ATLANTA - There will be no public ticket sale for the Sept. 5 Alabama-Virginia Tech game in the Georgia Dome. Fans of the two schools already have purchased all the tickets. The Chick-fil-A Bowl committee, which organizes the annual season kickoff game at the Georgia Dome, announced yesterday each school has sold its full share of 31,200 tickets.

Appearing on every single ballot, Virginia coach Brian O’Connor waltzed away with National Coach of the Year honors by the National College Baseball Writers Association on yesterday. Voted on by the NCBWA Board of Directors, the list of candidates for the award included the eight coaches from the teams at the College World Series and every Division I coach honored as the conference coach of the year.