Archive for June, 2005 
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Breaking Down VT’s 2005 Recruiting Class: Wide Receivers and Tight Ends
We continue our breakdown of VT's 2005 recruiting class by examining the widereceiver and tight end positions. We'll figure out if the Hokies got the playerthey wanted at each position and will project [...]
Ten Years of the VT-Miami Rivalry, Part 2
After Virginia Tech's five straight victories over Miamifrom 1995-1999, the Hurricanes rebounded nicely, not just against the Hokies,but against everyone. From 2000-2002, Miami went 35-2, including a [...]
Tech Lands Second DeMatha Star
Virginia Tech men's basketball coach Seth Greenberg landed his third verbal commitment for the 2006 recruiting class, from another very good DeMatha Catholic (Hyattsville, MD) prospect. 6-7, 215-pound [...]
Stadler Cuts List to 9
6-6, 300-pound offensive lineman Alex Stadler has narrowed down his list for the second time in as many months, as he is now down to nine schools. “Actually, I guess it would be nine,” Stadler said. [...]
Breaking Down VT’s 2005 Recruiting Class: The Offensive Backfield
In my last three articles I provided a “macro” analysis of recentrecruiting trends by looking at different criteria such as recruitingcompetition, the location of the recruits, and the positions being [...]
Tech in Top 10 for Star DL?
One of the top defensive linemen in the country has narrowed his list of schools down to 10 and Virginia Tech is among the ones to make the cut. Who else joins the Hokies?“I’ve narrowed it down to 10,” [...]
ECU Pirates, Others Fill VT’s Non-Conference Football Schedules
Ahoy, Matey! ECU Pirates, Others Fill VT's Non-Conference Football SchedulesThe Virginia Tech athletic department announced its non-conference football schedules through 2011on Thursday, including dates, [...]
Bowman to Graduate Early
A major part of Suitland High School’s (Forestville, MD) state champion squad last season was Navorro Bowman. An inside linebacker on defense, the 6-0, 218-pound rising senior racked up 165 tackles and [...]
Ten Years of the VT-Miami Rivalry, Part 1
In the last ten years, one of the fiercest, most competitive, meanestrivalries in college football has blossomed between the Miami Hurricanes and theVirginia Tech Hokies. While it still flies under the [...]
Gloster Down to Three?
Three schools are the favorites of Drew Gloster, a 6-4, 220-pound wide receiver/defensive end out of Good Counsel High School in Wheaton, Maryland. A tremendous athlete, Gloster was timed at 4.53 in [...]
Hebron Favors Two
With around 40 written scholarship offers, Good Counsel (Wheaton, MD) linebacker Akeem Hebron has established himself as one of the top prospects in the country. Unfortunately for most of those schools, [...]
A Gym Rat’s Notebook: A Look Ahead to the ACC, Part 2
Click here for Part 1While the ACC returns the men’s NCAA defending championin North Carolina, that team will look quite a bit different, as well as muchyounger than the edition that head coach Roy Williams [...]
Where Would an Injury “Hurt” the Most?
Injuries. No one likes to think about them happening to aplayer on their favorite team, but it's an undeniable fact that injuries canderail a game or a season just as fast as poor coaching, poor talent, [...]
Good Samaritan Bowl All-Star Game Report
The first Good Samaritan Bowl, played at theNavy-Marine Corp Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, MD pitted high school stars fromthe Baltimore and Washington, DC areas against one another. The West squad wasquarterbacked [...]
Football Recruiting – A Different Type of Analysis, Part 3: Evaluating Quality of Recruits by Number of Offers
In the first two articles we looked at Tech’s overall recruiting, first inhead-to-head competition and second by location. Tech has an impressive recordhead-to-head against the recruiting competition [...]
Party Like it’s 1999?
It’s only the middle of June, but the hype machine is already cranking out the story lines. Marcus Vick returns toVirginia Tech and will take over the starting quarterback job. Virginia Tech has a strong [...]
Jullien Wins Another National Championship
Jullien Wins Another National ChampionshipSpyridon Jullien won his second nationalchampionship of 2005 on Friday, winning the hammer throw at the NCAA Track andField Championships held at Sacramento State. [...]
Bryan Randall Rookie Diary #9: A Month of Practices Nears Its End
Editor's Note: Bryan Randall has been in Atlanta sincemid-May participating in about four weeks of OTAs (Organized Team Activities),the practices which take place between mini-camp and the opening of [...]
One Leader for Gee
One school has jumped out as the clear favorite for talented Queen of Peace (North Arlington, N.J.) defensive end Mike Gee. Gee, who is 6-2, 240 pounds, has received over 10 scholarship offers and is [...]
Football Recruiting – A Different Type of Analysis, Part 2: Geographic Breakdown of Recruiting
The first article in our series took a comparative look at how Virginia Tech stacked up against its recruiting competitionhead-to-head. Now that we have analyzed the competition, the next step is to breakdown [...]
