In the biggest no-brianer vote since the repeal of prohibition, RMFW has been named ACC Rookie of the Year. We know this is pretty shocking and all, but try to stay calm.

The vote was actually kind of close, with Boston College's Luke Kuechly getting 29 votes to RMFW's 34. But most voters realized that no one from BC is worth a damn, so the choice was obvious.

Congrats on the award, and more importantly, the new nickname: RMFWACCROY

It has been announced, and these are the Hokies who made the cut:

First Team

RB: Ryan MF Williams, Virginia Tech

K: Matt Waldron, Virginia Tech

LB: Cody Grimm, Virginia Tech

P: Brent Bowden, Virginia Tech

Second Team

TE: Greg Boone, Virginia Tech (Nice to see he got some credit for his skills despite Stiney's unexplained non-use)

OT: Ed Wang, Virginia Tech (HA! Who's next?  Blake DeChristopher?)

DE: Jason Worilds, Virginia Tech

S: Kam Chancellor, Virginia Tech

So who's missing?  Coale was the Wes Welker-type receiver we always need and kept our team alive in quite a few games; granted he didn't have a great season like last year, but I always enjoy watching Virgil; and apparently Boykin's talents fell victim to Stinespring's form-based playcalling.

Add your thoughts to the comment section.

You help get us into the ACC, we help get you a new coach.

Yep, that's right, Al Groh has been canned.

From ESPN.com:

Virginia fired Al Groh after nine seasons as football coach at his alma mater Sunday, ending a tenure marked by his inability to beat rival Virginia Tech.

Groh's dismissal came less than 24 hours after the Cavaliers (3-9, 2-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) lost 42-13 at home to the No. 11 Hokies, finishing their worst season since they were 2-9 in 1982. It also was their eighth loss to the Hokies in Groh's nine tries.

See here's where all the UVA people were wrong about us.  We weren't kicking your ass for 8 years just because it was fun.  We were doing it because we knew that you needed a new coach.  That's altruism, bitches.  We took one for the team.  We didn't want to own you so hard that your school became one of the biggest laughingstocks in college football.  We just knew that it is always darkest before the dawn.  We had to be that darkness.  It hurt us more than it hurt you.

Now here is the catch.  You can pick anyone out there to be your new head coach.  But if you take Bud Foster from us, we will murder you.  Let it be known.

FOUR TOUCHDOWNS?!?!  HE HAD FOUR TOUCHDOWNS...AGAIN?!?!

Don't forget he had four TDs last game.  That means he has had 8 TOUCHDOWNS IN TWO GAMES!!

The only thing this means is:  Ryan Williams is a fucking BEAST.

As commenter d_w said via CGally, his nickname should now be RMFW.  If you have to ask what that means, just go to bed.

42-13.  Gobble gobble, bitches.

The annual drubbing of UVA starts today at 3:30. Predictions after the jump... (spoiler alert: we all think Tech will win)

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.