No mention of Frank Beamer or Bud Foster here, Virginia Tech football fans.
The Internet Web site Bodog.com released odds Thursday night on prospective candidates to replace Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis, whose current seat in South Bend, Ind., may be the hottest item this side of the planet Mercury.
Junior center Beau Warren was listed as probable Thursday for 16th-ranked Virginia Tech's home finale against North Carolina State on Saturday at Lane Stadium.
Warren has missed the past two games with a sprained MCL, which he sustained midway in the third quarter of Tech's 20-17 home loss to North Carolina on Oct. 29.
If Warren can't go, redshirt freshman Michael Via will make his third consecutive start.
Saturday's game starts at 3:30 p.m., and will be televised by ESPNU.
-- RANDY KING
In the early years of Al Groh’s Virginia coaching tenure, no other ACC team had a greater disparity between home and road performance.
Starting with a 34-21 victory over then-No. 22 South Carolina in 2002, Groh’s teams won 16 of their next 17 home games, twice winning eight straight home games during that span.
Now, the Cavaliers are working on another streak at home. They’ve lost their last five ACC home games and seven of the last eight home games overall.
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Bolstered by its 36-9 shellacking of Maryland and losses by some other teams, Virginia Tech jumped from 20th to 16th in the new Associated Press Top 25 college football poll released Sunday.
The Hokies (7-3 overall, 4-2 ACC) also are 16th in the coaches' poll.
Just want to make sure that I’ve got the quote correct because I’ve heard it both ways.
Here’s the first thing that Virginia football coach Al Groh had to say to the media Saturday following a 14-10 loss to Boston College:
“We made a lot of progress with our team today,” Groh said. “That certainly is apparent to anybody who watched the game. I’m really proud of the effort that the players put into it and the fight that they showed.
“We’ve been working for 10 months to get to this point, to have a performance as one like that.”
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2. Texas
3. Alabama
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Eagles lead 7-0 on a 10-yard touchdown pass from David Shinskie to Justin Jarvis with10:44 remaining in the second quarter.
Cavs got as far as the BC 32 late in the half but Jameel Sewell was intercepted at the 4-yard line on second-and-10. Sewell had broken free of the rush and probably could have run for 10-15 yards.
He also had Jared Green open but either underthrew Kris Burd or overthrew Joe Torchia because the Eagles' Roderick Rollins was the only player close to the ball.
BC has outgained the Cavaliers 180-121, but UVa has more first downs, 10-9.
Virginia Tech's Hokies take on the University of Maryland's Terrapins Saturday, November 14 at 1 p.m. in College Park, Md.
Virginia Tech tailback Ryan Williams was announced as one of the 10 semifinalists today for the 2009 Doak Walker Award.
While I defer to colleague Randy King when it comes to an understanding of the oddsmaking process, something strikes me about the four-point spread assigned to Saturday’s game between host Virginia and favored Boston College.
In my mind, a case could be made for the bookies not setting a line because of the uncertain status of UVa senior quarterback Jameel Sewell.
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