More coming, including audio from Foster, Fuente and Babcock speaking exclusively with writers, but here's Brittany's story on Bud staying on board: http://rvls.co/1Tr67I2

Ok, now that we know who most of the main pieces are for the 2016 coaching staff (minus OC confirmation), is their any current 2016 VT recruit you think may change their mind and still decommitt?? Also, any 2016 offensive recruit that may give us a look for 2016 due to new offensive scheme coming?

Don't forget the game will be televised on ESPNU at 7:00.

Which bowl do the gurus think we go to ?

But Hokies still got the W. Special teams matters.

I'm on my phone & check out the NCAAF tab on ESPN.com Almost at the bottom is one video of Robert Smith praising the hire (albeit not officially announced at the time) of VT hiring Fuente. On my way to the bottom to see this video I pass 2 articles on Rutgers needing a coach, 6 articles on whether or not USC got it right making their interm coach the full time guy & countless other head coaching searches.

Why is it ESPN is giving more energy into this hire?!?!?

I hate ESPN

From the ACC today, the ACSMA all-ACC teams:

First Team Offense
WR Tyler Boyd, Jr., Pitt (147)
WR Artavis Scott, So., Clemson (130)
WR Isaiah Ford, So., Virginia Tech (124)
TE Jaylen Samuels, So., NC State (93)
T Roderick Johnson, So., Florida State (102)
T Joe Thuney, Sr., NC State (82)
G Landon Turner, Sr., North Carolina (132)
G Eric Mac Lain, Sr., Clemson (113)
C Matt Skura, Sr., Duke (94)
QB Deshaun Watson, So., Clemson (150)
RB Dalvin Cook, So., Florida State (150)
RB Elijah Hood, So., North Carolina (123)
PK Roberto Aguayo, Jr., Florida State (86)
Sp. DeVon Edwards, Jr., Duke (103)

First Team Defense
DE Shaq Lawson, Jr., Clemson (132)
DE Ejuan Price, Sr., Pitt (111)
DT Carlos Watkins, Jr., Clemson (101)
DT Luther Maddy, Sr., Virginia Tech (60)
DT Connor Wujciak, Sr., Boston College (60)
LB Micah Kiser, So., Virginia (93)
LB Brandon Chubb, Sr., Wake Forest (87)
LB Keith Kelsey, Jr., Louisville (78)
CB Jalen Ramsey, Jr., Florida State (122)
CB Mackensie Alexander, So., Clemson (81)
S Jeremy Cash, Sr., Duke (122)
S Quin Blanding, So., Virginia (88)
P Riley Dixon, Sr., Syracuse (77)

Second Team Offense
WR Travis Rudolph, So., Florida State (96)
WR Canaan Severin, Sr., Virginia (88)
WR Mack Hollins, Jr., North Carolina (63)
WR Kermit Whitfield, Jr., Florida State (63)
TE Jordan Leggett, Jr., Clemson (77)
T Jon Heck, Jr., North Carolina (79)
T Adam Bisnowaty, Jr., Pitt (77)
G Dorian Johnson, Jr., Pitt (49)
G Caleb Peterson, Jr., North Carolina (45)
C Jay Guillermo, Jr., Clemson (88)
QB Marquise Williams, Sr., North Carolina (95)
RB Wayne Gallman, So., Clemson (115)
RB Qadree Ollison, Fr., Pitt (69)
PK Greg Huegel, Fr., Clemson (77)
Sp. Ryan Switzer, Jr., North Carolina (83)

Second Team Defense
DE Mike Rose, Sr., NC State (96)
DE DeMarcus Walker, Jr., Florida State (81)
DT Nile Lawrence-Stample, Sr., Florida State (58)
DT DeAngelo Brown, Jr., Louisville (46)
LB Steven Daniels, Sr., Boston College (65)
LB Ben Boulware, Jr., Clemson (60)
LB B.J. Goodson, Sr., Clemson (60)
LB Reggie Northrup, Sr., Florida State (60)
CB M.J. Stewart, So., North Carolina (65)
CB Artie Burns, Jr., Miami (51)
S Jayron Kearse, Jr., Clemson (69)
S Justin Simmons, Sr., Boston College (47)
P Alex Kinal, Sr., Wake Forest (75)

Third Team Offense
WR Stacy Coley, Jr., Miami (58)
WR Ryan Switzer, Jr., North Carolina (34)
WR Quinshad Davis, Sr., North Carolina (28)
TE Bucky Hodges, So., Virginia Tech (52)
T Mitch Hyatt, Fr., Clemson (66)
T Joe Gore, Sr., Clemson (59)
G Tyrone Crowder, So., Clemson (39)
G Kareem Are, Jr., Florida State (38)
C Lucas Crowley, Jr., North Carolina (58)
QB Brad Kaaya, So., Miami (30)
RB Taquan Mizzell, Jr., Virginia (43)
RB Travon McMillian, Fr., Virginia Tech (30)
PK Ross Martin Sr., Duke, (56)
Sp. Brisly Estime, Jr., Syracuse (34)

Third Team Defense
DE Sheldon Rankins, Sr., Louisville (47)
DE Ron Thompson, Jr., Syracuse (24)
DT Nazair Jones, So., North Carolina (33)
DT Derrick Nnadi, So., Florida State (31)
DT Darryl Render, Sr., Pitt (31)
LB Shakeel Rashad, Sr., North Carolina (58)
LB James Burgess, Sr., Louisville (53)
LB Dwayne Norman, Sr., Duke (43)
CB Cordrea Tankersley, Jr., Clemson (47)
CB Des Lawrence, Jr., North Carolina (45)
S Jordan Whitehead, Fr., Pitt (41)
S Derwin James, Fr., Florida State (30)
P Will Monday, Sr., Duke (39)

Honorable Mention Offense
TE Cam Serigne, So., Wake Forest (39)
T Bryan Chamberlain, Sr., Georgia Tech (29)
T Casey Blaser, Jr., Duke (23)
T Geron Christian, Fr., Louisville (20)
G Chad Mavety, Jr., Florida State (36)
G Lucas Patrick, Sr., Duke (35)
G Ross Burbank, Sr., Virginia (28)
G Trey Braun, Sr., Georgia Tech (25)
C Quinton Schooley, Sr., NC State (23)
RB Matt Dayes, Jr., NC State (29)
RB Joe Yearby, So., Miami (26)
PK Nick Weiler, Jr., North Carolina (36)
PK Michael Badgley, So., Miami (27)
Sp. Nyheim Hines, Fr., NC State (25)
Sp. Kermit Whitfield, Jr., Florida State (23)
Sp. Bra'Lon Cherry, Jr., NC State (22)

Honorable Mention Defense
DE Kevin Dodd, Jr., Clemson (22)
DT Adam Gotsis, Sr., Georgia Tech (28)
DT David Dean, Sr., Virginia (28)
DT Corey Marshall, Sr., Virginia Tech (21)
LB Trevon Young, Jr., Louisville (41)
LB Terrance Smith, Sr., Florida State (39)
LB Devonte Fields, Jr., Louisville (39)
LB Matt Milano, Jr., Boston College (38)
LB Jeff Schoettmer, Sr., North Carolina (25)
CB Trumaine Washington, So., Louisville (38)
CB Shaq Wiggins, So., Louisville (23)
CB Avonte Maddox, So., Pitt (21)
S Deon Bush, Sr., Miami (29)
S DeVon Edwards, Jr., Duke (27)
S Donnie Miles, So., North Carolina (26)
S Josh Harvey-Clemons, Jr., Louisville (21)
S Lamarcus Brutus, Sr., Florida State (20)
P Nicholas Conte, Jr., Virginia (31)
P Cason Beatty Sr., Florida State (27)

Which teams we beat out? Per an interview this morning VT was the only team he had discussions with as VT was the only team he was interested in.

Is he staying or definitely gone?

I was listening to an interview with Fuente on XM and the interviewer stated more than once that Bud and Shane were staying at VT. He did this before and after the interview. Fuente spoke at length about Foster but didn't discuss Shane.

i am getting live Roanoke feed, where is his audio?

You have my full support as the NEXT HEAD COACH OF OUR BELOVED HOKIES!!! GOOD LUCK AND GO GET EM!!! WIN BABY WIN!!!

Do you guys think the Plot Thickens or does VT go with Fuente?

Spoke with Saline, Mich., QB Josh Jackson a few minutes ago about Virginia Tech's hiring of Justin Fuente as head coach. That article is linked below:

http://rvls.co/1PUXCGw

Congrats on the hire. The other thing that you should be excited about is Fuente keeping Bud Foster on staff. Foster will keep your defense good while Fuente goes to work on your offense.

I'm not real clear on how it works. Obviously Frank and the current staff will focus on practice and the bowl game. My question is, can Fuente immediately hit the recruiting trail? This would seem like an extremely ideal situation and advantage for the football program to be in, if our current and future coach can work at the same time.

Look at all the 11-1 teams in the top 8 teams this year. I don't care that UNC is in it they deserve to be. I'd love to see an 8 team playoff this year. College football deserves it.

Will he be staying?

Seen something about him maybe coming to tech this winter?? Can anyone give any news on this. Guy was a highly rated qb coming out of high school went to georgia.

I just watched press conference naming new coach. I am more excited than before. Hopefully the days of losing "20-17 games" to inferior teams are over.

I read this morning that 75 teams won at least 6 games so 5 teams that won 5 games will be bowling. There are 40 bowl games, what do you guys think is that to many bowls? Should a team with a losing record be rewarded with a bowl trip? Just something to discuss.....

AD working behind the scenes like a boss!! All these job openings and he pulled one of the hottest names in the upcoming coaches ranks.. AD deserves a raise. Now if you guys land a qb like he had at Memphis, look out

The paper here in Florida had a article about the coaching carousel in football. It talks of hires the ones fired and what might happen at different schools. I liked the mention of VT. It says the hire of Fuente for tech was,and I quote"A marriage of maybe the best young coach available and one of the best jobs on the market"It goes on to say that this whole thing could not have worked out better for AD director Whit Babecock. I just think the part about being the best job on the market is great,It says a lot as to who VT is.

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Guys, just wanted to shed some more light on this, not that it's out and official with Justin Fuente for VT.

It's been tough to keep quiet on this for as long as I have, but that's what you have to do sometimes. But for all of you who have followed along with our INsiders, Fuente should come as zero surprise.

For the past two weeks, there have been no other candidates besides Fuente. VT actually agreed to terms with him about a week and a half ago. This thing was so far along that the Hokies actually had his new office set up in the Merryman Center early last week.

The hold up, though, was defensive coordinator Bud Foster. Fuente I'm told had to think on whether he wanted Foster to stay on board. That was one of the big selling points for AD Whit Babcock and I'm told Babcock is the one who swayed Fuente to keep Foster. As I've posted before, I can see good and bad with this. There's no question that Foster is one of the best defensive coordinators in the country. He knows what he's doing. But Foster is also a legend himself and as a young coach trying to establish yourself, that's sometimes tough to take on. But Fuente and Foster also talked it over and agreed they'd be a good fit together.

To show that this was anything but a done deal from the start, though, that's why Foster had put his name in for consideration at Illinois. Obviously, that's done. Foster wanted to remain at VT all along. Once he talked with Fuente, that seemed to alleviate both parties.

As far as the rest of the staff, I've had conflicting sources say that assistant coach Charley Wiles will stay on board. A very good source within the VT administration has told me that's not a done deal, though another very good source told me that Foster told Wiles long ago that he would take him wherever he went. And the other staffer that looks like a definite is Brad Cornelsen, who has been Memphis' co-offensive coordinator. Other than that, it appears nothing is set. But as I've mentioned before, other strong possibilities to follow Fuente are wide receivers coach Holmon Wiggins and special teams coordinator/TEs coach James Shibest. . One reason is that Wiggins recruits Georgia and has done very well there the past few years. Fuente wants to surround himself with a good mix of young and veteran coaches.

VT actually flew to Memphis to meet with Fuente last night. He's en route to Blacksburg right now and will be here at least for the next few days. At first, it looked like Fuente would coach Memphis in the bowl game, but now, our Memphis site, TigerSportsReports.com, has said he likely won't. So Fuente will be in Blacksburg the next few days and then head back to begin moving his things. He'll eventually move into Beamer's old office, whenever Beamer is ready to move out. I'm told there's basically no hurry right now.

Guys, just wanted to pass on that I had our media partners, WSLS, send a crew out to the airport in Blacksburg. Coach Justin Fuente arrived just a few minutes ago. Exclusive video of that coming.