OT: Reddit: A Brief History of Virginia Tech Football

By: The Fighting Gobbler
on September 28, 2018, 10:22 AM | 13 comments

Just came across this reddit post. It was interesting to see a run-down of our history from an outsider's prospective. They take some jabs, but they're all in good fun.

Solid read for those interested.

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VBVTUSCG's picture VBVTUSCG
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| 7 years 10 months #

Maybe it's the article, maybe its because its Friday, or something else, but thank you for restoring my hope!

VB born, class of '14

QMaroonQ's picture QMaroonQ | 7 years 10 months #

I read it this morning and felt better afterwards. I'm glad loluva and West Virginia didn't escape the article without mention.

MaroonX2's picture MaroonX2
UVA SUCKS.
| 7 years 10 months #

Needed this man. Love the comments as well. Bring on the dukies.

uva sucks

Little Bobby Tables's picture Little Bobby Tables
MEH. 😕
| 7 years 10 months #

Love how the article ended:

And since I know a lot of the people who read this are Virginia Tech people, and they've stuck through a few jabs and a lot of sad nostalgia I'd like to conclude with this:

(breaths in)

VIRGINIA WAS A ONE SEED FAVORED BY 20 OVER 16 SEED UMBC, AND UMBC WON BY 20 POINTS, IN THE BIGGEST UPSET IN THAT SPORT'S HISTORY. ALSO, THE PREVIOUS RECORD HOLDER OF BIGGEST COLLEGE BASKETBALL UPSET WAS ALSO HELD BY VIRGINIA, WHO LOST TO CHAMINADE WITH RALPH SAMPSON. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WEST VIRGINIA LOST TO 4-7 PITTSBURGH AT HOME IN 2007 WHEN A WIN WOULD HAVE SENT THEM TO THE NATIONAL TITLE. FURTHERMORE, VIRGINIA TECH IS THE MOST POPULAR TEAM ACROSS VIRGINIA, INTO DC AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE APPALACHIANS.

Anyway, Hokie Hokie Hokie Hi, Tech Tech VPI.

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Hokieflyguy's picture Hokieflyguy
RAIL EXPERT
| 7 years 10 months #

Beamer's great-uncle murdered five people in a courthouse shooting in a fit of rage at a trial.

Yikes!

You will see this game, this upset and this sign next on ESPN Sportscenter. Virginia Tech 31 Miami 7

His decision was made after a phone call with longtime Virginia Tech assistant coach Bud Foster. All Foster told him was, "We win. They don't."

HokieJeep's picture HokieJeep | 7 years 10 months # ^

TIL

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Mike06's picture Mike06 | 7 years 10 months # ^

Had to head to google after reading that, to make sure it wasn't reddit satire...

Pausing for a serious moment in an otherwise light-hearted interview just days before the season opened, Beamer disclosed that he is a direct descendant of the notorious Allen clan.

Yes, those Allens, the fierce mountain men who shot up the Carroll County courthouse in a spasm of violence in 1912 that left five people dead, including the judge, prosecutor and county sheriff. The incident and ensuing manhunt dominated headlines across the nation for months alongside the other huge story of that spring — the sinking of the Titanic.

Beamer's grandfather, Barnett Allen, then just 21, was charged and acquitted in connection with the incident, but the state executed Beamer's great uncle and a cousin and sentenced several other family members to decades in prison.

The scourge on the Allens went far beyond the reach of the law. Another of Beamer's great uncles was shot to death by a Baldwin-Felts detective in a roadhouse in 1916 and others were said to suffer various acts of retribution over the ensuing years.

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8300A_Hokie'12's picture 8300A_Hokie'12
🏝NO BAD DAYS🏖🤙
| 7 years 10 months #

I actually really enjoyed that. Jabs and all. In all honesty, they really did make me chuckle a bit once I, y'know, cried a tad right before I laughed

"The Big Ten is always using excuses to cancel games with us. First Wisconsin. Then Wisconsin. After that, Wisconsin. The subsequent cancellation with Wisconsin comes to mind too. Now Penn State. What's next? Wisconsin?" -HorseOnATreadmill

macraw83's picture macraw83 | 7 years 10 months #

Honestly none of the jabs were all that bad and pretty much well deserved. And he got a couple in against FSU, and that bolded statement at the end is a thing of glory.

Also, did anyone else here remember that USCe lost to The Citadel in 2015? Or is it just me?

Granville's picture Granville
| 7 years 10 months # ^

People don't forget!

VTFootballGrad's picture VTFootballGrad | 7 years 10 months #

They left a few key points. Mainly we had an undefeated team (though with 1 tie) in the 1950s, we weren't always independent, we moved our way up through conferences, to get to where we are today.

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macraw83's picture macraw83 | 7 years 10 months # ^

I mean, we were independent prior to the Big East, and then jumped to the ACC, so they sorta covered that.

I don't think our stint in the SoCon from 1921 to 1965 really did anything to set us up for entry into the Big East over 2 decades later.

Ernest P. Worrellford's picture Ernest P. Worrellford | 7 years 10 months #

They have one of the best engineering programs in the world.
Damn right we do!

This was an excellent article. Amazed with this guy's research. Considering he's only 18, he did some great digging.

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