Virginia Tech has a surplus of quarterbacks but the Hokies are running empty on receivers. Expected starter Brandon Dilliard ruptured his right Achilles tendon in workouts, according to the Roanoke Times, and will miss the season.

The ACC champs have to replace their top four receivers from 2007. Quarterbacks Tyrod Taylor and Sean Glennon could be throwing to former quarterbacks. Converted throwers Ike Whitaker and Cory Holt top the depth chart. Plus, former QB Greg Boone will start at tight end.

The Hokies are missing their leading rusher from the past two seasons as well yet are the overwhelming choice to win the pathetic Coastal Division.

DURHAM — New Orleans Hornets center Tyson Chandler will serve as alternate to the U.S. basketball team, coach Mike Krzyzewski said Wednesday during a meeting with local reporters at Duke's Scharf Hall.

Chandler was a member of the U.S. team last summer when they qualified for the Beijing Olympics.

"He'd be the alternate no matter who he'd be replacing," Krzyzewski said.

Offer football coaches anonymity and the candor flows. That's what Athlon did for its football preview magazine, which includes a scouting section from unnamed opposing coaches.

You won't hear anything even remotely this close to being interesting at the media kickoff later this month in Georgia, especially the comments about schedules. 

You'll have to buy the magazine for all 12 teams but here's a sample:

Boston College: "Overrated. Good coaches and their kids play hard but their cupboard is bare this year. ... Matt Ryan was probably worth two or three win by himself last year."

N.C. State: "Good staff. That's a team on the rise right there. ... I'm interested to see who their quarterback is. They like the freshman [Mike Glennon] but are they going to play a true freshman?"

Wake Forest: "They've got a friendly schedule. [ACC commissioner John] Swofford took care of them by letting them play Florida State before they get all their guys back. And then they 've got a Thursday night game against Clemson, and that place will probably be a hornet's nest."

Expansion generated more revenue, specifically from television, for the ACC and to that end conference commissioner John Swofford claims victory for adding Miami, Boston College and Virginia Tech.

Andrew Carter of the Orlando Sentinel reviews the financial particulars of the pre- and post-expansion ACC. Swofford's still bravely flying the "Mission Accomplished" flag.

"I think the way you have to measure expansion is positioning for the long term," Swofford said. "What we've done is put ourselves in a position to be stronger than we've ever been before and play at the very top level at a consistent basis."

After losing two recruits and a transfer, Maryland's basketball program finally got some good news. Freshman guard Sean Mosley has qualified, according to the Baltimore Sun, giving the Terps at least one new body for the 2008-09 season.

Maryland lost two potential starters when Tyree Evans and Gus Gilchrist asked to be released from their scholarship commitment. Gilchrist, a power forward who originally signed with Virginia Tech, ended up choosing South Florida in the hopes of regaining a year of eligibility.

Mosley, ranked No. 41 in the country by Scout.com, is the highest-rated prospect of three — and only remaining member of the recruiting class.

The Terps, who missed the NCAA Tournament for the third time in four years, also lost forward Shane Walker, who transferred, and must replace senior forwards James Gist and Bambale Osby.

It's not fair to pin the hopes of an entire basketball program on one player, but N.C. State could really use John Wall. SI.com rehashes the details of Wall's journey from unknown to the third-rated prospect in the Class of 2009.

Here's the Reader's Digest version: Wall, a 6-3 point guard, is a fifth-year senior at Word of God in Raleigh. He began his high school career at Garner and ended up at Broughton, where he was cut from the basketball team. Last summer, he skyrocketed up the recruiting boards with a strong summer camp performance.

Enter the Wolfpack, desperate for a point guard, not to mention elite talent, and who have already secured the rights to forward C.J. Leslie, Wall's Word of God teammate and the 13th-rated prospect in the Class of 2010.

Wall's college list, according to Scout.com, includes Kentucky, Memphis, Ohio State and the Wolfpack.

Unless you're Michigan, the easiest way to find wins — and build a program — in college football is to schedule Division I-AA teams. No one understands this better than the Big 12, specifically Kansas and Kansas State.

The Wizard of Odds highlights a 10-year study of nonconference football schedules done by The National Championship Issue. Among the stats provided, Kansas and Kansas State have played the most I-AA teams (nine). Tied for second-most on the list with eight is N.C. State.

ACC Now has a breakdown of the nonconference schedules of the ACC and all the BCS conferences for 2006 and 2007.

Chuck Amato's strength as N.C. State's football coach was recruiting. He was especially wired into the state of Florida. Second-year Wolfpack coach Tom O'Brien came from Boston College, but he hasn't stopped recruiting in Florida.

James Washington, a running back from central Florida, committed to O'Brien and the Wolfpack this week, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The paper also has a list of recruits from the state to major colleges.

Georgia Tech suspended cornerback Jerrard Tarrant after he was arrested and charged with rape and sodomy stemming from an incident that allegedly occurred in late April on the Tech campus, according to the AJC.

Tarrant, a 6-foot-2, 185-pound redshirt freshman, emerged from spring practice as a potential starter at cornerback.

The long and distinguished career of former N.C. State basketball coach and AD Les Robinson ended with the month of June. Robinson had served as the AD at The Citadel since leaving his alma mater in 2000.

A true gentleman, Robinson was as personable and likeable a person as there ever will be in college athletics. His winning percentage as the coach of the Wolfpack in the 1990s certainly didn't match his popularity among his professional colleagues.

The AP ran a story about Robinson's retirement, which ran in today's print edition, but Ken Burger of The Charleston Post and Courier wrote this column earlier in June after a roast for Robinson.

Here's one item from Roy Williams that will amuse both UNC and N.C. State fans:

"When I was coaching at Kansas, Les was the athletic director at N.C. State. He called me one day about being the new basketball coach of the Wolfpack. I told him he had to be crazy, that the N.C. State people would run him out of town for bringing a UNC guy in to coach the Wolfpack. He just grinned and said, not as long as you win, big fella, not as long as you win."