10.2007: week 2

Took a little road trip down to Clemson, SC this weekend with Kim's family. College football rivalries are always referred to in unkind terms. Not so in Clemson. Some of the nicest fans in all of sports cheer for the Tigers in this town. Wearing Hokie gear, I heard, "Welcome to Clemson, good to have you here!" no less than a dozen times walking through downtown Clemson, around the stadium, and postgame on the way out.

The highlight of the trip, aside from seeing the Hokies hand one to the Tigers, was catching up with Daniel. We caught up with him postgame after he had performed all of his ROTC duties.

10.01.2007: week 1

NCAA Division I Football has over 200 teams, and before last weekend the Richmond Spiders were one of 5 teams that still had not played a home game. That changed Saturday as the #25 Spiders beat the #11 New Hampshire Wildcats. Tim Hightower (above, left #22) and Eric Ward combined for 385 of Richmond's offensive yards. Hightower's first of three touchdowns (below) came with 9:07 remaining in the 1st quarter.

  

09.2007: week 4

Apparently the US Postal Service decided they needed to start reaching out to Star Wars fans.

09.2007: week 2

The start of school meant a boring week. Which means it's time for a flashback:

In the fall of 2005, I got to spend a weekend away from school on the island of Andros in the Bahamas. A church in Richmond wanted to see how they could meet the physical needs of the people of Andros, and I was the poor soul brought along to document the weekend. No college student wants to wake up before sunrise on a weekend, but this was well worth it.

09.2007: week 1

An archive in week 1? Naw, let's keep breaking the rules.

April 16 at Virginia Tech was a horrible day. Since then, Hokie Nation has wanted to return to normalcy. Part of the recovery process was a date they all looked forward to: September 1. The start of football season would bring 66,000+ into Lane Stadium for an emotional day. And joining in the remembrance was the crew of ESPN's College Game Day.

We are Virginia Tech.