
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 2, 1994                   TAG: 9403020073
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From staff reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

TECH CHANGES FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Virginia Tech's football team has dropped Division I-AA James Madison from its 1994 schedule and replaced the Dukes with Division I-A Arkansas State.

Tech discovered it had scheduled games with JMU and Southern Mississippi on the same day (Sept. 10). Dropping JMU and adding Arkansas State gives the Hokies a full schedule of Division I-A opponents.

Tech will play Arkansas State, a member of the Big West Conference, at home Sept. 3.

In March 1993, Tech canceled all but the 1994 game of a series with JMU that was scheduled to run through 1999 because the Big East Football Conference had asked its schools not to play I-AA opponents. To qualify for a bowl game, a school must have at least six victories over Division I-A competition.

JMU filled the spot Tech vacated with a home game against Middle Tennessee State.

In other college sports in the region:

Virginia Tech's home baseball opener today has been postponed because of bad weather. It will be made up at 3 p.m. March 21 in Blacksburg. The Hokies (0-2) are scheduled to begin an 11-game trip today at Old Dominion.

Radford's home baseball game Tuesday against Holy Cross was postponed because of bad weather. It is not likely to be made up, a Radford spokesman said.

by CNB