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Hokie fans, here's your chance to win big bucks!

Attention Virginia Tech fans: There's $2,500 in a Kroger gift cards on the line in our first-ever video contest. In 60 seconds or less, tell us why you are the primo Hokie fan. Break out that camera and send us a haiku, a rhyme, a tail-gating chant, whatever. We'll post it and then invite roanoke.com readers to vote on the best. Plus the editors will pick a wild card favorite, just to mix it up. Deadline is Sept. 30. Look for the details here.

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  1. As usual, it is only for Hokies and it therefore alienates more of your reader base that is not Hokie fan in the area. If we want a Hokie paper, then we would subscribe to the Hokie Huddler.

    Comment by Not a Hokie Fan — October 1, 2009 @ 7:40 am

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