Last year three pot plants named after area politicians yielded roughly five gallons of trimmed wacky tobacky buds. This year’s bumper crop – named after area college sports teams – looks like it will yield substantially more.

Back in May, shortly after the launch of Virginias outdoor marijuana grow season, Dick Fowler of Botetourt County proposed a horticultural swap: He offered me a 2-foot-tall Gelonade cannabis plant in…