Guys, I spoke a few minutes ago with South Caldwell (NC) three-star OL Landon Dickerson. I mentioned on another thread, but he's become one of the top three OL targets for the Hokies in the 2016 class

Dickerson told me he has three "front-runners" in VT, Tennessee and South Carolina. That's saying something, as his most recent offers came from Florida State, Alabama, Auburn and Vanderbilt.

With VT, I think it's been mentioned before, but his grandfather played with the Hokies a long, long time ago. So Dickerson is a legacy. And that's been something that assistant coach Stacy Searels has drilled him hard on. Dickerson wants to go into engineering, which has also been a big selling point. Dickerson said he really likes Searels and all the coaches and loved his visit Feb. 7 for junior day, which I recapped last month.

With Tennessee and South Carolina, he said he likes the engineering programs and the coaching staffs. But he's definitely not only considering those three. He will be visiting Georgia Tech April 3, but this is one big-time kid to watch.

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Landon Dickerson profile

I'll have a short column as well coming later, but here's our friend Pat Forde on Buzz Williams coaching a fan during a timeout last night. Hilarious!

Buzz coaches contestant

I had a chance to catch up with quarterback Logan Byrd to talk about his decommitment from Virginia Tech. Byrd took the high road and it seems as if the two sides parted amicably.

Here's a link to the story.

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Congrats to our boys on a hard fought 2-1 victory over #1 UVA!

keep it rolling

Guys, Max and I were literally on the road to record this week's podcast, on our way back from Greensboro and the ACC Tournament. Here's the link:

Check out this week's podcast

I don't get this one. His odds are better than they were in Baltimore, but now he's in at best a three way race to start. Hopefully the plan is to move EJ asap.

Tyrod to Buffalo

Wishing Royal could have stayed in Denver a few years ago

Royal on the move again

Guys, I'm sure you all have been aware of this, but the search for the missing VT student who fell overboard on a cruise ship has ended unsuccessfully. Our heartfelt condolences with his family.

VT student lost overboard

Guys, I'm back in the NRV from Greensboro, where VT men's basketball won one game, but then came up short against Miami to end the season. LOTS going on though, with the Hokies, including a decommit this week in football recruiting and a big offer in basketball recruiting. At 12:30 pm ET tomorrow (Friday), come chat with us and get all your VT-related questions answered on those topics and more! Come take advantage of and get the very most out of your subscriptions!

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Wow

Jason and I got a quick Q&A with Jay Bilas of ESPN about Buzz and VT's future with him at the realm. Look for more later from Greensboro!

Guys, anyone else watching all the games today? Some good basketball. UNC holding off BC right now, but hell of a comeback earlier by Clemson that fell just short.

VT have a shot tonight?

Guys, just for those interested, photos I took of the Hokies' win yesterday. I'll be on the court to take photos tonight.

VT/WF Photo Gallery

Good story by our Max Esterhuizen on Jalen Hudson's big performance yesterday.

Hudson's Effort

Looks like 2016 QB commitment Logan Byrd is decommitting from the Hokies. Not a huge loss considering QB Dwayne Lawson is still in the same class. Speaking of Lawson, I found this quote from the article interesting ...

"The Hokies signed highly-touted Tampa quarterback Dwayne Lawson this winter and also added Lawson's high school coordinator Max Warner as an offensive quality control assistant, perhaps signaling what direction the quarterback situation will go in upcoming years."

Two things. Is this kind of thing common? Do schools hire high school coaches that are associated with recruits? And also, what the hell is an "offensive quality control assistant"? Not saying this sounds fishy ... but this sounds fishy.

Great job Buzz & Hokie B'ball team in ACC tourney today!

Guys, video interview in the locker room after the game with Adam Smith and Justin Bibbs:

Smith, Bibbs video

Moving on up.

Full story with highlights from VT's 81-80 win today.

Game story: VT over Wake

Virginia Tech and Wake Forest tip off shortly in Greensboro.

How do you think the game is going to play out?

Guys, we alluded to it in a post last night before we had to take it down, but four-star QB Logan Byrd just announced on Twitter that he's decommitted from VT and is opening up his recruitment.

Logan Byrd profile

Great feature story on Buzz Williams, who still can't seem to figure out himself why he left Marquette for VT:

Buzz trudging through

Anyone see this column? Dan Shaughnessy is a big-time writer who's been with the Globe forever. Heated words for Coach Cal in this column. Thoughts?

Globe on Cal

Tech running back McKenzie and second student charged after incident with minors:http://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/blacksburg/tech-running-back-mckenzie-and-second-student-charged-after-incident/article_122c98d5-952d-5d0f-af55-3da27498ae41.html
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