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FSU safety chasing victories -- and a Rhodes Scholarship
Miami Herald — The question came at Myron Rolle like a double-reverse flanker pass. If you were a college administrator, what would you do to help student-athletes communicate better with other student-athletes around the world?
Florida State Seminoles4 hours agoBoth FSU starting safeties could miss game vs. Maryland
Miami Herald — Florida State likely will be without both starting safeties when it takes the field Saturday night at Maryland. Senior free safety Darius McClure will miss the game after going down with torn cartilage in his left knee last Saturday. And junior rover Myron Rolle is expected to miss at least the early part of the game after participating in Rhodes Scholarship interviews in Birmingham, Ala.
Florida State Seminoles4 hours agohs nohed UM football injury report shows key players on the mend
Miami Herald — The University of Miami released its final injury report for the week Tuesday before the Georgia Tech game, and it appears to be encouraging.
Miami Hurricanes4 hours agoHokies admit to Jacket bias - roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — ReadIn here
and here
and here 4 decks.BLACKSBURG -- Looking for Virginia Tech's football team Thursday night?
Here's one hot search tip: The Hokies are guaranteed to be planted in front of a TV set somewhere.
Already the recipient of one huge break, courtesy of Maryland's upset over North Carolina last Saturday, the Hokies will be looking for another reprieve in the ACC's Coastal Division chase when Miami and Georgia Tech clash Thursday evening in Atlanta.
Virginia Tech Hokies4 hours agoTech plans to build $13-15 million locker room - roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — Athletics officials say the football program's facilities need to keep up with what others have to offer.BLACKSBURG -- In its latest effort to keep up with its ACC rivals, Virginia Tech plans to spend $13-15 million on a football locker room facility.
Tech hopes to choose an architect and construction firm in January or February, and seek design and funding approval from the Board of Visitors in March. The athletic department hopes to begin construction next summer so the building -- which would be about 33,000 square feet -- could be ready for the 2010 season.
Virginia Tech Hokies4 hours agoOffense draws dissent - roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — Tech LB Purnell Sturdivant calls Bryan Stinespring's attack "pretty much predictable."BLACKSBURG -- Fans frustrated by Virginia Tech's offensive woes got concurrence from an unlikely place Tuesday -- the Hokies' own locker room.
Tech linebacker Purnell Sturdivant said the offense is too predictable and offered little support for embattled offensive coordinator Bryan Stinespring, adding that his sentiments are not uncommon among the team.
Virginia Tech Hokies4 hours agoTurnovers hamper Cavs - roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — ReadIn here
and here
and here 4 decks.CHARLOTTESVILLE -- Anybody taking a look at Virginia's depleted 2008 football roster would have agreed that the Cavaliers had little margin for error.
In that respect, it's a wonder the Cavaliers are even .500.
Virginia Cavaliers4 hours agoGrey gives Hokies a boost - roanoke.com
Roanoke Times — Shani Grey and Lindsay Biggs combine for 32 points and 14 rebounds to help Tech beat RU.BLACKSBURG -- It must have been a quick talk.
Virginia Tech coach Beth Dunkenberger convinced turbo-charged guard Shani Grey to sit down, sort of, on Monday to talk about her role on the team.
Virginia Tech Hokies5 hours agoDeMercy scores the final 4
Orlando Sentinel — PHILADELPHIA — Sophomore guard Jordan DeMercy scored the game's last four points in the final 27 seconds and Florida State defeated La Salle 65-61 Tuesday night.
Florida State Seminoles5 hours agoTerps WR Has FSU's Attention
Tampa Tribune — He is the best wide receiver Florida State has faced all season.
Florida State Seminoles5 hours agoSwinney turns up defense’s intensity
The State — CLEMSON — Clemson defensive coordinator Vic Koenning reportedly walked into a defensive backs meeting last week with two sheets of paper in his hand, telling players those pages contained the pass coverages they would run against Duke.The greater surprise, senior safety Michael Hamlin said, was when Koenning said the Tigers were going to use more press man-to-man coverage at interim coach Dabo Swinney’s behest.Press man — in which defensive backs line up directly across from receivers and try to stick with them stride for stride — is considered high-risk...
Clemson Tigers7 hours agoMaryland vs. Youngstown State
Washington Post — GET IT AND GO: Three Maryland guards had five or more rebounds Friday night in the team's season opener against Bucknell, a fact Coach Gary Williams attributed in part to long ricochets off missed three-point attempts. But with the makeup of this year's team, Williams and his players acknowledged...
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Boston College forward Joe Trapani, right, reaches for the rebound against St. John's forward Sean Evans in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.»Yahoo! Sports
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Boston College guard Tyrese Rice, left, battles St. John's guard D.J. Kennedy for the ball in the first half of a NCAA college basketball game in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.»Yahoo! Sports
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St. John's forward Anthony Mason Jr., left, drives to the basket against Boston College forward Tyler Roche, right, and forward Evan Ravenel (24) in the first half of a NCAA basketball game in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008.»Yahoo! Sports
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Loyola head coach Jimmy Patsos, right, stares toward his team from the end of the bench during a timeout in the second half against Cornell during an NCAA college basketball game in Boston on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. Patsos sat quietly for much of the second half after officials warned him with ejection for his outbursts. Loyola lost to Cornell 82-72, after losing Monday to Boston College.»Yahoo! Sports
