Did everyone have a pleasant Christmas? Hopefully, Santa rewarded all for a year of being very good, or even so-so. St. Nick kicks back at the North Pole following his annual whirlwind world tour and recipients of Santa’s largesse cram into shopping malls returning his offerings for something they actually desired. For some of us, [...]
It took a while, but it finally hit me. I had presented myself at the door of a certain condominium at the appointed time. Another did not seem quite so punctual. My ringing of the doorbell was greeted with an opening of the door, then a slamming of it back in my face with the [...]
I am not exactly a recruiting junky. The cottage industry that has sprung up on the Internet that claims to offer recruiting insight has done so without the first bit of support from me. These sites are run mostly by self-appointed ‘recruiting gurus’ who claim to be able to ‘rank’ high school players that for [...]
It was going to be a different weekend. For one thing, it was going to be spent in town. That was in marked contrast to twelve of the previous fourteen, which had been experienced watching Virginia Tech football at various locales in that part of the country covered by the Atlantic Coast Conference. The regular [...]
Fair-sized chunks of the Hokie Nation continue to be bummed out over The Loss. The ‘I’m mad about this and quite possibly everything else’ crowd is shrill, as is their habit. ACC bowl destinations are the subject of much whining and will the last coach out of the McCue Center please turn out the lights? [...]
Well, there have been worse weekends. There were no Mexican jails involved, or pneumonia. No draft notices or divorce papers were waiting upon return. The weekend involved only games, not a funeral. It was a great trip spent with good friends. All things considered, life is still pretty good. Of course, there was the little [...]
It has taken a while, but Little Johnny Swofford finally has his championship game. A process that began around seven years ago will culminate Saturday night at Alltel Stadium. There was a false start back in 2000, when Virginia Tech, Miami and Syracuse were joining the ACC until they were not. It took a battle [...]
I should have asked you guys [and girls] first. In the Second Chance column, I confessed that I had been unable to discover who first uttered the ‘no second chances’ line. A-Line reader Kevin Crosby informed me that attributed to F. Scott Fitzgerald were the words, ‘There are no second acts in American lives.’ Next [...]
It is said you get no second chances at life. I’m not sure who originally uttered those words- Google isn’t clear- but whoever, they obviously did not have the Coastal Division championship in mind. Virginia Tech’s chances of winning their division were given up for dead following the pummeling the Hokies received from Miami. But, [...]
Hooever added the ‘T’ displayed remarkable prescience. Somebody knew what was coming. A jokester had snuck into the Hoo Smithsonian early Saturday morning and adorned the ‘V’ that reposes at mid-field with the letter found so disagreeable by many Hoos, including ones such as algroh and his players. While I have my own ideas as [...]
