2007.12.12
Where 315-pound offensive linemen come from
It's not like you pass them on the street every day, so where do these monsters who play football at Virginia Tech and UVa come from? And who's coming to play next year?
Turns out Roanoke Times sports writer Doug Doughty keeps up with this stuff, and thanks to him we now have those answers in the DataSphere.
You can search a small database of recruits by both the Hokies and the Cavaliers major football programs, and see the name, position, school, hometown, height and weight of the 28 players committed to Tech and 14 committed to UVa for 2008 (plus one for 2009 at Tech.)
You can see the same data displayed on an interactive map, too. Those who pay close attention to college recruiting know that Tech more or less owns Virginia. Look at the map and that fact leaps at you in burgundy and burnt orange. The Wahoos find their players in more far flung places, its plain to see.
What other patterns do you see, sports fans?
