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“Prepare for Combat” the sign screamed on a board behind the podium as Nike and Virginia Tech unveiled the Hokies’ new “Pro Combat” uniforms Monday in Blacksburg. Shame on Nike and shame on Virginia Tech and nine other college football teams who will be wearing the new uniforms this season before Nike outfits all of its clients with the same uniforms in 2010. Football is often compared to war, but it’s not. No one presumably will die Saturday when the Hokies play at Maryland. With our country involved in two wars and some former members of Tech’s Corps of Cadets not returning home, it is particularly distressing that Tech would wear these uniforms.  — Buddy Wright

NEW YORK - Michael Vick was reinstated by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Monday and could play in regular season games as early as October.

Vick can immediately participate in preseason practices, workouts and meetings and can play in the final two preseason games - if he can find a team that will sign him. A number of teams have already said they would not.

Thoughts?

Adam Morgan, the first-team All-Group AAA quarterback and the holder of five state passing records, made an oral commitment to play for VMI on Wednesdaty night.

Morgan (6 feet, 200 pounds) passed for 3,499 yards and 48 touchdowns as a senior at Dinwiddie High School, which played in the Group AAA Division 5 championship game.

Morgan is rated the No. 64 prospect in Virginia by The Roanoke Times.

Forest-native Rashad Jennings, a running back for Liberty, was named the Big South's Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season on Tuesday and VMI linebacker Jacob Rochester was named scholar-athlete of the year.

VMI had six second-team picks, including quarterback Tim Maypray who has now been all-league at three different positions including return man and wide receiver last year.

Other second-teamers for the Keydets were:
RB Howard Abegesah
OL George Handler
OL James Boatright
LB A.J. Gross
Long Snapper Travis Ludden

Liberty's Danny Rocco, whose team went 5-0 in league play, won his third straight Coach of the Year honor.

Gardner-Webb linebacker Jeffrey Williams was named Defensive Player of the Year and Stony Brook running back Edwin Gowins was named Freshman of the Year.

-- katrina waugh

After a field goal and TD, Western Kentucky has cut the lead to 27-13. There is 4:28 left in the game.

Sean Glennon has been sacked 4 times in the 2nd half.

Virginia Tech's Darren Evans scored on a 2-yard run to extend the lead to 27-3 with 10:39 left in the third. The bad news on the drive was that Kenny Lews Jr suffered a ruptured left Achilles, a serious injury that will likely end his season.

Tech had scored with one second left in the first half to extend the lead to 20-3. Macho Harris picked off a pass and returned it 49 yards to the WK 5, setting up a Dustin Keys 22-yard field goal.

Sean Glennon is going in at QB with less than nine minutes left in the third.

-- Mark Berman

Virginia Tech has extended its lead to 17-3. Darren Evans dove into the end zone on fourth-and-goal from the 1 with 25 seconds left in the first half. Macho Harris' 32-yard punt return enabled Tech to start the drive at the WK 38.

Tech had not impressed on its previous two series. One of those ended with Tyrod Taylor fumbling the ball away at the WK 11.

Mark Berman here in Blacksburg, where there will be no shutout at Lane Stadium. Virginia Tech leads Western Kentucky 10-3 early in the second quarter.

The Hokies had first-and-goal from the WK 8 in their first drive, but two penalties and a sack pushed them back. They settled for a 27-yard Dustin Keys field goal for a 3-0 lead.

Tyrod Taylor found Greg Boone in the end zone for a 27-yard TD pass to extend the lead to 10-0 late in the first quarter.

The Hokies were fooled by a fake punt. It looked like the pass would go for a TD, but an illegal block in the back nullified the TD. WKU still kept the ball but instead moved up to the VT 29 instead of scoring, and the drive fizzled. A 48-yard FG cut the lead to 10-3.

SECOND QUARTER
UNC—FG Wooten 27, 12:31. Drive: 10 plays, 40 yards, 5:10. Key play: Foster 24 run to VT 14. North Carolina 3, Virginia Tech 0.
VT—FG Keys 19, 6:59. Drive: Four plays, 6 yards, 1:55. Key play: Graves fumble recovery at UNC 8. North Carolina 3, Virginia Tech 3.
UNC—Tate 32 pass from Yates (Wooten kick). Drive: Five plays, 68 yards, 2:06. Key play: Tate 30 pass from Yates to VT 36. North Carolina 10, Virginia Tech 3.

THIRD QUARTER
UNC—Little 50 run (Wooten kick), 6:44. Drive: One play, 50 yards, :09. North Carolina 17, Virginia Tech 3.
VT—Evans 10 run (Keys kick), 1:09. Drive: 13 plays, 89 yards, 5:35. Key play: Taylor 4 run plus 15 personal foul penalty to UNC 20. North Carolina 17, Virginia Tech 10.

FOURTH QUARTER
VT—Lewis 11 run (Keys kick), 13:56. Drive: Five plays, 30 yards, 1:53. Key play: Boykin 13 pass from Taylor on third-and-9 to UNC 16. North Carolina 17, Virginia Tech 17.
VT—FG Keys 45, 10:42. Drive: Four plays, 16 yards, 2:02. Key play: UNC 15 late-hit penalty to VT 29. Virginia Tech 20, North Carolina 17.

FIRST QUARTER
GT—FG Blair 32, 4:35. Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards, 5:15. Key play: Nesbitt 33 run to VT 16. Georgia Tech 3, Virginia Tech 0.

SECOND QUARTER
VT—Evans 8 run (Keys kick), 13:01. Drive: 13 plays, 80, 6:34. Key play: Evans 19 run to GT 35. Virginia Tech 7, Georgia Tech 3.
GT—Jones 41 pass from Nesbitt (kick blocked), 3:44. Drive: Four plays, 52 yards, 2:07. Key play: Jones 9 run to GT 43. Georgia Tech 9, Virginia Tech 7.
VT—Taylor 2 run (Keys kick), :10. Drive: Seven plays, 43 yards, 1:00. Key play: Taylor 23 run to GT 20. Virginia Tech 14, Georgia Tech 9.

FOURTH QUARTER
VT—FG Keys 25, 13:58. Drive: 11 plays, 50 yards, 5:38. Key play: Lewis 16 run to GT 16. Virginia Tech 17, Georgia Tech 9.
GT—Nesbitt 18 run (Cox pass from Nesbitt), 9:28. Drive: Nine plays, 81 yards, 4:30. Key play: Cox 36 run to VT 45. Virginia Tech 17, Georgia Tech 17.
VT—FG Keys 21, 4:37. Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards, 4:51. Key play: Taylor 15 personal foul penalty on third-and-7 to VT 40. Virginia Tech 20, Georgia Tech 17.