ESPN.com - NCF/PREVIEW05 - Pat Forde: The second coming

ESPN.com - NCF/PREVIEW05 - Pat Forde: The second coming: "Humbled Vick ready to take over Hokies
By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

If Marcus Vick's offensive line protects him the way the Virginia Tech hierarchy has this preseason, they won't have to wash the quarterback's jersey once all year.

Nobody will lay a hand on him.

Tech did not take its prodigal QB to ACC media days in Hot Springs, Va. When media members inquired at that event about the possibility of a short jaunt to Blacksburg to talk to Vick, they were given the David Spade Capital One response: no, nyet, nein, nunca, saint happenin'. Since fall camp started, Vick's availability has been limited to twice-weekly group interviews, with Tech personnel present. There have been no one-on-one interviews. And those planning to be part of the group interviews are given a preemptive warning that the junior is not very receptive to questions about 'the past.'"

USATODAY.com - Prodigal son returns home

USATODAY.com - Prodigal son returns home: "Prodigal son returns home
By Erik Brady, USA TODAY
BLACKSBURG, Va. — When Marcus Vick and his friends play Madden, the NFL video game, they follow one house rule: No one gets to be Michael Vick.
Marcus Vick spent time with older brother Michael during his suspension last year. 'I wanted to spend time with him and, you know, get his mind right,' Michael says.
By H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY

'He's too good,' Marcus says.

No such rule follows Marcus in real life, where he is expected to be his big brother, or at least a right-handed mirror image, each time he takes the football field.

Marcus Vick will lead Virginia Tech in its Sept. 4 opener at North Carolina State on ESPN2. It will be his first start as quarterback at Tech, where his brother memorably made his name on his way to video-game fame.

Hokies fans expected to see Vick's debut as a starter long ago. But he missed all of last season due to a school-imposed suspension following a pair of criminal cases.

'I was young,' says Vick, 21. 'I made a lot of crucial mistakes.'"

Not Exactly Related

Found this on the MaddenNation.com website in reference to Auburn fans complaining about not being named National Champions.

It's a photoshop based on NCAA Football 2006 but it is hilarious.