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The news from Virginia football camp: UVa. is still trying to figure out its running-back situation, and how stud offensive-line recruit Morgan Moses will fit in this fall. “He came here to play, and he will play,” coach Mike London told reporters on a conference call Wednesday morning. It’s T-minus 17 days until the Sept….
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Four defenders of academic freedom have joined forces to file an amicus brief asking a Virginia judge to set aside a demand from Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli for documents related to the research of a global warming expert once employed by the University of Virginia. Signing the amicus brief, filed on Tuesday in Albemarle…
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Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer announced Monday that redshirt freshman Logan Thomas has been named the No. 2 quarterback behind senior Tyrod Taylor. Redshirt sophomore Ju-Ju Clayton will be the No. 3 signal-caller. “We’re fortunate to have two quality backups at quarterback, both of whom are at a stage that they can go in…
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The James Madison University football squad is ranked 15th in The Sports Network/Fathead.com Top 25 Preseason Poll, announced on Monday by the news service. The poll is voted on by national media members and Football Championship Subdivision sports information directors. JMU ended its 2009 season with a four-game winning streak that pushed the Dukes’ final…
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Growth in the commercial sector in the West End has buttressed the Waynesboro economy from the worst effects of the ongoing economic slowdown, but that growth has come with a price in the form of traffic congestion on the Lew DeWitt Boulevard-Rosser Avenue corridor. it stands to reason that the explosion in retail that pulls…
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– Boston College: A long list of concerns – Clemson: Tough group ready for another title-game run – Duke: ‘We believe that we can be a bowl team’ – Florida State: Ch-ch-ch-ch-anges – Georgia Tech: A step back? – Maryland: The end of an era? – Miami: Nine wins won’t be enough – North Carolina:…
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Wake Forest at Virginia Tech: Oct. 16 Riley Skinner won 31 games and led Wake Forest to the Orange Bowl in 2006. Ancient history now. Riley’s gone. “That’s the good thing about having smart kids at Wake Forest. They finally figured out by the end of spring ball that Riley wasn’t coming back,” Wake coach…
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Virginia Tech at N.C. State: Oct. 2 Talk about the pressure being on. Tom O’Brien left Boston College for supposedly greener pastures within the ACC at North Carolina State. Recruiting is supposed to be easier at a state school like N.C. State than at a private school like BC. Not to mention that Boston is…
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North Carolina at Virginia: Oct. 16 Virginia Tech at North Carolina: Nov. 13 Butch Davis didn’t come to Chapel Hill to win eight games a year. The former University of Miami and Cleveland Browns head man is at North Carolina to win championships. If UNC is going to make the leap from middle-of-the-pack status to…
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Miami at Virginia: Oct. 30 Virginia Tech at Miami: Nov. 20 A 9-4 season in year three of a rebuilding job is good enough at most schools, but Miami isn’t most schools. Meaning the pressure is on UM alum Randy Shannon to produce in year four, or there might not be a year five. Shannon…
