70 days ladies and gents,
Dont know if this has been done before, but in order, post your personal favorite seasons from the 2002-2011 era (last 10 seasons). ill begin.
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1. 2007 - ACC champs in wake of tragedy. GameDay for the ECU game. clemson game, filthy D. eddie royal. Finally beating FSU. back to back over FSU/Miami. Tyrod's freshman year. "minor setback for a major comeback". Beating Chris Long and UVA with the dual-QB system. The Glennon stolen jersey game at GT. Adibi's Pick Six in the ACC CG. Harper's Reverse for the kick return TD in the Orange Bowl.
2. 2010 - starting 0-2. The ECU comeback. The NC state 17-0 comeback. First team to go undefeated in ACC play, UNC game, GT game, miami game. Tyrod's performance in the ACCCG. Winning 11 straight.
3. 2004 - went to USC game, LOUD, giving them a hell of a game vs bush leinart & co. the WVU win, the comeback at GT, CRUSHING maryland on thursday night, and of course the 16-10 win at miami to clinch the ACC in our first year. last minute sugar bowl efforts as well.
4. 2008 - attended the ecu game, nearly cried. pulling the RS off tyrod. Loved the back to back comebacks down from 17-3 vs GT and UNC, and winning BOTH games 20-17. Darren Evans. winning at Nebraska with some of the best special teams play we've had in the last few years. Greg BOOOOONE and the wild turkey offense. macho harris playing wideout. beating ranked Maryland on thursday night. Boykin's bobble catch at miami. keeping UVA ineligible for bowl contention and winning the ACC over BC *AGAIN*! The orange bowl win.
5. 2009 - went to the bama game, atmosphere was unreal. back to back nebraska/miami wins. ryan williams torching defenses. chick fil a win.
6. 2011 - Not losing an early september game. The arrival of LT. Thriller vs miami, enter sandman, Logan's run, Al Golden shitting himself. The complete team effort at GT. 38-0. Danny's Catch.
7. 2006 - The nasty defense. Clemson game, miami game. Brandon Flowers' memorable season. destroying Wake 27-6 on the road. Shutting out UVA.
8. 2005 - Beating GT 51-7 with GameDay & the national audience. the good and bad of Marcus Vick. The BC win, the sour Louisville win.
9. 2002 - a little too young to remember, but i recall the highs of beating LSU and A&M, Kevin Jones & Lee Suggs.
10. 2003 - 31-7 over #2 miami at home, #ALLMAROONEVERYTHING, arguably the loudest Lane has ever been. will always remember KJ's 62-yard TD vs BC with the spin move. but we lost to UVA this year, and i still remember how i felt the day after the WVU game. burn it from the records.
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Here we go.
1. 2004 - This was my last football season as a student, and our first in the ACC. A new conference, a disappointing '03, no Marcus Vick, everyone thought we'd suck. We didn't. This team was full of heart and character and laid the foundation for all of the ACC success we've had since. I'll never forget the sun-shower that woke our asses up against WVU, and pouring it on Maryland. We were in the three games we lost to the end, and in another universe we go undefeated and win the national championship.
2. 2010 - If not for the Orange Bowl beat down, this might have been my favorite Tech season ever. The disappointment to start the season set the stage to watch a team grow, mature, and storm through the ACC. We were good enough to go undefeated, and had the Boise game never been moved, we might have.
3. 2007 - For every reason JerseyH0kie said above.
4. 2009 - Ru gonna get you. We didn't win the ACC, but we got to watch one of the best seasons by a Tech running back ever. Also, we smacked that shit out of Tennessee in the Peach Bowl.
5. 2008 - Beating Cincinnati in the Orange Bowl for the BCS win no one talks about was still extremely satisfying. Also, there's this play.
6. 2011 - It was a catch. Even though we lost, the Sugar Bowl was the best away from Lane experience I've had as a Hokie. Bourbon Street was home to memories that'll last a lifetime.
7. 2006 - We didn't make the ACC Championship Game, but by season's end we were the best team in the conference. Going on the road and tooling on eventual champ Wake Forest was the best. Blowing the halftime lead in the Peach Bowl was not. One of the best Tech defenses ever, just never had the offense to balance it out.
8. 2002 - This was back in the day when we'd win all of our tough non-conference games at the beginning of the season, then somehow lose in Big East play. Beating LSU. Those folks squatted on campus in their RVs as early as Wednesday. Seriously, there was a shanty town in the commuter lot. The night before the game was epic, Main Street divided.
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9 and 10 . 2003 and 2005 are seasons that I'd forget. (Although MRSTKP and I started dating after the A&M hurrigame.) The teams had mild success on the field, but the character wasn't there.
need to think about it, but
2004 is no. 1 for sure.
I agree with Beer Control. Since the Michael Vick years, 2004 stands out as the team that most exemplified what it meant to be a Virginia Tech football team. That team had all the guts, and if it could have had a healthy tailback early in the year, and a decent left tackle in the Sugar Bowl, they could have really been the story in college football. Jon Dunn, oh how I hate you.
Any season that ends with an ACC title should follow. My fondest memory is the win over Florida State in 2010. Damn shame the Stanford game wrecked it.
Every game that Brandon Flowers stepped on the field was a treat. This season gives me hope, because Kyle Fuller is the closest we have had to those kind of guts since.
Ryan Williams, Darren Evans, and Lee Suggs. Effort to the nth degree.
If only you kids could remember the 94-95 teams. Every now and then they got beat deep, but if you listened on the radio, you would have sworn they were playing midgets. Every play seemed like a tackle for a loss or a sack.
The moment that started #NewHoos, with Bill Roth's best radio call ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlVphx0DzvM
Really
The best part of the comeback was the dagger INT return for TD by Banks with no time left.
And for you history nuts, this may have really been the start. 1990, UVA had reached #1 in the country until a walk-off field goal loss to eventual national champ Georgia Tech. VT had a terrible year, but destroyed UVA in the Commonwealth Cup. Someone posted the entire 4th quarter on Youtube. Kudos!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ike6a1ituo