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sugar bowl against texas??

I was on a recruiting trip for the swim team at Tech that weekend so I was deciding on schools to go to. After that game I asked the coach to put the NLI on the desk right there so I could sign it. I rushed the field, Kevin Jones was spectacular, and ever since that game I look forward to Miami games more than any. That game made me choose to become a Hokie

UVa is still technically our main rivalry, but after beating them 9 out of the last 10 years it's not as intense as it used to be. Groh getting canned stoked the fire a little bit because most of them are buying what London is selling. But, I get fired up for Miami, GT and BC 100x more than UVa.

Also, magical jerseys are the best.

More full of pure hatred when we were paying attention? Yeah, probably. But unless (like you) you were from WV or had family that went there, that rivalry was one week a year. The UVa rivalry was every single day.

1000% agreement on #3 and how important 2004 was, though -- my favorite Hokie of all time. Cheering "A-C-C! A-C-C! A-C-C!" @Miami as they turned off the scoreboard at 0:00 to keep us from taking pictures of our FLAWLESS VICTORY is right up there with Nebraska 08 for favorite road trip moments.

True story: I bought a maroon #3 jersey before that season. I wore it to the USC game (where we wore white), didn't wear it to NCSU at Lane for some reason, and wore it to every other home game. It occurred to me the weekend of the UVa game that we had won every game I had attended wearing the same jersey Randall was. And I had tickets to Miami the next weekend. As soon as I put all that together, I proceeded directly to Tech Bookstore and purchased a white #3. The results were obvious. Even though the luck didn't last to the Sugar Bowl, it's still the best $55 I've ever spent.

3. the national championship game. the 3rd qtr comeback, where vick pulled a neo like matrix moves on fsu defenders. he made the best athletes in college sports look like 12 yr pee wee players.

2. plenty of better games than this, but my pure hate for dadgumit and fsu, ranks this so high. eff them and the horse they rode in on. beating fsu felt good.

1. 03 miami. that shit was sick. pregame, game and after game downtown. most fun ever in bburg that didn't involve me and drunk coed.

beating uva in 1990 and numerous thurs night beatdowns (wvu 94) are honorable mentions.

And before the replay most everyone thought Wilford caught the ball too. Then it was silence after we all saw the drop.

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."

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.

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.

i believe the brothas refer to that as "the booty fade"

Stiney, figure out a way to use him.

ZEROOOOOOO!