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Lester Karlin

• The Hokies will wear maroon pants and jerseys on Thursday night. There will be orange socks with maroon stripes. The under sleeves will feature one orange sleeve and one maroon sleeve, for those who will wear long sleeves under their jersey.
• The BC game will be Lester's 350th consecutive Tech football game.
• Lester is a member of the Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad. He's been nominated for the FedEx Orange Bowl-FWAA Courage Award, to be awarded at the end of the season.. He was one of the first responders to the shooting of April 16.
• During Tech's first night game in Lane Stadium, against UVA, the Hokies actually wore panty hose for cold weather. Lester bought them at K-Mart, including queen size for the linemen.
• Chris Ellis has a tradition after every game. He throws his gloves in the stands to fans. Lester joked that he didn't like that very much.
• The Hokies will win Thursday, without a doubt.

• Kickoff time has been pushed up to 7:40 from 7:47. They want to get the first quarter of the BC-VT game in before the first pitch of the World Series.
• This will be just the third game ever in Lane Stadium featuring two top 10 teams. It's only the second time in the history of Thursday night football that two top 10 teams meet.
• The Outback blimp will be hovering over Lane Stadium for the game on Thursday night. It's being housed at the Virginia Tech airport.
• There is a statewide fireworks ban, so there will be no fireworks for the game on Thursday, because of the drought in Virginia this year. Tech was all set to have fireworks as usual, but they aren't allowed.
• No Golden Hokies received tickets to the UVA game. Only Platinum Hokies and above got tickets.
• The men's soccer team beat UNC on Friday night. Tech is ranked #5 in the nation. Head coach Oliver Weiss is doing a great job.
• They are hoping the basketball season opener will be packed on November 9. It is the night before the Florida State football game.
• They are heading in the direction of having a smaller band to take to road games. The earliest that would happen would be next season.
• The Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl and Chick-fil-A Bowl will all have reps at the game on Thursday. They will be joined by reps from the Champs Sports Bowl and Meineke Car Care Bowl.

• Tyrod Taylor got more work on Monday. They hope to get him more work on Tuesday, and more on Wednesday. He'll be a game time decision.
• This is going to be a violent football game. Taylor doesn't need to be in there unless he's a 100% and can do his thing.
• Cam Martin is doing much better, and he practiced a lot on Monday. Beamer feels much better about him playing Thursday night.
• Florida State is a good target date for Vince Hall's return.
• Boston College is big and tough. They are well-coached and they have good players. Matt Ryan is healthy and playing great. He has great protection as well.
• BC's run defense is very good. You just have to block them. There is no big secret there. Being able to throw the football will also help keep BC honest.
• Tech had a really good practice on Sunday. Monday's could have been better at times. They have to prepare well in practice. They can't just expect to play well because it's a Thursday night game.
• Brett Warren has to be good in his pass coverage again. He was good against Duke. They know what they are going to get from Warren.
• Beamer hopes Tech is further along in protection right now. Sean Glennon was able to move around pretty well in the pocket against Duke. He had an exceptional practice on Monday.
• BC offensive coordinator Steve Logan takes great pride on being unpredictable. He keeps you on your toes.
• Andre Smith has been practicing very well at tight end. You might see him in there a little more against BC.
• Branden Ore is more healthy than he's been in some time. It would be big for Tech if they could get him going.
• Glennon has always practiced well, but he's been sharper than usual the last two days, particularly on Monday.
• Thursday night football has been great for Virginia Tech. They've either been the only game on, or the biggest game on. There have been a lot of great moments, such as beating WVU in 1994, Corey Moore vs. Clemson in 1999, and Texas A&M in Hurricane Isabel. Hopefully this Thursday will be another one.
• They'll know more about Tyrod Taylor in the next couple of days. They feel confident no matter which quarterback is in the game.

Monday was Day 1,052 of Virginia Tech's continuous possession of the Commonwealth Cup.