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Virginia Tech senior Cody Grimm and freshman Ryan Williams were honored by the ACC Monday for their play at East Carolina.

You can go ahead and file this one under ugly defensive battle, or the laymana TMs term: Beamerball.

Virginia Tech's season changed course during the past two games, from national-championship chase to trying to avoid becoming an ACC also-ran, partly because the Hokies' defense couldn't do something it usually does so well: get opponents off the field.

Virginia Tech's Seth Greenberg begins his seventh season as the head basketball coach in Blacksburg ... named the ACC Coach of the Year twice in the school's first five years in the league, Greenberg is 107-85 in his six seasons with the Hokies ... over the past three years, Tech is 26-22 in ACC regular season play and has averaged 20.7 wins per ...

Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes was suspended for trying to gouge the eyes of Georgia's Washaun Ealey.

BLACKSBURG, VA. -- Just like last season, the Virginia Tech football team stands at 5-3 after two consecutive losses. But unlike last season, the Hokies' chances of defending their ACC championship appear bleak.

As 22nd-ranked Virginia Tech prepares to play at East Carolina (5-3) on Thursday night, its players and coaches have each found their own motivations: aiming for 10 wins, avoiding another loss, playing for pride.

'We ended up the [last] season feeling good about ourselves,' Coach Frank Beamer said. 'And that's what needs to take place now.'

It has no bearing on East Carolina's position in the Conference USA race, but today's visit from No.

The shocking loss last week to North Carolina still has a sour taste in the mouth of the No.

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.

BLACKSBURG From the sideline, Virginia Tech linebacker Lyndell Gibson watched the first-team defense during practice, paying close attention to Jake Johnson, whom Gibson was backing up.

Regardless of how Virginia Tech has played during the regular season, one thing is always guaranteed for a Thursday night game.A Lane Stadium will be electric.

The No. 17 Florida State volleyball had a very happy Halloween in Blacksburg, Va.

In week nine of our Thursday night primer, the National Football Post highlights some of the keys to tonight's Virginia Tech-North Carolina game, including top players and matchups that NFL scouts will be watching.

Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez dismissed cornerback Boubacar Cissoko for violating team rules on Tuesday.

Eight games into last season, Virginia Tech's offense needed a jolt as the Hokies prepared for their first Thursday night game of the year, against Maryland.

Two Thursday night ACC games in a row, and North Carolina is still looking for it's first conference win.

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The North Carolina Tar Heels have the unenviable task of playing the 14th-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies under the lights in Blacksburg on Thursday night.

Inside Carolina takes an in-depth look at Virginia Tech, as the Tar Heels travel to Blacksburg for a Thursday night showdown with the Hokies at Lane Stadium .

Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson said no one from the ACC office called to inform him his players made illegal blocks in his team's 28-23 defeat of Virginia Tech two weeks ago.