Teel Time with David Teel

On Episode 52 of Teel Time with David Teel, Jonathan Heeter and Teel talk about the opening week of the college football season. We discuss the Virginia and Virginia Tech depth charts and chat about surprise names and the youth of the Hokies' defense. We also break down Virginia's opener against Richmond and the Hokies' Labor Day opener against Florida State. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 51 of Teel Time, David Teel and Jonathan Heeter talk about the fallout of the death of Maryland football player Jordan McNair. Teel talks about how the FBS schools in Virginia are guarding against heat-related illness. We also talk about preparation for the college football season, which is now just two weeks away. How are the question marks on the Virginia Tech and the Virginia offensive and defensive lines shaping up? Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On the 50th episode of Teel Time, David Teel and Jonathan Heeter chat about the new landscape for college basketball after the NCAA handed down some rule changes. The new rules regarding NBA Draft eligibility and player-agent interactions have drawn most of the attention, but Teel believes the penalties for rules violations deserves discussion. We talk about the recent turmoil at Maryland following the death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair, who died in June following a team workout. As the season draws closer, how have Virginia and Virginia Tech fared in fall practice, and have the storylines changed since the start of practice? And we wrap up with golf talk and the PGA Championship. Tiger Woods' performance and Brooks Koepka's win at Bellerive made for quite the story. Koepka now has three majors since June 2017. Teel asks who's more likely to win a major in 2019: Woods or Koepka. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

The 49th episode of the Teel Time podcast is a reunion as around 100 years of Daily Press experience come together to talk about the retirement announcement of William and Mary football coach Jimmye Laycock. David Teel, who has covered Laycock as a columnist for a few decades, is joined by longtime Daily Press sportswriter Dave Johnson, who currently covers the Tribe, and another longtime Daily Press sportswriter Dave Fairbank, who covered W&M and other local colleges when he retired in 2015. The three Daves talk about Laycock's 38 years at W&M and put in perspective a career that included either coaching or coaching with three current NFL head coaches - Mike Tomlin (Pittsburgh Steelers), Sean McDermott (Buffalo Bills) and Dan Quinn (Atlanta Falcons) - and former college coaches Frank Beamer, Bobby Ross, Bill Stewart and Ralph Friedgen. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 48 of the Teel Time podcast, David Teel and Jonathan Heeter talk about the biggest questions facing Virginia Tech and Virginia as they enter fall practice. The Hokies will need to solidify their defense, particularly in an inexperienced secondary. They also will be seeking consistency from their rushing attack. Most of the questions surrounding the Cavaliers involve the quarterback. We roll through the non-conference schedules of ACC schools? Is there a better non-conference game than Miami-LSU? And with Penn State, Notre Dame and UCF on the docket, does anyone have it tougher than Pitt? Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 47 of the Teel Time podcast, David Teel and Jonathan Heeter discuss the media voting from the ACC kickoff media event. Clemson was a near-unanimous pick to win the Atlantic Division, but how will the rest of the division shake out? Miami was the overwhelming pick in the Coastal Division, but Teel thinks four potential teams have at least a shot of winning the division even though he believes the Hurricanes are the heavy favorite. We talk about the preseason all-conference team and discuss any oversights and the lack of a Commonwealth presence on the team. The Colonial Athletic Association, Conference USA and Big South also held media days over the past week, so we digest those preseason polls as well. Can anyone knock off James Madison in the CAA? What must Old Dominion contend with to make a return to a bowl in C-USA? Teel also talks about ACC basketball after Virginia Tech lost an assistant coach to a similar job at East Carolina. And we wrap up with British Open talk, and Tiger Woods' grip on the attention span of sports' fans. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 46 of Teel Time with David Teel, Teel and Norm Wood chat about the ACC's kickoff media conference on their first roadcast of the 2018 football season. The guys discuss what they saw from the media availability for Virginia and Virginia Tech, and they chat about the entire kickoff event. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 45 of Teel Time with David Teel, Teel and Jonathan Heeter talk about Virginia Tech's latest loss in its secondary. Mook Reynolds was dismissed this week, marking an offseason that included the dismissal of Adonis Alexander and the drafting of Terrell Edmunds and Greg Stroman. The ACC holds its annual preseason media conference next week, and Teel talks about some of the storylines he's looking out for including the Hokies, U.Va., Clemson and others. Teel talks about a minority coordinators coaching forum he visited near Washington, D.C. recently. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On this week's episode of Teel Time, David Teel takes a trip across some of the top stadiums and arenas in the country. Teel tells Jonathan Heeter about his favorite (and not so favorite) venues in sports, and he shares stories of memorable moments at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium and at the Big House in Ann Arbor, Mich. Teel revisits a basketball arena tour that took him from Philadelphia to Lawrence, Kan. to Los Angeles and back to Tobacco Road. We also chat about football recruiting and look at Virginia's recent recruiting haul. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 43 of Teel Time with David Teel, Teel and Jonathan Heeter discuss the resolution of the playing status of Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson. They also discuss the Hokies relative stability at the position over the past few decades vs. the instability under center in Charlottesville. The guys talk about the new redshirt and transfer rules for football and how they may affect state and local colleges. Teel talks about a recent conversation he had with Virginia guard Devon Hall, who could get selected in this year's NBA Draft, and they chat about the draft in general. Which ACC players could make the biggest impact in the NBA? Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 42 of Teel Time with David Teel, Teel and Jonathan Heeter talk about Virginia football coach Bronco Mendenhall's comments to the U.Va. Board of Visitors and the fallout from the comments. Teel spoke with Mendenhall and athletic director Carla Williams to gather some context on what Mendenhall told the board about how many ACC-caliber players the school has and scheduling methodology. We talk about the recent news on Virginia Tech quarterback Josh Jackson and his status with the team moving forward. The Hokies filled a spot in their future football schedule that came open when Michigan dropped the Hokies. And we wrap up with some potpourri on the World Cup, horse racing's Triple Crown, the Stanley Cup and NBA Finals and the U.S. Open. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 41 of the Teel Time podcast, Teel and Jonathan Heeter discuss Virginia Tech's sudden lack of depth at cornerback. They also talk graduate transfers and look at how Virginia and coach Bronco Mendenhall are using them for quick fixes in areas of the need. We talk about the early entries in the NBA draft and discuss the winners and losers with which players decided to stay in the draft or return to college. And we chat about players who left school and surprised us, either positively or negatively. And we talk about the J.R. Smith decision at the end of Game 1 of the NBA Finals and discuss what we've seen in the series. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 40 of Teel Time with David Teel, Teel and Jonathan Heeter talk about the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League stop at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton. Teel talks about the tragic death of James Hampton, a player from a Charlotte-based AAU team who died after collapsing on the court during the first day of the session. Teel talked to coaches who knew Hampton, including Hampton University coach Buck Joyner, who was recruiting Hampton. The guys also talk about U.Va. commit Casey Morsell and Chesapeake's Cameron Thomas, and how both played at the EYBL stop in Hampton. We talk about ACC finances after the league's tax returns were made public. Can the ACC catch up to the other Power Five conferences? We wrap up the episode with a look at the NBA Finals. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On Episode 39, the Teel Time podcast returns for a one-week hiatus. David Teel and Jonathan Heeter talk about the recent NCAA basketball proposals to come out of the ACC meetings in Florida. Will the NCAA take up the ACC recommendations to expand the NCAA tournament? The ACC also recommended extending the 3-point line, changing the shot clock on offensive rebounds and expanding the lane. Teel talks about the recent Supreme Court decision on sports gambling and how Virginia will react to the ruling. The guys talk college football recruiting and discuss why Penn State has been so successful recruiting in Virginia. And they also preview the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League stop at the Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton this weekend. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.

On episode 38 of the Teel Time podcast, David Teel and Jonathan Heeter run through some of the biggest news stories in the sports world over the past week. We chat about ACC basketball recruiting and the NBA Draft, as Duke and some other ACC times wrap up recruiting classes. Virginia also added a basketball transfer and an intriguing international prospect over the past week. We also talk about the Virginia players in the NBA and how Tony Bennett has been able to send guys to the next level. Speaking of the NBA, we talk playoffs and focus on LeBron James and Michael Jordan following Teel's column on the James and Jordan earlier in the week. Music: Slow Burn by Kevin MacLeod.