Hokies' victory is sweeter this season
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MIAMI -- Bryan Randall grabbed a set of Mardi Gras beads and waved them aloft, while his teammates exalted in the prospect of a trip to New Orleans.
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It may be early in the Big East Conference race, but the winner of Thursday night&#39;s Syracuse-West Virginia game (7:30 pm ET, ESPN) will be the favorite and control its own destiny in terms
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Deron Washington had 22 points and 10 rebounds, A.D. Vassallo also scored 22 points, and Jamon Gordon had 15 points and six assists as Virginia Tech beat visiting Virginia, 84-57, yesterday, giving the Hokies their first win in five meetings.
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BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The Northeastern football squad is accustomed to making trips to Virginia to play the likes of James Madison, Richmond, and William &amp; Mary, but the Huskies got a taste of the best Virginia has to offer in their season opener yesterday.
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Virginia Tech is playing not only to capture its first victory in a BCS game against Kansas in the Orange Bowl, but also to improve the ACC's dubious BCS record.
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Virginia Tech now can proclaim itself the ACC&#39;s best team - and no one can argue. The 10th-ranked Hokies capped their inaugural ACC season with the league&#39;s outright championship, getting two touchdown passes
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For the No. 8 Kentucky Wildcats, this has been a season in which winning has bred confidence, and confidence has bred more winning.
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BLACKSBURG - For the first time in the 86-game history of the Virginia-Virginia Tech football rivalry, chants of &quot;ACC, ACC&quot; echoed in the Hokies&#39; cheering section Saturday.
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AUSTIN, Texas -- In the grand tapestry of a college football regular season, it was only a fragment. The winner had bragging rights, for sure. And the No. 1 ranking, which is only cosmetic at this point.
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Virginia Tech's Hank Thorns scores nine of 11 points in overtime and Deron Washington has 19 and eight rebounds to lift the Hokies to an 81-73 win against Boston College.
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Defensively dominant and offensively unstoppable, at least so far, No. 12 Virginia started the season with three straight wins for the first time since 1998 with a 51-0 victory against Akron on Saturday.
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Once a target of fans' scorn, Hokies quarterback Bryan Randall has turned it around during his senior season and figures to get the loudest cheers in his final home game.
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Virginia Tech has staved off the late- season fade of recent years and finds itself playing Miami for the ACC title and an automatic BCS berth.
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It was not as easy as expected but No. 9 Virginia Tech opens its football season Saturday with a 17-7 victory over East Carolina on an emotional day in Blacksburg.
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Virginia Tech looks to start fresh this week as the 18th-ranked Hokies hope to get back on track at home against Ohio.
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Virginia Tech opened the season unranked but climbed to No. 15 with a 7-2 record going into Thursday night's game against Maryland.
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The Hokies have scored just three touchdowns on offense the last three games. They hope to find their groove against Florida A&M, which has been thumped by weak teams.