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College QB Beaten Up By Opposing Players Day Before Game [Update]
Rudy Johnson, quarterback for D-II Winston-Salem State, was reportedly assaulted and hospitalized by five members of the Virginia State team this afternoon, according to the Winston-Salem Journal....

Duke Wins At No. 14 Virginia Tech, May Not Totally Suck This Year
Blue Devils football, heretofore a model of futility, managed to roll into Blacksburg, Va., today and slip past a Virginia Team that was favored by almost two touchdowns. The 13-10 win made Duke bowl-eligible for a second straight year — a feat for a team that has played only nine bowl games, none o...

Which TV Market's Getting Screwed Today? Your Week 3 NFL Viewing Maps
A guide to the best and worst of the NFL slate (and to which fans are stuck with the most of worst). Maps via 506sports.com. ...

This Might Soon Be An Actual Virginia Tech Helmet
This design, featuring a representation of the "Hokie Stone" dolomitic limestone endemic to the Blacksburg campus, has been floating around for a couple of days. Today came confirmation: it's real....

The Nation's Best Players Who Will Be Ignored By Heisman Voters
Each week, Football Outsiders recognizes the most outstanding college linemen, defenders and other darkhorses from the previous weekend who are habitually overlooked in the hype for that other award (you know, that one, whatever it's called). These are the Lowsmen....

Politics Is Dirtier Than Usual In Virginia
This is a delicious bit of political gamesmanship in the race for Virginia governor. The University of Virginia hosts BYU today at 3:30 p.m. and at 5:30 p.m. Virginia Tech and Alabama will kickoff at the Georgia Dome. Naturally, both games provide large, captive audiences for the candidates to infl...

Virginia's Mike London "Formerly" Extends Scholarship Offer
The University of Virginia is one of America's most august institutions of higher learning, and most alumni know that very well. Head coach Mike London was not a Wahoo; while he will hear grumbles for "formerly" extending a written scholarship offer, UVa fans will also be happy to not claim him....

WVU Player Commits Robbery In Team-Issued Sweatpants, Gets Arrested
When robbing someone, make sure your victim can't identify you by your football team number plastered on your pants....

Virginia Tech Is Making Perfume And Cologne Now
Everyone wants to smell like a hokie, right? Right. Well, if you're a Virginia Tech student, or alumnus, or hanger-on, you'll soon be able to do just that. VT is developing fragrances for men and women. ...

Why Did Geno Smith <em>Really</em> Fire His Agents?
Geno Smith fell to the second round of the NFL draft, 39th overall. It wasn't unfathomable, but it was toward the most pessimistic end of the most pessimistic projections. Then, weird stuff happened: Smith fired his agents. His agents went to the media, anonymously claiming that Smith was disappoint...

West Virginia TV Station Graphic Refers To WVU Football Coach As "Dana Horsewomen"
West Virginia's not known for its excelsior journalism, but Charleston/Huntington NBC affiliate WSAZ has long been the flagship for getting it right in the Mountain State and is, seriously, a fantastic news operation. Alas, the auto-correct bug can bite even the most seasoned TV vets, as we assume...

Coach K Hates Fun And Games
A wonderful thing happened in Charlottesville, Va., last night: the Virginia Cavaliers defeated No. 3 Duke, 73-68. Duke losses are always something we, united in our reasonable hatred of the Blue Devils, can collectively appreciate; that this one came against an unranked bubble team playing on it...

Virginia Tech's Kicker Pepper-Sprayed A Buffalo Wild Wings Last Week
"Stuff like this happens," Cody Journell said. And he's right. Who hasn't been in a restaurant pleasantly minding one's business only to have to rush outside all of a sudden because some dipshit suddenly released the trigger on a can of pepper spray? Like Journell said, it happens. He ought to know....

Did A Virginia Tech Player Pretend To Shoot A Machine Gun At A Rutgers Player?
Above, freshman cornerback Donaldven Manning (wearing #30)—who was nearly kicked off the team as recently as November after racking up two misdemeanors and three minor traffic charges since arriving in Blacksburg last January—shit-talking Rutgers during the Russell Athletic Bowl by, it looks like,...

Virginia Tech Cornerback Antone Exum Took Some Random Kids At Best Buy On A $470 Shopping Spree
The NCAA allows bowl participants to accept sponsors' gifts up to $550 in value, and for players competing in Friday's Russell Athletic Bowl most of that value came in a $470 Best Buy gift card. That's valuable potential swag for most college kids, but Hokies defensive back Antone Exum—caught up in...

Forbes's 2012 List Of The Most Valuable Teams In College Football Reads A Lot Like The 1936 AP Poll
Forbes's latest best guess at the most valuable college football programs is out, and if you're a Texas fan, congratulations: Your slavering devotion to the Death Star of the Big 12 has paid off once again. You're number one! Granted, you're in the "also receiving votes" category in the AP's poll of...

