Over the years, our broadcasting duo of Bill Roth & Mike Burnop have had many memorable calls, describing the action for both Hokie football and basketball. What they described Wednesday night in College Park, Md. with just under a minute remaining in the first half was nothing short of classic. (Note that I watched the game on television and heard this clip later.)

Bill was in his normal play by play mode describing the action as jason mcalpin, a terp senior from Silver Spring missed the second of two free throws. Then…..

Bill: “Oh my goodness! Hudson is getting sick on the floor”.

Mike: “Wow Bill! That was humongous! That’s going to take a while to clean up”.

Simple, but to the point; everyone knew they had plenty of time to go get a beer out of the fridge. The Raycom television crew of Tim Brandt (terp alum) and Dan Bonner (uva alum) were pretty much clueless at first as to what was going on, thinking that perhaps Dorenzo had been elbowed in the face. If anyone needed a reminder that we have one of the best, if not the best play by play and color commentary tandems in the country, look no further than that.

While we’re on the subject of Hudson’s puking incident, anyone interested in becoming a terp basketball manager should first watch the tape of a scowling more than usual gary williams as he glared at his team manager indicating for him to “Get the hell out there and get it cleaned up!”, without saying a word.

Ok, you can go ahead and fess up now. After last Saturday’s 39 point loss to unc you were starting to count down the days until spring practice begins for that other game with the funny shaped ball that takes the odd bounces. Luckily, Seth Greenberg & crew did not have the same thinking.

Jeff Allen in particular had quite a homecoming in his return to the metro DC area, with an incredible 14 point 14 rebound performance. He had perhaps the game’s most spectacular play as he swatted away a bambale osby shot in the lane that directly led to an A.D. Vassallo three that gave Tech it’s first lead of the game with 3:32 left.

Allen was also involved in what I feel was the turning point in the game. Just as it appeared things were starting to slip away in the second half for the Hokies, kind of like they did in Raleigh against state after the Hokies had battled back to make things close, this time Allen came up huge. The play started with A.D. on the right wing as he drove to the basket as it looked like he had a lane. osby quickly converged on A.D. & blocked the shot into the hands of james gist. As gist turned to outlet the ball, Allen stripped the ball away from gist, one of the strongest players in the ACC no less, and then converted on the layup right over the bewildered gist. We all know how things eventually turned out from that point on.

Kudos to Seth for challenging big Jeff in front of the whole team before the maryland game to play more up to his abilities. This would be a must if the Hokies were to have any chance against the likes of gist & osby, especially with JT Thompson sidelined with an ankle injury. Whatever Seth said it worked. Lets hope it carries over for the rest of the season, as the Hokies are a much better team when Allen is on his “A” game.

Don’t be worried at all that ga tech may have an advantage over the Hokies going into tomorrow afternoon’s matchup in Cassell, after the jacket’s game with uva last night was postponed due to a leaky roof at the Alexander Coliseum, thus giving the jackets a full week to rest. The Hokies are much better off continuing the roll of their performance in College Park on Wednesday night, as opposed to the ga tech’s last outing, a heartbreaking one-point home loss to miami.

The Hokies should be plenty fired up by Greenberg’s comments right after the maryland game, “We will not quit. We WILL keep on fighting”! Bring on the jackets baby!

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