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And before the replay most everyone thought Wilford caught the ball too. Then it was silence after we all saw the drop.
Plus I still honestly believe I started the tomahawk chop chant in the middle of the 4th quarter that took over the whole stadium.
That's the stuff that dreams are made out of.
Regarding the math, it's to keep spammers out. I'm still working out the kinks.
Being from West Virginia and having family who graduated from that "university", you can say I took this rivalry very seriously. Truth be told, this was (and still is) a bigger rivalry than Miami or UVA @ Charlottesville. Don't believe me? Ask any alumni from the pre-ACC days.
At any rate, 02 and 03 were straight abortion games. In 02, we had Lee Sucks not able to get it in fro a yard out on 4 consecutive plays. And in 03... well... fuck that game.
2004 was another story. The Mountainqueers came into the Burg riding high in the top 10 and the team of destiny (I'm not exaggerating here folks, if not for that 04 team and the play of #3, Tech would not be where it is today) was not even ranked that year. I was feeling a Hokie domination fest that day. Combine a BeamerBall blocked FG TD with a downpour and the rout was on.
Now, beating a top 10 team is cause for celebration and tech fans are known to storm the field from time to time. However, with the crowd from Morganhole in town, it took on a whole new dimension. The fans (mostly students) took the field not to celebrate, but to take the quickest path to getting at the "U"WV fans. As soon as the students reached the opposite side of the field, it was on. Any and all projectiles were hurled into the visiting fan section. I myself tried to climb up into the crowd for some "damage control" (or "controlled damage" if you will). In the process, I was manhandled back to field level by 2 cops and 3 Codorks.
I then decided to show my displeasure at the scene and the visiting mouth breathers by giving them the dual birds. And this, my friends, is captured in a 2 page spread in the October 11, 2004 issue of SI. I am featured prominently and it is a topic of discussion in my family to this day.
Others:
- @ Morganhole 05. Marcus was on fire that day. The dude knew how to be the bad guy and played it well, taunting fans as well as dominating the Mountainqueers.
- aTm 02: the hurricane game. This one really started getting people's attention nationwide that Tech was a terrordome. I still remember the quote "Its coming down in sheets and we have gale force winds... the students are stripping and having a party though."
I agree with your number one. I wasn't an undergrad then, but an alum, and I have NEVER seen atmosphere like that, either before or after. (Although, Clemson in '99 was a pretty good one too). It was like everyone in the stadium had read this:
http://www.techsideline.com/fanvoice/2003/stewart001.htm
and did exactly what Will told us to do. Unbelievable night.
This was tough for me but here are my top three without thinking too long and hard.
3. Miami in 09 just because of how VT was forgotten about, the defense was being scrutinized and Harris was on the Heisman watch list. Then we pwned them.
2. FSU in 07 because of the long losing streak and how we beat them. Plus I still honestly believe I started the tomahawk chop chant in the middle of the 4th quarter that took over the whole stadium.
1. Wasn't a student but the BC game that capped the undefeated regular season in 99 was unbelievable. Not a bad first game in Blacksburg huh? Knew I was going to be a Hokie from then on.
PS... enough with the math questions, my brain hurts from my Concrete Design exam this morning.
The only game I can think of that matched it was the fourth quarter of '99 Clemson. That game was viewed as a major early challenge for a team we kinda thought might be good, and it was tight throughout, with senior QB Brandon Streeter holding up against Corey Moore completely terrorizing him -- until the 4th, when Corey went MY GAME on him, capping it off with a solo sack-forced fumble-touchdown.
The single loudest moment I've ever heard in Lane was the punt block+TD in '01 Miami, though. After a TD got us to 28-20 despite Grant Noel giving us the worst QB performance I've ever seen, Miami 3-and-outed, and I'm convinced every single person in the stadium, no matter what colors they were wearing, knew that block was going to happen. Unfortunately, Wilford dropped the 2-point conversion and that Miami team escaped to be regarded as one of the best CFB teams of the past 20 years.
We've gone from having these maulers like Grove, etc to finesse linemen. I get it, the more athletic guys match Newsome's philosophy but I wish they'd still have a nastiness and arrogance about them. With that said, I really do believe the 2010 line will be one of our best.
Eugene Chung is twice the aZn and 10 times the man that Ed Wang is.
bonzai
i believe the brothas refer to that as "the booty fade"
It's probably all wishful thinking on my part.
Stiney, figure out a way to use him.
I think I have 5/9. My favorite by far is "How bout them Hokies?"... Every play is key is awesome too. But I bought it right before I dropped like 70 pounds. So now it lives on my office wall, in all its tarp sized beauty.
ZEROOOOOOO!
I still have them all, though the 2006 Maroon is very faded. Still have the 2004 "No Tie Required" sweatshirt for some reason....even though I have yet to wear it...
But your not bitter F4H....
In other notes, you might want to consider coming to a Non-Thursday night game ;)
The 2008 shirts were on the other side of the Colonial Hall. They haven't gotten around to framing the 2009 shirts yet.
They are already available and I now the working theorem is they get worse every year.
http://www.bookstore.vt.edu/ePOS?this_category=950&store=1&form=shared3/...
Because that's a +1.
is "time to go to work"
other ones i have are "audible", "game plan", "small town big sound" and the two that sucked from last year. my "new lane, same game" shirt was stolen (among other things) by my filthy fucking whore of an ex girlfriend.
in a related story, i drove three hours out of my way to get back my "lucky sweatshirt" from said filthy whore on my way to a tech game. the sweatshirt had been undefeated until she got here filthy whore paws on it. but, since it was undefeated i drove up, got the shirt and drove 16 hours to the burg... where we played a matt ryan-led bc team in the rain.
whore.
They ran out of the audible-definition Maroon Effect shirt in XXL before my brother could get me one (this was before they were available online) -- I'm still a little bit aggravated about that.
I'm 5-for-9 in this display, but I think they're missing a few. I know there was one in '08 that parodied a presidential campaign logo as Beamer-Foster '08.
I would name Beau's cut, "when clippers attack."
I think I give the nod to Beau. But sheehan did represent well.
at a friend's house.
my boards aren't quite ready. getting my logo on vinyl this week sometime.
sounds like a good time. 1 year i will make it back for the spring game.
I was at the Clubhouse tailgate beforehand they had home brew, all sorts of top notch tailgating food (shrimp, ribs, pulled chicken) and after hung out with friends after. Did you breakout the cornhole boards?
Woot woot, my faves??
Lets do top 5. - Game, followed up by a quick thought...
5.) JMU 1999 - "Wow, a college football game, I hope this new quarter back is good..."
4.) LSU 2002 - "Stop throwing your stupid beads and go back to the flat, hot, gross state of Louisiana"
3.) WVU 2004 - "Who would ever go to school there...?" - Update: I did for Grad School, it was awesome... HAH!
2.) Miami 2003 - "Post TD people piles in the student section are awesome....awesome"
1.) Maryland 2004 - "What a sick final night game as a student..." - watching till 0:00 as all the fans left hanging out with my brother, a freshman at the time, soaking it in....gotta be my fave.
Honorable Mentions:
- Beating UVA never gets old....never...
- Texas A&M 2003 - Epic Rainy Win!
- Georgia Tech 2004 - geeze...all the 2004 season really..
- Oh wow, dont forget WVU 1999, the Miracle in Morgantown...
- UVA 2008, that is the most recent game Ive been to...damn...
Ok, I could be here all day....