LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Liberty coach Turner Gill is retiring. Gill and the school made the announcement Monday. Liberty finished 6-6 this season. The 56-year-old Gill just completed his seventh season at Liberty. His teams went 47-35 during his tenure and made the transition from the Football Championship Subdivision to […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — De’Andre Hunter and Kyle Guy scored 15 points each and Virginia beat Morgan State 83-45 on Monday night. Nine different Cavaliers scored during a 24-6 first-half burst that turned a 23-14 lead into a 47-20 runaway. Virginia (8-0) then kept the defensive clamps on the Bears, […]
RANK SCHOOL RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS 1 Gonzaga (43) 8-0 1,578 1 2 Kansas (19) 6-0 1,539 2 3 Duke (1) 7-1 1,463 3 4 Virginia (1) 7-0 1,367 4 5 Michigan 8-0 1,339 7 6 Nevada 8-0 1,300 5 7 Tennessee 6-1 1,238 6 8 Auburn 6-1 1,154 8 9 […]
Virginia Tech (6-6, ACC) vs. Cincinnati (10-2, AAC), noon, EST, Dec. 31. LOCATION: Annapolis, Md. TOP PLAYERS Virginia Tech: QB Ryan Willis, a junior, completed 58 percent of passes, 2,497 yards, 22 TDs, 8 INT; WR Damon Hazelton 45 catches, 745 yards, 8 TDs. Cincinnati: QB Desmond Ridder, completed 66 […]
Virginia (7-5, Atlantic Coast Conference) vs. South Carolina (7-5, Southeastern Conference), Dec. 29, noon EST. LOCATION: Charlotte, North Carolina TOP PLAYERS South Carolina: QB Jake Bentley, 2,953 yards passing, 27 touchdowns with 12 interceptions. WR Deebo Samuel has 11 for the Gamecocks’ 32 receiving TDs. Virginia: QB Bryce Perkins, 2,472 […]
College football bowl pairings are set. Virginia will play South Carolina in the Belk Bowl in Charlotte on Dec. 29 at noon. The game will be telecast by ABC. Both teams are 7-5. UVa is 4-4 in the ACC, while South Carolina went 4-4 in the Southeast Conference. Virginia has […]
RANK TEAM RECORD POINTS PREVIOUS 1 Alabama (61) 13-0 1,525(61) 1 2 Clemson 13-0 1,460 2 3 Notre Dame 12-0 1,405 3 4 Oklahoma 12-1 1,327 5 5 Ohio State 12-1 1,254 6 6 Georgia 11-2 1,247 4 7 UCF 12-0 1,158 7 8 Michigan 10-2 1,076 8 9 Washington […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ahmed Hill scored 24 points to lead No. 13 Virginia Tech to a 94-40 win over Central Connecticut State on Saturday. Bouncing back from a scoreless game Tuesday night at Penn State, Hill connected on 9 of 13 from the floor and tied a career high […]
VHSL Class 1 Semifinal Chilhowie 28, Galax 7 Riverheads 28, Essex 6 VHSL Class 2 Semifinal Goochland 35, East Rockingham 21 Graham 57, Radford 13 VHSL Class 3 Semifinal Heritage-Lynchburg 42, Lord Botetourt 39 Phoebus 35, Culpeper 14 VHSL Class 4 Semifinal Lake Taylor 35, Eastern View 31 Woodgrove 26, […]
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ryan Willis threw touchdown passes to four different receivers in the first half and Virginia Tech extended its nation’s-best bowl streak to 26 years with a 41-20 victory against Marshall on Saturday. The Hokies (6-6) paid the Thundering Herd $300,000 to play the game, then put […]
HOUSTON (AP) — George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94. The […]
Marshall is getting $300,000 for playing at Virginia Tech on Saturday, but Thundering Herd coach Doc Holliday says the bigger payday is more intangible. “I guess we can call it the Blacksburg Bowl,” Holliday said earlier this week. “The great thing is the exposure we will get because of this […]