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if you're going to go out of the box why not put the fighting gobbler on the side?

Kill it. Kill it with fire. Take the ashes, bury them in Stadium Woods and let's never speak of this again.

makes me want to eat turkey

It's like somebody said "fuck it, let's use bumper stickers."

I don't mind them. Kinda cool. And white out is stupid anyway. Our colors are orange and maroon. Not sure why we have to play 50% of our home games wearing some other color. So make white out as obnoxious as possible for all I care. Put a butterfly on the helmet.

There are other ways to raise money for charity via uniforms and accompanying t shirt sales besides changing our colors.

Born and raised in the 757 but family ties across SW VA...including some in Christiansburg...got me started as a Hokie. In my immediate family...everyone was a Hokie supporter...but not quite die-hard Hokie fans. As a kid, we would always have Thanksgiving every year with my family in C-burg and would always listen to the Tech-UVA game over the radio on the car ride home. Never really understood why when I was younger...but I just always wanted VT to beat UVA (back when it wasn't a given every year).

Started following Tech a bit more as I got older...but still wasn't what I would consider a complete Hokie fan. When it came time to figure out college plans senior year...I pretty much just blindly followed the advice of "you're good at math and science...go study engineering." Wasn't really sure what I wanted to do...or where I wanted to go...so I just arbitrarily picked schools based on what was familiar and/or comfortable. VT was familiar to me...had a cousin finishing up at PSU and my uncle (PhD from VT) urged me to go for a big-name school...so MIT rounded out my list of 3. Considered Florida A&M due to them offering a lot of scholarship money...and I was accepted at PSU but didn't quite seem ready to pull the trigger on either. Never really visited VT's campus before I applied (drove past it once or twice while visiting in C-burg)...but once I visited on a sponsored trip during Spring Break senior year I was sold. Once I got to VT, I managed to figure out what exactly I wanted to do (one of the few positives of General Engineering classes) and couldn't have been happier. Despite how our neighbors to the northeast like to try to pull the "better academics" card on us...I definitely got a great education as a CS and Mathematics double major. Actually heard rumors this past Spring that the CS department had to kick out UVA students from our CS job fair that had tried to sneak in. So much for better academics when nobody recruits your school...

I really started to bleed maroon and orange once I joined the Marching Virginians as a freshman. For any up and coming Hokies with musical interest that read this...I strongly urge you to try out. It has truly defined my past 4 years (and maybe a couple more as a hopeful soon-to-be grad student). I was a solid musician in high school...and knew I wanted to play in college...but didn't know anything about the group until I met and talked with the director over my summer orientation. It's another great example of the tight-knit community that defines VT...and the friends and rituals are priceless (midnight drillfield football FTW). Plus it's provided for plenty of great football memories home and away..and some amazing bowl trips. It's made the gut-wrenching losses a bit more bearable - all the openers from '08 - '10...UNC in '09 and the game which must not be named after Boise St...but also the amazing victories that much sweeter - revenge against BC in the ACCCG in '08...Nebraska and Miami in '09 and Tyrod owning FSU in the ACCCG in '10. As of the past year or so...I'm catching up with more Hokie football history to fill in all the time and passion I missed when I was younger.

Outside of everything Hokie...a fan of soccer (mostly the women's national team...but the men's team as well)...bacon...music and spreading the hate for UVA.

like mikey4vt, I'm also a youngin born in '94 to my parents who were both Hokies (classes of '88 and '89). My dad and uncle played soccer at tech, and my aunt played volleyball with Dell Curry's wife. I was born on Thanksgiving Day '94, my dad was eating turkey in the hospital, and it was destined that I would be a Hokie.

I've grown up in central NJ, and went to my first Tech game at Rutgers in 1999 as a 4-year old. My first visit to Blacksburg was in 2001, and I watched us grill Western Michigan enjoying 4th row seats in the East Stands. I returned to Lane in 2003 as a third-grader for the Uconn game, and enjoyed a similar result. in 2004, we got season tickets and since then, along with brainwashing from my dad, I've been completely hooked on VT.

Went to Glennon's Chick Fil A meltdown for my first bowl game. For those of you who stayed in the Marriott Marquis in ATL - how awesome it was! Being able to go out onto the balcony that overlooked the lobby, eleven floors up, and screaming out LETS GO...and you would hear hundreds of people down in the lobby reply with HOKIES! Also met Brandon Flowers at the hotel, definitely a great memory.

So many great moments. The 07 ECU game (gameday, cermonies, everything) were unforgettable and I'm so glad I was able to be there for it.

Shed my first sports-related tears after the 07 BC nightmare. Wasnt there, but watched it on TV. will never forget that day. Traveled to Charlotte for the ECU season opener, choked up after they blocked the punt to seal it...I experienced my first Thursday night game later that season vs maryland...it was unreal to see DE's record-breaking night, as well as seeing Darius Heyward-bey get rocked into next week by brett warren.

Must also comment on the 09 Bama game. Even though we lost, Dyrell's return is the #1 play I've seen in person. just unbelievable. Cannot wait till 2013 matchup.

My family goes down to OBX every year (Corolla Light) and about 5-6 years ago my dad and I ran into Billy Hite down there. Turns out, he stays a few doors down from where we went every year. For the past couple of years, we have went in and talked football with Billy - it was truly awesome. I recall a moment before the '09 season when I asked him about RMFW, and he had no doubt in his mind that he was the real deal.

Nothings better than being a Hokie, and as a rising senior in HS (applying early decision) I hope that the best years of Virginia Tech are ahead of me. now, lets fill the trophy case!

Graduated in the early 80's. I am in SEVA. My high school counsler said I should go to VPI because it was a good engineering school and I did well in math and science. I didn't even know what an engineer did. My HS football coach and at least one assistant coach played at Tech with Beamer or shortly thereafter. They had positive things to say about Tech that helped me decide. Applied at Tech, UVa, and an out of state college. Chose VPI over UVa because that is where my older brother was going, but also because of engineering. From the first visit I really liked the campus. Lane Stadium was impressive even before all the additions. I attended Tech during the Bruce Smith years so I know the lows and highs of the program. Beamer was an unknown when I attended Tech and football was not on the map. I had no knowledge of in-state college football. Football was not my deciding factor to go to Blacksburg. I made a good choice. Many things have changed, except for TOTS, which was the first bar I went to. Amazing it is still there.

Moved around a lot growing up so tend to support the local teams. Redskins, Ravens, Orioles are primary teams but I'm not a strong professional sports fan.

Have to add that the first, and only so far, bowl I went to was the old Peach Bowl at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. Tech's first bowl win ever. It was an exciting game and I ran onto the field after the game. It was awesome. I went with my dad and we both had a great time. He got interviewed on the field after the game by a local (Norfolk) sportscaster.

I'm right there with you. Still remember, and still have, one of the plastic footballs the cheerleaders used to throw into the stands. Amazed by what has happened to Tech football over the years.

I was brought up a Tech fan. My dad got me signed up for the Hokie Kids Club when I was 7, so we got free tickets to one game every year. Those trips to Lane to watch the utter dismantling and humiliation of such outstanding opponents as Eastern and Western Michigan were the highlight of each year. The 04 USC game was my first introduction to the pain of losing based on horrendous calls (before there was Danny Coale and "the catch," there was Josh Hyman and "the bullshit offensive pass interference call from Hell,") and being in Death Valley in 07 for the LSU game gave me a better understanding of how frustrating a Stinespring offense is. That said, my love for Tech extended only as far as athletics until October of my senior year in high school. I realized that Georgetown was retardedly expensive, so I made the logical decision to attend a school that I only knew through sports. Best decision of my life. There is no better atmosphere better than Virginia Tech, especially in the fall. And on Saturdays, that South Endzone is home.

Besides Virginia Tech, I love Texas Rangers baseball, Redskins football, Manchester United soccer, Crown Royal, Lone Star beer, arguing about politics, and making fun of UVA.

My path is pretty simple. Both of my parents went to Virginia Tech, with my dad graduating and my mom transferring to Radford to finish a degree but remaining a Hokie at heart. I never wanted to go anywhere else.

Living in Northern Virginia, I grew up idolizing the Hokies and listening to Bill and Mike call the games every weekend, even when the games were on TV. My first game, although I don't remember much was the 95 game against Temple at RFK. I was at the 98 Music City Bowl and I recall sitting through the sleet and ice in Nashville watching the Hokies pound the Crimson Tide. From then on, I took visits to campus but was never able to see a game in person until Miami in 2005 (I shudder thinking about the game itself).

Around that time I was pretty sure I was going to apply to Tech despite my passion for sports broadcasting and Tech not having the strongest journalism school. The gameday atmosphere sold it for me and I knew when it came time, I was going to apply early decision to one school only. In high school, I wore Tech clothes nearly every day and even converted a couple friends to watching Tech football religiously.

I got in early decision my senior year of high school and just graduated this past May. I got to experience Hokie football up close and personal the last four years as a member of the Virginia Tech Drumline and as an intern with IMG. Working with Bill Roth for the first time was one of the best moments of my life.

I'm hoping to make a name for Virginia Tech through sports broadcasting and constantly let people know that we are more than 4/16, which is all folks ask me about when I'm not in Blacksburg. There is no place in the world that compares to Blacksburg and I'm proud to call myself a Hokie.

Outside, I'm a huge Washington sports fan supporting the #FirstPlaceNats, Redskins, Caps and the Wiz if they ever decide to play legitimate basketball.