Live Blog | The Chick-fil-A Bowl
Moderated by Chris Graham
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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 and observations.
Hokies get Vols in Chick-fil-A
Story by Chris Graham
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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 wanted to play Tennessee for a long, long time,” said Virginia Tech athletics director Jim Weaver of the Dec. 31 bowl game between Tech (9-3, 6-2 ACC) and UT (7-5, 4-4 SEC). Continue reading “Hokies get Vols in Chick-fil-A” »
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 sharpshooting of Angie Bjorklunds’ 24 points to a 77-63 victory over No. 12 Virginia.
Bjorklund made the big shots when Tennessee needed them most as the Lady Vols, making only their second ever visit to Charlottesville, avenged last season’s home loss to the Cavaliers. Continue reading “Vols knock off UVa. women in front of record crowd” »
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 fans in attendance at this year’s Virginia-Tennessee game on Sunday, Nov. 22, will receive a coupon for a free Gwaltney hot dog and a 12-ounce Pepsi. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena.
The original Hot Dog Night was Feb. 5, 1986, vs. No. 15 North Carolina in University Hall, which drew a standing room only crowd of 11,174. That mark still stands as the largest home crowd at a Virginia women’s basketball game.
Authors Chris Graham and Patrick Hite chronicled the first Hot Dog Night in their 2006 book, Mad About U: Four Decades of Basketball at University Hall, devoting an entire chapter in the book to the night, called “Leap of Faith.” Continue reading “The First Hot Dog Night” »
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 free Gwaltney hot dog and a 12-ounce Pepsi. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. at John Paul Jones Arena. Continue reading “UVa. revives Hot Dog Day for Tennessee game” »
