Thanks to all who asked questions! It will probably be a bit more regular a feature as football approaches so get thinking about what you'll ask next time around.

(And of course, follow-up questions or clarifications are welcome in this thread):

The HokieHaven.com Mailbag!

Anybody else read the article comparing the locker room attitudes between last year and this year. It was obvious to me Fuente lost the team at some point, but to have kids wanting to lose and some of them half-ass threatening the young kids not to perform well, just blows my mind. Glad we got them off the team. and we probably can guess who most of the bad apples were. For the record though, anybody demanding turkey bacon to be served in the dining halls should be kicked off the team just for asking for turkey bacon.

With fall camp underway, it's time to take reader questions once again! Football, basketball, recruiting, off-topic, whatever you've got, leave it here and I'll answer a selection f them in a front-page post later this week.

As always, those who typically hang out but don't post regularly are most welcome (and most likely to have their questions answered), but anything reasonable will at least get mentin in the thread if it doesn't make the story.

Hokies were nominally a finalist here, but he wasn't a top target for VT:

https://virginiatech.rivals.com/news/ja-qurious-conley-commits

Ryan Willis comes in at No. 73. I’ve seen a lot of Hokie fans complaining but that seems... extremely fair? Maybe a little kind?

https://www.pff.com/news/college-pff-rankings-starting-quarterback-rankings-for-2019

No VT commits (unsurprisingly), nor - perhaps a little more scary - many realistic targets.

https://rvls.co/2020Rivals250

Hearing from the Hokies:

2021 LB/TE Palella in contact with Virginia Tech

Presumably we'll see Tate Martell on the move again (and inexplicably be immediately eligible again), and I'm only half-joking:

Login to view embedded media
Williams threw a grand total of three passes last year.

Virginia Tech press conference: Hokies head coach Justin Fuente

Don't forget that you can get a year of premium subscription to HokieHaven for $75 - and a $75 gift card to the adidas fan shop, making it basically a FREE year of the site (including our more-active premium board, The Gobbler) here: https://virginiatech.rivals.com/subscriptions/new?promo_code=adidas

Jonathan Aku off the board (and Buzz is taking a page out of his VT successor's playbook, with the accelerated enrollment):

Login to view embedded media

The Hokies’ status as a favorite had certainly faded, but would have assumed making the top five still. That’s a blow.

Login to view embedded media
And on big bro Woody’s birthday, no less...

More to come, I’m in the car now. Usual caveats about how it doesn’t guarantee a departure, etc. etc.

Forgot to post the full transcript earlier, my bad:

Virginia Tech press conference: Hokies head coach Justin Fuente

I was on The 757 at 6 with my good friend Matthew Hatfield. "Check it out."

Audio: Tim Sullivan on The 757 at 6

Unspecified injury:

Kabongo to miss season with injury

Don't forget that you can get a year of premium subscription to HokieHaven for $75 - and a $75 gift card to the adidas fan shop, making it basically a FREE year of the site (including our more-active premium board, The Gobbler) here: https://virginiatech.rivals.com/subscriptions/new?promo_code=adidas

Currently last in the ACC, but even with a small group, that shouldn't be the case come Signing Day:

Ask Farrell: Hokies poised to climb in ACC recruiting rankings?

His injury in the state semifinal was season-ending for both Kim and ultimately his team. Can they go all the way in 2019?

With a healthy Noah Kim, Westfield hoping to go all the way

Big cut for the Hokies to make:

https://virginiatech.rivals.com/news/top-50-forward-henry-coleman-cuts-his-list-to-five

They’ve done everything right in this one. Still stiff competition, but you probably wouldn’t have predicted their making it this far when the coaching change happened, either.

I really like his potential, but a lot of polishing to be done:

From the film room: Lakeem Rudolph