Yes, I am dating myself by noting that I had to look up who sang that catchy little disco number, “Car Wash.“ But unlike most things in this space, this pop culture reference actually makes sense.

Virginia Tech’s football team held a car wash today to raise money for the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund. I thought about bringing my rig, a lady-killin’ 2000 Toyota Corolla with two missing hubcaps, but the ol’ hoss is in the shop because the muffler is rumbling like an ‘86 Lumina.

Anyway, I headed over to the car wash with another hack. The players seemed to enjoy themselves, but strong safety and outside linebackers coach Jim Cavanaugh really had a blast. His T-shirt was completely soaked with water. Cavanaugh recruits the Richmond area, so memo to parents of local prospects: If he stops by for an in-home visit to persuade your son to play for Tech, maybe you can convince him to wash your rig to help sway your kid’s decision. Then again, maybe that’s an NCAA violation.

According to Sports Information Czar Bryan Johnston, the team washed 178 vehicles and raised just more than $4,000 for the fund.

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Keep your eyes peeled for a story in tomorrow’s print edition on Tech’s kickers. Per usual, I have some leftover stuff (got to save space in the newspaper for those Ukrop’s ads). Here’s a smattering of the more interesting tidbits ...

- Fifth-year senior Bart McMillin has a tall order in replacing Nick Leeson, who was considered by many scouts to be the best long snapper to come out of college last season. Leeson signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Ravens in May and still is with the team.

- Jared Develli, who likely will handle kickoffs for the fourth consecutive season, played soccer from age 4 until his junior year of high school. When he was 7, he could kick goal kicks beyond midfield. But he wasn’t a goalkeeper. He was a midfielder. He had such a strong leg that he’d run back to kick goal kicks. 

- Develli also said that because he played soccer, he can kick well with his left leg, too. He said he’s made 35- to 40-yarders with his left leg.

- It will be interesting to see how Jud Dunlevy handles kicking field goals in front of a crowd. He kicked during Tech’s JV games, but he said only about 200 people show up for those. Tomorrow’s scrimmage should draw more.

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That’s all for now. I’ll have some more stuff from the scrimmage.