TAMPA - Tony Bennett pursed his lips, leaned back in his court-side seat and let out a big sigh.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Disappointment doesn’t linger long with Virginia Tech’s football team.

Representatives from the Champs Sports Bowl sat in motionless fashion to listen on as Virginia coach Al Groh met with reporters following the Cavaliers’ 14-10 loss to Boston College.

Averett (7-2, 5-1 USA South) enters today’s contest against N.C. Wesleyan on a four-game winning streak and a victory would give the Cougars their second co-USA South Conference championship and would ensure Averett of its first trip to the NCAA Division III playoffs.

Heading into Saturday’s game against Boston College, the Cavaliers (3-6, 2-3 ACC) rank among the worst in the ACC in numerous categories.

Two straight seasons of narrowly missing the NCAA tournament prompted major changes this preseason for Virginia Tech’s men’s basketball team.

A little more than a month ago, the images of the grass-stained gold jerseys showed the beating that Tunde Ogun and Christopher Newport laid on Averett. It was deflating for a team that was on a three-game winning streak, and the first USA South Conference loss of the young season stung pretty hard.

Wake Forest’s 2008-09 season was like the meal with the mouth-watering appetizer followed by a main course so unpalatable that it was difficult, if not impossible, to keep down.

Former Reidsville coach Jimmy Teague and son Erik Teague faced off Saturday in Greensboro

Ryan Taylor is still having difficulty recovering from a knee injury and will likely take medical redshirt status this season at North Carolina, Coach Butch Davis said yesterday.