Hokie Tracks Are Going Door-To-Door

Hokie Tracks returned last week, and based on its positive reception I decided to bang out another edition. As a clarification, this won't be a catch-all of Virginia Tech headlines (mostly what I want to comment on), and will aim not to duplicate threads started by the TKP community. (For example, I scrubbed my blip about Taysom Hill returning to BYU because Lozo1016 already posted an informative thread.)

That feeling when 2,322 yards of offense is at your door. ESPN's Andrea Adelson provided an overview (and more-or-less advertisement for Tech's #ThisisHome campaign) of Isaiah Ford and Travon McMillian's door-to-door fan outreach.

"Knocking on doors and seeing their faces when they saw it was me and Travon at the door -- it was priceless," Ford said in an interview with ESPN.com. "Just to put a smile on their face and show them how much we care about their support was truly a good time."

Tech's players should be commended for delivering a premium fan experience in addition to their other responsibilities (namely football and school).

Kind of like Publishers Clearing House - only better! We're surprising season ticket holders to say thanks! pic.twitter.com/hGSWERTa4z— VT Football (@VT_Football) February 16, 2016

They didn't even lean back.

On our way to shoot around,but was able to spend time w/ @fatjoe first.He's recording his @BET documentary#LeanBack pic.twitter.com/Z8awvJCu26— Buzz Williams (@TeamCoachBuzz) February 17, 2016

Big 12. Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in January, "(The Big 12 doesn't) have any imperative for getting larger." Although, Bowlsby disclosed some league members want to expand (Oklahoma and West Virginia), some don't, and others are probably undecided. Fast forward a few weeks to Tuesday when Oklahoma president David Boren dropped a timetable for a Big 12 expansion decision.

"We're in a fact-finding mode, we're in a data-gathering mode," Boren said. "In other words, what will it mean to the stability of the conference? What will it mean financially to the conference?

"We've sort of said to ourselves, come this summer, we're going to have to finally make a decision about what we do. We cannot indefinitely postpone decisions. That's what I had gotten frustrated about. I thought we were spinning our wheels."

It needs to be noted a recent NCAA ruling will allow the Big 12 to hold a championship game between the top two teams in the standings even at ten members (as long as teams play a full round-robin regular season schedule). Said title game's TV rights could be worth as much as $25-$30 MM. However, that may not be an optimal arrangement. A title game may feature a rematch from the last week of the season, a less than ideal draw in certain circumstances.

Worst fans period.

Seth Greenberg called UVA fans the worst fans on Twitter. He's not exactly unbiased but that doesn't make him wrong.— Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) February 16, 2016

Whit Babcock visited China, Vietnam and Hong Kong on the Swoosh's dime. Babcock detailed the trip, the learning opportunities it provided, and revealed his chopstick game is weak.

Justin Fuente will get after ya. HokieSports.com published a brief piece on Galen Scott, but this was the most interesting tidbit.

"(Fuente) coaches offense like a defensive coordinator," Scott said. "If you just walked out on the field and didn't know which side of the ball was which and saw coaches just coaching, most people think it's the defensive coordinator just yelling and chasing people down the field and that type of stuff, but it's really across the board. We coach offense the same way a lot of people coach defense. We get after people."

Six reps of sonic. Mel Kiper predicts Kendall Fuller to end up in another 'Burg(h) next season. The Hokies are T-12th nationally and T-3rd in the ACC with 16 total starters returning in 2016 (8 on each side of the ball). Athlon named Jerod Evans one its impact JUCO quarterback transfers.