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Miami 76, Virginia Tech 58

By mikey4vt on February 28, 2013, 9:55 AM | 8 comments

After the Hokies’ win over Florida State, and momentum going in the right direction, they hit a brick wall in Miami and fell to the #5 Hurricanes 76-58.

Some of the same issues from passed games showed up again, but there were a few positives to take away as well. While the Hokies struggled to box out, shoot, and well… play defense, Erick had support from two of the younger guys on the team.

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Miami Received its Notice of Allegations

By joe

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on February 19, 2013, 11:15 PM | 53 comments

Tim Reynold's reported the story tonight.

Miami has finally received its notice of allegations from the NCAA, marking the end of just one step in what's already been a two-year probe of the athletic department.

The allegations arrived on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter and who spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither the NCAA nor Miami authorized releasing any information publicly. The NCAA did not respond to a request for comment, and a Miami athletics spokesman said he had no knowledge of the letter's arrival.

VT 64, Miami 73

By mikey4vt on January 31, 2013, 1:15 PM | 9 comments

Sorry y’all, this post is up a bit late due to lots of work and little time to do that work.

The Hokies performed extremely well against the top-15 ranked Canes. They were in the game for the majority of the night and had a lead as large as 12 in the first half. Erick Green was Erick Green. Robert Brown came out of nowhere. Jarell Eddie shot lights out. Cadarian Raines showed up. I know, it sounds like the Oklahoma State game. In fact, it was the best Tech had played since that night, at least the first half was.

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NCAA Pauses Miami Investigation to Investigate Itself

By joe

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on January 23, 2013, 2:28 PM | 15 comments

Here is part of the release from the NCAA (http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/public/ncaa/resources/latest+news/20...).

The NCAA national office has uncovered an issue of improper conduct within its enforcement program that occurred during the University of Miami investigation. Former NCAA enforcement staff members worked with the criminal defense attorney for Nevin Shapiro to improperly obtain information for the purposes of the NCAA investigation through a bankruptcy proceeding that did not involve the NCAA.

Miami Self Imposed a Bowl Ban, GT-FSU in ACCCG

By joe

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on November 19, 2012, 8:29 AM | 11 comments

Here is the official release from the school.

The University of Miami has made the decision to withhold the football team from bowl consideration for the 2012 postseason. The decision was made in response to the ongoing NCAA inquiry and the University has informed both the NCAA and the Atlantic Coast Conference of its decision. The decision also means that should the Miami football team qualify for the ACC Championship Game, it will not be eligible to participate.

Interim Director of Athletics Blake James informed the team of the decision this morning, two days after the Hurricanes became bowl eligible with their sixth victory of the season.

Adventures on Whiskey Lane: Episode Ten

By brianm11 on November 7, 2012, 4:58 PM | 2 comments

This week on Adventures on Whiskey Lane, Kevin returns after a brief hurricane hiatus and chats with Brian briefly about Miami and Florida State. With the season winding down and only pride to play for, both guys discuss future prospects for Tech, both this season and next. Plus, what podcast at this point of the season would be complete without coaching change chatter? Brian provides some exclusive insight on what could happen.

All of that and more on Episode 10 (!) of AOWL.

MP3 Download link: http://thekeyplay.podomatic.com/enclosure/2012-11-06T18_22_04-08_00.mp3

Moving Forward to an Uncertain Future

By french60wasp

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on November 7, 2012, 7:56 AM | 36 comments

A public service announcement for Frank Beamer and Jim Weaver: The moment you placed the empty national championship trophy case in your facility, the stakes were raised. No longer was the status quo, as unlikely as it is for a program in the heart of rural Virginia with no history of being nationally relevant, acceptable. A conference championship like 1995, a season remembered by older Hokie fans like me as a magical season, now means a guffaw and "I don't want to fly to Miami." The bar is higher, and you moved it with that trophy case. Unfortunately, this program is trending in the wrong direction. Virginia Tech used to win with a dominant defense, great special teams, and a ball control offense that played like a bully and limited mistakes. Offenses are catching up to the defense. Special teams have been in shambles for several seasons. The offense lacks any identity, other than being the team that struggling defenses circle on their schedule to get back on track.

There's a chance Miami could be ineligible for the ACC Championship Game

By joe

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on November 3, 2012, 10:28 AM | 23 comments

Miami may self-impose a bowl ban to as a preemptive punishment for forthcoming NCAA sanctions.

"If I remember right, we made the decision last year after we became bowl eligible," UM acting athletic director Blake James told The Miami Herald on Friday. "I think that would be the plan.

"You address the situations as they occur."

Last year, Miami made its announcement the day after it qualified for a bowl with a victory Nov. 19 at South Florida in Tampa.

You can read all of the details right here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/02/3079888_miami-hurricanes-might-dec....

Gut Reactions: Miami

By joe

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on November 2, 2012, 2:29 PM | 22 comments

I was going to write something last night, but I decided to go to bed after reading the following stats.

Tech out gained Miami by 74 yards (421-347), and ran 24 more plays.
Tech held the ball almost ten minutes more than Miami (34:21-25:49).
Miami converted only 1 of 12 attempts on third down.
Tech lost by 18 points.

Statistically dominating everywhere but the scoreboard has become and unwelcome trend. In order to get a better understanding of why we lost, I re-watched the game this morning. (The beatings will continue until morale improves, right?)

I thought the defense followed up their spectacular effort at Clemson with another terrific performance. Two special teams miscues left them to defend a short field in the first quarter, and they couldn't keep Miami out of the end zone. However, they forced 6 three-and-outs that the offense couldn't take advantage of. They dominated the second-half allowing just 10 points, 3 of which came in garbage time. It wasn't vintage Virginia Tech defense, but it was more than enough for a win.

I thought the d-line controlled the line of scrimmage. Even though they were unable to sack Morris they kept rather consistent pressure on him. Exum was targeted all night, and outside of being turned around in the end zone because of a terrific throw by Morris, and later biting on a double move, he really held his own.

It was an extremely sloppy game.

It's All About The U

By joe

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on November 1, 2012, 1:10 AM | 204 comments

Update: Use this as the open thread for the game tonight. See you guys on the flip side. Go Hokies! --Joe

Tonight's game against Miami will likely decide the ACC Coastal. In the ACC era, Tech's been a terrific road team. Coming into the season the Hokies held the record for consecutive true road games won (juking the stats a bit, but still impressive). However, this season they haven't won a game away from Lane.

#Hokies LB Bruce Taylor: "I just feel like we have a different enthusiasm for home games than we do away games, which we can't have."— Norm Wood (@normwood) October 29, 2012

I traveled to Pitt and Cincinnati. Both stadiums were missing something. People for sure, but also that familiar but indescribable ambience swirling around a college football game. Something like a cocktail of noise, sweat, and excitement splashed on your face as soon as you look down at the field from your seat. Either way, good teams are able to focus solely on taking care of business. Tech couldn't at the beginning of the year, can they do so tonight in another poorly attended college game shoehorned into a pro stadium?

Miami

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