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From the linked article:
The early African American students at VPI all roomed at the William Hoge residence at 306 Clay Street. ... James Whitehurst and Robert Wells, in their turn, then came to Tech in 1959 and took up residence at 306 Lee Street, though for their second year they stayed at 3027 Harding Avenue.
Do any of these homes still exist? I tried looking on Google Maps, but it's hard to tell.
Yeah, I like Orlando... sort of a local version of Geraldo Rivera. :-)
Updated the OP with Gayle's official stats
Great write up, love learning more about the history of the school. Hats off to you, sir!
I mean it's going to work with the 11 tight ends on offense
Yeah, need to maybe wait until April 30 before you start even concerning yourself here.
And then, not much.
Yeah, this is a little too sky-is-falling for my taste here. It's extremely early in the process, we still have the camp circuit, junior days, spring game, officials, etc. to get through. We'll end up with at the very least a solid class, no doubt.
Yes but, I have 2 young and impressionable little girls.
Seeing Mommie and Daddy out there cheering these kids on would counteract lots of years of mean teenagers and television.
Great article and very interesting! I'd support naming the Indoor Practice Facility after him!
Really? 21 is beast?
I think we se a little brolove here or something. 21 is completely unremarkable. It's below average.
What the heck is ESPN doing? Do they realize they're blowing it? They can actually be the authority they think they are, if they would step back and be as rational and unbiased as they were just a few years ago.
Gayle had 26 reps.
Kaleb Ramsey from BC had 36.
That, gentlemen, is Beast.
I certainly can see how you might think that.
They don't want somebody in the first round but they want a QB.
Great article. I read a book that said a guy named Phil Rogers was the first black QB at VT not long after Mr. Dobbins played. He was more of a single-wing QB I believe.
Fwiw we were never interested in one of twins and they wanted to play together in college. I don't see wasting a scholie on one guy to get another when we are looking at 18-20 for the class.
The Edwards Family had a lot influence in John Dobbins coming to VT. He was one fast Tailback for Radford High School , when he got to VT, Claiborne put the weight on him , which took a lot of speed from John. Being from Radford and playing a lot of ball against his older brother and knowing John since he was a young man , VT couldn't have gotten a better person and player for their first Black Athlete at VT...
Try this one trick Offensive Coordinators hate!
please no
..over a cavalier (or cadaverlier)
It's February 2014, not February 2015. Lots of good news, bad news, and "dog bites man" news yet to happen between now and then.
Maybe we should just have an all DB defense at this point
You forgot to list 3 solid prospects: Mook Reynolds, Ashton White , Duwayne Johnson all commit to VT.
BRAVO!! ...I am personally grateful for this write up. Well done.
Atleast they kept it close. How long till they bring Greenburg back? Its always so easy to talk about getting a new coach until you realize how hard it is to get someone else. #KeepBeamer
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Your best effort to date. Thx for sharing.
This may be your best article yet, and that is saying something considering all the awesome ones you have wrote before. Thank you for sharing!