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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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.