Hokies alum Jack Tyler promoted to Defensive Coordinator at Texas A&M - Commerce
Excited for this Opportunity!! 🦁🔵🟡#Rise25 pic.twitter.com/vogAulkQQR— Jack Tyler (@JackInTheBox58) April 8, 2024
Because we're all Sunday morning quarterbacks.
Excited for this Opportunity!! 🦁🔵🟡#Rise25 pic.twitter.com/vogAulkQQR— Jack Tyler (@JackInTheBox58) April 8, 2024
Well... like the US election cycles... a full reseating year is once again upon us.
Curious to hear from our local east-standers in terms of what they plan on doing with the new (larger) student section. Will that impact your east vs west selection?
Also, what date is everyone getting? I was quite surprised that ticket selection opens on April 9 and my date is May 15. When looking at the Hokie Point system online, I'm in he top 10-15%. One month to get through ~10% seems like a long time!
NEW: A group of sports execs and college presidents is proposing a football "Super League" of 80 schools, to pay players, collectively bargain and increase revenue. "The current model for college athletics is dead."Story by @AndrewMarchand and me.https://t.co/sffsolyhrO— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) April 3, 2024
Lots of CBP Coach speak, but some good question/answers. Pate straight up asks '18-30 year olds today may not remember that when VT is running at all cylinders, it's a national championship contender. How do you remind recruits about that?'
Fun off season fodder. Enjoy.
College Football ACC Head Coach Power Rankings per @JesseReSimonton👀 Do you agree? 🤔https://t.co/OPE9nirIkU pic.twitter.com/6F5VcAnXXF— On3 (@On3sports) April 2, 2024
Yes, it's completely meaningless, but I don't care; I'm here for the offseason fodder.
NIL fundraiser! Mixture between physical items and experiences
Free shoes u and Clemson to join big10 in 2025. In talks with notre dame also
Cam Phillips, after four years of bouncing around the NFL, XFL and CFL is expected to join the football staff. The role is yet to be determined but he has been seen around the facilities the last month and Pry said he is floating around until they can lock in a specific role.
Phillips was a receiver for the Hokies from 2014 to 2017.
Looks like Josh Pate is spending the day doing all things Hokies! Could be good free publicity for sure.
Pate State 🤝 @HokiesFB pic.twitter.com/FVbAYyjsKO— Josh Pate (@LateKickJosh) March 28, 2024
Fanduel recently posted futures lines at 7.5 for VT next season (source). Feels a little low given the hype train racing down the track.
What say you? O/U 7.5?
Since we just get random nuggets and few things are full thread-worthy, creating a spot for spring updates.
A quick #Hokies football note: Per VT, safety Nyke Johnson is no longer on the roster. He and the Virginia Tech staff are exploring a non-playing role for him with the program.Johnson was a 2021 signee who tore his Achilles in winter workouts last year.— Andy Bitter (@AndyBitterVT) March 18, 2024
Fontel Mines promoted to assistant head coach per Twitter:
Let us reintroduce Coach Mines 😏Congratulations on the promotion to Assistant Head Coach! Well deserved 👏#ThisIsHome | @Coach_Mines pic.twitter.com/s3s823uFmd— Virginia Tech Football (@HokiesFB) March 18, 2024
Pry announced Tuesday morning that starting Will linebacker Keli Lawson, who had surgery for an undisclosed injury, will miss the 15 spring practices that begin Friday.
Star linebacker coach Shawn Quinn said on Feb. 20 that Lawson looked "great right now" during winter workouts and noted Lawson "was fresher" in the bowl win over Tulane.
Pry echoed that sentiment Tuesday.
"And Keli is really certainly a good athlete and had a great winter, let me say that," Pry said. "Low pad level, really looked ... he was working at a high level. Maybe the best I've seen him since I've been here, just knee bend and explosiveness and really had a good winter for us."
I know I'm a huge SZD stan, but I found this episode so interesting that I had to share here. They went over a variety of topics:
#Hokies Football Head Coach Brent Pry's opening statement at the Pre-Spring Press Conference pic.twitter.com/Wrt2x5Vm20— Kolby Crawford (@kolby_crawford) March 12, 2024
As the offseason moves forward thought it was time to turn over to 2024.
Looks as if Commanders are moving on from Joey Slye as they signed Brandon McManus to a one year deal.
I know nothing more, but welcome home!
Morgan was a second team ALL ACC for the Hokies in 2010. He bounced around pro football with the Jets and Eagles in the NFL and then played for the Richmond Raiders, New Orleans Voodoos, and the Richmond Roughriders before moving into coaching. He was the secondary coach at Emory and Henry and then the Pass Game Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Coach at Florida A&M where the Rattlers won last year's HBCU Championship.
Edited with start times. Little TV info found. (2/27)
Best schedule (with TV info) I've found FBSschedules.com spring-football-game-schedule
ACC Practices:
TBA Duke, NCSU, Stanford
2/27 SMU
2/28 Clemson
3/1 BC
3/4 Miami
3/7 Norte Dame
3/16 VT
3/18 Cal
3/19 FSU, Louisville, BooWhos, WF
3/21 Syracuse
ACC Games:
TBA Miami, SMU, Stanford
Sat 4/6
1pm Clemson
2pm NC State
Sat 4/13
BC
1pm GT
2pm Pitt
3pm VT
6pm Duke