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The End: The House Settlement is Here

2 weeks ago | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation It’s finally here. The House vs. NCAA settlement has been formalized and ratified and will now further complicate the already deteriorating situation going on in college sports. Complicate? How does a settlement complicate things? This was supposed to be the end of things, why does this huge “agreement” make things substantively worse, and not settle the situation?
The End: What Happens to the ACC and Where does Virginia Tech Go?

3 weeks ago | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation As we pick up the final few of these “The End” articles, we need to talk about the ACC conference and where things look like they are headed as the series proposed target date of 2030 approaches. Remember the ACC/ESPN Grant of Rights (GoR) owns and controls the conference. College football is now, for better or worse, a money driven enterprise and media contracts and the proceeds from them are now the driving force in everything that is done from now on.
Virginia Tech Hokies Baseball Ends the Spring 2025 Sports Season and Makes Changes

1 month ago | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation Note of Apology: This Spring turning 66 and feeling every second of it left me barely able to walk, climb stairs, sit, stand... you name it, it was agony. A visit to the doctor finally mended the situation but the exhaustion from the nearly two months of pain and limited mobility left me with very little of the baseball season to cover actively.
Undrafted Hokies Sign Free Agent Contracts with Various NFL Teams

2 months ago | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation I remember being at the 2016/2017 Belk Bowl (now Duke’s Mayo Bowl) and spending time with various pro scouts before and during the game. It was an enlightening session that lasted until midway through the 4th quarter when most of the scouts had finally decamped and headed for the exits.
The End: The Professionalization of Collegiate Athletics

2 months ago | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation Author’s note of apology: Sorry, this is so late. Old age and bad legs got to me over the last month. Writing and photography became excruciatingly painful experiences. Things are better, now so it’s off and running (well, walking gingerly) for the remainder of the Summer and into Fall.
Virginia Tech Hokies Football 2025: Spring Game Takeaways

2 months ago | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation There was a whole lot to get to for this Spring practice session. The Hokie football team has a brace of new critical coaches due to the departures of DC Chris Marve, OC Tyler Bowen, and Offensive Line Coach Ron Crook. The existing staff, and the new additions, Sam Siefkes, Philip Montgomery, and Matt Moore have been supplemented by an entire brace of new position assistants that Bryan and I need to go over with everyone.
Virginia Tech Hokie Women’s Basketball Season Ends with a 59-69 Loss to Texas Tech

Mar 24, 2025 | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation It’s always too easy to say that “I have a feeling about this one...”, but that’s the general observation of the pregame atmosphere on the court. It’s not that the team seemed down, but it did feel like something was just not comfortable and “happy”. Matilda had a superhero facemask on to protect her bashed nose from the NC A&T game, and that bothered her.
Virginia Tech Hokie Women’s Basketball Advances in the WBIT with a Win over NC A&T: 61-45

Mar 20, 2025 | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation Coach Duffy reached down into the bench for this one. Freshmen Ramiya White and Myah Hazelton even got some playing time. But some of that came from Coach Duffy just trying something to shake things up in the 1st quarter. The Hokies just didn’t get off to a very good offensive start as they missed something around 7 shot attempts from inside and outside and hit nothing in the first 4:22 of the quarter.
Virginia Tech Hokie Women’s Basketball ACC Season Ends with a 57-72 Loss to Georgia Tech

Mar 7, 2025 | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation There was a whole lot of hope going into the ACC Tournament for the Hokies. They had a first-round bye (maybe not a great thing, considering...) and Virginia Tech had already fought the Yellow Jackets to a double overtime victory in January. The Lady Hokies looked like they were going to battle to the end in this one, but there were some troubling aspects to the first half performance that just really began a level of concern for the 2nd half.
Virginia Tech Hokie Women’s Basketball Battles Clemson to a 78-76 Win in Their House

Mar 3, 2025 | gobblercountry.com | John Schneider

John Schneider - SB Nation Well, it’s over! Though not completely just yet. The Virginia Tech Hokie Women’s basketball team absolutely needed a win in Clemson to retain some sort of position on the post season tournament possibilities. A win in Clemson would get them a first-round bye and an 8th seed in the ACC Tournament that starts Tuesday. In addition to that, Tech was almost knocked off its bubble for a potential bid to the NCAA Tournament with the heartbreaking OT loss to Boston College.