Posts Tagged ‘Virginia Tech Hokies’

Jones and Ingram Cleared

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

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Fear not, Alabama fans. Both Julio Jones and Mark Ingram, perhaps the Tide’s two most important offensive players, have been cleared by the NCAA to play against Virginia Tech. Their eligibility was put in question when the two accompanied [...]

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Mark Ingram and Julio Jones: Gone Fishing?

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Will a summer fishing trip with an Athens business man affect the eligibility of Alabama players Julio Jones and Mark Ingram, perhaps two of Nick Saban’s most important offensive weapons? It could very well.
While Saban has decided not to punish his two stars, he acknowledged the NCAA has yet to rule and [...]

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Bubbles Burst (March Madness)

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Time for you afternoon conference tournament update. Lots of stuff going on this Friday the 13, which was quite unlucky for teams like Kentucky, Minnesota (Possible NIT match-up?), and Virginia Tech, all of whom saw their tournament bubble with conference tournament losses. All three teams needed to at least get to their respective [...]

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Jon Scheyer’s Busy Day at Virginia Tech

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

It was a busy day for the Scheyer face in Blacksburg, VA, when Duke traveled — Scheyer too — to Virginia Tech, looking for another road win. The Blue Devils got the victory, 72-65, but it was not without some controversy. First, there was the elbow-to-the-throat incident that went uncalled or, apparently, unnoticed [...]

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Wearing Number One Poorly (Wake Forest)

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Wake Forest hadn’t been ranked number one in the country since the 2004 season, and if this is how they treat it, I can see why. Allowing a good-but-not-great/unranked Virginia Tech team to come into your gym and beat you is not what the best team in the land does, and that’s why, barring [...]

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BCS Overload

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Would you have it any other way? Are there better methods to decide a national championship than the BCS? Ask Division II football. But until a cataclysmic shift in the cosmos occurs, the BCS is what we have so we might as well go with it — unless, that is, the football teams [...]

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