Happy Friday! This is how we like to start off the football weekend… Jaylin Lane was named the Rookie of the Week!

What else are we covering into today’s edition, Hokies?

🏀 Tip-Off Dinner
💪 Meet Clint Wattenberg
🦃 And much, much more!

🦃 STOCK UP

🔼 Join Us. The men’s basketball team will host the Tip-Off Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 25. The event will be held at The Inn at Virginia Tech at 6pm ET. Join Head Coach Mike Young and the Virginia Tech men’s basketball team to celebrate the upcoming 2025-2026 season and to honor the 1995 NIT Championship team.

🏀 Here’s more info about the dinner.

🔼 Welcome! The men’s basketball program has a new assistant coach. David Moats comes to Blacksburg after spending nine seasons at Boise State, where he served in a variety of roles, including the past few seasons as an assistant coach for the Broncos. He helped the Broncos to six 20-win seasons across nine seasons.

🏀 Here’s more about the new coach.

Former Virginia Tech women's soccer standout and current ACC Network analyst Morgan Conklin Bowen stops by the show. Host Evan Hughes gets you caught up on all things Virginia Tech sports, including how Virginia Tech women's soccer can pick up its first ACC result of the season this weekend against NC State and a preview of Virginia Tech volleyball's ACC opening weekend against Cal and Stanford. Hughes details his thoughts on the 2025-26 schedule for Virginia Tech women's basketball. Hear from coach Mike Young as he addressed members of the media this week.

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🤔 HOKIE TRIVIA

Week 3. Former Virginia Tech Hokies had great performances in the NFL this past weekend. Tremaine Edmunds tallied 15 total tackles this past weekend.

Jaylin Lane returned five punts and logged ### return yards.

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🟠 ONE BIG THING

Fueled. Associate Athletics Director of Sports Nutrition, Clint Wattenberg, helps to fuel the 600+ Hokies student-athletes daily. Wattenberg knows better than most what it takes to succeed in competition, being a two-time All-American on the mat at Cornell. Now, micro and macronutrients are at the top of his mind.

💪 Learn more about Wattenberg.

📆 THE DAYS AHEAD

Friday, September 26

🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA All-American | Live Stats

Saturday, September 27

🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA All-American | Live Stats
🏐 Volleyball vs. Cal @ 1pm ET | Live Stats | Watch
⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. NC State @ 7pm ET | Live Stats | Watch 
🏈 Football at NC State @ 7pm | Live Stats | Watch

Sunday, September 28

🎾 Women’s Tennis at ITA All-American | Live Stats
🏐 Volleyball vs. Stanford @ 12pm ET | Live Stats | Watch

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🦃 Have a great Friday!