The Houston Texans signed linebacker former Hokie Xavier Adibi, who was the team’s fourth-round pick in April’s draft. Adibi started 40 games for the Hokies, racking up 291 tackles, 11 sacks and five forced fumbles. Adibi joins his college teammate Duane Brown, an offensive tackle, who was the Texans’ first-round pick.

From HokieSports.com:

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The Virginia Tech Athletics Department announced Wednesday that Tech has agreed to push back its scheduled 2009 football opener against the University of Cincinnati to 2012 in order to accommodate a made-for-television game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga.

Talks are currently underway with the University of Alabama. In the event an agreement cannot be reached with the Crimson Tide, Tech’s opponent will likely be another Southeastern Conference team.

“Both Coach (Frank) Beamer and I believe that participating in this made-for-TV encounter represents an excellent opportunity for our football program and a great event for our fans,” Tech Director of Athletics Jim Weaver said.

According to the ABC permit posted at the old Boston Beanery restaurant in Blacksburg, the new establishment will feature Hokies Defensive Coordinator Bud Foster’s name. Speculation on the interweb suggests the name will be simply, “Foster’s”. For those that hadn’t heard, Beamer is re-opening his restaurant in the new commercial development on S. Main. Our little town is growing! Go HOKIES!

After jettisoning troubled and unproductive first round bust Cedric Benson, the Chicago Bears have turned to former Virginia Tech standout runningback Kevin Jones to help fill the void. Jones signed a one-year deal worth $605,000. Jones has been plagued by injuries since arriving in the NFL in the 2004 season, but rushed for a career-high eight touchdowns last season. Read more at the Chicago Sun Times.

From HokieSports.com:

BLACKSBURG, Va. - The Virginia Tech Athletics Ticket Office announced Tuesday that approximately 1,400 tickets for the Hokies’ season-opening football game against East Carolina University in Charlotte, N.C., will go on sale to the general public on Wednesday, July 16 at 9 a.m.

The tickets for the Aug. 30 game at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte became available after returning Virginia Tech student season ticket holders failed to purchase their entire allotment. The tickets cost $55 plus handling charges and can be purchased by calling the Virginia Tech Ticket Office (1-800-828-3244; 540-231-6731) or by logging on to www.hokietickets.com/.

East Carolina will serve as the home team, but a ticket for the game is included in each Virginia Tech season ticket packet.

Hands down the best Hokie blogger in the biz today, the Virginian-Pilot’s Kyle Tucker is back at work covering the Hokies. In this update, he addresses the recruiting crunch for the 2008 class, which has been resolved. Tucker also addresses Tech’s final camp and which recruits for ‘09 and ‘10 plan to attend. Click here to get caught up.

A great find by vt.fanfoc.us user vatechhokies50!

Apparently, Michigan four-star QB recruit Kevin Newsome is wavering on his commitment to the Michigan Wolverines. He’s apparently not thrilled that new coach Rich Rodriguez continues to recruite four-star QBs; RichRod has already received another commitment and a third is on the way.

Read more at vt.fanfoc.us or go straight to the Detroit Free Press article.

WDBJ, the CBS affiliate in Roanoke, Va., is reporting that Virginia Tech Hokies wide receiver Brandon Dillard will miss the entire 2008 season after tearing his Achilles tendon. The rehab will take anywhere from four to six months. Dillard came out of the spring practice season as the Hokies top receiver in an already thin corps that lost four of the school’s best ever receivers to graduation and the NFL draft.

The WDBJ7 Link: http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=8610454&Call=Email&Format=HTML

Highly touted linebacker Telvion Clark announced today that he will play for the Hokies in 2009. Clark was offered one of only 12 scholarship Tech had to offer for the ‘09 class following the programs’ summer camp a few weeks ago. Clark was also considering Penn State and West Virginia.

Read more…

The Atlanta Falcons continue to purge their roster of Virginia Tech Hokies. The only remaining Hokie still on the roster is Michael Vick and that’s only for business reasons. When it becomes economically feasible to cut him loose, Arthur Blank will do so.

Read more about Jimmy Williams’ release.