]]></description>
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I checked in with Brookville football coach Jeff Woody today to get some information on former Bees defensive end Josh Eadie, who beat out 27 other players during a walk-on tryout last week and will be practicing with the Hokies this spring.           ]]></description>
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Spring football begins Wednesday at Virginia Tech and culminates Saturday, April 25, with the spring game.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; There&#8217;s a thin line between success and failure in major college basketball. Virginia Tech will attest to that.

One crucial defensive stop. One clutch basket. One more win. It all could have made the difference between a second straight NIT appearance and that elusive NCAA tournament berth the Hokies have been chasing.
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; It was pretty obvious Wednesday night at Cassell Coliseum that neither Virginia Tech nor Duquesne wanted to end their seasons in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.
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ATLANTA &#8212; The red possession arrow pointed to North Carolina&#8217;s bench, a glowing beacon signaling yet another Tar Heels advantage.            ]]></description>
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Tyler Hansbrough scored 28 points and made a disputed defensive stop in the final seconds as No. 1 North Carolina avoided an upset at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, holding off Virginia Tech 79-76 on Friday.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA &#8212; There was a calm in the Virginia Tech locker room before Thursday&#8217;s ACC tournament first-round game against Miami. It was something the Hokies&#8217; players hadn&#8217;t experienced in some time.           ]]></description>
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ATLANTA (AP) &#8212; Virginia Tech broke open a close game with a 14-0 run in the second half and beat Miami 65-47 in the ACC tournament on Thursday to keep the Hokies&#8217; NCAA tournament hopes alive.           ]]></description>
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At last year&#8217;s ACC tournament in Charlotte, Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg famously said of his Hokies, &#8220;If you don&#8217;t think this team is one of the top 65 teams in the country, you&#8217;re certifiably insane.&#8221;           ]]></description>
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The ACC men&#8217;s basketball tournament is back in Atlanta for the first time in eight years.
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Tyler Hansbrough impressive list of accolades continued to grow Monday when the North Carolina star became the first player in league history to be unanimously selected four times to the all-Atlantic Coast Conference team. 
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Florida State&#8217;s Toney Douglas did it again Sunday. The 6-foot-1 dynamo&#8217;s second-half scoring eruptions all season have propelled the Seminoles into an opening round bye at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. He scored 16 of his game-high 22 points in the second half to lead No. 24 Florida State to a 63-53 win over Virginia Tech           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Virginia Tech was a few plays away from toppling both No. 7 Duke and No. 2 North Carolina in a week&#8217;s time. It failed to beat either, and now its season comes down to another incredibly challenging ACC game at No. 24 Florida State on Sunday.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:48:16 EST</pubDate>
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Almost every evening before he goes to bed, Cheick Diakite places a mat on the living-room floor of his apartment. He kneels on the mat and bends his 6-9 body forward until his forehead and palms touch the floor &#8212; the same way millions of Muslims end their days back home the West African nation of Mali. 
And then he prays. He prays for his Virginia Tech basketball team. He prays for success in the next game. He prays for someone to notice him so he can play professionally in Europe. 
He wants to use those paychecks to buy a new surface and rims for the court near his boyhood house where he learned to play basketball just eight years ago. As a friend dragged him there for the first time, he couldn&#8217;t have known that court would change his life. It took him to a prep school in Maine, then to college at Tech, where he will play at Cassell Coliseum for the final time tonight. It let him earn an education and even Americanized him a bit.            ]]></description>
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 It wasn&#8217;t the first damaging loss of the season for Virginia Tech&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball team, but Wednesday night&#8217;s 75-61 setback to in-state rival Virginia could have provided the knockout blow to its sinking NCAA tournament hopes.
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The first three times he faced Virginia Tech as University of Virginia men&#8217;s basketball coach, Dave Leitao won.
Nothing to it, right? Then came his fourth encounter with Tech. Before a packed house at Cassell Coliseum, the Hokies humbled the Cavaliers 84-57 on Feb. 10, 2007. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 23:56:11 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Hall of Famer Palmer tells Hokies how he won right way</title>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; Steroids have infected Major League Baseball, so much so that it&#8217;s hard to tell who&#8217;s clean anymore.

It&#8217;s enough to make baseball purists pine for the good old days, when players like Baltimore pitcher Jim Palmer dominated, presumably without the aid of performance enhancing drugs.
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Former Virginia Tech basketball player Allen Calloway died Sunday in High Point, N.C., after a nearly four-year battle with cancer, according to Virginia Tech&#8217;s athletics Web site.           ]]></description>
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After experiencing five straight losses to N.C. State, Virginia Tech senior forward A.D. Vassallo was proud Sunday to finally be on the winning end against the Wolfpack.            ]]></description>
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Thoughts and interview transcripts from National Signing Day           ]]></description>
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Add another painful chapter to Virginia Tech&#8217;s bitter rivalry with Clemson.

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          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:27:43 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Malcolm in the middle: Tech&#8217;s Delaney putting up big numbers driving into the lane</title>
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When he wasn&#8217;t working out to develop his strength and stamina, Virginia Tech sophomore point guard Malcolm Delaney devoted his time this summer to shooting floaters, mid-range jumpers and 3-pointers.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:21:14 EST</pubDate>
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Virginia Tech&#8217;s basketball team has been on an offensive tear lately.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:47:34 EST</pubDate>
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Legendary basketball coach Bob Knight expected to provide color commentary for Hokies&#8217; home game Thursday           ]]></description>
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Malcolm Delaney scored a career-high 29 points to lead Virginia Tech to an 88-83 overtime victory over Miami on Sunday. 
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. &#8212; Two years ago, Virginia Tech&#8217;s men&#8217;s basketball team rode the momentum from its win over top-ranked North Carolina to the NCAA tournament and one of its best seasons ever.           ]]></description>
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. &#8212; His Virginia Tech teammates probably didn&#8217;t need reminding, but several times Wednesday night at Lawrence Joel Coliseum, Hokies point guard Malcolm Delaney huddled them up in an attempt to keep them focused on finishing what they had started.           ]]></description>
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The Hokies have experience against No. 1 teams, and they&#8217;ve done very well in those games since coach Seth Greenberg arrived in 2003.
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Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg was preparing for games against Richmond and Boston College last week, but he couldn&#8217;t help but notice the opponent they were playing on the game tapes.           ]]></description>
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When Virginia Tech wouldn&#8217;t move out of its zone to defend Kristi Toliver, the Maryland guard made the Hokies pay by unloading from long distance. 
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Boston College center Josh Southern blocked Jeff Allen&#8217;s first shot 20 seconds into Saturday&#8217;s ACC matchup at Cassell Coliseum. That&#8217;s when Allen, Virginia Tech&#8217;s 6-foot-7, 230-pound power forward, knew he was in for a big game.           ]]></description>
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BLACKSBURG &#8212; The ball had barely left Jeff Allen&#8217;s hand, as Allen slammed it through the hoop, when Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg began raving on the sideline. He bent his knees and stomped his right foot. He scrunched his face and waved his arms maniacally. &#8220;Let&#8217;s go!&#8221; he screamed.            ]]></description>
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Almost a week after celebrating an Orange Bowl victory, Virginia Tech Head Football Coach Frank Beamer still can&#8217;t stop smiling.           ]]></description>
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The celebration is over. The lights are out in Dolphin Stadium. But the positive carry-over for the Virginia Tech football program cannot be denied.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:14:59 EST</pubDate>
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Expectations were tempered this season for Virginia Tech&#8217;s inexperienced football team. That&#8217;ll change next year following a magical 2008 campaign that saw the Hokies win their second straight ACC championship and first BCS bowl since 1995.           ]]></description>
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The game turned on a timeout. No. 5 Duke responded, and Virginia Tech crumbled.
The Hokies, who cut the Blue Devils&#8217; lead to four early in the second half, scored only nine points in the final 17:23 in suffering their worst loss of the season, 69-44, at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
Tech guard Malcolm Delaney and center Cheick Diakite scored back-to-back buckets to start the second half to make the score 39-35. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski called a timeout to regroup his players.
The Blue Devils (12-1, 1-0 ACC) ended the game on a 30-9 run to hand Tech (9-5, 0-1) its worst loss since falling 92-53 last Feb. 16 at North Carolina.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:54:56 EST</pubDate>
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Senior kicker Dustin Keys set Virginia Tech&#8217;s single-season field goal record with his 35-yard boot with 8:32 to go in the third quarter of Thursday night&#8217;s Orange Bowl at Dolphin Stadium.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:23:38 EST</pubDate>
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No. 19 Virginia Tech broke a four-game skid in BCS bowl games Thursday night with its 20-7 win over No. 12 Cincinnati in the Orange Bowl at Dolphin Stadium.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:45:56 EST</pubDate>
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 Tonight&#8217;s 8:45 p.m. kickoff for the Orange Bowl isn&#8217;t a concern, according to the head coaches for both Virginia Tech and Cincinnati.
The players were able to get a good night&#8217;s sleep last night and they&#8217;ll have time to relax this afternoon before directing their focus on the game.
Tech coach Frank Beamer said he and his assistants will meet sometime this afternoon to go over the gameplan, but other than that, he has nothing special planned to get the players locked in.
They&#8217;ll approach the game just like any other night game.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:50:11 EST</pubDate>
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. &#8212; Sure Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster would like a head-coaching job someday, but he&#8217;s looking for the right situation.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:26:52 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Pike&#8217;s Peak: Quarterback leads Cincinnati into its first major bowl</title>
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. &#8212; The initial prognosis was six to eight weeks. And with that, Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike feared his short stint as a starter was over.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:24:30 EST</pubDate>
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A.D. Vassallo and Malcolm Delaney each scored 16 points in Virginia Tech&#8217;s 75-66 win over Charleston Southern on Monday night. 
Charleston Southern (5-6) led 23-15 with 10:36 left in the first half, before Virginia Tech (9-4) scored 10 unanswered points to take over the lead. Jeff Allen hit two free throws to give the Hokies a 25-23 lead with 7:12 left in the half.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:25:27 EST</pubDate>
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When midnight approaches, Virginia Tech&#8217;s players know they&#8217;re coming.
The Hokies coaches have card keys to give them access to every player&#8217;s room at the Westin Diplomat hotel in Hollywood, Fla., and when the clock strikes 12, they&#8217;re not waiting for permission to enter.
&#8220;They could come in at any time. It could be 12:15 before they get there,&#8221; Hokies starting rover Dorian Porch said. &#8220;They come right in and make sure you&#8217;re there. No knocking. No nothing. They just walk in.&#8221;
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          <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:24:08 EST</pubDate>
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