2004 college schedules & notes
Va. Tech Hokies Va. Cavaliers
Aug. 28 USC ESPN 7:45
BCA Football Classic @
FedEx Field - Landover, MD.
Sept. 4 @ Temple 12:00 ESPN2
Sept. 11 W'ern Mich. 1:00 *U.N.C. 3:30 ABC
Sept. 18 *Duke 12:00 JP/Raycom Akron (HC) 3:00 x
Sept. 25 *N.C. St. 12:00 ESPN Syracuse 3:30 x
Oct. 2 W.V.U. 12:00 ESPN
Oct. 9 @ *Wake Forest 12:00 JP/Raycom *Clemson THUR. 7:30 ESPN
Oct. 16 Florida A&M (HC) 1:00 x @ *FSU 7:45 ESPN
Oct. 23 @ *Duke 1:00 x
Oct. 30 @ *Ga. Tech THUR. 7:30 ESPN
Nov. 6 @ *U.N.C. 12:00 ESPN2 *Maryland 3:30 ABC
Nov. 13 *Miami 3:30 ABC
Nov. 20 *Maryland THUR. 7:30 ESPN @ *Ga. Tech 1:00 ABC
Nov. 27 *U.Va. 1:00 ABC @ *Va. Tech 1:00 ABC
Dec. 4 @ *Miami 1:00 ABC
Jan. 3 Auburn 8:00 ABC Dec. 27 Fresno St. 2:00 ESPN
Sugar Bowl - New Orleans MPC Computers Bowl - Boise, Idaho
Tenn. Vols
Sept 4 UNLV SUN. 8 ESPN2
11 ---
18 *Florida 8 CBS
25 La. Tech (HC) 7
Oct 2 *Auburn 7:45 ESPN
9 @ *Ga. 3:30 CBS
16 @ *Ole Miss 9:00 ESPN2
23 *Alabama 3:30 CBS
30 @ *S. Carolina 12:30 JP
Nov 6 Notre Dame 3:30 CBS
13 ---
20 @ *Vandy 12:30 JP
27 *UK
Jan. 11 Texas A&M 11 am Fox
Cotton Bowl - Dallas
Marshall U. Thundering Herd Concord U. Mtn. Lions
Aug 28 Tusculum 1 pm
Sept 4 Troy 4:30 @ Newberry College 7
11 @ Ohio St. 3:30 ABC @ Western Ky. Univ. 7
18 @ Ga. 1 U. of Charleston 7
(moved to Charleston's Laidley Field @ 1 pm)
25 *Glenville St. 1
29 *Miami (Ohio) WED. 7:00 ESPN 2
Oct 2 @ *WV Wesleyan 1
9 @ *Ohio 1 @ *W.V. State 1
16 @ *Kent St. 4 *Fairmont St. (HC) 1
23 *Buffalo (HC) 4:30 @ *WVU-Tech 1
30 *Cent. Fla. 2:30 @ *Shepherd 1
Nov 6 @ *Akron FRI. 7:00 ESPN 2 *W. Liberty St. 1
13 @ *Bowling Green 4
20 *Western Mich. 4:30
Dec 2 MAC title game
Dec. 23 Cincinnati 6:30 ESPN
Fort Worth Bowl
Emory & Henry Wasps Carson Newman Eagles
Aug 28 Winston Salem St. 6 THUR
Sept 4 @ W. Georgia
Sept 11 @ Ferrum ---
Sept 18 Millsaps @ N. Dakota St. 7
Sept 25 @ Wash. & Jefferson *Mars Hill
Oct 2 Methodist *Newberry
Oct 9 @ *Hampden-Sydney @ *Presbyterian 1:30
Oct 16 *Randolph-Macon (HC) *Tusculum (HC) 3
Oct 23 @ *Bridgewater @ *Lenoir-Rhyne 7
Oct 30 *Catholic @ *Catawba 1:30
Nov 6 @ *Washington & Lee *Wingate
Nov 13 *Guilford
all games at 1 pm unless noted
UVA-Wise Cavs Pikeville Col. Bears
Aug 28 *Union College (Ky) 7
Sept 4 *Ky. Wesleyan 5 *Cumberland Col. (KY) 7
11 @ *Cumberland U. (TN) @ *Bethel 2:30
18 @ Mars Hill - *Ky. Wesleyan
moved to Thursday night @ 7.
25 @ *Lambuth U. 2:30 @ *Cumberland U. (TN) 2:30
Oct 2 *Belhaven (HC) *Union 7
9 --- @ *Lambuth 2:30
16 @ *Georgetown Col. (HC) 1:30 *Belhaven (HC) 1:30
23 *Pikeville 6 @ *UVA-Wise 6
30 @ *Campbellsville 1:30 *Georgetown Col. 1:30
Nov 6 *Cumberland Col. (KY) 5 @ N. Greenville 2:00
13 @ *Bethel 1:30 @ *Campbellsville U. 1:30
all games at 1:30 pm unless noted
An Aug. 8th story in the
Roanoke Times says former
Clintwood standout Justin Hamilton should see significant time at RB when the Hokies play
defending national champs Southern Cal Sat. night in DC.
A May story in the
Coalfied Progress reports that a number of SW Va. players will be at UVA-Wise this Fall,
including Josh Bentley (from Gate City, through Sullivan North), Honaker's D.J. Hall,
Clintwood's Dylan Shupe, Pound's C.J. Johnson, Appy's Donovan Mabe, Powell Valley's
Brent Miller, JJ Kelly's Reuben Swindall, and Rye Cove's Brandon Sturgill.
According to a July 27th article in the
Bristol Herald-Courier, former Powell Valley & UVa standout Julius Jones signed with the
Dallas Cowboys.
According to a May 2nd article in the
Kingsport Times-News,
former Lee High & ETSU DT Brandon Calton signed a free-agent contract with the
Pittsburgh Steelers, who want him at DE.
While hazing was the downfall of some high schoolers last Fall, alcohol has been the
downfall of a couple of highly touted in-state college players in 2004.
Partying with local high school girls got Marcus Vick in trouble earlier this year,
then he got caught speeding in New Kent county over the 4th of July weekend, and some
pot was found in his 2005 vehicle, leading to Vick's suspension from the team a
couple of days later.
Vick was later suspended from Tech for the Fall semester and loses a year of eligibility.
(Hokie news links :
TechSidelines.com ,
Roanoke Times ,
Richmond Times-Dispatch
)
Found a decent little ACC primer for all you Hokies at
TechSideline.com.
A couple of weeks later, Graham's Ahmed Bradshaw was caught with an open container of alcohol
in Hoo-ville (see the
Charlottesville,
Richmond
& Bluefield
stories). Because of Ahmed's reaction, Coach Groh announced a few days later that Bradshaw
"will not be participating" with the team this season (see stories in
Bluefield ,
Richmond ,
Richmond ,
& Lynchburg). (Gotta wonder how the police were able to chase him down on foot.)
Another couple of weeks later, the August 9th edition of the
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
and the August 10th edition of the
Bluefield Daily Telegraph said he had transferred & reported to training camp at
Marshall U. up in Huntington.
Additional stories can be found in the Aug. 12th edition of the
Charleston Daily Mail,
the Aug. 13th edition of the
Beckley Register-Herald, an Aug. 19th
AP
story, an Aug.20th story in the Beckley
Register-Herald, and in Doug Doughty's
Notebook entries of
July 23 and
Aug. 13.
Meanwhile, the Aug. 25th edition of the Charlottesville
Daily Progress says former William Campbell star Cedric Peerman is adjusting well at UVA.
(Wahoo news links :
Roanoke Times ,
Richmond)
Hooray for the CFB powers that be for simplifying the BCS. They figured out that the
computer rankings already take into consideration strength of schedule, number of losses
& quality wins, so those 3 components have been dropped. The new formula is quite simple :
one-third each for the AP coaches poll, the ESPN sports writers poll, and the average of
the computer polls. While it may not give the final result everybody wants, it WILL
eliminate a lot of the debate over the numbers, making the lives of message-board
operators a lot easier. (see the
Associated Press story)
More details on the EXACT formula (which includes x/1625) can be found in this
ESPN story.
A good story on why top-ranked USC didn't belong in the BCS title game can be
found at Anderson Sports,
which compiles one of the polls (A&H) used in the BCS rankings. Basically, only 1 win vs.
a Top 25 team and a loss to 7-6 Cal. did them in on the computers.
2004 computer polls :
Anderson & Hester ,
Billingsley (Nashville),
Colley (Bristol),
Massey (Tech),
Sagarin ,
Wolfe ,
LINKS :
VPI -
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affiliates ,
TechSideline ,
Drillfield webcam ;
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UT -
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Marshall -
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UVa-Wise -
sched. ,
E&H -
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Ferrum ,
Carson-Newman ,
Pikeville ,
Concord
ISP ,
Jefferson-Pilot ,
ACC ,
SEC ,
MAC ,
ODAC ,
WVIAC ,
Mid South ,
AAC