[news] Virginia Tech is established No. 13 in preseason coaches vote

The preseason USA Today coaches poll was released Thursday and Virginia Tech was one of two ACC football programs in the top 25. The Hokies will begin the year at No. 13.

The only other ACC team in the survey is number 5 of the State of Florida, the assembled media chosen to win the conference championship in the ACC Kickoff last week.

Noteworthy is the fact that none of the opponents Virginia Tech are included in the survey. Other ACC schools receiving votes were Miami, North Carolina, Clemson and North Carolina State.

This is the seventh consecutive season the Hokies have begun the year in the top 25.

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[news] Virginia Tech pistol panic

Blacksburg, VA - Unresolved issues remain after a sighting of a man, possibly with a gun by three teenage girls, led to a massive reaction of caution on the Virginia Tech and law enforcement Thursday.

The girls were in a camp on the campus to be driven by improved performance in Washington DC Virginia Tech, Wendell Flinchum Police Chief said that teens reported seeing a man possibly carrying a gun, covered with a cloth or some kind of cover, Dietrick Dining Hall near New Residence Hall and east around 9:00 am The boy told an adult with his group, who called police at 9:09 am

About half-an hour later, Virginia Tech decided to send an alert through its alert system VT. This alert on the website of Virginia Tech at 9: 36 am, and asked thousands of people on campus to stay indoors and to "secure its doors," but does not specifically a blockade was in effect. The alert includes the report of the girls watching.

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