[givemethemic]

Checking from the Press Box in good old Blacksburg.... Pretty good 1st I think VT will pull off the upset tonight...thoughts???[/list]

[SuperJon]

How the heck did you get a media pass for this one? SportsLine or what?

[givemethemic]

yeah I did the show from up here...I used to go to games up here all the time

[SuperJon]

I have to admit, I'm watching the World Series.

[thesportscritic]

watched part of the game at Buffalo Wild Wing. now i am at home watching the game.

[givemethemic]

this fumble will get over turned

[bigsmooth]

the hokies surprised me. kudos to them, they shut down clemson's running game and the linebackers were insanely good. it it tough to win at lane satdium..esp. on thursday night.

[thesportscritic]

now they will find a way to shoot themselves in the foot later on in the season.

[A.G.]

One thing that struck me was how excited the band was during the Hokies exit through the tunnel. A LOT of energy. Also noticed was how the band is actually (brace yourself BJ) BACK IN THEIR SEATS FOR THE 3rd QUARTER. What a novel concept, using the band to create part of the crowd atmosphere.

[ATrain]

AG-we've already had this conversation about the band

[A.G.]

AG-we've already had this conversation about the band

Exactly. If we're going to strive to be I-A, and our football progam is equipping itself to be I-A, then all the support services should be at I-A level, too. And yes, I consider the band to be support.

[Sly Fox]

Classy VT fans:

Clemson's Bowden hit in head with glass bottleBy Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com


BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Clemson coach Tommy Bowden said Friday he was hit in the back of the head with a mini glass liquor bottle while standing on the sideline during Thursday night's 24-7 loss to Virginia Tech at Lane Stadium.


Wendell Flinchum, Virginia Tech's interim chief of police, confirmed Friday a fan was ejected from the stadium for throwing objects at the Tigers coaching staff. Flinchum said the man wasn't arrested and wouldn't release the man's identity.


Flinchum said he didn't know whether the man was a Virginia Tech fan or Clemson fan and wasn't completely sure the man ejected was the one who threw the bottle at Bowden.


Fans are prohibited from bringing alcohol into Lane Stadium.


"Had I turned and had it hit me in the eye, it would have killed me," Bowden said. "It was glass. That's what scared me. Those plastic ones, it wouldn't go that far."


Bowden said he gave the bottle to Clemson athletic director Terry Don Phillips, who was standing on the sideline. Bowden said officials made an announcement warning fans not to throw objects on the field.


"I really was afraid after that because had I turned and been hit in the eye, I surely would have lost the eye," Bowden said. "And then we lost the game. So it wasn't a good night."


The loss seriously damaged No. 10 Clemson's hopes of an at-large berth in a Bowl Championship Series game and essentially left the Tigers (7-2, 4-2 ACC) two games behind Boston College in the ACC's Atlantic Division. The Eagles are 3-1 in ACC play and have a tiebreaker over Clemson because of their 34-33 double-overtime win over the Tigers on Sept. 9.


With remaining games against Maryland and North Carolina State and rival South Carolina, the Tigers once again seem headed to the Gator Bowl or worse, instead of contending for their first ACC championship since 1991 and playing in a lucrative BCS bowl game.


"It's not over yet," Bowden said. "We're got three games left. We've got a lot of football left. Mathematically, we're not out of it."


Mark Schlabach covers college football and men's college basketball for ESPN.com. You can contact him at schlabachma@yahoo.com.

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