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The Commonwealth Challenge, presented by Comcast, is in full swing. Virginia Tech and UVA are battling in all sports now that the Hokies are in the ACC, and the rivalry has never been better. After blowing Virginia Tech out 14.5-7.5 last year, 2006-07 is a bit more interesting.
Virginia Tech and UVA have competed against each other in 11 different events canvassing nine sports so far this year, and the two schools have played each other to a close battle.
Despite the UVA lead in the Commonwealth Challenge, Virginia Tech is still in a better position than they were last year at this time. After 11 points were awarded last season, the Hokies were trailing 8-3, with two of their three points coming from the football victory. Tech's other point came from a 2-1 win in men's soccer. This year, Tech has been a little more balanced. The Hokies have defeated UVA in volleyball, football, men's basketball and women's basketball. They'll have a chance to pick up another victory over the Hoos in men's basketball on March 1st. At this point last year, UVA basically had an insurmountable lead. Although Virginia Tech probably won't come back this year, they definitely have a chance to cut into the margin of UVA's victory. Based on the results of last year's Commonwealth Challenge, let's take a look at how the remainder of this year could play out.
If things go exactly as they did last year in all of those sports from here on out, UVA will win 13.5 to 8.5. The Hokies will have inched one point closer since last year, the first year of the competition. Virginia Tech isn't going
to beat UVA in an overall sports competition overnight. UVA has the advantage of
over 50 years of membership in the ACC, with strong revenue sharing and
all-sports emphasis, while the Hokies have spent time in four different
conferences since the 1994-95 academic year. Tech needs to continue to recruit
better and chip away at that lead, in hopes of one day knocking the Hoos off in
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Gloucester
head coach Tommy Reamon has sent his share of talented quarterbacks on to
the next level. Talents such as the Vick brothers and Aaron Brooks spring
to mind. Now, he is hoping to send his son, Tommy Reamon Jr., on to
the next level as well. The younger Reamon, the starting quarterback each
of the past two seasons for Gloucester, is working hard towards attaining
that accomplishment.
Two
big road wins in the last two days threw the top of the ACC into a dead
heat. Virginia Tech's win at the Dean Dome and Duke's victory at Boston
College leave the top four teams in the ACC in a virtual lock, with BC
holding down first place by virtue of a half-game lead in the win column.
This Saturday's big game sees ESPN's College Gameday paying a visit to BC
for a matchup between the Eagles and the UNC Tar Heels. Four days later,
on Wednesday night, there are five league games, headlined by Boston
College traveling to VT. Yes, it's going to be an interesting week in the
ACC.
This
column isn't going to be very long. I've been writing about Hokie sports
for almost eleven years, so I recognize moments when no one, not even the
most gifted scribe, can do a game justice. Just remember that on February
13, 2007, Virginia Tech basketball went down to Chapel Hill and knocked
off North Carolina at home. Every time I think this team has topped
itself, they do it again.
Virginia
Tech will sail into uncharted waters tonight when they play in North
Carolina's Dean Dome for the first time in school history. The #25 Hokies,
15-point underdogs, will try to do the unthinkable -- defeat #4 UNC for
the second time this season. That's a tall task, and to do it Tech will
have to do the exact same thing they did back on January 13th -- shoot
well and take care of the basketball.
Last
night's Hokie Hotline was the Recruiting Wrapup show for 2007. VT
recruiting coordinator Jim Cavanaugh was the show's only guest, and he
shared information with the audience about Tyrod Taylor, what recruits
will be playing where, the overall balance of the class, and why some
players went elsewhere (both last year and this year).
6-3,
175-pound junior guard Shamarr Bowden, a verbal commitment for Seth
Greenberg's 2008 recruiting class, earned all-metro 4A conference honors
at Grimsley High School in the 2005/2006 season. That season, he averaged
19.7 points per game while shooting 37-percent from 3-point range. Bowden
is playing this year at The Miller School in Albemarle, Virginia, and
seems to be having similar success.
Some
teams in sports are self-starters; they are always ready to play.
Magic’s Lakers, Larry’s Celtics, and Michael’s Bulls all come to
mind. When you did beat them, which was rare, you beat them knowing full
well you had just taken their best shot.
Virginia
Tech has had a week off to brood over their recent losses to NC State and
Boston College. This Saturday they'll return home to face their rivals
from Charlottesville in the most important game of the Virginia-Virginia
Tech basketball series in recent memory. Coming off two losses, and with a
road trip to Chapel Hill coming up, this game is as close to a
"must-win" game that you'll see in early February.