There are games that are fun.  There are games that are really fun.  And then there is occasionally that special, rare game this is a badass, old-fashioned, hell of a good time.  Our 48-14 beatdown of the Boston College Eagle was the latter and almost enough to exorcise the demons of Matt Ryan.  At some[...] Continued Here >>

Good googly moogly we are excited about tomorrow night’s game.  Va. Tech vs. Boston College, Thursday night, ESPN.  We live for this.  Your #17 Va. Tech Hokies are 12-1 on Thursday nights (our only loss was to BC in 1995….sweet, sweet revenge shall be ours, Eagle!).  This is the defining moment of the 2006 season.  If we[...] Continued Here >>

Truly a historic day, we’re less than an hour away from NASA bombing the moon. That’s right. Say what you will about any current or impending U.S. military engagements, really an argument for another website. But even George W. Bush thinks bombing the moon is brazen. You’ve got some brass ones, NASA. Alright, on to other matters. On the heels[...] Continued Here >>

Weaver, how could you do this to us?  What about the Pulaski Accords?  We thought finally this war between tailgators and people who suck had come to an end.  What’s wrong with the mutually agreed upon semi-respectable 1:30 kickoff?  Don’t get us wrong, it’s no 3:30 game, but it is at least reasonable and rational.  A noon kickoff?  Most students will[...] Continued Here >>

The only thing better than beating Miami is beating cocky, arrogant, overconfident Miami.  Jacory Who?  Heisman what?  Swagger when?  Pink suit where?  Pimp cup how? All week all we heard was about how the U is back.  And they are.  Back to finishing second in the ACC Coastal.  For the better part of two decades,[...] Continued Here >>

I swear, I’ve never seen a 9-11 matchup where the #11 team had absolutely NO chance.  This is great, I thought no one was giving us a chance last week, apparently we might as well not even line up tomorrow.  Just give Miami the game, crown them ’09 ACC Champs and send them to the[...] Continued Here >>

At least we are an exciting team.  Six days later we remain exhausted, physically and emotionally, from alternating screams of joy at our luck and profanity at our offensive uncoordinator.  Yes, faithful readers, if you yell at Stinesping loud enough from the East Side stands, he can hear you in the press box.  But try[...] Continued Here >>

All offseason we were promised change.  An improved offense.  The best offensive line in years.  We are going to throw downfield.  A renewed approach to moving the football.  Throwing to the tight end.  Stretching the field.  Pass protection for the quarterback.  This time we mean it. We were, of course, skeptical.  Let’s face it, we’ve heard this song and[...] Continued Here >>

And we’re live in 5, 4, 3, …., …. It feels like only moments ago that Coach Beamer, proudly wearing his 3XL Orange Bowl champions t-shirt, hoisted the trophy (which apparently is just a giant bowl of oranges) over his head following a much-more-difficult-than-it-should-have-been BCS victory over the Cincinnati Bearcats raising three interesting points: (1)[...] Continued Here >>

Another regular season behind us, another ACC Championship, another trip to the Orange Bowl, and another year of wondering what Acme Corporation strategy our offensive coordinator, Wile E. Coyote, will employ this week to try to catch the road runner.  This has been the most emotionally draining season we can ever remember….and in just a[...] Continued Here >>

Can anyone tell me why in the hell there’s someone in a bear costume holding a stuffed fish — presumably a salmon — sitting amongst the Midshipmen?  Just curious. OC Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments[...] Continued Here >>

After suffering through what seems like decades (but was really only four years) in Jacksonville, the Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game moves to sunny Tampa, Florida.  Some say Tampa is simply the Jacksonville of the West Coast, but they couldn’t be more wrong.  Jacksonville is a Navy town; Tampa is Air Force.  Jacksonville is the[...] Continued Here >>

This year is now about a series of one-game mini-seasons.  What’s past is prologue.  Admittedly, that past includes a nearly pathetic loss to Duke in a game rivaling the 1-point overtime missed extra point “victory” at Temple for supremacy on the list of Games We Didn’t Really Win.  All that matters now is Virginia.  It[...] Continued Here >>

It is a week of good and bad. Let’s start with the bad.

For those still in denial, we lost to Miami 16-14 despite yet another dominating defensive performance which marked the four hundredth time in the last eight seasons our offense has failed to deliver a game the defense has easily won for them. This time there are two things to blame: Beamer’s refusal to kick the damn field goal and the inexplicable ineptitude that the average fan more commonly refers to as When We Have The Ball.

It was bound to happen sooner or later.  After 14 years of writing this column, life finally got in the way.  And considering it was a Thursday night game….well, you know it must have been rather serious.  Because we are Tech fans and nothing takes us away from a Thursday night game.  Especially not this[...] Continued Here >>

If the “offense” can take one, why can’t we?  Tailgate Fever will return after these messages. Poor Tyrod Taylor.  A horrible game against BC.  He struggled throwing the ball and when he did find receivers the ball, literally, bounced off their hands (and helmets).  You’ve got to feel bad for him.  He is a great[...] Continued Here >>

With a successful week against Open behind us, we reach the season’s halfway point at 5-1 and in as good a position as you could have dared to dream.  Saturday night at 8PM on ESPN2 your #17 Va. Tech Hokies take on the Might Fighting Ghosts of Matt Ryan in scenic Boston, Massachusetts (home to[...] Continued Here >>

An amazing victory over Nebraska, 35-30, is exactly what we needed.  We are 4-1, ranked #20, and ready to face the real Big Red….the Mighty Fighting Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky University. Things We Learned This Weekend Nebraskans are the nicest people ever.  Freakishly so.  There is no better fan base in America than the Nebraska[...] Continued Here >>

We are invincible.  No, not the storied Va. Tech defense or the ridiculed Hokie offense.  Not even our legendary special teams, who failed to block a kick last week for the first time all season.  We are invincible.  Us.  Tailgate Fever.  Our crack research team, which has until this point relied on a magic eight[...] Continued Here >>

Due to the possibility that we are on our deathbed (fine, it’s just a cold…..ladies, we are confident that you can vouch for the fact that there is no bigger baby on this planet than a guy with a minor head cold), you get an abridged version of this week’s Hokie Update.  Now with antihistamines. [...] Continued Here >>

Gameday is finally here. Real gameday. Not neutral site gameday. Not I-AA opponent gameday. A real home game, against a real opponent, at a real kickoff time gameday. And not a moment too soon with Techtown on the brink of implosion due to a lack of proper tailgating. If Beamer would just realize that tailgating solves most football fans’ woes, he[...] Continued Here >>

How does one even begin to discuss the events of last Saturday? It would be insulting to the game to describe the garbage on display against East Carolina as football. Ridiculous, embarrassing, what a freaking joke all come to mind. The more time that goes by the more difficulty we have believing we lost. To a directional school. A good[...] Continued Here >>

Play this now.   And with that out of the way, welcome to the 14th season of the Hokie Update, now with Splenda. Not surprisingly we have a serious case of tailgate fever.   In the hierarchy of things that are great, it goes: napping, napping in the sun, catching a foul ball, a perfectly mixed[...] Continued Here >>

Much to the amazement of NCAA officials, NIT Fever is sweeping the nation, and your Va. Tech Hokies take on M-i-crooked-letter-crooked-letter-i-crooked-letter-i-humpback-humpack-i at 7PM Wednesday in Blacksburg.  NIT ratings continue to soar on the worldwide leader in sports leading Disney/ABC officials to announce that ESPN2 would focus solely on the NIT due to it’s overwhelming national[...] Continued Here >>

When you are a second rate post season college basketball tournament, let’s say, the NCAA, it can be difficult to get media attention without silly catch phrases such as March Madness, Sweet 16, bracketology, and everything Billy Packer says. But the NIT is different.  With a storied history, beginning in 1938, a whole year before the NCAA, the NIT doesn’t[...] Continued Here >>