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Virginia Tech has given football defensive coordinator Bud Foster plenty of reason to stay on the job for another five years.

Virginia tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster has agreed to a new deal with the Hokies that will likely keep him in Blacksburg for the next five years.

And here's everything else I have from tonight on the breaking Bud Foster news. Sounds like the Hokies' defensive coordinator whose crew has ranked no worse than 13th nationally in yards allowed for six straight seasons was a hot commodity this year.

BLACKSBURG A sidewalk winds from Virginia Tech's football locker room at the Merryman Center to the tunnel the Hokies walk through when they enter Lane Stadium.

No. 25 North Carolina is one win away from posting its highest-win total since Mack Brown's final season a dozen years ago.

Cornerback Rashad Carmichael said that when he received his weekly DVD featuring clips of Virginia Tech's next opponent, the disc for Virginia featured an uncommon section.

It took 11 games, but the Wild Turkey finally reappeared - and fittingly, on Senior Day.

16 Virginia Tech 's 38-10 win Saturday against North Carolina State, running back Ryan Williams had put in enough work to have time for a brief discussion with teammate Darren Evans.

NC State faces Virginia Tech today in the final road game of the season for the Wolfpack.

Disappointment doesn't linger long with Virginia Tech's football team. People still question whether the 20th-ranked Hokies have anything to play for, now that they are completely eliminated from the national championship and ACC title races.

The 20th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies will attempt to beat the Maryland Terrapins for the fifth straight time in the series between the familiar ACC foes.

The Hokies are back on the road a second straight week, traveling to Maryland for Saturday's game with the Terps.

Williams sets career high, makes history: Tech tailback Ryan Williams enjoyed a career evening in Greenville, N.C., when he rushed for a career-high 179 yards on 26 carries, surpassing his previous career high of 164 yards against Marshall earlier this season.

This evening, Virginia Tech was an 11A1 2 point favorite at East Carolina. Late in the game, East Carolina trailed 13-3, facing a third-and-13 from their own 16-yard line.

GREENVILLE, N.C. Arrrgggh, matey, the Virginia Tech Hokies needed this one. They needed to avoid losing three games in a row.

Tyrod Taylor rushed for a touchdown and threw for 137 yards, as the 22nd-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies beat the East Carolina Pirates, 16-3, in a non-conference matchup at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

Cody Grimm has seen all the replays of critical errors he can stand of how No. 22 Virginia Tech 's defense just isn't living up to standards.

The 22nd-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies will attempt to avoid their first three-game losing skid since the 2003 season when they battle the East Carolina Pirates in non-conference action.

For the second week in a row, the Hokies play on Thursday night, this week at East Carolina.

The season started like a pot of gold for Virginia Tech football players, but little by little their pockets have been picked, and the Hokies' hopes of a national championship have been robbed.