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Virginia Tech Hokies vs Arkansas State Red Wolves
September 17, 2011 – Lane Stadium - Blacksburg, VA
Kickoff – 4:00pm (4:08pm)
TV – Regional Sports Network (Televised locally on Comcast) Fox Sports everywhere else – not in Virginia
It’s hard to believe we’re going into the third game of the 2011 season. Anyone who followed last week’s ECU game should have remembered the first game Tyrod played on the road. Ugh! At least we came out with a win this time. Coach Beamer said that he took responsibility for not having the team prepared for that game. He said a lot of new faces were there to play at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and had never experienced the sites and sounds of this rauchous crowd. Bottom line, we learned as a team and its time to move on……..
White Out! Why Not?
Saturday will be the 4th annual White Out game so don’t forget to wear WHITE and bring a book to donate for Herma’s Readers http://www.hermasreaders.com/
Tech has announced a special white uniform for Saturday’s game. The helmet will feature the logo (TV) worn on the helmets from 1974-77 (Mary Hughes). Preliminary forecast shows that it may be a little cool (65) so be prepared.
ACC Announces Conference-Wide Football Military Appreciation Day Initiative
League schools will honor our nation’s military at a 2011 home football game
GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference announced today (Sept. 12) a conference-wide initiative to honor our nation’s military throughout the 2011 ACC Football season at both the conference and institutional level. Each ACC institution has selected one home contest that will serve as its part of the effort.
The initiative will vary from campus to campus, but all ACC Military Appreciation Days will have several common elements. Each school will host and honor a member of the Wounded Warrior Project, an organization whose mission is to honor and empower wounded warriors. WWP serves to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service men and women, to help injured service members aid and assist each other and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. Each school will also pay tribute to veterans during the course of the game and will promote the initiative through ACC Military Appreciation Day videoboard and ribbon board graphics provided by the conference office.
“The Atlantic Coast Conference and its member institutions believe it is important to honor the sacrifices that the members of the United States Armed Forces make on our behalf every day,” said ACC Commissioner John Swofford. “We are all dedicated to saluting the men and women who protect and serve our country and this collective effort is just one way for us to show our appreciation.”
Virginia Tech – Saturday September 17th – please plan to attend early so that we may honor those that have been wounded while defending our country. A special flyover has been planned by a Boeing C-17
Countdown to Kickoff
10 Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer is just the 10th FBS/Division I-A coach to have ever won 200 or more games at one school.
9 Tech has intercepted at least on pass in nine straight games.
8 Jayron Hosley now ranks eighth all-time in punt return yards at Tech with 676.
7 Danny Coale currently stands seventh among Tech players in career receptions (109) and reception yards (1,804).
6 Offensive guard Greg Nosal led the Hokies’ offensive line with six knockdown blocks against East Carolina.
5 Five sacks were recorded or shared by six Tech players during the ECU game.
4 Jarrett Boykin caught four passes at ECU to become the Hokies’ all-time leader in pass receptions with 129.
3 All three previous games with Arkansas State have been played at Lane Stadium.
2 David Wilson has rushed for over 100 yards in each of Tech’s first two games of 2011.
1 Opponents have been charged with a combined total of one penalty during Virginia Tech’s first two games.
App State tailgate - about to get hit with a storm....the Fort survived!
Fort Hokie Tailgate Fare
Head Count as of Monday- 14-16
This week’s menu will feature Napa Valley Basil-Smoked Burgers with cajun seasoned Buffalo Chips
Gary and Sharon (2) - Napa Valley Basil Smoked Burgers, Fried Pickles
Cliff and Mary (2) - Buffalo Chips (aka Orgasmic potatoes)
Mary B (1) – Banana Bread, Pasta Salad
Billy and Pat (4)– Pre game and post game munchies – (enough cheese slaw for a small army)
Reid and April (2)- Dessert
Beer Wench and the Wenchettes (4)- whatever Sharon decides to whip up from the Southern Living cookbook
Don’t forget, we’re in Lot 9 this year. We’re not sure of the spot so look for the trailer,tents, and flags. See you there!
