A bit of an abbreviated preview this week. Thanksgiving will have that effect. Turkey and pie won't eat themselves, you know.

Jumptastic...

Happy Thanksgiving everyone out there in Hokieland.  Now while it might be weird eating your mascot, enjoy the day and, of course, relate any hilarious stories back to us where if we get enough, we can post them all after the holiday and have a good laugh.

Now if you're saying, "Northerner, I want to talk about VT and look smart today at the dinner table, all while tying it to Thanksgiving."  Well, friend, I have your answer:

From MSNBC.com via Washington Post:

If ever there were a candidate for genetic engineering, surely it is the pale, flavor-challenged bird that will adorn millions of American dinner tables Thursday as a matter of Thanksgiving ritual.

And here is a reason to give thanks: The day of the super-turkey might be nigh.

Virginia Tech scientists announced this week that they have secured funding to complete the genetic map of Meleagris gallopavo, the domesticated turkey. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a two-year, $908,000 grant to Tech and the Univeristy of Minnesota to finish decoding the turkey, one of a few species to be mapped at the genetic level. Turkeys are the fourth-leading source of meat on dinner tables. Cows, chickens and pigs have been genetically catalogued.

Gobble Gobble, bitches. Happy Thanksgiving.

The first televised men's Hokie Basketball game is less than 48 hours away.  This can only mean the greatest Hokie drinking game is just around the corner.  Hokie Drinking Basketball is not a game for the faint of heart or an untrue Hokie fan.  The object is to drink to help the success of the Hokies not as punishment.

Equipment

Make sure you have 10 beers a person(bottles easier to deal with than cans), a shot glass, and some paper towels( the pouring gets messy during exciting times)

Drinking Rules

1 Shot of Beer

Every Hokie point
Every point scored by your Hokie (you select one hokie prior to the game you drink double every time that player scores)
Every point scored by a white Hokie player (2 shots taken for every point scored)

*also any honorary "white" players ala Marcus Sailes this year that honor goes to Sweet Lewis Witcher

Alright, so tomorrow is the best holiday of the year, and I won't be at work for a few days, so we're getting this in now.  We haven't talked too much about this weekend, and we apologize.  Let's discuss the pros and cons of our in-state sister school and rival, the University of Virginia.  Or as we here at the NEZ like to call them, "The pieces of shit from Charlottesville".

From ESPN.com:

Memphis is expected to announce Washington Redskins secondary coach Jerry Gray as its new head coach, multiple people familiar with the process said Tuesday.

Well there is something to be thankful for tomorrow.  Now we just have to worry about the other 48 schools who will be firing their headcoach in the coming weeks.  Though, Bud did say this the other day (from ACCSports.com via GobblerCountry.com):

"The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. I have a great situation here. It would take something pretty special to get me out of here."

So we have that going for us.  Anyways, just a friendly update from your editors.

It feels like there’s a lot of things out there that we need to discuss. Serious topics like one of my punching dreams coming true and playing an all women’s school in football next year. It all awaits you after the jump.

There’s not too much we can conclude from this game. Really all we know for sure is that NC State really sucks. Thoughts after the jump...

Joe Mauer won the AL MVP award with an almost unanimous selection.  He got 27 out of 28 votes, with the one that got away being for... Miguel Cabrera?  Seriously? What the fuck did he do this year?

Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter came in second and third, and the Steinbrenners threw a hissy fit when they found out the MVP voters took their money and ran.  Oh well, I guess a World Series and some Gold Gloves are the only awards you can buy.

Anyways, congrats to Joe and we look forward to seeing you on the 2011 Red Sox roster.

No, we have no idea who they are either. But our undefeated Tech basketball team takes on the Campbell University Camels tonight in Buies Creek, NC... that was quite a sentence right there.

Hopefully nothing crazy happens in the game tonight. We don't think there will actually be any cameras whatsoever in the building.

NC State thoughts should be up shortly. There aren't many of them, other than those that pertain to having to watch it on ESPNU.

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Luke Minor Hero of the Game

Who's been saying that there's another person inside of me, working me with controls?

LET'S GO HOKIES!!

Because you can't just go with "awfulness" as a prediction anymore. Leave yours after the jump...