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GREENSBORO, N.C.span style=font-family:Prensa-Regular;--For the third time in the past four years, Virginia Tech is the media's favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference football title./span The Hokies received 50 of 98 votes from media members at the ACC Football Kickoff at the Grandover Resort, nearly twice as many as second-place Florida State. Tech and FSU were chosen to win the Coastal and Atlantic divisions, respectively....

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GREENSBORO, N.C.--span style=font-family:Prensa-Regular;When Robert Quinn learned that Virginia Tech running back Darren Evans had gone down with a season-ending knee injury last preseason, the North Carolina defensive end thought the Hokies were vulnerable./span Like most of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Quinn had never heard of Evans' replacement, Ryan Williams....

Virginia Tech#39;s players received an e-mail last week from their coaches informing them that oddsmakers had pegged Boise State as the early favorite for the teams#39; Sept. 6 season opener. It was just one more reason for the Hokies to anticipate the game. As if they didn#39;t have enough already, ...

BLACKSBURG One set of numbers says that Virginia Tech has dominated Virginia and North Carolina and been a superior football program to both in the past six seasons. Another set of stats tells a surprising tale: The Cavaliers and Tar Heels have each plucked key prospects from the Hokies and are so far out-recruiting Tech in the Class of 2011.

By Hank Kurz Jr. RICHMOND Virginia Tech baseball coach Pete Hughes never met New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, and always rooted against his team as a devout Boston Red Sox fan. But in 2008, he said Steinbrenner became part of the Hokies history forever.

By Hank Kurz Jr. RICHMOND Virginia Tech baseball coach Pete Hughes never met New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, and always rooted against his team as a devout Boston Red Sox fan. But in 2008, he said Steinbrenner became part of the Hokies history forever.

Tahrick is headed to Texas Tech and Nubian was granted his release on Thursday.brpThe plan was for both Peak brothers to be on the Virginia Tech football team this year./p pBut neither one will be./p pFormer Pulaski County linebacker Tahrick Peak, who signed with the Hokies in February, is now headed to Texas Tech instead./pa href="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1618100@Position4"img src="http://oas.roanoke.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.cgi/www.roanoke.com/rss/1618100@Position4" alt="Advertisement"/img/a

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