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when you shake the keys to the DW Whip on a key play (remember this is the ONLY time to do this!)
-Chick-fil-A magically appears at the feet of everyone
-Everyone's drink is now filled w/ their bourbon of choice
-A rainbow stretches from the south end zone to the north endzone
-A team of Burnt Orange and Chicago Maroon Unicorns gallop across said rainbow
-Jim Weaver actually grows balls
-Baby Hokies all over the world are happy
-World hunger is ended and malaria eradicated
-DMFW does 7 back flips including one in the pike position, jukes every defender, breaks 9.5 ankles and TOUCHDOWN TECH!
-All the cheerleaders, including the guys, get on one knee and propose to DMFW.
nicely done.
better trip the food/beer expense, as well as a separate category for cheetah.
would be an exhausting trip.
I'd love to do sec for fb and bbq, but pac12 for sights, other foods, culture and of course top flight beer.
So I took the liberty of putting all of these destinations into mapquest and using their fuel cost calculator (assuming 13 mpg) and came up with $2,856.26!
Add in ticket costs ($40 per game is reasonable): $840
Food/beer: I manage to spend about $200 a month on food but considering you're on the road plus all the beer... $1,000 (this could be way off)
Total estimated cost of trip: A little under $5,000.
And your truck will need three or four oil changes, maybe a new tranny. Might as well retire it after this trip.
And here's a picture of the trip from mapquest
Maybe an SEC/Big 12/10 centered trip next fall then a West Coast trip the fall after that?
Start scratching your lottery tickets now, folks.
this yr.
lots of good talent, how much is very good and can an alpha dog or 2 be found?
i love doe doe, but he seems like a 12-8-4 kinda guy, not your scoring star but does everything very well.
Though I haven't seen it on these boards yet we shouldn't get too worked up about Logan having a bad scrimmage. All have brought up the key point that VT is going to be a run heavy team with more down field looks than in the past with Tyrod but still not THAT many when compared to other teams. Personally I still expect a lot but he's a first year starter. Bumps along the road are inevitable. We probably will lose a game we shouldn't, as usual, but the key is Charlotte- FSU, though explosive on offense, is beatable on defense and I still think Logan can move the chains enough to let DW4 and JO dazzle and pound respectively.
PS- McElroy was incredibly intelligent and a sound decision-maker Upchurch and Ingram plus their ridiculous defense (a la VT's defense in 2006) were just as big if not bigger for Bama's NCG run. Just look at the game vs VT and later UF - moved the chains. That's really what we need out of LT3, not explosive plays...just yet.
vtnerf- great points; however, I can see the BCS doing this for football if enough cash flow would be predicted. It's all about the Benjamins and if four superconferences guaranteed a much heavier profit margin than the current Big Six then who knows. I would love it personally because a playoff or a plus one would necessary to decide a true champion. Now, not to open a whole new bag of snakes, but who would go where (NCAA '12 SuperConference Time!)?
why i balled out ... cause All American JC Price's ride was a 1988 Ford Tempo.
Great points- I agree that, though incredibly deserving, Miami will not be dealt the death penalty by the NC two A. If they do I agree with most other posters points- goodbye ACC Football. Though basketball will survive football may be done for. Also when sanctions are handed down from Indianapolis the ACC will suffer greatly either way: only two real powers (FSU/VT) who may dominate for a while may essentially kill any chances for an at large BCS birth. The reason is that a conference needs more than two teams to be considered a real contender. Look at the Big XII in 2007 when they got the at large (Kansas...ugh): FOUR great teams (OU, Mizzou, Texas, Kansas), SEC every year (UF, LSU, Bama, Auburn, etc), Pac 12 (USC (when sanctions are gone), Oregon, Stanford, UCLA (traditionally), Cal all could feasibly be BCS teams at one point or another). The ACC's prestige, which has already taken a beating since 2006, would suffer even more due to Miami's muck ups and GT, UNC, FSU (in the past) and other issues. My one complaint- why did INT-Jacory have to get into all this? He was the best QB FOR the Hokies at the 'U'! Kinda like Groh at UVA....
Though I hope this is as bad as it gets, I have a feeling that more will surface with Miami over the next few weeks...even SEC-loving ESPN brought up the point that Shapiro was just the tip of the iceberg and the radio hosts (Mike and Mike particularly) don't usually fling statements like that lightly on the show.
total rip off of the old VT student tickets from the lottery! They stole orange effect and now they take the tickets!
wow sweet val pack...can you say 0-6 possibly? That Idaho game is gonna be a barn burner OOC game. The last time I made the comment about minor league baseball. Now, as a former hockey player, this reminds me of the old minor league ECHL/UHL teams val packs minus people actually wanted to go to those and they had dollar beer nights (as joe pointed out in a prior post- great point sir).
ahahahahahaha.
balla....shot calla...20 inch rims....
not bad at all.
buick century
balla
It's not just the entrance. I was at that game too, and went more out of a sense of obligation than anything else. Seeing about a quarter (I'm being generous) of the stadium empty and the fans not really being into it didn't really help, but Florida fans are known for being very fickle with lofty expectations. Considering some of the expectations many of our fellow Hokies have every year, that says a lot.
That said, I've definitely settled into being part of Gator Nation, but the lack of respect for any program outside of the ESS EEE SEE, along with decidedly fair-weather fans, makes me appreciate VT even more.
UVA is 1-5 combined against Duke and Ga Tech the last three years! I wouldn't count them as victories just yet! haha
Why anyone would decide to pay 70 dollars when you know you're team is just gonna get creamed again... Vs Duke and GT they at least have a shot at coming out victorious
Definitely will be tough for Nike to create a worse set of uniforms than that for a school....
My ride for the 4+ yr. I was there was a 69 Chevy station wagon....the guys in my dorm wanted to paint a line down the center of the roof to see if planes would land on it.
Makes my head lean to the right and gives me a headache. Damn, are the tickets really that cheap?
Yea, that is a pimp ride for sure, and fitting for DW, but can you fit 5 kegs into it at once like my pimped out 1991 Corolla? Doubt it..
don't forget the "whiptastic" handling that your Taurus had
The best part about all of this would be seeing the different traditions that every student body has. Also, wearing Tech gear to every stadium regardless of the location and teams involved.
I went to the Florida-App State game last fall the week before the UVA-Tech game in Lane and the swamp disappointed me, big time.
Yes, it was a noon kick.
Yes, it was App State.
Yes, Florida was underachieving.
But I really didn't know how spoiled we were to have Enter Sandman until I went to the Swamp and expected some grand exciting entrance and it just wasn't there.
"My college criteria were: good football team, > 500 miles from home, and top a computer science program."
mine were similar: good football team, top computer science program... and in-state tuition!
great article. can't wait for HOKIE FOOTBALL. one word of advice: don't boo the other team's entrance. respect.
Week 10
Saturday 11/5 Oregon at Washington
Miles: 2684 Hours on road: 1 Day 20 hours
Regional Beer: Maritime Pacific Brewing Maritime Pilsner for me, some IPA or other brew for you.
Food: Fish and Chips, Halibut style.
Notes: I don't think you could drive longer than this. The best is drinks and food at the Maritime Brewery and then we take the SS Nevin Shapiro through the locks, over Lake Union and then tailgate yacht style, on Lake Washington, for the game.