2008.08.20
Football data to haul to your next tailgate
College football kicks off in just a couple of weeks, and just in time we've updated and upgraded our online Virginia Tech and UVa sports databases.
Check out the Beamer File, a searchable database of every game the Hokies have played under Coach Frank Beamer since his arrival in 1987. Search by season, opponent, opponent's conference, opponent's rank, even the TV station that televised the games. Get the weather almanac data for home games, too.
Did you know, for example, that while the Hokies are 8-4 under Beamer against their first opponent, East Carolina, they've won the last 6 match-ups?
The Hokies are also undefeated under Beamer in games played in August -- with one game against Georgia Tech unfinished due to lightning.
Also, Sports Writer Doug Doughty continues to keep us up to date with all the latest commitments to both the Tech and UVa programs, and you can search all those commitments from 2008 to the present now in the DataSphere.
This year's biggest boy? How about 6'7", 265-pound Brent Urban out of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, a defensive end headed to UVa next fall? Yikes.
