Did anybody else realize that basketball season had started? It seems it has. It also caused me to take the long route to Hooville for this weekend’s Big Game. As a general rule, the shortest distance between Danville and Mr. Jefferson’s stomping Grounds does not include a detour through Cameron Indoor Stadium. This year it [...]
It’s that time. Yes, The Game is again upon us. It’s time once again to settle state bragging rights and Commonwealth Cup ownership for another year. This Saturday the state’s two football programs will tangle on David Wayles Harrison Field at Scott Stadium in the Carl Smith Football Complex. It’s Hoo Week. Although the luster [...]
The Virginia Tech football team is again squaring off with Open Date. It is perhaps not an altogether bad time for this old foe to pop up on the schedule; after all, the team is bound to still be a little shell-shocked after last weekend’s smackdown at the hands of the Canes. They can probably [...]
I knew the phone call was coming. I was barely home Sunday morning when I received the first. That had come from the Hoo Lawyer. The only thing that will drag him out of bed before noon on a Sunday morning is the possibility of free booze. He had drug himself up and called to [...]
Once again, it’s Virginia Tech and Miami. The Hokies and Canes will lock up Saturday night in yet another of their death matches. Once again, much is riding on the outcome, especially for Tech and whatever chances they have of advancing to the MNC game at the Rose Bowl. Tech might not have much chance, [...]
I would hate to take a class taught by Kirk Herbstreit. He seems entirely too demanding. This is a guy who can come up with any number of reasons why the grade of ‘A’ should not be conferred. He most definitely does not believe in grading on a curve. The more coherent of ESPN’s Gameday [...]
Virginia Tech made it through its trap game while the Silver Chalice changed hands. The un-deification of Chuckie continued and football season officially ended at Duke. A hurricane screwed with the Hurricanes. It was another grand weekend of ACC football. The weekend actually began on Wednesday with a lovely drive up I-81 through the Shenandoah [...]
All in all, it was not a bad Open Date. A weekend when Virginia Tech was playing no football found me spending a Saturday in my recliner watching football on television rather than in a stadium. If one had to choose a weekend to observe football as it is played in the rest of the [...]
Last place in the Atlantic Division is up for grabs. The Butler gets a day off and an ‘Atta boy’ from Wake. The long knives are drawn in Chapel Hill. Tech fans had REALLY better be worried now. There’s never a dull moment around these parts. It was not exactly up there with the Pakistan [...]
It was an impressive show of security Tech marshaled for Marshall. Gang warfare in Boston produced casualties. Big John spent a Saturday scoreboard-watching. The Rolling Stones produced no even bigger bang in Hooville and a demonstration that the busses still can’t run on time at Duke. It was an interesting few days around these parts. [...]
