Archive for March, 2005 
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Spring Football 2005: Scrimmage Notes
Observers of Wednesday's scrimmage came away impressed with two players: Marcus Vick and Branden Ore. Find out whatour insiders had to say about those two, plus get some descriptions of the action in [...]
Tourney Thoughts
The college basketball season winds down to aprecious few games, namely the three that will comprise the Final Four. Thisweekend will certainly have to go some distance to match the sheer excitementthat [...]
Bryan Randall Rookie Diary #5: Randall’s Confidence Surges at Pro Day Number Two
Here's Bryan Randall's report from Pro Day #2 on the VTcampus last Thursday, March 24th, when NFL scouts and coaches came for thesecond time towork out the VT seniors.There weren't as many teams there [...]
A Gym Rat’s Notebook: Gearing Up for Next Year
The most bothersome aspect of March basketball is the suddenness with whichyour season can end, especially if your last game was one that you would love torepeat, so as to wipe away the bad taste in your [...]
Spring Football 2005: Notes From Friday’s and Saturday’s Practices
The Hokies held two more practices, a shorts-and-helmets practice on Friday and the first practice in pads Saturday.Find out who got some attention Friday when he stopped by the practice, why the Jamerson [...]
Spring Football 2005: Observations From Day One of Practice
The Hokies started spring football practiceyesterday, with the hoopla centered around Marcus Vick holding court with thepress on his return from the one-semester suspension that cost him his redshirtsophomore [...]
Expectations
It’s all a matter of perception and expectations. TheVirginia Tech basketball season that ended its season last Saturday with a BealeStreet blues-inspiring performance against Memphis is regarded as a [...]
Spring Practice 2005 Starts Today
Spring Practice Starts TodayNow that the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team’s postseason run is over, there won’t be any time for thehardcore Hokie sports fans to catch their collective breath, because [...]
Bryan Randall Rookie Diary #4: Pro Day Number One
Here's Bryan Randall's report from Pro Day #1 on the VTcampus last Thursday, March 17th, when NFL scouts and coaches arrived at VT towork out the VT seniors.The night before is nerve racking, not knowingexactly [...]
A Good Start
If you've read it once, you've read it a million times:Eight wins in the ACC far exceeded anyone's expectations, Seth Greenberg isdoing a great job with the Virginia Tech program, the Hokies are competitive [...]
Spring Football 2005 Preview: The Defense
While the offense definitely had its moments lastyear, especially late in the season, the lynchpin of VT’s return to the BCSwas its defense. Gone were the days of laughing quarterbacks, replaced by skillposition [...]
VT Offers Minor
According to Varina assistant coach Blanda Wolfe, running back Brandon Minor has added Virginia Tech to his growing list of scholarship offers. Right now, the only official offers coach Wolfe knows about [...]
2004-05 Basketball Preview: Virginia Tech at Memphis, NIT
Info CenterTSL Roster Card(PDF format; to readit, you'll need AdobeAcrobat Reader.)FedExForumSeating Chart2004-05 VT RosterMemphis Links Official SiteRivals SiteRivals Msg BdMemphisTigers.orgMemphisTigers.org [...]
A Gym Rat’s Notebook: A Double Scoop, Please
You have to go back and test your memory, but it was two women's basketballcoaches ago, and three men’s coaches, before you can correctly answer thetrivia question that perhaps many have not even considered. [...]
Hokies Headed to Memphis for Round 2 of NIT
Hokies Headed to Memphis for Round 2 of NITAfter a number of different reported times and locations,the National Invitation Tournament committee decided to hold the second roundgame between Virginia Tech [...]
Hokies Embrace the NIT
Sometime Tuesday afternoon, I came to aninteresting revelation: the last time the Hokies played postseason basketball,TechSideline.com – actually, HokieCentral.com, which was the site's first name– wasn't [...]
Gloster’s Recruitment Heating Up
6-4, 220-pound Good Counsel (Wheaton, MD) WR/DE Drew Gloster certainly has excellent bloodlines on both sides of the family when it comes to playing football. “My dad played in high school and he [...]
2004-05 Basketball Preview: Virginia Tech vs. Temple, NIT
Info CenterTSL Roster Card(PDF format; to readit, you'll need AdobeAcrobat Reader.)Cassell ColiseumSeating Chart2004-05 VT RosterTemple LinksOfficial SiteOwlScoop.comOwlScoop MBPhilly OnlineUSA TodayHokieSports.com [...]
Good Counsel Star Talks Recruiting
Linebacker or safety? Good Counsel (Wheaton, MD) star Akeem Hebron plays linebacker in high school but could project as a safety on the next level depending on how much weight he can add to his 6-2, [...]
Spring Football 2005 Preview: The Offense
2005 will be a season of great expectations for VirginiaTech’s coaches, players and fans. Several years of quality recruiting classes,along with the restoration of VT’s lunch pail approach during last [...]
