January 2, 200917 yr Bad start for the UC defense but I still like the intensity UC has. I would have been here for the beginning of the game but I spilled "skittles" on my laptop and it didn't work.
January 2, 200917 yr I'm pulling for VT in this one... But the D back shouldn't be talking trash to Gilyard after getting waxed that first drive by him alone.
January 2, 200917 yr Loved that Southwest commercial. :lol: I saw that one during the Rose Bowl... That's a superbowl quality commercial right there!:lol::lol:
January 2, 200917 yr I don't think I'm going to remember the end of this game. But great punt by Huber. He is my best friend's cousin and that punt showed why he is an All-American.
January 2, 200917 yr Loved that Southwest commercial. :lol: I almost posted the same, I laugh every time I see it.
January 2, 200917 yr I don't think I'm going to remember the end of this game. But great punt by Huber. He is my best friend's cousin and that punt showed why he is an All-American. Wow what a punt.
January 2, 200917 yr Wow what a punt. I'm glad to say I know one of the few punters that has a possibility of being drafted this year.
January 2, 200917 yr I'm glad to say I know one of the few punters that has a possibility of being drafted this year. He is one heck of a punter.
January 2, 200917 yr He is one heck of a punter. No doubt. He was a finalist last year for the Ray Guy award and all he did in the offseason was add a second to his hangtime without losing any distance. But that pass to Gilyard was beautiful by Pike.
January 2, 200917 yr Here is the answer to that oft-posed question, "What's a Hokie?" and an explanation of other Tech traditions. What is a Hokie? The origin of the word "Hokie" has nothing to do with a turkey. It was coined by O. M. Stull (class of 1896), who used it in a spirit yell he wrote for a competition. Here's how that competition came to be held. Virginia Tech was founded in 1872 as a land-grant institution and was named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. In 1896, the Virginia General Assembly officially changed the college's name to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, a name so long that citizens shortened it in popular usage to VPI. The original college cheer, which made reference to the original name of the institution, was no longer suitable. Thus, a contest was held to select a new spirit yell, and Stull won the $5 top prize for his cheer, now known as Old Hokie: Hoki, Hoki, Hoki, Hy. Techs, Techs, V.P.I. Sola-Rex, Sola-Rah. Polytechs - Vir-gin-ia. Rae, Ri, V.P.I. Later, the phrase "Team! Team! Team!" was added at the end, and an "e" was added to "Hoki." Stull later said that he made up the word as an attention-grabber. Though he may not have known it, "Hokie" (in its various forms) has been around at least since 1842. According to Johann Norstedt, now a retired Virginia Tech English professor, "[Hokie was] a word that people used to express feeling, approval, excitement, surprise. Hokie, then, is a word like 'hooray,' or 'yeah,' or 'rah.'" Whatever its original meaning, the word in the popular cheer did, as Stull wanted, grab attention and has been a part of Virginia Tech tradition ever since. Since the university had a new name and a new yell, new college colors seemed to be a desirable next step. During 1896, a committee was formed to find a suitable combination of colors to replace the original colors of black and gray, which appeared in stripes on athletic uniforms and presented an image resembling prison uniforms. The committee selected burnt orange and Chicago maroon after discovering that no other college utilized this particular combination of colors. Burnt orange and Chicago maroon were officially adopted and were first worn during a football game versus nearby Roanoke College on Oct. 26, 1896. http://www.vt.edu/about/hokie.html
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