We would like to cut back on the hype, because there’s been plenty of it already, but reports out of Virginia Tech’s
football practices continue to be too positive to dampen your enthusiasm. "Once again, a very good practice
today," one of our insiders reports. "I’ve never seen a VT team put together a string of this many practices
to open the season. It appears the team has good leadership and they are staying focused."

In addition to heaping praise on the 7th-ranked Hokies, practice observers have noted some interesting moves on the
depth chart which may or may not be simple experimentation. And while freshman rarely have much of an impact on a
season, our observers have their usual fall fascination with the 18-year-olds. In this case, it’s warranted, because at
least one of them (Macho Harris) will play a key role this fall, and others (Sergio Render and William Wall) might.

Here’s the rundown on what we’re hearing.

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