I still consider a chance meeting in 1977 as part of my football education as a sportswriter.

Scattershooting around the ACC, while betting that us media types didn’t correctly pick the conference championship football matchup during this week’s ACC kickoff at Grandover Resort…

No. 10 Virginia salvaged a game in the series by upending Virginia Tech 6-4.

Virginia Tech pounded out 14 singles and 15 hits in all to upset No. 10 Virginia 9-8 at English Field.

Virginia Tech, fighting to remain alive for ACC tournament consideration, walked off with a 5-4 victory in 10 innings over No. 10 Virginia after Austin Wates connected on a solo homer.

The Cavaliers women’s lacrosse team made short work of Virginia Tech on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament, jumping out to a six-goal halftime lead en route to a 13-5 victory.

Fork Union’s Mark Shuman, considered one of the top offensive tackle prospects in the nation, committed on Wednesday to play for Virginia Tech.

After a regular season that didn’t meet the expectations of a talent-laden squad, the fourth-seeded Cavaliers (10-6) get a chance to make those missteps a distant memory, beginning with a quarterfinal matchup with Virginia Tech today at 1 p.m. in Blacksburg.

Alan Swanson is back in a familiar place, despite the fact that just months ago it appeared that the St. Anne’s-Belfield’s baseball coach had hung it up for good.

Virginia Tech, the No. 8 seed, completely took the first-team all-ACC selection out of his game, easily defeating the No. 9 Hurricanes, 65-47, in the first round of the ACC tournament.

At the college level, Courtney has picked right up where he left off.

UVa — behind 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists from freshman Sylven Landesberg, some unexpected intangibles from Tunji Soroye off the bench and defense that held the visitors to 37-percent shooting — dunked the Hokies, 75-61, in front of a fired-up crowd of 11,174.

Led by Ashley McCulloch’s four goals and four assists, Virginia put together an offensive barrage and the No.4 Cavaliers got off to exactly the kind of start they hoped for with a 19-3 runaway victory over Virginia Tech on Wednesday — the earliest season opener in the program’s history.

What a difference a week makes. Just ask Dave Leitao and Seth Greenberg.

Virginia (8-13, 2-8 ACC) will be looking to win two straight games for the first time since late December, when it posted consecutive victories over Hampton and Georgia Tech.