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Heart of the Hokies: talk is cheap, but it has to be said: Virginia Tech has the baddest defense in the land.(COLLEGE FOOTBALL)

The Sporting News

| November 11, 2005 | Hayes, Matt | COPYRIGHT 2005 Sporting News Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Now this was what summers are all about. The sun, the sweat, the sizzle. And there was Jimmy Williams. If ever there was a perfect match for this hedonism, it was Virginia Tech's loud, proud, I'm better than you and I know it cornerback. Walking down Sunset Boulevard, sucking in the sweet breeze of Beverly Hills, strolling through the Playboy Mansion, and son of a gun if he wasn't ...

"Starstruck," Williams says. "For the first time in my life, I didn't know what to say."

Which, as anyone who knows Jimmy Williams knows, is just about as close to impossible as it gets. Especially considering the circumstances: an invite-only pass last summer to the ...

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