Virginia Tech
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Larry Gude
Strung Out
How???
We're a basketball school that plays a little football.
You're a football factory whose only connection to basketball is "and 1".
As in your football record, every year.
11 and 1.
10 AND 1.
12 AND 1.
And so forth.
That must suck to always be that close, all the time and, well, never get it done.
Sad.
SmallTown said:Life could be worse. We could be terps
We're a basketball school that plays a little football.
You're a football factory whose only connection to basketball is "and 1".
As in your football record, every year.
11 and 1.
10 AND 1.
12 AND 1.
And so forth.
That must suck to always be that close, all the time and, well, never get it done.
Sad.
SmallTown
Football season!
1st year in the ACC, conference champion in football.Larry Gude said:
1st year in the ACC, 4th in men's basketball (ahead of Maryland who had a losing conference record), including a win over Maryland towards the end of the year. If that makes you a basketball school, good job on being mediocre!
Sad indeed.
Larry Gude
Strung Out
I'm sorry...
...I thought I'd done away with you for the time being.
Virginia Tech "Hokies" football: National titles: 0
"Hokie" Natrional titles in basketball: 0
University of Maryland Terrapins FOOTBALL national titles: 1
B'ball: 1
Was there anything else you wanted to know?
Fear the 'Hokie'???
FEAR THE TURTLE!
SmallTown said:
...I thought I'd done away with you for the time being.
Virginia Tech "Hokies" football: National titles: 0
"Hokie" Natrional titles in basketball: 0
University of Maryland Terrapins FOOTBALL national titles: 1
B'ball: 1
Was there anything else you wanted to know?
Fear the 'Hokie'???
FEAR THE TURTLE!
SmallTown
Football season!
Can you actually say that with a straight face?Larry Gude said:
When was the maryland football title? in the 50s? Time to move on...
More of "What have you done for me lately". Quite frankly MD had a couple of good seasons when the fridge came on board and won a conference crown. Something they will be hard pressed to see again. It was hard enough with FSU owning the conference, but now with VT and miami in the mix, say bye-bye.
As for basketball, I cheered for the terps when I lived in the state. Still like to watch them play (as long as they aren't playing VT) because I'm still in the DC area. I was upset for years when my beloved Celtics drafted Bias, and like a flower he died soon after he was picked. :crackhead:
ST,
You should have given him the official school reference.
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.
You should have given him the official school reference.
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.