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Wow, LSU got the Jennings QB kid from Georgia. I really would have liked for the Hokies to get him. I know that they have 3 QBs in Bucky, Parker, and Prince coming in, but I thought he threw the ball the best of the bunch, while being a very effective runner from the spread.

Does anyone think the parking arrival time will be strictly enforced?

http://www.hokiesports.com/football/fanguide.html#Parking

Per the above, 4:30 PM is earliest arrival for the Georgia Tech game. I usually do public parking across campus but ended up with a Lot 5 pass for this game and was hoping to be settled in well before 4:30 PM. I assume this would be similar to how Thursday games are handled, but I haven't been to one of those since WVU in '00 (shout out for Andre Davis, anyone?).

Thank you Sir, I'm going to do a mass update after we know Teller's decision. So both 2013 and 2014 lists will be updated this weekend.

Now that the season has kicked in gear, I've definitely gotten a little behind on this. I will update them. Any sort of help from y'all, like above is most appreciated.

ATH Elijah Wood holds a VT offer and can be added to the list.
https://twitter.com/Niebuhr247/statuses/235856460716843008

OL Ricky Walker also holds a VT offer and can be added to the list. His brother plays for UVA.
http://recruit757.com/2012/05/23/bethel-lineman-lands-second-offer/

Javon Harrison and Xavier Burke are VT commits.
http://virginiatech.247sports.com/Season/2014-Football/Commits

Hope he doesn't see the field at all, he fumbles every chance he gets

with his new $54M contract extension. $22M guaranteed.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/16/duane-brown-deal-announc...

Seriously couldn't come to a better guy. I knew him during my days in Blacksburg -- he's a good dude. Glad it all worked out for him.

Something tells me he wouldn't have netted $50+ million had he stayed at tight end and snagged 30 career receptions.

On Tony Gregory being co#3 and where that goes...

Which tight end makes our offense look better? Do we bring Dunn in only for passing plays?

And I'm interested to see how smoothly the pistol and spread formations looks. I'm sure our defense has seen it so knows some keys to stop it, so I'm not too concerned with effectiveness for the scrimmage (although high effectiveness would obviously be nice). I just hope everybody knows what their doing and it seems to run smoothly, with good chemistry.

And some notes on the GW/RVD/Tweedy battle would be nice. Really hope one of the latter beat out GW, never been too confident about that guy.

Lastly, how does Bruce Taylor look having to move from Mike to Backer? Does it look like he's thinking too much? Too much thinking against gt will be a bad thing.

I started grad school at Tech in the fall of 1999. Never considered Tech for undergrad, in fact I really never thought very much of either UVa or VT growing up (and I don't see the point in being a "fan" of a school that you or a close family member actually went to - that is just my personal view). Went to JMU for undergrad and oddly enough the first football game I went to was against JMU.

I only went to a small handful of games. JMU in 99, Pitt in '00, and Miami in '03. The Miami game was the best atmosphere I have ever seen at a game. They came in ranked #2 thinking they were going to roll all over VT. They were overconfident (and overrated) and got stomped.

Left VT in '04, moved to the hellhole that is Michigan and the only one in my neighborhood who flies something other than a MSU or Michigan flag.

Which is interesting as I am from a little town off highway 29 called Altavista.

Fun fact of the day, Altavista, Virginia is the place where a man named Edward Hudson Lane, the same Lane that the "Terrordome" takes it's namesake from, began his cedar chest manufacturing company. So, needless to say you couldn't throw a rock in this little town without hitting a hokie (some of his descendants still live there). In high school I also lived a couple houses down from the son for whom the Merryman Athletic Center is named, and hung out with the son's step children growing up. So, VT was present EVERYWHERE in my hometown.

I guess that's why I hated all things Virginia Tech. Whether I just got tired of seeing VT stuff, or I was just trying to be contrarian, but growing up my team was UVA. I remember watching the Temple '98 game on TV and laughed with glee.

Things started to change in high school when I discovered I excelled at math and science, so decided to pursue mechanical engineering as a course of study at college, and VT was in my top 3. I applied to VCU, Longwood University, and VT. I was accepted to VCU for mechanical engineering, though didn't care for the campus being located in downtown Richmond. I was accepted in the 3/2 pre-engineering program at Longwood and I was wait listed for mechanical engineering for VT.

I took the Longwood route and transferred to VT in 2006 after 3 years at the smallest public university in Virginia. Wow, what a shock. Blacksburg and the campus in particular were massive and beautiful in comparison to Farmville. My sister already attended VT and was a sophomore when I arrived, so she showed me around.

First VT game was against Northeastern in 2006, when they still did the "Stick it in" cheer. I was a Hokie for life after that. It was transcendent.

I was there for the ranked Clemson win on Thursday night, the Ryan Williams fumble and loss to UNC, the David Wilson kick return TD and GT win on Thursday night and Darren Evans trucking the entire Maryland defense for 253 yds. I missed attending the Matt Ryan miracle in the rain at Lane on Thursday night. I had to work at West End that night (if you got a sandwich from Wrap World in West End from 2007-2009 I probably made it for you, you're welcome) and remember getting to the dorm, watching the end of the game and being devastated. So devastated I didn't go to class that Friday. But the revenge in the ACCCG was that much sweeter.

I graduated in 2009 and still reside and work on the I-81 corridor near Lexington, and still try to attend games.

Made some friends and great memories, lost touch with some friends, but Blacksburg, to me, will always be a special place.

Is flashing the deuces, not sure about the other one