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Per Andrea Adelson (ESPN) Miami OL Taylor Gadbois Dismissed from the Team

Gadbois started four games last season and was expected to be the starter at right tackle, however he did not start against Virginia Tech.

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Donate to Hokie Club 110% by 7/1, View Team Walk-through + Tour Indoor Practice Facility on 10/2

Wanted to send a reminder out there that if you donate to the Hokie Club 110% of what you donated last year then you get to tour the indoor practice facility the Friday before the Pittsburgh game. If you are a new donor you need to give at least $110 to be part of the Hokie Club 110% campaign.

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Foster is Top Dog on Third down

http://coachingsearch.com/article?a=Chart-The-top-defensive-3rd-down-playcallers-over-the-past-3-years

Off course this article doesn't quite have the depth of analysis that our TKP guys provide but anything related to Bud Foster being number 1 over the past 3 years is worth mentioning.

Best in the country on preventing 3 rd down conversions..Go Bud Go

On a side note...I wish Sam Rogers could also play defense.

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Football Uniform Has Same Short Shoulder Stripes

Looks like it is official that we will be keep the same short stripes as last year. There was some discussion that we may move to longer stripes, similar to LSU, but these don't look to be as long.

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Hokies DE Dewayne Alford Transferred to South Alabama

Dewayne Alford left the Virginia Tech football program before spring practice. South Alabama head football coach Joey Jones announced Tuesday that Dewayne Alford has enrolled in school and will join the program in the fall. Virginia Tech degree in-hand (or framed on a wall, or stuffed in the back of a closet) Alford will have two years of eligibility remaining.

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ACC Blog- Future questions loom at Virginia Tech

http://espn.go.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/82752/future-questions-loom-at-vir...

Thoughts:

Unfortunately, I agree with the author. It's an extremely delicate time for Tech football. If we mess up and get 7-8 wins again next season, I'm afraid we're going to start a spiral into mediocrity that will be hard to get out of. Beamer should start thinking of stepping aside at that point. However, if we do well and get 9 or more wins, we will be able to keep the ship steady until Beamer decides to hang the boots 2016-2017.

Basically, next season is the pivotal season for VT Football and its future. Thoughts?

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Jon Laaser is new voice of the Hokies

David Teel of the Daily Press has the information on Laaser's hire (http://www.dailypress.com/sports/teel-blog/dp-teel-time-laaser-vt-post.html).

Jon Laaser, the director of broadcasting for the Richmond Flying Squirrels baseball team since 2010, is the new voice of Virginia Tech athletics.

The school and IMG College, which produces Hokies radio broadcasts, are announcing the hiring Tuesday.

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Article ideas for a slow summer

Hey Joe,

To tide us over the summer (and to better help prepare us gear up for our season opener) - perhaps you and the rest of the staff can breakdown anOSU's nice run in the play offs (or season)? I'd like to see how they beat up on that vaunted Bama D in detail, and how they crushed Whisky and shut down their excellent ground game. It'll be helpfull for us lay folks to get a sense of what they did and how they might do it against us. Thanks!

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Virginia Tech and Bud Foster are Top Third Down Defense Over Last 3 Seasons

Chris Vannini at coachingsearch.com crunched the numbers (http://coachingsearch.com/article?a=Chart-The-top-defensive-3rd-down-pla...). Hokies have allowed just 170 third down conversions on 586 attempts over the last three seasons. Bud Foster remains the best in the business.

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More praise for Bucky Hodges

This time from Profootballfocus and their new college football section. Not sure I agree with all of it, but here it is...

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2015/06/16/college-fantasy-footbal...

If you've never heard the name Bucky Hodges, you either don't follow college football closely and wait for NFL production, or simply haven't had the pleasure.

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