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Live Blog | The Chick-fil-A Bowl

   Moderated by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Join ACCVirginia.com in a Live Blog during the 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl featuring Virginia Tech (9-3) and Tennessee (7-5). The game is being broadcast nationally on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. Editor Chris Graham will offer commentary and analysis during the game. Please feel free to join in with your thoughts [...]

Posted December 31, 2009  

Hokies get Vols in Chick-fil-A

  Story by Chris Graham freepress2@ntelos.net Chick-fil-A Bowl president Gary Stokan has an interesting idea. Why not ask racing magnate Bruton Smith his thoughts about moving the Virginia Tech-Tennessee bowl matchup to Atlanta Motor Speedway to accommodate what would be expected to be intense interest among the two schools’ fan bases? “Our fan base has [...]

Posted December 6, 2009  

Vols knock off UVa. women in front of record crowd

Story by Scott German A combination of two Hall of Fame basketball coaches and free hotdogs and sodas helped the University of Virginia establish a new women’s single-game attendance record of 11,895 here Sunday afternoon in John Paul Jones Arena. Unfortunately most of fans went home disappointed as No. 6 Tennessee Vols (3-0) rode the [...]

Posted November 22, 2009  

The First Hot Dog Night

Excerpted from Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall, by Chris Graham and Patrick Hite In an effort to set a new Virginia women’s basketball single-game attendance record, the promotion that helped set the current mark 22 years ago is back on Nov. 22 vs. Tennessee – Hot Dog Night. All Cavalier [...]

Posted November 19, 2009  

UVa. revives Hot Dog Day for Tennessee game

In an effort to set a new Virginia women’s basketball single-game attendance record, the promotion that helped set the current mark 22 years ago is back on Nov. 22 vs. Tennessee – Hot Dog Day. All Cavalier fans in attendance at this year’s Virginia-Tennessee game on Sunday, Nov. 22, will receive a coupon for a [...]

Posted November 12, 2009