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The Hokies bball team will be taking on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Tuesday night in Blacksburg at 7 pm.  Seth Greenberg and the Athletic Department announced that free tickets would be given away to students and staff/faculty that have valid Hokie passports.  This is an attempt to increase attendance for this game, due to it falling over spring break and having many students at home.  If you’re in town or a close drive to VT, go and get a free ticket.  LETS GO!!! HOKIES!!!

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The Virginia Tech Hokies won a great game against the Boston College Eagles Tuesday night in Blacksburg with a score of 67-48.  The Hokies are now 8-6 in the ACC and still have two more conference games with Wake Forest and Clemson coming up before the tournament. 

Much can be said about the way that Seth Greenberg leads his team.  After a breakaway slam dunk by J.T. Thompson, Greenberg does the ‘raise the roof’ arm motion.  This is just great to see a coach that involved with the student body and alumni that are in the stands. 

It’s been great over my 4 years as a student to witness Hokie sports.  I am proud to say that my last b-ball game as a student was a win.  Thank you Seth Greenberg for making this Virginia Tech team a great force in the ACC!  The future is going to be great for Hokie basketball!!!!

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The Hokies will take on the Boston College Eagles Tuesday night in Blacksburg at 7 PM.  TV coverage will be brought to you by ESPNU and any local radio network that carries the Bill Roth/Mike Brunop-led broadcast.  The Hokies are now 7-6 in the ACC and are looking to add a couple of more wins, with their upcoming games against Wake Forest and Clemson.  The BC Eagles are closer to the bottom of the conference with having a 4-8 record in the ACC.

After seeing the Hokies’ performance against the Yellow Jackets on Saturday, one is looking forward to tomorrow night’s game and seeing what Jeff Allen and the other boys can do out there.  LETS GO! HOKIES!

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SpitzerTailgate will be attending the NASCAR race at Martinsville Speedway coming up in March.  While Hokie football and other VT sports are our main focus, one cannot ignore the attraction and excitement of NASCAR racing.  And if anything, it gives us a warmup or tuneup you can say for Tailgating season. 

The SpitzerTailgate crew will be in tow at “Mahtenvul”, so if you’re in the neighborhood on March 28-30, stop on by.  One can find us at the confines of B&D and also above Turns 1&2. 

SpitzerTailgate.com may decide to attend a Nationwide Series race in Bristol in March and are currently contemplating the All-Star Race/Coca-Cola 600 week at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC.  Stay posted to ST.com for the updates on this!!

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The Hokies beat the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Saturday in Blacksburg, 92-84.  The Hokies are now 7-6 in the ACC.  Refer to the SpitzerTailgate Gallery to see pictures of this game and also of the UVA and Miami games that were home this year.

Another ACC game will be in Blacksburg when the Boston College Eagles come to play on Tuesday night.  Gametime is 7 pm and TV coverage will be brought to you by ESPNU.

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The Hokies men’s b-ball squad will take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets today in Blacksburg at 2 pm.  TV coverage will be brought to you on Raycom Sports Network.  The Hokies are currently 6-6 in ACC play and are looking to add more wins to their total.

SpitzerTailgate will be in attendance so the website will be updated soon with pics of the game, as well as other b-ball games from this year that ST.com was at.  Yes, the webmaster knows that he needs to make updates more often.  His life has been pretty busy lately….did anybody mention a ring?

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The Hokies basketball team will travel to College Park to battle against the Maryland Terps on Wednesday night.  TV coverage will be at 9 PM on the Raycom Sports Network.  The Hokies won a thrilling game against the Terps in Blacksburg on January 12th by beating Maryland 67-66.  The Hokies are currently 5-6 in ACC play and definitely need some wins to brigthen up their fall as of lately.

The Hokies will also take on an ACC team in Georgia Tech on Saturday in Blacksburg.  TV coverage will again be on Raycom and presented to you at 2 PM.

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The management of SpitzerTailgate has decided to add new merchandise to its lineup.  Soon, there will be beanies, jackets, other hats and anything you could imagine…all with SpitzerTailgate.com blazed all over it!  The webmaster is taking any orders and also is taking any design inputs that visitors wish to submit. 

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The Virginia Tech Athletic Department released the 2008 football schedule today. The season begins with an away game in the Carolina Panthers’ arena, Bank of America Stadium, against East Carolina. The Hokies are then faced with five straight weeks of playing games by having Furman, Georgia Tech, Western Kentucky at home and traveling to UNC and Nebraska. Following an off-weekend, the Hokies are forced to have back-to-back away games with Boston College and Florida State. Two Thursday night games on ESPN follow against Maryland and Miami. The season ends with the tough teams of Duke and the Wahoos in Blacksburg.

This coming season’s schedule is very different for sure. We start with a game in a professional stadium and we are not playing for a championship or in a bowl game. The location of Charlotte shall be a decent travel for the Hokies, but I believe that many of us will travel to it. It will also be a tryout of Bank of America Stadium when we claim that town for two years when the ACC Championship comes to town. The likes of Furman and Western Kentucky always make you scratch your noggin, but they still compare to our games with Ohio and William & Mary this previous year. Speaking of the Nebraska, many Hokies may be apprehensive to travel to this. Even though they have been losing lately, theres still a chance that they will streak to their old glory days with Osborne. And all Hokies have to love our last two games at home…the Blue Devils and the ‘Hoos. Beamer needs to let our seniors loose on those games to show the NFL Draft that Virginia Tech is worth more than one Vick to us.

SpitzerTailgate will attend all home games in some fashion. The away games will be decided as each member pleases. The ECU and UNC games are possibilities for those games attended by SpitzerTailgate. Until the next time…..WHOA!!!!

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The Hokie football team signed 31 players yesterday on National Signing Day.  The signees include Ryan Williams, pictured above, from Stonewall Jackson High School in Manassas, Va.  Out of the 31 signees, 21 of them came from the state of Virginia.  It definitely shows that Frank Beamer and his coaches recruit very heavy in-state and take this very seriously.  The areas of 757 are always hit hard by VT and this still shows this year with about 7 signees being from that area code.  PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR A LISTING OF THE SIGNEES.

Which of these players will be the next Adibi or Tyrod?  I don’t know…but it will only be a couple of years from now to see.  It’s always interesting when it comes to college football.

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