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1. Lightning strikes down 2012 Maroon-White game

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 10

Maybe this goes on at most college towns, but there is a recurring joke concerning spring games. In Blacksburg, when someone asks who won the game, the responder usually replies, “The Hokies.” But this year, the winner donned …

2. Special visitor unveils Hokie helmet for Military Appreciation Day

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 9

Tech also is selling camouflage hats, with all proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior project Officially, the Virginia Tech football program plans on celebrating Military Appreciation Day on Sept. 22 in conjunction with its game agains…

3. A few defensive backs take a different approach to gain an advantage

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 9

Some college football players are willing to do just about anything to gain that extra edge on the field, even if it means skirting the rules. But a few of Tech’s defensive backs took a novel – and totally legal – approach to the…

4. Redshirts ready to start own winning tradition

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 6

Kris Harley minces no words when asked to summarize this past fall, when he redshirted as a true freshman on the Virginia Tech football team. In fact, his opinion is probably the overwhelming consensus among his classmates who redshirted…

5. November off week affords small group of players another opportunity to share their faith

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 5

In early November, the Virginia Tech football team enjoyed a bye week in which head coach Frank Beamer gave his team several days off to heal, relax and catch up on some schoolwork. Collin Carrol But a small group of players decided to…

6. Athletics department to replace outdoor club seats at Lane

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 5

Nearly every football stadium in the country features some form of outdoor club seating, and Virginia Tech’s Lane stadium is no different in that regard. However, the Virginia Tech athletics department wants to make sure that those …

7. Ten years later, Welch remembers 9/11 and his past

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 2

Sept. 11, 2011, marked the 10-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York City’s World Trade Center that killed more than 3,000 people, and a nation honored those who paid the ultimate price that day. Americans also felt for …

8. Donor honors Foster by endowing scholarship in his name

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 4 Iss. 2

From left to right: Bud Foster, James Gayle, John Montague and John Moody posed for a photo before one of the Hokies’ fall scrimmages. Montague endowed a scholarship in Foster’s name and Gayle was the inaugural recipient. John Monta…

9. AWESOME ATMOSPHERE - An outside company critiques Tech's game day operation and fan experience, and the athletics department receives high marks

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 10

Quiz Tech fans about their experiences at Lane Stadium, and one would be hard pressed to find much in the way of negativity. Question them about their experiences at Cassell Coliseum, particularly for big ACC games – the Duke game th…

10. Season-Ending Depth Chart

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 6

Here is the depth chart for the entire 2010 season. The number before the slash indicates plays from scrimmage, while the number after the slash indicates plays from special teams. The number of plays, the grades and the tackles came fro…

11. Restoring a Lost Treasure

Football :: Football Extra :: Kevin & Olivia Lightle :: Vol. 3 Iss. 6

Kevin Lightle (left) and his older brother, Bruce, pose next to the Miles Stadium sign that Kevin Lightle found in a fallout shelter over at Burruss Hall in the mid-1970s. It was the last night of the New Virginians’ fall concert of 1…

12. Redshirt year over, Tech freshmen eager to begin competing for playing time

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 6

Nick Acree used the redshirt year to get himself into great shape and the upcoming spring practice will be the next step in his development as a player. Nick Acree was the rage this past August in Tech preseason practices largely becaus…

13. UNDER CONSTRUCTION - Football team chaplain Johnny Shelton is helping Tech's student-athletes build solid foundations for their futures

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 5

p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"Times New Roman"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } Team chaplain Johnny Shelton When Andre Smith got to Virginia Tech, he expected to go to his clas…

14. HERO'S WELCOME - Corey Moore, one of Tech's greatest defensive players ever, returned to Blacksburg for a football game for the first time in 11 years - much to the delight of Hokie fans

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 4

Corey Moore was often harassing quarterbacks, and particularly ones from Clemson, as seen here when he pressured Brandon Streeter in a 1998 game at Clemson. He brought more attention to Virginia Tech and to the school’s football progr…

15. TUNNEL EXPERIENCE INDESCRIBABLE

Football :: Football Extra :: Rachel Perreault :: Vol. 3 Iss. 3

Tech players struggle to describe the feelings as they run out of the Avery Tunnel before a game. Exciting. Unique. Electric. Surreal. After thinking and fumbling over the decision for one word to describe the feeling and experience of …

16. Tech group delivers and receives following visit to Roanoke Rescue Mission

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 2

Several members of the football team had dinner at the Roanoke Rescue Mission. Kory Gough (bottom) listened to the stories of those sitting at his table, as he and his teammates delivered a message of hope. Without question, football…

17. Evans takes time for children at VICCC

Football :: Football Extra :: Jimmy Robertson :: Vol. 3 Iss. 2

Darren Evans with children at VICCC. Darren Evans certainly enjoyed a busy summer, though it did not entail vacations, beaches or anything else resembling relaxation. It consisted, more or less, of working a part-time job and workin…