Good morning, Tech Fam. A new era is officially here in Blacksburg.

What all are we covering in today’s edition, Hokies? Check it out below!

🏟️ Lovin’ Lane
👟 Action Jackson
⏱️ Countin’ Down
🦃 And much, much more!

🎟️ TICKET TUESDAY

It’s that time again…. it’s TICCKKETTTT TUESDAYYYYYY!

Today’s Ticket Tuesday offer will be available beginning at 10 a.m. ET and remain on sale through 11:50 p.m. ET on Sunday, or until the allotted inventory is exhausted.

Fans are encouraged to act quickly, as only a limited number of tickets have been reserved for each Ticket Tuesday promotion. 

🔼 A New Era. On Monday evening, Virginia Tech announced the appointment of Brian White as vice president and director of athletics, selecting a nationally-respected leader to help drive the university’s vision for sustained excellence, competitive success and long-term growth in a rapidly evolving era of college athletics.

White brings over two decades of high-level collegiate athletics experience to the Commonwealth following an eight-year stint (2018-26) as vice president and director of athletics at Florida Atlantic. Previously, White was the deputy athletics director for external relations at Missouri (2015-18), the associate athletics director for development and chief development officer at Army West Point (2014-15), oversaw all athletics fundraising efforts at Tulsa (2014) and was the associate athletics director for external affairs at Louisiana Tech University (2012-14).

As vice president and director of athletics, White will oversee Virginia Tech's 22-sport athletics department and lead the university's efforts to compete and thrive in a rapidly evolving collegiate athletics environment.

🔼 Lovin’ Lane. In less than two weeks, the college football world will be glued to the video game controllers as EA Sports College Football 27 is set to released in early July.

This week, EA Sports is unveiling elements of this year’s games, including the Top 25 Toughest Places to play, which was featured on Monday.

Lane Stadium rolled in at #22 nationally and third toughest in the ACC. Let’s make it even tougher in 2026!

🏈 Check Out The Full List
🎟️ The Full List of Ticket Options For The 2026 Season

🔼 Action Jackson. Just a few weeks after grabbing his second career individual First Team All-American honor, Christian Jackson was back in Oregon racing among some of the best in the country.

Jackson followed up his showing at the NCAA Championships with a personal best time of 1:44.74 en route to a victory in the Hot Window 800m at the 2026 Portland Track Festival.

🏈 COUNTIN’ DOWN: 74 DAYS

Throughout the summer, we will be counting down the days
to the return of Virginia Tech Football this fall. The Hokies will host
VMI on September 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Wearing #74, former Hokie standout Derek Smith was an anchor on the offensive line from 1996 – 1998.

The offensive tackle had his best year in 1998, when he earned third team All-American accolades and All-Big East honors.

Smith was also a major factor in Tech's 1998 Music City Bowl victory over Alabama.

🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

How many total All-American accolades did Christian Jackson finish his career with?

Got a guess?

Scroll to the bottom and find out!

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

*all times are ET*

Saturday, Sept. 5
🏈 Football vs. VMI @ 7:30pm | ACC Network | Listen | Live Stats | Buy Tickets

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Five

2026 Outdoor First Team (800m), 2026 Indoor First Team (DMR), 2025 Outdoor Second Team (800m), 2025 Indoor First Team (DMR), 2024 Indoor Second Team (DMR)

🦃 Have a great one, y’all!