Virginia Tech Men's Basketball Head Coach Seth Greenberg signed what many have said is one of Virginia Tech's best recruiting classes in school history. TechSideline.com called upon the evaluation talents [...] READ MORE
Month: November 2006 Articles
Iowa Game Showcases Tech’s Plusses and Minuses
VT'svictory over Iowa was a solid win over an Iowa squad that went 25-9 last yearand won the Big Ten Conference tournament. This year's Iowa team doesn't boast alot of talent and won't likely repeat that [...] READ MORE
Hokies Hold Off Late Rally, Beat Iowa 69-65
The Virginia Tech men's basketball team returned to the friendly confines of Cassell Coliseum on Wednesday night, and knocked off Iowa 69-65 in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. It was the Hokies' first ever [...] READ MORE
2006-07 Basketball Game Preview: Virginia Tech vs. Iowa
Virginia Tech will host a game in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge for the firsttime in school history when the Iowa Hawkeyes come calling on Wednesday night at7 pm. The Hokies have a bad taste in their mouth [...] READ MORE
2006 Virginia Game Analysis: Defense Dominates, Offense Takes Advantage of UVa Mistakes
(Editor's Note: We don't have any photos from Saturday's game showing theHokies in their all-maroon unis, but just for fun, we decided to include someclassics from Tech's 2004 victory over UVa in Lane [...] READ MORE
Oglesby Enjoys Official Visit to VT
This past weekend, Josh Oglesby experienced a brief preview of what life will be like at Virginia Tech (at least as much as you can on an official visit). The 5-11, 205-pound running back recruit plans [...] READ MORE
Change in Plans for Mosley
There has been a change in Corey Mosley’s official visit schedule. Originally, the 5-9, 190-pound Henrico (VA) standout planned on making an official to Virginia Tech this weekend. He has since decided [...] READ MORE
2006-07 Hokie Hotline Notes for 11/27/06
The Hokie Hotline (football and basketball season)When: Every Monday from 7:00-9:00 during football season, 7:00-8:00 during basketball season.Where: Click here for a list of radio stations, and to find [...] READ MORE
VT Staff Stops by Varina
Virginia Tech’s entire defensive staff traveled to Varina High School (VA) yesterday. They met with four Varina seniors – all of whom project on the defensive side of the ball on the next level – in [...] READ MORE
Seven Hokies Make All-ACC
Three Virginia Tech players earned First Team All-ACC honors on Monday, andfour more were named to the Second Team. The Hokies, Georgia Tech and Clemsoneach had seven players named All-ACC, while Atlantic [...] READ MORE
Bourbonstreet’s ACC Capsule: Week 14
Been a helluva a year in the ACC folks! The team playing the best football atthis moment (our very own Hokies) will not be playing in Jacksonville. But theformer ACC doormats know as the Wake Forest Deacs [...] READ MORE
TSL Recruiting Report from “SportsBeat With Mike Harris”, for 11/27/06
On this week's show, Chris Horne and Mike Harris talked about the effect of VT’s win over UVa in the world of football recruiting, Tech hoops recruit Gus Gilchrist and UVa hoops recruit Mustapha Farrakhan, [...] READ MORE
Tucker Very Impressed with Virginia Tech
Tony Tucker’s first official visit was a big success. Good thing for Virginia Tech, which is where the 6-2, 225-pound four-star defensive end was visiting. The trip was also Tucker’s first ever visit [...] READ MORE
2006 Monday Thoughts: The Virginia Game
I always like to look for something a little different when breaking down games, but as I watched this game, I foundmyself thinking the same thing I thought about the Wake Forest game. Namely, this was [...] READ MORE
10 Things I Learned Against Virginia Tech
It is sad to see the Virginia/Virginia Tech game relegated to a noon kickoffwith regional coverage. But that's where the rivalry is right now due in largepart to UVa's inability to keep the score competitive [...] READ MORE
Hokies Likely Atlanta Bound
Virginia Tech capped the 2006 football season in style with a 17-0 win overUVA on Saturday. With that win and a Georgia Tech loss, the Hokies jumped to #14in the polls- and are now the highest ranked [...] READ MORE
Odom Reflects on Terrific Official Visit
Osbourn Park (Manassas, VA) linebacker Quillie Odom called his official visit experience at Virginia Tech “inexpressible.” The 6-2, 210-pound standout arrived in Blacksburg on Friday and left yesterday, [...] READ MORE
Hokies Drop Another Close Game 69-64
Another major conference team fell to a mid-major on Sunday, and for the second time since Thursday, it was Virginia Tech. The Hokies got themselves into a hole early, but couldn't quite climb out of [...] READ MORE
Beamer, Hokies Clearly in Control of State Rivalry
In February of 2002 and for a few years afterwards, I was sweating it. AlGroh had arrived to much fanfare in Charlottesville in 2001, had inked one ofthe nation's top recruiting classes in 2002 (much [...] READ MORE
2006 Football Game Recap: Hokies Blank UVA 17-0
Virginia .............. 0 0 0 0 - 0Virginia Tech (17)..... 0 7 10 0 - 17Scoring Summary:2nd Quarter00:39 VT - Bell 1 yd run (Pace kick)3rd Quarter09:24 VT - Pace 23 yd FG00:31 VT - Royal 49 yd pass [...] READ MORE
Hokies Rout Montana 77-56
The Virginia Tech men's basketball team got back on track Friday night in the Old Spice Classic, downing Montana 77-56. The Grizzlies, an NCAA tournament team last season from the Big Sky Conference [...] READ MORE
Bourbonstreet’s Championship Series (b-streetC.S.): Week 13
Bourbonstreet's Championship Series: (BstreetC.S.)(note to reader: this is a BCS game forecast, not an Official Ranking top tobottom) Bourbonstreet Championship Series Top-10: #1 Ohio State #2 the eventual [...] READ MORE
TheSabre.com’s Game Preview, Part 3
In some ways, it is the most basic adage of defensive football. Stop the run.Coaches say it all the time, analysts harp on it throughout broadcasts, andplayers repeat it ad nauseam. If you want to win, [...] READ MORE
TheSabre.com’s Game Preview, Part 2
For the second time in as many weeks the Cavaliers will face one of thenation's top three defenses. Last week, it was Miami's third bestdefensive team and this week Virginia will face the country's [...] READ MORE
TheSabre.com’s Game Preview, Part 1
In Virginia's last road game at Florida State, the Hoos had a punt blockedthat helped start a 33-0 blowout by the Seminoles. If the Cavaliers have asimilar disaster on special teams this week, you can [...] READ MORE