Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer called it a complete team victory. "Everybody contributed," he said. ...more

December 7, 2008

When the season began, Virginia Tech sophomore QB Tyrod Taylor was scheduled for a redshirt year. But after just one game, Hokies coach Frank Beamer changed that strategy, and Taylor eventually became the starter. ...more

December 7, 2008

AT STAKE The ACC Championship Game winner goes to the Orange Bowl, probably to face Big East champion Cincinnati. Boston College, seeking its first BCS bowl bid, hasn't played in the Orange Bowl since Jan. 1, 1943. Virginia Tech has made three BCS bowl appearances, including last season's 24-21 loss to Kansas at the Orange Bowl. ...more

December 6, 2008

The ACC Championship Game winner goes to the Orange Bowl, probably to face Cincinnati, the Big East Conference champion. ...more

December 5, 2008

The nation's most competitive, most balanced and most unpredictable college-football conference will hold its championship game today at Raymond James Stadium. Yes, it's the ACC. ...more

December 5, 2008

Bucs cornerback Ronde Barber, a former University of Virginia player, was part of the bid presentation that lured the ACC Championship Game to Tampa. ...more

December 4, 2008

Seven new starters. Those words hung over Virginia Tech's defense like a dark cloud. ...more

December 4, 2008

The Boston College Eagles will land tonight. The Virginia Tech Hokies arrive Friday. Many fans already are here. Tampa's Raymond James Stadium is bracing for its first college football conference title game. Before Boston College (9-3) and Virginia Tech (8-4) kick off the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship Game on Saturday afternoon at 1 (WFTS, Channel 28), with a trip to Miami's Orange Bowl at stake, here is some warm-up information: ...more

December 4, 2008

For the second straight season, the Boston College Eagles (9-3) and Virginia Tech Hokies (8-4) will stage a rematch in Saturday's ACC Championship Game at Raymond James Stadium. On Oct. 18, BC defeated Virginia Tech 28-23 in Chestnut Hill, Mass. ...more

December 2, 2008

Back in Malden, Mass., in November of 1942, my father, Mac, won two tickets at the Malden Elks Club for the Boston College-Holy Cross football game, to be played at Fenway Park in Boston on Saturday, Nov. 28. The BC team was undefeated and leading the nation while featuring a powerful sophomore fullback named Mike Holovak, from the coal mining town of Lansford, Pa. ...more

November 2, 2008