In this weeks six pick, BCO asked us to list what beverage we will be enjoying during the game. "Easy," I thought. "Bulleit all the way!" The past two games I've downed a rather large amount of Bulleit and after the games I turn into Bulleitdozer and go on drunken twitter rants and make videos.
As I had mentioned in the "What do you drink on gameday" thread, I pick a bourbon to start the season. If I don't like the way we are playing, I switch it up to improve our fortunes. I started off with Makers 46 and it left me with one loss and two too close for comfort wins. I switched it up to Bulleit for the GT game and invited a non VT couple over to watch the game with me and my wife.
Naturally I invited this same couple over again for the UNC game and we polished off the last of the Bulleit. It goes without saying I will be buying another bottle of the same for the Pitt game, and I already invited the couple over.
I just found out my wife is invited to a wedding shower at noon on Saturday.
I am trying to convey to her that breaking a tradition that has brought us 2 wins RIGHT BEFORE WE PLAY A TEAM THAT HAS A TRADITION OF UPSETTING US is a bad idea.
Please, tell me your current superstitions so I feel justified.
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My buddy has worn the same outfit for 5 years for every single game, home and away. Rain pants, long sleeved '09 orange effect shirt, '09 cassell guard shirt on top. He plays enter sandman as he passes lane on 460. He folds his ticket up the same way, and until this year, walked to Owens, ate, walked back home, then walked to the game.
I shove pins into my Heather Dinich doll
In general, HD posts are getting old, but this was hilarious. Well done sir
The neck has been more positive since we are winning games..that's the best way to shut up the Hokie haters.
This had me laughing out loud..
In the middle of class.
I'm not supposed to have my phone on me, so I tried to play it off unsuccessfully as a cough. It was really awkward then I just kind of stared into my abu hat for a while...
They think I'm the crazy guy.
Thanks.
HDubya and I drink Bud Fosters before every game, encouraged by whoever gave the idea on the "What do you drink on Gameday" thread. We say a prayer (you think I'm joking, but we actually stand there and say stuff like "Thank you oh great Bud for all you have given us.") and pass around the "holy water" to everyone at the tailgate.
Some UNC fan watched us do it on Saturday and thought it was hilarious.
Not sure whether to award turkey leg for excellent gameday tradition or downvote for sacrilege.... I have to agree with the UNC fan here. Very funny.
bro! bud fosters that was me. we got an oil can of foster's and a tall boy of bud heavy for the marshall game. everybody who was in our tailgate that day are more like nfl fans and were coming to bburg for their first game in lane. we explained the significance but they didnt seem to think it was as funny as we did. they're good though right?
We went to a game at Temple in Philly in '99. Couldn't decide on what to drink, so we grabbed a "case" of Oil Cans. Ended up parked next to Joe Klecko...and he liked our style so much he invited us over for his tailgate. Kinda cool drinking oil cans at 10 am with an ex NFL that is borderline HOF, and then beating them 62-7.
This was also the game that Michael somehow managed to put his wristband on upside down, and on the second play for Tech, Vick told all the players to just go right. Nobody had an idea of what was going on, but they went right. Vick rolled left, 53 yards untouched for a TD.
I remember watching that game on television and I was in total awe of how bad of a beatdown Vick put on the Owls almost singlehandedly. It wasn't even close to a career game for him, but the dude put on a show.
They taste a little like Miller Light I think. It's actually pretty good. Thanks for the idea!
It's gotten more and more intense with each passing home game. The pooring/mixing is an event in itself.
do you mix them 50/50? I've never heard of this, but love the idea and will be doing it at some point this season
Hey, for the games we really need a beat down, like LOLUVA, we could add tomato juice and make a Bloody Bud Foster.
Yea, 50/50 split. We try to use one of those collectible cups they sell in Lane if we can.
Put on my Orange 2011 Logan Thomas jersey and yell at the television for 3.5-4 hours. Except this weekend I'll be back in Blacksburg for the game, so my undergrad traditions will probably resurface - beginning with shotgunning beer during the 6am shower (I love noon games).
I'm totally shotgunning a beer in the shower on Saturday morning. Why didn't I think of this before?
I'll be excited to see the next drunken rampage of posts from you Skipper!
Unfortunately (well....not really) I'll actually be at the game so I will be more concerned with getting home than posting on here. By the time I actually post anything on here Saturday I will have hopefully sobered up a bit.
You better bring airplane bottles with you so that doesn't happen.
The sobering up part, not the getting home part. Definitely get home.
wear a gray VT t-shirt, and try to drink beer that only comes in gold cans (highlife, Yuengling, natty boh)
Turkey leg for the Natty Boh!
I have to make pancakes for my roommates and I on gameday morning, otherwise we're skating on thin ice
#flapJACKSonGAMEDAY
"...and some flapjacks!"
"Is it too early for flapjacks?"
http://youtu.be/Rq12RbxY5JQ
This is immediately what I think of when I hear the word "pancakes"
I wear one of my many Corps t-shirts and if there's a dog around, I will pet it for the duration of the game. You can thank a special Golden Retriever named Fergus for the 2011 whuppin' on Miami. He was happy getting #allthepets, I was happy for the victory. If we go somewhere to watch the game, I'll put on my #90 Jeff King jersey with the Corps shirt underneath.
I just go the games and that seems to work pretty well. Since I moved to Blacksburg last year, we are undefeated in games I have attended at Lane Stadium. You can thank the lottery ticket system for the Thursday night loss against FSU.
I try to make sure the Hoos lose. Just about every weekend they lose, VT wins.
Once we start winning, I don't change my socks. Needless to say, I was sporting a fresh linen aroma last season. This year? I'm loving my "smelf" and the Hokies as I go 5 weeks plus...if only I can get that rash to go away, darn-it.
It all started in 2010 when we were 0-2, and I was at the ECU game and we were down 10 at halftime, on our way to 0-3. It was hot as balls outside that day, so midway through the third quarter, still down 10, I ventured out to concessions to grab a large Sprite. Shit you not, I got back to my seat and we scored on our next drive, then proceeded to come back and win.
After going to 2-2, I continued the tradition when I went to the NC State game in Raleigh, got my Sprite at halftime, and BOOM David Wilson returns the second half opening kickoff for a TD. It's all history from there, as the Sprite tradition continued all season long, and as you all know, we won every regular season game from then on out, including the ACCCG. Didn't get my Sprite during the Orange Bowl as I was en route to Snowshoe, and we know what happened in the second half there. My bad on that one, guys.
So needless to say I still buy myself a Sprite in the third quarter of every game.
*2010
Corrected
That sounds very expensive. Props for the commitment.
He does this at halftime of basketball games too. I must admit, it works though.
I wore VT socks for every home game my first 3 years. Last year, I didn't pay as much attention while getting dressed on gamedays, and occasionally wore black socks. Every time I did, we lost. The black socks are now banned from Lane.
Also, I refuse to wear any effect shirt (maroon, orange, white out) before the day of that effect game.
Oh, and of course I always wear my VT hat, although for Orange effect I may switch it out for a large, orange foam cowboy hat.
Somehow I suspected socks were to blame for last year's suck-a-thon. And now we've found the culprit.
I feel so much shame for this....
Your hat comment reminded me of my friend's VT hat. He first wore it to the '07 BC game, then to a few more over the next 2 years. Every time he wore it, we lost. We finally caught on to the pattern and he has not worn the hat on game day since.
It must be burned after sundown on any night except Thursday or Saturday in order to prevent the infection spreading to other hats.
Funny story about my hat: In the 4 years that I've had it, I've never washed it (gross, maybe, but I'm lazy and in college, give me a break). During the Marshall game (around halftime), some friends noticed I had some yellow smudges on the front of my white shirt. I was confused, since I hadn't eaten/drunk anything since the tailgate, and my shirt was spotless upon entering the stadium. Keep in mind I was wearing only jeans and said white t-shirt. We finally figured out what it was: 4 years of filth from my hat was washing out onto my shirt. The crazy thing was, it rained so much that it pretty much completely cleaned my hat, THEN completely cleaned my shirt. Left the stadium with my shirt pristine white again.
Are hats supposed to be washed? If so I've been doing it wrong. I, like you, just assumed the rain would eventually take care of it for me.
I get unnaturally sweaty thanks to some SWEET familial genes so I pretty much have to throw hats and shoes into the washing machine every now and then unless I want to smell like Brandon Gore's jock strap all the time
My wife washed one once and I couldn't wear it anymore. The temporary cleanliness of the hat is not worth the risk of it shrinking or just not "wearing" the same.
Same. I wear a hat until it's done worn out. A baseball hat/cap is like a tea mug to the British. You don't wash it, EVER. Only rain, rivers and lakes are acceptable forms of washing. Once it's washed properly its ruined and you should just start over with a new one.
I knew there was more to that whole revolution thing than all that independence stuff. That was a good separation, I think.
Have a pair of orange Adidas shoes that I wore for indoor soccer that I laced with maroon laces. Wear them to every game. Nothing too special, but they make me feel like I jump extra high for Enter Sandman. That could be the booze though.
Edit: Also as a cadet I always wore the effect shirt or the gobble gobble bitches shirt under my uniform.
I will under no circumstances ever bet money when my teams are playing.
Also after the Pitt game last year, I never get breakfast from this place on gameday.
Bojangles in Dublin on the way to every home game.
I have to take 2 shots of Wild Turkey before the game. If I don't we play bad or we lose.
I also don't let anyone talk about our kickers around us ever. Even for PATs. Been doing this for years. The misses have been because my jerk friends ignore me.
I have the same superstition for kickers. During the ECU game, a couple female friends, who aren't big football fans, kept commenting on how CJ kept missing AS HE WAS LINING UP FOR THE KICK. I almost slapped them both. And then he missed and they thought it was hilarious. I've never been so angry at or ashamed of my friends.
Same exact thing! Except some of my friends know and care about the game too! Drives me nuts when people just assume we get the PAT and we miss.
I remember during the Marshall game when everyone was still yelling when we had the ball in OT. I think it was because they were so excited after what had happened (whether it be the pick by Kyshoen at the end of regulation of the strip sack on OT2). But what I do remember was that I was standing there muttering under my breath "Shut the f--- up." Eventually they figured it out.
Living outside of America I have to watch games either at midnight, 3:30 am or 8 am. I know everyone complains about noon games but that's midnight for me and not too bad. 3:30 am games are the killers. (And no, I am not the "sources" Weaver refers to when he says fans want to watch noon games and no Thursday nights.)
But since I am watching America's pastime I prefer to keep things 'Murica. For some reason people import Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Aged Ale to Shanghai:
It blends beer and bourbon and I am sold.
I have found that if I wear anything Hokie during the game we either lose or play really difficult games. (only seems to apply to watching from China) So I wear Hokie gear only up to game time and then switch it out. Then I give praise to the almighty Phreak, enjoy the game and hope the stream doesn't buffer too much.
Great, you can get it in fucking CHINA, but not El Paso. It's the asscrack of Texas, y'all.
Don't be too shocked. You can find and buy almost anything in China through the magic of www.taobao.com (imagine Amazon if it had loose morals and broad interpretations on regulation of so-called fakes and/or real "off-the-truck" merchandise) And it will all be delivered to your door.
For instance I could order the following:
Horse
on a
Treadmill
("horse" and "treadmill" are linked)
More annoyed than anything else :( I had some while I was in Ohio recently, and ever since you mentioned it, I've been craving some. I've called just about every liquor store in town *sigh*
YOU HAD HORSEMEAT IN OHIO!?!?!?
No, I had horse meat in Japan. Really. Your kin are tasty!
You just made my list...
Sorry, mate ^_^ Some random dudes in the Japanese navy bought it for our (mixed Japanese and not) group at a bar in Hiroshima... make sure you never order basashi in Japan!
The first few items appear to be horsemeat
Pour some out for the homies.
haha.. No. that's some herbal thing for Chinese medicine. No idea why it came up when I searched for "Live Horse" though...
THIS is horse meat. I am really hoping picture #7 is not what it looks like though....
Superstitions have changed over the years. Before and just after transferring to Tech in 2010 I thought I was the bad luck charm at our games. BC '07. UNC '09. Boise and JMU '10. Dk what changed after that, but the trend seemed to be the more I drank before each game the better we did in 2010 (blacked out ACCCG). Then 2011 was shotgunning a beer to start every gameday.
However, last season I was back home and went out to the bars to watch the games. That was miserable. So now I'm just staying home and have actually resorted to Bulleit for GT and UNC myself. It may sound like I'm lonely, but we're winning so I'm happy.
I appreciate your commitment to Hokie football even if it means the destruction of your liver and possibly your own death. Just avoid Tylenol after you drink. Acetaminophen is one of the worst substances for your liver and combining that with alcohol is a great way to get yourself on a transplant list. This PSA has been brought to you all by the Hepatic Perfusion Sustainability Design Team. :)
Eh, sleep works best for me. My body deserved to be punished by a hangover the way I treated it on gameday during undergrad.
I wear specific shirts. If we lost while I was wearing a certain shirt, I won't wear it again unless we're playing a cupcake team to reverse the bad juju it carries. For example: I wore an orange vintage logo tee to the ECU game in Greenville in 2011. We won, so I wore it this year for the same game. I wore my Stick It In shirt to the GT away game in 2009. We lost, so I don't wear it on gamedays.
I've eaten breakfast at Bojangles before every game since the start of the 2011 season. I'm beginning to think that only the Bojangles in Blacksburg has the magic though. I moved to Virginia Beach before the start of the 2012 season, and we saw how that season went. Since I started this tradition, we've only lost twice when I've eaten at the Bojangles in Blacksburg and physically gone to the game: 2011 Clemson & 2012 FSU.
When it cools off in the fall, I leave the windows open and wear a sleeveless VT shirt underneath a zip up VT hoodie. These things work well.
But the critical element for me is the VT headband. Without fail, when we're playing badly, I check the headband to see where the VT logo is positioned, and find that it is not in the correct place, which is over my right Temple. I shift the headband so the VT logo is over my right temple and BOOM defense steps up.
Doesn't work for offense, though. I haven't found out which article to point in which direction to get them going. Been doing this since 2007. Clemson game was the start of it.
Remember people, it's only crazy if it doesn't work.
I had a ton of superstitions, but after last year we lost so much I let them all go except for one.... I tailgate every home game and the last breakfast tailgate I did we lost to JMU - I haven't had one since nor will I ever again.
I'll keep eating ribs, bbq, wings, shrimp etc at 9am for these high nooners before I ever jinx us again with a breakfast tailgate!
This. My biggest superstition was to wear a VT shirt the entire day before game day, so usually friday. But after last season, all my superstitions got ruined, which is kind of freeing.
Last year, though, I bought a redskins sweatshirt and hat, and started wearing it when they went on the 7 game win streak. Let's just say that didn't carry through the off season. (now that I look back, I have a shirt I must never wear again that I wore for the first time against seattle.)
I love this thread...most of mine have gone away since chasing two kids around tends to eat into your pre-game rituals, but, I have 3:
1) If I'm at the game in person I always wear camo pants or shorts and a jersey with the same shirt underneath.
2) When watching at home I switch jerseys if we aren't playing well. I wore my #11 (from the Adibi days) for the Bama game. Since we lost I switched to my #5 (from the Tyrod days) but after the ECU and Marshall games I went back to #11.
3) I drink the same beer for the duration of the game unless we are playing poorly in which case a switch is needed
Also, Dozer, your wife better not go to that wedding shower. And that couple better start loving to Hokies and camping out in your yard before the games.
agreed. insta-divorce.
Seriously though, Hoke Football pwns wedding showers.
And weddings, and baby showers, and giving birth, and funerals...wait what? Unfortunately I have a wedding to go to Saturday, but that's what the WatchESPN app is for. True story though, a friend was giving birth during the Nebraska game and in between the screaming and the pushing, she asked "DID WE GET THE 2-POINT CONVERSION?!"
Edit: Regarding the wedding I'm going to Saturday, I'm thinking I'll have to wear a dark dress shirt so I can wear a VT shirt underneath it. Also, I'll be bringing my flask and will probably have to step out of the church to do my lucky shot before kickoff. Stupid 11:00 AM weddings and noon kickoffs...
True Hokie right there.
I'm NOT going to a wedding on Saturday that I absolutely should be attending because I'm going to be at Lane. Oops.
what kind of a person has a wedding during football season?
a Wahoo?
Hahaha, my getting-hitched friend IS a Wahoo. But she really just doesn't care about football in general.
Unlike most girls, I DO care about football. Probably too much.
i'm a lucky guy cuz my g/f cares a lot about football too...she's been to almost every VT home game (and several of the bowl games including the NCG) since she was 2. Her parents are Hokie Club members!
needless to say, I'll be making the 3 hour drive to Bburg to sit in West Stands and yell at the top of my lungs against Pitt, just as I've done for every home game this season
One of my best friends is getting married this fall on...wait for it....wait for it.....
November 9th.
He's an FSU guy, too, so I though he would of known how important Miami games are. The wedding is at 2 PM.
My sister got married on championship weekend the year GT and Clemson played that epic game and Colt McCoy hit the railing in the last second against Nebraska.
i can't tell if you're messing with me or not
would of known
would have known
[laughing mischievously inside]
SB Nation put out a guide before the season to break down each game weekend to identify the best one to have a wedding
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/4/17/4070844/college-footb...
Hilarious and well worth the read.
My husband skipped his cousin's wedding because it was the day of a Miami game.
On most occasions, I would be right there with you. There are very few people I would skip a game for, but family trumps all. I can promise that my butt will be in the pew, but I can't promise that I'll be paying attention though.
Family is a different matter. Thankfully, I have no family ties to this one, so I'm clear.
It's also an out-of-town destination wedding. I'm a broke law student, so missing an out-of-towner is understandable.
If my sister's bf ever digs his darn feet out of the sand and marries her, it better not be during a home game. Just sayin'.
There are two levels of blessing that must be given in that case.
You just need to let your sister know that spring is a great time for a wedding. Note: Except for the last couple weekends in April, one of those is usually the Spring Game.
For the record, my wife and I streamed the game the entire reception. I conversed with family, but just sat in front of the phone with the WatchESPN app going. Nearly used all of my data plan, but it was well worth it. Conveniently, most of the family didn't mind that I was watching it because I could keep them updated with the UGA game. They were just unhappy with them losing.
So far we're 0-1 when I wear my Horse on a Treadmill shirt, but 5-0 when I wear my gobble gobble bitches shirt. Love the horse shirt, but it's staying in the closet a little longer.
Where can I get my wife one of those t-shirts (gobble gobble bitches!)?
High Peak sportswear on college ave. Right between Greenhouse and Jimmy John's.
Related question....where can I get one of the shirts that says "What is a Hokie? I am". My wife saw this at the game last week and said she wanted one, but I haven't had any luck locating it at the various online locations.
If I am correct, they only give them out at student orientation. Can anyone confirm this?
Yeah there is always some variation given out during orientation.
They maaaaay sell them at the bookstore, but I'm not certain on that.
I will never wear an effect shirt before the actual effect game, regardless if we win or lose. Usually if we lost a game, I won't wear whatever shirt I was wearing again until maybe the next season. Take for instance, I wore my Stick It In shirt for the game against Bama, that shirt has not been worn on another gameday so far will not be worn again this season. I do feel as if my maroon jersey (2008 or 2009?) has brought on some good luck. Wore it for both GT and UNC and we have rocked. It will definitely be worn the rest of the season or until we play poorly, whichever comes first.
A side note, if ya'll think fans are superstitious, I bet some players are even more so. I remember back in hs when I played softball; if I put one article of my uniform on out of order, I got undressed and put it on all over again.
totally understand the uniform thing. I did that with my HS tennis uniform
It started with the Marshall game, but the wife and I have to do shots of Jack Honey at kickoff. Saturday we didn't watch the game until late, but we still did our shots and the team won. I also may or may not have a pair of gameday underwear...
During our game, I don't attempt to grade papers at all. It seems to make us drop passes.
Like most people on here each season I pick a Tech shirt to wear on gameday for that season; once we lose that shirt is banned from the rotation forever if we win that shirt continues to get worn.
Start each half with a shot of Jim Beam.
I usually pick one shirt at the beginning of the season that I will wear for every game. Last year though, I realized that I had so many VT shirts that maybe I should wear a different one for every game. Well, you can see how that worked out. This year though, after a minor setback in my #BeatBama shirt, I am proud to say that the horse on the treadmill shirt is undefeated.
No idea how it started, but I can't wear anything that I purchased when we play. It was tough at first, having to find things that had been given to me or borrow/steal from my roommates, but I did it for the team. It works out pretty well now though, because my wife has seen the power this tradition holds and will randomly buy me orange and maroon clothes since I can't anymore.
I attend games with a man who only wears the I don't know what a Hokie is but God is One of them t-shirt going on 13 years years now and it has never been washed once. It actually is in pretty decent shape and you wouldn't know he has never washed it. He is also a season ticket holder so we're talking about a shirt that has endured around 100 games and never washed. I'm impressed.
I was in the grocery store the other day and the dude working there asked me about my "I survived the riot bowl" shirt that I was wearing. I told him the story about the "riot" on main street the night before the LSU game. As I was walking out, I glanced down at my shirt and realized that it was 11 years old now.
Super white hat. Keepin' it simple
I haven't shaved my beard since the Triple Overtime Marshall Miracle. "Beard" is also a nice way to put it, I am apparently still going through puberty at 29 years old. Needless to say, it's getting really scummy looking and I love it.
If we beat Pitt, I could be Ted Kaczynski for Halloween.
y'all are a bourbon-loving crowd and I love it
Bourbon, Bourbon, and More Bourbon.
Even Bourbon Chicken from the Chinese Restaurants.
i usually get way too nervous on gamedays as kickoff approaches. when that happens, i notify twitter and switch from beer to bourbon or from bourbon to more bourbon (e.g. "TOO CLOSE FOR BEER. SWITCHING TO BOURBON").
i feel like there's other gameday traditions that happen after that, but memory is hazy.
dude i am the exact same way. i get so nervous booze really takes the edge off. its funny cause i get pre-game stress worse when i'm watching the game on tv. when i'm at the game i'm much more relaxed and just having a good time. . . now that i think about it thats probably because i drink more at the tailgate. hmm.
the "go bananas" cheer is one that comes to mind...
I never wear the effect shirt to the effect game, wore my horse on a treadmill shirt against unc and we won so i believe it will be a keeper. But the most important of all tradition is I take two shots of bourbon before leaving tailgate, and take one airplane bottle of rum and one of bourbon into the game, and it was worked every time so I will continue.
I used to wear close to the opposing teams color shirt either Thursday or Friday before the game. Silly, but it worked for a while. Last year kinda ended that trend, and now I wear maroon on Fridays.
No superstitions now that I am older and away from campus, too many days where i am lucky to make the game, no time to plan, due to work or my children needing me to attend something to show them I actually care what they are doing. (sarcastica font) However back in 2007 my son was born, Nov. 2nd. Ooooh about 4-5 hours after we put the smack down on GT. I believe that was the stolen Jersey game as well, I convinced my wife to let us stay at the house and watch the game before we went to the hospital. She toughed it out. We left right after the clock hit 0:00. Boom little man born early morning next day. That cost me more than my share of early mornings and extra late nights, some dirty diapers and more than one or two puked in shirts.
Worth it.
Sooooo, so many superstitions over the years. It's hard to remember them all.
Special articles of clothing, only going in the same gate (that was back when the same people worked the same gate EVERY SINGLE GAME, but that paid off because someone stole our tickets once and our gate dude let us in anyway), using the same route to get to campus, putting up the parking pass right when you get on Southgate, having theme food based on who we were playing, touching the piece of HokieStone we have at the tailgate, rubbing the little brother's head on big plays, etc.
But my family collectively decided to scrap all of them after the debacle of 2012.
I will say this about the gate tradition... We were forced to stop using our gate when they expanded the South Endzone, because our original gate is no more. BUT, we have started using the gate that is the closest to where our original gate was just this season and look at how well we've done... Just saying...
So just to be safe, I'll be leading my family into that gate this week. So much for scraping the superstitions this year...
I wear the same shirt and jersey, eat the same brand bratwurst the same way and same beverage in the same spot. Unless I am at the game and I have my ritual there too. I have a problem. I did try to change it up at the Marshall game and wear the white 2000 MV7 jersey but had to change in the 4th quarter to the Maroon (LSU inspired) current look. Felt like that pulled us back in. Superstitions are ridiculous but I can't help it.
I take a shot of the kickin chicken, Wild Turkey, when Sandman hits and then leave the tailgate for the Stadium. At home, I do the same thing when the TV broadcasts begin.
The gf was afraid it was her. Every sporting event we had gone to as a couple resulted in my team losing (a few Orioles' games and the Kickoff game in Atlanta). I took her to the Marshall game and she was convinced that if we lost, I would never invite her to another game again.
Luckily for her, a lucky bounce and LT3 gave her a stay. That said, I have to give her a lot of points for standing in the rain for 3 OTs with me. My friend's wife watched OT from the TVs in the tunnel.
Way too many, and I can't talk about them because that will ruin them.
Day before Gameday I'll wear a VT polo into work (or Thursday if it's a Thursday Night), and on Gameday I'll wear some sort of VT shirt under my #5 jersey circa 08/09
Beer before halftime, switch to bourbon at the half or if we get down early. Mrs Salty has a sweatshirt she is not allowed to wear. She got it right before the ACCCG in 2005. Then wore it several other games in which we lost. She wore it the last game we played in the NCAA tournament. She wore it on 4/16. She was wearing it the day she got ran into and her car got totalled. This shirt is no longer in the house. Its buried in the yard. Literally.
My 2003 Kevin Jones jersey and my 2006 Eddie Royal jersey seem to have the best mojo.
I've regularly hung a VT flag on my mailbox, but for a variety of reasons, I didn't get around to it before the bama game...didn't think of it afterward for a couple of weeks. Now that we're 5-1, I don't want to upset the mojo by putting it out.
Never, ever shave on gameday.
And a shot of tequila or bourbon just before kickoff.
Though the no-shave thing is alot easier to do every game since I've been sporting a beard the last few years.
Every year I buy two new Nike VT shirts. This year I went with:
I'll go with whatever I choose and wear it until it loses. If we should lose, I go to my "slump-buster" shirt from 2008 for the next game:
And,
I need that second shirt.
Due to the early start times, my new game day tradition is to start with a Tequila Sunrise. If you do it right, it comes out in Hokie Colors.
Tequila Sunrise = wins over Marshall & UNC
I am also starting to crock pot something for game day
Chili = win over Georgia Tech
Pulled Pork = win over UNC
Some people put slaw on their pulled pork. I use pineapple.
Overall, this combination is 3-0 this year.
Edit: dear god, this photos are huge. I will resize them later.
THOSE CHILI DOGS THOUGH......*Drools*
I love pulled pork, and I love pineapple. I can't believe that I never thought about combining the two, especially since my love of both come from living in Hawaii when I was a kid.
Thank you for showing this combination of foods as I can only imagine this is what food in Heaven would be.
I need to tailgate with you sometime!
Haha, for the Marshall game, we did Tailgate brunch. French toast, bacon, sausages and tequila sunrises.
Yup, looks good
welp, im making a pot of chili now
Last night I had to make meatballs. 1lb each of beef, pork, and veal. Mmmmm. Meatballs
Joe!!! Just look at this conversation right here. If this doesn't make you want to do a TKP tailgate, then I don't know what will.
I, admittedly, am not a pro in the kitchen. But I can bring beer, bourbon, and an empty stomach. I hope that's enough to get me in the door.
I think we should do a TKP tailgate in Charlottesville. Seriously.
everybody can come to the fontaine research center lot. we'll be doin it up early out there. it'll be a mixed crowd of hokies and hoos though so some people from the site might not want hang lol.
Am now making tequilas sunrises to go with white bean chili for tomorrow
The recipe, from Good Dog bar in Philly, if anyone is interested. It kicks @$$.
http://articles.philly.com/2012-02-02/food/31016986_1_ground-turkey-trad...
Or the chicken version...
http://mobile.philly.com/food/?wss=/philly/restaurants&id=34663764
I can't watch a game if I know my dad is watching. Goes back to right after I graduated in '98. I'd go over to parent's house to watch the game, we'd start doing bad, Dad would start cussing, making it a miserable experience, and we'd lose. So I stopped going. We won.
Then, it turned so Dad would call on the phone during the game. We'd lose. If I ignored the phone, we won.
Then a magical, Dad-curse breaking event happened. My son was born. I was over during the Texas A&M hurricane game, holding my son, and low and behold, we won. And it came to pass that we started winning whenever I was holding my son during the game. So he became my lucky charm.
Would you guys believe that even during the UNC game last weekend, my now 9 year old son was in my lap while we were jumping out to 21-7. At half time he wanted to go outside so I let him. Three 3-and-outs ensued. He came back in, I grabbed him, sat him down in my lap, and we were able to pound it in for the last TD.
His mom and I are divorced now (thank God for small favors), but unforunately, this weekend is a mommy weekend. And it's Pitt. F*ck!
time for a last minute, first game at Lane trip!
Perhaps a visit from 12-3 for the sake of Hokie Nation would be in order?
Day before the game shave.
On Gameday:
Everyone in the room with me must take a shot of Bourbon (usually Makers) before kickoff, Straight up. Hat facing forward first half, hat facing backwards second half. 12 year old MV trumpet t-shirt "always between 2 40s" worn under the newest maroon polo. Game day cigar on person or nearby. Keys in hand or in my left pocket. If we are down at the half a second shot is required. Everyone must stay in the spot they are in during the game. If someone leaves the room and good things start to happen they are not allowed back in until points are scored by the Hokies (this includes myself). No negative comments that involve turnovers or big plays by the other team.
I AM SO JEALOUS OF YOUR TRUMPET SHIRT
They've been getting steadily lamer since I've been here, '09 had "working below t-shirt level", now we're down to "selling it since 1973".
That should be an official trumpet slogan, seriously.
And the problem with the "below t-shirt level" shirts was that they were printed backwards. For some reason, trumpet leadership has wanted to keep the shirts "classy" ever since my sophomore year in 09
Tone shirts or no shirts. Sorry bout it.
I just show up at Lane. I was a student 99-01 and have never in my life walked out of Lane with an L. EVER. A few years after college I didn't make it back to any games, and for those that were L's, I feel regret at my absence. I was at GT last year and Marshall this year, so I know the theory has more than proven to be true.
My son, who just turned 8, has recently begun saying "and may Virginia Tech please win the football game today. Amen." at the end of his prayer before lunch/dinner on game day. That too has had a 100% success rate so far.
Ron Mexico jersey, beat up VT cap, Jim Beam in the flask.
I go on a run around here in Center City Philly. There are two Hokie houses I've found about 2 miles in opposite directions from my place. I run by one to give a Hokie solute and if the car is not there I run back to the other house to solute the VT flag. Done it every week this season except the Bama game.
I just realized today...
I ordered a Hokie Nation Flag from the bookstore along with some other swag just before the season started. I was hoping it would get here before the bama game. The day before the bama game it was scheduled to be here. I was outside painting the flagpole and waiting for the package to arrive. It did. Without my Hokie Nation Flag. I called and they sent it the next week. We have won every game since my flag has been flying.
Damn you bookstore!! Damn you all to hell!
Those bastards....
So this past Thursday I was working with a friend, and he was procrastinating on theartofmanliness (if you haven't checked it out, I highly recommend it) and checking out an article about toughing oneself up and bein all manly and such. He looks at me and asks me if we should take nothing but cold showers for two weeks. Like an idiot, I said yes. Long story short, it appears that my new superstition will be to take an ice-cold shower the morning of every gameday. Shoot, it worked today.
Me and one of my roommates picked this up at a Bass Pro on the way home from the Bama game. It turned out to be well worth the $12 we spent on it.