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Hokie Pride Day is Today! Okay, so we're a little bit late reminding you, but today is Hokie Pride Day throughout the Roanoke and New River Valleys and the entire state of Virginia. The goal of Hokie Pride Day is to promote pride and enthusiasm for Virginia Tech and the 2002 football team. Roanoke Valley Hokie Club is encouraging local businesses to decorate their establishments and use their signs to support Hokie Pride Day. Participating businesses may also offer specials to Hokie fans or have a Hokie casual dress day. In the previous years over 100 sponsors in the Roanoke Valley have participated in Hokie Pride Day. Hokie fans are invited to gather at for a Hokie Pride Happy Hour beginning at 5:00 p.m. at 419 West, the newly opened restaurant, at 3865 Electric Road in Roanoke. For directions, call (540) 776-0419. Display your Hokie spirit by wearing maroon and orange, decorating your homes and vehicles, and preparing for the upcoming 2002 football season. The Roanoke Valley may turn into a sea of maroon and orange for the day!! Show your Hokie Spirit!!! Wear your colors!!! Fly your flags!!! Go Hokies!!! We are ready for the 2002 football season!!! For more information, please contact any of the following members of the Hokie Pride Day committee:
Or visit: www.RoanokeValleyHokieClub.com Big-Time Recruits Checking Out the VT/LSU Game Lane Stadium promises to be rocking this Sunday for the Hokies and the LSU Tigers, and some of Tech's biggest recruiting targets will be on hand. Over 50 recruits will be there (let's hear it for a Sunday game on Labor Day weekend, which makes it easy for recruits to travel to VT), and the list includes LB Xavier Adibi, DL Vince Redd, DL Chris Ellis, OL/DL Carlton Powell, LB Brett Warren, LB Vince Hall, VT commit Kory Robertson, VT commit Matt Welsh, DE/TE Duane Brown, and WR Fontel Mines. One note of interest is that Redd, Powell, and Adibi were present at the Arkansas State game, so this makes their second straight trip to the 'Burg to see the Hokies play.
Get in Your Seats Early Sunday Something special is going to happen Sunday, so be sure to arrive at your seats early to see what it is. As we "went to press" with TSLMail, the news had not been officially released by VT, so just take our word for it, you won't want to miss what's going down. How early is early? Well, no one is saying, but we suggest you "park it" in your seat with about 15-20 minutes to go before the 2:30 kickoff. That ought to give you enough time to make sure you don't miss out. Western Michigan Game Time Set for Noon Virginia Tech's September 28th road game against Western Michigan has been slated for a noon kickoff and ESPN Regional (ESPN+) telecast. Television clearances for the mid-Atlantic region will be determined and released at a later date. The game will also reach a national audience as part of ESPN's GamePlan pay-per-view package that is available through local cable providers, DIRECTV and DISH networks. Depth Chart Changes for LSU Game ... Sort Of This Sunday against LSU, according to the game note depth charts released on hokiesports.com, two players will start who did not start against Arkansas State. Rover Michael Crawford and whip linebacker Brandon Manning, neither of whom were listed as starters against ASU, will start against LSU. Last week's game notes had Billy Hardee and Mike Daniels listed as the starters at rover and whip, respectively. In reality, Manning and Crawford both started last week. Don't blame hokiesports.com, though -- the TV broadcasters got it wrong, too. They listed Manning as a starter, and Hardee as a starter, and they were only half right. Manning started, but Crawford's #21 jersey can clearly be seen on the field from play one, not Hardee's #25. In the end, it was a wash against ASU. Manning and Crawford were in for 31 plays, and Daniels and Hardee were in for 30. TSL Roster Card for LSU Game Available TSL's popular roster card is ready for the LSU game. It's a PDF file, so you'll need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader to read it. If you've got the Adobe Reader, you can download the roster card by clicking here. Please note that TSL's LSU game preview will be posted Friday afternoon. Board of Visitors Approves West Side Expansion Monday, Virginia Tech's Board of Visitors formally gave the go-ahead to Tech's planned expansion of the West (press box) side of Lane Stadium, at a cost of "at least" $47.8 million. The details are as follows:
The Tech Athletic Department had considered proposing an expanded West side that would have added about 5,500 more seats, but that plan would have run about $72 million, or $25 million more than the approved expansion, so it was scrapped in favor of the 66,233-seat version of the stadium. Construction will begin after the 2003 season or the 2004 season, depending upon how early fundraising goes. If construction starts in 2003, it will be ready for the 2005 season; otherwise, it won't be ready until the 2006 season. The Hokie Club will have to raise about $20 million of the required $47.8 million. Texas A&M/VT T-shirt Update The Texas chapters of the VTAA wanted us to remind you that if you're thinking about ordering one of their commemorative orange T-shirts for the game this year, you should do so soon. Their mail-order deadline is September 6th. If you're going to the game, the Texas VTAA chapters want you to wear their shirt. Click here to see it and to order.
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#22 of the TSL Extra is here, and this month's issue is a features the ongoing debate about who should start at QB for Virginia Tech, plus
articles about the South end zone's Stadium Club, a profile of recruited walk-on fullback Jesse Allen, and more!
Here are the details on this month's articles: Noel vs. Randall: The Debate Continues -- by Will StewartLast weekend's ASU game summed up the QB battle perfectly. Hokies of the Virtual Gridiron -- by Greg Zesinger by Greg ZesingerA former insider to the video gaming industry tells you how they do it. Life in the Not-So-Cheap Seats -- by Will StewartIn which our intrepid reporter braves the harsh environment of the Stadium Club to give you the scoop. A Massachusetts Fullback in Frank Beamer's Court -- by Cary WhaleyHow a lightly recruited fullback named Jesse Allen found his way to VT as a walk-on. Inside the Numbers: Rating the 1991 Recruiting Class -- by Will StewartWe take a look at the class that won the Sugar Bowl. Inside TSL: Letters to the Editor -- by Will StewartAn announcer works his butt off, and a webmaster takes some abuse. If you're a TSL Extra subscriber and want to access the latest issue, or if you're not and want to find out more, then check out our TSL Extra Info Page. A TSL Extra subscription is $24.95 a year and comes with a 10% discount on all TechLocker.com purchases, plus access to every back issue of the TSLX -- that's hundreds of pages of Hokie-related reading! So if you're not a subscriber, try out the goods and come on board! The TSLX is only $24.95 per year.
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