Happy 4th of July

By: Joe Lanza on July 4, 2012, 8:28 AM | 1 comment

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The Orange Bowl

By: Joe Lanza on July 3, 2012, 2:20 PM | 6 comments

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The Playoff

By: Joe Lanza on June 28, 2012, 6:53 PM | 8 comments

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Dadi Nicolas Suspended Indefinitely

By: Joe Lanza on June 28, 2012, 10:42 AM

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A Look Back to the famed Hokie Wide Tackle Six Defense and How It Influenced The Current Hokie Scheme

By: french60wasp on June 26, 2012, 11:15 AM | 26 comments

As some of you may remember, Virginia Tech rose to prominence in the early 90's on the back of elite special teams, a grind-it-out conservative offense, a state of the art weight training program, and most significantly, on the back of a radical defensive approach that took recruits that nobody wanted and turned them loose like the dogs of war on opposing defenses.

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BREAKING: 70 Days Until Kickoff

By: Joe Lanza on June 25, 2012, 12:46 AM

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Hokies Hoops 2012-13 ACC Opponents and Select Non-Conference Games Confirmed

By: Joe Lanza on June 20, 2012, 2:34 PM | 2 comments
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The Hokies will host Iowa in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Among the Hokies’ non-conference opponents are home games against Oklahoma State, VMI and Rhode Island and road games at West Virginia and UNC Greensboro in the Greensboro Coliseum, site of the 2013 ACC Tournament on March 13-16. The Hokies will also travel to play BYU in Salt Lake City. Tech will compete in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic. The tournament will feature a pair of home games for the Hokies and then a trip to Las Vegas the week before Christmas.

2012-13 Tentative ACC Schedule

Jan. 5/6 at Maryland
Jan. 8/9/10 BOSTON COLLEGE
Jan. 12/13 at Georgia Tech
Jan. 19/20 WAKE FOREST
Jan. 22/23/24 VIRGINIA
Jan. 26/27 at Clemson
Jan. 29/30/31 MIAMI
Feb. 2/3 at North Carolina
Feb. 5/6/7 MARYLAND
Feb. 9/10 GEORGIA TECH
Feb. 12/13/14 at Virginia
Feb. 16/17 at NC State
Feb. 19/20/21 DUKE
Feb. 23/24 FLORIDA STATE
Feb. 26/27/28 at Miami
March 2/3 CLEMSON
March 5/6/7 at Duke
March 9/10 at Wake Forest

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HokieSports.com
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Remember, there are two more conference games (18 from 16) this season. I'm disapointed the Maryland game is at the beginning of January. For those of us in the DMV, that might collide with a bowl trip. What do you guys think?

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Three Red Shells

By: Brian Marcolini on June 19, 2012, 12:09 PM | 15 comments

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Report: Dorian Finney-Smith transfers to Florida

By: Joe Lanza on June 15, 2012, 8:17 AM
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Per a source, Virginia Tech transfer Dorian Finney-Smith has decided on Florida. He chose the Gators over Iowa State, Louisville, Marquette and others.

Finney-Smith is a 6-foot-8 forward who decided to leave the Hokies after the firing of Seth Greenberg. Reports indicate, however, that Finney-Smith had pondered the transfer even before the coaching change.

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CBSSports.com
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It never looked like Doe-Doe was comfortable at Tech. It'll never be known whether that was because of Seth's system, the tinkering of his mechanics, Blacksburg itself, or none of the above. Virginia Tech isn't the best fit for everyone, athletes are no exemption. Even though he struggled to be a consistent scorer, he's a terrific prospect. Had he remained at Tech would have been counted on this season. Best of luck to him at Florida.

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