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I can’t believe this is real, but apparently it is. I don’t know whether to feel bad for them or to ROTH and LMAO.
Catching up with the Hokies as they enter spring practice
The Virginia Tech Hokies opened their 2012 spring practice season on Wednesday with some pretty glaring holes in its game.
Who will be the place kicker? Who will emerge as the frontrunner to replace 2011 ACC Player of the Year David Wilson at running back? How will the Hokies replace four offensive linemen? What about the linebackers? And how do you replace Jarrett Boykin and Danny Coale, the two most prolific receivers in the program’s history?
Well, let’s start with the receivers. Click on the photo to read the rest of the preview.
This gives me chills every single time. I love Virginia Tech football and this is the biggest reason why
Forever reblog. And we went it.
Not sure I’m cool with playing another FCS team five days after a big Monday night game. Haven’t we learned our lesson?
Virginia Tech failed to land Brookville defensive tackle Korren Kirven, who instead signed with Alabama, but Wednesday morning was nonetheless productive for the Hokies, as they signed their other two undecided blue chip targets – athlete Joel Caleb from Clover Hill High in Richmond and defensive…
Very interesting video about some research conducted by Virginia Tech on the safety of football helmets. They are also studying youth football helmets. You can read more about that study here.
I meannnnnnnnnnn…..
A Game of Honor - Army vs. Navy
(Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer celebrates the Hokies’ 38-0 win over in-state rival UVa, on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011. — Photo by Geoff Burke/Getty Images)
In his second year at the helm in Charlottesville, London took the team from a 4-8 season in 2010 to an 8-4 record in 2011, and presumably a bowl game.
London received 31 votes, while Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer came in second with 12. Clemson’s Dabo Swinney received two votes.
Some critics believe Beamer was more deserving of the award considering he was breaking in a new starting running back and quarterback, and having to replace three starters on defense lost for the season due to injuries.
But, the truth is, Mike London was the obvious choice for the award. He took a flailing program that hadn’t had a winning season since 2007 and had them in a position to play for the ACC title going into the final regular season game.
Of course, the Cavaliers lost that game to the Hokies in demoralizing fashion, 38-0, their first home shutout loss in 17 years. Regardless, to take a team from 4-8 to 8-4 in one year is very impressive.
As for Beamer, he’s a victim of his own success. He’s become the Coach K (Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski) of ACC football. Coach K rarely gets ACC COY because of his track record of success. He wins 20-25 games every year and goes to the NCAA tournament every year.
Beamer has been in the ACC for eight seasons and won the league’s coach of the year award in his first two campaigns - 2004 and 2005. The Hokies finished 10-3 and won the ACC regular season title in 2004, and went 11-2 in 2005.
Beamer earned those two awards in large part because the Hokies weren’t expected to compete with Miami, Florida State, Clemson and Georgia Tech for the ACC title year in and year out. In fact, a veteran ACC sportswriter, the late Bill Brill, predicted that the Hokies wouldn’t win an ACC title in his lifetime. When Brill passed away last April, the Hokies had won four ACC title, including the 2004 crown, which came in their first year in the league.
As the Hokies have emerged as the undisputed heavyweight of the ACC in their first eight seasons - having won four league titles in seven years and playing for this year’s title - Beamer has essentially removed himself from the conversation for coach of the year honors.
Not to mention the fact that the Hokies have the longest active bowl game streak (18) and have the longest active streak of 10-win seasons (8). Since joining the ACC Beamer has guided the Hokies to an 84-22 overall record and 53-11 in conference play.
If ever there was a season in which Hokie fans should feel as though their beloved coach didn’t receive the coach of the year award, it should have been from the 2010 season in which the Hokies went undefeated (8-0) in conference play - the first time since FSU did so in 2000.
After dropping their first two games to Boise State and FCS opponent JMU, the Hokies reeled off 11 straight wins. The JMU loss probably cost Beamer the award. Instead, Maryland’s Ralph Friedgen was named ACC COY and was later fired.
So, while Tech fans may be a little miffed that their in-state rival’s coach beat out their coach for the honor, it’s probably safe to say that any Hokie fan would gladly trade an 8-4 season and COY for an 11-1 season with a chance to play for the league title and a BCS bowl game.
The Hokies play Clemson on Saturday, Dec. 3, for the ACC title. The winner goes to the Orange Bowl while the loser is likely headed to the Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta.
