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North Carolina football coach Butch Davis talks with the media. UNC (6-3, 3-2 ACC) hosts Virginia Tech (7-2, 5-0 ACC) on Saturday. “A couple things looking back at Saturday, special teams, with the exception of the last kickoff return that put it in jeopardy and peril, I thought our coverage units did a really good…
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Virginia football coach Mike London talks with the news media. UVa. (4-5, 1-4 ACC) hosts Maryland (6-3, 3-2 ACC) on Saturday. What is your strategy on guys returning kicks from four or five yards deep in the end zone? It depends on who’s back there, number one. And then obviously the returner’s got to see…
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Maryland football coach Ralph Friedgen talks with the media. Maryland (6-3, 3-2 ACC) plays at Virginia (4-5, 1-4 ACC) on Saturday. On an overall message to the team this week after a tough loss “I told the team yesterday that it was a very tough defeat. Our kids played extremely hard and it was a…
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Housing affordability is a critical challenge throughout Virginia—a challenge heightened by the recent recession and continuing economic turmoil, as well as problems with transportation and sprawl development, according to a report released today by Housing Virginia and the Southern Environmental Law Center. In addition to examining these problems, the organizations outline a range of practical,…
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The Waynesboro-based DuPont Community Credit Union won a pair of first-place honors among three awards given recently by the Virginia Credit Union League and the Credit Union National Association. DCCU won first place in the Desjardins Youth Financial Education Awards for credit unions. The Desjardins Awards honor credit unions for their commitment to teaching personal…
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No, I’m not writing about my wife talking back to me, but rather giving her a chance to speak her mind after all these columns in which I’ve spoken for her. To be fair (to me), I always run any column about her, by her, before publication. That doesn’t mean I make any changes, but…
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“Don’t know much about technology, Don’t know much about a Blackberry . . .” – from “Wonderful World,” (1960), with apologies to the late Sam Cooke It appears to be a phenomenon emerging at more and more meetings, conferences and other group proceedings. I gaze around the room, and virtually every participant is staring into…
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Tom Perriello was the underdog yet again, and yet again got caught up in a political wave. The only difference – this one forced him to swim against the current. “I think what really torpedoed his chances here was the D next to his name,” said Isaac Wood, the House race editor at the University…
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Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the news media on Tuesday. Virginia Tech (6-2, 4-0 ACC) hosts Georgia Tech (5-3, 3-2 ACC) on Thursday night. Opening Statement The thing with Georgia Tech, of course, is trying to get ready for a different offense in a short period of time, against a quarterback that’s…
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Georgia Tech football coach Paul Johnson talks with members of the news media on Monday. Georgia Tech (5-3, 3-2 ACC) plays Virginia Tech (6-2, 4-0 ACC) on Thursday. Opening Statement It was good to get a little downtime. Last week we gave the players a couple of days off, took the weekend off and now…
