Are U one of the 3 people that have the U? Better call your cable company now otherwise you’ll miss about 15 ACC games including Tech’s tilts against the canes, wolfpack, and hoos.

Luckily I am one of those 3 that have it, but I won’t get the JP/Raycom/Lincoln Financial/Weedeater Tampax games because 1) DirecTV doesn’t offer locals in Charlottesville and 2) they will be blacked out on the ESPN Full Court package. Just another sucky thing about living in cavalier country, er, I mean the best place to live in America. Whatever Carruthers.

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[exhale]  After four trips to Blacksburg in five weekends, that pretty much says it all.  I woke up on a Saturday morning in my own bed for the first time in a month and just the second time since August.  My roommates are wondering who I am right now.  I can’t even imagine what my Hokie friends that went to lsu feel like today (that aren’t doing death valley part II).

So.  With that in mind, we have to find some things to do to fill the void this month with no Saturday home football games.  Here’s some ideas:

• Reintroduce yourself to your non-Hokie family and friends in your town.  They probably don’t remember you.

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The Tech basketball team’s graduation success rate makes a giant improvement from last year, and is better than the national average.

If you look at last year’s season ending Top 25 poll, Tech ranks 9th.

How about those twerps? They scored a big goose egg.

Here is more info from the NCAA on the GSR.

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The Collegiate Inn of Blacksburg (the Holiday Inn) is holding 10 rooms for the boston college football game for TechHoops.com readers. These rooms will be available until Sat, Oct 7. To book a room, call 540-552-7001 and use the code “THB”.

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Wizards sign Jamon Gordon.

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