Former Hokie wide receiver Eddie Royal got a new jersey number, 19, to go along with a guaranteed $2.25 million, and a total package coming in at around $3.9 million over four years. As for the jersey, Royal had been wearing No. 3 during offseason camps, but is not donning No. 19. More…

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This Week on Bleeping Idiots we have a special treat for everyone as we sit down with Virginia Tech Hokies Redshirt Junior Running Back Jahre Cheeseman.

1. BleepingIdiots.com: First off tell us a bit about your injury, and the rehab process behind it. Do you feel you will be able to be back 100% and compete for the bulk of the carries this season?

Jahre Cheeseman: I broke my left fibula during a scrimmage in the spring. I been doin a lot of balance and flexibility exercise along with lifting. the agility came later this summer but are also going well. I think I will be ready for the season but i expect that we will have a two-back system once again at VT. kenny lewis is now clear to go and we are workin together to compliment each other.

Click here to read the rest of the interview.

Victor “Macho” Harris, a senior, earned first-team all-conference honors last season and, given the Hokies’ uncertainty at receiver, could see time at wide receiver on offense in 2008. Junior offensive lineman Sergio Render has started since his true freshman season. See the complete preseason All ACC team.

Hard-hitting Brandon Flowers is officially a Kansas City Chief as of last Wednesday when the team and Flowers signed a 4-year deal, the terms of which were not released. The 5-9, 187-pound cornerback was the Chiefs’ 2nd round pick in last April’s NFL draft. During his senior year at Tech, Flowers started all 14 games and recorded a career-high 86 tackles and five INTs. He played 41 career games with the Hokies including 28 starts, 158 tackles, 10 INTs, and two touchdowns. More…

Hermitage Duo Commits to the Hokies
The Roanoke Times

The Virginia Tech Hokies received two more commitments for the the 2009 recruiting class. Hermitage High School’s Theron Norman (QB) and Duan Perez-Means (LB/WR) were among the state’s top uncommitted prospects before announcing their decisions to play for the Hokies. More…

Virginia Tech Lands First Peninsula District Recruit in Two Year
The Daily Press

Bethel High defensive end James Gayle became the first Peninsula District player to commit to the Hokies since Hampton High product Tyrod Taylor and Denbigh High graduate Jaymes Brooks committed to Tech in July 2006. Gayle is Tech’s ninth commitment for the 2009 recruiting class. He also had offers from Purdue, N.C. State, East Carolina, Syracuse, Central Florida, Marshall and Richmond. More…

ACC Becomes the First Conference to Release Injury Reports
The Sporting News

The ACC will issues two injury reports each week that will disclose levels of injury - from “out” to “probable” - but will not address specific injuries. The injury classifications mirror the NFL’s injury report: out, doubtful, questionable, probable. However, these reports are optional and according to the ACC, have nothing to do with gambling. They are merely designed to save coaches from having to answer repeated questions about players’ injuries.

“I don’t have any problem with it,” says Virginia coach Al Groh. “That means I don’t have to answer those stupid questions during the week.”

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Sean Glennon and Orion Martin debuted Virginia Tech’s new home jerseys at the ACC Media Kickoff this weekend in Georgia. Click here for a recap of the day’s activities. And click here to see more pictures of the new home and away jerseys.

The Hokies got some great news today when George Washington running back David Wilson committed to the Hokies’ 2009 recruiting class. Wilson is a nationally ranked track athlete and a star RB for George Washington High School in Danville, Va. He is now the highest profile recruit in Virginia Tech’s ‘09 class.

Wilson is 5′ 11″, 190-pounds and rushed for 1,551 yards and 17 touchdowns in his junior season (2007). Rivals.com ranks Wilson as the No. 3 player in Virginia; the No. 4 “athlete” in the country; and the No. 63 overall prospect in the 2009 class.

Wilson has received scholarship offers from Michigan, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina, N.C. State, Georgia Tech, Clemson and Auburn.

*Information pulled from PilotOnline.com - click here to read the original article.

According to Tony Barnhardt of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, a source inside the Alabama football office says that the odds are against the Tide being the SEC team to face Virginia Tech in the 2009 opener at the Georgia Dome.

Wrote Bardnhardt, “Alabama will also have a rookie quarterback in 2009 as John Parker Wilson moves on. The Crimson Tide might not want to throw a new QB against Bud Foster’s Hokie defense.”

Damn right they don’t. Nick Saban may be a quitter, but he’s not stupid. Click here to read the short article.

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.

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!