Virginia-Virginia Tech News and Notes

The Commonwealth Cup has gone to the winner of this in-state battle since 1996. Tech won the first one that year. Virginia Tech has won 12 of the past 16 games in the series, 5 in a row, and 9 of the past ten. The Hokies lead 48-37-5 all-time in this grudge-match.

Tech Notes
*VT is 19-2 in November games since joining the ACC in 1994.
*The Hokies have only allowed one offensive TD in the past three games.
*Tailback Ryan Williams has 16 touchdowns already this season.
*Linebacker Cody Grimm leads the nation in forced fumbles with 7, which is an ACC record.
*The Hokies have won at least 8 games for the 12th straight season.
*Frank Beamer is 13-9 all-time against the Wahoos as head coach at VT.
*VT has won 10 or more games 8 times over the past 10 seasons.
*The Hokies have 4 BCS game appearances since 1998.
*No one on the Virginia Tech team has ever lost to the Wahoos.

UVA Notes
*The Hoos have scored at least 32 points in each of their last seven wins in this series since 1989.
*4th-year tackle Will Barker is making his 49th career start, which will tie 3 others for second most in the history of the program. 1st is Brennan Schmidt with 51 career starts.
*Redshirt freshman Steve Greer leads the Hoos in tackles (87) this season, with six being for a loss.
*Virginia has not been shut-out at home since 1984- a span of 156 games.
*The Hoos are 3-0 this year when they hold their opponents to under 300 offensive yards a game.
*If the Hoos give up more than 300 yards on offense, they are 0-8.
*Virginia's pass defense is ranked 11th nationally, giving up only 184.5 yards a game.
*UVA has sent more than 50 players to the NFL during Groh's coaching tenure here in Charlottesville.
*The last time the Hoos had a 200 yards rushing performance by one player, was Alvin Pearman who had 223 yards against Duke in 2004.