Yahoo! Sports, who have become increasingly good at landing big scandals in sports, has planted a whopper of a story on their main website that almost instantaneously spelled “death sentence” for our beloved convict of a football partner, University of Mimai.

Relevant excerpt: “At a cost that Shapiro estimates in the millions of dollars, he said his benefits to athletes included but were not limited to cash, prostitutes, entertainment in his multimillion-dollar homes and yacht, paid trips to high-end restaurants and nightclubs, jewelry, bounties for on-field play (including bounties for injuring opposing players), travel and, on one occasion, an abortion.” Wow, I am not really sure how you can escape that kind of NCAA abuse with just a few fines an apology and post-season ban. This is likely the end.

Now I am all for Miami getting publicly embarrassed and punished for this… If you recall a little rap song that featured at least one U football player and contained explicative-laced lyrics about raping women. That song was initially reported on by a small Miami student’s blog that caught the attention of a sports writer, but the actual song was void from the two articles. It was this Hokie that that reached out to current Miami student DJ that had a copy of the song - which I promptly uploaded to my server and linked to on the student’s blog comment section. That link was passed around more than a 7th floor whore/meat bucket and within 47 hours it had been downloaded over 150k from my server, ultimately crashing it. So if you own that song and the ID tag includes “Miami Football Team” you know where it originated from. But no, I am more concerned with how this will effect Virginia Tech, for instance:

1. Do we reschedule future games if they give the death sentence to U of M?
2. Does this mean ACC will turn to another expansion to get to 12 teams? Can we even have an ACC championship game this season if the U is removed from football contention?
3. Will this ultimately BREAK the ACC? Give us 4 mega conferences? Will Tech leave or stay?

There is undoubtedly many things that need to be sorted out, not the least of which involve Al Golden punching his agent in the mouth. Not having to deal with the obnoxious Miami superfan should be nice for us Hokies, I just wonder what’s going to happen on October 8…

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Getting a personal look at the new Blacksburg Chipotle was surreal yet comforting. Opening a Chipotle was something that clearly needed to happen in downtown Blacksburg, and people have been barking about it for years. Nothing about the eleven day old store felt novel and plenty of burrito veterans packed out the restaurant in the middle of the day.

Taking a closer look… Perhaps the most unique aspect of the Blacksburg Chipotle is the outdoor back patio which leads down to the metered parking lot behind the restaurant.

Through the non-descriptive back patio seating you find yourself down a short hallway which offers bathrooms (sure to be handy at 9:50pm on on the weekend) and two large booths cut in to the side of the wall in a “nooked out” area that looks like it may have been a last second stroke of brilliance to add more seating. Once inside the seating takes on the bench bars with high stools we first saw at Dulles Airport.

I am happy to report that the beer fridge was stocked - so it won’t be a lengthy “Permit Pending” situation for alcohol sales as we have seen at other Chipotle locations (perhaps due in part this location’s lengthy construction delays allowing for the paperwork to go through). In typical Chipotle fashion, the ordering line wraps around the far wall before snaking back along large glass windows that currently look out on a rather dismal gravel construction area. It looks like the parking and service road has been leveled out somewhat and the parking area will finally make good use of the space while making it less treacherous for pedestrians.

Back outside the “Grande Opening” sign still boasts the “incoming” date of October 5 - a day that will leave in infamy for Chipotle loving Hokies. Finally, the remainder of the building has been redeveloped to allow for a number of new loft apartments. For those of you who have always wanted to live the dream of smelling burritos all day and expending only 10 calories to get your Chipotle, they are still taking deposits…

Thank you again Chipotle… but… I told you so.

Read about the history of the Blacksburg Chipotle:

• Chipotle, Welcome to Blacksburg, 10/5/10
• A New Date For Blacksburg Chipotle, 9/11/10
• Blacksburg Chipotle Still on its Way, 6/8/10
• Blacksburg Chipotle Delays, 1/14/10
• The Dulles Chipotle Breakfast Options 8/23/09

The perfect marriage is finally complete… in less than 15 minutes the doors to the Blacksburg Chipotle will open, forever changing the food options of the town and campus while providing much needed burrito bliss to the New River Valley.

Despite some (crazy) speculation of how well a second nationwide Burrito joint will perform just up the street from the four year old Moe’s burrito joint, it is clear that Chipotle fanatics are down in Blacksburg ready to recruit an army of hungry Hokies. Dewey Nelson, today’s hero and scholar, has been camping out along with a handful of other fans in front of the new Main Street location which once housed Joe’s Barber and Stylist salon. They await patiently in hopes of being the location’s first customers this morning but of course many of us have been waiting many many years for this day to come.

I was crushed to find out that Charlottesville would be getting a Chipotle in advance of Blacksburg, and further miffed when I sent Chipotle Corporate a digital image of the old Crossroads storefront encouraging a Chipotle to move-in ASAP only to have it fall in to the hands of lowly Moe’s. But, with enough encouragement from Facebook groups, Northern Virginia Chipotle fans, and the undeniable truth that there is money in ‘dem there hills, Chipotle clearly has wised up. The new location is fairly isolated to other Chipotles so I do applaud them taking on all the new logistical hurdles and costs likely associated with such a remote store front. Five Guys made a similar move to Blacksburg almost six years ago and it has been a success ever since. Given what anticipation has been leading up to the grand opening I believe the Blacksburg Chipotle will be a beacon of success for the company (if anyone at Chipotle is reading this - why not test out the Dulles Airport Breakfast model in Blacksburg also!).

Though I can’t be like Mr. Nelson, I will be making my first trip to the B.B. C. next weekend to have what could quite possibly be my 1872nd burrito - I gave up count long ago - but I’ll just pretend for VT’s sake. Viva la Chipotle!

UPDATE 10/5/10 3PM: Reports via Twitter and Roanoke Times say the line is 100 customers deep and the wait is between 60 and 90 minutes for a burrito.

UPDATE 10/5/10 5PM: One question has been answered - Blacksburg Chipotle WILL serve alcohol (though currently they do not have any alcoholic beverages on display). Additionally the venue features the new sheet metal high top bar tables we have been seeing at new and remodeled locations. The weather has improved and the length of the line is still down the block as lunch shifts to dinner.

Read about the history of the Blacksburg Chipotle:

• A New Date For Blacksburg Chipotle, 9/11/10
• Blacksburg Chipotle Still on its Way, 6/8/10
• Blacksburg Chipotle Delays, 1/14/10
• The Dulles Chipotle Breakfast Options 8/23/09

In what looks to take almost a year to go from rumors-to-reality, the downtown Blacksburg, VA Chipotle location is set to open on October 5th, 2010.

Hampered by continuous construction delays which included lowering the main street retail spaces floor by a number of feet combined with one of the worst winter storms on record, Blacksburg will be getting their beloved burritos almost six months later than originally expected.There is some speculation as to if there will be some kind of grand opening celebration  or promotion. Bastardized burrito pusher, Moe’s, had to resort to giving away 52 free burrito coupons to each of the first 300 people in line on opening day. Never have I heard such drastic measures from a Chipotle (much less one that is destined to be a huge success), still if its a unique Blacksburg location t-shirt and a free burrito for the first hundred or so in line, you may just see people camping out as if they were waiting in the old Cassell Coliseum first-come-first-serve student football ticket handout.

And to anyone who has just plain had it with their jobs working in the city, they are still hiring employees for the new location. Though we all hope they leave the all-important burrito rolling in the hands of a 40+ year old Latina mother with a smile - they are the only ones who really do it right.

Remember to mark you calendars for October 5… just in time for the Wake Forest Homecoming game.

The merging of two beautiful things is taking longer than expected - so I guess we can’t be all that upset that Chipotle is a number of months behind on opening their main street location in downtown Blacksburg. No one asked God to speed things up when he created man in His own image, right?

Over a year after news broke of the big C coming to Bburg the interior work now begins on the site that once held Joe’s Barber shop. Delays brought on by a harsh winter and unexpected building modifications and flooring problems appear to be over as workers are ready to assemble the familiar steel and wood eating spaces where eventually up to 42 hokies will be able to enjoy their burritos. There is also going to be a back patio with additional seating.

As for now the target open date is August, before students pour back on to campus with fully charged Hokie Passports, tons of food swiped from their parents pantry, and bitchin’ new flavors of ice tea vodka.

And Chipotle better get things wrapped up in time for the football season. That cock of a burrito joint, Qdoba Mexican Grill said its heading in to Blacksburg soon as well. I need Chipotle to get in there and crank out the bliss, the campus has suffered long enough with the likes of Extreme Pita, A&W, Philly City and Moe’s.

More drastic than expected building renovations, town permit delays, and cold weather has slowed the opening of Virginia Tech’s new Chipotle location. With paper covered windows it is hard to tell exactly what is going on within the 308 to 316 North Main Street structure, but it sounds as though there will be little similarity to the old layout used by Joe’s Barber shop (though we can still hope that young single mothers will be there to rub their breasts against our ears) once the doors open and welcome students to Blacksburg’s second chain burrito establishment.

What was once a potential New Year opening has turned in to a mid-Spring opening for the soon-to-be best restaurant in town. Still, with all the renovations I was hoping it would be open for the spring game and now it looks like that may not be the case.

Its surprising too, when you consider that after an extensive upscale building project fell through at the new Penn State location (another college I called home), Chipotle simply improvised by buying up an old 5 screen movie theater in the heart of  downtown State College and converted it to a mega-Potle. However, if standing in a 30+ minute wait during a particularly bad lunch rush at Chipotle has taught us anything - its that those burritos are worth the wait.

Read about the history of the Blacksburg Chipotle:

• Chipotle, Welcome to Blacksburg, 10/5/10
• A New Date For Blacksburg Chipotle, 9/11/10
• Blacksburg Chipotle Still on its Way, 6/8/10
• The Dulles Chipotle Breakfast Options 8/23/09

Every year I like to put down my holiday wish list for the upcoming year as it relates to Virginia Tech athletics. This year the list looks pretty similar to years’ past… I guess some things are just worth the wait:

A Peach Bowl Win: Even without the assistance of Stephan Virgil I still have a decent amount of confidence heading in to our New Years Eve bowl game against Tennessee (but nothing is certain). The game is significant - mainly because the ACC needs to show some power against the dominant SEC and to keep our 10-win season streak going, but I also want a win for those die-hard Hokie fans that may be returning to Atlanta for a third time in four months after seeing the team lose on their first two attempts. Stocking stuffer: Finishing the season with a top 10 ranking.

A trip to the NCAA Tournament: Sitting 10-1 things are looking favorable for the Hokie Bball team. Strangely though this is something I ask for every year and never seem to get. Perhaps the price is low enough this year and I have been an extra special Hokie so I’ll finally get it under the tree. On the horizon are two tough games for the team: a game against a one-loss Seton Hall squad that shares a common loss with VT (Temple) on January 3rd, and the ACC opener against UNC in Chapel Hill one week later. Stocking stuffer: Delaney winning the 2010 Bob Cousy Award.

October 2, 2010: The date that the Hokies take on Boise State at FedExField can’t come soon enough. To anyone who attended the USC FedEx Game several years back you know just how incredible it is to go to a game in Washington DC’s backyard with 90K+ Hokies (sure there will be a few fans from Boise State - but don’t count on them making much of a dent on third downs). Stocking stuffer: Is it too soon to start beating the BCS Championship drum? Pa ra pa pa pum.

The Last Good Condo at “Legends”: So this may be my “Daddy I want a Pony!” gift but there is only one condo left on the top floor of the soon-to-be-built-but-probably-never-will condo complex located in the shadows of Lane Stadium. It features a balcony, one bedroom, and is a much better location than “The Colosseum” project down 460. In a world where money is no object I would love to rain foamy Natty Light shotgun spray down 4 stories before a game with my friends on a balcony. However, if the gameday attitude of Platinum-Diamond-Encrusted-Cock status Hokie Alum are any indication of how your neighbors would be, expect to have the cops called perpetually and banging on the walls if you cheer loudly, or even stand up, at any point while living in the condo. Stocking stuffer: Returning to Hunter’s Ridge (Phase I) for a semester.

Fight For Old DC is hosting a FBI kiddie porn sting operation Hokie Photoshop Contest and I know that the four many readers of DT can put up some good Hokie-related photoshop bits to suck compete for the top-prize.

Send any entries to me an I will send them on to the contest admin and post a copy in this blog entry. Entries are due by December 19th.

Entry 1 by D.G.

Entry 2 by J.P.

Entry 3 by B.G.

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