One of the surprise visitors heading into this past weekend was Murray (KY) star Cory Zirbel. Virginia Tech has quietly been in the mix for the 6-6 1/4, 300-pound prospect since the Spring of this year, but it was only last week when many learned just how serious Tech was involved.

“Virginia Tech offered back in April,” Zirbel said. “I had so many offers thrown out at me at that time. By the end of August, I had started narrowing down my list of schools, and that’s when I had my top 7. Virginia Tech was in that. I visited some of the schools in the top 7 and didn’t like them as much as I thought I would, so that’s how I got my top 4. My top 4, not in any order, is Virginia Tech, Michigan, Miami and Oklahoma.”

So how was his official visit to Virginia Tech?

“It was awesome,” Zirbel said. It was his first ever visit to Virginia Tech. “Gameday was just incredible. It’s amazing that it can get that loud in a stadium that only seats like 60 to 70 thousand fans. It was just as loud as anywhere else I’ve been.”

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