The Virginia Tech Hokies gained a verbal commitment from Saline, Michigan quarterback Joshua Jackson on Thursday. If you were unable to watch it live, MLive.com provided video of his ceremony and a post-committment interview.
"After I visited Northwestern I visited Virginia Tech and Virginia Tech to me was just the best school," Jackson said in an interview with MLive.com. "I just really, really fell in love with the place."
The Key Play's Alex Koma wrote about Jackson's visit to Blacksburg, and his longstanding relationship with Virginia Tech offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler.
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Seems like a cool kid. I'd play Mario Kart with him.
Those saline helmets are pretty...*puts on shades*... sweet...
I'm feeling a little salty after that pun.
Why are you feeling sodium angry at my jokes?
What did you say about my fatty acid?
Not again! Comon lads!
You know what they say about hatchets guys, barium...
"The university of Viginia Tech" *sigh*
Last dual-threat QB to commit in that fashion turned out pretty well.
I know, right? I'm all for trolling another school. If the final two were University of Florida and Virginia Tech, Tyrod could have said "The University of (pregnant pause) Virginia Tech." If you're not doing something like that, though, you gotta say one of the right names.
does it really matter? he did pick the good guys and that's all that really matters.
I really don't care what they say as long as it's some form of virginia tech. Michael Brewer didn't even know what a Hokie was and then after the OSU game when asked he said "I'm supposed to say I am" I don't hate him for it. I hate him for all the interceptions he threw that year....I kid I kid....but I don't care how these kids say it honestly.
I'm waiting for the day someone pulls out Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
I keep hoping one of the Hokies in the NFL will drop VPI&SU in the starting lineup intro on Sunday Night Football.
First commit who says that will have a fan for life here
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Salt University.
At least he didn't say Va Tech.
Did he say that? I'm pretty sure there's an "R" somewhere. Reminds me of the ENGE 1024 book from Fall 2010.
They even gave us stickers to correct it!
It's been many, many years ago, but one year, the concessionaires at Lane blew it and printed the soda Hokie cups with the team being called the Hoakies. They must have ordered a year's worth, because we got them all year when we bought a coke. The last one I had, we used for dog food, so it finally succumbed to age and I have no pictures, but to this day, a couple of buddies and I still occasionally refer to our team as the "Ho-ack-ies". I'm thinking late '80's, early '90's. Think about what would happen today...we've come a long way, baby!
I have one somewhere in storage. I think it was 75/76 they did it.
I never could understand why the Ath dept didn't make them redo them, I figure someone got paid off
Wow, that far back, huh? I was around then, but thought it was later. Still, like you, I couldn't believe the dept didn't make them replace them. I'm sure they cut quite a deal with the cup folks that year. But that was in the day before we were, well, so relevant. Like I said, can you imagine that happening now? No way a mistake like that would ever get so far as to be in mass production. Wish I still had that last cup, though, it was indeed a classic, but the dogs had to be fed and it was the right size...
Actually, I've had this discussion before and believe more the year was 1978. Back then always with a flask too small a fairly sober me remembers well one drunk student in front of me at Lane yelling "Go Hoakies". The cheer though funny didn't catch on. I vaguely recall the Collegiate Times, or some publication, ran an article on it and it actually was an out of state company printing the cups that made the error, or so we were told. Hope that doesn't fuzz it up too much more.
Edit: This is a story for the Collegiate Times to investigate. What year and exactly how did the error transpire to live on in infamy?
Similar cup story, in 2004 the Dairy Club had cups printed up that had some cartoon cows standing around the letters "ACC".
Boy, the ACC got pissed over that that one. The club members claimed it stood for Another Cow College.
Kid fell in love with the place. Gonna be hard to flip him when the poachers come.
And since we offered and he has yet to play his senior year I expect the deluge of offers to come later this season. I hope he does awesome at VT just because of some of the comments below the article on the original site. Some people were like "whatever he didn't have an offer from UM or MSU who cares?" I hope he makes them care.
We fell in love with VT too, Josh.
Congrats and welcome.
Didn't even have to try, just came naturally.