VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES RUMORS & GOSSIP

Russell Athletic: Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech

Russell Athletic Bowl Rutgers Scarlet Knights 9-3 vs Virginia Tech Hokies 6-6 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Overall record: 9 – 3 Conference record: 5 – 2 Finished 3rd in the Big East behind Louisville and Cincinnati. Rutgers lost only 3 games and still finished 3rd in the Big East. The top two teams, Louisville and Cincinnati both won 10 games. The Scarlet Knights lost to Louisville...
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2 days ago  |  Discuss

SR.com TV: Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer speaks with media at the official Russell Athletic Bowl press conference. Beamer discussed the similarities between Rutgers and the Hokies, saying both are based on recruiting the right kinds of kids and working hard.
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3 days ago  |  Discuss

Hokies to honor CT shooting victims with decal

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Virginia Tech won't be thinking only about football when the Hokies take the field during the Russell Athletic Bowl on Friday. The team will also have the victims of the mass shooting in Connecticut in mind, by honoring them with a special helmet decal. Hokies players will wear the decal on the side of their helmets this week during practice in place of...
Via Fox Sports Florida
4 days ago  |  Discuss

Virginia Tech helmets to honor Shady Hook and Virginia Tech victims

Five and a half years ago Virgina Tech dealt with the deadliest school shooting in history when 32 lives were taken. Just over two weeks ago 26 victims were killed at Shady Hook Elementary School in Newton, Conn. “It’s just one of those things that we’ve been through what those people up in Sandy Hook are going through,” Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said according to...
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4 days ago  |  Discuss

Hokie Helmets Honor Newtown, Blacksburg

The latest helmet trotted out by Virginia Tech this season might be its best one yet. The matte,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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4 days ago  |  Discuss
NEVER FORGET

VT to honor shooting victims with decal

Virginia Tech is planning to honor the shooting victims in Newtown and from the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings with a helmet decal.

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5 days ago  |  Discuss

Hokies to wear special decal for Sandy Hook victims

There have been many tributes made towards the victims of the Sandy Hook elementary tragedy. Several athletes and teams have honored them in various ways, and each in itself has been touching. But no institution may have a better understanding of what the Newtown, CT community is going through than those at Virginia Tech. It [...]
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5 days ago  |  Discuss

Virginia Tech DB Antone Exum Has the Holiday Spirit

Everyone loves a touching story, especially around Christmas time, and we here at HSH are no different. Professional athletes have their charity work highlighted during games or commercials, in interviews and on the internet. We don’t usually hear about college players’ charity work. That’s not because it doesn’t happen, but because they are student athletes … Continue reading »
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5 days ago  |  Discuss
IN THE SPIRIT

VT CB's awesome Christmas gesture

A Virginia Tech player decided to spend his bowl game gift on some young kids he just met in a store to give them a nice Christmas.

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6 days ago  |  3 Comments

Virginia Tech Will Wear New Helmet in Bowl

Virginia Tech and Frank Beamer need to just stop. The Hokies will be playing Rutgers in the Russell Athletic Bowl and when they do they will be wearing another new helmet. The new helmet is a maroon, matte one, with no distinguishing marks except for a Russell Athletic Bowl sticker on the back. This has [...]
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9 days ago  |  Discuss

Virginia Tech AD Jim Weaver on SEC: There may potentially be some interest

Rutgers and Maryland are moving to the Big 10 and once again the movement of a few teams may have stirred up the talk of more teams jumping from their conferences into the major conferences. The latest interesting comments come from Virginia Tech Athletic Director Jim Weaver, who let a little comment slip about the Hokies and the SEC. Weaver was asked whether he thought the SEC...
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November 21, 2012  |  Discuss
GOBBLE GOBBLE

VT wears turkey helmets for Thanksgiving

The Virginia Tech Hokies football squad is taking on Boston College today and with Thanksgiving just a few days away, the Hokies debuted a brand new helmet design.  A white helmet, with a pencil-thin numbers on one side and a flexing turkey on the other.  Its pretty awesome.  The picture was tweeted out by the VT Equipment Room, who apparently have their own Twitter account, with...
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November 17, 2012  |  Discuss
JUST LOUNGING

VT defender makes interception laying down

Consider this a tribute to the millions of college football fans watching this while laying down comfortably on their couch. Virginia Tech’s Michael Cole intercepted Clemson QB Tajh Boyd from his backside in the 1st quarter on Saturday, pulling off what might be the best takeaway we see all year. He slipped, he fell, he [...]
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October 20, 2012  |  Discuss

Video: Dyrell Roberts breaks the oldest rule in the book

They always say never run with scissors, but Dyrell Roberts must have missed that in kindergarten.According to USAToday.com, Virginia Tech wide receiver Dyrell Roberts found a pair of scissors near the line of scrimmage. Officials stopped play with 2:57 left in the first quarter, with Virginia Tech on offense, as Roberts then ran the scissors back to the sideline.So how did the...
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October 06, 2012  |  Discuss
FOWL PLAY

Virginia Tech unveils new whiteout helmet

New helmets and jerseys seem to be popping up every day during college football's offseason. Northwestern, Mississippi State, Nebraska and...
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August 11, 2012  |  Discuss
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