Guys, in case you missed it, VT has another offer out, this one pretty big, to Dooly County (Ga.) four-star defensive end Antonneoous Clayton, No. 42 int he Rivals100: http://sports.yahoo.com/virginiatech/football/recruiting/player-Antonneous-Clayton-176585

Guys, Charley Wiles and Bud Foster gave an update yesterday on who will and won't redshirt this fall. Here's the latest tally of the notable redshirts:

Offense:
OL: Austin Clark, D'Andre Plantin
TE: Chris Cunningham, Xavier Burke
RB: Deshawn McClease
RB/WR: Coleman Fox
DT: Tim Settle, Ricky Walker, Harry Lewis
DE: Darius Fullwood, Houshun Gaines, Trevon Hill
LB: Carson Lydon
DB: Jahque Alleyne, DuWayne Johnson

So it looks like the definites to play are Mook Reynolds, Adonis Alexander and Yosuah Nijman

The staff is still deciding whether or not to play Dwayne Lawson, Tremaine Edmunds and Tyrell Smith

maybe it's just me, but I was damn impressed with this guy. I hope this is his year.

Our Adam Friedman spoke with Glen Allen (Va.) 2017 three-star WB Alex Faniel, who has a number of visits coming up, including to VT for the Ohio State game. And by the way, he's grown an inch, to 6'6" and now 220 pounds.

Story/video: http://rvls.co/1Imf25v

Ricky Slade already has a long offer sheet and is one of the top RBs in the 2018 class. In the video interview linked below he talks about his recent visit to Virginia Tech and says that he wants to visit Auburn, Florida State and Florida.

Video: Slade talks upcoming visits

....I would like to express my condolences over the awful, senseless shooting of the 2 TV workers. I understand that the 1 individual Adam was a diehard Virginia Tech Fan.
Things like this make no sense....... Hail to PITT !!!

I don't see any conversation on here about him. So what it the general consensus in Hokie Nation about landing him? As a PITT fan, I love our rivalry and was just wondering. ALSO, I have family all over VA and I'm considering come to the game! By the way, I kinda want you to beat Ohio State for the sake of our conference! Thanks for the response!

If you haven't seen this video on the RT website, I suggest you watch it. Good stuff and got me pumped for the season with a glimmer of hope.

I caught up with 2017 VT commit Devante Smith the other day. Virginia Tech was Smith's first and only offer but that was enough for him to decide Blacksburg was the place for him. Smith admitted he might take some visits but I don't think VT needs to be worried right now.

Article: VT commit might take visits

Guys, this was quickly shot down by Whit Babcock, but in case you're interested, here's the video of Foster saying the Hokies were looking into fining players: http://rvls.co/1JwTRP0

Bud also went over a few other topics as well, though that's the big one.

From our friends at PantherLair.com, our Pittsburgh site, Brashear (Pa.) three-star CB Therran Coleman is planning on making a decision Sunday night on KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. He has a top five of Pittsburgh, VT, Arizona State, Wisconsin and West Virginia.

Pitt is the odds on favorite here, followed by West Virginia and Wisconsin. I'll be shocked if he picks the Hokies. He cancelled his visit for Beamer's BBQ July 25 and never rescheduled. He had talked with assistant coach Torrian Gray about setting one up, possibly for Ohio State, but that never happened. My guess is Pitt, but we;ll see for sure Sunday night.

Here's the full story: http://rvls.co/1JzTbg8

Guys, we're back at 12:30 pm ET for this week's chat, as we're a week and a half from the start of the season against Ohio State! Lots of news with the Hokies over the past few days, from Bud Foster, to redshirts and with recruiting, there's always plenty going on. Come take advantage of and get the very most out of your subscriptions and join us! If you can't make it, you can post questions on The Gobbler, email me directly or catch the replay. Hope to see many of you on the chat!

This week's chat link: http://bit.ly/1JlMif6

Enter Sandman was first played at Lane Stadium 15 years ago today. Think it worked out well.

With Derek St. John and Mike Zadick joining the VT program it looks like that news made it on Takedown Wrestling TV (basically the sports center show for wrestling)

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Guys, I apologize for not posting more today, but I've been a little preoccupied by the events that transpired this morning on WDBJ in Roanoke. Our deepest thoughts and prayers and most heartfelt sympathies go out to our fellow journalists at WDBJ in wake of the tragedy this morning.

Guys, I thought I posted this link here, but our media partners at WSLS-NBC in Roanoke supplied us with some highlights from the scrimmage on Saturday: http://rvls.co/1KLCACP

Thoughts?

Guys, it looks like VT has dropped off with Imhotep Charter (Pa.) four-star OL Johncarlo Valentin. In June, after he visited for the Hokies' June 14 camp, he said he had a top five that included VT. But he backed off of that top five not long after and when asked by Adam Friedman which schools stood out, even as far as visits, he didn't mention the Hokies.

I know the VT staff still has interest and has been in contact, but not looking good right now after this interview by Friedman:

Guys, I spoke earlier with Northwest Guilford (NC) 2019 RB Cameron Cloud. That's right, class of 2019, so he's only a freshman. His father has been giving me regular updates on him since the spring, but I wanted to at least wait until he played his first game of high school football to write anything on him.

But he's noteworthy for two reasons: He was offered by Elon last year and after he camped at Virginia in late June, he got an offer from the Hoos. The other significant thing is that in his first varsity football game last Friday, he ran for just over 100 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries.

Cloud and his family are very close to freshman CB Mook Reynolds and his family. That's actually how I got in touch with them. Cloud camped at VT July 26 and though he didn't get an offer, I think one will come soon enough. The coaches simply want to see him in at least a few games this season before offering, but he has a chance to be at a Ricky Slade level, with the fast start he's had.

It's still sooooooo early, he's just getting a feel for everything. So far, the two schools that have caught Cloud's attention are VT and Clemson. With the Hokies, he liked the atmosphere and the offense. With the Tigers, it's the family environment and the coaching staff.

This might be the first time you guys have heard of Cloud, but it won't be the last.

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Projects at 125, ranked in the top 15 at his weight

http://iawrestle.com/2015/07/08/overtime-with-jack-wagner/

Guys, I retweeted this earlier, but Cape Henry (Va.) class of 2018 shortstop Matt Ballance called me just a little while ago to say he's committed to the Hokies. He's their third commitment in the class, joining catcher Jonoven Savage and pitcher Alex Havlicek.

Coach Pat Mason has done a good job of getting early commitments. They might not stick, but it's easier getting guys to buy in early before they take off. All three have a ton of potential. Ballance's only other offer was from Liberty, but he'd gotten more and more interest from North Carolina, South Carolina and East Carolina.

Ballance said he liked a lot of things about VT, including the coaches, the atmosphere, the campus and the people. He is also good friends with freshman forward Chris Clarke, the four-star recruit from Cape Henry who signed with the Hokies in the spring.

Lots more coming on this, but we'll be doing more and more baseball recruiting for sure.

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Virginia Tech is the latest offer for 2017 Roswell, Ga. DB Xavier McKinney. The 6-foot-1, 185-pound prospect had two interceptions in his season-opening game, and already has offers from Alabama, Clemson and South Carolina.

Here's a link to his profile.

Guys, just happened in the last few hours, but it's official, Michael Vick is now the backup quarterback in Pittsburgh. Any thoughts?
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Congrats on big 2-1 Win vs #12 WVU, this should move team up from #13 in country to at least #12!

Next up is JMU, make it 4 in a row vs the dukes!

Let's go Hokies!

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Anyone have or know someone who is selling decent tickets at a decent price and not overly priced for the osu game thanks