Hurd News and Notes Archives

From The BC Game:

  • Caleb, the Hokies, and the Hurd completed an astounding perfect regular season on Friday evening!
  • The original Hurd members of section 5 managed to catch up with Caleb and his fiancee Courtney on the field after the game, in the middle of all the celebratory madness.  We presented them with the Hurd for Heisman signs and talked for a minute.  Hopefully we'll have some pictures up soon - whenever the film gets developed and we can scan 'em in.  Amazingly enough, he didn't seem at all frightened by a random bunch of crazy Hokie fans who picked him to be the object of their adoration.   We sincerely appreciate the great response we've gotten from Caleb, Courtney, the Hurd family, Shayne Graham and everyone else who has contributed to the campaign.
  • Channel 8 in Richmond did air the piece on Caleb and the Hurd during their Tech football special.  Caleb, Shayne, and coach Beamer were all interviewed for the segment.  Sound clips from the piece are now in the Hurd Audio Archive.
  • Caleb and the rest of the seniors were recognized in a ceremony before the game.  We held up little signs (so they wouldn't be confiscated) spelling out "Caleb's Hurd"  and he saw them and pointed our direction as he ran onto the field.

    • Because of some of us arriving in the 'burg late, and the inclimate weather before the game we didn't get a chance to tailgate with the Hurd clan,  but we appreciate the invitation anyway.

    From the Temple Game:
     

  • Once again Caleb was perfect on all eight Shayne Graham extra points and both of his field goals in the Hokies' 62-7 annihilation of the Temple Owls.
  • Shayne got to kick off late in the game, as the second stringers were in and he's the backup man on the kickoff team.  We were a little disappointed that the wind wasn't strong enough for Caleb to be called on to hold the ball on the tee.
  • Caleb will be featured on the Channel 8 News sports report from Richmond this Wednesday, the 24th.  Hopefully the Hurd will get a big boost from the coverage!  Any members of the Hurd in the greater Richmond metropolitan area are encouraged to tune in and tape the game - we're trying to get someone to send us a copy, but the more people that tape it, the better the chances.  Any good sound bites will be posted right here.

    • Caleb is one away from the Tech record for extra point holds in a season, which is 53, by whoever Caleb's predecessor was in 1995.  (You know, that famous guy who held for Ryan Williams...)  He also broke the Tech record for holds on successful extra points in a season, which was 48, by that same guy.  Thanks to Doug McDaniel for the spreadsheet of Shayne/Caleb's career stats.

    From the Miami Game Week:

    "The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right."
    - Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience

    With the sprit of Thoreau in mind on Saturday night, the leaders of The Hurd performed their own small act of civil disobedience in support of our cause.  The Lane Stadium staff was on the hunt for signs before the game.  No reason was given, and at all previous games they'd had no problem with our Hurd for Heisman sign.  But they told us to take it down this time.  But when a cause is as strong as ours, mere stadium staff cannot stand in our way.  So following the Hokies' first extra point we held up the two signs.  No one said a thing.  But after our next placekick, one of the sign Nazis came around and confiscated the incredible "Caleb's Hurd" sign that Glenn Hurd had given us to hang up.  Mike tried to convince him otherwise, but when it looked like the security guards would be called upon, we were forced to capitulate.  But the damage was short-lived.  Although we didn't get to display the sign during the game, we retrieved it from the tyrannical staff member after the game, to be hung another day!

    For more highlights from Saturday's triumph over Miami, go to the news and notes section below

    Another week, another indescribable Hokie victory!  Caleb was once again a crucial part of the Hokies' 43-10 shellacking of No. 19 Miami.

    WVU Game  highlights:

    Tech trails, 20-19, 0:05 on the clock...  Here's the snap, HURD HOLDS, the kick is up, it's long enough, it's good!!!!  Tech Wins!! Tech Wins!!

    As all of you already know, Caleb held on the dramatic, game-winning, 44-yd. field goal by Shayne Graham Saturday night in Morgantown, WV.  Check out all the highlights in news and notes, below.
     
     


    The Winning Hold

    From before the WVU game:
     
  • Look for the Hurd at the WVU game. We'll be there with the sign, trying to avoid the flying moonshine bottles...
  • 50+ people joined the Hurd today!  Thanks to our Texas area recruitment coordinator, Terry Potyk.
  • The site was mentioned on the Hokiecentral.com Hotline Notes page.   Radio guys Bill Roth and Mike Burnop joked about the site with Frank Beamer.  They also mentioned the often-overlooked fact that Caleb is the backup long snapper on punts.  Let's see Shaun Alexander or Joe Hamilton try that...
  • There is a mention of  The Hurd in the latest Hokie Huddler.  We haven't seen it yet, but details will be posted as soon as we do.
  • Marc Connolly was interviewed about his article on 950 AM from Utica, NY on 10/27.  We're still trying to find a transcript or details on what was aired.
  • Hurd members Jon Wilt, Mike Abbott, Larry O'Dell, Heather Kennedy, JP Petitjean, and the Hurd for Heisman sign were in attendance at the victory at Pitt on Saturday night.  Any other Hurd Members there?  Let us know with an email.
  • Check out the interview and feature story on Caleb, Shayne, and the Hurd for Heisman Page by ABC senior writer/producer Marc Connolly!!!!!  Click Here for the page.
    • The page and the quest for the Heisman were featured on Roanoke's WDBJ channel 7 on Thursday, 10/21. Follow this link to a transcript of the show.