Antoine Hopkins Torn his ACL, Done for the Season.

By: Joe Lanza on October 2, 2011, 9:10 PM | 4 comments
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Virginia Tech junior defensive tackle Antoine Hopkins suffered a torn ACL in his right knee Saturday night in Tech's loss to Clemson and will miss the rest of the season. He will have surgery Friday at Montgomery Regional Hospital.

Hopkins, from Highland Springs, Va., had started the first five games for the Hokies, recording eight tackles.

The staff will determine his replacement this week.

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Terrible, terrible news. Antoine was having a spectacular season and was our best defensive tackle. The two-deep at defensive tackle is paper thin right now. Reliable backup Kwamaine Battle tore his ACL in August. Look for either of the true freshman, Luther Maddy or Corey Marshall, to be named the starter this week. Best wishes for a speedy recovery Antoine.

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Clemson Live Blog

By: Joe Lanza on October 1, 2011, 10:08 AM | 13 comments

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Clemson Preview

By: kburkeVT on September 29, 2011, 9:43 PM | 8 comments

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Their Last Dance: Clemson

By: Joe Lanza on September 29, 2011, 1:08 PM | 7 comments

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1st Quarter 2nd Guesses: Marshall game

By: french60wasp on September 28, 2011, 10:20 AM | 8 comments

I didn't get a chance to watch the game live this week, so I am probably prejudiced by some of the frustrating reports about the erratic performance of the Hokies this week. After a quick review of the first quarter, I walked away with the following impressions: 1) The defensive line and middle backers are a strength of this team. 2) Logan Thomas has some weaknesses, but the coaching staff is giving him much more responsibility than they gave Tyrod Taylor or Bryan Randall as a first year starter. 3) The offensive line has played better than you think they have, but they still play too high to drive people off the ball.

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Six Pick: Week Five

By: BeerControlOffense on September 28, 2011, 12:54 AM | 51 comments

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"We don't expect the fans, the crowd noise to affect the way we do things."

By: Joe Lanza on September 27, 2011, 10:34 PM | 2 comments
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The Tigers will prepare with pumped-in crowd noise at practice, as they do for most big road games, and rely on the poise of a veteran, experienced offensive line. Winning this week is a difficult task, but an entirely necessary one to reach the goals this team has set for itself.

"We expect to win," senior right tackle Landon Walker said. "We don't expect the fans, the crowd noise to affect the way we do things. We expect to be prepared and we're going to handle it. A mature team, a championship team can do that. A championship team can take good things they do at home, win at Virginia Tech, and win wherever they play. You've got to do that. Because if you can't win on the road, at Virginia Tech, in my mind, you don't deserve to be there."

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As if you guys didn't need any more reason to be up for Saturday's game.

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Marshall Roll Call

By: 06Hokie on September 26, 2011, 12:49 PM | 6 comments

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Making the World a Better Place, One Convenience Store at a Time

By: Hokie Stone on September 25, 2011, 6:36 PM | 9 comments

I was driving down 95 through VA and stopped to get gas somewhere near Fredericksburg.  I ran inside to grab some essentials for the rest of the trip ahead: red bull, beef jerky, gatorade, gum (all four road trip food groups.)

I saw a rack full of random gas station quality sports schwag so I went to check it out.  I'm  a sucker for spending $5.95 on a piece of VT paraphenelia I will never use again. 

Most of the stuff on the rack was VT and UVa stuff.  Here's what it looked like when I walked up...

I fixed it...

You're welcome world.

-Hokie Stone

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Week 4 BlogPoll Ballot

By: Joe Lanza on September 25, 2011, 9:54 AM | 8 comments

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4-0

By: Joe Lanza on September 25, 2011, 1:29 AM | 12 comments

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Marshall Live Blog

By: Joe Lanza on September 24, 2011, 7:58 AM

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Marshall Preview

By: kburkeVT on September 23, 2011, 11:02 AM | 5 comments

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Six Pick: Week Four

By: BeerControlOffense on September 22, 2011, 12:35 AM | 44 comments

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ESPNU All-Access: Virginia Tech

By: Joe Lanza on September 22, 2011, 12:31 AM | 3 comments
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This is a great sneak peak at what goes down during meetings and on the practice field. The Frankinator is just so... calm and focused. You can see it trickle on down to the staff and players, well except for this hilarious outburst from Cornell Brown.

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