In the mid-90's, George Del Ricco put his indelible stamp on the Mike linebacker position. Hokie fans grew very familiar with the sound of Del Ricco's name being called over the Lane Stadium loudspeaker as he was credited with yet another tackle. Del Ricco had 130 and 137 tackles in 1994 and 1995, by far the two highest single-season tackle totals for a Tech defender since 1987, when defensive tackle Scott Hill was credited with an amazing 177 tackles.
via: TSL
Now look at the picture again, this time with Metallica's Seek & Destroy blasting in your head. Envision the tackle happening, hear the cracking of the pads and get fired up, because there's only 41 more days.
Trivia*:
- Which Hokies drafted this year had 41 career starts?
- Tech played in and won their first ACC game 41-17 against?
If anyone has pictures of general Hokie awesomeness that they'd like featured on the countdown email them to me (thekeyplay [at] gmail [dot] com). I'd appreciate it.
*The first person to leave a comment with the correct answer(s) gets a point. Each correct answer is worth a point. At the end of the season the most points wins a free tee from GameDay Passion.
Comments
2. Duke was the first ACC
1. The same player to fail his Tampa Bay physical (BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE)
2. Duke was the first ACC game
Number two is correct.
Number one however is not.
Del Rico was bad ass
he liked Fishbone almost as much as I did.
#1
Whoops....I missed the whole "got drafted" part. The correct answer would be Kam Chancellor.
still incorrect
/buzzing noise
Slightly Confused....
From HokieSports: the 5 Hokies who were drafted in the 2010 draft:
Cody Grimm: 15 starts (54 Games Played)
Kam Chancellor: 41 Starts (54 GP)
Ed Wang: 37 starts (48 GP)
Jason Worilds: 25 starts (41 GP)
Brent Bowden: 0 starts (41 GP)
Unless you are talking about Games played in, where Worilds and Bowden would then qualify.
Brent Bowden
According to the 2010 media guide Bowden has 41 career starts.