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1. Tech's first decade in ACC a success; has programs wanting even more

General Release :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 11

The Tech football team won the 2010 ACC championship in Charlotte, North Carolina - one of 18 team championships won by the school during its first decade in the ACC. July 1 will mark the 10th anniversary of Virginia Tech’s entrance…

2. Graduation day important for former Tech great

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 10

This is a table former Tech football standout Kevin Jones has designed as part of his senior thesis at Virginia Tech. The former All-American will graduate on May 16 after leaving school early 10 years ago to pursue an NFL career. On Ma…

3. Tech football staff looking for answers- and may not find all of them this spring

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 9

Dadi Nicolas’ athleticism has the Tech staff comparing him to former great Corey Moore. Nicolas and Luther Maddy are the only experienced pieces returning along the Hokies’ defensive front. Four months remain before Virginia Tech o…

4. In the Coastal Division, Hokies aren't the only contenders answering questions this spring

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 8

Mark Leal is one of several candidates vying to replace Logan Thomas at quarterback this spring. Although Virginia Tech’s 2014 spring football game isn’t until Saturday, April 26, we’re going to learn a whole bunch about this year…

5. Babcock anxious to make Tech athletics a place where dreams come true

General Release :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 7

(left to right) Incoming university president Dr. Timothy Sands, outgoing president Dr. Charles Steger, new AD Whit Babcock, AD search committee chairman Ray Smoot and Larry Hincker, associate vice president for university relations, all…

6. Year of transition ends on sour note, but staff continues building for the long-run success

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 6

Mark Leal had a rough go of it in the Sun Bowl in place of an injured Logan Thomas, but he’s the leader for the starting job at quarterback heading into spring practice. Well crew, another season is over, and this one didn’t e…

7. Tech to head out West for its 21st straight bowl game

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 5

Tech head football coach Frank Beamer will be guiding the Hokies to their 21st consecutive bowl and is one of only four coaches to have taken teams to 20 or more straight bowl games. Since 1993, Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer…

8. Tyler’s emergence as defensive leader proves history has way of repeating itself

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 4

Jack Tyler has followed a similar path to that of Cody Grimm, coming to Tech as a walk-on and developing into an all-conference performer. This is a tale that seemingly has been written before, and now it appears again. It’s a stor…

9. Hokies’ 2013 toughness a byproduct of grueling offseason

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 3

Andrew Miller and his teammates worked harder in the offseason than ever before, lifting four days a week and running every day in preparation for the 2013 season. From the time he trotted onto the field for his first practice at Virgin…

10. Misdirection, options key to Tech’s offensive philosophy

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 2

Hopefully, the ability of Tech’s offense to do multiple things will lead to more big plays, like this 77-yard touchdown run by Trey Edmunds against Alabama. Back in January, Virginia Tech introduced Scot Loeffler as the team’s new…

11. Questions plentiful as Tech readies for 2013 football season kickoff

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 6 Iss. 1

Tech offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler wants the Hokies to have a balanced attack this season, and having a fifth-year senior quarterback will help. Like you, I’m excited about the start of another college football season, and t…

12. New president to play critical role in the future of Tech athletics

General Release :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 5 Iss. 11

Retiring university president Dr. Charles Steger has helped Tech in so many areas, particularly in athletics, and his replacement will play a big role in the future of the athletics programs. For the first time in 14 years, Virginia Tec…

13. ACC taking right steps to preserve conference's future

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 5 Iss. 10

Virginia Tech’s teams and fans will get to continue enjoying ACC competition after the league’s recent grant of rights deal locked in every conference member for the next 14 years. In late April, the ACC announced that each of the c…

14. Spring a perfect time to find answers to many questions for Hokies

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 5 Iss. 9

J.C. Coleman led all Tech tailbacks in rushing last year with 492 yards and is one of several vying for the top job this spring. Well, gang, it’s time for the annual spring-cleaning edition of the Kroger Roth Report. Lots to get to,…

15. Steger in the middle of changes both in college football and at Tech

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 5 Iss. 2

This past summer, the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee met in Washington, D.C., and approved massive and dramatic changes to the process of how college football will crown a national champion. As we know now, starting in 2014, ther…

16. Johnson gets his chance to be a head coach at a place he loves

Basketball (M) :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 4 Iss. 10

The plane, other than the roar of the engines, was completely silent. Virginia Tech’s basketball team had just suffered one of the most excruciating losses in recent years. Tech led Florida State by nine points with only 1:29 …

17. In Joel Caleb, Hokies land a top prospect - and a top person

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 4 Iss. 7

Several weeks ago, Virginia Tech football recruit Joel Caleb was sitting in his high school, deliberating between his three finalists – Ohio State, West Virginia and Virginia Tech – when the school’s principal, Dr. Deborah Marks, w…

18. Hokies' program in terrific shape now and for the future despite bitter taste of Sugar Bowl loss

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 4 Iss. 6

One year ago in this very space, I suggested that we should not judge Virginia Tech’s football team, or its season, by a 40-12 loss to Stanford in the Orange Bowl game. “The biggest danger here is to form an opinion from a single sn…

19. Tech's Sugar Bowl bid a validation of the Hokies' program and what it stands for under Beamer

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 4 Iss. 5

As he rode up Interstate 77 in the front seat of one of his team’s buses, chugging up Fancy Gap Mountain toward his hometown, Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer worked on his coaches’ poll ballot. Beamer was trying to put the bad …

20. Hokies hope past November successes continue

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 4 Iss. 4

November, as you know, is the big month for both politicians and football teams. Both work hard, scheming to defeat foes all year, but sans a November victory, there’s not much salvation other than the conciliatory ‘we put up a go…

21. ACC additions of Pittsburgh and Syracuse beneficial to everyone

Football :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 4 Iss. 3

As many of you know, I was born and raised in Pittsburgh and grew up on Eastern basketball. My buddies and I would hop down to the old Civic Arena on the 41B to watch the Eastern Eight tournament and get excited for doubleheaders feat…

22. Beamer extension ensures stability into the future for Tech

General Release :: Kroger Roth Report :: Bill Roth :: Vol. 4 Iss. 2

On Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016, the University of Wisconsin Badgers are scheduled to run out of Lane Stadium’s southeast tunnel onto Worsham Field in Blacksburg. And now, it’s safe to say that on that very same day, when Virginia Tech…