On rare occasions, you may find that the Virginia and Virginia Tech football teams are in the same boat after the fourth week of the season.
They are nowhere near the top 10 in college football, ranking 75th (UVa) and 98th (Virginia Tech) in the Sagarin rankings published by USA Today after their first four games.
2-2 for both teams. In Virginia schools, James Madison beats Tech with his 62nd and Liberty his 88th.
The two ACC schools ranked under Tech and UVa are Georgia Tech and Boston College, both ranked first through third. After suffering his 27-10 loss in Central Florida last weekend, Georgia Tech fired his athletic director Todd Stansbury and head coach Jeff Collins. .
Before that, they lost 42-0 at home to Mississippi.
Selected to replace Stansbury as head coach was Brent Key, the Yellow Jackets’ assistant head coach and run game coordinator. This could cause confusion at a conference involving Brent Pry, Virginia Tech head coach Brent Key.
Georgia Tech’s new director of athletics, Frank Neville, is a former martial artist, bodybuilder, and baseball writer for The Sporting News. He also spent 15 years as a diplomat at the State Department.
hard to miss
Hendon Hooker, a former Virginia Tech quarterback who started 15 games over two seasons with the Hokies, is now garnering 461 total offensive yards in No. 11 Tennessee’s 38-33 win over No. 20 Florida. Heisman Trophy contender.
Hooker attempted 212 passes without an interception. It was the most passes his yards against Florida by a Tennessee quarterback since Payton’s Manning in 1997.
The Greensboro, N.C. native passed for 22 touchdowns and nearly 3,000 yards in the 2019-2020 season with Tech. He achieved his 60%+ completion rate in both seasons.
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About Bennett
UVa’s Chico Bennett was named ACC’s Defensive Player of the Week after recording two sacks at Syracuse and began college at Georgia Tech before transferring to UVa. Bennett, a frequent traveler, played two of his seasons at Rock and Ridge High School in Ashburn, Virginia, before moving to Franklin, Tennessee.
Bennett’s father played in Hawaii and his uncle played three seasons in the NFL.
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kick the predicament
After kicking 11 field goals on 13 attempts in the 2021 season, UVa senior kicker Brendan Farrell went 4-6 this season before losing 22-20 to Syracuse on Friday night. and missed from 50 and 48 yards.
Farrell, who kicked the winning field goal a week ago in the Cavaliers’ 16-14 win over Old Dominion, was backed by Gulliver Prep freshman Will Betridge in the Miami suburbs, making him the third-best finisher in the nation. It was ranked in the prospect of kicking. By 247 Sports. Head coach Tony Elliott announced Tuesday that Betridge will handle field goals and Farrell will advance kickoff duties.
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Virginia, Virginia Tech Launches Ray Guy Award Candidates
Daniel Sparks of Virginia and Peter Moore of Virginia Tech are on the Ray Guy Award list for the nation’s top punters.
Playing for Louisiana Monroe before coming to UVa, the Sparks averaged 45.25 yards per punt and 7-of-25 yards within 20 yards. Moore averages 42.8 yards, and within 20 he’s 10.
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impressive newcomer
Jelani Woods is a first-team All-ACC selection in 2021 after catching 44 passes and scoring eight touchdowns for Virginia, earning a 2021 win for the Indianapolis Colts in a 20-17 victory over Cincinnati. Caught two touchdown passes on Sunday, including the winner of the .
A 6-foot-8, 253-pound tight end, Woods began his college career at Oklahoma State University and was a third-round pick in the NFL Draft earlier this year.
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Recruitment
Rodney Laura, a 6-foot-4 defensive lineman from Woodbury Forest east of Charlottesville, has canceled a verbal commitment to Virginia and says he plans to visit Penn State University this weekend. . He is rated by Rivals his com as his 18th largest prospect in the state.